Can We Make Peace?

As he watched the vampire gradually dissipate into the air, Crested Head's face filled with panic. "Impossible! Why hasn't your card died?!"

He had never expected his Bronze Grade Blue Card to lose to a Black Iron Grade card.

Unfortunately, he did not know that Kaneki was a Red Quality Black Iron Grade card and possessed the powerful Trait High-Speed Regeneration. Otherwise, he would not have been so careless.

The crested-haired youth frantically summoned the Black Iron Grade cards he had made in his younger days, but it was useless.

Everything vanished beneath Kaneki's terrifying Centipede Kagune.

"Spare... spare me." Seeing that all his cards had been exhausted, the crested-haired youth dropped to his knees with a thud. "As long as you don't kill me, I'll tell you an important piece of information."

Kaneki tilted his head slightly and looked at Lu Su.

After a moment of silence, Lu Su shook his head at Kaneki.

The next moment, the crested-haired youth was crushed into a pulp.

Lu Su had no interest in learning about something that sounded as dangerous as "important information."

Besides, Crested Head looked like a low-ranking member of the Spirit Summoning Society. Lu Su did not believe the man possessed any truly important information.

Most importantly, Aunt Xu was still lying in the stairwell, her fate unknown.

Du Heng had long since collapsed limply onto the ground in terror. He had never expected Crested Head, who had seemed so invincible, to lose so easily.

Hatred for Crested Head rose within him.

But when Lu Su walked up to him, that hatred instantly turned into fear of Lu Su.

"Lu... Lu Su, spare me. I... I won't dare do it again," Du Heng said, swallowing hard and stammering.

Lu Su looked at Du Heng's disheveled, miserable state with an icy expression. "You don't know you were wrong. You just know you're about to die."

Seeing Lu Su openly place death before his eyes, Du Heng became hysterical. "Murder is against the law! Lu Su!"

Hearing Du Heng still shamelessly talk about the law, Lu Su could not help laughing. "Did you consider whether it was against the law when you killed your parents? Did you consider whether it was against the law when you brought the Spirit Summoning Society to kill me?"

"Besides, when fighting criminals, I couldn't hold back in time and killed one of them. I'm sure the Card Master Association will understand."

"I'll leave him to you, Kaneki."

Lu Su ignored Du Heng's ugly display and gave Kaneki the order.

Ignoring the sound of "1000-7" coming from behind him, Lu Su began considering how to deal with the aftermath.

He could stay here and wait for the Card Master Association to come handle it, but Lu Su would inevitably be taken away by the Association for questioning.

Even if they released him in the end, it would probably waste a great deal of time, which Lu Su found hard to accept.

After this incident, who knew whether he would end up on the Spirit Summoning Society's blacklist?

Never before had Lu Su craved power as much as he did now.

He wanted Bronze Grade cards, Silver grade cards, and... Hall of Fame Grade cards.

Putting aside those dreams that could not yet be realized, Lu Su began thinking of a way out. As a Third Year High School student and a registered Black Iron Grade Card Master with the Card Master Association, no matter how gifted he was, he had no way to defy the Association's rules.

After thinking it over, the only thing he could do was call for help.

Lu Su took out his phone and looked through the contacts in his address book.

First was Wang Ming, Lu Su's former homeroom teacher. Lu Su skipped over him immediately. Wang Ming had indeed been dedicated to his students as the homeroom teacher of an ordinary class, but involving him in something like the Spirit Summoning Society would be asking too much.

Next was Song Qian, Lu Su's current homeroom teacher. To be honest, after more than half a month of interacting with her, Lu Su could tell that Song Qian was a good Teacher. Moreover, as the homeroom teacher of a key class at Shanghai City No. 1 High School, she presumably had some useful connections.

After adding Song Qian to the list of candidates, Lu Su continued scrolling.

Then there was Ma Liang, the president of the Ning'an District Card Master Association. Lu Su only had his contact information because of the previous interview; Ma Liang had given it to him for convenience.

This was someone with enough influence, but Lu Su had no intention of contacting him.

For the crested-haired youth to find Du Heng, a witness to the Secret Realm incident, so precisely, the Spirit Summoning Society definitely had an insider within the Association.

Therefore, Lu Su did not feel comfortable contacting anyone from the Association.

Of course, Bai Yueming would be another matter. Lu Su believed a Master Card Master would not stoop to joining the Spirit Summoning Society.

Unfortunately, during yesterday's meeting, Bai Yueming had shown no intention of giving Lu Su his contact information.

Finally, there was Jiang Nanxi.

Jiang Nanxi.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Su made the call. "Hello? Is this Jiang Nanxi? It's Lu Su."

"Here's what happened."

Before long, a pitch-black sports car arrived at the Happy Home residential complex.

A thin middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses stepped out of the car.

The man looked over the wrecked ground of the Happy Home complex, and a trace of surprise flashed through his eyes.

The black sports car turned into a streak of light and flew into the forehead of the man with gold-rimmed glasses.

The bespectacled man strode up to Lu Su and said, "You're Lu Su, right? I'm Jiang Nanxi's father, Jiang Wang. You can call me Uncle Jiang."

That was right. The man who had come was Jiang Nanxi's father.

That was also why Lu Su had called Jiang Nanxi.

After all, Jiang Nanxi had been the one to tell her about Du Heng, and as a victim of the Secret Realm incident, her father surely could not be a mole within the Spirit Summoning Society.

Unless he was ruthless enough to use his own daughter as bait—then Lu Su would simply have to accept her loss.

Lu Su spoke respectfully, "Hello, Uncle Jiang. Jiang Nanxi should have told you about what happened, right?"

Jiang Wang nodded at this, but then said, "You mentioned that you killed a Bronze Grade Card Master from the Spirit Summoning Society. Could you let me see the card you used?"

Lu Su immediately understood. Jiang Wang was worried this had been a setup orchestrated by her and the Spirit Summoning Society.

At that thought, Kaneki instantly appeared beside Lu Su.

Jiang Wang's pupils contracted slightly when he saw Kaneki. Sensing Kaneki's aura, he muttered, "Gold? No, more than that... Red Quality, perhaps?"

As a Gold Grade Card Master, Jiang Wang could naturally tell Kaneki's approximate quality.

It was also upon seeing Kaneki that Jiang Wang understood why Lu Su had been able to defeat a Bronze Grade Card Master.

Seeing Lu Su nod slightly, Jiang Wang could not help but praise her. "That was the material card I had Nanxi give you yesterday, wasn't it? I didn't expect you to make it so quickly. The younger generation is truly formidable."

Lu Su's terrifying talent reminded Jiang Wang of someone.

The pillar of Great Ming, its sole Hall of Fame Card Master—Eternal Light Ye Zhou.

But the next moment, he dismissed the absurd comparison from his mind. After all, Lu Su before him was still only a lowly Black Iron Grade Card Master.

With that in mind, Jiang Wang said, "Once the Card Masters from the Association arrive to investigate, I'll say that I was the one who dealt with both the Spirit Summoning Society scum and Du Heng."

Lu Su was stunned, unable to understand why Jiang Wang wanted to conceal it like this.

Jiang Wang seemed to see through Lu Su's confusion and smiled faintly. "You're probably wondering why I'm saying this. It's not only to protect you, but also for..."