The Insect Emperor Caesar controlled by Zhou Huai stood in the corner of the crowd. Beneath his wide sleeves, the Insect Tide space opened silently.

Countless Parasites finer than dust, like transparent spores, quietly drifted out.

They mixed into the turbid particles in the air, riding the breeze, and silently fell toward the thousands of Classer in the square.

A Gang member felt a slight numbness on his neck, as if bitten by a mosquito.

He instinctively reached out to pat it, but patted nothing, just assuming it was his illusion.

Another person yawned, rubbed the itchy corner of his eye, completely unaware that a speck of dust had burrowed into his tear gland.

The whole process was inconceivably fast.

The Parasites precisely sought out the tiniest pores, wounds, and even the open mouths of the hosts when breathing.

Like top-tier assassins, they infiltrated silently without stirring a trace of energy fluctuation.

In less than three minutes.

The square remained noisy, but seven or eight out of ten people had unknowingly become the mobile experience packs of the Insect Emperor Caesar.

Zhou Huai grinned.

In the future, these people would all become the free laborers of the Insect Emperor Caesar.

As long as they killed exotic beasts, the Insect Emperor Caesar could share a portion of the Experience Points.

Of course, this time he couldn't directly siphon away ninety-nine percent like he did with those idiots like Takeda.

Draining the pond to catch fish is not a long-term plan.

In the future, only ten percent of the Experience Points would be extracted each time.

Although this proportion was small, its advantage lay in the large volume.

Ten percent of a thousand people, the gathered Experience Points would be a very considerable figure.

If the number of parasitized people reached tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands in the future.

Then the Level of the Insect Emperor Caesar would definitely shoot up like a rocket.

Most importantly, this method was covert and safe.

It emphasized sustainable development.

At that moment, the heavy glass revolving door of the Three Mouth Building turned once again.

Dozens of figures walked out from inside one after another.

The originally noisy discussions in the square instantly died down.

Those slovenly Gang members, as if pressed with a mute button, spontaneously stopped chatting.

They quickly straightened their bodies, forming formations that could be considered relatively neat.

A middle-aged man in his forties walked out from the crowd.

He wore a meticulous black suit, his hair combed slick and shiny, his gaze behind gold-rimmed glasses calm and sharp.

Everyone around, including Takeda who had been arrogant just moments ago, bowed in unison.

Their movements were uniform, carrying heartfelt awe.

"Greetings, Mr. Sato!"

The middle-aged man known as Mr. Sato calmly nodded in response.

He silently took a thick stack of documents from his briefcase and motioned for the people around him to distribute them.

One for each person.

Takeda took the slightly rough piece of paper and glanced down at it.

Only an image was printed on the paper.

The background of the image seemed to be a dim corridor, and a figure wearing black tights was flashing past.

On that person's face was a pale fox-face mask.

It was impossible to tell gender, nor could the body shape be clearly seen.

"Lord Sato, what is this?"

Takeda pointed at the image, his face filled with incomprehension.

Mr. Sato pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"Just early this morning, someone sneaked into the Ise Grand Shrine."

"This is the only footage of that person appearing inÉtienne surveillance."

"The Gang Leader just issued a mission for us to find him out."

"Boom!"

A single stone stirred up a thousand waves!

Hearing this, everyone showed looks of uproar, and the square instantly exploded into a commotion.

Even Zhou Huai was dumbfounded in his heart.

"Someone sneaked into the Ise Grand Shrine? And stole a treasure?"

"Could it be aimed at the Pendulum of Life?"

"And listening to their tone, this person actually succeeded?"

Zhou Huai cried out 'holy shit' in his heart.

His own Avatar had just arrived in Tokyo City, and someone had already beaten him to the punch?

Wasn't it said that the Ise Grand Shrine had tight security and was reputed to be inescapable even with wings?

How could someone say they sneaked in and sneaked in, say they stole and stole?

People from the Great Xia Nation?

Probably not. The spies planted by the Great Xia Nation in Sakura Country didn't have this kind of strength.

If they did, Wei Liao definitely would have told him.

Could it be that other countries were also eyeing the Pendulum of Life?

Just as Zhou Huai was letting his imagination run wild.

Takeda looked at the image in his hand, scratched his head, and a troubled look appeared on his face.

"Mr. Sato, this... this seems rather difficult to find, right?"

"The other party is wearing a mask. We don't even know if it's a man or a woman, and the body shape cannot be seen clearly."

Mr. Sato's expression didn't change at all.

"You only need to remember this figure."

"According to intelligence from the shrine, when the other party escaped, they suffered unhealable injuries on their legs and hands."

"Right now, they are definitely still hiding in Tokyo City."

He paused, throwing out a bargaining chip enough to drive everyone crazy.

"The Gang Leader has an order."

"As long as you can find any clues about this guy—note, any effective clues—"

"The Gang will reward you with one million Sakura Coins."

"At the same time, it will allow you to advance from Wild Dogs to Insiders."

Hearing this, Takeda's eyes instantly widened into round circles, and his breathing became rapid!

Just providing effective clues was one million Sakura Coins!

And there was a chance for promotion!

This reward was simply too generous!

The higher-ups of the Three Mouth Gang obviously understood as well.

Wanting to rely on this group of bottom-tier cannon fodder called "Wild Dogs" to catch the monster that could break into the Ise Grand Shrine was simply unrealistic.

Their role was to act as a giant net spread across the city, using human wave tactics to force that fish out.

"Hai!"

Takeda and his subordinates no longer hesitated in the slightest, bowing in unison and agreeing readily.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Sato! Even if we turn Tokyo City upside down, we will definitely find this guy out!"

Meanwhile, Zhou Huai controlled the Insect Emperor Caesar, standing in the corner of the crowd, and had already begun silently releasing more Information Bugs.

Damn it.

Regardless of whether what the other party snatched was the Pendulum of Life or not.

Zhou Huai intended to find the person out first regardless.

At that moment.

The heavy revolving door of the Three Mouth Building turned once again, and another figure gracefully walked out.

That was a woman.

She wore a plain and elegant white kimono, the sleeves embroidered with exquisite dark patterns of cherry blossoms using silver thread.

Her jet-black long hair was pinned high up with a quaint jade hairpin, revealing a section of snow-white, slender neck.

Her figure was slender and graceful, and every step she took swayed with charm, like a court lady stepping out of an ancient painting.

With her appearance, the entire square instantly fell into dead silence.

The Wild Dogs who had been fanatically clamoring just moments ago were now all as silent as cicadas in winter.

Everyone, including the expressionless Mr. Sato, bent down in unison, their postures even more respectful than before, with their heads buried even lower.

Within the crowd, a suppressed yet orderly greeting rang out.

"Greetings, Madam Maeda!"