allendalepharm Chapter 409 Exposure, Reencounter with Rhine
Chapter 409 Exposure, Reencounter with Rhine
Chapter 409 Exposure, Reencounter with Rhine
After Shin Shimura died, shadowy figures surrounded him from all directions.
The leader, Shigehiko Arakawa, was wearing an exoskeleton suit and cautiously approached with his men.
"He's dead."
Arakawa Shigehiko immediately recognized that "Shimura Shin" was dead, after all, the body had been cut into three pieces and the corpse was emitting a burnt meat smell.
But then, faint ripples appeared on the corpse, and then it was as if an invisible mirror had suddenly shattered.
Amidst the faint fluctuations of vital energy, "Shimura Shin's" corpse underwent a complete transformation.
He was still wearing the same clothes, but his face was completely different from that of "Shimura Shin".
"He's not dead!"
Arakawa Shigehiko immediately shouted, "Shimura Shin isn't dead! The one who died here is a fake!"
"Shimura Shin is dead, but he is not Hakutaku... Hakutaku created a substitute using illusion magic."
In the courtyard of the Shimura residence, Qu Jingxuan saw the message he had just received, his expression showing no surprise.
"You knew he was Bai Ze all along?" Shimura asked, struggling to speak.
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The information about Bai Ze was something Qu Jingxuan had just gotten from Shimura Yu. But judging from Qu Jingxuan's arrangements, he must have already guessed the true identity of "Shimura Shin".
That's why they made arrangements to target "Shimura Shin".
"Of course," Qu Jingxuan replied.
A showdown is not the final battle, but a calm acceptance of victory or defeat.
Qu Jingxuan came here tonight to see Shimura Osamu not to show off in front of others, but to make a final confirmation.
"After discovering your true identity, I already suspected that Shimura Shin, who just returned, might have problems," Qu Jingxuan said calmly. "And the frequent changes that have occurred since his return only confirm my suspicions. Also, Mu Yaoguang secretly came to the East Sea, so Bai Ze must have joined Yujing Martial Arts University's operation as well."
In the past two years, wherever there is Mu Yaoguang, there is Bai Ze, and wherever there is Bai Ze, there is Mu Yaoguang.
From Qu Jingxuan's perspective, the man and woman were definitely having an affair.
Especially after the Wan Yi train incident, Qu Jingxuan became even more certain of the relationship between the two. Basically, if one of them was found, the other was definitely also there.
Qu Jingxuan had long since discovered Shimura Yu's true identity, but he had been silently observing and watching "Shimura Shin's" actions in order to gradually confirm his true identity.
Once confirmed, it will be a swift and decisive strike.
"The loyalist to the king has met with an accident. Kamiizumi Muneshige couldn't even control his own subordinates. Either he's incompetent in personnel matters, or someone is sabotaging him."
"It is also unusual that Naniwa Sojiro's stand-in suddenly died of a heart attack after Shimura Shin left Naniwa Heavy Industries."
Qu Jingxuan was intimately familiar with the details of the situation and recounted them in detail: "Bai Ze is either currently with the loyalists who uphold the King's authority, or he has gone to find Nanba Sojiro's true form."
Since he said that, it means that both sides have taken some measures.
"You—you won't succeed!" Shimura Yu stared at Qu Jingxuan with eyes blazing with fury, and said.
"No, it's not about whether I'll succeed or not."
Qu Jingxuan calmly said, "It's a matter of whether Da Zizai will succeed. I never said I was the mastermind."
Meanwhile, underground at the arsenal, Bai Ze also sensed something.
"My illusion has failed."
Bai Ze felt a chill run down his spine. "My substitute is dead."
In that instant, he clearly felt a sense of crisis.
Although he hadn't seen the whole picture, Bai Ze had already keenly realized that he was already caught up in it.
"There are unknown individuals approaching outside the armory, and their numbers are large," Spirit Machine Jiro Nanba warned at that moment.
A screen moved in front of Bai Ze, displaying the view outside the industrial zone.
My identity has been exposed? Is this a trap? But this magical machine is completely unaware of my arrival... Bai Ze's mind raced, and he suddenly commanded, "Pretend to be out of my control."
His figure flickered, flying out of the secret chamber, and at the same time, he used his words to "Restore".
The breached steel wall seemed to have been restored to its original state as if time had reversed, with no sign of repair whatsoever.
The laser emitters, which were originally controlled by Bai Ze, were also taken back under the control of the spirit machine. The lasers intertwined to form a net, strangling Bai Ze.
Normally, even if Bai Ze were incredibly powerful, it would be difficult for him to break through the defenses or even control the spirit weapon in a short period of time.
This was the result of Bai Ze cheating by making his words law; otherwise, even if he had reached the Seven Stars level, he might not have been able to do it.
Meanwhile, streams of energy had already entered the arsenal.
Bai Ze nimbly dodged the laser's strangulation, flew upwards, and returned to the ground through the broken gap.
It was at this moment that the extreme heat pressed down from above, distorting the air and causing it to collapse as if space itself were collapsing, pressing down on Bai Ze.
"Return to nothingness".
The illusory giant hand instantly materialized, meeting the intense heat. The icy energy neutralized it in a mutually restraining manner, colliding with a crimson fist from behind.
boom-
Following the heat came an extreme, explosive force; the fist's power slammed into the Dharma Hand, creating a tidal wave of energy that surged in all directions.
Bai Ze's body trembled. Instead of using the Return to Nothingness technique to neutralize the attack, he used the force to fly backward, landing several meters away.
In the distance, a surge of heat, within which seemed to be a blue halo, enveloped a majestic figure.
"Is it not delightful to have friends coming from afar?"
"This is the sentence I think best suits the current situation."
Enveloped in countless electric particles, the other party spoke leisurely, his figure slowly flying out from the heat flow, saying in fluent Dongxia dialect, "Long time no see, Brother Bai."
His entire body was covered in pale gold armor, and he was not wearing a helmet, revealing dazzling golden hair and crimson eyes.
Rhine, the youngest son of the god of the human world and who is also said to have begun to cultivate the uranium crystal battle body, appeared before Bai Ze.
Compared to the time they spent in the Yingzhou Secret Realm, the aura of the Rhine has undergone a dramatic change.
It was incredibly violent and restless, constantly displaying its rage and tyranny, and recklessly unleashing its power.
It seems the rumors are true; Rhine has indeed mastered the Fusion Technique and has begun his journey to becoming a god among men.
But the rumors may not be entirely true; at least according to the rumors, Rhine shouldn't be here right now.
"It seems your relationship with the general isn't as bad as the rumors suggest," Bai Ze said calmly, looking at Rhine.
If things are really that bad, Rhine's freedom is already in question, let alone coming here to ambush Bai Ze.
It could even be said that he had a very good relationship with the general, so good that the general would involve Rhine in his plans.
"Might makes right" is the most fitting idiom for our country.
Rhine chuckled and said, "Brother Douglas is far stronger than me, so he doesn't need to worry about me threatening him at all, and I won't oppose him before I catch up with him in strength."
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