Knight: A freak start, seizing the power of the king.

"Yes, yes." The three crows said in a panic, and quickly took the unconscious Saruwatari Kazumi and left the room.

As the three crows left, a man with an expressionless face walked in.

"Evolto, what are you thinking about?" The man called out Evolto's real name as soon as he appeared.

The man's name was Mitsuomi Gohara. He was a strategist and conspirator for the chief prime minister of Hokuto, and also a member of the vampire clan who had infiltrated Hokuto.

"You've directly possessed Doji. Hasn't all my efforts in hiding during this time been wasted?"

“I also have my own concerns,” E simply shook his head.

The situation in Sandu is now somewhat complicated.

Because of Qi Ling, the overall situation in the Three Capitals was not under his control.

Since the Northern Capital's usefulness is about to be exhausted, it doesn't matter whether I possess it or not.

"You don't need to worry about having nothing to do; I have a new task for you."

As Mr. E spoke, he took out his phone, opened the Dongdu Map, and marked a point.

"I need you to help me steal back Pandora's Box."

The location he marked was Sawa's apartment.

Although Qi Ling is very strong, he can't stay at home all day.

If Qi Ling is away and the Magic Box is kept at home, there might be a chance to avoid a direct confrontation and steal it directly.

However, E's current health condition is not good, so only Mitsuomi Gohara can go.

After all, Mitsuomi Gohara wasn't injured on Mars; he was a vampire in perfect physical condition.

With his abilities, sneaking into an empty house and stealing the magic box back shouldn't be a problem.

Even if there's no magic box in Saya's apartment, there should be some other items that might provide clues for researching Qi Ling.

“Alright.” Mitsuomi Gohara thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

Indeed, Qi Ling is a real pain in the neck.

He will definitely become an obstacle for the vampires to destroy the planet beneath their feet.

It would be better to find a solution and resolve this as soon as possible.

……

On the other side, in the Western Capital.

Namba Heavy Industries headquarters.

Katsuragi Shinobu was fiddling with a bunch of bottles and jars in front of the lab table.

"How's the research on the Cell Coin going?" Qi Ling's voice suddenly came from behind him.

With today's battle completely over, Qi Ling immediately came to retrieve the coins produced from Katsuragi Shinobu's body and check on the research progress.

"Not bad, the research has made a breakthrough and reached the second stage!"

As he spoke, Katsuragi Shinobu tapped lightly on the lab table a few times, opening a hidden compartment.

The hidden compartment was filled with glittering silver coins.

However, these cellular coins have no patterns on them; they are all coins without any attributes.

Through his research over this period, Shinobu Katsuragi successfully extracted the biological components from the cell coins, turning them into a special metal that simply stores energy.

Now that we have the basic materials for making coins, the next step in our research is to manufacture our own coins.

Chapter Ninety: Manufacturing the Core Coin, Arthropod System Assembly!

"Oh~"

Qi Ling was pleasantly surprised.

This is nothing short of a huge breakthrough.

He was also very curious whether Shinobu Katsuragi could create the Core Medal.

When using the system's alchemy function to create core coins, Qi Ling only needs to provide a large number of cell coins.

In theory, cell coins should be a suitable material for manufacturing core coins.

If Katsuragi Shinobu succeeds, it will be a huge gain for Qi Ling.

Alchemy through the system is becoming increasingly expensive. If one could create it themselves, the consumption of cell coins would be greatly reduced.

"Unfortunately, I haven't produced a single finished product yet."

Shinobu Katsuragi experimented with the components of many different organisms.

However, not every biological component is suitable for incorporating into the special metal of coins; the compatibility between components and metals varies.

And so far, no biological component has been found with sufficiently high compatibility.

"Mr. Qi Ling, as a greedy person, you must know more about coins than we humans do. You must know which biological components have high compatibility, right?"

Katsuragi Shinobu asked the person next to him with some curiosity.

Having the answer would save him a lot of research time.

"Centipedes, bees, ants—you could try using these creatures as research materials," Qi Ling said after a moment's thought.

This set represents Goda, the greedy being who possessed Eiji Hino in the OOO 10th Anniversary theatrical version, and the three kinds of beings represented by it.

The materials for these three organisms are relatively common in nature, so it shouldn't be difficult, and they might be able to be created quickly.

"I'll give it a try." Katsuragi Shinobu immediately opened another hidden compartment.

It contained various biological materials that he had prepared in advance; all he needed to do next was extract the necessary components from them.

The experiment proceeded quickly.

Shinobu Katsuragi placed the metal from the cell coin and the centipede components in a container and began heating it at a high temperature.

However, the two soon merged.

"Such high compatibility!" Katsuragi Shinobu exclaimed, his face filled with a mixture of surprise and delight.

This fusion speed is at a level never seen before with any other material.

However, the metal seems to shrink during the fusion process, and this amount of metal seems a bit insufficient, so more material needs to be added.

Fortunately, he had prepared enough blank coins beforehand.

Immediately, add a large number of coins.

Three hours later...

On the table in front of Shinobu Katsuragi were three coins of different colors.

Centipede, bee, ant – core coins.

"We did it!" Katsuragi Shinobu exclaimed excitedly.

Major research breakthrough.

“These three should be called the arthropod assemblies.” Qi Ling weighed the three coins in his hand.

He could clearly sense the energy fluctuations contained within it.

However, because not ten have been created yet, the arthropod synapse has not developed self-awareness.

"Finally got it, a brand new prop." Qi Ling looked at the prop in front of him with great interest.

To mint these three coins, a total of 300 ordinary cell coins were consumed.

Due to their distinct biological composition, different numbers of Cell Coins are required to create Core Coins.

If a different biological component were used, the number of coins required would be much higher.

"Keep up the research, these will definitely become powerful tools for us to defeat Blood Lurker." Qi Ling patted Katsuragi Shinobu on the shoulder.

He then briefly recounted how he had defeated E-bodied on several occasions.

"What, seriously?"

Upon hearing Qi Ling's words, Katsuragi Shinobu's eyes immediately lit up.

Although the other party did not provide any evidence, it is most likely true.

Since E hasn't come to see me for a while, it's probably because of his injury, which has made him unwell and unwilling to expend more energy to come to Xidu.

He's known E for about ten years now. That alien is not only cautious but also incredibly powerful; no one has ever been seen to hurt him.

Unexpectedly, Qi Ling actually did it.

It's unbelievable.

In that instant, most of the initial hatred he felt for Qi Ling vanished.

After spending this time together, Katsuragi Shinobu still hadn't figured out the mysterious Qi Ling, but he had gained some understanding of the other's personality.

The young man in front of me is definitely not a bad person, at least not as despicable as Xue Qian.

What does it matter if I sacrifice myself and my son if it means getting his help to kill that evil vampire alien?