"What could have happened to Evil Disaster? He's still the same—hot-tempered as ever."
"He listens to you the most. Once you left, no one could keep him in check, so he became even more reckless."
"Aren't you the one who knows that best?"
A layer of black mist spread around Calamity once more.
"Until next time."
The black mist dissipated.
Calamity vanished from his seat as well.
The people around them turned a blind eye to the scene and instinctively moved away from the area.
After finishing the tea in his cup and paying the bill, Shen Yu also vanished from where he stood.
A waitress came out and saw a cup sitting on one of the tables outside. She froze for a moment. "Strange, did a customer come by just now?"
"When did I serve that tea?"
She thought about it for a while but could not remember anything. In the end, she could only take the cup back to the kitchen.
There were probably too many customers today, and she had worked herself dizzy.
Calamity returned to the Organization's Headquarters.
An elderly man who looked to be in his nineties sat cross-legged by the entrance with a leisurely expression.
Hearing the footsteps, he raised his brows. "Great Leader, have you been well lately?"
Yet his voice was full and powerful, lacking even the slightest frailty of one nearing the end of his years.
This was Old Age, one of the Five Great Cadres.
Birth, Old Age, Disease, Death, Poverty.
They represented the Five Sufferings among the Three Calamities, Five Sufferings, and Nine Hardships.
Originally, Suffering had also been one of the Five Great Cadres. Later, for reasons that could not be spoken of, he was promoted from cadre to one of the leaders, while Poverty was elevated