Tokyo: My Superpower Refreshes Every Week-Chapter 565 - 563: The Mission of an NPC

The rain keeps falling.

Ink-like dark clouds loom over the Royal Capital, Wyndham.

Not even close yet, Morimoto Chiyoda already smells the blood in the air, and the excited cries of battle, the roars; beneath the howling of the demi-demons and the knights, the war's unique melody is played.

As for the commoners' wails and running, it's entirely inaudible from this distance.

Morimoto Chiyoda doesn't step forward to join the ruckus; under Gus's guidance, she follows the secret passage leading into the city.

This was Griffith's specially constructed covert path designed as a unique counteroffensive, considering that the Royal Capital, Wyndham, might be surrounded by enemy forces, allowing them to ambush the encircling troops from outside.

Now, this secret passage is used for attacking from outside to inside.

Morimoto Chiyoda progresses on a skeleton horse in this dim tunnel, the icy blue flames in her eyes becoming the brightest source of light here.

Hooves tapping the ground, making a soft, rhythmic sound.

Passing through this dark passage, the three arrive at the exit.

"Wait," Gus stops them from advancing further, ears perked listening to the outside, then swiftly climbs up.

He grabs the heavy sword in hand, attempting to slash open the exit.

Morimoto Chiyoda speaks, "Doing it your way makes too much noise; let me handle it."

Gus ponders and finds her suggestion reasonable, then opts to jump down, "Alright, you're up."

Morimoto Chiyoda raises her long sword, the chill in the air intensifies, the sound of ice cracking echoes, she first freezes the exit, then strikes with the sword, the exit frozen shatters into pieces like rain falling.

Light beams into the secret passage from outside.

Honestly, with the dark clouds, it's not much brighter outside, yet brighter than the dim tunnel.

Underneath Morimoto Chiyoda, the skeleton horse leaps, easily running up the wall.

Such action makes Phoenix Academy Maggie's eyes flicker with envy.

Damn!

She too desires to ride that horse, but sharing a horse with Morimoto Chiyoda is an image she cannot accept.

Phoenix Academy Maggie can only kick with her two little legs, her round body flipping up, eyes scanning.

This is inside a building; through the window, one can see the street outside and hear the distant sounds of the battlefield clashing.

Gus also jumps up from behind, speaks, "Next, I'm heading to The Palace, where are you two going?"

"I also wish to see Griffith. Of course, I won't strike him, only aim to obtain some intel."

Morimoto Chiyoda clearly knows what she can and cannot do; saving Milante sounds noble, but she lacks the deep ties with Griffith like Gus does.

She can't disregard her survival, recklessly diving in headfirst.

Morimoto Chiyoda is all too aware of the pain of losing someone significant; she doesn't want Aozawa to experience such agony.

To awaken and find her a cold corpse.

She can't fathom Aozawa's feelings at that moment.

Phoenix Academy Maggie's eyes widen; she thought Morimoto Chiyoda came to aid Gus in defeating Griffith and preventing all those tragic events.

But just seeking intel?

Such thought aligns with reality, yet Phoenix Academy Maggie feels somewhat uneasy; she intended to battle Griffith to save Milante.

The elite education the mistress received and the power now garnered in the Different World present severe conflicts in her adventure.

Besides ridding her panda body which gives Maggie countless reasons to criticize, possessing power doesn't make her dislike it, in fact, it stimulates her girlish desire for adventure.

Like a comic's protagonist, defeating villains to save a nation is a thrilling feat.

"Maggie, you don't want to return without seeing your mother or Aozawa alive, but if you insist on adventuring, I wholly support you."

Upon hearing Morimoto Chiyoda's words, Phoenix Academy Maggie feels akin to a hero prepared for adventure one second, the next being dragged home by mom for safety.

Bah, what mom!

That's a grown-up fish losing dreams!

Phoenix Academy Maggie dispels such thoughts, expressionless, "No need for you to remind me with such useless talk."

"What a pity."

Morimoto Chiyoda chuckles softly.

Gus also doesn't mind; stopping Griffith is indeed his mission.

If Griffith threatens them with intel, they shall fight.

Gus moves to crawl outside.

Like the shaman, Gus doesn't see himself as a fictional being; he's unaware that his existence serves solely to act as a guiding NPC.

In his mind, there dwells a tragic childhood and past, along with the honor and satisfaction of joining the Hawk Band, and even love.

In the current moment, the intense passion bursting from his chest is to stop Griffith!

He can't continue witnessing Griffith doing things utterly contrary to the past, creating disaster after disaster, personally leading those who trust him to death.

To the Hawk Band, such reality is exceedingly harsh.

They can sacrifice for Griffith's dream; however, they absolutely cannot accept dying by Griffith's betrayal.

Gus felt the burning on his neck, the brand once again seeping blood, constantly reminding him.

The direction of Griffith's location.

He pushed open the door, his gaze cast towards the palace in the drizzle, amongst the buildings, there stood a tower reaching straight to the sky.

...

Boom!

A blazing white lightning tore through the clouds, illuminating the tower's balcony.

A handsome man stood there, the falling drizzle naturally circumventing his head, he overlooked the battle in the outer district, with the wind faintly carrying a weak sound.

"Lord Griffith, the enemy has breached Windham's Third District, the sixth and fifth guard squads are advancing to confront them, ensuring that the group of monsters is ousted from Windham as swiftly as possible."

"Deploy all the forces from the palace and the west to suppress the attacking Demi-Demon Legion."

Griffith issued this order.

The messenger seemed a bit surprised, looking up, "Lord Griffith, if the enemy comes from another direction, the palace's defenses will become vulnerable."

"It's fine, I'll take action."

Griffith's words dispelled the guards' doubts, leading them to comply and retreat from there.

He seemed to be staring at the battle in the outer district, but his mind had already drifted far away.

Compared to the battle outside, the battle happening here later was the main one.

He quietly awaited, familiar feelings approaching here.

Diverting the palace guards was all to allow them to reach here more quickly.

Griffith thought about those matters in his heart, then looked up at the ink-like sky.

Soon, the room's door was suddenly kicked open, a loud roar sounded, "Griffith!"

He turned around, seeing the black-clothed swordsman standing at the door and said, "Gus."

Expecting a racing heart, he found himself calm, and turned his gaze to Morimoto Chiyoda on the Skeleton Horse saying, "Good morning, Wanderer of the Different World."

Phoenix Academy Maggie listened to his greeting, her eyes carefully observing Griffith ahead.

The Otherworldly Apostle she had heard about, as described, with an appearance so handsome it seemed unmanly, clad in silver armor, a snow-white cloak, and that flowing silver long hair.

Just from the external appearance, it was hard to imagine this was the disaster causing Milante's destruction.

"You don't seem particularly surprised by our arrival."

Morimoto Chiyoda wanted to converse first, asking clearly about Adam's matter.

Given Griffith's erudition, he might know the way for them to return to their bodies.

But Gus couldn't hold back his inner anger.

Seeing Griffith, the first thing he recalled was the betrayed Hawk Band, thinking of those killed by monsters who still trusted Griffith.

With a deep growl, Gus gripped his broadsword tightly, the Berserker Armor responding to his inner rage, quickly enveloping his entire body.

As if the armor was devouring him whole in a savage manner.

Those eyes turned blood-red, Gus exuded intense brutality, like a demon lusting for world destruction.

In stark contrast to Griffith's divine figure.

He kicked off the ground, causing it to shatter with a boom, his whole body charging at Griffith with air-tearing speed.

The broadsword cleaved down with a thunderous force.

Griffith elegantly drew his sword from his waist, the movement gentle, not causing any sound, yet effortlessly blocking Gus's broadsword with his slender sword.

Clink, even the sound was under his control, not making a deafening noise, he even had the leisure to answer Morimoto Chiyoda's question, "I see the Demi-Demon Legion outside, I know what Adam wants to do.

He attempts to prevent me from creating the Hawk of Light."

Morimoto Chiyoda watched Griffith's movements, even amidst Gus's tempestuous attacks, he remained gracefully composed.

The difference in strength between the two sides was very apparent.

"Then do you know how we can return to our bodies?"

"It's truly unfortunate, the princess cannot let your souls return to your bodies."

Griffith continued to answer her questions in an unhurried tone, and with a gentle swing of his sword, the formidable force from the slender blade sent Gus flying towards the wall.

"If you wish to return, you can only have Adam voluntarily cancel the ceremony, or achieve the goal of Adam's ceremony by killing me, then you can return to your bodies."

Upon hearing his answer, Phoenix Academy Maggie couldn't help but laugh, "Aunt Morimoto, it seems you can't retreat to your turtle shell anymore."

"Then it's settled, we have no choice but to take down Griffith."

Morimoto Chiyoda's heart became resolute, no more need for hesitation.

In her view, Adam who calculated Griffith obviously wouldn't be weak. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Rather than going through the trouble of searching, better to focus on defeating Griffith in front of her.

"Is that so, you all surely have chosen a path leading to death."

Griffith's tone remained calm.

Defeating one or defeating three, in his eyes, it made no difference.