Impossible to Be the Intruder

Logically speaking, since Fang Li was able to escape unscathed and return here after being searched by the Russian Branch, Fang Li should have kept a low profile and been as tolerant as possible to avoid arousing suspicion and thus avoid attracting the captain's unwarranted hostility.

However, as mentioned earlier, if no intruders can be found, the Russian Branch will inevitably turn its attention to the Far East Branch.

Ultimately, this will inevitably arouse suspicion from the Russian Branch.

Since that's the case, Fang Li simply did the opposite, not only not keeping a low profile, but deliberately provoking the captain.

In this way, although the captain would make things difficult for Fang Li, his personal vendetta would actually reduce his suspicion of Fang Li.

With this in mind, Fang Li deliberately acted nonchalantly to provoke the captain.

Seeing the captain's furious expression, Fang Li and then asked, "So, Captain, could you please tell me what happened so that this disheveled soldier who didn't even react to the alarm can understand the situation?"

"Fine!" The captain laughed angrily, saying, "I'd like to see what you have to say next!"

That being said, the captain was so angry that he naturally couldn't personally explain things to Fang Li.

So the captain summoned a soldier and had him explain the whole incident to the members of the Far East Branch.

When they heard that the intruder had managed to sneak into the main facility without anyone noticing, no one reacted.

After all, while Soma and his group didn't know much about Fang Li's abilities, they did have some knowledge of them.

With an existence that can easily suppress even a medium-sized Aragami, and with its agile and varied movements and footwork, coupled with ample intelligence, it wouldn't be unbelievable for it to infiltrate the main facility of the Russian Branch.

However, when the conversation turned to how the intruder had managed to subdue a God Eater before being discovered, and even managed to break through the training ground wall and escape, Soma, Sakuya Tachibana, Soma, and Hibari's expressions changed slightly, and they couldn't help but glance at Fang Li, who seemed indifferent.

Then, Soma changed his mind, raised his hand, and began to speak.

"We understand the situation, but I'm sorry, if that's the case, then our people couldn't possibly be intruders, right?"

One sentence left all the soldiers of the Russian Branch stunned.

"Why is it impossible?" the captain said coldly. "Captain Amamiya, we hope you can give us a reasonable explanation."

"It's very simple," Soma said. "According to what you all said, the intruder is someone who is capable of subduing a God Eater, so the other party should at least be a God Eater as well."

Soma grabbed Fang Li's hand and lifted it up, drawing everyone's attention, and said, "As you can see, our soldiers are just ordinary people, not God Eater, so why are they suspected?"

Distinguishing between God Eater and an ordinary person is actually very simple.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that all three of them— Soma, Sakuya Tachibana, and Soma —wore an extremely heavy, clumsy, red bracelet resembling a large screw on one wrist.

That's a bracelet used exclusively by God Eater.

Once worn, this bracelet becomes completely integrated into the God Eater's wrist, penetrating deep into the flesh. Unless the hand is severed, it is generally impossible to remove.

The bracelet's purpose is quite simple: to connect the God Eater to the divine machine it uses, allowing the God Eater to use this biological weapon through neural modulation.

At the same time, the craving factor that the God Eater must use also needs to be injected through the access point of this bracelet.

In addition, this bracelet can serve many other purposes.

For example, it can send radio waves to pinpoint a location, or be used to connect to the terminals used by God Eater to verify identity and ID, etc.

Therefore, it is impossible for God Eater in this world not to wear such a bracelet.

Naturally, Fang Li, who hadn't become God Eater, wouldn't be wearing such a bracelet.

Therefore, Fang Li could absolutely not be God Eater.

As a member of Fenrir, the captain couldn't deny it.

However, the captain still stubbornly insisted, "Although we subdued a God Eater, the opponent was just a newcomer who had only recently joined the Russian Branch. His fighting style was not yet mature. Even with his strong physical abilities, he could still lose to a soldier who was skilled in combat. Moreover, that newcomer had not yet used the Divine Machine. It is not surprising that he lost to an ordinary person."

If that's the case, then there's nothing wrong with it.

For example, Fang Li, before returning to the Main God Space, wasn't he also instantly killed by Tohno Shiki, who had the same physical condition, in the training ground at the beginning?

If a newcomer is not proficient in combat, then even God Eater could lose to a valiant soldier.

Therefore, this cannot be considered sophistry.

"The problem is that the intruders were able to easily break through the walls of the simulation training ground, right?" Soma shrugged and said, "Although I don't know how thick the walls of the Russian Branch's training ground are, even if we calculate based on the weakest specifications, it would be impossible for an ordinary person to break through such a wall, let alone cut it with a dagger. Could an ordinary person really cut through the walls of the Russian Branch's training ground so easily?"

The captain was speechless.

This happened right before the captain's eyes, so the captain had no way to refute it.

At that moment, the captain could only say, "Even if it wasn't him, your Far East Branch still can't clear your name. You have three God Eater here. If it were you, you would be able to do it."

Regardless of how others reacted upon hearing this, Fang Li smiled.

That laugh ignited the captain's anger again, and he shouted, "Am I wrong?"

"No, I didn't say the captain was wrong," Fang Li said innocently. "It's just that, as everyone knows, the bracelets used by God Eater are devices that can emit radio waves to confirm their location, and the bracelets can't be removed. If we just check the radio wave reactions of our three God Eater, we can find out if they have infiltrated the facility, right?"

"This..." The captain was speechless.

Since it's neither Fang Li nor God Eater from Soma's group, could it possibly be Hibari, the messenger?

In the end, the captain could only slink away with his troops.