Chapter 157 Reaching an Agreement

September 23rd, a rare and pleasant Saturday.

"Vignette, please hand me the juice, thank you." Gabriel said, turning her head while lying on the floor playing a video game.

"Gabby, do your own things... Honestly, you are getting more and more lazy," Vignette said, rolling her eyes at Gabriel.

"Well, there is nothing wrong with this. I can't go back to the Heavenly Realm anyway, and nobody is going to manage me now," Gabriel's fingers tapped skillfully on the keyboard.

"You really can't go back to the Heavenly Realm, but the Mortal Realm is about to turn into hell," Yun Xuan shook his head and said faintly.

"What do you mean?" Vignette looked at Yun Xuan. It was Yun Xuan who had invited her over; as for Satania and Raphiel, Yun Xuan had not invited them.

"Angels and demons from legends have descended onto the ground. Besides you two, there are many powerful entities now, and stronger entities might appear in the future. If you leave them alone, sooner or later, you will die at their hands. Even if you have no intention of fighting for this world, you cannot avoid the fact that they want to conquer it. There will be a battle sooner or later," Yun Xuan said earnestly.

"Entities stronger than angels and demons? Are there really any?" Gabriel clearly did not believe it.

"There are many, and they have already appeared. You can come with me to see for yourself," Yun Xuan walked up to Gabriel.

"Vignette, are you coming too?" Gabriel ruffled her hair, glanced at the computer, intending to come back and play after taking a look.

"Mm, if such entities truly exist, I want to face them together with Gabby," Vignette nodded.

The three of them left the Xuanxun House and arrived at Research Institute No. 258.

Research Institute No. 258 took off, flying toward the island nation.

Yun Xuan's target was Utsuro. If he could use the power of Gabriel and Vignette to kill Utsuro, he could gain many things, such as...

"Main Quest 3: Kill an anime character and seize their ability. Reward: One Silver-tier draw. Failure penalty: Deduct 10,000,000 Exchange Points."

Main Quest 2 had been downgraded to a side quest, with the reward still being one Silver-tier draw, and the failure penalty changed to none.

Finding Utsuro was not too difficult.

The people of Hidden Mist had received news that Utsuro was currently within the Hitotsubashi Group, which was the largest syndicate in the island nation.

With a membership exceeding ten thousand, although most were just small-time thugs, their reach and influence had reached a very high level. If Utsuro made a move and trained a new Naraku, it wouldn't take long for this place to become the territory of Tendoshu, and even China would probably be at its wits' end.

The Oyama Estate was located atop a mountain.

Inside Research Institute No. 258, looking down at the ground, Yun Xuan could clearly see Utsuro, dressed in green robes and wearing a mask.

"That person's strength is terrifying. Even if you kill him several times, he might still resurrect. His name is Utsuro," Yun Xuan introduced, looking at the magnified image of Utsuro on the virtual screen.

In truth, he wasn't entirely sure either, but he knew that killing Utsuro would likely be extremely difficult.

"There is a special power within his body, one no weaker than my demonic power," Vignette whispered.

"You mean this person wants to take over the world and might kill us?" Gabriel asked, looking at Utsuro carefully.

"Yes," Yun Xuan nodded. Regardless of whether Utsuro actually had such thoughts, he would slap the villain label on him first.

"Um, he seems to have noticed us," Vignette warned.

"This is a high altitude; even Utsuro cannot reach this height unless he can teleport," Yun Xuan was not worried. At such a distance, so what if he noticed?

On the ground, Utsuro looked up at the sky. Even though he could not see the invisible Research Institute No. 258, he could sense it.

"Could it be that group of people again?" Utsuro thought of the special operations team. They were much stronger than the Tendoshu, but cannon fodder was always just cannon fodder, no matter how much there was.

"Lord Utsuro, we have finished the statistics. All the factions in the island nation are on this list," the head of the Hitotsubashi Group said respectfully.

"Once the first batch of personnel from the Tendoshu matures, have them bring all parts of the island nation under the sphere of influence of the Tendoshu," Utsuro glanced at the list and walked into the room.

"Yes," the head of the Hitotsubashi Group bowed and left.

...

On the way back of Research Institute No. 258, neither Gabriel nor Vignette spoke. Although they hadn't seen Utsuro make a move, they could feel his formidable power.

Yun Xuan did not disturb them. He had already planted a spy inside the Hitotsubashi Group, right beside the syndicate's leader.

Utsuro's Tendoshu had not yet fully formed, and Yun Xuan temporarily lacked the strength to kill him, unless he disregarded China and the island nation and directly launched anti-aircraft missiles.

Matters concerning martial artists had to be solved using martial artists' methods; once ordinary people were involved, things would become complicated.

"Ring, ring, ring." Yun Xuan's mobile phone rang.

"We found the motorcycle abandoned by Kei Nagai, and his whereabouts are unknown. According to information from the police, someone saw him by the seaside," Bai of Hidden Mist's voice came through the phone.

"I know. Don't rush regarding Kei Nagai; be on guard against the people of the Hitotsubashi Group. Leave immediately if the situation turns bad," Yun Xuan was not surprised. If Kei Nagai had been found so easily, he would have doubted his own intelligence.

"Understood," Bai hung up the phone. The sound of sea breeze could be heard on her end; she must have been by the coast.

...

On a deserted island.

"Kei Nagai, the grilled fish is delicious, thank you." Kanna ate a piece of grilled fish in one bite, prompting Kei Nagai to speed up his grilling.

"Having a servant is indeed much better," Tohru muttered to herself.

"How did you guys come to this world? Like me, you knew nothing?" Kei Nagai wiped the sweat from his brow and asked.

"Well, pretty much... Wait, you aren't from this world?" Tohru's eyes widened.

"Of course not. I probably came from another world, but the culture and other things are quite similar to here; you could call it a parallel world," Kei Nagai explained briefly.

"If that's the case, there probably aren't just you and us..." Tohru looked out at the ocean surface.

"Do you want to go back?" Kei Nagai thought for a moment and asked.

"Don't you want to go back?" Tohru glanced at Kei Nagai.

"I'm similar to you. Humans always want to obtain something from us, so I don't want to go back. In this world, no one knows about Demi-Humans. As long as I change my appearance slightly, I can live an ordinary life," Kei Nagai shook his head. These were his true feelings.

"Humans are truly greedy creatures. In my world, humans were full of malice towards us," Tohru said with a complicated look in her eyes.

"Lady Tohru, it's fine even if we don't go back. As long as I can be with Lady Tohru, anywhere is fine," Kanna tugged at Tohru's clothes and said softly.

"Mm, then we won't go back either," Tohru smiled.

...

In a forest in Europe.

"I am finally Level 4. I'll be a grunt with ideals, and sooner or later, I can become a hero," a man in a red robe muttered to himself, the red and blue halos still spinning beneath his feet.