Chapter 56 - 54: Seimei Misawa vs Yang Xiao

Chapter 56: Chapter 54: Seimei Misawa vs Yang Xiao

Yang Xiao walked over to Li Xiao’an.

Li Xiao’an figured this man who looked like a zombie couldn’t be a good person either.

She kept shaking her head, scooting backward.

Li Xiao’an sobbed:

"No, please, I’m begging you. No."

Yang Xiao took Li Xiao’an’s hand and pulled two exquisitely wrapped lipsticks from his coat.

"Happy birthday, Li Xiao’an."

Li Xiao’an froze, staring in disbelief at the lipsticks placed in her hand.

She slowly lifted her head and saw Yang Xiao’s hideous face.

At that moment, that face was beaming with a brilliant smile.

Li Xiao’an asked in a daze:

"You know my name?"

Yang Xiao ignored her question and helped her to her feet.

"The other one is for Li Xiaole.

I had originally planned to give these to you as a welcome gift when you became my subordinates.

But since we’ve met now, I’m just giving them to you a little early."

Li Xiao’an’s mouth fell open in disbelief.

’He... even knows my sister’s name?’

Yang Xiao shot a glance at Seimei Misawa.

"The one who can save you isn’t that guy, but another—a true god.

You won’t die of your illness. You’ll become my companions, and together, we’ll serve that god."

Li Xiao’an felt like she was in a dream.

She couldn’t process all the information coming from Yang Xiao’s mouth.

Yang Xiao released Li Xiao’an’s hand and staggered toward Seimei Misawa.

"Go home and wait. I’ll come find you in a few days."

Li Xiao’an bowed toward Yang Xiao’s retreating figure, then quickly fled into the distance.

Seimei Misawa waved his White Feather Fan.

"What in the world are you?"

Yang Xiao cackled.

"Old man, you can call me the Dream-Maker. HAHAHAHA!"

He trailed off, laughing, though it was unclear what happy memory had sparked it.

Or perhaps there was no happy memory at all; he just wanted to laugh.

Wanting to laugh was reason enough on its own.

Seimei Misawa suddenly swung his White Feather Fan.

"Lunatic!"

A violent gale erupted.

A street lamp was sliced in half, the roof was torn from a low-rise building, and a wall crumbled into dust.

Yang Xiao’s head landed lightly on the ground.

Seimei Misawa sneered.

"Insignificant ant."

Just as Seimei Misawa was about to give chase to Li Xiao’an, he suddenly heard a burst of maniacal, grating, ear-piercing laughter.

"AHAHA, AHAHAHAHAHA! That hurts! You’re much stronger than that Crow! AHAHAHAHAHA!"

Seimei Misawa whipped his head around, his pupils contracting sharply.

Yang Xiao, who should have been stone-dead, was somehow standing again.

He grabbed his head, placed it back on his neck, and twisted it into place as if putting on a hat.

Once his head was secure, Yang Xiao’s hand, clad in the Ghost Shadow Gloves, lashed out toward Seimei Misawa!

Countless Shadow Ghost Hands clawed at Seimei Misawa from all directions!

...

「South Sea, Antique Shop Zero」

Jiang Chaosheng sat behind the counter, but he wasn’t reading.

He was staring, mesmerized, at a small shadow on his desk.

It was the shadow Yang Xiao had left in his care.

The shadow was pitch-black, and it felt as though it were composed of tangible Dark Power.

This shadow was Yang Xiao’s true form.

The more shadows Yang Xiao devoured, the stronger he became, and the greater his shadow’s Extraordinary Power grew.

One moment the shadow’s head would fall off, the next it would be missing an arm or a leg, and a moment later it would be sliced in half at the waist.

It was as amusing to watch as a shadow puppet show.

He even playfully flicked the little shadow figure’s detached head, making it run around chasing after it.

Jiang Chaosheng chuckled.

’So, Yang Xiao’s shadow is with me, which means it’s sharing some of my bad luck, right?’

Running into Seimei Misawa was definitely a stroke of bad luck for Yang Xiao.

If Yang Xiao hadn’t left his shadow here, Seimei Misawa would have already finished him off.

However, Yang Xiao was a harbinger of fortune in his own way.

His bad luck led him to Seimei Misawa, but for Jiang Chaosheng, finding Seimei Misawa was a huge stroke of good fortune.

’They’re still too weak,’ he thought. ’I need to find a way for the Taboo Association members to increase their combat effectiveness.’

Jiang Chaosheng’s desire for the Nine-tailed Fox Demon Core grew more intense.

He didn’t just want to contain it; he wanted to make perfect use of it.

’If I devour the Nine-tailed Fox Demon Core, can I use the Nine-tailed Fox’s power to perform the Opening the Spiritual Aperture ritual for the members of the Taboo Association?’

Most importantly, Jiang Chaosheng really wanted to learn Magic.

Jiang Chaosheng stood up, walked to the back room, and spoke to Jin Meiting, who was wiping down the shelves.

"Tell Li Mingyue that Seimei Misawa is in Xinghua Alley in the old district."

Jin Meiting didn’t dare hesitate. She hurried out of Antique Shop Zero to send the message to Li Mingyue.

Jiang Chaosheng stood before Shelf 0, gently stroking the item labeled [0-15 Dragon Pearl].

A terrifying dragon’s roar suddenly crashed into Jiang Chaosheng’s mind, making his Divine Soul tremble.

If not for the protection of Antique Shop Zero, Jiang Chaosheng would have died right then and there.

Jiang Chaosheng narrowed his eyes, his lips parting slightly.

"It’s time you woke up. Tonight, you will make it rain for me."

...

「South Sea, Jinbi Huihuang KTV, Private Room」

Liu Wei grabbed Yamada Yu by the collar, his eyes wide with fury.

"Talk! Where the hell did Seimei Misawa go?!"

Yamada Yu shook his head, a dazed look on his face.

"I don’t know. I really don’t know."

Yamada Yu had been captured alive.

He was already grievously injured and had no time to recover his Spiritual Power, making him no match for these Investigators.

Liu Wei sneered.

"I like the stubborn ones."

Liu Wei gave a meaningful look to a nearby Investigator.

The Investigator pulled a syringe from his pack.

Yamada Yu instinctively sensed the danger and began to speak frantically.

"I really don’t know! I swear I don’t know!

What are you doing? Are you going to torture me?

This is a violation of the Xia Kingdom’s public order regulations! I’ll sue you!"

The Investigator holding Yamada Yu’s arm down sneered.

"Investigators don’t sweat the details on a case," he mocked. "Just bear with it. Soon you’ll wish you could die, but you won’t be able to."

The Investigator injected the contents of the syringe into Yamada Yu’s body.

Yamada Yu’s face instantly turned a deep, purplish-red.

He felt an unbearable itching on his skin, a bone-deep cold seeped into his muscles, yet his internal organs felt like they were on fire.

Itching, pain, cold, heat—all manner of unbearable sensations erupted violently throughout his body.

This was an Interrogation Potion developed by the Anomaly Research Institute. It wasn’t lethal, but without the antidote, the neurological agony would only intensify.

Under such torment, even the most resolute person would lose the ability to think.

You wouldn’t even need to ask questions; they would spill everything they knew on their own. It was more effective than any Truth Serum.

"I don’t... I don’t know!

But I know other things! I know other things!

There’s a..."

Yamada Yu struggled and cried out.

Under the unbearable pain, Yamada Yu was about to reveal what he knew about Antique Shop Zero.

He was only halfway through his sentence when his eyes suddenly bulged.

"Ghh... ack... ghh..."

The flesh on his body shriveled as if it were dehydrating, while his skeleton rapidly expanded.

SPLAT!

A bloody mist erupted from Yamada Yu’s body as he died a gruesome death.

The Investigators stared at one another, at a loss as to what had just happened.

Liu Wei narrowed his eyes.

"It’s a Curse," he said. "Seimei Misawa placed a Curse on him.

Damn it! Such a massive operation tonight, and we came up empty!"

The entire street had been cordoned off by law enforcement just to hunt down Seimei Misawa.

The Investigators were dejected as well, frustrated that they had been one step too slow.

Just then, Liu Wei’s phone buzzed. It was a message from Li Mingyue.

To protect this promising rookie, Liu Wei had assigned Li Mingyue the task of:

Assisting the Sheriffs with traffic control for the block.

After reading the message, a sharp glint flashed in Liu Wei’s eyes.

"We’ve found Seimei Misawa! To Xinghua Alley, now!"

The Investigators’ spirits immediately lifted.

...