Chapter 523: Stirring Trouble Everywhere
Chapter 523: Stirring Trouble Everywhere
Fang Cheng gathered the dozen USB drives, then dragged out the surviving young vampire man for interrogation.
The weak-willed vampire immediately betrayed his master when faced with Death’s threat.
This vampire truly served as Dracula’s subordinate.
Unlike Isis who scattered seeds everywhere to harvest later, Dracula kept his seeds close.
Dracula gave these seeds a fair opportunity to challenge himself, but otherwise demanded their complete obedience.
These seeds understood their position – while serving Dracula loyally, they never abandoned their ambition to destroy the world’s most renowned vampire.
Thus Dracula’s inner circle became a brutal training pit where vampires slaughtered each other yet somehow kept things stable under his control.
Through this method, Dracula built a power structure rivaling Isis’, with members spanning Europe and North America.
After learning of Isis’ defeat, Dracula simultaneously sought confirmation of her death while absorbing her leftover forces.
The vampire tracking Eve held low status within the organization, hence his assignment to Hawaii.
Unaware he’d stumbled upon valuable prey, he mistakenly believed Eve’s disguise portrayed some minor character.
Finding no crucial information, Fang Cheng killed the vampire and only obtained two Life Fragments plus a worthless ability – pathetic results.
After destroying the corpse, Fang Cheng casually emptied the basement of all cash and gold bars before departing.
Though capable of creating money himself now, extra wealth never hurt.
Better to take everything than leave resources rotting underground… professional courtesy, one might say.
Returning downtown, Fang Cheng found Asaka Akihime and Ye Yuqing waiting impatiently.
“Were you chasing skirts again?” Ye Yuqing accused the moment she saw him.
“Don’t slander me! Do I seem that unreliable?”
Fang Cheng declared with mock seriousness, “She came onto me first!”
Asaka Akihime’s polite smile froze.
He’d just been testing clothes with me in the fitting room, then immediately ran off to flirt?
How shameless can one man be?
Fang Cheng pressed on, “She even tried using her body to tempt me, but I refused firmly. Don’t I deserve praise?”
Ye Yuqing finally snapped, jabbing a finger at him. “You–”
Fang Cheng trapped her hand and pulled both women close. “Let’s talk aboard the spaceship.”
Public arguments drew unwanted attention. Better settle this privately behind closed doors.
Ye Yuqing fumed silently until Fang Cheng’s wandering hand on her waist earned a sharp slap.
Their Hawaiian shopping concluded, the trio returned to the spaceship with purchases.
The moment items were stored, Ye Yuqing dragged Asaka Akihime to corner Fang Cheng in a room.
“Explain.”
Ye Yuqing crossed her arms under her chest and sneered, “Let’s see what nonsense your dog mouth can spit out.”
He had two stunning beauties by his side, yet still chased after other women.
Could any woman in Hawaii rival her and Akihime in beauty or charm?
Ignoring the blooming flowers at home to pick ugly weeds outside—had his head been kicked by a donkey?
Fang Cheng collapsed onto the bed. “So tired. I need kisses to recharge.”
Ye Yuqing scoffed, “Think we’re idiots?”
Asaka Akihime already lay down beside him and pressed her lips to his.
Ye Yuqing: “……”
Fang Cheng grinned up at her. “Fine, I’ll endure your kiss.”
“Endure this!”
Ye Yuqing leaped onto the bed, aiming her foot at his face. “Chew on my toes!”
Fang Cheng caught her ankle and yanked her down.
The trio tumbled across the mattress. Ye Yuqing thrashed until Fang Cheng and Asaka Akihime pinned her.
“You both gang up on me!” she whined.
“You’re asking for it.”
Fang Cheng squeezed her cheeks and kissed her. Ye Yuqing clenched her teeth stubbornly before melting into the kiss.
Asaka Akihime watched quietly. Seeing her other self embrace Fang Cheng left bitterness in her heart. If it had been Kanzaki Rin or Takeda Masumi, she’d have cracked.
Too many rivals. She couldn’t fight alone.
What then?
Join them.
Asaka Akihime wedged herself between the kissing pair. Fang Cheng thrilled at the intrusion while Ye Yuqing scrambled backward, only to be dragged into the tangle.
Mortified, Ye Yuqing burrowed under the blanket. Asaka Akihime rested her head on Fang Cheng’s chest, tasting both him and Ye Yuqing.
“Who did you meet there?” Her fingers traced circles on his chest. She’d guessed earlier—this wasn’t about other women.
Fang Cheng slipped a hand under her clothes, massaging tender spots. “Met Eve. Isis’s assistant.”
Asaka Akihime’s eyes flew wide. Even Ye Yuqing’s head popped from the blankets.
Isis not only left a small shadow on Fang Cheng but also planted an indelible fear in the hearts of Others. Hearing her name now, both of them tensed up instinctively.
“Isis… isn’t dead?”
“Of course not.”
Fang Cheng wrapped his other arm around Ye Yuqing. “No need to worry. She doesn’t dare show her face anymore.”
Isis had numerous enemies. If she revealed herself while weakened, they’d surely come for her. At the very least, her greatest enemy Dracula wouldn’t let this opportunity slip.
That’s why she kept playing dead underground, too scared to emerge.
Fang Cheng didn’t hide his meeting with Eve, nor their conversation. Iyaya must’ve witnessed his actions, meaning Tsukimi Narumi would know too.
As proxies, Asaka Akihime and Ye Yuqing now possessed enough power to be involved. Better to explain everything upfront than leave them unprepared when trouble came.
When they heard that Fang Cheng might become Dracula’s enemy and a target of the Apocalypse Knights, they grew tense. Ye Yuqing even cursed: “Damn! When does this end? Isis was bad enough – where’d these new guys pop up from?”
Fang Cheng’s hand crept into her clothes. “Definitely not from a rock.”
Dracula’s infamy in Europe rivaled that of hell’s demon kings. Unlike globe-trotting Isis, he rarely left Europe, so those outside hadn’t experienced the Piercing Duke’s terror.
By defeating Isis, Fang Cheng would inevitably become Dracula’s competitor regardless of intentions.
As for the Apocalypse Knights – Iyaya had warned that after Fang Cheng repelled the North American evil god, all evil gods would know. If God was truly an evil god in disguise, Fang Cheng’s quest to collect his mother’s body would naturally draw the Apocalypse Knights’ hostility.
Ye Yuqing glared at Fang Cheng’s carefree expression. She seized his wandering hand and bit it. “This is what happens when you keep making enemies!”
Asaka Akihime sat up. “Didn’t you get documents about the Apocalypse Knights? Let’s review them.”
Fang Cheng nodded, retrieving a USB from his shadow. Asaka Akihime grabbed the nearby tablet. The trio crowded on the bed, studying the information.
Four Apocalypse Knights existed: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death. Their origins remained unknown. They’d appeared suddenly in the Holy City Jerusalem, claiming God’s mandate to seek Satan’s incarnations for judgment.
Countless superpowered individuals and monsters fell to them, including multiple disaster-level monsters. These four guys wielded at least strategic-level power.
Isis had once clashed with Death Knight in Hawaii to a stalemate. If targeted, Fang Cheng would need to prepare for four Isis-level foes.
The sole consolation: no records existed of the four Apocalypse Knights ever cooperating.
The documents detailed the appearances, abilities, and battle records of the four Apocalypse Knights.
Just reading their combat history made Asaka Akihime and Ye Yuqing’s hearts race with fear.
Once-renowned superpowered individuals and monsters had all been reduced to cold numbers on a list.
Fang Cheng focused differently, observing the targets killed by these Apocalypse Knights.
All were humans and monsters – not a single evil god or evil god’s proxy appeared among them.
Though serving as God’s messengers, they never targeted heretical evil gods.
This made no sense.
If the Apocalypse Knights marked Fang Cheng as their target, he’d become the first proxy ever hunted.
This stemmed solely from his behavior of collecting his mother’s body.
Without this reason, the Knights might never have opposed him.
This troubling fact confirmed earlier suspicions – God maintained ties with evil gods.
In this world where evil gods existed, the silence of legitimate religions’ deities remained profoundly strange.
Fang Cheng concealed his heavy thoughts, continuing to study the documents with the others.
The spaceship gradually accelerated, flying toward Hokkaido.
…
Jerusalem, Temple Mount.
The mountain’s peak once held a Desert Religion shrine, demolished after the Church reclaimed Jerusalem.
Now the Third Temple from apocalyptic prophecies stood completed atop Temple Mount.
The God-representing Apocalypse Knights had emerged and now dwelled within this Third Temple.
A towering figure emerged through the Temple door.
Nearly four meters tall with angular features, he wore a tailored suit and carried a black Bible.
His most eye-catching feature was grassland-green hair.
All believers outside knelt before this divine messenger representing Death.
Death Knight Days ignored the worshippers, walking past without acknowledgment.
Besides the black Bible, he clutched a printed photo.
The photo showed Fang Cheng.
Reaching the temple steps, Death Knight fixed his gaze toward Area 11 in Asia, muttering:
“The devil seeking to resurrect Satan must perish.”