Chapter 441: Multi-Faced Alien, The Scavenger Enters (4k)

The woman codenamed Bonnie was completely unaffected in the district overrun by ghouls; such "zombie" creatures, which relied solely on biting as a means of attack, could hardly pose much of a threat to a Reincarnator nearing the Extreme Value of the First Tier.

Even the Others hidden among the ghouls were of no consequence to her.

Clearly, this sort of thing was not a method used by the White Temple squad to attack their own team, but rather more like a retaliatory gesture in terms of attitude.

Because her own squad had used items to trigger the "Hundred Ghost Night Parade" event in Osaka ahead of schedule, even causing the "Hundred-Face Alien" Hachiroku, a rarity in the Gantz World, to be drawn out early.

The Hundred Ghost Night Parade caused Osaka to nearly collapse, and the massive chaos created made it impossible for the White Temple to remain hidden, exposing the squad's tracks.

Therefore, the opposing squad returned the favor with such an action, bringing the dark creatures from the A Song of Ice and Fire world—the Others—down upon Tokyo.

And by utilizing the trait that Others create ghouls, they caused massive chaos in a short time, successfully forcing her own squad, which had been hiding within, into a battle with another squad likely named Explosive Drumbeat.

Boom!

Bonnie stepped into the air, a glowing white shockwave allowing her to change direction ninety degrees mid-flight; as she plummeted to the ground, her body crouched low like a cat the moment she landed, her resilient flesh dissipating all the force, and a ring of translucent ripples spread outward.

The few people standing on the roof here were alert, four or five optical instruments already pointed from the roof toward the surroundings, conducting heat scans; living beings, ghouls, and Others were incredibly distinct in these optical instruments.

Those living people who were collapsing and fleeing, being pinned down and gnawed upon by ghouls, the dead whose heat flowed across the ground with their blood and rapidly cooled, and also, those few Reincarnators sitting around a round table behind the Shibuya military!

"Bonnie, just as the rumors say, the White Temple is very strong; even counting our Reinforced Suits, we likely cannot match them."

The person who spoke had short black hair draped to their shoulders and delicate features; if one didn't listen to the voice, it would be impossible to distinguish their gender at first glance. This was Lotus, the strategist of the 74960 Squad, or as they put it themselves, the "Sage."

This squad was able to keep its core members intact for over five mission worlds and gradually stabilize the team because of Lotus's wisdom and Bonnie's strength.

Bonnie's pupils constricted abnormally; without the aid of binoculars, she saw that group of people five kilometers away.

There were seven people in total on the other side, four sitting at the round table with composed expressions, while the other three stood behind them, constantly looking around; they were likely members recruited recently.

"Four Second Tier Reincarnators, twice as many as us. Their Captain, Lancer, is said to be a Reincarnator whose Constitution and Spirit both broke through the Extreme Value, likely even stronger than you."

Lotus's voice was clear; he kept his eyes closed, also using his Spirit to perceive the situation on the other side.

And they knew that while those few from the White Temple appeared to be sitting there motionless, they were actually using their abilities to probe their own side's strength.

"Once they confirm we haven't exchanged for a sufficient number of high-level weapons or items from the black sphere, they will likely launch a raid. We cannot retrieve that fragment of the Four-Soul Jewel from Osaka in the short term, so we cannot quickly lure those monsters here."

While Lotus analyzed, the others listened quietly, not showing any impatience.

All along, 74960 had relied on this absolute trust in their teammates to overcome countless difficulties.

They could be cruel to Plot Characters and cruel to enemies, but toward their teammates, they held nothing back.

Bonnie nodded; she felt the scent of danger from the two people at that round table.

"Let's wait two more days. Two more days until the full moon. By then, I should be able to kill two of them instantly, then suppress Lancer, and you all just need to work together to hold off the remaining one."

Bonnie's voice was soft and nasal, not at all like a powerhouse who had just cruelly slaughtered several Reincarnators.

She looked up at the sky; that moon, obscured by dark clouds, was very close to full.

In two more days, when the night of the full moon arrived, she would be able to Release the power known as "Moon Lion" and change the balance of power.

On the other side, on the road in Shibuya known as the "world's busiest intersection," heavy barricades had already been erected, heavy machine guns had been set up, and even artillery had been deployed.

First, the terrifying Hundred Ghost Night Parade erupted in Osaka, causing over two million people to suffer through a night of terror; according to incomplete statistics, at least over one hundred thousand people lost their lives, and hundreds of thousands more went missing, with the number of those left disabled or driven insane being impossible to calculate.

That disaster shocked the whole world, and at the same time, it made Japanese politicians highly nervous. When the ghoul cholera broke out in Tokyo, they reacted quickly, immediately implementing regional isolation and dispatching the military to move in.

The few from the White Temple set up their round table behind the military; they possessed a special Reputation item that could gain a high Reputation relationship with the "Japanese Government." This "Japanese Government" was not limited to any specific administration; as long as it was recognized as the government currently in charge of the land of Japan, it could take effect.

"The three people on the roof are likely the core members of that squad. Hmm, except for that woman, the other two don't count as much of a threat."

The man with his back to that building wore a blue ponytail; he kept his eyes closed, the corners of his mouth hooked up, clearly sensing the Spirit scan from the opposing Reincarnator squad.

"I have an impression of that woman; she seems to be a Reincarnator named Bonnie. Her Avatar is indeed this appearance, and the martial arts she used to slaughter the Magician from the other team just now are also very close to the Description in the Intelligence."

"A Bloodline from the Mink Tribe of the Pirate World, combined with the Navy Six Styles; the strength of her Armament Haki is unknown. She is a very standard Second Tier Reincarnator with impressive strength."

Speaking of this, the man revealed a mocking smile.

"They are likely planning to stall for time and wait until the night after tomorrow, the full moon, to engage us, using the powerful amplification of the 'Moon Lion' transformation to instantly kill the other veterans besides the Captain..."

"It's just a pity..."

The man spoke to himself. The man sitting directly opposite him, wearing full silver-white heavy armor, lifted his head at this moment; his face was actually horrifying rotting flesh.

"It's just a pity that they won't live until then. Heh..."

Omega's hand, hidden under the table, twitched constantly, making the few ghouls sitting at the table perform various actions.

Their White Temple was powerful, but they would never, out of Arrogance, put on a show of sitting at a round table drinking tea in front of a battlefield.

Everything was for the sake of quickly dismantling this 74960 squad, which was a bit too "dangerous."

Omega championed "Information Theory," believing that so-called strategy was merely a rational plan built upon the information gap between two parties.

He understood the information of both teams better than that Lotus from the opposing squad, and therefore, he was able to calculate against them.

Whoosh!

As if in response to his thoughts, the sound of some giant creature flapping its wings rose above the clouds.

He stood up slowly, then said to the official in front of him.

"Open fire. That building is where the culprits who created the Osaka tragedy are."

The official was about to ask a question, but his eyes became dazed; he had already been mentally controlled by Omega and issued the order mechanically.

"Launch the attack!"

On the building, Bonnie suddenly shuddered, the fur on her back standing on end; a premonition of danger appeared, and then her Observation Haki perceived the source of the attack.

"Careful, there's a dragon above the clouds!"

Roar!

A massive dragon roar erupted from above the clouds, and a figure clad in blue-and-white armor, sitting on the back of this black giant dragon over one hundred meters long, dove down from the clouds.

The clouds obscuring the moon surged instantly, those pitch-black giant wings seemingly blotting out all light.

After Bonnie spoke, the others reacted immediately; the middle-aged man who had not spoken to participate in the discussion grabbed the team's strategist, Lotus, without a word, turned, and leaped off the back of the building.

Bonnie, meanwhile, stepped with Moon Walk again, turning into an afterimage, springing several times in the air, and shot toward the black dragon like lightning.

The vision and intelligence of dragon-type creatures exceeded that of ordinary humans; the black dragon Balerion was exceptionally ferocious, opening its giant maw directly at the flying Bonnie and instantly spewing a mouthful of dragon fire.

Boom!

Bonnie stepped on the air dozens of times in an instant, and combined with the already exaggerated mobility of the Mink Tribe, she changed direction by ninety degrees in mid-air, bypassing the black dragon's body directly from below in one fold.

With the cover of the dragon flames, the black dragon could not see Bonnie's figure at all.

Pfft, accompanied by an almost inaudible sound of air shattering, Bonnie flew backward like a Cat and arrived behind Lancer, electric light flashing on her Zhua, Armament Haki covering it simultaneously, and she stabbed a Zhua toward Lancer's neck.

Even with heavy armor, it was difficult to resist her intense Haki.

Lancer was in a suit of blue-white heavy armor, his eyes calm as water, as if he hadn't caught Bonnie's attack at all; he simply gripped the heavy sword hanging on the dragon's back in front of him with both hands.

The next moment, sword light exploded out of thin air.

A searing white shockwave erupted; Bonnie's pupils trembled as she saw the Armament Haki on her hand shatter, and as her right hand fell from the air, her chest was also sliced open by the sword light.

So fast... how could it be so fast...

Bang!

Bonnie smashed into the ground from a height of nearly a thousand meters like a meteor, the massive shockwave completely blowing away the Ghost Tide.

And in the air, Belerion was still spewing dragon flames; the intense breath was not just scorching, but carried powerful impact force, crashing down to completely destroy the building.

The two who jumped from the air barely dodged the dragon flame breath; Lotus knew that if Ama had been one second later, he would have been killed by this breath.

His expression was pale; the White Temple's raid was so resolute, not even guarding against whether they had high-level Gantz weapons.

His brain worked at high speed, and he soon realized that the Tokyo Black Ball Squad likely had members who had already fallen into the opponent's hands.

No, to be more precise, because Black Ball Squad members cannot discuss Black Ball matters with ordinary people, the White Temple should also have members who joined the Osaka Black Ball Squad!

He kept thinking, but Ama, who was holding him, suddenly warned loudly.

"Careful, there are still enemies below."

Standing below the collapsed building, a man wearing a black jacket and a white baseball cap reached his hands out of his pockets, gripped the dragon flames in the sky with his hands through the air, and then pulled down with force.

The dragon flames reignited, turning into a giant fire dragon that fell from the sky, hitting the two who had not yet landed in one strike.

The two instantly burned into fire people.

"Easy, easy, job done, job done."

The man said the rhyme, watching the Captain ride the black dragon down from the sky.

Lancer jumped off the black dragon's back, seeing the man holding his companion still moving in the flames, he drew his heavy sword, his mind filled with the Intelligence from the team's strategist, Omega.

"That guy codenamed Amaterasu should be a Reincarnator with Defense Specialization, possessing some kind of talent for absorbing damage; he's a decent seedling..."

Lancer heard the subtext, took a step forward, and his heavy sword instantly formed a cross.

Ama felt intense pain all over his body, his arm had already left his body, and what made him even more desperate was that Lotus's head also fell from his arms at the same time, the opponent's delicate face full of unwillingness.

"I can give you a chance, so you can..."

【Warning! Reincarnator kt35277411, your team member uh50522273 (Ghost Talent) is contacting the Special Creation · Truth House, please immediately purge Reincarnator uh50522273 (Ghost Talent)】

【Warning! Your team has violated space regulations, please complete the Purge Mission within 1 minute】

【59...】

【58...】

Lancer's words were only half-spoken when a scarlet prompt appeared before him; his sword was resting on the neck of the man whose arms had been severed.

On the other side, standing behind the army that had begun to bombard the target, Omega's face also changed drastically as he looked at the prompt in front of him.

Ghost Talent...

Wasn't Ghost Talent taking people to Deguo to find that tycoon who could manufacture Black Balls? How could he be contacting the Special Creation · Truth House?!

Truth House... Relevant data immediately flooded his mind.

That is... where the Multi-faceted Alien appeared!

"What do we do, Lancer? That guy Ghost Talent has likely encountered the Multi-faceted Alien..."

Lancer's eyes lowered, and he pondered; the Multi-faceted Alien was probably the most terrifying alien in this world—no, that could probably be called a 【God】.

How could such an existence have any intersection with Ghost Talent?

But now, they were still in Tokyo, Japan, and Ghost Talent was likely with a few people in Deguo; it was impossible to complete the Purge.

He looked at the routed Squad on the scene, decisively beheaded the man in front of him with one sword, and then immediately said,

"Retreat, prepare to face the Purge Mission..."

"The Scavenger is coming."

The black dragon flapped its wings; Lancer had just taken off from the ground when he saw several figures wearing black Reinforced Suits appear not far away.

This is a Scavenger?!

The next moment, more men and women wearing black Reinforced Suits began to appear in Tokyo.

The space's prompt also refreshed simultaneously.

【World Mainline changed】

【World Mainline: Survival until the Purge Mission ends】

"Over there, it's the Reincarnation Alien!"

On the ground, among the Black Ball Squads from all over the world wearing Reinforced Suits, someone had already discovered the giant black dragon and shouted loudly.

One after another, special firearms from the Gantz Black Ball were aimed at the sky.

——

Amidst the thick smell of blood, a large number of figures swayed; shadowy figures, low prayers, and chanting with a certain manic meaning.

Bai Cangshu opened his eyes and saw that he had appeared in an Empty stadium, with dozens of corpses arranged in a circle around him.

Seeing Bai Cangshu appear, the people around wept with joy.

"Do you see it, everyone!"

"Our prayers have been heard by that merciful Lord; the Demon Messenger who leads the world's chaos toward the end has descended into the human world!"

A man wearing a red and black dharma robe, with his back to Bai Cangshu, spread his arms and clamored at the humans kneeling in the stadium.

Pfft!

Bai Cangshu flicked his hand casually, and the opponent's head spun a dozen times on his neck.

(End of chapter)