With the power of the Gelel Stone gone, red light gathered in Haido's eyes, and the markings of the Puppet Curse lit up across his forehead.
Lin Chongshu easily took control of him.
Then Lin Chongshu extended a hand, a faint green glow lighting up around it: Mystical Palm Technique!
He pressed it against Haido's wound, and the flesh began to heal.
Lin Chongshu glanced at the door to the hidden chamber. Leaving now would be too soon; it would make people suspicious.
Haido had lost too quickly. I hadn't even exerted myself, and you were already down.
Lin Chongshu looked at the vacant-eyed Haido, sat down on the floor, and casually asked,
"How many Gelel Stones do you still have? Where did you find them all?"
Haido knelt on the ground, and some redness returned to his hollow gaze.
"I used to conduct research on an overseas island. During the Third Shinobi World War, I brought people inland, intending to buy children cheaply and take them back to the island for human modification.
"Later, I found a village near the Land of Rivers. Other villages had suffered total crop failures because of the war, and many people starved to death.
"They were poor too, but few of them starved to death, and no one sold their children."
Haido caught his breath and coughed up blood, but continued without being affected.
"I became suspicious and investigated in secret. I discovered that they were descendants of the ancient Gelel Royal Family.
"There was a kind of ore in the village that made both plants and animals grow rapidly. They relied on it to solve their food shortage and survive.
"I knew my chance had come! With that power, I could surely conquer the world!
"So, near the end of the Third