The Instigator / Fools of the Old Era

"Chirp, chirp!"

"Chirp, chirp."

"..." For some reason, Cong Yu felt that this posture and aura, this self-righteous look, were very familiar, but she couldn't quite remember where she had seen it before.

"Pfft--"

Xiao Cui couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then, under the curious gazes of everyone, she said, "[We're just Little Sprite, you're asking me?] That's what they said."

Upon hearing this, Cong Yu couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Yaochuan Guang and Lantian Zhu didn't understand what was so funny... because they had never heard Nagashima Koki say such things before, so they didn't get the joke.

In fact, even if you explain the joke, it won't make them laugh out loud.

A joke that explains the punchline won't make anyone laugh out loud... regardless of whether the person originally understood it or not.

Analysis of the humor: The Little Sprite learned their movements from Nagashima Koki.

"..." Then, Cong Yu, her smile fading, nodded seriously and analyzed the situation... In other words, Xiao Cui's journey to the Fairyland was purely by chance.

Or rather, it was Xiao Cui's own spell that caused some fluctuation, rather than the Extinction Formula gaining the ability to act on its own.

The Little Sprite are not the main body of the Extinction Formula.

The main body is undoubtedly...

It is the Fairyland itself.

As Cong Yu made this speculation, his phone rang in his pocket. He casually picked it up and glanced at Linx's message...

"Ha?"

Cong Yu raised this question.

--

[Shuten: What's this random foreigner here, talking bad about Cong Yu?]

[Cong Yu: Huh?]

[Tamamo: Hey, what a coincidence! It seems a foreigner just came by and asked to see me.]

[Snow Woman:?]

[Takemikazuchi: Mikatsuki Mikatsuki?]

Chapter 536 The Sower

Japan is truly a very special place.

It's so special it's "over the top"...

In each of the other kingdoms, there is a Monster King who occupies a country, or even a region that was "once a thousand kingdoms".

Just like King Odin who encompasses the five Northern Europe countries and islands, and the Saint King who controls all of Britain.

Japan, on the other hand, are exactly the opposite.

In this small country, five Monster Kings are densely packed together... and they seem to be living in peace with each other.

This is something everyone knows perfectly well.

After Snow Woman officially became queen and the King of Wind City Takemikazuchi Half King's Rule, Takemikazuchi, who had previously been elusive, also became king of the Central City.

Although Tamamo and Shuten, two King Level monsters from Kyoto, don't appear to be officially controlling the Spirit Vein, this is actually not the case.

The current state of Kyoto is a surprisingly harmonious one, even by global standards... Strange people and humans have learned to coexist normally.

Although their relationship wasn't exactly pleasant due to the power imbalance between them, it was still harmonious nonetheless...

Unpleasant coexistence is still coexistence.

It's much better than a frenzied bloodbath.

However, without a doubt...

At least in the eyes of the vast majority of people who don't know much about the situation in Japan and don't quite understand what's going on between the Monster King.

Without a doubt, the King of Wind City has been making quite a bit of a racket lately.

It was his decision to consume nuclear wastewater, and he even brought in a foreign Monster King.

The cabinet purge was his doing, plunging the situation in Japan into chaos.

He was the one who first showed goodwill towards humans, and he is the only Monster King in the world to publicly declare his so-called "Half King's Rule".

Therefore, the other Monster King would obviously be dissatisfied with him.

Such dissatisfaction can then be exploited.

Yes, it is possible to utilize...

Many people think this way.

"Hmm... I didn't understand. Could you be more specific?"

Shuten gestured to the human woman opposite her, tapping on her phone while watching her, waiting for the woman to continue her provocations.

"Yes, esteemed Shuten- dōji."

As she said this, the woman nodded respectfully, repeatedly listing the faults of the King of Wind City: "Japan is clearly a country jointly ruled by you five Monster Kings, but the King of Wind City has gone too far."

Shuten nodded, listening to the woman who was now speaking more bluntly... even though her previous words had been more tactful.

Perhaps considering that Shuten said "I didn't understand," they felt that Shuten was the kind of person who couldn't be hinted at through subtle, manipulative methods.

In reality, Shuten was Shuten, not Takemikazuchi. So she could understand that level of scolding.

The reason for asking the other party to repeat themselves...

It's because Shuten has turned on voice chat.

At this very moment, what the other party was saying was being broadcast live in the small group chat of the Five Kings of Japan... Everyone could hear it.

However, unaware of this, the woman continued, "These past few days, the Japan cabinet has been massacred by the King of Wind City."

"The money has also been looted... Although we don't know if the King of Wind City has shared the supplies with you, it probably wasn't a fair amount."

"Furthermore, the King of Wind City is also killing people at will in our country in the name of the King of Japan, this..."

Before the woman could finish speaking, another woman's voice suddenly came from Shuten's phone. "Respected Tamamo, I wonder if you have recently spoken with other kings of Japan, and if you know anything about...?"

"..." The woman sitting opposite Shuten- dōji paused, her words trailing off... Wasn't that the voice of her comrade who had come to sow discord with her?

Is the Lord of Mount Oe talking to the lord of the Tamamo Palace?

Broken!!!

Shuten was speechless at this unexpected situation. She picked up her phone and complained, "Tamamo, what are you doing? The guy on my end heard everything!"

Tamamo was also somewhat taken aback by this.

"Huh? So we can still hear each other after all?"

Tamamo's voice came from the other side... Well, she had obviously misunderstood something, thinking that the Mike on this communication interface was set up differently.

They probably thought it was a call that "only five people could hear," so they just turned it on... something like that.

Shuten was in a rather awkward position...

However, it wasn't because of embarrassment towards the strange woman in front of them... Everyone could guess what she was thinking.

He simply disliked Cong Yu and wanted to use someone else to do his dirty work.

Shuten didn't waste any words, simply saying to Tamamo, "Heh, then go ahead and make your move. I'm going to make my move too."

Having said that, before the woman in front of him could react...

Shuten immediately threw a punch at him.

"Gasp-Spray!!!"

With just a light punch, Shuten blasted his opponent's jaw off... The jawbone and flesh instantly detached from the opponent's head.

Most of the tongue had been torn off, hanging there bleeding profusely. Only a small portion remained, clinging to the base of the other person's tongue.

"Waaaah! Waaaah! I..."

The woman screamed in agony, and the ensuing excruciating pain caused her to collapse to the ground, unconscious... If left unattended, she would surely die.

Shuten only hoped the other party wouldn't bite their tongue and commit suicide, not that he wanted to kill them; it just shows how fragile he was.

"Ordinary humans are far too fragile."

As he pondered this, Shuten seemed to remember something and asked the person on the other end of the phone, "Tamamo, you held back, didn't you? You didn't kill him, did you?"

If we kill him, our intelligence gathering will be ruined.

Before Tamamo could respond, Cong Yu's voice came calmly. "Tamamo knows illusion magic, Shuten, you didn't kill her, did you?"

Cong Yu suspected that Shuten had gone too far and killed the person, which is why he anxiously asked Tamamo about it.

Tamamo: "I controlled it with illusion magic."

Hearing this answer, Shuten a sigh of relief, then retorted, "I didn't kill anyone... they're just about to die."

"..."

"..." There was a long silence on the voice call, followed by Cong Yu's sigh, "I understand, I'll be right there."

While listening to Cong Yu's words, Takemikazuchi and Snow Woman- onna exchanged a glance while eating.

Then, Takemikazuchi, who was freeloading at the Snow Woman's place, immediately suggested, "I want to go too, come pick us up..."

As Takemikazuchi spoke, Snow Woman glanced at the pile of paper documents on her desk. "You can go now... I still have work to do."

There's no rush to go out and have fun together.

It's best not to disturb Cong Yu now, after all...

Cong Yu also has her own life.

Chapter 537 The Idiots of the Old Era

To sow discord... or rather, to sow discord.

This has always been a very effective tactic, although it is impossible for a divisive strategy to be completely foolproof and flawless.

But this is precisely what is meant by sowing discord.

The reasons for this [good plan].

This is not a conspiracy that becomes useless once it's seen through, but a perfectly legitimate open strategy... Of course, modern people also misunderstand open strategies.

In fact, overt strategies are not necessarily greater than covert ones.

There's no clear distinction between the merits of killing someone in public and striking them unexpectedly.

As for conspiracies... when you want to deal with someone, if they don't take the bait, then all your plans and arrangements will be in vain.

However, if you take the bait, it will be a devastating blow that could lead to "all your efforts being in vain"... In other words, it's a gamble on the success rate.

The better the conspiracy, the higher the success rate.

An open conspiracy, on the other hand, can be effective regardless of whether it is discovered or not. Unfortunately, because it is so blatant, it is not such an unacceptable scheme... What you swallow is not poison, but a defense.

The better the open strategy, the worse the defense will be.

What? You mean a conspiracy as potent as poison?

That wasn't a calculated scheme; it was the prevailing trend, or something that was no longer on the same level. To call it a "scheme" is going too far.

Sowing discord is precisely such an open and aboveboard strategy.

If it's not so obvious, it takes more thought to realize it's a divisive tactic; but if it were more obvious...

Or perhaps the Monster King is a bit more quick-witted, in which case it would be natural for him to know their thoughts and intentions...

And this strategy lies precisely in the words he speaks.

In any case, what they said was true; they genuinely laid bare what the King of Wind City had done.

Even if they were killed on the spot, they would still leave a thorn in the hearts of Tamamo and Shuten, the two Monster Kings.