No Leaving-Just Charge, Head-On

Youyou reclined sideways on the couch, her jade-like body spread out in a breathtaking sight. Yet what she said made both of them turn grave.

Youyou explained the situation of the "New Army," along with some other intelligence.

Shi Tiexin pondered. "From what the two of us have seen, Japan is secretly being swept by raging currents, and the situation is critical. The organization lurking behind it is enormously powerful. It has peripheral groups like the New Purge, financial and manpower channels like the Yamagata House, production and research centers like that base, and perhaps many things we know nothing about."

"Just from what we've seen, this organization has already far surpassed the level of martial underworld gangs and ordinary corporations. Even if the two Ouyang Brothers were tied together, they might only count as minor bosses within that organization."

"The key question is, how did they develop their augmentation technology?" The Science and Technology of this Worldline was not especially advanced. It was certainly stronger than the Fengming First High School Worldline, but only by a limited margin; there had been no iterative leap forward.

Where had that rapid, efficient, large-scale Mountain Ape augmentation technology come from?

Shi Tiexin looked at Youyou. "Do you have any clues about that?"

Youyou shook her head. "There was nothing in the files. Their internal confidentiality was also extremely strict. It seems their ambitions are immense."

Shi Tiexin let out a breath. "In any case, this is no longer something we can handle."

"That's right." Youyou looked at Shi Tiexin and earnestly advised him once again, "Japan is no longer a place to linger. If you want to make money, there's no need to do it while sitting atop a volcano. I think you should withdraw."

The reasoning was sound.

This place was