Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

"According to intelligence, there is a certain tacit understanding among the inspectors of the Holy Zhou Kingdom Investigation Bureau—other inspectors will not interfere with his mission unless he actively requests support. Even if the higher-ups of the Investigation Bureau realize that the mission is out of control and forcibly designate reinforcements, it will still take some time."

"This period is our opportunity—we have no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation with the Holy Zhou Investigation Bureau, so what we need to do is to drive Shenyin Village out of the ghost realm and bring that village and its strange creatures into the real world, so that they can be discovered by those high school students."

"Young people love to take photos and upload them online while traveling... Even if the Holy Zhou Kingdom reacts quickly, it's impossible to control all the information online in an instant. As long as information about the Hidden Village spreads for a while, the [Heavenly Lock Procedure] will definitely be activated. At that time, the entire Sakura Prefecture will likely be locked down, and our plan will succeed!"

"Now……"

After a rousing speech, the masked man glanced at his subordinates, who were all wearing crow masks of different colors, and formally gave the order:

"Launch the latest technology of our great Aryan nation—the Boundary-Breaking Missile! Target: Hidden Village, Sakura Prefecture, Saint Zhou Kingdom! Let us bring freedom to those poor, monstrous beings who are enslaved!"

Combining technology with supernatural powers is not the specialty of any one company.

The Holy Zhou Kingdom can conduct research, the White Eagle Federation can conduct research, and of course, the Aryan Republic, which is also one of the world's powerful nations, can too.

The Boundary-Breaking Missile is the culmination of Aryan technology and extraordinary skills. It is a weapon that can cause destruction on a spatial level and has miraculous effects on any ghost realm or divine realm.

Besides its unique destructive effect on space, the boundary-breaking missile, although not fast, is extremely stealthy and can fool most air defense radars.

By the time the air defense forces of Sakura Province detected the breaching missile, it was too late—the first breaching missile had already reached the location of the Hidden Village and detonated immediately.

At this time, there were still many high school students traveling in the real world area of ​​the Hidden Village when the missile that suddenly exploded in the air startled them.

But the high school students didn't panic. Instead, they curiously raised their phones and took pictures of the spot where the missile had exploded, ready to upload them to the internet at any time.

If the Hidden Village were to reappear now, the Dark Raven Guards' plot would indeed succeed.

However, while Shenyin Village is indeed a ghost realm, it is neither a natural ghost realm nor a man-made divine realm, but a ghost realm where a ghost lord exists.

Upon realizing the damage the boundary-breaking missile had caused to the spatial dimension, the old man of the mountain god did not hesitate to transfer that damage to himself. At the cost of his pale face and vomiting blood, he saved the space of the Hidden Village from collapsing and from descending into the mortal world.

"Grandpa Mountain God!"

This scene greatly worried and angered the strange creatures of Shenyin Village.

The mountain god is one of the founders of the Hidden Village and has been kind to almost all the strange creatures living in the village. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the father of this big family.

Many of the monsters wanted to rush out and tear the enemy apart, but the mountain god dissuaded them—doing so would only play right into the enemy's trap.

"I go."

At the crucial moment, Kraken stopped stammering. She had changed into a typical high school girl uniform and even twirled around as the freaks stared at her.

"I can disguise myself as a high school girl without arousing suspicion."

The monsters of Hidden Village all agreed on this point—as long as the Kraken hid the tentacles inside her skirt, she would be the easiest monster in the village to blend into the human world.

Although Amakusa Yukino has a human appearance, her figure and temperament are too eye-catching, and she looks exactly like the female protagonist of a certain manga. Going out might backfire, and as a manga artist, she doesn't have much fighting ability.

"This land is all territory of the Holy Zhou Kingdom, and it's defended by an army. It's unlikely that the enemy would launch such an attack from land. The enemy must be coming from the sea... Uh! Pfft!"

Just as the old mountain god was about to give Kraken a few more instructions, he suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood again, and his face turned completely pale.

Just now, the second boundary-breaking missile arrived, once again severely injuring the Mountain God, bringing him to the brink of death.

Then, without giving the monsters any time to prepare, the third boundary-breaking missile arrived... This time, the Mountain God and the Hidden Village will definitely not be able to hold on.

"Don't even think about it!"

At the critical moment, the old man suddenly roared, his complexion suddenly turned rosy, and his aura became extremely powerful, as if an ancient god had manifested himself on earth.

"puff!"

"Grandpa Mountain God!"

Unfortunately, it was just a final burst of energy. After fully absorbing the power of the third boundary-breaking missile, the old mountain god finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed, his body rapidly fading away.

"...Ahem...I'll leave the rest to you."

He could only squeeze the wind goddess loli's hand one last time before he finally couldn't hold on any longer and vanished.

The Wind Goddess Loli's eyes were already bloodshot, and she wished she could tear her enemies to shreds with a raging wind.

But she wasn't actually a little girl as she looked; she had been the Wind Goddess for hundreds of years and wasn't a mindless fool.

She knew that her most important task now was to ensure that the sacrifice of the old mountain god was not in vain. She would bear the brunt of all the damage from the next boundary-breaking missiles—until she died, or until Kraken tore apart the despicable enemy hiding in the shadows.

Kraken had already left the Hidden Village when the second boundary-breaking missile exploded. Her high school girl attire did not attract much attention, and she successfully escaped the sight of the students who came to visit. Then she burst into the sea at top speed and went into the water.

Back in the Kraken, the true top-tier monster is a sea monster born from ancient human mythology, whose strength surpasses most of the lords of the underworld, and is even stronger in naval combat, second only to the four strongest beings.

Unfortunately, the enemy had planned this for a long time, and Kraken still failed to find the Dark Raven Guard's submarine before the fourth boundary-breaking missile was launched... By the time she found the submarine, the Mountain God had already fallen, and the Wind God was also seriously injured and vomiting blood.

Kraken's eyes remained calm as he sensed this, but his emotions were like a vast ocean with towering waves crashing in a typhoon.

anger!

In a fit of extreme rage, Kraken instantly used his tentacles to entangle the Dark Raven Guard's submarine. The immense force twisted and deformed the submarine, causing the fifth boundary-breaking missile to become stuck in the launch bay.

The Dark Raven Guards inside the submarine panicked for a moment, but weren't particularly afraid. The masked man in the lead even pulled out a large megaphone:

"Is this Miss Kraken? You've misunderstood us. The missiles we just launched weren't meant to attack you, but to destroy that prison called Hidden Village, free you from the enslavement of the Holy Zhou Kingdom, and bring you freedom!"

"……free?"

Kraken murmured something in a slightly choked voice, then laughed.

That was a laugh and a roar filled with murderous intent, born from extreme rage:

"I have been wandering the sea for thousands of years, facing all kinds of pursuit and attacks every day! I have saved many people and ships, but you greedy people have spread rumors that I am a sea monster that only destroys everything!"

"Finally, I have a home where I can live a stable life, elders who take good care of me, and many friends."

"Now...you're destroying my home, killing my elders, injuring my friends, and you're saying you're saving me and giving me freedom?"

"For thousands of years, your people have remained as shameless and despicable as your ancestors!"

"You are seeking death!"

Boom!

Driven by extreme rage, the Kraken tentacles became even more powerful.

The Aryan's most advanced submarine was like a French fry in her hand, easily broken into several pieces by her tentacles and completely destroyed.

The Dark Raven Guards on the submarine tried to escape, but it was too late.

As elite Aryan beings, they might not be so afraid of the Kraken if they were on land, but this was the depths of the ocean.

Even water-based ability users and water-based magicians who are skilled in water combat would never be able to defeat a completely enraged sea monster in the deep sea, let alone escape.

Those Dark Raven Guards who escaped after the submarine was destroyed were quickly bound tightly by Kraken's tentacles.

Ignoring the terrified and pleading eyes beneath their masks, Kraken, now in its true form as a sea monster, opened its massive maw, as wide as a city gate, and swallowed all the Dark Raven Guards whole, then crushed them to pieces, flesh and bones alike.

Only after all the Dark Raven Guards had disappeared and the seabed had completely returned to calm did the sea monster revert to her girl form.

She floated in the sea, tears streaming down her face.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa Mountain God, I'm so useless, I was too slow..."

Then she wiped her face, her gaze fixed on the distant west, her eyes gradually turning cold:

"Back then, you used my body as magical material to capture me, didn't you always say I was a man-eating, ship-destroying sea monster? No matter how I explained, it was useless... Now I've decided to stop explaining, and I will do as you wish."

"Don't you like telling stories of terrifying sea monsters? Soon you'll find out that real sea monsters are even more terrifying than those in the stories!"

. . . . .

On the other side, inside the underground parking garage of an unfinished building in Edo City.

The battle here has ended, and the knight duel barrier has been lifted.

Qin Huanyu, clad in armor, hovered in the air, while the old knight's sword was destroyed and his armor shattered, leaving him with numerous gruesome wounds and an extremely ashen face.

"Don't blame me for being uncivilized, sir."

Qin Huanyu's address remained polite, but her tone was extremely cold:

"From the moment the Hidden Village was attacked, our battle ceased to be a fair duel between knights, and became a war where victory was achieved by any means necessary!"

"In a duel between knights, you are still the better one, sir. You truly deserve to be called a Knight of the Round Table."

"But I am the victor of this war!"

As she spoke, the blade-shaped display screen on the back of Qin Huanyu's armor unfolded like wings once more, and various machine guns and missiles locked onto the old knight:

"Whether you are the real Galahad or not—from this day forward, there will be no more Knights of the Round Table!"

Chapter 215 A War Faster Than Lightning

At the beginning, Qin Huanyu had a slight expectation for the so-called honorable knightly duel, and she did not use any unsportsmanlike means in the battle.

Upon receiving information that Shenyin Village had been attacked by high-tech missiles, Qin Huanyu realized that she had been tricked and had fallen for the simplest diversionary tactic.

Why must the person guarding Shenyin Village be a patrol officer?

Patrol officers may not have particularly high combat capabilities, but they are certainly experienced, have a strong ability to adapt to changing circumstances, and, more importantly, have authority.

With the Inspector in place, if the Hidden Village is attacked, even if the Inspector cannot stop it on his own, he can immediately request assistance from the higher-ups of the Investigation Bureau and mobilize the nearest troops.

Now that the patrol envoy stationed in Shenyin Village has been lured away, the high-ranking officials of Shengzhou Kingdom can also react quickly after Shenyin Village is attacked, but it will still take some reaction time. Compared with having the patrol envoy report directly on the spot, it will be at least 10 minutes later, and in those 10 minutes, something big is very likely to happen.

—No wonder there's a six-year work experience requirement for patrol officers' promotions. I was still too naive to fall for such a simple trick. Strength and achievements don't represent everything. If another senior officer had been in charge of Hidden Village this time, perhaps this mistake wouldn't have been made.

While feeling somewhat remorseful, Qin Huanyu also became calm due to anger. No longer adhering to the principles of chivalrous duel, she resorted to methods that were somewhat unethical.

Jade acid.

To be precise, it is a bullet made of a jade-acid-filled iron-jade alloy.

The old knight's longsword and plate armor never dared to clash head-on with the Dragon-Slaying Mace, indicating that their materials were inferior to the mace's. And if even the Dragon-Slaying Mace couldn't withstand the corrosion of jade acid, the old knight's longsword and plate armor certainly couldn't either.

As for the old knight's longsword and plate armor still being imbued with magic... the bullets of the jade acid bullets are made of jade alloy with a very high content of spirit iron.

Therefore, once Qin Huanyu added some jade acid bullets to the hail of bullets, the outcome of the battle was already decided.

Caught off guard, the old knight's [Blessing of Loss] spell and ordinary protective magic failed to stop the jade acid bullets, which successfully struck his longsword and plate armor.

Then the longsword was corroded by the jade acid, and the runes were destroyed, losing their magic. The plate armor on his body was also pierced by a bullet, and the bullet and the jade acid entered the old knight's body together.

The pain of jade acid corroding the body is something even mythical creatures with super vitality like the feathered serpent cannot resist or endure, let alone humans, even so-called knights.

However, after being hit by more than ten bullets, the old knight turned pale and broke out in a cold sweat. He went from being energetic and vigorous to walking unsteadily and even losing his grip on his sword.

Qin Huanyu showed no intention of respecting the old man. After declaring that this was not a duel but a war, she once again bombarded the old knight with firepower mixed with jade acid bullets.

The old knight, unable to resist, was quickly reduced to ashes in the artillery fire. When the bombardment stopped, only a badly corroded broken sword remained on the spot, and not even a piece of armor could be found.

After Qin Huanyu put away the broken sword as a trophy and evidence, she first sent Asama Nana back to Asama Nana's side for treatment, and then immediately rushed back to Shenyin Village.

But it was too late. In fact, before Qin Huanyu could kill the old knight, the old man of the mountain god had already died from the boundary-breaking missile while trying to prevent the Hidden Village from being exposed, and Kraken had already completely destroyed the enemy's submarine.

At the time, Qin Huanyu really wanted to intercept the missile, and she was fully capable of doing so. Unfortunately, the old knight's dueling barrier was also very powerful. She was unable to leave the area before killing the old knight, and she couldn't even contact the outside world to make arrangements as an inspector.

Although the enemy's plot has failed, the old man who often drank tea and played chess with Qin Huanyu over the past month has also left us forever.

Qin Huanyu did not show any particular anger on her face. She even calmed down the strange creatures of Shenyin Village and told them not to act impulsively.

Afterwards, many strange creatures clamored for revenge against the Mountain God. Kraken, who was always a shy and timid little sister, even said that she wanted to go back to the Atlantic Ocean to become a real sea monster and bring fear and death to all the sailors and ships of the West... Qin Huanyu had to use a lot of effort to persuade her to stop.

After barely managing to calm the agitated emotions of the strange creatures in Shenyin Village, Qin Huanyu wrote a report that very night for both the Investigation Bureau headquarters and Fengge.

In addition to detailing the course of the incident, the report also included a few very straightforward sentences.

The gist of it is that Qin Huanyu hopes the Investigation Bureau will send another inspector to oversee Shenyin Village. She wants to return to the Witch Tower to prepare the [Wand] and refine several small research projects to ensure that the Holy Zhou Kingdom achieves a decisive victory in the war, leaving the enemy with no chance of recovery.

When you are stronger than your enemy, but not strong enough to force them to surrender without a fight, they will inevitably resort to underhanded tactics to annoy and weaken you, attempting to close the gap in strength.

Throughout human history, all nations have done this, including the Holy Zhou Kingdom itself.

Therefore, Saint Zhou understood very well that even if Yinglan and Aryan were willing to apologize for this action or even make compensation, they would still continue to do it if given the opportunity in the future.

Not to mention that Yinglan and Aryan showed no intention of showing weakness. After realizing that the Dark Raven Guard and the Old Knight's operation had completely failed, all the nuclear missiles deployed by Yinglan and Aryan were put into a state of readiness to be launched at any time.

The meaning is very clear: it is a warning to the Holy Zhou Kingdom not to act impulsively—we can't beat you, but we can still manage to take you down with us!

Therefore, the Holy Zhou Kingdom made no public statement whatsoever. They didn't even mention the incident, let alone condemn it or demand compensation. It was as if the incident had never happened.

However, behind the scenes, the Holy Zhou Kingdom mobilized a large amount of resources to support Qin Huanyu's research, and the training intensity and welfare benefits of the army were also increased by about 30%.

The intelligence agencies of England and the Aryans also noticed this. On the one hand, they instructed their diplomats to lower their stance and persuade the Holy Zhou Kingdom to calm down, and on the other hand, they strengthened their intelligence work in an attempt to find out the Holy Zhou Kingdom's true plans and trump cards.

Unfortunately, none of them were of any use.

In diplomacy, the diplomats of the Holy Zhou Kingdom sang praises of harmony and beauty, and at the dinner table, they fraternized with the diplomats of England and the Aryans, chatting without restraint about their romantic affairs, but never uttering a word about truly important national affairs.

They were completely blind to intelligence: all the intelligence agents that Yinglan and Aryan had sent to the territory of the Holy Zhou Kingdom had mysteriously disappeared without a trace.