Chapter 1283: Aftermath (2)

The expression remained surprised, one can imagine, his death happened suddenly and unexpectedly with his head being chopped off.

“This is the prayer ritual for a funeral given by the Evil God Cult.”

Said a black-clothed Ninja.

“Killed by his own people? However, everyone on the list should have been cleared, this Bishop was the last fighting force of the Evil God Cult.”

Another black-clothed Ninja said.

“Indeed, the Evil God Cultists within Hidden Hot Water Village have also been slaughtered, there shouldn’t be any remaining fish that escaped the net.”

The Ninjas felt puzzled.

Surely, it couldn’t have been this Bishop, who after drawing the symbols, chopped off his own head?

If it were really like that, then the old Bishop couldn’t have shown such an expression.

“No, I remember some Evil God Cultists mentioning, within their sect there’s a mysterious Divine Son, said to have comprehended all the doctrines of the Evil God as a holy child.”

“…Very suspicious. There’s no record of a so-called Divine Son of the Evil God Cult on the list.”

“Anyhow, let’s take the body back first; the bodies of the Evil God Cultists are somewhat unusual, it’s better to take them back for examination.”

The black-clothed Ninjas started a lively discussion and quickly reached a consensus.

Although there might be remnants of the Evil God Cult, those are not under the jurisdiction of the pursuit teams.

They only follow the list to solve the matter.

If there really are remnants of the Evil God Cult, it would be best first to have the intelligence department investigate and confirm the situation before they can take action, to avoid harming innocents.

After all, the Evil God Cult has been entrenched within the Land of Hot Water for a long time, even part of the Ninjas of Hidden Hot Water Village have been brainwashed by the doctrines of the Evil God Cult, one can imagine the terrifying nature of this sect.

A sect with doctrines of slaughter and destruction, in conjunction with the mercenary-like nature of the Ninja Village, will produce reactions that are hard to predict.

If not seized and eradicated now, it will be even harder to eliminate in the future.

The doctrines of this sect pose greater harm to ordinary people without any weapons than even the dark forces.

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“With the destruction of the Evil God Cult, the Leader of Hidden Hot Water Village has agreed to cooperate with the Land of Demons, so finally, the door to the Land of Hot Water has been pried open. What’s left now is the guiding work, at the right time, to become a sharp blade piercing into the heart of the Land of Lightning.”

Returning from the isolated island to the Land of Demons, Hakushi in the office received the message transmitted from the Land of Hot Water immediately.

Staff there, using the cover of ‘compatriots’ from the lower levels of the Land of Hot Water, successfully destroyed the Evil God Cult entrenched within the Land of Hot Water, while also helping Hidden Hot Water Village stabilize their rule.

Contrary to rumors outside of Hidden Hot Water Village’s demise, what the Land of Demons destroyed this time was just the Ninjas from Hidden Hot Water Village brainwashed by the Evil God Cult, belonging to an ‘internal conflict’. Although the internal conflict destroyed quite a few buildings in Hidden Hot Water Village, the results were also very clear, completely eliminating the Evil God Cult’s influence from within the village.

However, the decline in strength of Hidden Hot Water Village is also an indisputable fact.

The brainwashing abilities of the Evil God Cult are very strong, and the cultists are basically mentally unstable people who kill without batting an eye, even ordinary people who join, a month later when they come out, they will be fervently involved in arson and murder, under the guise of sacrificing for the so-called Evil God, offering lost lambs of the mortal world.

A Ninja that gets brainwashed by the Evil God Cult would become an even more terrifying killing demon than a regular cultist.

For the cultists of this sect, murder is an expression of the doctrine, only in a world where slaughter is pervasive can their faith in their Evil God be satisfied and receive divine blessings.

It’s unfortunate… at the last moment when they were eradicated, the divine miracle of the Evil God didn’t appear.

All return to the embrace of their so-called Evil God, composed of 423 ordinary cultists, 172 elite cultists amongst Ninjas, and several Bishops.

At least they died for their cause.

As for those who haven’t been thoroughly brainwashed and belong to external members, they have been temporarily spared. However, the Wandering Witch stationed in the Land of Hot Water will monitor these individuals with safety concerns under the guise of medicine for the next three years.

This operation, starting initial cooperation with Hidden Hot Water Village, also eradicated the Evil God Cult causing trouble in the region, overall it was a very successful operation.

With Hidden Hot Water Village as a partner, infiltrating the lower levels of the Land of Hot Water becomes extremely simple next.

But considering the starkly different diplomatic postures of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire, Hakushi felt that it is not yet time to act blatantly within the Land of Hot Water, a period of dormancy to reduce presence is needed.

As for how to deploy, a high-level meeting will be convened after the New Year to decide.

There are many facets involved, no matter how much he considers, he cannot possibly cover all aspects.

The most important thing is, thinking about problems alone is indeed very exhausting.

It’s almost the New Year, at times like this, one should relax the body.

“Come to think of it, Ichihime will be back for New Year, the time should be soon, right?”

As Hakushi said this, he was just about to pick up his cup for tea when a knock on the door sounded.

“Old man, I’m back.”

Ichihime unceremoniously pushed open the door and calmly walked in from outside.

Right on cue.

Hakushi helplessly put down the cup and said, “Welcome back.”

“Why do you look so displeased?”

“No, I was thinking about the military reform for next year.”

Hakushi said.

“Military reform?”

Ichihime tilted her head, somewhat puzzled by Hakushi’s words.