["Tell me... why is it that the Herrscher, who clearly has such power, is hiding in the dark?" The conference room was packed. The city's high-ranking officials and the members of the Snow Wolf Squad were all here.
The person speaking now was the woman who weighed over five hundred kilograms. But at this moment, she was no longer screaming, but was analyzing the situation for everyone with her piercing voice.
There was no hereditary system in the City of Sighs. Who here had not climbed up from the bottom? Even Susannah's parents, with Tafira's strong support, had to defeat countless competitors to get to their positions.
Everyone here had a dark past, and also a skill they were proud of.
For example, this woman, whose mind was twisted due to her obesity. Because too many people were unwilling to look at her, she had also honed her voice to be so unbearable. Coupled with her impeccable talent, it made others have to endure her.
And what she was saying now was a perspective that no one had thought of.
What did the Herrscher hiding in the dark have to do with her abilities?
"Hmph... a bunch of idiots," the woman snorted disdainfully and spoke again in that piercing voice. "We can already analyze it from our intelligence, right? That Herrscher is going to judge everyone!
"There are a total of twelve thousand four hundred and twenty-two people in our city, and how many has she judged in the past few days? At this rate, when will she achieve her goal? We'll probably all be dead before she's even halfway through!
"If I had such an ability, I would definitely tie everyone up and judge them together!"
Tafira raised his eyelids slightly. "Are you saying... that the Herrscher can only deal with one person at a time?"
"It's also possible that the Herrscher has some aftereffects that cannot be exposed when she activates her ability," the woman added another hypothesis with a sharp voice.
The crowd on the street was so dense that a single brick could hit two or three people. It was unlikely that the Herrscher's power could not cover so many people, but she didn't do it.
"Could it be that she's afraid of Siegfried, or wary of the Snow Wolf Squad?" the fat man raised an objection, but was immediately rejected by the woman.
"Absolutely impossible! If the Herrscher had been wary of Siegfried and the others from the beginning, why would there be a chase? It can only be said that the Herrscher is an arrogant fool!"
She spat, hissing at the fat man, "And a fool—is—not—wary—of—anything!!"
Tafira waved his hand. "Alright, continue."
The woman pursed her thick lips and rolled her eyes at Tafira, but still gave him this face. "What I mean is... since the Herrscher is pursuing a sense of ritual, she will definitely not act rashly."
"This has been confirmed," the old man with a monocle nodded silently. "The Herrscher also made a similar preparatory action when she dealt with Bianka. That dazed look didn't seem like an act."
"Since she wants to judge, then we'll find a criminal for her! I don't believe this person will ignore the criminal in front of her and bully the righteous people instead!"
"If that's the case, we alone are enough to make her fail."
"But where can we find a criminal? Should we bribe or design one now, and create a criminal?" someone else asked.
The woman trembled all over and looked at the person who had asked the question with a cold gaze. "Who do you think is the biggest criminal in the world? Huh?!"
"...Are you asking us to be the bait?" After a brief silence, someone asked this question calmly.
The calm tone was as if it was just a meal, not stepping into a life-threatening situation to act as a pawn that would almost certainly be abandoned.
"Of course, it's not just bait. We're not so cheap..." the woman let out a sharp laugh.]
In the trial court, the dark monsters were fighting against the holy knights. Compared to the twisted monsters, the knights' attacks were even crazier, forcing the dark monsters back.
The old man glanced at the knights, and in a daze, he saw some familiar figures on them.
"So that's how it is..." Tafira stroked his beard meaningfully, chuckling, as if he had expected it.
The Herrscher stood on the high platform, looking at the calm old man who was looking around below with a grim face. Even the muscles on her face were twitching, but she still suppressed her voice and the anger in her heart.
"Sinner, Tafira..." she called out the old man's name according to the procedure. "The charge..."
The old man looked back at the Herrscher.
He knew that the main event was about to begin.
And in reality, the moment the Herrscher was in a daze, four different attacks appeared in her four directions, trapping her in the center.
The first to arrive was a flash of purple electric current. The Herrscher subconsciously raised her hand and waved her sleeve, letting it hit the electric current.
The electric current instantly flowed through the coat and to her whole body. The next moment, the Herrscher saw in her peripheral vision that the black robe on her body had disintegrated into a large piece of free particles and completely dissipated with the electric current.
What kind of weapon was this?!
The creepy feeling made the Herrscher have to look up in the direction of the electric current. But just as she saw the blue figure lying on a distant sand dune and the purple heavy sniper rifle in her hand, another red figure that suddenly broke into her vision was already raising the red and black double-colored long spear in her hand at her.
"Take this first!" Nicholas shouted, and a sharp spear directly cut through the air in front of the Herrscher and stabbed at her eyes.
Compared to the previous sniper shot, Nicholas's spear was much slower. The Herrscher could have reached out and grabbed it.
But the moment she raised her hand to grab the spear shaft, the burning sound made the Herrscher's heart jump.
She looked down and saw that the black mist was rapidly destroying the hand she had used to grab the spear shaft!
When researching the controllable quantum collapse state nano-brainwave remote sensing medical particles, which was the Black Abyss White Flower, Future City had also harvested many semi-finished products.
Before the successful research of the quantum collapse state, the nano-remote sensing particles were completed first.
This particle was designed for medical use in the pre-set, so it had the most basic destruction and repair capabilities, so there would always be a version with particularly strong destructive power.
And the destructive power of this version sparked a little genius's whimsical idea.
What would happen if the repair power of this particle was completely canceled and its destructive power was fully excavated?
After learning of this idea, the peace-loving people of Future City were furious, and they all stepped up to crush this terrible and destructive idea.
"I think we should add high-energy storage to the particles and destroy them violently."
"I think it would be better to add some chain dissolution potion researched by Blood Agate, so that one thing can move the whole body."
"Why not use All Things Dormant as the basic material to increase controllability? It should be fine to implant a simple program to concentrate the explosion on the human body's core organs."
"Why not add some mimetic elements, so that it can be temporarily stored on the human body and explode when it is carried to the enemy's headquarters, forming a cyber plague."
Joyce was silent. He didn't know why so many war fanatics had infiltrated the harmonious and loving Future City. So he waved his hand and arbitrarily decided the final outcome of this topic.
He wanted them all!
And so, Jizo Mitama was born, a weapon that was extremely skilled at destruction on a microscopic level.
In this short moment of contact, the Herrscher had already clearly felt that her hand had been riddled with holes, and countless small particles were rapidly climbing along her arm towards her torso.
A huge amount of Honkai energy without any power applied gushed out from the core, violently destroying the particles that had rushed into her body.
But more black mist formed by the particles was still trying to get close to her. The Herrscher could only let go of her hand and turn around to kick Nicholas away with a faster speed.
Several thin blades flew out from behind the Herrscher almost at the same time as Nicholas was thrown away. By the time the Herrscher noticed the dull blades, she had already felt a chill on her vital points such as her hand tendons, foot tendons, and throat.
The Herrscher subconsciously raised her hand to look, and saw that a small but deep wound had appeared on her wrist. If her body structure had not been different from that of a normal person, just these few hits would have made her lose her mobility.
The key was that it was too coincidental... Nicholas had just left, and these few attacks were completed. It was as if... they had practiced in advance!
The Herrscher suddenly raised her head.
Nicholas, who had been retreating, was suddenly pulled over as if by something, but she showed no signs of resistance. Instead, she used this invisible gravitational force to make a self-sacrificing thrust at her.
Salome could control more than just those blades!
She was the true core of the Snow Wolf Squad in battle! Her ability to multitask was enough for her to integrate everyone's position information and then make the best judgment and guidance for everyone's actions and positions!
And this time, the attack came from more than just the front!
"Sword Ki of Taixu—" A small voice sounded in the clamor of the wind and sand. It seemed insignificant, but it made the Herrscher feel her hair stand on end.
"Instant Dust!!"
This was the fastest sword of the Sword Ki of Taixu! The cold light had not even appeared, but the Herrscher already felt the sharpness that was about to break open her back.
This sword was not aimed at her heart, its target was her core!!
If her core was stabbed by this sword...
"Xiezhi!"
A strong wind instantly swept away the figures of the three people.
Nicholas and Li Sushang lost their balance at the same time, and their attacks were also broken. In a hurry, they could only use their own moves to follow up, leaving two shallow wounds on the Herrscher's body.
Li Sushang, who had landed on the ground, staggered in the desert.
The next moment, Xiezhi had already rushed towards her face with its single horn. The sense of oppression from its huge body was no less than that of a train coming head-on!
"For the Headmaster—sit down!" And another white figure descended from the sky, bringing a huge golden cross and smashing it heavily on Xiezhi's head, directly smashing the imposing Xiezhi into the sand.
Before the dust had settled, a coquettish childish voice sounded indignantly. The stunned Bianka could only see the small nun who had just been escorting her now violently stepping on the cross, and under the cross was the stunned Xiezhi.
What's going on? Why did the trial scene suddenly turn into this? The Herrscher suddenly descended, and everyone suddenly started fighting, and this voice... could it be—
"Click."
The cage was opened. Bianka trembled and subconsciously turned her head to look at the two people who had walked over, the ones who were supposed to execute her.
The taller one raised her head and looked at the battle not far away, while the shorter one quickly walked into the cage and released Bianka.
Until the shackles on her hands were unlocked, Bianka was still in a daze. She just felt that these people in front of her were inexplicably familiar... no, this feeling was!
"Rita!" Bianka exclaimed to the person who had unlocked her handcuffs. The figure's body trembled violently, and after a full second, she raised her hand and took off the mask on her face.
Rita's short hair appeared from behind the mask, and her wine-red eyes looked at Bianka. The overflowing emotions finally turned into a single sentence.
"Lady Bianka, Rita has found you," Rita curtsied to Bianka. The curtsy was very long, and Rita's head was lowered, with only a tear that was quickly hidden in her eyes.
"Rita, you..." Bianka still couldn't understand what had happened. The world seemed to have turned into something she couldn't understand in an instant, and it was closely related to her, but it seemed to have isolated her.
"Tch..." Just as Rita was considering how to answer Bianka, the other person wearing a mask let out a disdainful snort that was somewhat familiar to Bianka.
Bianka was stunned for a moment, but the next moment she suddenly turned her head and looked in the Herrscher's direction.
A black and gold chain had come rushing towards them at some point, straight past her side and towards Tafira in front of the cross behind them.
She wanted to make it a quick battle! To solve this person who had bound her with his own monstrous sins right here!
Since it was already confirmed that this person was guilty, there was no need to care about what kind of punishment he should receive! As long as he died...
A hand unreasonably grabbed the chain, leaving no room for it to struggle forward.
The Herrscher was stunned, her hand frozen in mid-air.
The wind raised by the chain blew off the mask on the face of the person who had grabbed the chain, revealing a face full of impatience and mockery.
"It's been a while... you little bug that escaped from my hands?"
"Gu Chu!!" The Herrscher glared at the figure, her eyes almost splitting, and roared. "We are the same kind! It should be me and you who cooperate! Not you and that group of humans!"
"Really?" Gu Chu sneered disdainfully and squeezed her hand slightly. "But I only have one purpose."
"What?"
"And that is to know... whether I am qualified to fight against Shu!"