"His injuries…"
Uenoshi looked at Shin lying on the ground. The gaping hole in his waist looked horrifying, and his shoulder, severed by the Shadow Blade, was continuously bleeding.
"An ordinary person would definitely be beyond saving, but an Ascendant probably won't die. Especially a powerful Ascendant like this one."
Guan Tong hadn't directly aimed for vital points, also wanting to spare his life for interrogation later.
However, judging from this guy's performance before being hit, he was somewhat prepared for the combo of "Body Swap
close-range Small Space attack."
In battles between Ascendants, intelligence is crucial.
This bodyguard was present when Guan Tong assassinated the Divine Child. Even if he only saw it once, he would have an impression.
Precisely considering this point, Guan Tong this time brought out the Hourglass of Time, an item whose intelligence hadn't been leaked, to assist the attack.
Judging from the results, doing this was very necessary.
If he hadn't additionally set up this one-second time freeze as an ambush, this attack really might have failed.
Guan Tong took out some bandages and the like from his Storage Ring to stop Shin's bleeding, then used the Shadow to firmly bind him up.
"Are any of the guards still alive?" Uenoshi looked towards those stone chambers.
"No, I only left this one key person alive."
"... I'll go check those cells."
Uenoshi was eager to go see if any cell held her biological mother.
Guan Tong, meanwhile, opened the Market on his Terminal panel and specifically searched for two types of functional items.
One type was items that interfere with teleportation.
The other type was items that interfere with Mind Power communication.
These two categories of items, one prevents escape, the other prevents the use of things like "Communication Scrolls" that can remotely tip someone off within the brain.
He spent tens of thousands of Ascension Coins to purchase the corresponding items and used them on the unconscious Shin.
Then he used the Shadow to wrap the person up and drag him along, going to find Uenoshi.
The latter was currently standing before the cell holding the Serpent Servant.
That Serpent Servant was also now prostrating respectfully at the cell door, as if ready to obey Uenoshi's commands at any moment.
"You didn't know about this guy's existence?"
Seeing the surprised expression on Uenoshi's face, Guan Tong asked curiously.
"I didn't mention it in the information earlier, but it was this thing that kept hitting its head against the wall. The slight vibrations transmitted to the ground, and that's how I discovered this underground prison."
"It… was a guard from the Yuzawa Family that I transformed earlier." Uenoshi clearly still remembered what this Serpent Servant looked like before transformation.
What surprised her was that she remembered this Serpent Servant had already been eliminated by other guards before she withdrew from the official residence.
Why was it still alive now?
"It's possible people from the Yuzawa Family saved it." Guan Tong guessed.
"Why would they do that? It couldn't be out of kindness."
"I don't think it's out of any kindness either."
With no answer for now, the two of them left first.
Before leaving, Uenoshi gave it the command to "stand by," and that Serpent Servant obediently lay on the ground, motionless.
Continuing on, passing by the cell holding Suzuki, seeing her miserable state, Uenoshi's steps paused.
Suzuki also noticed Uenoshi and Guan Tong outside, her scar-covered face showing an incredulous expression.
Uenoshi wanted to say something, but saw Guan Tong beside her pick up a camera, seemingly recording a video.
"What are you doing?"
"Preserving evidence of the crime." Guan Tong said, "This prison must definitely be exposed. Let the whole world see what the so-called Divine Child, the Yuzawa Family, have been doing behind the scenes."
This camera in his hand was actually taken from Wu Wang. Although the previous explosion video was anonymously sent to the Beixing official departments, he had kept the camera in his Storage Ring.
Now it just happened to come in handy.
Didn't the Beixing side have someone relay a message, implying they wanted him to prove there was a reason for assassinating the Divine Child?
Then recording everything in this underground prison would be powerful evidence.
At this moment, Suzuki in the cell suddenly stood up and lunged forward, grabbing the wooden bars with both hands, staring at Guan Tong, her expression somewhat terrifying: "Record it all! The Divine Child is a liar! He's a demon without humanity…"
Seeing this, Uenoshi could somewhat understand Suzuki's feelings.
When she first met the Divine Child herself, with his kind and amiable demeanor, inviting her to join the official Chosen Team, saying it was to contribute to protecting the citizens, she had also been moved.
But later, when the Divine Child demanded she transform ordinary people into Serpent Servants, and cleverly and eloquently said this was "allowing ordinary people to also contribute a share of strength to the country," she completely saw through the demon-like essence beneath the Divine Child Yuzawa Jun's amiable exterior, disillusioned with the person.
Hearing Suzuki say this, Guan Tong slightly lowered the camera and asked: "Are you willing to be a witness?"
"As long as that demon can be punished, I can do anything." Suzuki said without hesitation.
"Alright then."
Guan Tong kicked and broke the wooden bars, letting Suzuki out, then gave her some healing and stamina recovery items for her to use.
"Th-thank you…"
Suzuki probably didn't expect Guan Tong to do this, feeling somewhat at a loss.
"No need. As a Peace Officer of Sakura Prayer, you have fully participated in everything that happened recently. You are the best witness. Having you point out the Yuzawa Family's crimes would also carry higher credibility."
Suzuki nodded, then fell silent, just quietly following the two behind.
As they walked, Guan Tong used the camera to record along the way.
Besides Suzuki as a witness, the former Andai State people imprisoned in the cells were also powerful witnesses.
Guan Tong had already made plans to later use the shelter characteristic of the pages in the [Wordless Book] to pack up and take all these people away, absolutely not giving the Yuzawa Family a chance to silence them.
And when they arrived outside the cells holding the collectively imprisoned people, those inside, seeing the three of them, all started shouting loudly.
Uenoshi stepped forward to negotiate, then her face turned extremely ugly, as if she had learned something utterly terrifying.
She then informed Guan Tong of the situation.
"They… they say they were all previously professional scholars, scientific researchers."
"Oh? Such people are considered assets in every country, right? Why are they imprisoned?"
"Because they disagreed with the Divine Child's plan, disagreed with the task the Yuzawa Family gave them."
"Task?"
Uenoshi took a deep breath: "Gene hybridization experiment. Yes, they said the Divine Child previously led the initiation of this experiment. The purpose is, is…"
Guan Tong listened silently.
"Is to mass-produce existences like Serpent Servants, for the Divine Child to command." Uenoshi said with difficulty.
"Can Serpent Servants be artificially manufactured?" Guan Tong asked, maintaining his composure. "Isn't this your exclusive bloodline ability?"
"They said the Divine Child also seems able to provide similar DNA… In short, many people died in the experiments, many people turned into monsters. Some among the researchers couldn't bear the condemnation of their conscience, refused to assist the Divine Child further, so they were all captured and imprisoned here."
"They said the Divine Child doesn't kill them because he doesn't want to waste their research capabilities. He still hopes they can 'change their minds' and recognize reality. But they all insist, even if imprisoned here suffering torture, they will absolutely not help the Divine Child with the geic modification experiments again."
After hearing this, Guan Tong felt very heavy-hearted: "Your country, being ruled by an evil family like the Yuzawa, don't you think it's too tragic?"
"This is indeed the tragedy of all Sakura Prayer!"
Uenoshi didn't speak, but Suzuki from behind interjected, her tone full of resentment and despair.
"This country is already beyond saving. It would be better if everyone died in that earthquake rule, sinking into the sea with their homeland!"
"Kind people shouldn't be buried alongside evil people. But since I've come across this kind of thing, I won't just walk away."
Uenoshi's heart stirred: "What do you want to do?"
Guan Tong turned off the camera: "Physically eliminate the Yuzawa Family and others, pull out the poisonous pus from this land. But to accomplish this, I'll definitely need the assistance of many local people like you."
"Shadow." Suzuki asked at this moment, "You… you are from Beixing, right? Why waste time, even possibly take risks, to manage matters here? What does it matter to you whether the people here live well or badly?"
"We're all humans, what do you think it has to do with me?"
"…"
"People like Yuzawa Jun don't only harm their own country's people; those Andai State people imprisoned in this prison are examples. What is his purpose in wanting to mass-produce Serpent Servants? Making them for fun? It's to use them as weapons, waiting for an opportunity to attack other countries."
"If I didn't know, there wouldn't be much to say. But since I've come to know about this kind of thing, I definitely won't let it go. Because I am human, and these people of the Yuzawa Family are completely demons wearing human skin. Not eliminating them will only endanger the survival of all humanity."
After hearing his words, Suzuki was stunned for a few seconds, then stepped forward: "I want to help, is that okay? I know I previously…"
"No problem." Guan Tong said, "It would be even better if you could mobilize more people from the Police Department."
"This matter, I will also participate in."
Uenoshi's declaration surprised Guan Tong somewhat.
"You…"
"This plan started because of me. If I hadn't demonstrated the ability to create Serpent Servants, the Yuzawa Family probably wouldn't have thought of geic modification."
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