With the building also having security asures, bulletproof doors, and backup passages... under such layered security asures, the core eting was now in place.
With a call, Beichuan Si stepped out of the room, following behind two other bodyguards.
It was now two o’clock in the morning, but the city of Tokyo was still bustling, the intoxicating nightlife just beginning—
They got into another car, tightly following the vehicle of Shirasaki Chiyoda, heading towards the Shibuya District.
About half an hour later, Beichuan Si and his group got out in front of a comrcial building.
Beichuan Si silently followed close behind Shirasaki Chiyoda while also carefully observing the surroundings.
Upon entering the building, he imdiately felt eyes on him from all directions, intentional or not.
Those might have been the hidden lookouts in the area.
Beichuan Si ntally noted their positions but didn’t stray half a step from Shirasaki Chiyoda, acting exactly like a qualified bodyguard.
They took the elevator.
After bypassing so small rooms, they finally stopped in a long corridor.
The sides of this corridor were already filled with bodyguards, numbering, by count, twenty-four.
By that count, there were already eight people inside the core eting room. Excluding Rongcang, who was scheduled to supervise the pharmaceutical factory, there was one person yet to arrive.
Once that person arrived, he could make his move.
Beichuan Si focused his thoughts.
"You all wait here," Shirasaki Chiyoda instructed with poise, her expression calm as she walked inside.
Following this instruction, Beichuan Si and the other two bodyguards positioned themselves against the wall.
While getting into position, Beichuan Si also shifted his gaze.
This corridor was equipped with surveillance systems.
Even if any of the bodyguards made a move and managed to take down their imdiate targets, those in charge of the surveillance could swiftly call for reinforcents to stabilize the situation.
The defense was solid as a barrel.
But things like this...
Beichuan Si adjusted his collar.
A small doll was tucked inside...
...
After waiting for nearly ten minutes, the last core mber also arrived at the eting room.
"Sorry, I was just dealing with sothing at the pharmaceutical plant for Rongcang, that’s why I’m late," the man in the suit with a crew cut said.
"Take a seat first. Let’s skip the pleasantries and get down to business," the man in the main seat said bluntly, "How are things running in the various branches? How is the recruitnt of followers?"
Everyone looked towards Shirasaki Chiyoda.
She was in charge of personnel matters, and the recruitnt status of followers was also under her control.
Shirasaki Chiyoda smiled, took out a docunt from her bag, and said, "The Happiness Truth Sect’s current recruitnt of followers is not as rapid as before. Comparatively, the growth trend has actually declined."
Hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but frown.
Followers were essentially sheep, and they were the ones shearing the wool. If the number of followers wasn’t growing, their profits from shearing would naturally decrease.
"Is there a flaw in our thod of recruiting followers?" an elderly man asked.
Shirasaki Chioda shook her head, her voice steady as she answered, "Our thods of recruiting followers are the sa as usual; there are no issues, our recruitnt plans are sound."
"So... what’s the main reason?" the man in the main seat asked.
"It’s because of the Beichuan Divine issue,"
Shirasaki Chiyoda responded without hesitation.
She flipped through the data, speaking slowly, "The one who stabbed a mber of the Beichuan Divine Society was our follower from the Happiness Truth Sect. Naturally, this was captured online, and we were heavily attacked because of it. Thus, the pace of recruiting followers has been slowed down... of course, the primary factor is still the ’miracle’ shown by the Beichuan God."
At the end, Shirasaki Chiyoda’s tone couldn’t help but carry a trace of fervor.
This made the man in the main seat frown.
He took another look at Shirasaki Chiyoda, found nothing more, and continued asking, "So you’re saying the slowdown in follower recruitnt is because of the incident with the Beichuan God... right?"
"Correct," Shirasaki Chioda nodded.
There wasn’t a good solution for this kind of thing; they could only wait for ti to erase the influence of the Beichuan God.
"The Beichuan Divine Society’s people are really sick. Even though we proposed a corresponding money-making sche, they flatly refused, and the Beichuan God even directly stated that there would be no further cooperation with us," soone blurted out.
If the Beichuan Divine Society rged into the Happiness Truth Sect, they would have much more to manipulate.
"There’s no rush for this," the elder said, "It’s always good to be cautious. Recently the police efforts have clearly intensified a lot. We better not engage in such obvious expansion activities. After all, we can’t supply enough pharmaceuticals. Bai Mian, you haven’t been targeted, have you? It’s also best to restrain activities involving followers for now."
"I understand," Shirasaki Chiyoda responded succinctly, opting to remain silent.
The sense of incongruity made the suspicion on the leader’s face beco even more pronounced. He looked at Shirasaki Chiyoda again, "Bai Mian, are you sure nothing happened over there?"
Just as Shirasaki Chiyoda was about to answer, the crisp ringtone of a cell phone sounded.
She looked at her own phone.
Then at the leader and the other core mbers who were red-faced and arguing about the profit distribution from the expansion of the pharmaceutical factory.
Eventually, she smiled and nodded slightly, "Indeed, sothing did happen on my side."
Those words made everyone calm down.
They all turned their gazes toward her, eyes filled with so questions.
Under those scrutinizing gazes, Shirasaki Chiyoda looked calm:
"Sect Hierarch, Elder, Buzz Cut, Suit..."
She slowly repeated the nas of everyone present, finally asking slowly, "Do you all... believe that there are truly miracles in this world?"
Her voice, calm yet filled with an unsettling frenzy and obsession.
"Miracles?" Everyone exchanged glances, "Aren’t those concocted to better control believers? Are there really any miracles?"
But it was Bai Mian’s ntal state that was discomforting.
Although this woman usually acted like this, today she seed particularly off.
Shirasaki Chiyoda’s voice grew even calr as she held her phone, "I am different from you, I have witnessed a real miracle. So while you all are still fighting over re pharmaceutical factory benefits... I really think—"
She burst out laughing loudly.
The laughter was full of panic-inducing fanaticism and paranoia.
"What did you do?!" The leader pulled a handgun from under the table, pointing it directly at Shirasaki Chiyoda.
The atmosphere made even him feel the chills!
"I just want to laugh at you... You’ve never seen the indescribable beings far beyond humanity!"
Facing the gun, Shirasaki Chiyoda still laughed loudly.
This mad anxiety spread like an infectious disease, giving everyone goosebumps.
Just as the leader was about to ask more, the Suit yelled loudly from the side, "Did you all hear that sound?"
Did you hear what sound?
Everyone pricked up their ears, listening carefully.
Underneath Shirasaki Chiyoda’s laughter, there were dull thumping sounds.
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
It sounded like soone was breaching sothing... or like the sound of a hamr pounding on a door.
Sothing is wrong!
This is definitely not right!
"My communication with the bodyguards has been cut off!"
Soone shouted in fear.
"Sa here!"
Another person covered their head, their face filled with panic.
"What exactly is happening? Bai Mian!!!"
The leader, agitated, pinned Shirasaki Chiyoda down, the handgun pressing directly against her temple.
Why did Shirasaki Chiyoda betray them? What exactly happened outside?
Where were the bodyguards? What about the security system? The corridor caras? If it was an intrusion, why didn’t anyone alert them? Could soone really silently infiltrate this building?!
What in the world is going on?!
The man grew more agitated, and just as he was about to ask more—
Bang!!!!!
The bulletproof door emitted a sound as if it could no longer bear the burden, slamming into the interior of the conference room.
A man stood at the doorway, holding a massive bloody hamr.
He was wrapped in an ominous black aura.
Behind him were the bloodied, mangled bodies on the ground.
Living puppets smiling viciously.
The Shinra Bell tinkled with a chilling, ominous sound.
This is... the indescribable being!
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