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Xun Uchiha's eyes lit up, surprise and delight mingling in his voice. "Found it! This is the place! Come on, I'll take you inside!"
Gexinke stood with his hands behind his back, his towering figure like a mountain in the dark seawater. He wore no diving equipment. His face, weathered by time yet still hard and cold, was exposed directly to the bone-chilling water, his mouth and nose uncovered, as though breathing seawater were no different from breathing air.
That impossible sight radiated a terrifying, suffocating pressure.
He looked down at Xun Uchiha beneath him without a trace of warmth in his eyes, as though examining someone about to be executed-grim, indifferent, and brimming with murderous intent.
Xun Uchiha felt as though a boulder had slammed into his chest. The invisible pressure forced him to retreat instinctively, his feet gouging two deep furrows through the sand on the seabed.
Boren Lee rushed over from the distance and was horrified by the sight. He stared fixedly at Gexinke, who remained perfectly unharmed without any protective gear, his voice trembling slightly with shock. "You... who are you? Why aren't you wearing an oxygen mask?"
Rather than answer immediately, Gexinke looked toward a skeleton lying nearby. His voice was as grim as the scrape of rusted iron. "These waters are under my jurisdiction."
Boren Lee frowned deeply, his gaze shifting between the skeleton and Gexinke. An absurd yet staggering thought flashed through his mind. "Are you a survivor of Atlantis from six thousand years ago? Have you been hiding in this sunken city all this time?"
Beside him, Xun Uchiha froze as well. He had never seen this man during his previous visit.
"Heh heh heh..."
A low, eerie laugh spilled from Gexinke's throat. He grinned, revealing dazzling white teeth, his eyes