"Haaah—!!"
With a swing of Fang Zheng's sword, the space before him instantly shattered. Several fluttering pages then emerged from within, scattering in all directions.
"Ai!"
"Understood, Master! Connection complete, beginning retrieval!!"
As she spoke, Ai reached out her hand. The scattered pages flew back into her grasp, transforming into a flash of white light before vanishing.
"Phew..."
Fang Zheng lowered Frostmourne and looked at Ai beside him. She gave him a proud smile.
"You're amazing, Master. Just as expected of you."
"When is this ever going to end...?"
Rather than feeling pleased by Ai's praise, Fang Zheng looked utterly miserable. He pressed a hand to his forehead and sighed quietly.
After that, Fang Zheng had reached an agreement with Badao Liuli. She allowed him to use the Mechanical Dragon, but on one condition: he had to eliminate the Black Sanctuary. According to Badao Liuli, the Badao Conglomerate had ruled Arkham City for generations, but beneath Arkham lay the deepest darkness—the Black Sanctuary. The most troublesome people were the Magi within the Black Sanctuary. They possessed powerful Grimoires and could summon similar robots. That was why Badao Liuli's grandfather had created the Great Demon Slayer.
According to Badao Liuli, if Fang Zheng could completely wipe out that mysterious cult organization, she would not mind giving him the Great Demon Slayer as payment.
Thus, Fang Zheng began tracking down the cult organization known as the Black Sanctuary—or at least, that should have been the plan. However, Ai gave Fang Zheng a piece of news that drove him to despair. Before arriving in this city, Ai had been intercepted by the Black Sanctuary's Grand Archmage. Although she had successfully escaped, the pages from her body had scattered across every corner of the city during the attack. Only by recovering all of them