[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-paradise-of-reincarnation":3,"chapter-paradise-of-reincarnation-paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-118":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Paradise of Reincarnation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2273976,4446,"Chapter 118","paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-118",118,"\u003Cp>After killing Akihisa Fukazaki, Su Xiao immediately completed the main quest (2), and the Circle Paradise prompt appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You have completed Main Quest (2): Senior Investigator. Reward: 1 attribute point, 1500 Paradise Coins.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Main Quest (3) activated.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Main Quest (3): Final Battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Difficulty Level: Lv.4\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quest Brief: Engage in battle against the Ghoul faction and eliminate over half of their contract holders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quest Info: Eliminate the weak; only the strong survive. Circle Paradise does not nurture contract holders without potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quest Duration: 5 calendar days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quest Reward: Return eligibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quest Penalty: Forced execution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Main Quest (3) is brutally harsh: within five days, eliminate over half the enemy contract holders, or face certain death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a Taotai  mechanism—Main Quest (1) familiarizes contract holders with the derivative world, Main Quest (2) tests their combat ability and rewards them, while Main Quest (3) is pure survival of the fittest: only the strong endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Paradise prompt wasn’t finished—Su Xiao’s killing of Akihisa Fukazaki was captured by surveillance cameras, and CCG Headquarters would soon learn of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Warning: Due to the Hunter killing a high-ranking CCG member, you have been expelled from CCG. CCG contribution points have been reset to zero.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Warning: CCG will dispatch investigators or ghouls to retaliate against you. Proceed with caution, Hunter.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The prompt ended. Su Xiao felt no surprise at being expelled from CCG. He turned to Ma Gui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are both the people we’re looking for here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Gui shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not certain. One should be here. The other’s situation is unusual—whether we can find them remains unknown.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After regaining freedom, Kōsuke Izumi’s Ghoul shell manifested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll hold off the investigators. The rest is up to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kōsuke Izumi stood in place, waiting for the approaching investigators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“White Night, find a ghoul named Donato Pulpura. Ghouls usually call him the Priest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao nodded, then split up with Ma Gui to search the ghoul detention cells. Alarms blared all around; staff in the surveillance room were in chaos—their director had been killed, murdered by a current acting Special-Class Investigator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Donato Pulpura, a Russian ghoul, once ran a Catholic orphanage. SS-rank. Most called him the Priest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to CCG records, the Priest was SS-rank—but that was false. His true strength was SSS-rank; even against the Storekeeper, victory would be fifty-fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Priest fed on children from the Catholic orphanage, never gathered ghouls or attacked CCG, so he was classified as SS-rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Priest was once Amagiri Kōtarō’s adoptive father, but after his identity was exposed, he was “defeated” and imprisoned in the Ghoul Holding Facility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Find the Priest and rescue him. Ma Gui had made a pact with him, so he wasn’t worried the Priest wouldn’t cooperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao peered through the observation slots on the cell doors, searching one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghouls inside, upon seeing Su Xiao, turned their heads listlessly, pupils dull and lifeless—they’d clearly been tortured repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These ghouls were at least S-rank, yet here in the Holding Facility, they’d become lab rats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the fifth cell, Su Xiao spotted an elderly man with gray hair and deep wrinkles. His appearance suggested he was Russian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Donato Pulpura?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elderly man, seated on the bed with his head down, opened his eyes and looked up at Su Xiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Answer me—are you Donato Pulpura?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man in the cell smiled, his wrinkles deepening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s me. Are you here to rescue me… or to kill me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confirming this was indeed the Priest, Su Xiao signaled Ma Gui, who hurried over and peered through the cell’s observation slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao stuck a plastic explosive to the door, stepped back, and detonated it—the explosive had been provided by Ma Gui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cell door exploded into a large hole, metal shards spraying outward with a whistling rush of air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Priest stepped out smiling, like a kind old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao didn’t believe it. This man was likely an old fox—smiling on the outside, plotting something inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since you came to rescue me, you must believe the intelligence I provided—and have verified it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Priest remained calm, wearing long-sleeved clothing with his hands bound. Ma Gui, seeing this, slashed the Priest’s sleeves open with “Meishin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Verified. I went there once—barely escaped with my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First target rescued. Once the second was freed, Su Xiao’s group would withdraw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve been injected with RC-cell suppressant, so I can’t fight—you’ll have to handle everything. Ma Gui, haven’t you introduced me to your friend? He’s our partner too, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Priest studied Su Xiao, as if guessing his origins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“White Night. Former acting Special-Class. His strength is reliable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Priest smiled and nodded to Su Xiao, not underestimating him despite his former rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s find our next partner.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Gui led the Priest onward to search the cells, but Su Xiao remained standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have something to handle. If I’m not back in ten minutes, don’t wait for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Su Xiao sprinted upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao was going to reclaim what rightfully belonged to him—the unknown-rank Quinque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry. This area is still safe for half an hour, but Headquarters will send people soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Gui called after Su Xiao’s retreating back, then continued searching for their next partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao was currently on level B10. Earlier, Akihisa Fukazaki had said the Quinque was stored in a lab on level B7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three minutes later, Su Xiao reached level B7. No cells here—only dozens of lab technicians in white coats filled the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The technicians stood behind a glass door, watching Su Xiao with fear—they’d clearly received the alert about his expulsion from CCG.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao pressed his hand against the glass door. It was extremely sturdy—even stronger than bulletproof glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He won’t break in, will he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible. This glass is fused with Quinque steel and other materials—stronger than Quinque steel itself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s he going to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the technicians, one with a shaved head and black hair covering his eyes quietly slipped behind the group. He was Jixing Jiayi, the creator of Su Xiao’s Quinque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sensing the glass’s strength, Su Xiao gripped the hilt of Zhanlongshan with one hand and pressed his other palm against its back, then used the blade’s tip to carve a shallow circular groove into the glass with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carving the circle, Su Xiao took a deep breath, lunged forward, and slammed his body into the glass door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hole the size of a millstone was punched through. The technicians stared, dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. White Night, please calm down. This is your Quinque.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jixing Jiayi, quick-witted, stepped forward holding a long rectangular box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao took the box, confirmed its contents, ignored the technicians, and sprinted back toward level B10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newly acquired Quinque—he’d only glanced at it briefly. It was a long blade, green quality, forged from the Storekeeper’s Kakuja. He hadn’t studied its details yet—he’d examine them after leaving the Ghoul Holding Facility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this blade was slightly better than Zhanlongshan, he wouldn’t switch immediately. Blade length, weight, center of gravity, sharpness—all required adaptation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blade isn’t usable the moment you acquire it. You need time to adapt—or risk fatal mistakes in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiao had agreed to return within ten minutes. He actually returned in seven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back on level B10, he found only Kōsuke Izumi still fighting investigators. Ma Gui and the Priest were gone.\u003C\u002Fp>",1228,"2026-06-19T23:49:42.795Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ef0a3be8d7b642407fd4f7a7e2eb862a2eda396fe11c7cceb9df24bfa3bffbf9","paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-119","paradise-of-reincarnation-chapter-117",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fparadise-of-reincarnation-cover.jpg"]