Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
King of Death: “As long as I’m alive, there is hope. Even if he curses my whole family I will have to endure it. Even if I hide until Yoshihiro Togashi dies. The struggle in life lies in perseverance and patience.”
Zhao Yao: “Temper needs restraint, while avoidance is not a solution. Both are necessary and should be used wisely in order to win. I will avoid King of Death for now and upgrade my powers at a faster pace while in hiding. After I upgrade Elizabeth a few times, defeating the King of Death will be an easy game.”
The King of Death laughed, “Zhao Yao, hah!”
“King of Death!” Zhao Yao spat.
King of Death smiled even wider as he said, “You are one powerful guy. My best apostles were all defeated by you just like that.”
Zhao Yao smiled widely, revealing his sparkling white teeth. “You are the amazing one. I was so secretive about my identity but you exposed me just like that.”
King of Death responded, “We won’t know until we exchange blows, so let’s just leave it for today.”
“Yeah, let’s leave it,” Zhao Yao said, “I am someone without much ambition. All I do is dawdle around all day. I hate battles the most.”
King of Death said, “Same for me. Just browsing through discussion forums and playing games makes my day. What’s the point of fighting so hard every day, right?”
“Exactly,” Zhao Yao said, “I don’t understand that either. I hate using violence the most. King of Death, you better not pick a fight with me. I will just run away.”
“Why would I!” King of Death laughed, “I was intending to sell Ivory and cash out my stocks to travel around the world. Why would I fight? Let’s not talk about this anymore. My friend is asking to play a round of PUBG with me.”
Zhao Yao respectfully put his fist against his hand and said, “Good luck!”
“I’m counting on your good word. See you again.”
“See you next time.”
King of Death ended the conversation with a face full of smiles.
The moment the conversation ended, both Zhao Yao and King of Death’s face fell.
“The next time I see you, I will finish you off.”
After ending the conversation with King of Death, Zhao Yao glanced at Black Panther before throwing him out on the streets. After that, he swallowed himself back into the Extradimensional Belly.
Since his identity had been exposed to King of Death, Zhao Yao had many things to do.
“Dad and Mum are already safe on the Cat Island, I will go get Zhao Xue. This time I can’t let her find any more excuses, I will make sure to bring her back.”
“I should interrogate King of Death’s three underlings carefully. If I know myself and my enemy, I will never be defeated.”
“The next thing is Elizabeth’s power of illusion. Using the Sixth Sense illusion on King of Death is too risky as it puts thousands of people’s lives in danger. It is too huge a price to pay. But I still have the spicy cat strips. I should give Elizabeth one to try and see if she will be able to deal with King of Death immediately after her transformation.”
Zhao Yao had not attacked King of Death for now as the combat methods he currently had had were too weak. The Great Flow of Idleness was too powerful on the other hand and could disrupt the harmony in the universe. Furthermore, it might not actually be able to kill the King of Death.
However, if the gear Elizabeth transformed into after eating spicy cat strips could kill King of Death, he would finish him off immediately.
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Bam!
A tub of cold water splashed on Old K’s head, waking him up instantly. Once he awoke he felt pain in every inch of his body, especially in his broken nose and the bones in his hands, which made him groan instinctively.
He forced his eyes open to look at his current situation. He saw two people in front of him. It was Zhao Yao’s cleaners, Matsuo (ex-CEO of the money-lending platform) and Faceless (ex-gang leader of the Mao Gang).
Faceless scoffed as he said to Old K, “Hey newcomer, think carefully about what happened. It should be etched in your mind.” He was obviously gloating.
Although he resented Zhao Yao for wiping out the Mao gang, now that he was on Zhao Yao’s side, he felt joy in gloating over the misfortune of others falling at Zhao Yao’s hands.
Old K’s eyes flashed as he recalled what had happened.
“That guy Zhao Yao knocked me out in the end. What about Lang Gou and Midnight?” He raised his head to look at his surroundings and realized that Lang Gou and Midnight were there as well, lying unconscious on the floor.
“Have we all lost? Even Midnight…” Old K could not help but recall every scene of the previous battle.
When he thought of that, fear rose in his heart uncontrollably. His face turned white and he trembled involuntarily.
“Zhao Yao, that devil…” Old K suddenly felt his body ache more. “Too strong, this guy is too strong. Sword strength, blade rays, teleportation, rebirth, and many other complex powers we could not understand. We actually had to fight a monster like him?”
Thinking about how he had gone to the cat café to provoke him made Old K feel that he had really been courting his own death. Not just him, but the whole of Ivory and King of Death himself. They were all seeking their own deaths.
Faceless and Matsuo saw Old K’s expression and glanced at each other before snickering, “Looks like Boss left a deep impression.”
Matsuo got straight to the point, “Alright, since you get the situation now, just spit it all out. The group that’s backing you guys, the masterminds behind this, why did you guys come to Jianghai? Where the poisonous catmint come from? Explain clearly.”
Old K told them everything he knew. In fact, it was very difficult for him to hide anything from them. They already had information about King of Death. What Zhao Yao wanted to know now was more information regarding King of Death and Ivory.
After that, Matsuo and Faceless woke Lang Gou and Midnight respectively and questioned them one by one.
Zhao Yao had brought Roly Poly and Elizabeth invisibly along with him. He and Elizabeth controlled Midnight and Lang Gou’s bodies respectively to prevent them from resorting to desperate measures.
When he heard all that they had said, Zhao Yao silently shook his head, “These three guys know very little.” There was nothing he could do even after listening to their accounts.
Due to the unique powers of King of Death, the civilian, logistics support, and management staff in Ivory were basically just King of Death himself. Although these apostles held high statuses, they were practically uninvolved in daily operations. As long as they completed missions and fought in battles, they reaped their benefits once their job was done. They naturally knew nothing about King of Death’s secrets.
As he thought of this, Zhao Yao shook his head and decided to not continue listening. However, he frowned again as he glanced at his phone, “Why is Zhao Xue not replying to me? No matter what excuse she gives this time, I will still bring her here.” Using the power of illusion, Zhao Yao took away Old K and his trio’s five senses.
“Elizabeth, I’ll leave these three to you. Turn off their senses for 24 hours. We’ll discuss what to do with them after the illusion wears off.”
“So what should we do after 24 hours? Release them?”
“Definitely not. They will be my cleaners for at least 30 years before they can be released from my prison.”
24 hours after Zhao Yao left, Old K, Lang Gou and Midnight slowly opened their eyes.
Matsuo stared at them as he said, “Newcomers, from now on you guys will be in charge of cleaning the cat litter here every day. Boss has a total of more than 160 cats, so the cleanliness of the cat toilet is especially important. All the cat toilets should be cleaned once every two hours. I will do random spot checks, so don’t let me catch you slacking off.”
As he said that, Matsuo felt a sense of pride rising.
“I’m finally not the lowest person here anymore.”
Faceless also sighed, “I can finally stop cleaning pet litter. Cleaning up after 160 cats every day, sweeping the cat litter, wiping off stains… These chores are really not suitable for people.”
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