Surface World, Crystal Palace.
Suze lay on the large crystal bed, hands folded over his chest, sleeping peacefully, his aura sacred and vast!
Chronos guarded him, his aura like that of a demon god.
Sugimoto Reimi floated above, watching from a distance, not daring to approach.
Her expression was filled with worry; Suze had begun to sleep after returning to the Crystal Palace, and the reason was unknown.
At this very moment, a great transformation was occurring within Suze!
Original Magic Power was slowly fusing with his cells, becoming intertwined, each within the other.
However, just when everything seemed perfectly harmonious, Suze's bloodline suddenly became incredibly hungry, beginning to frantically devour the Original Magic Power!
Vast amounts of Original Magic Power were completely consumed at an extremely rapid pace!
Suze seemed to have become an ordinary person without magic.
But the sacred aura around him did not fade; instead, it became increasingly vast!
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At the same time, outside the Crystal Palace, time passed synchronously.
After one night, Suze did not appear, so Kuraso went to his room to look for him but found nothing.
After asking the Kure Clan's guard team, she learned that they had not seen Suze's figure, which made her somewhat worried.
Seven days passed like this.
Lisa and the others also learned of Suze's "disappearance."
Inside the spacious office, Lisa, Mariah, Kuraso, Akai Mary, Sera Masumi, Henrietta, and Josuke gathered.
The news of Suze's disappearance was temporarily confined to these few people.
Sanshoku Kin's identity was a mystery, so out of caution, Kuraso did not invite him.
The more people who knew, the greater the possibility of the news leaking, which was not beneficial to the Kengan Association.
The seven discussed thoroughly and came up with several conclusions, but none could be confirmed.
"Let me use my ability to see," Lisa said.
Kuraso nodded solemnly, "Please do."
Lisa summoned her Stand, Hermit Purple, and said, "Please give me a personal item of Suze's."
Kuraso immediately went to find one of Suze's clothes.
Hermit Purple held the clothes, emitting a peculiar purple mental energy.
Hermit Purple had two abilities.
One was Disaster Revelation, with 100% accuracy.
The other was prophecy, with questionable accuracy.
Lisa closed her eyes, her forehead beaded with fine sweat.
Everyone watched her nervously.
Several minutes passed, and Lisa opened her eyes, saying, "I saw angels, saints, a sleeping giant, golden mist, and some sacred imagery manifesting."
She had originally intended to ascertain Suze's location, but only saw these things.
"Is it a good thing?" Sera Masumi immediately asked.
"It could also be an inverted image," Lisa shook her head, her expression grave.
The atmosphere fell silent.
"Why not let Miss Sanshoku Kin try? If she rolled a great fortune, she might be able to find Suze," Mariah said.
"Her identity is too suspicious," Lisa shook her head, her gaze intentionally or unintentionally falling on Akai Mary.
The Akai also had dual identities, but she knew their background.
However, she knew absolutely nothing about Sanshoku Kin; even with the Kengan Association's investigative power, no abnormalities could be found, which made her very wary.
Akai Mary spoke, "I also think so. I don't recommend Sanshoku Kin participate in the meeting."
"But the problem is, she should already be suspicious, right?" Lisa stated directly.
Henrietta said, "We can drag it out for as long as possible. The possibility of information leakage must be minimized, otherwise, once the news gets out, the jackals outside will pounce, and the internal situation will become unstable."
Kuraso needed cooperation to seal the news, and Henrietta, being her deputy, was naturally the best choice.
She had also told Henrietta about the Stand users.
And Henrietta had passed numerous tests to earn such trust.
Just then, Kuraso's phone rang.
She frowned, and after answering, Kure Hollis's anxious voice came through.
"Kuraso, something terrible has happened! Hanma Yujiro has broken into headquarters and demands to see Suze! He's already fighting Mukaku and Yuzuha!"
Kuraso's expression darkened.
Damn it!
How could she have overlooked this intelligence!
Not long ago, she had received intelligence that Hanma Yujiro, the strongest creature on the surface, was going to "visit" the Kengan Association!
But at the time, she was anxious to find Suze's whereabouts and had directly ignored it.
"Let's go see!" Kuraso hung up the phone, her expression displeased.
She didn't think Hanma Yujiro alone could clear the Kengan Association.
Rather, she was worried that he would cause too much trouble, leading to irreparable negative effects.
"One-inch punch!"
Yuzuha punched Hanma Yujiro in the chest, and a terrifying force penetrated his body, creating a fan-shaped burst of air several meters long!
Hanma Yujiro was sent flying backward, crashing into the white steel wall of the training room, leaving a spiderweb-like indentation.
"Pfft!" Hanma Yujiro flipped himself up, his red hair messy like snakes, hands in his pockets, exuding an air of arrogance. His thick, wide jaw was slightly raised as he laughed, "Little guy, I acknowledge you as a male!"
Mukaku stood far to the side, blood at the corner of his mouth, cursing inwardly.
Does that mean he considers me female? What an arrogant junior!
He was the first to fight Hanma Yujiro and was quickly defeated.
He was, after all, too old.
"Yuzuha, what are you doing? Quickly finish him, or I'll do it!" Sena Riko shouted, eager to jump into the fray.
Sena Riku rubbed her fists, her tiger-like eyes fixed on Hanma Yujiro.
These past few days, they had been fighting amongst themselves, and because Josuke was there as a healer, the three of them fought without reservation, enjoying themselves greatly.
But constantly fighting internal battles could also become boring.
Just then, a large group of Kure Clan guards flooded into the training room, quickly positioning themselves on both sides, completely sealing the entrance.
Kuraso and her group entered.
"Yuzuha, step aside," Kuraso signaled, and the guard team immediately raised their guns.
She hadn't expected Hanma Yujiro to be so foolish as to walk right into a trap.
The circular training room had only one entrance and exit; with the guard team's concentrated firepower, she didn't believe Hanma Yujiro could still be arrogant.
"What a pity," Sena Riko said with a look of regret as she stepped back.
She really wanted to fight Hanma Yujiro, but since it was Boss Kuraso's order, there was nothing she could do.
"Consider yourself lucky," Sena Riku scoffed.
Yuzuha and Mukaku also quickly retreated.
"Fire!" Kuraso decisively ordered.
Bang bang bang!
The guard team was equipped with standard micro-assault rifles. Firing together, they instantly formed a torrent of steel.
Hanma Yujiro's face showed a wild grin. He spread his arms, his muscles bulging, seemingly wanting to meet the torrent of steel with his bare flesh.
However, how could the scumbag Hanma Yujiro actually do something so foolish!
His figure flickered, rapidly dodging bullets. Even when a few bullets hit him, they were deflected by his muscles.
Let alone assault rifles, he could even withstand whaling cannons; as long as he wasn't focused on, ordinary heavy firepower couldn't even break his defense.
Provided he was prepared.
One round of firing ended.
"Little tiger, our fight isn't over yet!" Hanma Yujiro's burly figure, like a phantom, instantly appeared in front of Yuzuha, his fighting spirit soaring.
He threw a punch!
Yuzuha was caught off guard, her lower abdomen caved in from the blow, and she was sent flying backward, enveloped in a strong gust of wind.