Chapter 225

"Because the Qixing's Legacy was deliberately lost by Kikunojyo Tendo."

"Um?"

The Teyvats don't know who Teyvat Kikunojyo Tendo is, but the locals on Mishima do.

"Not only that, Kageyasu Zaibatsu was also hired by him. He deliberately lost the Qixing's Legacy, then sent the police to look for Qixing's Legacy, and then sent Kageyasu Zaibatsu to steal Qixing's Legacy. He even had Kageyasu Zaibatsu open the Qixing's Legacy Super Gastrea destroyed humanity ten years ago, which is the experimental subject of the Seven Stars Village that I mentioned before."

"Wait a minute, if that's the case, aren't we being used as cannon fodder by that Kikunojyo Tendo?"

Isuke Kagetane couldn't help but speak up.

"That's right, you are cannon fodder, the sacrificed part of the Kikunojyo Tendo plan. Once you accept this mission, you will be sacrificed and become victims of this plan."

"Does Kikunojyo Tendo intend to destroy Tokyo?"

Mishima was more concerned about this point. As the owner of the police company, all his assets were in Japan. If Tokyo were destroyed, all his assets would be gone.

Therefore, he absolutely cannot allow the destruction of Tokyo to happen!

"That's not the case. He doesn't want to destroy Tokyo. In fact, he loves Tokyo."

"Then why?"

"I don't know either. He wanted to prove that Tokyo was capable of fighting against LV5, or he wanted to kill the Cursed Children he hated because his wife died in the Gastrea Wars. But he couldn't defeat the LV5 Gastrea, so he often vented his anger on the Cursed Children."

"This is really infuriating."

Venti frowned.

"In short, everything in this incident was orchestrated by Kikunojyo Tendo. He orchestrated this crisis in Tokyo, a crisis that Tokyo was destined to experience."

"So what should we do?"

Zhongli spoke up first; he couldn't listen anymore and just wanted to know what to do next.

According to the habits of gamers: I don't want to listen to your nonsense, just tell me who I should kill next!

"It's very simple, we just need to watch."

"What's the meaning?"

Isuke Kagetane couldn't quite understand.

"Shokan, does this gentleman mean that since everything Kikunojyo Tendo has done is just a show, then we don't need to get involved at all, we can just watch and see this farce end?"

As the boss, Mishima immediately understood what Li Yue meant.

You're half right.

"Half?"

"We will indeed watch this farce unfold, but not as it ends, but as it reaches an irreversible point under Kikunojyo Tendo's influence."

"This..."

Mishima was shocked. Was it not Kikunojyo Tendo who wanted to destroy Tokyo, but Li Yue in front of him?

"If Kikunojyo Tendo wants to summon the LV5 Zodiac, then let him summon it. However, after it is summoned, I will render all his attempts to stop or kill the Zodiac ineffective, and I will let everyone know that Kikunojyo Tendo and Kageyasu Zaibatsu are working together to destroy Tokyo."

"I see, so that's Mr. Li Yue's plan!"

Chizuru Kayo understood Li Yue's true purpose.

Li Yue had previously mentioned in the Chat Group that she wanted to conquer this world. So, what's the simplest and most convenient way to conquer this world?

Besides Li Yue's immense power, especially the group of gods behind him.

And then there's the matter of people's hearts.

If the people of Tokyo knew that Kikunojyo Tendo had teamed up with an assassin to destroy Tokyo, would they still be willing to let Kikunojyo Tendo rule? Wouldn't that be like putting their heads on the line, risking their lives at any moment? At that point, Tokyo would definitely no longer want to be ruled by Kikunojyo Tendo.

When that time comes, if Li Yue and his group kill the Level 5 Zodiac, they will be heroes of Tokyo. Not only will they be able to conquer Tokyo, but they could even kick the Holy Emperor and become the boss themselves.

Moreover, Li Yue never intended for the Holy Emperor to be the leader. It would be much better for a saintly young girl to honestly run an orphanage, rather than become a leader.

In this way, Tokyo was saved, the old rulers were eliminated, and everyone left behind belonged to the new boss!

"Zhongli, what do you think of doing this?"

"From a purely rational standpoint, this is the easiest way for us to take over the city!"

Zhongli agreed without hesitation. As for the life and death of the humans in this world, sorry, that was not Zhongli's concern.

Although Zhongli is Demon God with the setting of loving the world, unfortunately, in Teyvat, people from other countries are less important to Zhongli, let alone people from Otherworld, who are not even on Zhongli's list of loved ones!

404. Stealing the Cursed Children

Because Li Yue explained all the main reasons for the timing of this operation in the Tokyo area, the Mishima Royal Police Company did not send a police team to participate in the Qixing Heritage Retrieval Mission.

This made his colleagues curious: why didn't you take action on such a high-reward mission that concerned the safety of the entire Tokyo?

After all, we all eat in Tokyo; if Tokyo collapses, we all collapse.

But curiosity aside, they didn't have time to worry about Mishima and his group now. Almost all the police companies in Tokyo, even small ones like Kogere Tendo, had been mobilized to search for the lost Qixing Heritage in the Gastrea forests outside the Tokyo area.

Meanwhile, Kageyasu Zaibatsu, who had been hired by Kikunojyo Tendo, was also searching in the forest. However, for Kageyasu Zaibatsu, this dangerous forest was as simple as a weekend trip to the countryside.

The police officers had to fight against the ever-present threat in the forest, search for the lost Qixing Legacy, and guard against Kageyasu Zaibatsu could appear from anywhere at any time.

Despite deploying a large number of personnel, the result was heavy casualties. This is because the more people there were, the more easily they attracted Gastrea to gather, and once the Gastrea gathered, the Gastrea were absolutely no match for their numbers.

While the battle raged below, Li Yue used Anemo element to fly from above, and at the same time used her dream powers to create an illusion that made her invisible, thus watching the battle from the air.

"Wow, Li Yue, you're getting more and more skilled at using the wind."

A gust of wind blew by, Venti appeared beside Li Yue. Li Yue glanced at Venti and smiled as she spoke.

"Weren't you drinking at Mishima's Mishima? How come you have time to come out here?"

"As for alcohol, of course I'm drinking it; I just brought it with me."

As Venti spoke, she revealed her right hand, which she had been hiding behind her back, and found herself holding a wine bottle.

"I heard from Mishima that this is imported brandy, and it's very expensive given the scarcity of resources!"

Because of Li Yue's and his group's identities and their plans, Mishima did not hesitate to choose to side with Li Yue.

A good bird chooses a good tree to perch on, and a good minister chooses a good lord to serve! My Mishima also have a day when they want to climb higher!

From an ordinary businessman to the owner of the Mishima Royal Police Company, I, Mishima, can go even further!

So now, the Mishima Royal Police Company has become Li Yue and his team's base in Tokyo, and Venti, without any hesitation, asked if there was any alcohol to drink as soon as she arrived at the Mishima company.

Mishima, without hesitation, brought out all the alcohol in the company for Venti to drink.

Zhongli how easily Venti asked for wine, Zhongli directly asked for tea. Mishima happily brought out the tea leaves. Raiden Ei and Furina then asked for dessert, and Mishima gave them whatever they wanted without any objection. If they didn't have any, he would just go out and buy it.

Li Yue wasn't interested in these things, so he came out to see how the battle was going in the forest. Venti, who could fly, also came along to see what was happening.

"The situation is not good. There are too many monsters, and humans can't stop them at all."

Venti sipped his drink while watching the battle unfold in the forest below and offering his commentary.

"The war between humans and Gastrea has never been easy; it has always been a Pyrrhic victory. However, the growth rate of humans is far lower than that of Gastrea. The number of Gastrea is simply too large. Even if one human were to be exchanged for one Gastrea, it would still be a huge loss."

Li Yue watched as the police force below began to suffer casualties, then raised her hand to gather Anemo element.

As Li Yue activated her Boreas' Authority, dark clouds began to appear in the sky, and the temperature began to drop. Li Yue tried her best to suppress the power of the Cryo element and only used the Anemo element, but the Boreas' Authority itself is a combination of wind and ice, so the temperature inevitably began to drop.

The sky darkened as dark clouds gathered, making things even more difficult for the police officers battling Gastrea in the forest below. Diminished light meant their field of vision would be further reduced, leaving them with even less to see. Whether it was a Gastrea attack or an attack by Kageyasu Zaibatsu, they would be even less able to cope.

But Li Yue did this intentionally, because the Holy Emperor of Tokyo and Kikunojyo Tendo were using the only satellites available to monitor the battle situation here, and Li Yue deliberately prevented them from seeing it!

The clouds covered a vast area, completely obscuring the outskirts of Tokyo and even extending to dozens of kilometers of coastline near the Tokyo, rendering the entire region invisible to satellites.

"Then, we can begin."

Li Yue released her spiritual power, sensing the souls of everyone below and being able to determine each person's location.

Whenever a Promoter dies, Li Yue uses the wind to lift the remaining Promoters up and send them flying into the sky, just like when I first arrived in Mondstadt and was lifted into the sky by the wind.

However, unlike the master, these lolis that were swept up did not have Wind Glider.

Therefore, Li Yue did not intend to let them fly in the sky. After they came up, Li Yue directly drew the Enma's Blade and cut out a Portal, Portal led to the training ground of the Mishima Royal Police Company.

One by one, the little girls were swept up by Li Yue's wind and pulled into the sky, then sent through Portal to the training ground on the other side. However, no one on the ground knew this, because wind is the most normal thing in nature. The living people didn't have time to care about whether there was wind in the sky. Their attention was all focused on the darkness deep in the forest, since what was there could threaten their lives.

The police officers' first assault failed due to various factors. As night fell, the surviving officers had to temporarily retreat back to the Tokyo area, since spending the night in the forest was practically suicidal.

Although time is of the essence, this is only the first day, and you need to be alive to spend money even if you have it.

The first day's operation ended in failure. Many police officers from the police company died. Neither the promoters nor the initiators returned. Their absence and lack of contact meant death to them. The police company needed to recruit promoters again and then go to the international initiator monitoring organization to obtain new initiators, also known as the Cursed Children.

After taking away the bewildered Cursed Children, Li Yue did not return to Tokyo, but instead flew directly towards the location of Kageyasu Zaibatsu that he had sensed.

He wanted to have a brief conversation with Kageyasu Zaibatsu so that Kageyasu Zaibatsu could reveal that he was employed by Kikunojyo Tendo. After all, it would be more interesting if there were witnesses and physical evidence.

405. The second-generation village chief's way of showing off was indeed quite impressive.

At night, Kageyasu Zaibatsu, along with his daughter Kohina, ended his day of killing and returned to their temporary base.

Located in the ruins of a church by the sea, which was destroyed during the Gastrea War, the ruins are still well preserved and have a basic architectural framework. At least you can find shelter from the rain or wind here.

Moreover, inside the church, there is a silver-white metal box, which is exactly what the police officers outside are looking for: Qixing's Legacy.

Kohina, who possesses the mantis Gastrea Virus, stares at the box in front of her with great curiosity.

"Dad, should we open this?"

"Kohina, do you want to open it?"

"I don't know, Daddy, do you want to open it?"

"Of course Dad will open it, but now is not the time to open it."

Kageyasu Zaibatsu's yellow eyes beneath the mask smiled like the smiling eyes on the mask itself as he answered.

"If we open it now, a lot of people will come over soon, and that will make this interesting scene boring."

"After all, I'm still hoping that our friend, Riken-kun, will come to visit us."

"That annoying rabbit?"

Kohina immediately thought of Enju Aihara, who was with Rentaro Satomi. Enju was a rabbit-type Gastrea Virus carrier, so her legs were extremely strong, and she was good at long-range attacks and kicking people with her legs. Kohina, was a mantis type, and her arms were even stronger.

"That's right, it's Satomi-kun who's always accompanied by a rabbit."

Kageyasu Zaibatsu is a madman, or rather, someone who wants to take revenge on the world. He was originally a police officer, ranked as high as 134th, which is quite a high ranking. He was also a member of the 787th Mechanized Special Unit of the Eastern Army of the Ground Self-Defense Force. This mechanized unit was the main force against the Gastrea before the Cursed Children was discovered.

Having been transformed into a cyborg, he originally intended to use the power he gained to fight against the Gastrea. However, not long after the mechanical army was born, the Cursed Children was discovered, and humanity began to choose to use the Cursed Children to fight against the Gastrea.

Firstly, the cost of Cursed Children is extremely low, as capturing Cursed Children requires almost no cost. Once the girls' eyes turn red, they are abandoned by their parents, who fear that their children might suddenly turn into Gastrea and kill them. This is especially true in a class-based society like Japan, where harboring Cursed Children would result in being ostracized by those around them.

Secondly, the training of Cursed Children is extremely easy. All you need to do is capture those abandoned Cursed Children, put them in shackles, and subject them to brutal training. Even if they die during training, it doesn't matter at all. You can capture them again in the city's sewers, alleys, or the wilderness on the outskirts of the city to fill the gaps.

Later on, they could even artificially induce pregnant women to give birth to Cursed Children. Kageyasu Zaibatsu's Kohina, was one such child they believed was born through manipulation of pregnant women.

The appearance of the Cursed Children caused the Mechanical Soldier Project to fail directly, because the cost of modifying a mechanical soldier was too high. Compared with the cost of cultivating the Cursed Children, it was incomparable. Moreover, although the upper and lower limits of the Cursed Children were very different, the upper limit was really high!

Therefore, the mechanical soldier unit was disbanded, and these mechanical soldiers were reassigned to become promoters, that is, police officers, and began to take the Cursed Children with them.

Kageyasu Zaibatsu also became a police officer at this time, but he was still pursuing the survival value of mechanical soldiers, so he began to go crazy and wanted to make the world chaotic.

Kikunojyo Tendo found him and gave him the request to summon the Qixing. For him, it was the perfect request, so he agreed without hesitation!

Now, the Qixing's Legacy is in his hands. As per Kikunojyo Tendo's request, he needs to open the box and summon the Zodiac. However, he is not in a hurry. He plans to wait until Rentaro Satomi over before opening the box, so that the other party can also witness the legendary Qixing's Legacy.

"I should be able to see him tomorrow, right? The righteous Satomi-kun, hehehe~"

"You truly love Rentaro Satomi."

The sudden sound startled Kageyasu Zaibatsu. He immediately turned his head and looked around, but found nothing. However, he had definitely heard the sound just now.

Am I hallucinating?

Kageyasu Zaibatsu became puzzled.

"Impossible, I can't possibly be hallucinating."

"You are not hallucinating, because I am behind you."

Kageyasu Zaibatsu quickly turned around and found that Li Yue was already standing calmly with her arms crossed next to the Qixing Inheritance Box.

"How is that possible? Where did you come from?!"

Although the church is in ruins, the walls are still well preserved. To enter, one must go through the main entrance or jump in through the gap in the roof. However, both the main entrance and the gap in the roof are within Kageyasu Zaibatsu's field of vision, so it should be impossible for him to enter.

"Of course, we came in through the main gate."