The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

Otherwise, everything is empty talk.

Having made his plan, John transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew toward the mansion where Junzi was.

Meanwhile, inside the mansion.

In the music room, midnight blue velvet cascades from the ceiling to the dark walnut floor, creating an enclosed space that blocks out all outside noise.

The tiny speakers are densely packed in every corner, and as the diaphragm transmits the ND surround sound, it covers the tall figure standing in the center of the room from all directions.

Junzi closed her eyes and swayed to the rhythmic music, as if this would help her forget all her troubles.

Suddenly, the countless speakers emitted a piercing electric current, and then the music abruptly changed, emitting a woman's extremely angry voice.

"The unbearable memories in my heart are almost piercing through the sadness, and the resentment that I can't let go of is because of that guy."

"How could you possibly understand the loneliness of true wounds?"

"Break free from these shackles now!"

"My rage! Let's beat those thugs to a pulp right now!"

This is Uta's song, "Against the Light".

As the music changed, Junzi opened his eyes, frowned, and looked at the door hidden behind him in the midnight blue velvet wall.

She knew that the man had arrived.

However, the door was not pushed open for a long time; instead, a heavy weight settled on my shoulder.

Junzi turned his head sharply and saw John standing behind him, smiling at him.

"You rude bastard..."

Just as he was about to reprimand her, before Junzi could finish speaking, John grabbed her shoulder and turned her over to face him.

Then, John held Junzi's right hand high with his left hand, and wrapped his right arm around her slender waist, and they began to spin and dance to the frenetic music.

Everything around them was spinning, changing, and blurring; only their eyes, locked in a gaze, could clearly see each other.

"Long time no see, have you missed me?"

John looked at his lover with deep affection, as if he were greeting a lover he hadn't seen in a long time.

Junzi quickly turned her head away from John's gaze, her delicate eyebrows furrowed in a look of resistance.

"Let me go!"

Chapter 149 Even the wicked need the wicked to grind them down.

As soon as Junzi refused, the music that had been playing in the enclosed space abruptly stopped.

The world fell silent, and the smile on John's face gradually turned cold. He decisively released Junzi and took a step back.

"I'm sorry, I was rude."

The sudden politeness made Junzi very uncomfortable, and she felt inexplicably empty inside.

So she simply lowered her head and remained silent in response to John's apology.

What's wrong with me?

Junzi felt that he was sick, even though he was very glad that John Saint had not proposed a marriage alliance with the Manmaia family as he had said.

But over the past year, she has found herself unable to stop paying attention to John St.'s movements, especially when she hears that the man is entangled with a female navy woman, which fills her with unspeakable anger and pain.

This man is truly a ghost that haunts her heart!

Seeing that Junzi remained silent for a long time, John cleared his throat and spoke seriously:

"The Five Elders have assigned you to work with me to destroy Ohara. You have three months left."

"Will you come with me to leave Mary Geoise now to prepare for our journey to the lower realm, or will I inform you once I'm ready?"

"When was the order given?" Junzi looked up and frowned at John.

She was secretly delighted when she heard that she would be going to work with John.

She hates herself like this.

John raised his left hand, rolled up his sleeve, looked at his empty wrist, and estimated:

"About half an hour ago, we started doing things at the same time as the Celestial Dragons' campaign to destroy a country every three years."

"Mm." Junzi nodded.

And then, that was it.

She didn't say that she would leave Mary Geoise with John now for the underworld, nor did she say that she would wait until John was ready before setting off.

John said nothing more, stepped past Junzi, went to the velvet wall, opened the door, and went out.

As they entered the mansion's hall, the sound of heels clicking on the marble floor tiles was followed by the footsteps of two people.

Junzi followed behind John.

The two walked one after the other until they reached the edge of the latter half of the Red Line, where they took a bubble elevator down to the port on the sea.

On the G-10 warship, Reed scratched his head in confusion as he watched the two men, who seemed to be acting strangely, board the deck.

Seeing that some marines were about to step forward to salute, Reed quickly signaled with his eyes that these idiots shouldn't go looking for trouble.

The marines were puzzled, but most of them were quick-witted and immediately went to do their own things after receiving the signal.

Only one young marine, unable to grasp the deeper meaning, stepped forward in goose-step, stood at attention, and raised his hand in salute.

"The Grand Inspector!"

"Okay, do a good job."

John nodded, patted the young marine on the shoulder in encouragement, and then strode over to the cabin.

Junko, who was following behind, stopped in front of the young marine and stared at him coldly:

"You rude wretch, why don't you bow to me?"

"I……"

The aggressive attitude terrified the young marine, who broke out in a cold sweat, remaining in a salute but unsure how to address him.

After all, he had never seen this aloof woman before, and she was not wearing a naval uniform, nor did he see any shoulder insignia that indicated her rank.

After thinking it over and over, the young marine finally stammered out:

"You... hello."

"Oh."

Junzi snorted coldly, and although he was reprimanding the young marine, he turned his gaze to John in front of him.

"Like boss, like subordinates—they're all rude!"

These words terrified the young marine, who broke out in a cold sweat and dared not even breathe.

He never expected that someone would dare to make such a veiled criticism of John Saint, the Grand Inspector of the Celestial Dragons.

Could this woman also be a Celestial Dragon?

The young marine immediately knelt on the deck with a "plop," bowed his head, and solemnly apologized:

"I apologize to the military palace; it was my rudeness, but please do not blame the Grand Inspector!"

"what?"

However, instead of improving Junzi's mood, the apology made her feel isolated.

It's like these people ganged up on her!

"Then you should commit suicide to atone for your sins."

"……Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the young marine gritted his teeth, his face contorted with rage, and pulled out a flintlock pistol, raising it high and pointing the muzzle at his temple.

Just as he pulled the trigger without hesitation, the flintlock pistol was suddenly snatched from his hand.

The young marine looked up in confusion and saw that the Grand Inspector John Saint had appeared beside him at some point.

"okay."

John fiddled with his flintlock pistol, looking helplessly at Junzi.

Only now did he realize that Junzi was only nice to him, a fellow Celestial Dragon, but was extremely cold and even cruel to other "commoners".

At God Valley, Junko killed quite a few civilians.

This is the horror of "Dark Domination," which can turn a kind and gentle person into a butcher who despises life.

If Junzi's original "Shuli" personality were awakened, how painful it would be for her to recall the memories of slaughtering lives in her mind.

Thinking it over, John returned the flintlock pistol to the marine, then grabbed Junzi's hand and dragged her into the cabin.

Upon entering the captain's cabin, Junzi abruptly pulled her hand away from John's grasp, glaring angrily at him with her heterochromatic eyes.

"John Saint, you really are protecting your subordinates!"

"I'm doing it for your own good."

John slammed the door shut behind him and said meaningfully.

You wouldn't want this.

The real Shuli would never want to do these things.

But John's concern at this moment was seen as a betrayal by Junzi, a betrayal not only of her, but also of the entire Celestial Dragon race.

"John Saint, please realize your place!"

"Ugh."

John sighed and forced a smile to appear gentle, but his words were very firm.

“If you cause me any more trouble, I’ll tie you up with sea stone, hang you on a fishing rod, and throw you into the sea to feed the fish.”

"You try..."

Junzi completely disregarded the threat, proudly raising her head. However, before she could finish speaking, John pounced on her.