I'm a magnetic field madman

But he was wrong. Just now, Bai Wujie refused Qi Wuzongxuan's attempt to win him over without ever leaving.

Just when he thought Bai Wujie might be heading towards the Tiantong family, his guess was overturned.

How could Bai Wujie's merciless mockery possibly be based on the style of the Tiantong family?

Ha, I thought it was a cunning fox, but I never expected it to be just a mad dog?

What a disappointment! How dare they bark and howl in such a place!

Thinking of this, Kikunojo Tendo slowly walked over, his aged but dignified face staring directly at Bai Wujie, and said in a deep voice...

"Can I take your words as an insult to me, an insult to the Tiantong family?"

"What you think is your prerogative, you old man." Bai Wujie continued his unbridled humiliation, swirling his wine glass.

This truly shocked many people. Even Tendo Kisara, who regarded Bai Wujie as an enemy, felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction at Bai Wujie's arrogant behavior.

"I just think it's ridiculous that you blame the world for your wife's death and attribute it to those little devils and the things that killed your wife."

His face was as handsome as an angel's, but the words that came out of Bai Wujie's mouth were like knives piercing the old man's heart.

"If you really want to kill those little devils, you can just order their massacre. Your people will applaud you. But you use them as knives while oppressing them. One day when the bullets explode, you'll still consider yourselves clever and wise."

Bai Wujie grinned as he looked at Tendo Kikunojo's increasingly pale face...

"You're fucking funny as a clown... Oh, my persona is supposed to be that I don't swear right now, um, let me put it this way."

"Old man, do you think that winning an internal battle against a bunch of people with IQs lower than monkeys is a sign of your wisdom? Your behavior really proves one thing: perhaps infighting and stupidity are just in your nature."

"Is this the kind of supreme pleasure that comes from fighting each other in a quagmire, vying for supremacy in this cesspool?"

"Oh right, you also gave that box to Hiruko Kagetane to try and lure the Zodiac over, right? Goodness, what's that idiom again? Inviting a wolf into the house, yeah, hahaha."

"Nonsense! Please don't insult my intelligence in front of me. It just makes me laugh, hehehehehe!!"

In the midst of their conversation, Bai Wujie surprisingly dropped a bombshell.

The Holy Emperor looked at his respected aide in disbelief... Although he had concealed it well, the change in his expression at that moment was still undeniable.

"Hmph! I thought you were some kind of hero, but it turns out you're just a crazy lunatic!"

Kikunojo Tendo leaned heavily on his cane and said coldly...

"Guards, take this madman away! I suspect he's closely connected to the theft of the Seven Star Relics!"

What good is immense wealth if it amounts to nothing in the face of power that controls the apparatus of violence?

But almost the instant he finished speaking, the quiet banquet hall was filled with the sound of telephones ringing—not just one, but a whole chorus of them, to be precise, everyone's.

It was already strange that everyone's communication devices were ringing in a banquet hall where phones should have been silenced, but for everyone to receive a call at the same time was definitely not a good sign.

Sima Miori answered her phone, then turned pale and nearly collapsed. Seeing this, Tendo Kisara immediately helped her up, frowning as he said…

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Mom and Dad...something happened to my parents!!"

The same phone call yielded the same, almost identical, reports.

Bad news kept coming from the other end of their communicators: someone had died in their family, their house had been blown up, and at the very least, their company building had been destroyed.

In an instant, the banquet hall, which had been filled with clinking glasses and lively conversation, was suddenly filled with cries and screams.

"It's you!!" Kikunojo Tendo stared intently at Shiro Mukai, his voice hoarse as he spoke...

For politicians, assassination is undoubtedly the most despicable and low-class act.

But you have to admit that this is also the most efficient and direct approach.

Even petty thugs know the principle of not harming one's family, but honestly, how many people actually follow this bottom line? Politicians don't do it, simply because they're afraid of retaliation against themselves.

Bai Wujie watched this scene, but he just laughed heartily like an audience member who couldn't hold back, watching a bunch of clowns put on a show.

Whatever bullshit conspiracies or sabotages were plotted against him before, they were all utterly nonsensical!

This is why Bai Wujie never gets involved in politics. Because any bullshit politics and so-called complicated palace intrigues are utterly meaningless in the face of fists!

"Hehehehe? You clowns give me quite a bit of joy."

Bai Wujie mocked these fools without restraint, neither admitting nor denying anything...

But there's no doubt that he gave the order beforehand; the Dream Creator Beast Team set off to take action half an hour ago...

Although this was only a sudden event in Bai Wujie's life, his subordinates faithfully completed the tasks assigned by their leader.

Just because these things recently wanted to form so-called alliances, in terms of stock price, in terms of business...

They tried to suppress or even swallow up his Blue Dream Company from various other nonsensical sources.

Of course, Bai Wujie didn't take it to heart, but as the emperor in the audience, he had to react to the clown's performance.

Bai Wujie felt quite satisfied and pleased, even with such a reckless act...

That alone was enough to instantly destroy the "good reputation" that Blue Dream Company had built up over the past few months.

But it didn't matter, because Bai Wujie found it fun and happy, and that was enough.

As for whether it's low-class or not?

Is there any difference between going through a roundabout scheme to kill you and just killing you outright? No, there is absolutely no difference.

Moreover, he felt he had already shown enough restraint and kindness just to watch a clown show.

They only killed the entire family, instead of razing the city to the ground and wiping out everyone.

Wow!! The White Emperor is so gentle!

"Do you think you can leave here alive after doing something like this?!"

Kikunojo Tendo hissed, his eyes filled with murderous intent and malice.

Even the most cunning and shrewd politician could never forgive this guy in front of him!

"So what? Even if I killed your parents, slaughtered your whole family, and burned down your house, what could you do? Call the police to arrest me?"

Bai Wujie sneered at these so-called "big shots" whose eyes burned with hatred, and spread his hands, saying...

"I'm right here, so do you dare?"

No one dared, no one had the courage to go up and do anything to him.

Because his methods, though brutal, are terrifyingly effective... If he can so easily harm their family members, does that mean he also has the same ability to harm their other family members and even themselves?

They trembled, they were furious, they cursed, but not a single person dared to stand up and actually kill Bai Wujie.

Assassination skills are naturally a form of political capital, however despicable and cruel... but they are far more effective than any so-called noble family or any worthless wisdom!

In fact, any kind of power, or so-called political wisdom...

These are all just minor details added to compensate for a lack of military strength.

If you can't solve the problem, solve the person who raised it. This is true "wisdom" that applies to any era.

"These dogs, calling themselves big shots, are just a bunch of clowns." Bai Wujie said contemptuously, swirling his wine glass...

"This also includes you, you ignorant old codger. Of course, I will remember the wonderful performance you gave me."

Click...

The glass of the dome shattered in an instant, and then Hiruko Kagetane, wearing a mask, jumped off the roof.

He was holding a briefcase, which instantly changed the expressions of Tendo Kikunojo and the Holy Emperor, because that thing was the stolen Seven Star Relics.

The reason for the change in Tendo Kikunojo's expression was that Hiruko Kagetane had not done as agreed. He should not have been here, and even less should he have been here with the Seven Star Relics!

This means that his original plan has completely spiraled out of control, and undoubtedly, this will lead to a disaster that he cannot control!

"I've looked at what's inside..." Hiruko Kagetane ignored his employer and looked at Bai Wujie in a deep voice...

"I...we need to talk."

"Ha, the new clown has already arrived? I'm just interested to hear your interpretation." Bai Wujie crossed his arms and then looked at everyone present with a smile...

"Then everyone, please do your best to perform the clown act for me on the next, bigger stage. I am a discerning audience member, so the next show..."

"Anything that can't make me laugh is something that will really die."

After saying that, Bai Wujie put his hand on Hiruko Kagetane's shoulder, and the next moment, they disappeared without a trace, as if they had vanished into thin air.

All that remained was a chaotic banquet hall, and the even more tragic reality that was about to unfold.

9. The Unknown Doomsday

Top of the megalith

This enormous black stone monument, like a guardian of human civilization, protected the survivors struggling to survive in the apocalypse, while the silent boulder also resembled a giant tombstone.

At this moment, Bai Wujie and Hiruko Kageyu were on this huge stone tablet.

As Hiruko Kagetane, holding his hat aloft amidst the howling wind at the top, was still reeling from the shock of having traversed such a vast distance to reach this colossal monument…

Facing the howling wind and looking out at the lush forest far removed from human civilization, Bai Wujie smiled...

"Tell me your thoughts? Let me see how much you understand."

"The Seven Stars's keepsake was a child's bicycle." Hiruko Kagetane slowly stood up and said in a deep voice...

"Although I had suspected it for a long time, it turned out that the so-called Gastrea disaster was just the result of the foolish actions of humans."

"And that's it?" Bai Wujie looked at Hiruko Kagetane with disappointment and shook his head...

"Are you too stupid? Or do you lack imagination? If you're this nonsensical, then perhaps I've misjudged you. A clown who's too stupid can't please me."

Hiruko Kagetane was silent for a while, then whispered...

"Although I dare not think about it, I have a feeling that the world we live in now... is entirely the result of human beings' deliberate actions! Or at the very least, the failure of the Gastrea Wars ten years ago was entirely due to internal strife among humans."

Ten years ago, humanity lost to Gastrea, losing 90 percent of the world's land and population, and now huddled in a small safe zone, barely surviving.

This is a background everyone knows, and within this background, it is believed that the Gastrea, the eleven stages and level 5 organisms known as the Zodiac, were the ones who brought down human civilization.

It is said that these eleven zodiac signs were the ones who defeated the human army, and they were extremely powerful...

It is said that Sagittarius even destroyed all of humanity's satellites at the time.

Hiruko Kagetane hadn't offered much rebuttal or thought about this "story" before... firstly, because he didn't have the time to consider it too much, and secondly, because he never dared to delve into it.

But now that he has taken on the task of Tendo Kikunojo, many things become completely inexplicable.

The reason why Kikunojo Tendo hired Kagetane Hiruko to summon Scorpio...

The purpose was to strike at the Tokyo area so that the Tendo family could gain further political capital.

Meanwhile, the Gastrea-based new laws that the Holy Emperor had hoped to pass were completely shattered.

But all of this is predicated on one condition: Scorpio must be eliminated.

But what kind of courage and reliance did that old man have to think that the zodiac, which could wipe out the old human civilization, could be dealt with by a group of dead survivors hiding in a safe zone?

He relied on the "Sky Ladder," a super weapon left behind by humanity in the past, located outside the safe zone... a super-large electromagnetic cannon that was originally built and intended to be mounted on the moon.

Kikunojo Tendo seemed to have 100% confidence that he could defeat Scorpio with this thing.

But then again...

If killing a zodiac animal is so easy, then how the hell did human civilization fail and become extinct in the past?!

Having lived through the old era, Hiruko Kagetane knew very well what level Japan's military technology and strength were at in the past—not weak, even among the world's best... but it could not be compared with the real giants of the United Nations.

Especially the former superpower beacon and the other two major powers... In terms of both military technology and military potential, Japan is not even qualified to carry their shoes.

But what was the result? The catastrophe that began in 2020, under extremely unreasonable conditions, instantly and swiftly crushed those two major powers, while also forcing the Beacon to close its borders. After that, humanity completely severed any possibility of unity, fighting its own battles and subsequently being defeated one by one.

The reason given to the outside world is the zodiac, but thinking about it, it makes sense... If those two great powers were on the verge of being destroyed, why didn't they activate the "Dead Hand System"?

Or perhaps their "Dead Hand System" failed to activate for various reasons?

Even without enough chromium, the chances of the zodiac not being shattered by a super-powerful nuclear weapon are virtually zero.

You should know that, let alone electromagnetic cannons, even two of these things were taken down by the top-ranked "police officer" IP.

Damn it, such a fragile, nonsensical thing?

What gives them the right to claim they've "destroyed the world"?!

Okay, even if humanity was wiped out by a suddenly emerging, highly contagious virus... then why didn't an effective resistance line emerge for a full ten years?