I just hope to live a leisurely life in the world of anime.

"Yes! A little girl with an IQ of 210!"

"I don't wish I had such a high IQ either..."

Seeing that the other person's eyes were somewhat dim, An Shu glanced at Yi Xiong Jiangjian, who was resting with his eyes closed, and changed the subject, "By the way, how did you end up teaming up with him?"

The emotionless loli glanced at Yi Xiong Jiangjian, and seeing that he didn't react, she replied, "Brother Jiangjian saved me back then."

"Saved you?"

"I was caught stealing food from the outer area, and Brother Jiangjian rescued me. He's a very kind man, just not good at expressing himself." She pinched her dress to show An Shu, "Brother Jiangjian bought it for me!"

“Xia Shi…” Yi Xiong interrupted the two of them, seemingly not wanting her to say this.

"Let's not talk about that, Mr. Anshu. Where is your initiator? Was it the girl with bandages the day before yesterday? Why didn't she come with you today?" Qian Shouxia smiled, a rare occurrence for him.

That's quite similar to Enju's experience...

"Tong-chan... that girl is probably asleep with a little kitten that likes to bite right now." An Shu's lips also curved into a smile, as if she had thought of something happy.

"She must be so happy..." Recalling the first time she met that girl and her shy demeanor, Chizu Natsuyo suddenly felt a pang of envy.

The person next to him, Ikuma Shōken, had opened his eyes at some point and was staring blankly at the profile of the emotionless loli, seemingly lost in thought.

"Hmm?" An Shu asked in confusion. At the same time, the Gastrea beneath him stopped, pacing back and forth, panting heavily, seemingly very uneasy.

"What's wrong?" the emotionless loli asked.

"They're here so soon?" I should have gone straight to Hiruko Kagetane in the first place. I wandered around the forest for half a day, and those little girls were fine. But because I wasted time, I now have a big problem! An Shu rubbed his forehead.

"What's here?" the emotionless loli asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Stage V!"

"What?" The two were startled. They already knew what Hiruko Kagetane had stolen. "Hiruko Kagetane has already completed the summoning? How are you sure?"

An Shu took out her phone, didn't say anything, and pointed to Stage IV at her feet.

The call connected quickly, and An Shu spoke first: "How did I do? To everyone in the Ministry of Defense."

After a moment of silence, the Emperor's voice came from inside, "...Mr. Anshu, you are truly astonishing!"

……

###Chapter Twenty-Two Hallelujah###

"Mr. Anshu, can you tell us your method of taming Gastrea? We saw that you did nothing, it seemed like you just snapped your fingers. Is this a new research result of Sima Heavy Industry? Are you also an experimenter in the New Human Creation Project?" The Holy Emperor's voice was somewhat urgent, and he asked several questions in a row.

The Tokyo area is becoming increasingly unstable, and there seems to be a large-scale gathering of Gastrea in the outer areas.

The rulers of Osaka Ward have been causing trouble and harbor ambitions to unify the world.

If we can master Anshu's method of controlling Gastrea, even if we dislike war and don't invade other places, we can still use it to ensure the safety of Tokyo and deter those who have designs on Tokyo!

Furthermore, the ability to utilize gastrulators to explore previously unexplored areas, formulate strategies, and quickly reclaim lost territory is truly invaluable!

Originally, we were going to ask him after the mission was over, but An Shu called ahead of time and just got straight to the point.

"Telling you won't help, you..." One's own abilities cannot be copied, even if one wanted to give them, it's impossible.

But he was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"Please tell me, Anshu-kun, I can grant you any request, whether it be money or power!" In the Ministry of Defense, the Holy Emperor looked somewhat anxious, thinking that Anshu was refusing her because she didn't want to talk about it.

"How dare you refuse the Holy Emperor's request?"

Before An Shu could speak, a sharp voice suddenly rang out, startling her so much that she quickly moved her phone away from her ear.

"Who are you?" An Shu asked, taking out a candy. The voice sounded like a young man's, not Tendo Kikunojo's.

"Hmph—I am Lieutenant Takuto Yasuwaki, the captain of the Holy Emperor's guard!"

“That name sounds familiar…” An Shu paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered, a mysterious smile playing on her lips. “I… I’ll remember you!”

"You..." Howaki Takuto wanted to say something after hearing his sarcastic words, but was interrupted by the Holy Emperor.

"Enough! Lieutenant Takuto Howaki, step back!" She rarely lost her temper, even though she was usually gentle.

"An Shujun, please reconsider!"

"Your Highness, please wait until this mission is over before discussing this matter in detail, okay?"

An Shu did not refuse again. He thought of another method. He could just take any ring and attach an ironclad rule to it that wearing it would allow him to control Gastrea. It was not a difficult task.

Clearing his throat, An Shu continued, "I'm calling to inform you that Phase V has appeared! It's already underwater. You should be able to detect the signal over there, right?"

The real problem is that monster; there are no bullets in the ladder!

"What?!" The Holy Emperor was stunned. He had been paying attention to An Shu and hadn't noticed the situation elsewhere. He quickly ordered the staff to adjust the satellite.

"How could this be..." After reading it, he took two steps back, looking somewhat powerless. Had Hiruko Kagetane succeeded? Was the Tokyo district doomed?

“Your Majesty the Holy Emperor…” Kikunojo Tendo stood behind her, supporting her shoulders, and reminded her, “Isn’t the linear electromagnetic projection device still parked outside?”

"Yes!" He suddenly realized that with the power of that weapon, even a Stage V would probably not survive.

She hurriedly grabbed the microphone, "An Shujun, please do me a favor. Go to the Heavenly Ladder right away and activate the device. I will send the password to your phone."

"That's no problem, but Your Highness, are you sure there are cannonballs in the Heavenly Ladder?"

That's right! To prevent elevator maintenance workers from being bribed by enemy countries or infiltrated by spies who might use the elevator system to do things that harm the country, the shells are stored separately!

"I understand. I'll send a plane to airdrop it right away. An Shujun, please go and start the elevator first!"

"Send two trustworthy people over as a precaution. If the magnetic field of that Stage V interferes with your remote control of the ladder, that would be troublesome."

"Understood!"

"Okay." Nodding, An Shu hung up the phone and looked at the number the other party had sent. She then asked the two people behind her, "Did you both hear that? Are you coming together?"

"No, Mr. Anshu, we won't trouble you. His Majesty the Holy Emperor only summoned you. It's not appropriate for me and Brother Jiangjian to go. Let's go to the dock ahead and capture Hiruko Kageyu."

The emotionless loli and Ikuma jumped off the Gastrea, shaking their heads in refusal, "Then let's part ways here, thank you!"

"Do you think you can beat them?" An Shu said, but didn't insist any further. She then tossed a candy to Qian Shouxia, saying, "Don't eat it, keep it close to your body!"

"Hey! Are you underestimating us?" Ikuma held up his knife and brandished it at him.

The clueless loli was confused, but she obediently put it away, tugged at Yi Xiongjiangjian's pants, and bowed to An Shu, saying, "Thank you, Mr. An Shu, see you later."

He nodded, didn't say much, patted the head of Stage IV beneath him, and headed towards the Heavenly Ladder.

……

In the control room of the Sky Ladder, An Shu sat in a chair with his legs crossed, feeling a little bored. He ate another piece of candy and looked at the screen in front of him. Stage V had already revealed its form, which was Scorpio!

“It seems it was once a person…” An Shu sighed as she looked at its enormous, ugly form.

Suddenly feeling something was off, I took out my phone to check the time. "Isn't it here yet?"

Just then, the phone rang.

"An Shujun, something terrible has happened! The helicopter has been shot down by a flying Gastrea! Everyone on board has perished!" The Holy Emperor's voice came from inside, her rapid speech revealing her terrible mood.

He rubbed his forehead, feeling somewhat helpless. "I knew it!" He glanced at the raging Scorpio constellation; sending more people was clearly too late.

"Where did it land?" The person died, but the bullet didn't.

Beep—A location map is sent from the phone.

Swoosh—swoosh—

In just two breaths, An Shuren appeared in the loading room, holding a large black box in his hand.

It was quite abrupt. Everyone who had lost sight of An Shu in the surveillance footage was stunned, and their pupils constricted when the scene switched.

So many unbelievable things happened tonight!

"An Shu... An Shu Jun..." The voice of the Holy Emperor on the phone became intermittent, as if it had begun to be interfered with by the magnetic field.

Shaking his head, after loading the colored armor-piercing rounds, An Shu asked, "Can you still control the firing over there?"

"Buzz—no…buzz—" The static from the electricity grew louder, and the words could only be barely heard.

"Forget it... I can't count on you guys." With a sigh, he flashed again and instantly appeared in front of the control room's console. Looking at the already raised manual firing gun, An Shu glanced at it and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Boom—" A deafening roar! The light from the shot illuminated the entire night into day!

Driven by the electromagnetic field in the electromagnetic system, the light-based armor-piercing projectile, accelerated to near-light speed, steadily pierced the head of Scorpio, instantly blasting away its brain matter.

"Gurgle—" After Scorpio's mournful cry, the world seemed to fall silent for a second.

"boom--"

This roar was the sound of a Phase V explosion! A huge wave burst open on the sea surface! Most of Scorpio's shattered body was washed ashore.

"Finally over!" An Shu stretched, thinking it was time to go home and hug her little one!

"Hmm?" Suddenly, sensing something, An Shu looked towards the dock and disappeared in another flash, without even having time to take the Stage IV with her.

……

pier.

Damn it! It's a Sky Ladder Railgun?!

Although his expression behind the mask cannot be seen, one can guess that Hiruko Kagetane is definitely not very happy. The Stage V he summoned with great difficulty was destroyed before it even began. How can anyone accept that?

He turned to look at Chizu Natsuyo, who was kneeling not far away, clutching his arm.

I was overconfident...

Chishou Natsuyo smiled bitterly to himself. No wonder he was once ranked among the top 200 police officers…

While Ikuma Shōken was still locked in battle with the yandere loli, he couldn't pay attention to this side. Hiruko Kagetane had already snapped out of his daze and rushed over. She closed her eyes as if resigned to her fate.

After waiting for a long time, the pain she had imagined did not come. Could it be that she had died before she even felt the pain? She opened her eyes and saw an unbelievable scene.

Hiruko Kagetane's hand was grabbed?!

"Hiruko Kagetane—" The boy holding Hiruko Kagetane's hand greeted him, a smile spreading across his handsome face, seemingly from the bottom of his heart. With a gentle wave of his hand, Hiruko Kagetane, who had been flung away, became embedded in the wall of a nearby house, kicking up a cloud of dust. "Good evening! Hallelujah?"

Chapter Twenty-Three: General Yi Xiong as Supervisor

"Dad—" The yandere loli swung her katana quickly, leaving several small wounds on Ikuma Shōken's body. She then jumped back and landed next to Hiruko Kagetane.