The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

"Hahaha……"

The Mirror Bandits left a group of men here to monitor Master Yan, with the aim of tracking his movements and finding an opportunity to extract his spirit later.

Seeing Master Yan being brutally beaten by the other three Dark Sacred Artifacts, he was overjoyed.

"He's so pitiful."

"I told you, playing tricks on the creator is the most fun."

"What kind of creator is this? This kind of person is not worthy to rule us."

Luo Tong and his men got tired of fighting and spared Master Yan's life.

Master Yan, whose hair had been electrified into a broom shape by the compass, ran his hands up along both sides of his head, flicked his bangs, and exhaled a cloud of black smoke.

"You don't need to worry too much. These mirror images won't cause trouble for long."

Luo Tong was so angry he laughed again.

"They can't cause trouble for long? They've been having a good time in Guard City Three, and Wang Miao has already noticed that there's a mirror image replacing the original body in the city. Still causing trouble? If they keep causing trouble, I won't need to cause any more trouble!"

Knowing he was in the wrong, Master Yan said weakly.

"In short, these mirror images can only live for a month at most. Is it possible to postpone your plan by a month?"

What do you think?

"Uh... I think they seem to enjoy having fun. I guess they won't stay in Glory City and will go to the city to have some fun. They shouldn't interfere with our plans."

"More than that, I'm a little worried now. They're coming back to you with the bronze mirror, asking you to help them prolong their lives."

Master Yan smashed his whisk in half.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! These rubbish are my biggest failure! I want to wipe them out right now! Why would I give them a second chance?"

"They're really good at acting."

"I will never believe anything related to mahjong again!! No, I will never trust anyone again!"

Master Yan had an expression that suggested he didn't believe in love.

The monk took out a bamboo hat, put it on, and covered the face that Yue Sheng had already seen, then sighed deeply.

"Compass, will your plan still proceed smoothly?"

The compass also looked helpless.

"Fortunately, before this fool set up the mirror bandits, he had already arranged many mirror images in the city. If what he said is true, and they can still obey his orders, our plan has a certain probability of success."

Master Yan leaned closer and held up three fingers.

"I swear! They still obey my orders! I am the spirit, the artifact is just a tool, those rubbish can't use it even if they steal it! If you can help me get the bronze mirror back..."

Compass kicked him away.

"Get out of my way! Don't you know how difficult it is to catch your gang of mirror-image bandits?"

Master Yan: "Waaah... I regret mirroring those bandits..."

One of the mirror bandits, who was hiding in the shadows and monitoring the situation, quietly left to relay what they had overheard to the main force of the mirror bandits.

The Mirror Bandits don't have a "regional network" because they lack a "network hub" called "Old Thief".

……

The bandits' headquarters.

"So, what Biaozi meant by having other ways to deal with mirror images is just waiting for them to fend for themselves?"

Curious Guy No. 2 responded on the regional network.

"That's right, Biaozi explained it very clearly. Their lifespan is calculated in days. At most, it's one or two months, and at least ten days or half a month. They will die directly. It mainly depends on how much life force was put into the bronze mirror when it pulled out the image. But no matter how much is given, there is a limit."

Upon hearing this, the various clones reacted differently.

"They were a bunch of short-lived people, no wonder they wanted to live for the moment."

"A mirror image is just a mirror image, like a cloned sheep; it has a short lifespan."

"How pitiful~ To be frank, they really are from the same clan as us, but they're all about to die~ Oh~~ How cruel~~"

"So what if they die? They're just a bunch of clones. They have nothing to do with us. No need to pity them!"

"I think these mirror images are plotting to overthrow the Heavenly Gang. They actually believe they are the genuine bandits and must be suppressed!"

"Hmm? Could it be that they have truly mastered the skills of our rebel army?"

The clones chattered away, and Song Gua thought of a question.

"Can they be given a second chance at life?"

"Yes! The Dark Cross absorbs life force and transfers it to them, thus extending their lives!"

I thought about it.

These hooligans completely disobeyed the Dark Artifact's orders and even ruined the mission it had assigned them.

Unless all Dark Artifacts are as naive and innocent as Dark Pocket Watches, there's no reason to extend the lives of these uncontrollable creatures.

"So, letting them fend for themselves is indeed one way, but I reckon they won't be idle for a moment, and I wonder what kind of trouble they'll cause..."

In fact, as long as these mirror bandits do not pose a threat to Song Gua's identity, it doesn't matter whether Song Gua takes care of them or not.

At the official level, Wang Miao, Yue Sheng, and the group of investigators from the Special Bureau in the Third Guard City have confirmed that these "bandits" are imposters; they are actually special life forms created by the Dark Artifact.

Therefore, even if they wear bandit masks and commit evil deeds everywhere, the Federation can still distinguish them.

Song Gua's only worry was that while they were having fun, they might try to mess with his true form.

For example, you could start a live stream and send a message to the world.

—The bandit dice are none other than the bandit leader! The bandit leader is none other than Song Gua, the most handsome man on Earth!!

Oh God of Pain, if they play like this, I, Song Gua, will have to spend a lot of effort to clear myself of suspicion.

Even if they eventually clear their name, as mentioned earlier, the seeds of suspicion have already been sown.

This will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble in the future.

"Brother Wu, keep a close eye on them. If they really try something like this, we have to take action, no matter how easy or difficult these guys are to fight!"

In any case, now is not the time to equate Song Gua's identity with that of a bandit leader.

This day will come eventually, but now is definitely not the time.

……

On the edge of a cliff in a foggy area around Huiye City.

The more than 900 mirror bandits led by Mirror Ghost Brother and Mirror South Wind joined forces with the 2,000 mirror bandits led by Mirror Fog Brother.

They sat cross-legged on the cliff and formally convened their first organizational meeting.

Upon hearing that he only had one month to live, Mirror Ghost sighed.

"I never imagined we'd survive for a whole month!"

Mirror South Wind laughed heartily.

"A month of vacation is fantastic!"

The body of the mirrored mist brother is transforming into all sorts of indescribable shapes.

"Wow, assuming I can transform 60 times a minute, that's 3600 times an hour, 86400 times a day, and 2592000 times a month! Wow!!"

The other mirror-image bandits also looked cheerful.

They had absolutely no awareness that they were about to die.

Mirror Ghost stood up.

"Brothers! God has granted us a long month of life, we must make the most of it!"

The mirror images also knew that if they went back and asked the Dark Artifacts for help, they would have a chance to extend their lives.

But they never considered this option.

ask for help?

impossible.

"Fate is predetermined! Happiness is up to me! Hahaha!!"

"Boss Ghost, where should we go next?"

"It's fun as long as we're all together!"

"I think before we start playing, shouldn't we arrange our seating order? There has to be a number one, a number two, and a number three, right?"

The surrounding mist swayed, and among it was a wisp of mist, who was monitoring the meeting of the mirror bandits.