"Authority: Scavenger"
"Quality: Special"
"Description: A special identity certificate granted by the Space to certain special Reincarnators, possessing the privilege of purging."
"Effect 1: Holding this authority will always designate you as a Scavenger." (Regardless of the Reincarnator's style or strength changes, when a purging mission is triggered, the holder will always be at the forefront of the queue, with a priority no lower than 5.)
"Effect 2: In each mission world, you can designate one Reincarnator as a purging target. The Space will conduct a check on them. If they fail the check, a special purging mission will be activated." (The check will be based on the Reincarnator's actions, item usage, contact with special story characters, etc., in that mission world.)
Bai Cangshu looked at his right palm, where a glowing triangular pattern had appeared. As long as he focused, he could see the detailed description of the Scavenger Authority.
In simple terms, this was a form of identification. In the future, whenever a purging mission was issued, even if Bai Cangshu did not meet the conditions, he would still be eligible to enter the sequence.
The information Bai Cangshu had previously obtained from Li Qingzi was that purging missions primarily required two things: first, strength. Only Reincarnators with the strength to purge other Reincarnators would be listed as Scavenger candidates by the Space.
The second was the Reincarnator's conduct style in the mission world. This was an implicit condition; based on the Reincarnator's attitude towards other Reincarnators, story characters, ordinary humans, etc., in the mission world, the Space would judge the Reincarnator's style and eventually designate them as a Scavenger at an appropriate time to carry out purging missions.
Furthermore, in Bai Cangshu's opinion, the more important effect of this authority was clearly the second one: he could designate one person as a purging target in each mission world. After the Space's check, once approved, he could obtain a scavenger crimson drop card by killing the target, which could be specifically drawn.
Combined with Bai Cangshu's current Scarlet Sin effect of Evil God's Omen, Tier 3, he could quickly and efficiently acquire resources.
As for the success rate of the check, Bai Cangshu had not yet tested it, as there was no suitable target.
"That… Mr. Tao…"
The Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, who was responsible for mediating in the conference room, maintained a posture of being about to rise from his chair but not fully standing.
The Japanese were always meticulously artificial in such minor matters.
They believed it was disrespectful to sit while speaking to a superior, but standing tall and proud in front of Mr. Tao Bai Bai was also inappropriate.
Therefore, this powerful Cabinet Secretary appeared almost fawning at this moment.
However, the Prime Minister had no objections. This Mr. Tao Bai Bai was an existence already revered as a living deity by the old men of Shinto.
Although he did not believe such claims, the footage of Tao Bai Bai killing the giant beast that could ignore nuclear explosions filled him with fear.
Moreover, although he was not from a poor background, unlike politicians from powerful families like Abe and Koizumi, he had his own concerns and worries about the news of the apocalypse and alien technology circulating within the government.
Bai Cangshu's thoughts were interrupted. He raised his eyebrows and looked displeased at these Japanese politicians who were treating him as some kind of powerful force to be contended with.
Boom!
Without warning, a black and red Haki of the Conqueror erupted with a roar.
The intense aura, like a raging storm, suddenly swept across several kilometers. The faces of these politicians, who were closest to Bai Cangshu, instantly turned pale, and their bodies trembled.
Mori Kei, the Chief Cabinet Secretary who had just spoken and interrupted Bai Cangshu's thoughts, immediately rolled his eyes, collapsed to the ground, and foul-smelling urine uncontrollably flowed out.
And the various bodyguards secretly arranged behind these people, as well as the guards outside the conference room, had no time to react and were similarly engulfed by the Haki of the Conqueror.
Thump, thump…
In a short while, only three people in the conference room remained conscious.
One was Hidehito Suga, the current Prime Minister of Japan, sitting opposite Bai Cangshu, and the other was an old man sitting a certain distance behind him.
Hidehito Suga's hands and feet trembled. What kind of power was this? He stiffly turned his head; there was no sound around him.
Bai Cangshu stood up and opened the conference room window. From here, a corner of Mount Fuji could be seen. These people had moved the Prime Minister's official residence from Tokyo, but still chose a place where Mount Fuji was visible.
"Let's be simple and direct, humans~"
Bai Cangshu was increasingly accustomed to referring to these weak ordinary people as "humans." He had unconsciously begun to see himself as a different species.
At this moment, the gap between him and these powerless ordinary people was several times greater than the gap between these ordinary people and monkeys in a zoo.
"I need you to help me find the chaebol families in your country who control those black-clothed warriors. The list, the locations."
Bai Cangshu leaned against the window and gave his command.
Hidehito Suga did not turn to look at the Emperor's representative. The two exchanged glances and neither objected.
Those black-clothed warriors, wielding special weapons, who fought giant beasts and even appeared in major incidents in Tokyo and Osaka, had long been noticed by the government.
What unsettled them was that this power was not controlled by the government, or rather, by themselves.
Certain families had secretly and privately controlled that power.
Bai Cangshu's goal in this world was to acquire as many resources as possible. This was a world with a difficulty level clearly lower than his rating.
In addition to hunting those Reincarnators, he naturally had to extract as much as possible from the plot.
In Bai Cangshu's view, the Gantz-related technology was the biggest extra reward in this world.
Moreover, one of the two purging targets seemed to be in Germany, with extremely distant coordinates. The Multi-faceted Star People did not send that person back directly. Bai Cangshu speculated that this was also related to the Multi-faceted Star People's plan.
And from the current signs, it was inferred that the Reincarnators in this world triggered the purging mission because they coveted Gantz and thus came into contact with the Multi-faceted Star People.
Bai Cangshu believed this was a hint from the Multi-faceted Star People, implying that he could find the last purging target by tracing the Gantz technology, and that there, the Multi-faceted Star People's purpose in contacting him would be revealed.
"We will give you a definite answer within three hours."
Hidehito Suga finished speaking and left the conference room to arrange the relevant actions. As he walked out of the conference room, he saw that all the security and guards around him had lost consciousness and fallen to the ground. He forced himself to remain calm and used his phone to call the Tsuchimikado Clan.
He somewhat believed what those old folks said now. Such a fellow truly did not seem human.
"Mr. Tsuchimikado, that esteemed one is currently in our temporary official residence. Yes, please treat him well."
Bai Cangshu in the conference room heard everything clearly. He had already torn apart the conference table and some documents, preparing them as firewood to barbecue the giant beast meat he had brought back.
Soon, flames ignited in the conference room…
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"Hua Zi, hold on, big brother found something good~"
In the blood-soaked, dilapidated building, the ragged little boy, his face stained with blood and various dust, had bright eyes. He leaned his sleeping sister against the pillar that had been carved with a huge hole by something.
Then he walked to the center of the building. Although it was reinforced concrete, in the circle of red patterns on the ground, a strange tree was shaking its red leaves, emitting an inexplicable attraction.
The little boy walked under the tree, knelt down devoutly, and began to pray.
"I hope we can find Mom."
"I hope Hua Zi can open her eyes."
"I hope… those bad guys… will pay the price…"
The strange tree swayed continuously, and something seemed to appear beneath the ground. The little boy immediately went forward to grope.
The tree's swaying became more pronounced. At the same time, in other parts of Tokyo, several equally strange trees were shaking their branches.
Under each tree, many people gathered. These people were all ragged and bloody, but at this moment, they all showed satisfied smiles, as if their prayers had been answered.