Esoteric Buddhism: To live as king in America

"What...how come...I didn't find it..."

Matt coughed up mouthfuls of blood, his gentlemanly demeanor completely gone. Meanwhile, the girl who had appeared behind him unnoticed showed no sign of letting him go.

The hand that pierced Matt's chest stretched out into a claw, threatening to tear Matt's entire body apart.

Just then, the two tentacles that had been entangled with Leo rushed back to his aid. One grabbed Matt's body, while the other stabbed at the girl behind him, threatening her to retreat.

Fortunately, the girl did not intend to die with Matt. Just before Matt's chest was almost completely torn apart, the girl finally let go and retreated before the tentacles could pierce her.

Matt, who was being pulled away by the tentacles and forced to retreat in one direction, finally had a chance to look back. He saw the girl who had somersaulted to avoid the tentacles, her hoodie falling down to reveal red eyes and silver hair underneath.

Her jewel-like pupils reflected a bright light, and her long, silvery-white hair swayed wildly under the combined influence of air and gravity. Bathed in sunlight, the girl, dressed in a gray hoodie and black sweatpants, seemed to be wearing a layer of silver armor, or like a flamboyant lion, displaying a kind of inhuman beauty and wildness.

The visitor was none other than Ai Yin.

Ayn wiped the blood off her right hand, which was covered in Matt's blood, and looked at the battered Mian beside her, her face full of self-blame and fear.

Having spent so many days together, and given your naturally understanding nature, he could easily see what the child was thinking.

Instead of giving her a chance to blame herself, Mian gave her a thumbs up and said with a smile:

"Well done, Ain. But it's not time to relax yet. He's a villain who won't hesitate to take someone's life. We absolutely cannot let him go."

Having gained the lord's approval, the rather well-dressed child's face immediately lit up with surprise. And then, that contradictory quality—both knight and beast—once again manifested itself in the young girl.

The girl turned her gaze to Matt, who was healing his wounds with his tentacles, her eyes as cold as frost. Without hesitation, she attacked Matt again.

Seeing this, Mian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Superhumans are not gods after all. Based on the long-haired man's own confession, Mian knows that the attacks by gangsters and assassins probably have nothing to do with Matt.

Based on the distance between here and Luffy Park, and considering that this guy probably sent his clone this way because he saw Sherry coming alone, even if he didn't arrive right on time, he probably couldn't have seen the whole thing.

That is why Ain, who was not in this unfinished construction site, was the key to victory that Mian had been eagerly anticipating, in order to eliminate the snipers lurking in the shadows.

Everything he had done before was to buy time for Ain's arrival and the sneak attack, and to draw attention to her.

Even so, Mian was still somewhat surprised to see Ain appear behind Matt like a ghost without him noticing and deliver a blow that would normally be fatal.

Mian wasn't the only one surprised; the enslaved soul within him was even more astonished, bordering on horrified.

"What is that...?"

In the space of consciousness, Ryan said with a blank look in his eyes:

"Was that seemingly frail little girl actually such a powerful 'henchman'? Or am I just hallucinating?"

"It shouldn't be a hallucination. After all, the henchman who killed you before was defeated by Ain."

Ryan was completely stunned and it took him a while to recover. He glared angrily at the avatar in Mian's consciousness space.

"You bastard! I thought you were raising her like a daughter, but what kind of transformation have you done to her?!"

Mian silently reached out and turned her face back.

"Get out of the way. I'm quite surprised you've grown so fast, okay?"

Mian was telling the truth. So far, Mian has bestowed titles three times. Theoretically, they should be of the same rank, but the emphasis of these titles on different aspects applied to Leo and Sherry doesn't reflect Ain's current performance at all.

Moreover, after Leo and Sherry were knighted, they gained abilities related to their card art. As for Ain—it's obvious to everyone that after being knighted, aside from the improvement in her basic attributes, she often behaved less like a knight and more like a beast, or rather, a "minion."

Mian thought of the events at the Jinfu Building again. It was Ain who had defeated Org that night, leaving a deep shadow in his heart. Moreover, the bloodstains on the thirteenth floor and Ain's tattered clothes seemed to indicate that the child had suffered some kind of injury that night, but when they met, Ain was completely unharmed, without a single mark on her body.

Mian had been trying to figure out what was going on, but poor Ain couldn't explain what had happened that night. And Org, the only one who might have witnessed the whole thing, was burned to ashes before he could answer Mian's question.

There must be some secret hidden within Ayn. Perhaps it's related to the mental hospital she was in before?

Mian thought to himself that he might have the chance to explore the mental hospital again in the future. But that was a matter for later; he had more important things to do now.

After pulling the "Ifaratamuya" that was supporting his body from the ground and resting briefly, Mian had begun to regain his strength to move.

He stood there motionless not because he didn't want to help, but because his previous desperate struggle had almost exhausted him.

Nevertheless, he still needs to pull himself together.

After Ain's arrival and the unexpected, severe injury he inflicted on Matt, Mian's entire mindset shifted. Perhaps now he could think about more than just escaping and surviving.

He had just consulted Ryan, who said that the clones of the "Skin Changer" couldn't transmit information in real time, and that each person could only have two or three clones at most. Since no new clone had appeared even after Mian's lie had been exposed, it meant that there was only one clone present at this moment.

In other words, if this clone were completely wiped out here, the "Matt" currently in Luffy Park would only receive one message—the clone he sent out to probe had died at Mian's hands.

This, in turn, would confirm Mian's strength and provide a basis for controlling him. In this way, Mian might be able to gain more benefits from this cult assassin.

Looking at Matt, who was currently entangled with Ain, Mian smiled again.