Chapter 221: Expedition to the Iron-Blooded Kingdom! The Infiltration by the Vice Captain and the Chief of Staff
In the early morning of Baltigo, the wind and sand that had raged all night finally gradually subsided.
A faint, gentle ray of morning light crept through the gap in the solid stone window, spilling into the dim and warm room.
On the wide double bed, having experienced a whole night of double "exertion" in the bathroom and on the soft mattress, Robin was now completely fast asleep.
Her beautiful face was half-covered by the corner of the quilt, her long eyelashes hanging quietly.
Although there was deep exhaustion in the corners of her eyes and brows, there was also a sense of languor and peaceful contentment after having been thoroughly satisfied.
In stark contrast to the physically exhausted archaeologist, Tatsuya was refreshed and invigorated, his Chakra seemingly even more abundant due to last night's relaxation.
He rolled out of bed with gentle movements, fearing to disturb this tranquility.
Tatsuya carefully tucked the quilt back around Robin, lowered his head, and left a tender kiss on her smooth forehead.
Afterward, he turned and pushed the door open to leave, leaving the room's romance and warmth behind him.
Tatsuya walked with steady steps to a hidden deep-water port in Baltigo.
There, the Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff, Sabo, had already changed into a sharp combat suit.
He held a lead pipe in his hand and had been waiting for a long time with a team of elite Revolutionary Army soldiers.
Seeing Tatsuya arrive on time, Sabo curled his lips into a smile.
He tossed him a dark hooded cloak to help him blend in.
The two shared a smile, then boarded the specially crafted stealthy fast sailboat built by the Revolutionary Army for covert operations.
As the sails filled with wind, the sailboat, like a ghost, sailed away from the Island of White Soil in the darkness before dawn.
Inside the cabin, a detailed nautical chart was spread out on the table.
With a stern expression, Sabo explained the target of this raid in detail to Tatsuya.
"The Iron-Blooded Kingdom."
"This is a member nation that claims to be absolutely neutral and peace-loving on the surface."
"But in secret, they are conducting large-scale arms smuggling transactions with the Underworld of the New World; it is a country that is rotten to the core."
Sabo's finger tapped heavily on a coordinate on the nautical chart, a flash of anger in his eyes.
"Our Revolutionary Army intelligence branch spent a great deal of effort... and finally discovered the location of the core ledger of the king's transactions with the Underworld, but unfortunately, the news leaked... and they were subsequently subjected to a frenzied massacre by the kingdom's army and assassination squads."
Sabo took a deep breath, steadying his emotions:
"The plan this time is to infiltrate the deepest dungeon of the royal capital, rescue any comrades who might still be alive, and retrieve that crucial smuggling ledger."
"As long as we get the ledger, we can completely expose the hypocritical face of this country and cut off their criminal funding chain."
After hearing this, Tatsuya casually put on the dark cloak, hiding half his face in the shadow of the hood.
He curled his lips into a slightly dangerous smile, his voice low:
"Sounds like a decent plan."
"As for infiltration... I'm actually quite good at it."
A few days later, late at night, the Revolutionary Army's stealth sailboat, under the cover of the thick darkness, silently approached the remote coastline of the Iron-Blooded Kingdom.
The royal capital not far away was brightly lit, with security so tight it was appalling.
On the towering, solid city walls, dazzling searchlights swept back and forth in the night sky like giant light swords, with guards every three steps and sentries every five.
Between the battlements, there were densely packed heavy artillery, and the defense was like an impregnable fortress; even a fly would have a hard time getting in.
Just as Sabo was crouching behind the bushes, spreading out the blueprints and preparing to discuss a roundabout infiltration route with his subordinates,
Tatsuya, as if taking a leisurely stroll, walked straight out of the shadows of the cover, openly exposing himself at the edge of the searchlight's reach.
"Hey! Crimson Lotus, have you gone mad?" Sabo exclaimed in a low voice.
However, the scene that unfolded in the next second made all the elite Revolutionary Army soldiers widen their eyes.
In the night, Tatsuya slightly raised his head.
Beneath the shadow of the hood, those pure black eyes instantly turned into a sheet of scarlet.
Three pitch-black tomoe slowly rotated within the blood-colored pupils, emitting a bizarre fluctuation that made the soul tremble.
Any kingdom guard standing on the city wall or patrolling who inadvertently met those blood-red eyes didn't even have time to let out a cry of alarm.
They were like souls instantly drained away; their eyes rolled back, and they collapsed straight to the ground, unconscious and limp.
Watching Tatsuya not even lift a finger,
and simply stroll through the heavy guards and strict fortresses, carving out an unobstructed, wide path,
Sabo and the elite Revolutionary Army soldiers following behind looked at each other in dismay.
They couldn't help but gasp, secretly marveling in their hearts.
He was simply born for infiltration and assassination.
Following the accurate intelligence obtained by deeply hypnotizing those guard officers with the Sharingan,
the two, along with their squad, entered as if there was no one there.
They arrived at the deepest part of the royal capital, a dark and damp underground water prison, without any obstacles along the way.
The water prison was filled with a heavy smell of blood and rot.
The Iron-Blooded Kingdom's Protector General, a top-tier powerhouse standing nearly five meters tall with a body like a mountain of flesh, was currently standing in a pool of blood with a ferocious expression.
He held blood-stained torture instruments in his hands, brutally interrogating several Revolutionary Army intelligence agents who had been tortured until their skin was torn and they were on the verge of death.
He was trying every means to force out the location of that core ledger.
"Since you tough guys refuse to open your mouths even in death, then take your secrets to hell!"
After days of severe torture yielding no results, the Protector General completely lost his last bit of patience.
He let out a beastly roar and suddenly raised the giant steel mace in his hand, which weighed several tons, preparing to crush the head of one of the Revolutionary Army cadres.
"BOOM—!!!"
Just at the critical moment when the lethal mace was about to descend,
the heavy steel gate of the water prison, weighing ten thousand jin, accompanied by a deafening, earth-shattering roar,
was blasted into flying iron scraps from the outside by a violent, unrivaled force of dark blue lightning!
The smoke and dust, mixed with electric sparks, slowly dissipated.
Tatsuya and Sabo, holding his steel pipe, stood side by side in front of the broken gate.
Seeing the horrific state of their comrades inside the cell, Sabo's anger instantly broke through the defenses of his reason.
Murderous intent flared in his blue eyes, and he gripped his pipe, ready to rush up and tear the abuser to pieces.
"Wait, Sabo."
A slender hand firmly blocked Sabo's chest.
Tatsuya looked coldly at the massive Protector General in front of him.
He gripped his right hand in reverse and slowly drew the black blade "black blade shusui" from his waist.
"My apologies, Chief of Staff."
Tatsuya curled his lips into a cruel sneer, the blade flashing with a bloodthirsty cold light in the dim water prison.
"But this eyesore of a big guy—let me test something out on him."
Seeing that someone dared to force their way into the royal dungeon, the Protector General laughed out of extreme rage.
"You scum... you really don't take me seriously at all!!"
He let out a roar that shook the water prison, his arm muscles bulging, and covered the giant mace with his thick Armament Haki without reservation.
The pitch-black weapon carried a mountain-toppling sense of oppression, smashing down towards the top of Tatsuya's head with the force of Mount Tai.
Facing this terrifying blow capable of smashing a building into ruins,
Tatsuya stood in place, his feet rooted as if they had grown into the ground, showing absolutely no intention of dodging.
He took a deep breath, and the advanced Armament Haki he had just mastered in yesterday's special training flowed like clouds and water, wrapping around the body of the black blade shusui.
A layer of dark red Haki coating, like flowing cherry blossoms, shimmered faintly.
The next instant, the black blade and the giant mace collided with a boom!
However, what was mind-boggling was that
the moment the blade and the mace collided, there was no earth-shattering, terrifying roar as everyone had imagined, nor did it unleash a raging shockwave.
Everything seemed to have had a mute button pressed.
Immediately after, the Protector General's arrogant expression instantly froze, turning into endless shock and fear.
He discovered with disbelief that his sturdy Armament Haki defense, which he prided himself on, and the giant mace made of special steel, were actually cracking from the very core the moment they touched that black blade, crumbling inch by inch!
That overbearing, invisible internal power directly pierced through the surface defense, frantically destroying all the internal structures.
"Clang—"
Tatsuya flipped his wrist expressionlessly.
He elegantly and calmly sheathed the black blade shusui.
Accompanied by the crisp click of the long blade entering the scabbard,
the heavy armor on the Protector General, along with the huge steel mace in his hand, instantly shattered into a sky full of fine powder.
"Pfft—!"
Having lost all defense, the Protector General was struck as if by lightning, his internal organs seemingly completely shredded.
He sprayed a large mouthful of blood into the air, his massive, mountain-of-flesh body flying backward miserably like a kite with a broken string.
Finally, he slammed heavily against the stone wall of the water prison and passed out completely.
With just one strike, the difference in skill was clear.
This scene, which was effortless yet exuded absolute destructive power, completely shocked everyone present.
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