Chapter 22 Shuise: Bai Ye, this is the tradition of joining the team, don’t even think about running away.
"The [Reunion] season has begun. In a week, the grand game for all the people will be held. The DM will conceptualize the consciousness of this world - the power of the Ten Commandments, and distribute them on ten different carriers as a source of extra points. I know that your Sun Law Enforcement Bureau already has a list of the carriers of the Ten Commandments, so we don't need to waste any more words."
The black-robed skeleton turned around abruptly, his large black cloak fluttering in the blood-red world. He laughed and pointed his finger bones at the four boys in front of him: "This girl dies, or you hand over the list of the Ten Rings tokens. You choose one!"
Bai Ye: ...I always feel that this routine is a bit too familiar. After we hand him the list of the Ten Commandments tokens, is this guy going to say, "Sorry, you all have to die"?
You Yu patted Bai Ye's shoulder: "It's okay, he didn't have time to say that."
Bai Ye: "...You really look like a ghost!"
It’s okay for him to appear suddenly, but he always succeeds in telling what others are thinking!
You Yu pushed away Yang Yan who was in the way. He stood in the front and made the classic move that once made Bai Ye so excited that he couldn't sleep at night - he bent his fingers into a gun shape and pointed them at the black-robed skeleton, making a cool shooting gesture, but what was shot out was not a bullet, but the golden light of the clover.
"Don't be ridiculous, Mr. Skeleton. Let's not talk about whether the Sun Bureau has a list of carriers of the Ten Commandments. Even if there is, why do you think the Sun Bureau would give such an important thing to high school students like us?"
After You Yushuai had enough of the fun, he tried to reason with the other party, but the other party was a demon apostle who had believed in the devil to the point of madness.
The black-robed skeleton seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. He spoke with certainty, "I don't know about other city circles, but there must be one in Solomon Academy in Night City."
Shuise felt confused: "Why are you so sure?"
"Because..." The black-robed skeleton raised his hand: "Wonder stole the Heart of Night, which is one of the Ten Commandments that the DM system prepared for [Reunion]! However, the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau knew that Wonder would come, and Red Heart personally went to the jewelry exhibition to arrange security in advance."
Shuise tried to explain: "Actually, that's just because the shareholder of the jewelry exhibition is my teacher——"
The demon apostle completely ignored Shui Se: "Our demon apostle [Observer of the Starry Night] has seen the direction where the road of destiny extends. The mysterious thief Wonder is looking for the Ten Commandments. The guy who can escape from the leader must be the one who confirms the truth——!"
Bai Ye shook his head innocently and said faintly: "I can't tell what the connection is between the two."
"How can you understand such a great cause? You students just need to know that if you don't hand over the list, this girl will die here."
The black-robed skeleton sneered. His fanatical faith made him completely ignore Bai Ye's sarcasm. He suddenly raised the blade outlined by flames in his hand and pointed it at the girl in the fire cocoon. However, his movements froze in place the moment he saw the situation inside the cocoon clearly.
The black-robed skeleton screamed: "How is this possible?! Where did that woman go?!"
In the "cocoon" surrounded by layers of flames, the girl who had her eyes closed just now was nowhere to be seen.
You Yu shrugged helplessly: "I told you a long time ago that you can't wait for us to make a choice. For the sake of the detective's humanitarian principles, I remind you: it's not too late to run now."
You Yu pressed down the brim of his hat and said very proudly: "That's A11's main attacker, the strongest under S-rank."
The black-robed skeleton's voice sounded extremely angry, and even the flames on his body became brighter: "Little brat, when I find that woman and kill her, the first person I will kill is you."
He pointed the fire blade in his hand in the direction of You Yu, then moved his arm and pointed at Bai Ye: "And you! Don't think I didn't hear what you just said!"
Bai Ye sighed: "It's really amazing that you can still remember me with your brain capacity. It's such an honor."
Mizuise and Yangyan looked at each other: ...Isn't the lethality a bit too strong?
"I heard you say, who are you going to kill—?"
In the sea of fire that was licking the sky wantonly, the burning light and shadow swayed, reflecting a shadow with flying hair.
"who--?!"
The black-robed skeleton turned his head suddenly, and his light hair brushed against his burning skull. A beautiful face as elegant and delicate as a doll was quietly watching him from just behind him. The heavy copper fork in his hand reflected a bright light under the firelight.
"you--?"
The black-robed skeleton was so shocked that the flames in his eye sockets were jumping, but Lily of the Valley did not give him time to be dazed. The translucent green ghost orchid vines grew rapidly and directly entangled the black-robed skeleton's legs. The latter hurriedly tried to cut off those vines with a fire blade, but he didn't expect that the ghost orchid vines that seemed to grow in another world were not afraid of flames at all. They directly pulled over the skeleton's body and threw him high into the sky.
"Those are vines from the world of the dead, the ghost orchids that weave the ferrymen's boats, and they can also be burned by the fire of hell?"
Lily of the Valley was too lazy to say much. She cooperated well with the ghost orchid vines and used a dining fork to knock the black-robed skeleton away at the moment it was about to fall.
The black-robed skeleton had no time to react and fell heavily into the depths of the flames he had brought, leaving behind a pile of burning debris that had been shattered by the hellfire.
The waves of fire rolled like sea waves. Lily of the Valley landed lightly on the ground, and her long hair slowly fell to her side in an anti-gravity manner. She pulled out the green floral headband from her wrist with one hand and tied a simple low bun for herself, sneering.
"I don't know who gave you the confidence just now, making you think you can use me to threaten my friends?"
Yang Yan had never seen the world before. He stood at the back of the Squid Detective Agency and clapped wildly: "So cool! The sister from the detective agency! She's even a little more handsome than me!"
Bai Ye silently pressed his head down: "Actually, you don't have to talk all the time."
"…Damn you, Solomon Academy students… You are just lambs kept by the law enforcers, yet you dare to disrespect the master of the demon god——!"
In the ruins of the collapsed building, the black-robed demon apostle still stood up tenaciously. His body staggered, but his voice only showed obvious anger, without any weakness after being seriously injured.
"In that case, I'll kill you all."
In the bright firelight, the demon apostle stood up. The particles of the ghost orchid had dissipated, and the skull head looked at the boys and girls behind him in a broken form that was completely impossible for humans to achieve, with black and red fire flashing in his eyes.
"Demon God Amy, kill everyone here."
The skeleton laughed loudly as the flames behind him quickly rose into the air and exploded in mid-air into a gigantic beast-shaped monster, which rushed towards the boys and girls.
Although the demon apostles call themselves demon apostles, they are different from the apostles in the common understanding who exercise power on behalf of their believers. The demon apostles do not believe that believing in demons means they have to worship demons as gods.
In contrast, their ultimate goal is to use demonic power that is more powerful than tag skills to achieve their own goals. Demons are not high-ranking gods to them, but more like collaborators, or... the servants they have always dreamed of.
The demons in the inner world, who only have basic attack and eating consciousness, cannot understand the malice of humans. They only know that as long as they reach a cooperation called "Contract" with humans, they can get a brief opportunity to leave the inner world and hunt in the surface world.
In this situation, the Demon Apostles, a group that confronts the Law Enforcement Bureau, were born. According to statistics from the DM system, in more than 60% of the demon games, there are traces of Demon Apostles acting as matchmakers.
The best of the devil apostles, like the skeleton in front of him, can mobilize the devil's power to some extent after reaching a contract with the devil and selling his soul to become a demon.
Although I don’t know how this guy managed to reach a contract with a demon-level devil... Bai Ye was puzzled: It can’t be that the customs of the other world just like this fool?
With the game's protagonist Youyu around, Bai Ye could not feel any fear under the threat of the giant fire beast, and could even complain silently in his heart.
He secretly poked t173 while no one else was paying attention: What do you think would happen if I turned into the Phantom Thief Wonder now?
When the demon apostle turned around, he found that the Ten Commandments pillar they predicted was right next to him. He didn't know how frightened he would be, and he couldn't continue to shape the identity of Wonder.
The red and blue frame of t173 lit up, and only one line of words appeared: We will not give the host any protection outside the main storyline, nor will we help the host store costs!
What this means is that if you want to spit blood and die in front of You Yu Detective Agency, then go ahead.
Bai Ye turned off t173 and sighed, "Oh, I don't really think so."
The flames were like waves, rushing towards the high school students quickly. Shuise waved his hand and shouted, "Let's go! He's starting to mobilize the power of the devil! Get out of here first! There are too many debris here, it's the devil's advantage area!"
He and Youyu each held one of Bai Ye's arms to prevent the new team member from falling behind.
Yangyan ran in the front and led the charge, while the attacking Lily was at the end of the team, always on guard against the small fire beasts that kept appearing in the sea of fire after the roar of the huge fire beast.
The Squid Detective Agency dragged Bai Ye and Yang Yan all the way to the empty track and field in the teaching area before they dared to stop. The sea of fire behind them showed no intention of stopping. It squirmed and roared like a living thing and chased after them, causing Feicui and other students who were handling the positions on the track and field to involuntarily look sideways.
"Holy shit! What is that?!"
"What a huge monster! I have never seen such a huge demon before. It seems to be able to cover the entire teaching area!"
"How can it split into various small fire beasts? What should we do? It's coming towards us!"
At most, they were just competing with each other in the devil game. The students who had never experienced the pressure of the devil-level demons themselves became panicked instantly. No matter what label skills they had, they were still just high school students after all.
"Be careful, act in groups!"
The emerald key opened the eye-shaped space door in the air. When the other end of the door appeared, her figure had already rushed to the front of the other students.
"Yes! Act in groups! Pay attention to cooperation, just treat this as an ordinary demon game hunt!"
You Yu's clear and high-spirited voice cut through the air and fell into everyone's ears. Because of the frequent comparisons of ideological issues and competitive relationships, the symbolic figures of Solomon Academy and the reserve law enforcers team, who were usually almost at loggerheads, spoke at the same time. The students, who had just been a little chaotic and out of order, stopped running instantly and spontaneously formed organized teams of three or four people.
"Leave it to the demon hunter."
Feicui glared at Youyu coldly, and then she folded countless eye-pattern space gates in the air and rushed directly into the depths of the fire beast group.
You Yu's desire to win was obviously aroused. He still had his usual smile on his face, and he smiled happily, but his eyes were full of fighting spirit.
"The demon hunter is too sharp, let's leave the control to the detective. Don't worry, classmates, the Squid Detective Agency is here!"
Youyu pulled Shuise and Linglan, who looked forced, and waved to the other students behind them, using his fingers to make a gun shape and shoot out a clover mark.
"We are the Squid Detective Agency, and we have defeated at least three demon god-level demons. It's just Amy, take her down!"
Linglan laughed wildly. She lowered her voice and whispered to Baiye, "Look, you're pretending."
Shuise, who was forced to wave his hand, had an ugly look on his face. He grabbed Bai Ye's wrist, lifted his arm manually, and said with a fake smile: "Don't even think about running away."
Bai Ye, who was forced to become the center of attention: ...suddenly regretted accepting the invitation from Qiangtou in a rash manner.
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