49 Apocalypse Rules

Chapter 315: Chapter 292: Operation to Assassinate the Divine Son

Outside an interrogation room with a one-way mirror.

The Divine Son stared into the room at Suzuki, who sat in a chair being questioned. His expression was exceptionally cold.

The chief of the Public Security Bureau stood stiffly to the side, his body slightly bowed, not daring to look the Divine Son in the eye.

"...In short, she also doesn’t know why Shadow let her return. Furthermore, she didn’t obtain any valuable intelligence. Her Profile ability was completely ineffective when used face-to-face with Shadow, likely because his upper limit for Psychic Power far exceeds hers..."

"Are you sure she’s not lying?" the Divine Son asked.

"We used lie-detection devices during the interrogation, so it should be fine. I suspect..."

The chief hesitated, unsure if he should say it.

"Are you trying to say Shadow let her go out of the kindness of his heart?"

"Well... after all, she has no combat ability; she’s just support personnel. Even on a battlefield, roles like ’Medical Soldiers’ receive preferential treatment after being captured, don’t they?"

"You’re wrong. Anyone from the enemy camp, man or woman, young or old, must never be spared." The Divine Son shot him a look. "With an attitude like that, you’re not fit to run the Public Security Bureau. Take a break. I’ll have someone else take over."

"...Yes."

The Divine Son had stripped the chief of the Public Security Bureau of his position with a single sentence. This wasn’t surprising; his power was just that immense.

After the chief left, the Divine Son said, "Xin."

"Master."

A voice sounded from beside him, and a masked figure materialized out of thin air, kneeling on one knee before the Divine Son.

This person possessed the ability of Invisibility.

"After they’re done here, bring her back to my mansion. You will interrogate her again."

"Yes."

"Even if we can’t dig up any useful intelligence from her, at least one thing is certain... the enemy is indeed Shadow. Heh." The Divine Son sneered.

"Now North Star can’t feign ignorance. No sooner did they pass laws targeting Ascenders than their very own Shadow shows up in a Human Federation member state, pillaging and murdering... At the next Human Federation conference, I’ll have our delegate question them directly. I’d like to see how North Star explains its way out of this."

The Divine Son had already figured it out. Even if he couldn’t deal with Shadow for the time being, he could still deflect the trouble onto someone else.

The Human Federation’s charter is built on unity, mutual assistance, and non-aggression. Since Sakura Prayer and North Star are both member states, a citizen of North Star coming to Sakura Prayer to kill gave them the perfect leverage to attack the North Star government.

"I’m heading back."

"Yes."

The masked man named Xin turned invisible and disappeared.

...

"According to the squad Commander, the Divine Son’s residence is called Luoying Mansion."

Guan Tong and Shangyuan Zi were currently organizing the intelligence they had gathered from the previous interrogation.

A tablet displayed a map of all of Banzhen City.

"It’s located on the west side of Banzhen, converted from a requisitioned temple that once belonged to the Andai Kingdom."

Guan Tong found the specific location and zoomed in on the image.

It was a small, three-story building constructed from dark brown wood. The main gate was carved with intricate, intertwined serpent patterns. The building looked incredibly sinister, even in the picture.

"Speaking of which, I’ve been a little curious about something," Guan Tong said, looking at the serpent patterns on the gate as he asked Shangyuan Zi.

"In Sakura Prayer’s mythology, isn’t Orochi an evil entity? So why would the Divine Son, as your leader, have serpent patterns carved on his mansion’s gate? And why did he make you use the surname ’Orochi’?"

Shangyuan Zi said, "The serpent pattern is the Divine Son’s family crest. As for making me use that surname, it’s probably because of the scales that appeared on my body."

"I can understand the first part. But the latter... what kind of person gives a subordinate the name of an evil creature from mythology?"

"...I don’t understand either. He seems to believe I’ve inherited the bloodline of Orochi, but the name of this bloodline is clearly Tooru."

Shangyuan Zi had mentioned this before. Guan Tong nodded.

"Forget it. Judging by the Divine Son’s actions, perhaps his family really are descendants of the evil Great Serpent—of course, I don’t believe the legendary Great Serpent actually exists. The surname ’Orochi’ was probably just the name of some vicious ancient murderer or robber."

It was originally a person’s name, but through rumors and retellings, it became the name of a mythical creature. This sort of thing has happened in many countries.

Shangyuan Zi looked at the picture of the mansion. "What’s your plan?"

"The mansion is surely protected by a barrier that blocks Psychic Power, so infiltration is probably impossible."

Guan Tong had been able to infiltrate the administrative building because it was crowded and chaotic. But a family residence like this was different. Everyone inside knew each other. A stranger’s appearance would trigger an alarm immediately.

"The only option is a frontal assault."

"..."

Although Shangyuan Zi hadn’t known Guan Tong for long, she felt this didn’t seem like his style.

Indeed, Guan Tong had always preferred to leverage Shadow’s abilities for infiltration and asymmetrical warfare, securing victory before the enemy even knew what was happening.

This time was different. He believed the Divine Son would definitely be on guard against infiltration. A direct frontal assault, at a time like this, would be more likely to catch him completely by surprise.

"I’ll handle breaking in. Once we’re inside, you deal with the small fry. I’ll take care of the Divine Son myself."

"When do you plan to make your move?"

"Tomorrow night."

Shangyuan Zi was slightly taken aback. "So soon?"

She had thought Guan Tong would plan meticulously, that the operation would be in a week or even half a month. She never expected him to strike tomorrow.

"When something has to be done, I don’t like to delay," Guan Tong said, looking at her. "Get a good rest today and prepare."

With that, he walked out of the room.

Shangyuan Zi sat down. Thinking about the events of the past few days, she felt everything was happening too fast.

Moreover, she truly admired Shadow’s courage.

Even though Sakura Prayer’s homeland had sunk due to the ’earthquake rule,’ and aside from the evacuation of its people, all its advanced equipment, weapons, and munitions had sunk to the bottom of the sea, causing its national power to plummet... it still hadn’t completely collapsed. The national system was still intact.

Under these circumstances, for Shadow to dare make a move against the Divine Son, the most powerful person in Sakura Prayer, without any regard for the consequences... it was something very few people would have ever imagined...

She felt that even the Divine Son himself probably didn’t believe Shadow would dare to attack his residence at a time like this.

She didn’t know what the outcome would be. She only knew that since she had made a pact with Shadow, she had to see it through to the end.

...

Alone in his room, Guan Tong thought about the details of tomorrow’s operation.

’Since this is a frontal assault, I can’t conserve Psychic Power.’

’I’ll use the Small Space to break through the barrier’s defenses, then unleash my shadows to find the Divine Son in the shortest time possible.’

’And then...’

"Use Body Shifting to get over there and finish him off directly."

Guan Tong believed that the more complex a plan, the more likely it was to fail.

Therefore, his plan couldn’t be simpler: once he confirmed the Divine Son’s location, he would immediately use Body Shifting to "Instant Teleport" to him and then use the destructive power of the Small Space to kill him in an instant.

Many of the characteristics of his Shadow abilities might have already been exposed.

But no intelligence about his "Shadow Realm Small Space" had been leaked yet.

By using this killing move in conjunction with Body Shifting, without sparing any Psychic Power, he could absolutely take the enemy’s life in the blink of an eye.

’If all goes smoothly, the fight should be over quickly. As for the consequences...’

He didn’t much care whether it was the potential large-scale manhunt from Sakura Prayer that would follow, or what measures the North Star government might take against him because of this.

If he let an enemy who wanted him dead go free just because he was worried about such things, it would go against his principles. He would no longer be himself.

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