Let Us Welcome Destruction Together! (Third Update Complete)
Fifteen minutes later, Taiji returned to the palace after finishing his phone call.
When he looked at Oboro again, his expression was very complicated.
Beep beep beep.
Just then, Oboro's phone rang; it was an unknown number.
"Mr. Oboro".
Taiji approached and gestured with his eyes towards Oboro's phone.
The connection was established.
"I'm Josh, the head of the V5 committee. To make a long story short... I only have one request: make these crazy politicians under your control stop as soon as possible! Stop causing trouble..."
Smack
Before the other person could finish speaking, Long hung up the phone.
A moment of silence fell over the air.
Beep beep beep...
Only Oboro's phone rang again afterward.
"Sit down, don't be nervous."
"It's warm and gentle," said Oboro to Taiji.
The latter, trembling with fear, sat down again. For those working at V5, or for a significant portion of the world's population, Oboro's strength and individual power were irrelevant. He wouldn't pose a threat or danger to them... Even someone as powerful as Chairman Netero had to obey V5's orders.
What truly harms this group of people is power and status.
They are entrants capable of shaking up the human world.
This is capital! This is what truly frightens them...
The TV screen continued to play, and after a while, the phone finally stopped ringing and everything fell silent.
This time, it took almost ten minutes for it to ring again, this time from a different number.
Long put the phone to his ear and, without waiting for the other party to speak, said calmly, "No matter who you are, you are not qualified to negotiate with me. Send those people over."
After speaking, he hung up the call again.
Taiji, standing to the side, was sweating profusely.
He knew who those people were that Oboro was referring to.
He is the highest-ranking leader within V5, and also one of the leaders of the five superpowers.
A giant standing at the pinnacle of power in the entire human world.
V5's actions are undeniably swift; they are racing against time to minimize the impact of press conferences in various countries. If they don't stop it in time, what's happening now might just be a press conference, but who knows what will follow? Currently, they are just one of the leading figures in the country; what will happen next...? If a king or prime minister actually intervenes, then it's all over.
To establish a nation and have a place on the mainland, regardless of the national situation, at least there is a certain degree of national unity. If the number one person in the country speaks, then the entire nation, from top to bottom, including the people, will regard V5 as an enemy.
Few remain clear-headed; the common people will choose to believe their king... Right now, it's only generating public opinion and social impact; it hasn't escalated to the point of 'real combat' yet. Even without a real war, the trade and economy alone, involving so many countries... will result in heavy losses for major powers like V5.
Once a war breaks out between nations, the military industrial capacity involved can include nuclear weapons.
After all, things like the Poor Man's Rose can be mass-produced... Many countries on the continent can manufacture them. Even if V5 still has many trump cards that have not yet been revealed, the human world will suffer annihilation if the most basic nuclear weapons are released on a large scale.
At that time... no one will be able to escape.
The phone rang; it wasn't Long's or Taiji's.
It was David.
The old man answered the phone, exchanged a few words, and then put it down, saying, "Sir... their people have arrived."
That's incredibly Godspeed! That's a testament to the capabilities of V5.
From the time Oboro took Taiji to watch the press conference on TV until now, it's only been a little over half an hour... V5 received the message and reacted in no more than twenty minutes.
Fifteen minutes had passed since Long hung up the phone and issued the other party an ultimatum.
V5's headquarters aren't even located within the Republic of Padokea; they're extremely far away... and now, their people have actually arrived at the Fills Family's base! This is something that technology can't explain... it can only be Nen.
"Go pick it up."
Seeing Long give the order, David turned and walked away.
Taiji seemed somewhat uneasy; it was obvious that what was about to happen was beyond the reach of someone as insignificant as him.
"Mr. Long, I'll go too."
He greeted him and followed closely behind, catching up with the old man.
A moment later, led by David, a diplomatic team of about twenty people appeared before Long.
Everyone had a serious expression and looked quite capable. Their skill level was far superior to Taiji's at first glance. They also played important roles in the V5 department.
These people... are the true core management of v5.
It's not hard to see that the leaders of those countries are genuinely anxious.
Upon seeing Long, the leading man was very polite, offering his business card and introducing himself directly, saying, "We're here to meet your needs!"
Long held his business card in his hand, his expression intriguing.
The man, who was in charge, was the executive member of the committee who had first discovered the Fills Family's plan.
He came in person.
His Bruce.
"Mr. Oboro, I'm truly sorry, but due to the current chaotic situation and the somewhat sensitive nature of your identity, those gentlemen are unable to come to the Fills Family to meet with you in person. However, you can communicate with them in another way."
As he spoke, Bruce looked at one of the women in the team.
The latter stepped forward, releasing his Nen aura and activating his Nen, causing an antenna to appear out of thin air in his hand.
Then he stuck it in his own head.
Immediately, he walked to the center of the hall.
The next second, her eyes stared directly at Oboro, and her Nen power burst forth, conjuring a huge screen in mid-air.
The pitch-black screen flashed and began to glow.
At the other end, several blurry figures sat around a round table.
Only the body outline can be seen; what it looks like is unknown.
It seems very mysterious...
Clearly, the other group had also noticed Long sitting on the sofa.
"It's you... the one who can't let people have any peace and quiet at night." A disgruntled snort rang out.
"So... now that you've seen us, what do you want to say?"
Then came another woman's question.
"Nothing much... I just wanted to inform you that from today onwards, the influence of my Fills Family and all the gangs in the human world will receive national-level preferential treatment and qualifications in V5. I want one of your tickets to enter."
He said with a long smile.
"..."
The people on the screen fell silent instantly.
With a bang, someone slammed their fist on the table in anger. "Are you kidding me! Don't think you can push your luck just because you've resorted to some petty tricks! We can still ignore the countries you've interfered with and wipe you out, along with the entire gang of scum. You really think you can threaten us like that? How naive!"
As soon as one person finished venting his anger, another person chimed in. "Long, regarding this Black Tide Incident, we can pretend nothing happened. You can unify all the gangs in the world, and we can also choose not to interfere in your gang's affairs. However... on some social levels and in major operations, you still have to follow our command and arrangements. This is our bottom line, and also our final concession."
Long chuckled, taking a slight step forward as he looked at the figures on the screen. His voice turned cold. "Don't embarrass yourselves with your clumsy acting... I don't need your V5 to announce it publicly or go through any of those usual procedures. What I need is an entry ticket, national-level qualifications. We can just agree on it; it doesn't need to be made public. After all, that would make you lose all face... I admit, we gangsters aren't exactly glamorous... so I don't aspire to be in the limelight."
"We, the Fills Family, are the royal family of this void territory, and I am the king of this Crownless Nation... We've already been very lenient by not tearing off your fig leaves and announcing it to the whole world. Don't push your luck; you are the ones who should be..."
One plays the good cop, the other the bad cop; it's an old trick.
"..."
After the words were spoken, not only the leaders on the screen, but also V5 and others in the room except for David, fell silent.
The air pressure... is very low.
"The conversation is over. Prepare to face the end of your life."
The previously angry leader said coldly.
Long stood up from the sofa, his face calm. "No... it's not just the end of my life, it's the end of many people's fates."
"I believe you can kill me... I have no doubt about it."
"But if I die... I'll take many people with me."
"Although the gangs scattered across the world have not yet unified, the Fills Family still has the power to make them cause trouble... to wreak havoc and slaughter in every city! I will also create public opinion, stir up people's hearts... to pin all the crimes on your heads. I will make countless politicians jump out to accuse and denounce you, peeling away your hypocritical facade bit by bit... I will cause wars between nations, to baptize the entire world with this grand spectacle of artillery fire and fireworks... I will make... the entire world an Asura Purgatory, even if I die... my will, my vision, will still exist! I will etch a striking scar on the pages of human history!"
"A demon! You are a demon!"
"Devil!"
"This is utterly inhumane! You're going to drag hundreds of millions of innocent ordinary people into this?"
Several leaders were becoming uneasy because they had no idea how far the Fills Family's plan had progressed, how many countries they controlled, to what extent, or how many powerful figures were involved. Those who had surfaced now might only be the first wave; were there more to come? "Since you've investigated my background, you should know... I'm not a normal person. And how many so-called normal people are there in this world?"
Long was smiling, his eyes seemingly calm, yet revealing an extreme madness.
"Come on... let's start the war!"
"I can't wait... It would be perfect to use my life to ignite the magnificent prelude to the world's annihilation."
"Let us all face destruction together!"
Long opened her arms wide, her expression satisfied.
These words, as he spoke, truly sounded like a farewell... a vivid kiss to the world before his death.
A painful kiss...
At that moment, no one doubted the truthfulness of his words.
Judging from his expression and demeanor, this is exactly what he wants to do!
Cold, bone-chilling cold.
Upon seeing this, V5's leaders and the executives present all agreed on one thing.
The man in front of me... is a madman.
A few simple words sent chills down their spines... They didn't even dare to imagine the consequences and scenes that the turmoil Oboro had stirred up would create...
He... is not human!