Just as Aoko and the others were talking in the underground base beneath Mount Koi-Fuku, a violent tremor suddenly swept across every corner of Japan's Three Realms.
This tremor was not caused by geological shifts. It was more as though spacetime itself had become unstable, with massive ripples causing matter existing within time and space to collide, thereby producing an earthquake-like phenomenon.
"This is...!" Tōsen Kaname felt the tremor and said in surprise, "It's Squad Zero and Yū... In fact, although Yang Bingzhang had a fiery temperament, he was at fault in this matter, so he had no reason to avoid Li Hongzhang's questioning. He could only hope that his honesty would move his former superior's heart...
It was clearly a blessing fallen from the sky, yet he sensed something strange about it, as though some mastermind had shoved him from behind—and with considerable force at that. Harder than an old man pushing a cart.
"Put yourself in his shoes. If you were Lord Zhongtang, would you willingly cut off one of your own arms to weaken yourself? Even in extraordinary times, surely you would not!" Encheng asked tentatively.
Including this powerful interloper, there were twenty newcomers in total, yet they came from four different groups.
"You're still taking a walk in high heels. You must be tired. I'll carry you upstairs." Liu Qing actually bent over in front of me, signaling for me to climb onto his back.
"Um... Master, what do you need?" He did not know how to address Wei Suo. He could hardly call him by name, so Lu Guan tactfully addressed Wei Suo as Master.
With the old city renovation complete, they had to find new projects, and projects secured through a single contract offered the greatest profits.
Still somewhat confused, Lin Su called Luo