Chapter 110 Faust: Who is the real traitor? This question is worth discussing.
Death is dead?
These four words emerged in everyone's mind at the same time. A huge skeleton snake quietly descended into this world from the gate of the underworld. Only the slender bone wings overlapped with the periosteum and bones covered the entire skeleton town. The mountain-like body was half hidden in the dark green mist and cloud sea that had spread out at some point.
The law enforcers stationed in the town are missing, the leader Meihua has also disappeared, and the demon apostles Fanlan and Huogu have not left any clues, but there is only one thing that can be confirmed.
Looking at the pair of skull eyes that were as dead as a huge cave under the remaining rotten feather crown, everyone could come to the same conclusion.
Yes, death is dead.
Shuise slapped his forehead in sorrow: "Why would I have such a dream?"
"It's not a dream... The feathered serpent of death, the demon king of the falling earth... has withered in an unknown and distant time, and his remains were transferred to this world by the gate to the underworld opened by the demon apostle..."
Lily of the Valley's voice was even trembling a little.
"Won't you explain a few words, ally?"
Faust tilted his head to look at Spade, who also had a gloomy expression, and uttered the last two words almost through gritted teeth.
"No, no, no, I'm not worthy of it, but this is definitely not in the boss's plan... The boss's plan is clearly for me to enter the ninth level of the underworld to awaken the sleeping demon king, and then use the gate of the underworld as a starting point to connect the inner and outer worlds... She can't lie to me, but if the demon king has already died, then wouldn't this mission be impossible to complete from the beginning?..."
Spade was no less frightened than the law enforcers. He clutched the edge of his cloak and tried to calm himself down. Although he usually just liked to watch the fun and was not very active in carrying out missions, he would definitely complete any mission assigned to him by the boss.
The boss never makes mistakes, but now the devil has died before the plan. This can only prove that there was a problem with the demon apostle who was in charge of Midland's intelligence work at that time.
After all... he is the leader of the Demon Apostles, who will never make any mistakes. He is one of the greatest soul tag owners in the world, and the one who gathers those who are "abandoned" or "rejected" by the General Administration of Law Enforcers, and gives them the only place to belong and realize their self-worth.
And the person responsible for collecting information about the City of Ink...
"Fanlan and Fangkuai... I've long said that there's something wrong with those two crazy women and crazy men from the Enforcer Bureau! The boss was deceived by them! That's why he gave them such an important task! Now, those two arrogant and bold guys actually dared to deceive the boss——!"
Spade let out an angry sound and was visibly angry. The more he spoke, the more he felt that he had been a fool for cooperating with Vanlan Cube before. He punched a small town house in anger, leaving a huge hole in the marigold-covered wall.
"Hey! It's not good to destroy people's homes at will!"
You Yu and Shuise tried to stop him, but Hei Tao, who was already drunk, couldn't hear them at all. He paused and looked at Faust fiercely: "Come to think of it, you should be the successor that the Law Enforcement Bureau found for Cube. Your ability is actually ice... and the lies you tell are exactly the same as those of Cube. I get angry when I see you. Let me beat you up--!"
Spade, who was furious because his boss was betrayed, was completely a child with an even more mentally retarded mind than You Yu. He clenched his fists, and space puzzle ripples of black and white particles appeared under his hands. He narrowed his eyes and glared at Faust, who was leaning aside calmly, as if it had nothing to do with him.
"Are you sick?!"
Faust asked incredulous and confused questions, but Spade didn't care and rushed towards him, forcing him to pick up the ice sword to block him. However, Faust had long disliked Spade, a traitor of the Law Enforcement Bureau, and his move was murderous. Wonder was stopped by Youyu and could not move. If he killed Spade here, he could comfort himself with his sense of justice.
Faust sneered, "I don't need to ask you. You don't want to be a good leader in the Law Enforcement Bureau, but you have to help your leader complete that lie. You are really sick."
The two of them were fighting in a mess. Feicui wanted to stop the fight but couldn't find the right time. Wonder touched his chin and asked sincerely: "Have you really suspected that I was one of them before?"
The three members of the detective agency stared blankly at the struggling Jadeite and murmured, "We are sorry for making you laugh. We apologize for suspecting you of being a demon's apostle."
The Phantom Thief Wonder is one of the rare intelligent enemies. No matter how you look at it now, his intelligence is far above the average level of the Demon Apostles.
You Yu looked at the street that was about to be overturned by the aftermath of the fight between the two. Feicui, who was trying to stop the fight in a panic, had chosen to give up and began to calculate for Meihua how much money the Law Enforcement Bureau would have to pay for the repair work this time.
"Let's get down to business. 'Death is already dead', Lily of the Valley, do you know this, or some suspicious information related to this?"
Wonder's mouth twitched, and he tried hard to ignore the chaos on the other side. How could such an outrageous thing happen in the world? The two adults who should be the most reliable were venting their emotions, while the youngest high school students were thinking about how to deal with the giant bone snake that covered the entire city from the sky.
"...No, in fact, the reason why the Tree House Tribe has continued its sacrifice for thousands of years without giving up is because the Demon King Mitlan will also give some responses in his slumber. Every few hundred years, a priest in the tribe will appear who is favored by Mitlan and receive a few words from Mitlan at the border between the 'dream and real world'. Therefore, the Tree House Tribe has never given up trying to wake Mitlan up."
Linglan paused here, as if she suddenly remembered something: "My... biological mother is one of them, but before her, no one had heard a word from Mitlan for nearly a thousand years... This is a very strange point."
You Yu raised his head sharply: "A thousand years have passed... This is not the normal time interval for the priests of the Tree House Tribe to accept the prophecy of Mitlan. Are those priests really sure... that it is Mitlan who responded to their existence this time?"
"Of course." Linglan sneered: "There are a few devout priests who directly jumped into the snake vines and used their soul particles to communicate with the feathered serpent of death. The power carried by that voice is exactly the same as the power of the underworld, and that group of devout believers have countless ways to determine whether the other party is Mitlan-"
"But their only basis is the breath of the underworld. Does that mean that as long as someone enters the underworld, they can use the breath of the underworld to fake themselves as Midlan?"
Wonder seemed to be thinking about something, and pointed out the mistakes made by the priests of the Tree House Tribe.
Linglan sighed, "It is indeed possible, but those guys have been driven crazy by the matter of resurrecting the gods. They will not and are unwilling to believe in any possibility related to things that do not conform to their goals."
"In other words, it is possible that the Demon King was already dead when the priests received the so-called oracle?"
You Yu's voice became heavy: "Who was it then, bypassing the priests of the Tree House Tribe and entering the underworld by himself? And how did he get in? If it weren't for the betrayal of Fanlan and Fangkuai in the Ink City incident ten years ago, even the demon apostles wouldn't have been able to find a way to open the gate to the underworld and enter it."
"The only ones who could get it were the eyewitnesses of the Law Enforcement Bureau. Fanlan and Fangkuai, the demon apostle, also got the formations related to the gate to the underworld from them. Seniors Meihua and Hongxin were also eyewitnesses of the incident ten years ago... Let's hurry to the garrison to find Senior Meihua now!"
Lily of the Valley reacted quickly, picked up her fork and was about to fly in the direction of the station. Emerald helplessly said, "What about these two people here?"
"They are all leaders and can compete with each other for a while. Jade, we should take advantage of this time to find Senior Plum Blossom and find out what happened ten years ago, why the Demon King died, and what the real purpose of the mastermind is!"
You Yu turned around and looked into Feicui's eyes, and threw out these words one by one.
"I'm going to look for Senior Meihua first! I'll leave this to you, Senior Faust!"
Jade hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and caught up with Wonder who was already running towards the camp.
"Hey, those guys still want to run away?"
Spade raised an eyebrow, and used the puzzle space door to teleport behind Faust. The black and white soul particles solidified at his fingertips, ready to be released at any time.
"You still want to leave in front of me? You are looking down on me, a master of many faces. Let me teach them a lesson--"
Before he finished speaking, he felt his arm go cold. Spade shuddered subconsciously and lowered his head suddenly, only to find that the sharp edge of the Ice Sword had gently rested on his shoulder.
Because of that short sentence, those high school students turned the corner and disappeared.
"You! How is it possible?!"
Spade's voice finally began to tremble. Faust, who had just been at the other end of the street, stood behind him in some unknown way and at some point. With the ability of space, Spade's speed was already the fastest in theory, but Faust actually caught up with his fastest speed and put the ice sword on his shoulder at an even faster speed.
The cold feeling was spreading. He didn't need to look down to know that the place where he touched the ice sword had begun to freeze, but he didn't understand why. It was clear that this guy had just been fighting with him back and forth, but only a few seconds later, the opponent showed a power that completely crushed him.
How is this possible?
"Nothing is impossible. I just need to borrow your strength."
A cold smile appeared on Faust's gentle lips. He snapped his fingers lightly, and the soul particles that overflowed from his fingertips were not the blue ice that Spade had witnessed before, but the intertwined black and white puzzle that belonged to Spade.
"Thank you, my dear colleague. I have long wanted this power of yours. Thank you for turning your back to me just now and giving me the opportunity to take advantage of it."
Faust raised the corners of his mouth. Inexplicably, Spade felt the chill of death spreading along his spine.
"Who are you?"
Spade questioned in disbelief.
"Of course..."
Faust took two steps forward, without moving his sword, but he was dangerously close to Spade. However, the terrifying aura emanating from him made Spade dare not act rashly.
"The traitor you just kept scolding."
Faust's mouth curled up in a gentle arc, as if he was still the kind-hearted senior respected by the younger generations in the Law Enforcement Bureau, but Spade only felt fear.
The real Thousand Faces took off his mask when his prey was least prepared.
"It was you who told the Enforcer General Bureau about the Devil's Apostle?! You actually betrayed the boss too?! The boss trusted you so much!"
Spade was about to punch Faust angrily, but was stopped by Faust's cold gaze. The other's blue eyes seemed to have some kind of magic. Spade just looked at each other for a moment and felt dizzy and the world was turning upside down.
"In fact, I am still the boss's deputy. Who is the real traitor is a question worth discussing. And now... you have stolen my identity for so long, so use your ability to repay it."
Faust stretched out his hand, and the soul particles of Spade were precipitating. Countless black and white puzzles gathered in the air, and their owners were powerless to do anything about it.
"Why... did you choose to tell me now?"
Before losing consciousness, Spade shouted unwillingly.
A ripple flashed across Faust's calm eyes: "Because... there is no need to hide anymore. A more difficult person has arrived. But don't worry, I will deal with the impact of all this on the boss."
He gently brushed Hei Tao's eyes, closed them, and chanted devoutly: "Now... enter the dream of eternal sleep that even the devil of death lingers on."
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