A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 319 The Old Church's Way of Doing Things: Where the Moonlight Points, Cars Make Way
It was the same convenience store. The clerk, feeling incredibly unlucky, didn't dare to come out from behind the counter even though he heard the door open and close.

I crouched down, trembling for several minutes, before slowly standing up to see if the people had left. Then I saw a large group of men in black burst into the store.

The sound of heavy leather shoes pounding on the ground was accompanied by the occasional chorus of spilled snacks being trampled to pieces.

No way? Not again?!
"Ah! No, it wasn't me!" The shop assistant quickly raised his hands, tears streaming down his face. He was truly terrified.

This is just one problem after another, when will it ever end? He's just a convenience store clerk, what did he do to deserve this? He's got this whole string of trouble today.

Genjiro, who was leading the team to help the old church capture the traitor Ince, was the first to raise his hand to cover his nose upon entering. His royal blood made his senses acute, and he was the first to detect a faint fishy smell.

"Patriarch?" Sakura Yabuki followed in, puzzled by the sight. But upon seeing the pale yellow liquid on the floor tiles, her usually indifferent face, much like Chu Zihang's, showed a rare frown and a hint of disgust.

Crow and Yaksha didn't seem to care. Yaksha went over to comfort the gangsters who were still cowering in the corner out of fear, while Crow went up to reassure the shop assistant: "Don't worry."

"Our people aren't here to cause trouble. Can we ask what happened?"

The shop assistant's vision was blurred by tears, but she wasn't blind; she could clearly see the menacing appearance of the group of men in black.

They were all carrying either machetes (spider cutters) or guns; how could anyone believe it?
The trembling shop assistant shook her head frantically: "I don't know, I don't know anything, everyone, please."

"Will you talk or not!" Sakura Yabuki didn't give in. She knew that in this situation, intimidation was far more effective than kind words.

The Yin-Yang Technique was secretly activated, and a throwing knife suddenly pierced the cash register in front of the clerk, 'thud' and the knife went in three inches!
The shop assistant was so frightened that she knelt down with a thud: "Tell me, I'll tell you! I'm sorry, I, I, I didn't mean to hide it, really, please believe me..."

Afterwards, through the shop assistant's frequent stuttering and trembling description, Genjiro and the others finally understood what had happened.

After hearing this, Genji turned and left: "Chase them! They haven't gone far!"

If the shop assistants didn't cheat them, then this trip was incredibly rewarding!
Not only can they assist the old church in capturing the apostate Ince, but they can also catch the most mysterious and elusive mastermind behind the Ghosts, King General!

How could I possibly miss this?
A group of people filed out, leaving only a few members behind to take care of the brothers who were paralyzed with fear, and to keep an eye on the shop assistant, for fear that he would give false testimony.

If they fail to catch the person by then, the shop assistant will be highly suspicious.

The crow still held the gun in its hand, not afraid of it going off accidentally. It opened the door, got into the car, and sped forward with the gun still in its hand.

With one hand gripping the steering wheel and the other rubbing an itchy spot on his head with a pistol, he said, "Things are in trouble. How did Ince end up joining the Ghost Clan?"

They were not surprised, as Ince knew of the existence of the Fierce Ghosts.

The wanted poster clearly states that before his defection, Ince was a high priest in a parish, holding a position equivalent to Taro Inuyama in the Tokyo parish.

It's not surprising that Ince knew about the Ghost Clan, given that the Tokyo Diocese had reported the matter to higher authorities.

The problem is that the Ghosts are looking for Ince for some unknown reason, and why did Ince betray the old church and specifically flee to the Ghosts?
The situation was shrouded in mystery, and the crow had a bad feeling, as if some huge conspiracy was about to approach the Snake Clan, but it could not find any clues to prove its premonition.

Genjiro didn't answer the crow's mutterings. He quickly picked up several cell phones and ordered, "Kaguya-hime, first hack into the traffic system and help us track and locate the King and Ince's car!"

"Next, turn the traffic lights on the road ahead of the vehicles carrying the King and Ince to red, and gather all the members of the Snake Clan along the way!"

"Finally, I temporarily granted Bishop Aso access to the family's intranet navigation, then revoked the access three hours later and helped me contact Bishop Aso."

A clear, cold, synthesized female voice came from the phone: "Location has been set to the family's intranet navigation. Red highlight indicates successful intrusion. Switching to red now, notify nearby family members."

"Providing temporary access to Makoto Aso, connecting you to the phone... beep beep..."

After the busy tone, Makoto Aso's voice came through the phone: "Mr. Gen."

Aso Makoto has already gotten into the car with Kazama Ruri. Since Kazama Ruri has already guessed it, there's no need for her to hide it.

As early as when Princess Kaguya informed Genji, Genji had already relayed the message to Makoto Asou, who was currently very close by. "It's me," Genji quickly repeated the convenience store clerk's statement, "There's a lot of traffic in Shinjuku right now."

"If the other party doesn't get out of the car and walk, they will be blocked by the red light. I estimate that we can catch up with them within ten minutes."

Genjiro's actions were already quite fast, but even with Yabuki Sakura's pressing questions and efforts to speed things up, the King still managed to create some distance between them.

Given the heavy traffic in Shinjuku, it's impossible to accelerate recklessly. Catching up with the other party will really depend on Kaguya's control over the red light.

"I've already seen your car." While Genjiro and the others were questioning the clerk, Asou Makoto, Kazama Ruri, Inuyama Taro, and the others had already approached the convenience store.

Now, upon receiving the call, he drove past the convenience store without stopping, chasing after Genjiro: "Perhaps it won't take that long."

After saying that, Aso Makoto casually tossed a small white object out of the car window. Kazama Ruri, with her sharp eyes, saw it clearly; it was a paper figure faintly painted with crimson.

Why throw paper figures? Does Bishop Aso have a hobby of cutting out paper figures?

Before Kazama Ruri could think further, the light paper figure had already risen with the wind and floated to the roof of Aso Makoto's car, and began to emit a crimson moonlight.

Like a crimson moon descending to earth, not hanging high in the sky, but so close it was breathtaking, existing solely for this car.

After Asou Makoto was promoted to Sequence 4 Witch King, he possessed extremely profound skills in lunar domain magic and substitute magic.

This is a paper doll made by combining moonlight transformation and the ability to teleport under the moon. It can release moonlight as it is now, or it can be given to others to use as a life-saving item.

Under the crimson moonlight, all drivers on the four-lane Shinjuku highway and in this area felt an enhanced sense of inspiration, as if their own souls had become slightly more active.

The driver, a former member of the church, sensed something unusual and quickly turned around to look. Upon seeing the moving crimson moon high in the sky, he immediately recognized it as a miracle performed by Bishop Aso!

On the occasion of the full moon each month, Bishop Aso would perform his divine arts behind closed doors in the Bronze Temple. Believers would attribute the enhanced inspiration they experienced to the blessings of the ancient gods, making the ancient temple the most lively and crowded place on the night of each full moon.

It was after witnessing Makoto Aso's abilities firsthand that the monks and Taoist priests of Senso-ji Temple and Meiji Shrine all fell silent and dared not argue any further.

The driver had been to several full moon parties before, but he never expected to witness a miracle by Bishop Aso here. With his enhanced inspiration, the driver quickly realized that the old church was in a hurry to do something!

He quickly turned the steering wheel and drove the car to the very edge of the road to make way for Aso Makoto's vehicle: "May the mistake be a blessing, may the mistake be a blessing!"

Even drivers who were not members of the old church would instinctively move their cars to the side of the road because of the actions of many other believers' drivers around them.

This is a common human tendency to follow the crowd; when everyone does the same thing, individuals tend to follow the group and make the same decisions.

If viewed from the air, one would see an extremely breathtaking scene: the crimson moon clears the way, and vehicles on the four lanes are parted like waves.

The story of Moses parting the sea as recorded in Exodus is nothing more than this, isn't it?
The cars tilted to the left and right as they drove away, creating a straight, empty, private passage that stretched out from the car illuminated by the crimson moonlight, through the endless blockage, and into the distance.

Where the moonlight points, cars give way; this was the way the old church did things.
Isn't this a bit too domineering? Hasn't this caused too much of a stir? How will this be handled? How will they explain this to the public?

The Genji brothers were dumbfounded by this scene; they couldn't believe that such a surreal scene could actually happen in reality!
Genji couldn't help but roll down the car window, looking at the neatly tilted vehicles giving way, and muttered to himself, "I only entrusted the Tokyo Diocese to suppress public opinion about the ancient city and the underground river for a few months, how did it turn out like this?"

Kazama Ruri sat next to Asou Makoto, rubbing her eyes in disbelief. If he and his brother were emperors among mixed-bloods, then what was the difference between the Old Church and the current human emperor?

The sound of an engine startled everyone who was engrossed in the scene. Taro Inuyama, who was urgently taking over as Aso's driver, had no time to watch and was only focused on chasing Ince.

Upon seeing any vehicles obstructing the way, he immediately stepped on the gas without hesitation.

Genjiro, who had been overtaken, quickly patted the crow, who then stepped on the gas pedal and immediately caught up with the car with the crimson moon on its roof.

Speeding along the dedicated lanes cleared by other vehicles giving way.

(End of this chapter)