A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 317 Even your Ghost Clan's sincerity isn't enough.

Another group has arrived.
The convenience store clerk felt helpless, not understanding why her store had attracted so many gangsters because of this foreigner.

The first group to arrive were dressed in suits, wearing sunglasses and ties; they looked like a very professional organization.

The group that arrived later was rather lackluster. Apart from Miyamoto Toru, who was in a suit and collar, several of his underlings had brightly colored hair and were all dressed in biker gang special attack uniforms.

The poor shop assistant immediately distinguished between a professional gangster and a street thug.

“Okay.” Xu Lie agreed to Miyamoto Toru quite directly and walked straight toward him. The first batch of Sheqi Eight Family yakuza members who entered the store had already taken out their pistols.

How could they possibly stand by and watch this foreign half-breed join the Fierce Ghost Clan? With guns in hand, but before they could even fire, they suddenly felt an incredibly powerful dragon's might!
It was as if a giant dragon was standing right in front of them, its enormous golden eyes and gaping maw staring at them! It was intimidating them on a spiritual level!

This gives them the illusion that if they don't run away, the dragon will devour them alive!

These are clearly highly professional gangsters who, upon encountering the world's most terrifying and dreadful dragon, lose their minds and panic, desperately wanting to escape as quickly as possible and get away from Xu Lie at all costs!

Clang!
Sunglasses, guns, and various snacks and other goods on the nearby shelves—the gang members couldn't even hold onto their items properly as they fled in a panic, knocking over two shelves and making a loud crash.

They either scurried to a corner and curled up in a ball, or crawled out of the convenience store on their hands and feet; there were even specks of pale yellow liquid on the floor.

Miyamoto Toru watched everything unfold before him with a smile, while the fierce demons who followed him were startled and looked at Xu Lie with awe before immediately lowering their heads.

They didn't feel the dragon's might, nor were they 'intimidated', but they knew clearly that all of this was Xu Lie's doing, because Miyamoto Toru, who had led them for so long, didn't have this ability.

Those who mingle with the Fierce Ghosts are just crazy, not stupid. They understand the law of the jungle better than ordinary mixed-race people, and they also know how to respect the strong.

"Ota-kun, go pay for Mr. Ince's bill."

"Hey!" A blond thug went to pay the bill and had just returned to Miyamoto Toru's side when Xu Lie grabbed his head with his outstretched hand and instantly subdued him.

To be more precise, it was swallowed up by the black leather gloves on Xu Lie's hands.

The scene was exceptionally cruel and disgusting. Miyamoto Toru and several thugs watched as the blond thug's flesh and blood gushed out of his skin and flowed upstream against his will!

As if its flesh and blood had gained its own thoughts, it surged wildly toward the blond man's head, like a hundred rivers flowing into the same stream. Once it reached the blond man's head, it was gradually absorbed and devoured by the black leather glove!
During this time, no matter how much the blond thug wailed or begged for mercy, it was useless.

After stripping away flesh and blood, the glove devoured everything—skin, bones, internal organs—without any discrimination, consuming them all completely, leaving nothing behind—a truly horrifying sight!
Miyamoto Toru watched with a grin, wondering if the real Miyamoto was establishing his authority or putting on an act for others.

Miyamoto Toru, who was parasitized by the Time Worm, knew perfectly well that there was no such thing as "wriggling hunger" in this world.

But the few thugs behind him were completely unaware of what was happening. They were trembling uncontrollably and desperately bowing their heads, almost to the point of bowing.

They dared not voice any opinion, much less utter a word. This was the internal state of the Fierce Ghost Clan: the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak, and the strong could arbitrarily humiliate the weak.

Compared to normal mixed-race communities, the Demon Clan is more like a dragon civilization with a strict hierarchy.

If mixed-race people are like this, then it's even more true for ordinary shop assistants who shrink under the counter, covering their mouths and noses with their hands, even if they are close to suffocating, they dare not let go!

What was that? A person? A person was suddenly summoned, their flesh and blood surging upwards?!
The shop assistant felt so terrified that his mind went blank. He covered his mouth and nose as if his life depended on it, fearing that if he made a sound, it would lead to his death.

The blond-haired man had already been devoured, and Miyamoto Toru didn't care about his life or death at all. He took another step forward and said, "The people from the Snake Clan's Execution Bureau are almost here. Mr. Ince, shall we leave here first?"

Xu Lie glanced at his clone, their eyes filled with a fishy smile: "It seems your Ghost Clan's sincerity isn't quite enough."

Miyamoto Toru responded politely: "Mr. Ince may have misunderstood."

"It's not that we Ghosts are lacking in sincerity. Our Ghost Lord, the mentor of all Ghosts with unstable bloodlines, Mr. Wang Jiang, has specially prepared a banquet in a sufficiently quiet place, awaiting Mr. Ince's arrival."

To outsiders, Miyamoto Toru is quick-witted and eloquent, and it's hard to find fault with what he said. But only Xu Lie knows that this is a tacit understanding between the main body and the clone.

Xu Lie appeared aggressive and showed no respect: "I don't know about your cultural traditions here. Does this count as sincerity?"

"So I'll just go by my own understanding. In my opinion, if the Mr. Wang behind you is sincere, he should come and invite you in person."

As Xu Lie and Miyamoto Toru had predicted, the appearance of 'Ince,' a former apostate of the Church, was quite intriguing. Just as they finished speaking, a man wearing a striped kimono and a white Noh mask walked into the convenience store. His distinctive, hoarse, mocking voice came from beneath the mask: "Miyamoto Toru, what's going on?"

"I asked you to invite Mr. Ince to ride with me, and you can't even handle such a small matter?"

The Time Insect parasitizing Miyamoto Toru curled its lip deep within its consciousness, but on the surface, it still pretended to be loyal and obediently took the blame for its superior: "Your subordinate is incompetent."

In fact, the moment Xu Lieyi's face appeared in front of the camera, it was already a clue that the Snake Clan and the Demon Clan would take corresponding actions.

The Snake Clan has an AI, Princess Kaguya, which can quickly detect the appearance of Ince; the Demon Clan, while lacking AI, has Tachibana Masamune, or more accurately, Herzog, the mastermind, who can also obtain information about Princess Kaguya.

The only question now is who will get to Xu Lie's side first, and his appearance is bound to attract Herzog's attention.

Such a cautious, cunning, and treacherous person would never trust their subordinates.

Even if Herzog arranges for Miyamoto to come and check and invites Ince, he will not be at ease. He will definitely arrange other people to check and try to take control of the whole situation.

So, apart from Miyamoto Toru, who else can Herzog trust? Isn't his own clone the only one?

Since Herzog will send clones to keep an eye on things, Xu Lie only needs to raise the question that the Ghost Clan is 'not sincere enough', and Herzog will naturally take the bait, causing the clone king to obediently show himself.

"Hmph!" Beneath the mask, the king's slightly crimson eyes swept over Miyamoto Toru, his voice even hoarseer and more unpleasant than before: "Go back and accept your punishment! How dare you neglect our honored guest!"

He believed that Miyamoto Toru would understand his meaning; he didn't really intend to punish him, but rather to save face. He would secretly reward Miyamoto Toru with the evolution medicine after they returned.

To help Miyamoto Toru improve his dragon bloodline.

"Hahaha." After lecturing Miyamoto Toru, the king turned and let out a laugh that made people feel physically uncomfortable.

He looked directly at Xu Lie and said, "Mr. Ince, please. The Ghost Clan has prepared a banquet to welcome you back."

In Wang Jiang's view, the Black King could return at any time, so he would have to speed up his search for 'God' in order to steal 'God's' power and fight against the end of the world.

Unfortunately, that brat Genjiro caused the Snake-Headed Eight Family to cooperate with the Tokyo Diocese of the old church, frequently causing trouble for the Demon Clan.

I don't know what's wrong with the old church people, they all seem to have noses on dogs. The Demon Clan's secret base in Tokyo is very well hidden and they operate with a low profile.

As it turned out, they couldn't hide it from the old church members at all. Almost every few days, the Tokyo diocese found one of the demons' secret hideouts.

Finally, they were jointly eliminated by the Tokyo Diocese and the executive bureau led by Genjiro, leaving no survivors.

The demons were utterly defeated. Although the demons were merely a tool in the king's hands, the king did not care about their ultimate fate.

But tools should be used until the very end before being discarded, right? You can't just give up before you've even started, can you?
Fortunately, just as the king was getting anxious and frustrated, Ince, a traitor from the old church, came into his view.

Wang believed that as long as he could win over this apostate, Ince, he could use him to fight against the Tokyo Diocese, protect the Ghost Clan, and at the very least, obtain the mysterious abilities of the old church.

As mentioned earlier, various factions covet the mystical abilities of the Old Church, especially life-saving abilities like the Mirror Stand, and the King is no exception.

For someone as cowardly as him, a rat who only dares to hide behind the scenes in everything he does, if 'God' is the most attractive thing to him, then a mirror double is definitely the second most attractive thing to him in the world.

That's why the king appeared so readily, without any concealment; he had a very urgent need for Ince.

Xu Lie, disguised as Ins, remained expressionless, unconcerned about the king's disguise and the grating, mocking voice.

Together with the king, and with Miyamoto Toru and several members of the Fierce Demon Gang bowing respectfully, they left the shop, boarded the vehicle, merged into the traffic, and drove off into the distance.

Because it is located in Shinjuku, a relatively bustling area of ​​Tokyo, traffic is very normal. Around the Toyota Century that Wang Jiang and Xu Lie were riding in, more than a dozen cars followed them.

Wang Jiang smiled and gestured towards the window: "Mr. Ince, do you see them? They are all elite members of the Ghost Gang that I arranged."

"With them here, even if the Tokyo Diocese and the Snake-Headed Eight Families happen to discover your whereabouts, they can guarantee that the Snake-Headed Eight Families will not be able to catch up with us."

(End of this chapter)