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To completely extinguish the possibility of someone's dream coming true at the moment it is closest to becoming a reality is indeed a rather cruel form of revenge.
The question is, is it still not too late?
"There might not be enough time."
The head of the Miyamoto family frowned slightly: "The headquarters is nearly a thousand kilometers away from Sumeru. It would take at least three hours to get there. The young master set off more than an hour ago and might not have made it in time. Now he probably won't make it at all."
Furthermore, the burial site is located 8,000 kilometers underwater. Even if we could get there before they blow it up, we wouldn't be able to dive underwater and disrupt their operation.
Ryoma Genichiro and the others looked worried. Yes, even if they arrived, what then?
To disrupt the Ghost Clan's operations, a top-tier deep-sea submersible is essential, and the key is to acquire one as quickly as possible.
It's impossible. Even if they had the wealth and power to rival Batman, they couldn't possibly acquire a top-of-the-line deep-sea submersible in such a short time.
"No, you don't necessarily need a deep-sea submersible to dive underwater."
Yuan Zhisheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked intently at Gao Kui, saying, "Have you ever read the Book of Exodus? When the ancient Israelites fled Egypt, Pharaoh was near, and they prayed to the Lord."
The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Command the Israelites to go forward. Lift up your hand and stretch out your staff toward the sea, and part the waters.”
When Moses came to the sea, he stretched out his staff toward it, and the Lord caused the sea to recede overnight with a strong east wind; the waters parted, and the sea became dry land. The Israelites went into the sea and walked on dry ground, and the waters became walls on their right and on their left.
The story of Moses parting the sea is a famous anecdote recorded in the Book of Exodus in the Old Testament. It can be considered the ultimate fantasy of the Israelites, even more famous than the story of God sending Michael to annihilate 18500 soldiers who invaded Jerusalem in one night.
Ryoma Genichiro and the others were completely baffled. What did their young master mean by telling the story of Moses parting the sea at this time?
Even if we're going to tell mythological stories, we should tell stories from the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki, after all, we're Japanese.
Only Gao Kui understood Yuan Zhisheng's meaning.
The water pressure at a depth of 8000 meters is about 800 times that at the surface. If a person puts their feet in the water when a deep-sea submersible reaches that depth, the pressure on just the instep of their foot is equivalent to the weight of 1700 people.
Even an emperor would be crushed to pieces by that immense pressure. Moreover, without a deep-sea submersible, an emperor simply cannot swim or dive to such depths.
But Gao Kui can.
Once the crescent moon realm opens, Gao Kui can, according to his own will, ward off all calamities and disasters, whether tangible or intangible.
His words could part the seawater from Gao Kui's side, just as Moses had done with it. Starting from 1 meter around Gao Kui, the anti-gravity force would double for every halving of the distance between them.
Whether it's 800 times the water pressure or 800 million times the water pressure, it's impossible to truly touch Gao Kui. You can only get infinitely close but never actually touch him, just like the boss Diablo can never reach the reality of death.
"go!"
Gao Kui succinctly picked up Longinus from the table and stood up. Even though the chances of arriving in time and successfully thwarting the Ghost Clan's plan were extremely slim, Gao Kui did not intend to give up this opportunity, just as he had unhesitatingly extended a helping hand to Chu Tianjiao and Chen Motong in their desperate situation back in Nibelungen.
"I will go with you!"
Yuan Zhisheng also got up, his eye sockets were already swollen from the beating, his eyes were squeezed into a slit by his swollen upper and lower eyelids, and at first glance his eyes were even smaller than Li Ronghao's.
But his eyes remained sharp and bright.
As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we will never give up easily.
Ryoma Genichiro and the other family heads quickly got up. They never expected that the plan to disrupt the Demon Clan's operation would be reversed by Takagi's intrusion, and would return to the starting point. Moreover, the chances of the plan succeeding seemed to be not much different from before.
Previously, it was possible to arrive in time but not to stop it; now it can be stopped but it's almost impossible to arrive in time.
The tragic farewell had just taken place once, and for a moment Ryoma Genichiro and the others couldn't come up with any suitable words.
Without saying a word, Yuan Zhisheng and Gao Kui headed to the rooftop, intending to get to the Sumeru Throne by helicopter.
As he passed by Ryoma Genichiro, Genji stopped for a moment and patted the old man on the shoulder: "Head of the Ryoma family, after I leave, the family will once again be in your care."
Also, could you please take Erii back to her bedroom? You know she's never really liked the ICU environment.
With the crisis at Genji Heavy Industries resolved, Erii no longer needed to remain in the intensive care unit.
"Hi!"
Ryoma Genichiro nodded solemnly. With the young master absent, he naturally had no choice but to take on the responsibility of presiding over the overall situation.
The only problem is...
"When did the head of the Uesugi family go to the intensive care unit? Didn't she already return to her bedroom?" Ryoma Genichiro asked, puzzled.
Yuan Zhisheng's expression suddenly froze.
Dark clouds rolled in, distant thunder rumbled, and the sea heaved uneasily. A massive Apache helicopter weaved through the storm, and the pilot, who had just returned to Tokyo, embarked on another journey with two super hybrids.
It's torture.
Everyone knows that the risk of a helicopter crashing increases exponentially when it attempts to take off in heavy fog or thunderstorms. Years later, the famous NBA star Kobe Bryant will use his life to educate the world about this.
The driver had just escaped death and hadn't even had time to feel relieved before he stepped back into the gates of hell.
Gao Kui and Yuan Zhisheng sat side by side in the cabin, both of them wearing suits over their bare arms. Before departure, Yabuki Sakura brought two of Yuan Zhisheng's suits. Gao Kui and Yuan Zhisheng were similar in height and build, so Yuan Zhisheng's clothes fit them well.
The injuries that had left him so badly beaten by Gao Kui that he was unrecognizable had long since disappeared. Now that they were about to fight side by side, Gao Kui had no reason not to use Longinus to deliver a fatal blow to Genjiro.
A laptop was placed on Genji's lap, and a video was playing repeatedly on the screen. It was a video that Princess Kaguya had just retrieved from the surveillance footage of the nearby streets.
In the video, Erii, dressed as a shrine maiden and carrying a small bundle, cautiously peeks out of the gate of Genji Heavy Industries. She then huddles in the corner of the gate with her arms wrapped around her knees, burying her chin in her arms as she carefully observes the outside world.
They dared not take another step forward, yet were unwilling to return to the prison-like Genji Heavy Industries.
Instead of following Genji's instructions to go downstairs to find the head of the Ryoma family and then to the intensive care unit in the basement, she took advantage of the chaos to carry out her plan to run away from home and escape Genji Heavy Industries.
That was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
With her brother held back by the kind stranger, the rest of the family focused their attention on the Oni Clan and the two super hybrids, completely unaware that Erii had secretly slipped away through the emergency exit.
Halfway through the video, Erii, who was hiding in the corner, and everything else on the street, suddenly seemed to fall uncontrollably in all directions, as if the earth had been lifted at a 90° angle.
Erii plopped down on the ground, startled at first, then clapped her hands excitedly, looking around at the strange scene, before sliding down into the abyss beyond the surveillance range along with the bustling traffic.
Then the next video shows a scarlet-haired shrine maiden appearing on the streets near Takadanobaba, like a country girl who has just arrived in the big city, looking around cautiously and curiously, embarking on her own grand adventure.
Genji closed his notebook, glared resentfully at Gao Kui beside him, and said, "In the past few years, Erii has run away from home 16 times. The farthest she ever went was only to the street lamp ten meters away from the door."
Then she dared not take another step outside, and huddled there alone, waiting for us to take her back.
Thanks to you, Erii has broken her previous record for the longest distance she's ever run away from home. The straight-line distance from Genji Heavy Industries to that street near Takadanobaba is at least two kilometers.
From 10 meters to 2000 meters from the door, she broke the record by more than 200 times. Erii should really thank Gao Kui for sending her so far away with the crescent moon, allowing her to see the outside world and breathe enough free air.
"She wasn't very lucky."
Gao Kui said, "If the angle between her and me had been right at the time, I could have taken her as far as Yoyogi Park, Akihabara, or Nakano Broadway."
"It sounds like a place Erii would like." Genji clicked his tongue. As the older brother, he naturally knew Erii's preferences.
She likes nature, games, and anime, and seems no different from any other girl. Erii probably likes all three of the things that Gao Kui listed.
After reflecting on this, Genji calculated the distances between the three locations and Genji Heavy Industries, and asked, "Is the maximum radius of your Word of Power three kilometers?"
"almost."
"It's terrifying. The area on the ground alone is about 27 square kilometers, which is larger than the entire Shinjuku Ward. This scale is not what one would expect from a hybrid race's Word of Power."
"Your physique doesn't seem like that of a mixed-race person."
Gao Kui shifted the focus to Yuan Zhisheng's physique.
Normally speaking, before coming to Japan, I was almost at the limit of a hybrid in terms of physique. Even Angers, without going into a blood-boosting state, was at most a little stronger than me.
However, the physique and strength that Genji displayed in the battle were in no way inferior to the Heroic Spirit who ambushed him in Nibelungen, FZ City, and far surpassed his previous self.
Is this your mom's super A?
Gao Kui highly suspected that Yuan Zhisheng was the "hybrid monarch" that Angers mentioned. Even if he wasn't, the difference wouldn't be too great, and he could never be an ordinary hybrid.
"I was just born with superhuman strength."
Yuan Zhisheng used the same excuse Chang Wei had used before, vaguely trying to fool Gao Kui.
"Born with superhuman strength, what a great reason!"
Chang Wei, with his superhuman strength, could kick Lai Fu to death with one kick, so you can kick an ordinary Super A to death with one kick, right?
"I have to remind you that Laifu wasn't kicked to death by Changwei. It was a member of the Qi family who was beaten to death by Changwei. Laifu was just a night watchman."
"So you don't deny that you can kick an ordinary Super A to death, right?"
“I refuse to answer unless you first explain why you have two Words of Power, an unreasonable Bloodline Mark, and the alchemical weapon Longinus.”
"Because I am God, or the Son of God," Gao Kui said truthfully.
“If you don’t want to answer, you don’t need to try to fool me with these kinds of words.” Yuan Zhisheng sneered.
Chapter 175 Illiteracy Originates from Childhood
A seed of distrust always lingered between Gao Kui and Yuan Zhisheng. That mutual suspicion did not lessen much by their impending alliance.
When two people who don't get along, they quickly run out of things to say to each other, and the airport falls silent. Some time later, it is Genji who breaks the silence again.
The satellite phone rang; it was a call from Genji Heavy Industries headquarters.
Erii's adventure has ended, and Sakura and Yasha have taken her back to Genji Heavy Industries.
Did Erii feel like she wanted more?
Was Erii harmed, or did she harm anyone else?
Let Erii go back to her bedroom and sleep early. She's gone to such a far place today, she should have had her fill of fun.
Genjiro held the satellite phone and talked to Sakura, his words always mentioning Erii, just like a good older brother who would shut his sister out. Even if his sister wanted the stars in the sky, he would help her find the ladder to the sky.
Gao Kui just sneered.
The more Genji expressed concern for Erii on the phone, the more disdainful Gao Kui became. His disdain and sneer were palpable; many villains in movies and TV dramas laugh like that when they're stirring up trouble.
"You seem to look down on me?"
Yuan Zhisheng hung up the phone. He didn't know where he had offended the prince of Northern Qi again. He was just expressing his concern for his sister normally, but the prince of Northern Qi scoffed at him.
Should I respect you?
Gao Kui's mouth was almost twisted into a crooked dragon king's mouth as he sneered, "They are both sisters. Even if you can't treat them equally, this differential treatment is too obvious, isn't it? You're doting on one sister like a precious treasure while driving the other sister to the brink of despair."
Ultimately, he's still a beast.
Genji was speechless for a moment, then he remembered that because of the incident with Kazama Ruri, he still had a misunderstanding with the Kassel trio that hadn't been resolved.
"Do you think I'm discriminating against heartless and ungrateful beasts?"