With his pockets stuffed full of Wasp Suits, Tamura Iyozo, now full and satisfied, caught a whiff of something wrong and prepared to make a run for it.
As an old salted fish, he was quite confident in his ability to flee.
By all accounts, he and Lord Utsunomiya Taro were on the same level, and his various fancy life-saving skills accounted for the vast majority of that!
However, when the voice that made his scalp explode suddenly reached his ears, Tamura Iyozo did not hesitate in the slightest. With a thought, the necklace hanging from his chest shattered, turning into dense, holy white light that enveloped him.
At the same time, the Escape Scroll within his sleeve slipped into his hand, ready to be used at any moment.
He stared alertly through the barrier of Holy Light.
With my strength, plus this Holy Light barrier...
Damn it, why has my body lost control?!
The surrounding world turned black and white. Even the dense Holy Light shield before him instantly became grayish-white, stripped of all holiness and looking utterly dead.
The once azure sky had turned pitch-black. The world seemed completely dead, completely frozen!
The only thing in heaven and earth that still possessed color was the figure before him, letting out a regretful sigh.
He had seen that face somewhere before. Thinking carefully, it belonged to a gifted Intruder from Beiyang, someone suspected of possessing a trump card capable of killing Veteran Intruders.
But could someone tell him what the hell was happening now...
He had always been cautious in every mission, never fighting battles he was not certain of winning. No matter the opponent—even a stumbling toddler—he would test them out and confirm things before making a move.
He had struggled and clawed his way to this point.