Yama Reborn-Chapter 409 - 406 [Try it?]

[Chapter 406: Shall We Give It a Try?]

「One day later, in a private room of the VIP lounge at Tokyo Narita Airport.」

In front of Niveer was a laptop computer, playing a video.

Chen Nuo stood behind her, squinting at the screen—the video was playing in fast forward.

"Stop! Rewind a bit, about ten seconds."

"Stop, now switch to another camera, same time interval—there must be other angles of this place, right?"

Chen Nuo stood in front of the screen, calmly directing.

The computer screen showed security surveillance footage from Tokyo Narita Airport.

Beside Chen Nuo, a folder contained the results of a private investigation conducted over the past eight hours on some staff members working in the shops of the airport’s waiting hall.

It was easy to find witnesses.

Unfortunately, the person behind it all was obviously very resourceful. Surveillance footage from the airport lobby for that time period was unobtainable, so it was impossible to see who had kidnapped Xicheng Xun.

However, according to the witnesses, the group was not small, consisting of both men and women, all dressed in suits.

The young girl had run very fast and then, at an escalator entrance, she had voluntarily stopped to surrender.

At the escalator entrance...

Then, Chen Nuo, following the clues, examined the area around the escalator entrance and discovered something interesting.

About twenty meters from the escalator entrance, a booth that stood in a relatively open area had been removed.

Remnants of the booth’s previous presence, like a LOGO and slogans, were still visible.

Only an extraordinary business could set up a booth for an event in the airport’s waiting hall. After checking the LOGO, it was quickly identified as belonging to a charity organization.

Chen Nuo utilized the Abyss Organization’s Gold Diggers in Tokyo. President Higashida Ichiro donated one million US dollars to the charity organization, swiftly obtaining what Chen Nuo needed.

At the time of the incident, the booth was conducting an event, with the charity organization’s staff filming the entire process. The footage was originally meant to be edited into a promotional video.

This was Xicheng Xun’s urgent response at that critical moment!

Ah, Little Blueberry...

Indeed worthy of being Little Blueberry!

She was the one who, in a previous life, solely through her own effort, navigated between the official and Underground Worlds, stirring up Japan for many years under Yama, recognized as the one whose actions most closely resembled Yama himself—Lan Mei!

"Stop, right there."

Chen Nuo’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Niveer hit the pause button. In the frame, the camera was pointed at the booth, but a glimpse in the bottom left corner of the screen, from a distant angle, also captured the direction of the escalator.

The moment the footage was frozen, Xicheng Xun stood still, raising her hands high.

Behind her were several burly men in suits—but that wasn’t important.

What was important was a woman standing at the escalator entrance, blocking Xicheng Xun’s way.

Chen Nuo’s gaze fell on this woman, and his eyes slowly narrowed.

"I know who captured her," Chen Nuo nodded. "Okay, I no longer need you here. Take the earliest flight and leave Tokyo with your people."

Niveer was not happy!

She turned her head and glared at Chen Nuo. "What?"

"I made myself very clear. You, leave."

"Burning bridges after crossing the river!" Niveer used a Huaxia idiom, expressing her displeasure. "Your ticket to Tokyo, passport, identity—I arranged them all! You even flew here on my private jet! I put a lot of effort into this investigation as well..."

Chen Nuo frowned, staring at Niveer, and slowly said, "I’m not joking, and I’m not discussing this with you."

The Squatting Little Witch was taken aback for a moment, then fell silent and pursed her lips hard. "...Fine."

She was actually quite clear about Chen Nuo’s disposition.

Normally he was all smiles and laughs; anything would do. Even if you bullied him a bit, or made some excessive demands, this guy wouldn’t take it to heart.

But once he became serious, the best thing to do was to go along with whatever he said, without opposition.

Because arguing was useless with him.

"...I’ll leave today."

"Mhm."

After speaking, Chen Nuo picked up his coat, put it on, and took one last look at the screen, at the woman blocking Xicheng Xun’s path at the escalator entrance.

Yes, her name was...

Rebecca.

An Ability User on the Antarctica mission,

and also one of the last survivors!

If my judgment isn’t wrong, this woman must have been among the last to be teleported out with Nolan.

Then the matter isn’t difficult to understand.

Xicheng Xun returned to Tokyo. Using her familiarity with the city, she must have hunted down a local Ability User to steal an Octopus Monster user ID. Then, through an intelligence organization, she investigated the inside story of the Octopus Monster’s Antarctica operation.

And then she was captured.

And among those who captured her was Rebecca, a survivor of the Antarctica mission.

My guess is, although the Antarctica mission failed,

that base in Antarctica hid too many of the Octopus Monster’s secrets. Though Rebecca survived, there could only be two outcomes for her.

Either she was silenced by the Octopus Monster,

or she was recruited by the Octopus Monster.

Unless she’s a high-ranking Controller, those are the only two possibilities.

Since she’s still alive, it goes without saying that Rebecca must now be one of the Octopus Monster’s people.

So... the Octopus Monster’s organization captured Xicheng Xun.

Okay, the clues are pieced together.

Next, I need to rescue her from the official covert organization behind the world’s largest Underground Ability User platform!

「At night, Chen Nuo stayed in a hotel in Tokyo, alone.」

He declined Higashida Ichiro’s visit and didn’t ask him to continue the investigation either.

After all... though the Abyss Organization’s Gold Diggers had considerable wealth and influence in Tokyo, it was nothing compared to a behemoth like the Octopus Monster, whose tentacles reached across the globe.

They wouldn’t find anything, and continuing the search would only bring trouble for Higashida Ichiro.

Staring at his laptop, Chen Nuo thought for a long time. He decided against the easiest method for gathering information: contacting Vanel, his dear Davarishi.

Since the Antarctic incident ended, Chen Nuo had thawed from a yearlong freeze and returned.

He had never contacted Vanel.

Firstly, although Vanel survived, he might be facing an internal review by the Octopus Monster; any slip-up could expose his identity. Chen Nuo wasn’t sure if Vanel was currently safe within the Octopus Monster’s ranks.

Secondly, Chen Nuo didn’t want to expose his own identity. If Vanel was compromised, contacting him would mean exposing himself to the Octopus Monster’s surveillance.

In that case, all his effort in donning a disguise for the Antarctica mission would have been wasted.

The Chen Nuo of today was different from the Chen Yanluo of his past life.

In his past life, Chen Yanluo was surrounded by a bunch of fearless, crazy kids, for whom bloodshed and mayhem around the world were commonplace.

But this life was different.

He had family, a mother, a sister, and friends... many of whom were ordinary people.

Protecting his identity had always been a point Chen Nuo was very cautious about.

But...

With Xicheng Xun’s capture, all those protective measures faced collapse!

Xicheng Xun had too many connections that could lead directly to me!

Huaxia, Jinling, No. 8 Middle School’s Ba International Division...

If someone investigated thoroughly, they could trace her to that small place, No. 8 Middle School.

And then investigate her social circle.

They’d find me... a young man who disappeared for a year and then returned.

If an interested party compared the timelines... it would correspond exactly to the time of the Antarctica incident and the year after!

Then...

Taking a deep breath, he picked up the cup from the table, took a sip of water, and set it down again.

Chen Nuo actually had a fire burning in his heart!

That was Lan Mei, not just anybody else.

She was one of those crazy kids who had shared life and death with me in my past life!

For these kids, I would risk my life for each and every one of them.

And I’m sure that if the roles were reversed, each one of them would do the same for me.

So... Xicheng Xun’s investigation was too sensitive. The Octopus Monster captured her to find out if she had accomplices or if there’s an organization secretly targeting them?

Chen Nuo thought about this and suddenly laughed.

Xicheng Xun has no accomplices, let alone an organization.

However...

Since the Octopus Monster needs one...

I can create one for them.

「Deep Sea Asset Management Company.」

On the surface, it was a mid-sized company in Tokyo, situated on a street that wasn’t particularly bustling, in an area that wasn’t geographically prime.

It owned a four-story office building.

The architecture, dating back to the 1980s, had started to feel slightly outdated.

It had a certain dated charm.

This four-story building, dwarfed by distant skyscrapers, had the air of a forlorn aristocrat. Its originally white façade, despite regular cleaning, bore indelible marks of age from years of rain and snow.

Being an older building, its surrounding parking lot was clearly insufficient.

The security guard at the entrance strictly limited the entry of external vehicles.

This company had always been inconspicuous and low-profile. According to its publicly disclosed scale of operations, it was considered a mid-level player in the third tier of its industry in Tokyo.

Its shares were said to be widely dispersed, managed by an Asset Management Committee.

On paper, the details sounded utterly mundane.

But in reality, this place was the Octopus Monster’s hub for asset management in Japan.

It managed all of the Octopus Monster’s covert assets in Japan, and even across Asia.

Moreover, the Octopus Monster’s organization was naturally different from The Abyss.

Higashida Ichiro’s company, whose former president, Domoto—the one Chen Nuo had eliminated—had been flashy enough.

However, this asset management company of the Octopus Monster managed many times more assets than The Abyss’s Gold Digger operation in Japan.

Yet it was remarkably discreet, never flaunting its presence.

The outside world had no idea. The Underground World was also clueless about it.

But unfortunately for them, Chen Nuo knew.

In his past life as Chen Yanluo, Chen Nuo had been the Octopus Monster’s high-level consultant, paid tens of millions of US dollars a year.

Occasionally, he would also help the Octopus Monster with some matters, often out of reluctance or to save face.

It must be said that when it comes to money, the Octopus Monster was extremely generous.

The tens of millions of US dollars in consultancy fees were just that—an annual retainer.

And every time they requested Chen Yanluo, such a high-level consultant, to take action, they would provide an additional large sum as remuneration!

Indeed, because of this, Chen Yanluo’s relationship with the Octopus Monster in his past life had always been very good.

—After all, who would want to easily fall out with a benefactor who handed over large sums of US dollars to spend each year?

So as a high-level consultant, Chen Yanluo naturally knew many of the Octopus Monster’s secrets.

For example... the Octopus Monster’s several asset management companies around the world!

Like this one in Tokyo.

In his past life, Chen Nuo had visited it himself once.

Yeah, I remember their VIP room’s coffee was quite good. And there was that liaison officer in charge of receiving me—a woman, good-looking and quite fierce.

She had an attractive walk.

There’s a word for it... what was it...

Ah, yes, ’voluptuous.’

However...

I won’t see her today.

When I last came here in my previous life, it was 2011. Back then, that female liaison officer looked to be in her twenties.

According to this world’s current timeline, I guess she’s not even an adult yet.

「At twelve-thirty in the afternoon, lunchtime was not yet over.」

A Honda sedan was slowly passing by the street when, right under the security guard’s watchful eyes, it abruptly veered, smashed through the roadside barrier in front of the company building, and plowed forward with a roaring engine, like an out-of-control beast.

After charging seven or eight meters, the engine roared as the car forcefully mounted the steps and plunged into the building’s ground-floor lobby!

Glass shattered everywhere as the car dove into the lobby, completely demolishing the company’s sign and the somewhat dated marble reception desk!

A few seconds of silence followed, then various screams and shouts erupted!

The security guards at the door and the employees in the lobby, some already terrified, had dropped to the ground amidst the chaos.

At this moment, screams and shouts rose and fell in waves.

Some security guards rushed over with fire extinguishers.

And at this time, the deformed rear car door suddenly broke apart and flew off!

Kicked out by the person inside.

Chen Nuo stepped out from the back seat of the car and stretched his body vigorously.

Having altered his form using his Controller abilities, Chen Nuo now appeared as a towering, muscular hulk of a man, standing over 1.9 meters tall!

He had a tall, well-built figure with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, dressed in a long trench coat.

He had a short crew cut and a square, angular face.

He looked around at the panicked crowd in the lobby, then turned back to glance at the completely deformed front of the car.

"Japanese cars just aren’t built for crashes," Chen Nuo sighed.

Then, he turned to the crowd in the lobby with a smile, revealing a set of pearly white teeth, and even waved his hand.

"Hello, everyone."

"Don’t be afraid, I’m not a good person."

Everyone: "..."

He’s definitely speaking Japanese... but...

Did we hear that wrong?

Next, Chen Nuo ignored the angry and tense security guards rushing towards him and glanced around before lightly leaping up, sliding over ten meters through the air, and landing in a corner.

With one punch, he smashed open the protective cover of the fire alarm button on the wall!

The piercing alarm immediately filled the entire lobby and the whole building.

Then, as the security guards quickly closed in, Chen Nuo gave them a slight smile and beckoned with his fingers. Instantly, several guards were lifted into the air by an unseen force, flying out through the remaining shattered windowpanes.

The screams in the lobby became even louder.

"Run now, you only have one minute," Chen Nuo said.

He walked over to a load-bearing pillar on the left side of the lobby, thick enough to require two people to embrace.

CRACK!

His fingers plunged straight into the hard pillar, piercing through the decorative plaster layer on the outside and also deeply into the concrete inside.

With a kick at the base of the pillar, a dreadful CRACKING sound was heard!

Then, under everyone’s horrified gaze, the man lifted the load-bearing pillar he had just snapped off.

And threw it away!!

"Next, I’ll perform some magic for you all..."

"The manual demolition of a building!"

Chen Nuo grinned and walked towards another pillar.

The people in the lobby ran frantically outside.

From the emergency stairwells, more people who had heard the fire alarm rushed down and sprinted outside.

Well... it has to be said, Japan really is a place prone to natural disasters. The public’s response to emergency alarms is indeed swift.

Just as Chen Nuo was about to reach the second pillar, a figure burst out from the stairwell, charging towards him.

The person hadn’t even arrived, but they threw a punch at him from mid-air.

The fist clearly carried ripples similar to a sonic boom.

Clearly, an internal Ability User stationed by the Octopus Monster had made their move.

"I’m trying to demolish the building here, don’t get in the way!"

Chen Nuo muttered under his breath. With a flick of his finger, the man in mid-air was instantly slammed backward by Telekinesis, ending up pressed against the wall, suspended, his legs kicking frantically.

Chen Nuo casually gestured, and steel rebar from the stairwell wall shot out, pinning the man firmly.

Three or four more Ability Users flew out of the stairwell.

One could conjure fire, another held a gun, and the last one brandished a sword.

However, unfortunately for them, Chen Nuo had come specifically to cause chaos today.

The three Ability Users were effortlessly dragged and tossed about by his Telekinesis.

The fire-conjurer was thrown directly outside, crashing into a car in the parking lot and passing out on the spot.

The gunman fired two shots before Chen Nuo caught the bullets. A flicker of Telekinesis, and the firearm disintegrated. Chen Nuo then threw the man out, leaving him hanging on the flagpole at the entrance.

The one with the sword fared the worst.

After thrusting the sword at Chen Nuo, Chen Nuo casually lifted his palm to block the blade.

When the blade met Chen Nuo’s palm, its tip shattered instantly, and the rest of the blade crumpled and splintered.

By the time this man, his face contorted with ferocity, was pressing the sword hilt against Chen Nuo’s palm, his expression hadn’t had time to change due to how quickly everything happened.

Chen Nuo kicked and broke the man’s kneecap, then followed up with another kick. Grabbing his neck with a smile, he went over and kicked another pillar to pieces...

Then he moved towards the elevator bank.

The elevators had stopped.

Chen Nuo ripped open the metal elevator doors with one hand!

Slipping into the elevator shaft, he shot upwards with a leap.

Meanwhile, in the lobby, with a loud BANG, two pillars gone, a load-bearing beam on the first floor finally collapsed.

The entire building shook violently several times.

After the fourth-floor elevator doors were blasted outward, Chen Nuo jumped out and landed.

He nonchalantly dropped the sword-wielding Ability User he was carrying.

This unfortunate soul had been used by Chen Nuo as a human battering ram to smash open an elevator door. Now, lying on the ground, his mouth frothed with blood.

Chen Nuo didn’t glance at the man. Instead, he strode forward, purposefully stomping his foot down hard enough to crater the floor.

The wooden flooring shattered, and even the concrete beneath cracked.

"’High-quality solid wood flooring... The decor isn’t bad. The Octopus Monster sure is wealthy,’ Chen Nuo mused, a smirk playing on his lips."

In the fourth-floor lobby, remaining staff members were flocking to the fire escape.

Chen Nuo walked at a leisurely pace amidst the chaos.

The atmosphere seems a bit lacking.

After muttering to himself, he casually snapped his fingers.

SNAP!

POP! POP! POP POP POP...

Wherever he walked, the fire sprinkler heads on the ceiling automatically activated, spraying water.

Instantly, the entire fourth floor, wherever Chen Nuo went, was enveloped in a downpour.

Now that’s a much better atmosphere.

A Mentality Cocoon floated around Chen Nuo, repelling all water droplets as he strolled in the direction he recalled.

The President’s Office.

Hmm, when I passed the VIP lounge, I even craned my neck to look inside...

...The voluptuous one really wasn’t there. Looks like I really am a few years too early.

BANG!

With a casual flick of his finger, the door to the President’s Office shattered and flew out.

Chen Nuo, hands in his pockets, sauntered in nonchalantly.

The room was large, with an old-fashioned desk and decorative bookshelves.

Chen Nuo, however, did not recognize this President.

Perhaps by the time I came here in my previous life, the president had already changed.

A tall and burly middle-aged man stood behind the desk, watching Chen Nuo coldly.

On the desk in front of him lay two guns and a sword.

"Regardless of who you are, you will pay a terrible price for what you have done today!" the President said sternly, gritting his teeth.

Chen Nuo gave him only a glance before looking away.

Instead, he suddenly slapped his forehead.

He turned and walked towards the wall on the left.

He directly pulled down a painting from the wall and threw it aside, revealing a hidden safe embedded within.

"You?!" The president was stunned.

Who is this person?

Causing havoc at the Octopus Monster’s Asian headquarters... Is it just a common robbery?

No, that’s not right!

How does he know where the safe is?!

Just as this thought struck him, he saw the man grab the safe door, seemingly without effort.

That safe door, valued at four hundred thousand US dollars, supposedly made from some new tech alloy...

And those high-tech locks—password, fingerprint, plus iris scan...

Useless!

The safe door was ripped right off!!

With the sound of metal tearing and twisting, the heavy safe door was peeled off like a sheet of paper and tossed aside.

Chen Nuo took a glance...

Hmm, not a bad haul.

Not much cash, but plenty of gold bars.

Chen Nuo took off his trench coat and placed it on a nearby sofa.

He then swept all the stacks of green US dollar bills and the pile of Gold Bars onto his trench coat and bundled them up.

Turning his head to look at the president, Chen Nuo sized him up and suddenly smiled, "Your suit is quite nice."

The president, gritting his teeth, suddenly grabbed a gun from the desk and pulled the trigger at Chen Nuo.

BANG!

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG...

As the magazine emptied, Chen Nuo, hands behind his back, slowly approached. The bullets heading for him twisted in their trajectory under the influence of Telekinesis, zipping past on either side of his body.

After emptying one gun, the president unhesitatingly picked up the second and emptied it as well.

By that time, Chen Nuo had already circled the desk and was standing right in front of him!

"Damn it!"

The empty gun was thrown at Chen Nuo’s face, but he deflected it with Telekinesis.

Meanwhile, the president had already grabbed the sword and swung it down at him!

The sword was immediately sent flying, but by then, the president had closed in on Chen Nuo!

Just at that moment, a strange gleam suddenly flashed across the furious eyes of the president!

His muscles swelled up instantly, becoming as hard as steel!

It wasn’t so much closing the distance as crashing into Chen Nuo, his fists simultaneously striking Chen Nuo’s chest!

Chen Nuo... smiled.

BANG!

The president’s body was sent flying, but just as he gained momentum, Chen Nuo caught his wrists. His body froze in mid-air. Then, with two sharp CRACKS, the president hit the ground, both wrists completely broken!

"Firing a gun or using a sword—all just a feint to make me think those were your final tricks."

"But in fact, you’re an Ability User from the Body Technique Department."

"Muscle enhancement branch, right?"

"What’s your muscle enhancement level? That impact just now... 350% or 400%?"

"Four hundred ten percent," the president grunted from the ground, clearly resentful. "And it comes with some self-healing ability."

Chen Nuo whistled. "Muscle enhancement of 410%, plus self-healing ability."

"A rare dual Ability User, and both are very practical combat skills."

"Indeed worthy of being the Octopus Monster’s Asia regional head."

"I-I’m just a minor figure," the president said, raising his head. "Who are you? If you’re here to cause trouble for the company... I-I really don’t know anything."

"Of course you’re a minor figure. I know that," Chen Nuo responded with a nod.

He bent down, grabbed the president by the neck, and hoisted him up.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a photo frame on the president’s desk.

In the photo frame, the president himself was gently holding a little girl.

Huh, this little girl’s eyes and eyebrows look somewhat familiar...

Hmm... VIP room, coffee...

After staring at the photo frame for a second, Chen Nuo suddenly sighed and smiled, "Your daughter?"

"...Yes."

"Why not put up a family portrait?"

"My wife... has passed away."

"Hmm..."

"It seems you’re a loyal old servant of the Octopus Monster... Are you planning to let your daughter join the organization in the future?"

"This... This has nothing to do with you!" the president said angrily.

Alright...

Considering your daughter will be quite the ’voluptuous’ one in ten years...

Chen Nuo smiled and suddenly jumped up high.

BANG!

The ceiling of the room was directly smashed through!

Chen Nuo, carrying the president, burst through the ceiling, landing on the rooftop.

The crowd below had already fled the building. The streetside and parking lot were filled with people, many already on their phones calling the police.

"Most people in the company don’t know whom they’re working for, do they?"

"Most of them are ordinary people. Including myself, there are only five Ability Users stationed here," the president said, knowing further resistance was futile and speaking the truth.

"Right, muscle enhancement of 410%... You wouldn’t die if you fell from this height, would you?"

"...What are you trying to do?!"

"Nothing, just curious, doing an experiment."

As he spoke, Chen Nuo suddenly raised his arm and threw the president out!

The poor president drew an arc in the air and fell four stories!

His muscles fully enhanced, he landed like a cannonball on a car, deforming it instantly and getting stuck inside.

As the president struggled, Chen Nuo jumped down, landed beside him, grabbed him, and tore him from the mangled car roof.

Then, with another leap, he took him back up to the rooftop.

"Looks like you’re okay?" Chen Nuo said, smiling at the president.

The president’s mouth was bleeding. Actually... I am hurt.

My internal organs suffered some shock.

But... I’m still okay.

"Then let’s try from higher up."

Suddenly, Chen Nuo grabbed the president and jumped up again, this time leaping from the rooftop a staggering twenty meters into the air.

Then... he let go.

This time, the president landed on the green lawn of the company’s landscaping, directly snapping a tree!

Struggling to sit up, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Then, Chen Nuo once again landed beside him.

"Twenty meters plus the original four stories. That’s roughly the height of a ten-plus-story building... Seems you’re fine. Let’s try even higher..."

"Stop, stop! Don’t try anymore!!" the president hastily waved his hands, shouting. "You are a formidable expert! I’m no match for you! I’m utterly defeated and at your mercy... There’s no need for such humiliation!"

"Don’t want to try anymore?"

"Don’t want to!" the president quickly shook his head.

"Alright then. It’s a bit disappointing, but... perhaps we can try again in the future."

"I actually have quite a high opinion of you. I think with 410% muscle enhancement and self-healing ability, you could withstand a fall from fifty stories."

You...

You might as well rent a plane and throw me out of it!!

The president cursed in his heart!

However, the next moment, he couldn’t curse anymore.

Chen Nuo walked a few steps away, came to the side of the building, and placed his hand on the wall.

"Just now, I broke two load-bearing pillars in the lobby, and a crossbeam collapsed."

"I don’t know much about construction, but under these circumstances, the building is structurally unsound, right? I guess it’ll collapse on its own in a few days?"

The president stammered, "Uh... Right, I suppose..."

"Too bad, I’m very busy and can’t wait a few days."

Chen Nuo smiled and crooked his finger. The windows of the office upstairs shattered, and the trench coat bundled with US dollar bills and Gold Bars flew out, landing at his feet.

Chen Nuo looked at the president. "What a pity, your suit got dirty too... Say, why didn’t you remind me to have you change out of it first?"

I... why the hell would I remind you?!!

Chen Nuo smiled and said nothing more. Then, he raised his left hand above his head and slowly brought it down.

He lightly tapped the wall beside him.

THUD!

The president heard this muffled sound clearly.

Subsequently, from within the entire building, a series of over a dozen continuous, explosive rumbles echoed!

RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE...

"What are you doing?!"

"This building had sixteen critical support points. And now... they’re gone."

The president clenched his teeth, speechless.

"I won’t make it difficult for you. When you report this, tell your superiors... you captured my person, so this is blatant, undisguised retaliation."

"I demand that within 24 hours, ensuring my person is unharmed, you release her unconditionally. Otherwise, if she loses even a single strand of hair, I’ll kill an Octopus Monster Elders’ Council member to keep her company!"

"Oh, don’t look so surprised. Of course, I know about the Elders’ Council."

"I recall your Elders’ Council doesn’t have many members, right? So, you’d better be careful."

"Don’t even let my person lose a hair while combing it, you hear?"

"Alright, I’m done. Pass the message along accurately."

"Ah, right!"

"One personal suggestion..."

"Have your daughter drink more soy milk and eat more soy products."

"Papayas are actually useless for... well, you know."

Saying this, Chen Nuo smiled, slowly bent down to pick up the trench coat bundled with Gold Bars and US dollar bills, smiled again, and turned to leave.

The president stood dumbstruck. A second later, he shouted, "I will report this! But... who exactly are you?! At least let me know which organization has issued such a challenge to our company!!"

Chen Nuo didn’t stop or look back, casually tossing out his reply as he walked away.

"Just call us... Yama!"

BOOM!!

As his voice faded, the building beside them collapsed with a deafening roar!

Amidst the crumbling debris and billowing dust,

Chen Nuo had already disappeared into the chaos.

The president grimaced and sucked in a breath of cold air.

Yama... Yama?