Inside the main council hall of the Imperial Palace in the Imperial Capital.
"General, our arrest warrant has been issued. A full-scale search for Lin Feng will begin immediately, and he will be stripped of his position as captain of the District Thirteen Imperial Guard. Anyone spotted with him will be killed without exception, and a substantial reward will be given to anyone who reports him."
The civil servant from Minister Honest's faction reported to Esdeath.
It's obvious even to a fool that Honest was testing Esdeath's stance.
Judging from Esdeath's behavior today, Honest seems to think that she has an unusually soft heart towards Lin Feng, which is really too strange.
Honest always regarded Esdeath as his most powerful piece, a piece like the Queen in chess, possessing all the offensive capabilities of other pieces and making incredibly sharp moves.
Unfortunately, this queen was too powerful and too close to the king, and one day she might turn against Minister Honest.
"I understand, let's do it that way."
Esdeath immediately understood the underlying meaning.
However, Esdeath knew that no matter what Honest did to Lin Feng, he couldn't kill Lin Feng.
Since Lin Feng could kill Dr. Stylish without sustaining a scratch while surrounded by the Jaegers Unit, he could certainly kill all the people planted by the minister without suffering any injuries.
The only one who can kill Lin Feng is Esdeath herself!
"Minister Honest, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now. After all, I've lost some members of my team and need to give instructions on new arrangements as soon as possible."
"Report! Minister, outside the gate... outside the gate..."
Just as Esdeath was about to leave, a flustered guard suddenly rushed towards Honest's palace, his brow beaded with sweat.
Judging from his panicked appearance, something must have happened.
"What's going on outside? Calm down and let's talk!"
"Outside the door... there's a strange dark shadow outside the door, constantly drifting towards the interior of the palace. Our guards tried to intercept it, but they couldn't even touch its body..."
"A shadowy figure?"
Minister Honest looked at the guard, thinking he was drunk and talking nonsense.
But the next second, Minister Honest believed it all.
"This, this is..."
A long, narrow shadow squeezed out from the crack in the door, rapidly spreading across the red carpet in the center of the palace council chamber, then quickly piling up—
In a short while, the reflection spread on the ground folded into a human-shaped fleshy body.
It was the face of a young boy, with a pair of blood-red eyes on his fair complexion; his appearance seemed to belong to another world.
Just by staring into the eyes of this suddenly appearing boy, everyone present felt a terrifying sense of unease, not to mention the unpredictable way he entered.
" Lin Feng..."
Esdeath, standing to the side, was taken aback when she saw Lin Feng suddenly appear.
She hadn't expected Lin Feng to come to the palace to die. Of course, she didn't want to execute Lin Feng so quickly; she only wanted to torture Lin Feng slowly until she was satisfied.
"That's Lin Feng? Esdeath, why aren't you taking care of him right now?"
Minister Honest was testing Esdeath's loyalty, but Lin Feng had already anticipated this when he ventured to the Imperial Capital Palace.
"Wait a minute, Minister Honest. I have executed the criminals Dr. Stylish and Nyau. I wonder what my crime is, or rather, as the captain of the Imperial Guard, is it wrong for me to execute criminals on behalf of the Empire?"
Lin Feng spoke with righteous indignation.
Upon hearing Lin Feng's words, most of the ministers present cursed him, calling it "utter nonsense." However, a childish and clear voice silenced everyone, including Honest.
"You're Lin Feng?"
Lin Feng looked at the green-haired little boy sitting on the Supreme Throne on the red carpet.
'This is the first time I've ever seen the emperor from the Imperial Capital.'
Minister Honest lay beside him with complete disrespect, while everyone else was practically trembling with fear before the Honest.
"That's right, my Lin Feng."
"Very well, now tell me what crime the person you killed committed, or I will execute you on the spot!"
" Dr. Stylish, he used members of the Imperial Guard as experimental subjects, massacring members within the Empire to ensure the success of the experiment. I not only have witness testimonies but also relevant experimental records. Meanwhile, Nyau's massacre of commoners tarnished the Imperial Capital's reputation, causing unwarranted panic among the people, and was a grave disrespect to the Emperor!"
Lin Feng had the guards present the documents he carried at his waist. These were documents that Lin Feng had collected from Ogre's confidants during his time as the captain of the Imperial Guard.
Upon hearing Lin Feng's words, Esdeath was standing to the side, couldn't help but exude an extremely cold aura of death.
"Heh... you killed Nyau of the Three Beasts too?"
"Otherwise what?"
Lin Feng answered without the slightest hesitation; he was not afraid of Esdeath at all, especially not in front of Minister Honest and the Emperor.
In Lin Feng's opinion, it would be better if Esdeath came and attacked him quickly, and the two of them fought, with the council hall serving as a spectator seat.
Seeing this, Minister Honest found it extremely strange.
Someone actually dared to stand up to Esdeath. In the entire empire, even General Budo had to be wary of this woman's strength.
'Where did this brat come from? A mere Imperial Guard captain dares to confront Esdeath? How foolish, is it all for that pitiful sense of justice...?'
The young emperor looked at the evidence presented by the guards and asked the minister Honest beside him for his opinion.
The result was predictable: the sins committed by Dr. Stylish and Nyau were hardly surprising in the brutal Imperial Capital.
However, while Minister Honest was unconcerned about the two men's faults, he was equally unconcerned about their lives.
What he was more concerned about was the shadow-like ability that Lin Feng activated when he entered the arena.
'Among all the Teigu in the Imperial Capital Palace, even Teigu used exclusively by the royal family, when has there ever been Teigu that can manipulate shadows like this...?'
'It doesn't matter, once I kill him, I'll see what his Teigu is!'
Minister Honest whispered a few words in the young emperor's ear, and the emperor's expression immediately changed.
"General Esdeath, begin the execution of Lin Feng immediately!"
The officials no longer cared about the irrationality of resisting the ministers and the emperor, because at this moment, resisting them would undoubtedly be courting death.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The officials kneeling in both rows all uttered such praise.
Esdeath stepped out of her long, slender, snow-white high-heeled combat boots, her murderous aura growing stronger and her expression increasingly sinister.
I was initially filled with regret that I couldn't personally turn the person I loved into a slave, but I never expected the opportunity to come so quickly.