Act.11 Panorama: The Whole Picture

[Part 1: The Curse of Bloodline]

Galahad's students were taken to the Eureka Gorge pass, where they were to return home under the protection of Snow Owl Mobilization Troops.

The BOSS personally went to the front lines to protect these seventy-seven students. They were the winners of the Sage's Cup, the gunsmith's direct disciples, and had a bright future in the long struggle against the Vita Imprint.

On the other hand, no matter how outrageous Eureka Volcano may be, it would never dare to openly break ties with the BOSS in front of him.

--If it's a fight to the death, Ming De has just finished his harvest season, and his spiritual essence is extremely strong. He is very likely to release powerful spiritual pressure and slowly turn Mount Eureka into a dead city where Chang Ghost remain.

This is another form of [nuclear intimidation]. The psionic tide released by the combination of Red Mountain Stone and Hunter King alone can subdue all Homo sapiens within a one-kilometer radius. If the Abyssal Railway's administrative assistant were to take the BOSS in a car and drive around the coastal road of Volcano City twice, most of the docks and entertainment venues in this tax haven would be paralyzed, leaving very few rational living people.

In Kang Que's eyes, the BOSS's horrifying act was to use his divine body as a sword to exert extreme pressure on the governor and militia of Eureka Volcano City, the conglomerate, and himself, the leader of the Mercy of Eros.

At this very moment, this white-haired, red-eyed little angel was sitting in the casino's general manager's office, holding a meeting with his eleventh subordinate to discuss this matter.

Before he could speak, the person in charge of managing the gambling operations said anxiously.

"Shi Cun Tuozhen has been arrested, and his good-for-nothing godson isn't dead either. What if they defect and surrender, and the big shots above blame them? Collins' eldest and second eldest brothers picked up some toys in New Paris, and there are still accounts and video recordings in the shop—if Ming De investigates thoroughly, those two kids will go to jail."

The eldest and second sons of the Collins family were two little beasts born from a marriage between the Yellowstone People and Greenstone People families.

The eldest is thirty-one years old, and the second is younger, only eighteen.

The casino manager described the matter as simple, almost like human trafficking, but in reality, the situation was far more complex.

Last winter, a family in Eureka Volcano City held a wedding banquet on the beach next to the seaside promenade.

The Collins brothers, who had attended the Eureka Shipping Fair, were on their way back to their family home when they drove through the area. Wanting to see how beautiful the bride was at the wedding, they brought their burly security guards and caused trouble, assaulting the guests.

When the groom's relatives and friends came to mediate, they were killed one by one. It wasn't until the bride pleaded for her parents' lives by stripping and dancing in public that the Collins brothers, who were amused, took the bride to the New Paris nightclub and humiliated her. The security personnel clearing the area then killed all the relatives and guests, a total of twenty-two people.

After the incident, the Collins brothers, Mr. Lan Yinglong, packaged the charming woman and, with the help of hypnotists, psychologists, and neurosurgeons, transformed her into a gentle and intellectual plaything before sending her back to the Collins family's large estate. Fearing exposure, all traces of the bride and groom's home were erased in Eureka Volcano City.

Specifically --

--The construction team and Snow Owl Mobilization Troops went to work, demolishing the houses and rebuilding public gardens and toilets.

Every living creature, from the old grandmother left behind by the man to the little cousin of the woman who was only four years old, all became the solid foundation material for the leveling project.

Such a horrific tragedy was handled by Shi Cun Tuozhen. He bribed the fire department, militia, and road administration officials with money and gifts, personally visited each household, and fabricated news stories at newspapers and television stations, turning the incident into an unexpected natural disaster, with the Pompeii Sea tsunami sweeping away the people at the wedding banquet.

The Cupid's Fund, funded by the Mercy of Eros Foundation, offers insurance coverage. Families of friends and relatives who go missing at weddings will receive compensation, with additional compensation for families who have lost their ability to work.

It took Mr. Kang Que over eight million Hui Stone Currency to completely settle things, all to please the two Collins brothers, for the order, and for the crotch toys they had their eyes on.

Such tragedies are commonplace in Eureka Volcano City.

--As long as the armed trains can't get into the canyon checkpoints, and the rapid reaction forces of Guangling Zhixi can't enter this place, Kang Que will decide all the rules of the game.

On the twilight horizon of the Pompeii Sea, a fiery red sun slowly rises.

It illuminated the office, so brightly that Chairman Kang Que couldn't open his eyes. He casually pulled the blinds shut, as if he had been startled.

The casino manager reminded him again, "If the Collins brothers are caught, the chairman..."

"Do you think they have a chance of going to jail?!" Kang Que stood up angrily and leaned close to the manager. "You seem to have no idea what's going on—Junichiro."

The casino manager and Shi Cun Tuozhen half-brothers.

--Also from the Yellowstone People camp, they originally managed the timber and stone business for the Van Persie family. The Stone Village family's agent has been in power for over 150 years. They are a concubine's concubine. The main family is still active in the railway system's Senate and disdains associating with these insects.

"If your brother Takuma were to implicate the Collins brothers," Kang Que said viciously, "They wouldn't have a chance to go to jail!"

"How could that be!" The manager of the financial venture capital assets immediately retorted. She was a young woman who had just taken over the Mercy Society's assets from her father. "The Collins family only has two successors. If it goes through a trial process, the elders will definitely not sit idly by."

President Kang Que: "Then we'll bribe the jurors at the Qingjin? Use the Yellowstone Senate seats to pressure the judge? Spare these two little bastards' lives? And then we'll find scapegoats, or we'll become the scapegoats, right?"

The venture capital manager paused for a moment, feeling a sense of unreality when she heard Chairman Johnny use the term "little beast," as if she were meeting her leader for the first time. "Yes, Chairman."

"You guys have no idea how powerful the current BOSS is; you don't even have that concept in your minds," Kang Que Connor continued. "If Ishimura exposes these two brothers and reveals their crimes to the world, no one can protect these two idiots."

"Is your impression of the BOSS still stuck three years ago?"

"Is it old and weak, only able to hide in the cabinet and act with its beloved passengers? Spending its days indulging in debauchery, drinking and playing drinking games with the old man on the four-sided terrace? My cadres—wake up, times have changed."

President Kang Que frowned, his handsome features conveying a youthful and naive worry, as if he were not the leader of the Madness Butterfly Sect, but a young man who had just left adolescence and was worrying about love.

"We don't know how Ming De infiltrated Eureka Volcano City."

"Checkpoints, personnel registration—all investigative methods have been cracked."

"The Gate of Wonders and the nameless Beggars' Sect's spies can't get in here, but Ming De and his Imperial Guards have descended from the sky and appeared beside us. Aren't you afraid?"

President Kang Que was almost amused by the naiveté and childishness of the staff.

These blood donors are too young; the older generation he once worked with have all left their bloodlines. But after the second and third generations, the gene pool of the entrepreneurial team becomes weaker and weaker, and more and more incompetent.

"The Collins brothers must die." Kang Que's tone was gentle as he grasped the hand of the trusted lieutenant beside him. "They must die. If Shi Cun Tuozhen has ever cleaned up after anyone else, they all have to die."

"Why? Chairman, aren't we working illegally for these people?" the armed man asked in surprise.

Kang Que declared confidently, "This is a curse of blood! Tax evasion companies and Senate members that have dealings with Eureka Volcano City will not escape this vicious curse!"

"Their ancestors may have been brilliant, pioneers of the underworld, heroes, but over the centuries, clan-based powers have dominated their territories, producing many incompetent offspring. When we do business with their families, we have to appease these worthless people by any means necessary. But you must understand this—evil is not the same as stupidity, and it is even the opposite of stupidity."

"These idiots bully men and women, abuse their power, and leave behind countless pieces of evidence of their crimes. The BOSS didn't have the ability to settle accounts before, but now it does. The Collins brothers won't survive! Anyone who dares to say no will die!"

"If their parents come out to protect their son, the parents will die too. If the judge dares to spare their lives, the judge himself will die as well!"

Kang Que Connor pointed meaningfully at the officials, and finally pointed sharply at Linden Van Persie.

"All those who accepted bribes will suffer the consequences—any relatives who stand up for these brothers will all die. This is the curse of blood."

"What should we do? If we don't sever this relationship and humble ourselves now, are we supposed to confront the Nameless One head-on? Moriti! Do you have the ability to fight the Big Sister?"

The armed man, Moriti, was somewhat unwilling to give up and still wanted to argue a few more times.

"I'm not afraid of nobody! Chairman Kang Que! Please think it over again! Our investors and friends in the Senate will never give up."

Kang Que slapped him hard across the face!

"Is it because my face looks too approachable, Moriti?"

The powerful slap left five bloody welts on the face of the top thug, which slowly healed under the effect of the Blessed Holy Blood.

"Your father is smarter than you, your Grandfather is a brave and skilled warrior and my right-hand man, and your Grandfather's elder brother is my comrade-in-arms who has shared life and death with me—while you have spent too long in a life of luxury and debauchery. If it weren't for this bloodline, I wouldn't even give you a second glance."

"Once the truth comes out, dirty stuff like us will be immediately abandoned by investors. This isn't a battle between us and the nameless; it's a duel between Ming De and numerous regional powers, the Senate, and the Immortals Alliance."

"They want to start a war, and in war, someone always has to be sacrificed—I don't want to cling to the Mercy of Eros and drown in this war with you!"

Mr. Kang Que became more and more emotional as he spoke, his eyes reddening, and he almost cried.

"Three years ago, there was no armed force around us that could threaten the Eureka homeland. Without armed trains, the rapid reaction force had no logistical support. They were unequipped and couldn't even get into the Eureka Canyon Pass. We could rest easy."

"Our counter-espionage system is very comprehensive, with personnel vetting and identity verification, as well as facial recognition and fingerprint comparison. No intelligence agent can get away with this in Eureka."

"The idea that the assault team and the Lapis Lazuli Guards can simply storm in is a pipe dream! This city has over 2.8 million people, all of whom are our hostages!"

[Part ②: Never a Peaceful Day]

Kang Que took a thick stack of documents from the drawer and slammed them onto the table.

"But what is this thing! Colleagues! Look closely! What the hell is this thing?"

Photos of the Big Sister, the gunsmith, Jiang Bailu, and Bu Liuxing.

This page contains photos of all the active members of [JoeStar], including those from the Gate of Wonders and the other two groups, as well as information on all the active members.

Audio recordings from special operations, and debriefing videos related to the operation.

"You're treating Eureka as a living, breathing person; an anonymous person can ignore our immune system."

Kang Que tilted his head and leaned towards Moriti, towards the chief decision-maker of the Mercy of Eros, who was also everyone's protector.

"Because Ishimura arrested seventy-seven students from Galahad, and for this one thing, an anonymous person slipped in silently right under our noses. There were only two of them, just the two of them—they massacred New Paris and killed a whole truckload of elite soldiers."

Kang Que's expression twisted, becoming a mask of pain.

"My Madness Butterfly Holy Father! You damned devil!"

He calmed himself down and gradually regained his composure.

"The Snow Owl Mobilization Troops went to the scene to collect evidence, but couldn't find any other types of bullet fragments! You're experienced in combat, do you know what this means, Moriti? Come on, explain it to everyone."

Moriti's face turned ashen as he concluded, "The gunsmith and the other woman entered the nightclub empty-handed. Judging from the video, they weren't wearing bulletproof vests; they came in civilian clothes, perhaps to avoid alerting the enemy. They seized our security personnel's guns and killed all the elite reinforcements who came later."

"Ishimura led over 150 men to the distillery to seek revenge, and not a single one survived." Kang Que Johnny covered his forehead, his eyes filled with fear. "I know what you're trying to say—"

"--It's very likely that Ming De is helping them!" Moriti's spirits lifted, and he immediately retorted, "No matter how powerful a soul might is, it's impossible to fight a hundred people alone in a place like that! But that black cat definitely has to return to the Nine Realms. It won't stay here forever; it has to go back to handle government affairs. If Ming De leaves, I'm confident I can go toe-to-toe with this gunsmith!"

President Kang Que shook his head and pursed his lips.

"I don't want to hear your explanation, and I don't want to hear any blindly optimistic speculation."

"Didn't you see the Flash Butterfly Armor? They came in with full gear!"

"I am so wary of the Nameless One because it is unlike any army of the Abyssal Railway before."

"These sons of bitches are officially certified legal assassins by the BOSS. They will never go through a trial process; once evidence of their crimes is found, they will be killed on the spot."

"There's no escaping it; even Lawrence's [Heaven's Gate] couldn't escape it."

"They don't want money, fame, power, or status; their will is unwavering and they won't listen to reason."

"Unlike before, when the railway workers harassed the satellite towns around Eureka—most of these guys would just follow the mission procedures, and if the mission failed or the time limit was up, they would go back to report. We can coerce and bribe them, use money to bribe them, and threaten them with the lives of their families to make them stop the operation."

"The anonymous man spent over seven months trying to kill Lawrence; once the hunt began, it was a fight to the death."

"Action groups organized as combat units may still need a commander to coordinate their actions and a liaison officer to arrange the next operational objectives. Even when operating alone, a guide is still needed."

"But the Nameless Ones don't need command, they don't need logistics, they don't need electronic equipment, they can hide anywhere, and they can even sustain themselves in urban environments. If they get our FOB radio and obtain key operational intelligence, it will be a huge disaster—they are more warlike than our most fanatical soldiers and more cruel than the most voracious blood-sucking believers in the Mercy Society."

Mr. Kang Que opened his eyes wide and turned on his phone to play the video--

--I witnessed the Big Sister killing Lawrence's personal bodyguard and slaughtering elite soldiers.

"Look! Take a good look, look closely!"

The screams and cries emanating from the screen sent a chill down Moriti and Linden's spines.

The video then cuts to the front entrance camera of the New Paris nightclub.

--That was a scene of a gunsmith taking down elite soldiers, a clean and efficient disarming, shooting, and carjacking.

Amidst the cries of the elite soldiers, these warriors begged for mercy and surrendered. They had been brutally beaten with the [Expelliarmus Curse], their joints broken by the gunsmith, and had lost all fighting ability. The last survivors had to crawl to the front desk of the nightclub to beg for help.

The gunsmith gathered the bodies, some still alive and some not, from the scene, ignoring the soldiers' pleas for mercy, and drove his military vehicle into the nightclub's liquor store, clearing out the entire area. A severed arm, still splattered with blood, was still caught in the bumper.

President Kang Que's face was pale, and his tone was terrifying.

"Take this video back with you and ask the most innocent and adorable children in your families—ask them—who is the real villain?"

"I'm not trying to boost the enemy's morale while demoralizing my own."

"You should pray to the Madness Butterfly Holy Father that you'll clock in at 9 AM tomorrow and spend the night at the company. Otherwise, if the Gunsmith drives up in his little car, dressed in his Flash Butterfly Armor, armed with weapons, and follows you around listening to rock music—can any of you guarantee you'll survive? I don't want tomorrow's morning meeting to suddenly have one or two people missing. That feeling is truly terrifying. Can you understand how I feel? It's truly terrifying."

"The Nameless Blade is a decapitation sword specially forged by the BOSS to eliminate Zero Platform, eradicate the scourge of the trading hub, and restore order to the Senate."

Kang Que grabbed Linden Van Persie by the collar--

"--Good brother, you brought me back a time bomb, how can I thank you enough?"

Linden dared not speak; a faint, radiant aura of the soul could be seen emanating from the Mercy Society's body.

--It was a blood-red lion, baring its teeth at Linden in extreme rage.

Moriti's eyes dimmed. "Do we have no choice but to admit defeat, President? I'm so unwilling to accept it."

"Last time," the asset management manager said angrily, "The relocation of Zero Platform, that drill to deal with the surprise inspection—was it all for this day?"

Kang Que's expression changed, replaced by a warm and gentle smile.

"Now are you willing to take this opponent seriously?"

"Everyone, we must survive. Hide and survive. I will tell you what to do in this [survival game]--"

The little angels of the Mercy of Eros have transformed back into their harmless forms.

"--I will do my best."