Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 896 Universal Combat Solution
"They didn't say anything, just that they'd work for us. Tell Charlie everything we know later, and you'll be in charge of directing them," Xia Shou instructed.

"Me? I can't do it!" Jiang Wengao shook his head. He could fight and kill, but he absolutely couldn't command a real battle. In the game, he was just a henchman. Before he transmigrated, he had never been a class leader. Even now, he was just a streamer. He had never been a leader. How could he command others to fight desperately?

Xia Shou raised an eyebrow, glanced impatiently at Jiang Wengao, and finally patted him hard on the shoulder: "What are you afraid of? Afraid of making mistakes and causing others to die needlessly? These people are historical figures, they've died countless times already. Just treat it like controlling soldiers in a game, right? Is there a better place to practice and gain experience than cyclical history? You'll eventually become a senior in the department, how can you not even plan a battle?"

“That’s true… but this is, after all, a counterattack against the old order. The position of commander is very important, isn’t it?” Jiang Wengao hesitated.

"Just pile people up there, there's not much to command in this kind of war."

"Brother Shou, why don't you come yourself? I think I'm more suited to the front lines."

"Because I'm also going to the front lines, and I have things to do next, you can translate the modern coping theory of cyclical history into the language of this era, and then tell Charles I and the others, and they will figure out a solution themselves. You can just adopt the plans of a few seemingly smart people."

We don't have much time, let alone tactical plans. Just being able to push people forward and send them to the battlefield is already considered incredibly fast.

Okay, you go ahead, I need to get ready too.

Xia Shou's gaze turned towards the ruins of Redthorn Manor. He was going to Rosa's library, as well as the Redthorn family's treasure vault. Of course, he would not miss the royal treasure vault either, as he had many things he needed.

After all, his skills are very... very lacking in sealing items.

In fact, Xia Shou wasn't too worried about ordinary battles. If it were people of the level of the King's Shield and King's Spear, he wouldn't take them seriously. Not to mention blood and fire, just the three-person waltz combined with Su Weiyu's forbidden sense could instantly kill all humans.

Furthermore, Su Weiyu's current strength is far beyond what it used to be. The "Martial Arts Manual" has allowed her idealistic martial arts to leap to a level she could never have reached before. Coupled with the error-mitigating ability of her substitute, Xia Shou can hardly imagine Su Weiyu dying suddenly in battle.

As long as she doesn't face an unreasonable, absolute powerhouse like Sprite, she can hold her own against anyone else. In fact, among humans, Su Weiyu might even have an absolute advantage.

Take the Spear of the King for example. As the Spear of the King, Slade's strength couldn't be much weaker than the Shield of the King. Judging from their titles, one is good at offense and the other is good at defense, so their strength should be roughly equal.

Ultimately, however, he was nearly killed by the Shield of the Rift King, while Su Weiyu easily killed the Spear of the Rift King, causing it to transform into some kind of strange monster.

Xia Shou knew that he seemed to have become the ruler of this dynasty, but only seemingly.

With the Scepter of Night and Fire, one has the right to command all heroes. However, Xia Shou has never forgotten what Rosa told him: the Scepter of Night and Fire was a toy he made. Although it can transform blood and fire, it is inevitably different from the true forbidden knowledge of blood and fire. It's just that most people cannot distinguish the difference between the two.

Of course, Xia Shou cannot either.

But since a gap exists, there must be an upper limit. Just because they can't see this upper limit doesn't mean no one can. Rosa herself certainly knows, and Spreadt might also be able to see it.

This possibility is the most uncertain variable in this war.

The Night and Fire Scepter is a toy with a power source. If the power source is disconnected, the toy will not work no matter how high-tech it is. If the location of the power source cannot be found, then one can only hope that Sprite will not discover its location either.

Furthermore, it is important to note that Blood and Fire is not an invincible technique. Although it is an outstanding and extraordinary forbidden knowledge, it is merely knowledge, not power. Just as Glendale would find loopholes to avoid the crushing force of Blood and Fire, if Spright knew the secret of Blood and Fire beforehand, he might also make sure he had no more blood on him before fighting him.

At that point, blood and fire would be useless; he could only fight his opponent using intangible techniques, just as he had done with Glenndale.

Battles involving the supernatural seem to be like this, unlike battles in the mundane world which are simple and straightforward, with no fixed destructive strategies to follow.

The struggle between ordinary humans is more like two hard objects colliding, a spear against a shield, a cannonball against a fortress. Once the opponent's defenses are breached, their flesh and blood can be easily destroyed. Even if the cannonball can't break through the fortress, the strategy is simple: just increase the explosive power of the bomb and increase the release of energy.

However, in extraordinary battles, the lower-level battles are still somewhat similar to this, but once they become slightly more advanced, the strategy for victory changes fundamentally. It is not as simple and clear as two hard objects colliding to see which is harder. It is more like unlocking a lock. If the key matches, it can be opened. If it doesn't match, no matter how hard the key is, it is completely useless.

Xia Shou realized this during his battle with the Mirror Demon, and it was the same in his later battle with Glendale. If you can't get around the opponent's defense mechanism, no matter how much destructive power you have, you can't hurt the opponent in the slightest.

Extraordinary combat adds the step of unlocking, and the key to unlock it cannot be prepared on the spot. This is why the Bureau of Control has investigators, and why missions emphasize the importance of intelligence.

This is actually one of the foundations of the Bureau of Control's existence.

No matter how strong an individual is, or how versatile their special abilities are, they are still just a key. They will always encounter locks they cannot open. Only by joining the Control Bureau and becoming one of the countless keys on the key disk can they increase their chances of opening unfamiliar locks.

However, the Bureau of Control is a huge organization. On the social level, it is like a large key disk that collects many types of keys. But if we narrow the perspective to the individual, that is, the battle between superhumans, who can have a large number of different types of "keys"?

“Ah…” Xia Shou suddenly froze.

He thought of Merlin's House.

He recalled how, during his battle with the writer, he used the special rituals and props taught to him by the Death Note to release the Ghost Bridegroom to assist in the fight.

I didn't think much of it at the time, but now that I think about it, what if Merlin's House wasn't just a room that sealed off the strange, but also a cage that could control summoned creatures?
(End of this chapter)