Chapter 280: Death of the Pleiades Star Officer
North America. Biltmore Manor is the largest and most luxurious manor in the United States, and even in the world.
Located in Asheville, North Carolina.
In this manor, the area of the Renaissance castle-style buildings alone is nearly 20,000 square meters.
It is equivalent to a large terminal in a giant city.
This does not include the dozens of large formal and informal gardens, wineries, golf courses, and racecourses.
Not to mention the lawns, rivers, woodlands, ponds, and eight thousand acres of blue-collar mountains.
The owner of this estate.
The Vanderbilt family.
One of the wealthiest families in the United States, they became wealthy by running railroads and water transportation.
Originated in the Netherlands.
In America, the oldest and richest families are almost all of European origin.
So even though under the call of Catholicism, European dignitaries had the idea of countering America and resisting Protestantism and formed the European Union.
However, it still has close ties with the United States and cannot help but follow in the footsteps of the United States.
Inside the castle at the deepest part of the manor.
The huge dining table was covered with a white cloth and filled with all kinds of exquisite tableware.
Girls of all skin colors were wearing pitifully small thongs, with only white and black maid aprons tied around their white bodies and chests, and they were walking back and forth in the banquet.
As she walked, the trembling arcs of varying sizes were revealed inside the apron.
The only thing that remains the same is youthful firmness and elasticity.
Sitting at the dining table were several middle-aged and elderly people wearing formal suits of various colors.
Her hair was painted with last century's hair wax.
An old pocket watch was tied to his suit.
Vanderbilt Washington.
The Vanderbilt family, who held power this generation, stood aside with a smile.
The patriarch of the richest family in American upper class society serves these dozen middle-aged and elderly people like a butler.
"Cheers to the blooming rose of Damascus." One of the elderly men, wearing a black suit, vest and blue tie, raised his glass of red wine and said, "The government forces have been defeated, and now it is very likely to be ours."
After taking a sip of red wine, he wiped the corner of his mouth elegantly with a napkin and said, "Our emperor is still stubborn and has gambled the future of the entire country for that little piece of Ukrainian territory, but he didn't expect that we would swallow up a large piece of his backyard."
"Who made the Orthodox Church stick to the old ways? How stupid! Don't they know that a closed religion only brings dull believers?" Another old man in a gray suit laughed and said:
"[Messiah. Creator] brought Judaism, which was divided into Christianity and Islam, and Christianity gave rise to us Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox Churches."
"Now both Protestantism and Catholicism are still very much alive and well."
"But then again, Steven Rockefeller III, you have too big an appetite. Your Rockefeller family owns more than half of the 18 oil fields in northern Syria. You should give us some."
The old man in a black suit and vest sneered and said, "Niels Morgan, do you have an oil refinery? Even if we give you the oil fields, don't we still have to give them to Rockefeller for refining? You have swallowed up so much money that the Russian rich and the Orthodox Church deposited in your North American and European banks, and we didn't ask for a share."
"If you have such an appetite, should we give you a share of the DuPont family's arms?"
"Okay, okay, who wants our DuPont family's arms? I, Irene DuPont, have posted it here generously. Come and get them. As long as you can deal with those guys in slippers from the Houthis." Another old man in a dark blue suit and glasses knocked on the table. "Everyone, let's not forget that the purpose of our coming here is to discuss how to swallow up several Japanese conglomerates, not to start an internal conflict."
"Since everyone has already divided their territory during World War II, whoever has the guts to eat it doesn't have to spit it out, even if they are jealous, right?"
“The world is big, the cake is big, don’t always look at your own dining table, the East is big, the East is rich”
"East." The old man in the gray suit, Nils Morgan, looked obviously not very well. "The sun has begun to set in the west and is now rising in the east. According to our Morgan's latest data, the second largest land purchaser in Brazil is the Japanese. The private land they own in Brazil is almost as large as a state."
"I didn't expect that we would work so hard to harvest. They still have a lot of assets. Brazil has some problems with its foreign exchange reserves recently. Why don't we join forces?"
"Didn't we agree that the matter of Brazil will be handed over to the Gambino family?" A blond middle-aged man at the end of the table said, "My Lords, you are not going to let go of even the scraps of our gangsters, are you?"
"Dolf Gambino, can you defeat the Yamaguchi-gumi? I'm afraid you won't even have your territory in Brazil in the end." Nils Morgan said with a sneer, "It is said that the local Brazilian gangs are already losing ground to the Yamaguchi-gumi."
"It's not so easy to bring down the Brazilian mafia." Dolph Gambino wiped his greasy hands with a napkin, threw it on the table, pushed aside the gorgeous chair and stood up. "The power of the Brazilian Catholic Church and the Black Hand is a bit difficult for us, let alone the Yamaguchi-gumi. Just wait, our five major families will definitely do their best to take over the northern part of Brazil."
“I just hope that you adults won’t extend your hands to the Brazilian dining table.”
After saying that, Dolph Gambino stood up, turned around and walked out without saying hello.
"What an unmannered family." Steven Rockefeller III shook his head as he watched him walk out. "Bringing these uneducated mafia family representatives to this kind of gathering is really useless."
"Don't say that. These fearless guys are still useful, especially when their minds are full of violence." Nils Morgan also retracted his gaze, lit a cigar and said, "As far as I know, the shares of Japan's Sumitomo Group and Mitsui Group have changed a lot. A lot of them have been swallowed up by the Mikami family. It seems that it's not just us who are planning. Several of these groups are not satisfied with the current situation. Japan's business community is also undergoing drastic changes."
"I heard that the merger of these shares was controlled by a woman named Yuya Mikami. Since the Mikami family is willing to give power to a young woman like Yuya Mikami, her vision and acumen will definitely not be worse than those of us old guys." Irene Dupont leaned on the dining table with both hands, frowning:
"The Mitsubishi Group has also recently taken away a lot of our DuPont family's arms business on the black market. Especially those who don't like America prefer Japanese arms. It seems that Japan was not dealt with enough by MacArthur."
Steven Rockefeller nodded. "I think we need to speed up our actions. If it gets dark, I'm afraid that given the nature of this island nation, Japan will soon fall to the side of its powerful neighbor."
"Who said it wasn't?" Nils Morgan stretched out his hand with a cigar and rolled over the body of the blonde girl next to him.
Looking at the girl screaming due to the burns, he showed a perverted smile.
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Part of Fang Zuo's mind was on guarding the surroundings, while the other part was locked onto the huge rooster in front of him.
What was just transmitted was divine thought. This way of communication obviously does not belong to the Kingdom of God.
But Fang Zuo still didn't dare to let his guard down.
Although his soul and primordial infant were close to perfect form, his spiritual power could not be replenished in this place, and the body of Asura Mingwang had not yet taken shape.
If he were besieged by the original gods of the kingdom of God here, he would still be no match for them despite the endless replenishment of incense power and the blessing of the laws of the small world of the kingdom of God.
"Who are you and where is this place?" Fang Zuo released his divine thoughts.
The palace complex in this kingdom of God overlaps like mountains.
It is more vast and majestic than the small world city of the ancient country of Izumo.
If that place was just a place where mortals lived, this place looked like an immortal's heavenly palace.
"I never thought that in this Dharma Ending Age, there would be a Yuanying Zhenren who would come here. This is truly remarkable." The divine thought filled with death rang out again: "This was originally the Great Light Palace of the East Heaven Gate. I am the owner of this Great Light Palace. My name is Huang Cang. I am in charge of the Pleiades God of the Twenty-Eight Constellations. People call me the Pleiades Star Officer."
Fang Zuo's heart was shocked.
As a Taoist, he is of course very familiar with the twenty-eight constellations and the numerous divine duties.
The Pleiades star official has even appeared in the Journey to the West and various mythological stories circulated among the people.
The original form of Huang Cang was the first rooster in the world, and he later worshipped Lingbao Tianzun as his master.
After the Conferred Gods Battle, Buddhism and Taoism jointly established the Heavenly Palace.
He was included in the List of Gods and was named a star official of the Twenty-Eight Mansions.
He is one of the many priests in heaven.
Now that the Heavenly Palace is empty, why didn't this Pleiades star official leave, but was imprisoned here instead? "I know you have too many questions, but we don't have time. The group of insects are repairing the incense barrier of their kingdom of God and may return at any time." The voice of the Pleiades star official was extremely weak and intermittent.
"Please kill me quickly and leave a wisp of my soul to solve your puzzles."
Fang Zuo hesitated slightly after hearing the death tone in these words: "Why do you want to die, Star Lord? After I release you, I can naturally take you out of the kingdom of God."
"No need, my friend." The Pleiades official laughed miserably. "Now that the Dharma has ended and the Heaven is empty, what use am I to? Besides, the spiritual energy of the Heaven is weak, and I don't have the incense and offerings from the Heaven. My life span has come to an end, and entering the reincarnation cycle is inevitable. I am lucky to be able to pass away happily in your hands."
Reincarnation? It seems he doesn't know anything about the underworld yet.
"But Xingjun." Fang Zuo frowned, "The underworld is empty too, where are you going to reincarnate?"
"What? Even the underworld is gone?" The huge body of the Pleiades star official couldn't help but tremble.
The thick tentacles that had pierced through the rooster's heart and the several huge, fat insect eggs lying on its body began to move impatiently when they saw that the main body of the Pleiades star official dared to move again.
Many black barbs extended from the surface of the tentacles and pierced into the heart tightly.
The insect eggs also stretched out their hideous forked mouthparts from their heads and pierced into the rooster's body.
A miserable thought entered Fang Zuo's soul.
The Pleiades star official let out a cruel wail.
“Ahhh!! Kill my friend!! Kill me quickly! Even if I can’t enter reincarnation, and my body and soul are scattered and turned into ashes, it is still more satisfying than being killed by these insects.”
As he spoke, the giant rooster let out a long crow.
Supporting its huge head, the tattered comb full of holes looks like a broken military flag, standing tall.
The extremely sharp chicken beak, with a black hole that tore through space, pecked fiercely at an insect egg.
The insect egg let out a huge wailing sound, a big hole was pecked in its huge body, and green juice splashed everywhere.
A fat worm fell out of the egg shell.
The huge rooster suddenly opened its beak, stretched out the half-broken tongue, wrapped around the fat worm, and swallowed it into its stomach in one gulp.
The feathers of the Pleiades star official that were left with only the feathers suddenly stood up, and the wings that were left with only bones opened wide. His old eyes gleamed with light, and a loud cockcrow resounded throughout the kingdom of God.
The entire small world of God's kingdom was shaken so much that it seemed to collapse.
The space barrier was also cracked by the crowing of the rooster.
He shouted, "It's so good, so good, so good!!! I only regret that I drank too much and got drunk for three days, allowing you and other insects to occupy my body. I feel ashamed of the immortal officials in the heaven and lost the face of the Three Pure Ones. It's just right for me to die like this!!!"
A wisp of divine soul broke into Fang Zuo's mind: "My friend, protect this wisp of my divine soul, and help me to die quickly!!"
Fang Zuo no longer hesitated and made a prompt decision. His Nascent Soul suddenly appeared, and he stabbed the soul of the Pleiades star official with the scabbard in hand.
The star official of the Pleiades crowed again happily.
A huge rooster soul stood tall and separated from his body, shining brightly, like a real sun rising in the east.
Its light is not blocked by any incense from the kingdom of God, and it penetrates thousands of miles in an instant.
He straightened his neck proudly and looked up in one direction.
I don't know what I'm looking at.
After the last chirp.
Slowly dissipated like ashes.
The huge body also fell to the ground with a loud bang.
at the same time.
Fang Zuo decisively turned around and fled towards the incense barrier on the other side.
"What's going on? Who is it?"
A huge voice rang out.
Tian Zhi Yu Zhong Zhu was surrounded by golden light and came quickly.
He was furious in the golden light.
"There is the breath of a cultivator." The Divine Emperor Chan Lingzun, who was also in the golden light, said solemnly: "It's that cultivator again, it's him."
Another high-ranking spiritual master suddenly looked in the direction where Fang Zuo fled, and his voice echoed in the kingdom of God: "Ebisu, he is with you, stop him quickly, we will be there soon."
I felt three powerful auras coming from the Great Light Ruined Palace of the Pleiades Star Official.
Fang Zuo no longer spared his spiritual energy and flew towards the incense barrier with all his strength.
"Don't even think about escaping!" A yellow light shot out like lightning and blocked Fang Zuo's way.
His body rolled and the yellow light dissipated.
A large yellow leech, about hundreds of meters long and tens of meters wide, appeared in front of Fang Zuo.
It covers the kingdom of God below and isolates the sun in the sky.
The body is divided into numerous ring-shaped segments.
Various hideous circular and vertical flesh and skin were constantly stretching and shrinking the body.
The slender head suddenly stretched out, as if stretched infinitely like a rubber band, and quickly drew an arc to intercept Fang Zuo.
The Y-shaped mouthpart composed of three lower jaws suddenly opened, and the mouthpart was filled with densely packed, saw-like teeth.
Swallowed towards Fang Zuo.
Fang Zuo sneered.
The Nascent Soul flew out from above his head, and a mighty long sword of incense stabbed out.
At the same time, Ashura Acala's body suddenly expanded by dozens of meters.
The body grows rapidly.
The muscles in his two arms were knotted, and what was different from before was that there were many more thunder and cloud patterns of Acalanatha around his arms.
Like clouds floating beside my arms.
When his arms danced, the light also fluttered with his arms, and the light images were like white clouds surrounding Fang Zuo's body.
As Fang Zuo threw a punch, these cloud patterns emitted a captivating white light.
Occasionally there is a thunderous sound.
The leech's huge body saw the wooden scabbard and stabbed at it first, feeling the irresistible incense from it.
It shrank strangely and dodged the wooden scabbard that was rushing towards it.
And the next moment, Fang Zuo's fist arrived.
He dodged the wooden scabbard, but could not avoid Fang Zuo's powerful punch.
Boom.
There was a loud noise in the heaven and earth of the Kingdom of God, like thunder.
Suddenly, a huge fist mark appeared on the body of the giant leech, and its Y-shaped mouthparts spewed out green blood.
Fang Zuo's spiritual power burst out like a huge mountain, suppressing the leech's body.
At the same time, Yuanying held the scabbard and chopped down with a sword, splitting the leech into two parts.
The leech wailed silently, green blood splattered everywhere, and the two remaining huge parts of its body kept rolling and stretching, which was extremely disgusting.
Fang Zuo sensed a powerful aura approaching from behind, and decisively struck it with a few more swords, chopping it into pieces.
He grabbed the incense power from it, turned around and passed through the barrier.
"You can't escape!!" Amanomichichuu Lord shouted from behind.
The laws of the small world of God's Kingdom fell like a chain, locking Fang Zuo.
Every law exists in this world and is unbreakable.
However, among these dense web-like rules, some of them lean towards the left, leaving a big hole.
Fang Zuo swung his sword, accelerated his body, and passed through the loopholes.
Entered the incense barrier and escaped.
"Who is he?" Amanomichuu was furious and roared loudly, with golden light splashing wantonly on his body: "Why is his power bond with the Japanese becoming deeper and deeper?"
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Tokyo Exorcist Police Department.
Yingkong Kurumi and Feng Dielian came to a small meeting room.
Keiji Oono, the section chief of the Security Agency's Section 7, was sitting in a chair with his head down.
Hearing the door open, he said in a deep voice: "I did all this alone. I plead guilty."
"Are you so eager to plead guilty?" Yingsong Kurumi said calmly.
"Director and deputy director?" Oono Keiji looked up with a surprised look on his face: "Why are you here?"
"I got rid of those prosecutors." Yingkong Kurumi pulled out a chair next to the table and sat down: "You really don't want to say anything to me?"
Feng Dielian also sat down next to him and stared at the man.
"If I were you, even if you don't want to hand over the person behind the scenes, at least tell me the reason." Feng Dielian said softly, "At least you can live up to the trust that the director has in you. You know, among the five candidates for section chief, the director singled out you and promoted you."
"Mr. Hall, I am very grateful that you trust me," Oono Keiji said with a wry smile, "But I also have reasons that I cannot tell you."
"Oh? Tell me about it." Sakura Kurumi supported her chin with both hands, motioning him to continue.
"This happened many years ago. I was born into a poor family." Oono Keiji said slowly, "The most embarrassing moment for me since I was old enough to understand was paying tuition fees, especially when I talked to my teacher again and again in front of my classmates."
"Their smiles and the teacher's knowing nods made me feel ashamed."
"So I worked like crazy to earn tuition fees since I was in middle school. Then, I met a girl and we became friends during that time."
"In my senior year of high school, on a winter night, also on the day of paying tuition, I stood on the stage and said the same words in embarrassment."
"The girl came to see me, her cotton jacket was soaked by the freezing winter rain, and her hair was covered with snowflakes."
"She brought me the tuition money I desperately needed, and then she left."
"Then, I was admitted to the Faculty of Political Science and Law at the University of Tokyo, and she also paid for my high tuition fees."
“I owe her all this.”
Oono Keiji whispered, "Director, I plead guilty. I did it all. There is no need to investigate further. Stop asking questions. That's it."
"It's not as simple as you say. I just want to make a friend." Yingkong Kurumi shook her head and said, "It's not just because of tuition fees."
She paused and then said, "You love her, don't you, Oono Keiji?"
Keiji Oono lowered his head, paused, and nodded.
"Does she love you?" Feng Dielian asked.
For a moment, she felt a little sympathy for Keiji Oono.
Keiji Ohno shook his head: "She only regarded me as an ordinary friend, and she died when she was a junior."
"Then it's not her who came to find you." Yingkong Kurumi said, "It's her family who came to find you."
"This is the last thing I can do for her." Oono Keiji nodded and said, "It's a kind of compensation."
"Since so many years have passed, you..." Feng Dielian was interrupted by Oono Keiji who raised his head before she could finish her sentence.
"If I have to give up my life, I probably won't agree. But if it means my career or a few years of imprisonment." Oono Keiji smiled bitterly and said, "I am willing to be the deputy director of Fengdielian. You don't need to persuade me."
"Okay." Yingkong Kurumi stood up and said, "Then you stay here. You know the charges and the sentence for perjury in this criminal case."
"Yes," Keiji Oono stood up and said with his head down.
Feng Dielian followed Yingkong Kurumi out of the meeting room.
The two looked at each other, not knowing what they were thinking, and both sighed.
"It's at least some information, and we have some direction." Feng Dielian said softly.
"You go ahead and do it. Start by checking at the University of Tokyo. There were many female junior students who died within two years of Keiji Ohno's junior year." Sakura Kurumi said, "It shouldn't be too wide. They are neither much older than Keiji Ohno nor much younger than him."
“If the University of Tokyo doesn’t find a suitable target, I will switch to Waseda University and Tokyo Women’s University.”
"If a girl from a wealthy family like this goes to the University of Tokyo, she will definitely not be a bad student."
"Understood, I'll go right away." Feng Dielian nodded: "I'm just afraid that he will study in a foreign university."
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In a luxurious villa in horizontal screen.
Masami Miura was kneeling properly in the living room.
"Pa." She was slapped hard on the face.
"Father!!" Masami Miura touched her burning face, and a trace of blood flowed out from her red lips.
She looked at the man in front of her in disbelief.
Apparently her father hadn't held back at all.
"You bastard, who told you to dig up this case?" An elderly man in a kimono raised his cane and smashed it hard: "You idiot!"
(End of this chapter)
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