novelraw Chapter 371: The First General, Genesis of Divine Punishment
Chapter 371: The First General, Genesis of Divine Punishment
“Is this a city scene? It looks incredibly realistic...”
As soon as Xie Antong appeared, the All-Seeing Eye had already scanned the city beneath her feet, sensing the “local customs and environment” here.
There were almost no iconic buildings, all the structures lacked any design concept whatsoever.
You could say that even the world’s top architects wouldn’t be able to tell which region this city belonged to.
It was as if fairness had been taken to the extreme, giving people an odd illusion of reality.
The many pedestrians coming and going here varied in appearance and skin tone, with nothing particularly distinctive.
In almost an instant, she had already thought of more than one possible form to change into.
She just didn’t know what methods Lu Ce would use to find people...
“Blank... Blank?”
At this moment, Chiyo Eine, who had been staring at her from a short distance, finally stammered out.Her voice was filled with disbelief.
Xie Antong had already noticed her earlier but hadn’t decided what to say, so she didn’t turn her head and just pretended to keep looking at the city.
Hearing Chiyo Eine’s voice, she turned her head and gave a nonchalant nod.
“Hm.”
“Long time no see.”
“But this time in the game, we should still be competitors.”
“I’m not going to compete with you!” Chiyo Eine blurted out.
The most unforgettable emotion in this world was longing but not getting.
Even more deeply etched than that was losing something and then regaining it.
Although she had never had any real connection with Blank, no “gain” existed, but seeing this person alive made the heaviest stone in her heart instantly fall to the ground.
Xie Antong: ...
For some reason, she felt something was off about the person in front of her. Hadn’t she already rejected this person’s recruitment attempt last time?
“You’re actually still alive.” Chiyo Eine sighed, looking at the woman in front of her as if she was some prehistoric creature.
Xie Antong slowly raised her head and looked at the sky. Her expression darkened in an instant, like the calm before a storm.
“Of course, I have my ways.” (With Lu Ce’s Gate of Death on her side.)
“It just costs a bit of a price.” (Fifty thousand game points.)
Although it sounded ordinary in reality, coming from her mouth, it felt like some profoundly deep secret.
Chiyo Eine’s eyes beside her even began to sparkle a little.
“You’ve got the wrong person.” Almost immediately, Chiyo Eine wanted to tattle, “You don’t know how outrageous the things he said after you died... after you disappeared.”
Xie Antong didn’t care and shook her head.
“It doesn’t matter. From the moment he fired the shot, I knew what kind of scum he was.”
“It’s just that he never thought that I would dare to stand in front of him—not just because I trusted him. Haha, how naive.”
As she spoke, a very meaningful smile appeared on her face.
“Of course, I have my support. He’s been invincible for so long but is still too arrogant.”
“Besides, he also failed my test.”
In just a few minutes apart, Xie Antong seemed to have instantly turned from a somewhat naive sweet girl to the mastermind behind the world’s scenes.
She looked like a completely different person.
With the All-Seeing Eye’s acting imitation and the subtle influence of the voice she had accepted in her heart, she had completely become a leading actress at this moment.
That gloom and hidden nobility made Chiyo Eine’s eyes sparkle with stars.
This was right!
This was how Blank was supposed to be. This was the guy who barely used any combat skills yet had been entangling with her for so long!
The person she valued truly had outstanding strength. She shouldn’t have just followed that lunatic.
“You... what do you want?” After her performance, Xie Antong glanced at Chiyo Eine sideways.
Half of what she said before was for Chiyo Eine, the other half mainly for all the viewers.
After all, performances needed to connect smoothly.
“I...” Chiyo Eine’s eyes were complicated. “I came to apologize to you!”
She lowered her hands solemnly and bowed to Xie Antong.
Xie Antong: ?
No matter how much All-Seeing Eye she had, she couldn’t figure out what this meant.
“You?...”
“In fact, I bear some responsibility for what happened earlier today.”
“I had some knowledge of the Illuminati’s schemes from the start. The East Sea Tournament was also originally my idea.”
“Also, I know some things about the person who invaded the game page and sent the messages, though I didn’t directly participate.”
“I originally... only wanted to deal with Sin, but unexpectedly... almost caused your death!”
Xie Antong: ...
“Oh?” She narrowed her eyes slightly. Actually, she had long sensed something was off. Deep in her eyes appeared some darkness. “So you planned to deal with him from the beginning?”
“Yes!” Chiyo Eine nodded.
“That guy just looked suspicious...”
Without stammering, Chiyo Eine began to rant viciously, but her words sounded off.
It felt like there was no deep grudge, just pure jealousy...
“Alright.” Xie Antong nodded. “So, shall we team up?”
“What?!” Chiyo Eine was stunned, then her pupils trembled as she stared fixedly at Xie Antong.
“...What kind of look is that?” Xie Antong took a step back. “I mean forming an organization to deal with that guy.”
“Oh, I see... am I the first person you invited?”
“Yes... just thought of it and immediately came to you.”
“Then I’m in!” Chiyo Eine agreed instantly, her eyes firm as if she wanted to join a special organization.
Xie Antong hadn’t expected her power integration process to be so simple, recruiting such a great general so quickly.
After all, among the world’s top players, Perfect Life was still unknown, Sun had his own organization, and Creator was impossible...
This Chiyo Eine was truly already top-tier combat power.
She hadn’t even started persuading, and Chiyo Eine had already joined. Back when she wanted to invite Lu Ce, he kept making excuses...
“What’s our organization’s name? Blank Leader!” Chiyo Eine seemed excited about such matters.
Xie Antong’s gaze drifted into thought. She slowly looked up and said,
“Punishment.”
“Divine Punishment!”
“Let’s call it Divine Punishment, meaning ‘punishment on behalf of Heaven’.”