My Arms Can Turn into Blades

Chapter 562: Chapter 49: Surprise (Part 2)

The only significant personnel change recently is that members from the East Coast have been transferred...

And their source of information is the same as everyone else’s.

The black market.

So their only feeling about this is... confusion.

How did it suddenly start?

How did they suddenly manage to capture the Roman Catholic’s Holy Coffin Knight alive?

???

The main group of Celestial Strategy Mansion.

"...What happened? What happened?"

"If you ask me, who should I ask?"

"Anyway, let me start—awesome!!! I’ve long been annoyed by the Holy Coffin Knights who are rumored to be so god-like. What’s with the name engraved on the back of the decree, or lying in a casket symbolizing glory after death, it’s really too pretentious."

"Is it true? Looking at the information circulating on the black market, one-third of the advanced combat power of Ise Jingu and the Mujin New Church was wiped out... Also, a Holy Coffin Knight and a Level 1 Officer from the Inquisition were taken. I haven’t heard of any major personnel transfer, but instead heard that East Coast’s stationed personnel have been massively withdrawn... So which big group did it?"

"My esteemed Xia Yue Celestial Strategy!?"

"Possibly, advanced empowerers like the Holy Coffin Knights certainly have nothing to do with regular members and aren’t their opponents, but with so many people from Ise Jingu and the Mujin New Church... it definitely requires cooperation."

"East Coast... Lu City!? Local empowerers? Speak up! What exactly happened?"

"Wait... do you think, could this be another success of the Celestial Punishment Weapon? Chen Lu Si?"

Initially, the group was a bit chaotic, and facing this news, the members of Celestial Strategy Mansion were no different from external empowerers, with all sorts of comments.

Until someone said this, the noisy group suddenly seemed as if the pause button was pressed, freezing entirely.

After a long time.

"No way, right? Is he involved this time too?"

"Not long ago, the Pope of the Russian Orthodox Church was wiped out... one more Holy Coffin Knight is no big deal. If it were Xia Yue Celestial Strategy, it’s impossible to capture so many people alive; at least not so many empowerers from Ise Jingu and the Mujin New Church survived. He’s not someone who’s good at delicate work.

If Xia Yue Celestial Strategy made a move, it would be remarkable if the survivors could break into single digits... If the capture list circulating on the black market is true, it doesn’t match his style at all, nor does it seem like the style of the other Celestial Strategies... Could it be Tangyu Celestial Strategy who captured these people alive? I don’t believe it; it’s more likely she’d be captured alive in return..."

"You make a point, but are you sure under the Celestial Punishment Weapon... under that legendary custom-made Celestial Punishment Weapon, more people could survive than when Xia Yue Celestial Strategy makes a move? After all, even the Pope of the Russian Orthodox Church couldn’t withstand it, disappearing without a trace..."

"Uh..."

"Whatever, either way, our Celestial Strategy Mansion kills without restraint! Awesome! They handle the kills!"

"No, it shouldn’t be Chen Lu Si, what was said above makes sense! And capturing so many people alive doesn’t seem like Xia Yue’s move at all; I have a bold hypothesis! Do you think... could it be that mysterious expert?"

"What mysterious expert?"

"The one who killed Yan Kan!"

"! Right, I still remember that impressive video, but there’s been no further appearance, and with the emergence of the Celestial Punishment Weapon, everyone seems to have forgotten. We still don’t know who that mysterious expert, who was like a frenzied killing machine, is."

"Hiss... that’s true, wait, could Ji Xin Celestial Strategy have withdrawn the East Coast’s stationed personnel for a clear field? Then let the one who killed Yan Kan make a move!?"

"Clear the field? Is it that exaggerated? So mysterious?"

"Thinking about it... just over three hours, and they knocked down the entire capture list that includes a large group of advanced empowerers, it seems quite fitting."

"Very fitting! The one who killed Yan Kan... highly likely to be right!"

"...Chen Lu Si wielding the Celestial Punishment Weapon, Xia Yue Celestial Strategy, plus someone who can kill Yan Kan alive, tsk tsk tsk, the three masters serve up the Roman Catholic Church, what a great blessing!"

"Yeah, the blessing’s been sent to court and even to Hell [humorous]."

"...Truly delightful news, invasion, you say? Splitting forces into two routes, you say? Big fun is on its way!"

"I even suspect that ’Celestial Strategy’ who killed Yan Kan is still lurking near the coast, ready to deliver blessings at any time!"

"Hahaha."

"..."

Most of the regular members of the Celestial Strategy Mansion also felt that big fun was coming.

Of course.

The fun they anticipated was different from what other external empowerers thought was fun.

And because Ise Jingu, Mujin New Church, Hank Machado, and others were completely wiped out. ƒreewebɳovel.com

With other parties remaining tight-lipped.

Apart from the initial information released by that black market vendor.

Everyone had no other sources of information... everyone was trapped in their own ’information cocoon’.

They could only firmly believe in what they believed.

And what they believed, many conjectures, in outsiders’ view, seemed reasonable and justified... very convincing.

Especially the conjectures of those regular members inside the Celestial Strategy Mansion.

However...

For the involved parties, it was different.

Xarong Highway.

The local empowerers of Lu City sat in their vehicles, looked at the constant stream of messages in the main group of Celestial Strategy Mansion discussing the ’mysterious expert’, then went to browse the black market forum, glanced at the various comments praising the Celestial Punishment Weapon, and found themselves speechless, not knowing what to say for a while.