Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 679 - 323 The Lord’s Thoughts

Chapter 679: Chapter 323 The Lord’s Thoughts

Amilcare Zhao was also studying that record at this moment.

However, what was different was that the version he was watching not only included what the rebel uploaded to the network but also what his prosthetic body had recorded. Then, he utilized massive computing resources to model and simulate.

He could now view the battle from a third-party perspective.

But the more he studied it, the more confused he felt.

He did not understand why Hiroshi Matsushima could be so strong.

He was even more puzzled as to why such a powerful Hiroshi Matsushima would willingly confine himself to such a small martial arts school.

After understanding the cause and effect, Amilcare realized that if it hadn’t been for Gelangdola arbitrarily troubling Hiroshi Matsushima, Matsushima would probably have continued to keep a low profile.

"Is there... some huge conspiracy?"

Amilcare could not help thinking this way.

Hiroshi Matsushima certainly couldn’t be innocent.

After the two of them leveled several buildings around them, Amilcare realized that the opponent’s battle consciousness was extremely astonishing, and external strength would not be able to defeat him. Therefore, he turned to using inner strength. However, it seemed that the opponent had deployed some sort of powerful firewall, unafraid of his attacks.

Even having prepared such things as firewalls, this guy must have been planning those anti-human deeds long ago.

There was also the Iron Dust, which civil martial artists almost never used.

And the escape into an underground area near the martial arts school.

This anti-human element was well-prepared.

But even so...

This external strength was just too preposterous.

Amilcare found it hard to accept. Decades ago, he had briefly hired Hiroshi Matsushima as a training partner. At that time, Matsushima had only been slightly stronger than him. Over the past thirty or so years, he felt that his own level had progressively improved, gradually moving beyond the level typical of "martial arts school martial artists", so he had not met with him again.

Not only that, many within the Protectorate had also hired Hiroshi Matsushima.

But why could Hiroshi Matsushima be so strong?

Amilcare studied the battle records again.

But what puzzled him was that Hiroshi Matsushima hadn’t displayed any particularly cunning strategies nor used any fringe techniques. His anticipation was strong, his judgment accurate. But that was all. He didn’t have any special components, no advanced technological weapons. What that guy used were merely obsolete weapons created by outdated technology.

He couldn’t understand at all why this guy could be so strong.

At that moment, the scenery in Amilcare’s consciousness fluctuated. Then, a kneeling figure appeared out of nowhere. It seemed to be on a completely different layer from the other models. The faceless person kneeling raised the envelope in their hand to pass it to Amilcare.

This was a mental image Amilcare had constructed for himself. It was essentially what matched his intuition of a "pop-up".

Amilcare released the document.

Then, he started to feel a headache.

His battle with Hiroshi Matsushima had indeed sent out some unfavourable signals.

That is, "the Lords don’t seem that strong".

And once he, as an executor providing civilization’s protection to mankind, lost that revered aura, people would begin to harbor ulterior motives, and the environment would become chaotic.

In the end, once it became chaotic, definitely many would die.

For instance, some Martial Artists had once tried to attack him.

It seemed to stem from their Martial Arts School being razed, prompting these foolish Martial Artists to harbor resentment. It was unclear if a Hero was inciting them from behind, but rather than going after Hiroshi Matsushima, these folks actually tried to kill him.

—One could only say that Two might really not have misjudged. The problem with the circle of Martial Artists here was too big.

Amilcare couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on.

Moreover, the rebel known as Hiroshi Matsushima seemed indeed to be connected with an expert of Internal strength. A few days ago, when the video was uploaded, the Internal troops of Pine Eagle City tried to Trace the Source of the information. That dangerous fellow Hiroshi Matsushima had to be struck down with a heavy blow, and they were willing to pay a certain price for it. However, the useless Internal troops couldn’t locate Hiroshi Matsushima.

That day turned out to be a wasted effort for Amilcare.

At the same time, ridicule towards him, Amilcare, also emerged online.

"A bunch of idiots," Amilcare sighed. "If that guy hadn’t run away, I would have already killed him."

The biggest flaw of Hiroshi Matsushima was the lack of decisive offensive moves. Even if his gunpowder powered shears could damage some External Armor, they could not harm the internal structures. Hiroshi Matsushima’s fists could only make his Biological Brain uncomfortable but could not leave any lasting impressions.

The broken Armor Pieces and damaged Prosthetic Eye were extremely cheap. He had them replaced on the same day.

But for Hiroshi Matsushima...

As Amilcare’s thoughts shifted, the modeled image froze on him crushing Hiroshi Matsushima’s arm with his forearm and punching Hiroshi Matsushima away.

Hiroshi Matsushima directly collapsed a row of houses, leaving behind billowing dust.

This was the most severe injury Hiroshi Matsushima had received before he retreated. With just that one hit, Hiroshi Matsushima almost lost his ability to attack and could even suffer permanent brain damage.

To prevent Hiroshi Matsushima from obtaining medication, Amilcare personally led a team six days ago to detain all residents who had the relevant knowledge and could synthesize similar medications.

If it happened again, Hiroshi Matsushima would definitely die.

In Amilcare’s view, he needed to find a way to force Hiroshi Matsushima out, preferably killing this anti-human element in full view of countless people.

Only in this way could Pine Eagle City regain peace.

Moreover, there wasn’t much time left. That rebel named Matsushima had his weapons well-prepared and might also have medication available. If he fully recovered, Amilcare wasn’t entirely sure he could kill his adversary.

Often, once an initial idea was developed, one would come up with a plan.

Old Master Zhao checked and found that the anti-human element previously captured by Two had not died yet but was still languishing in prison. There were also some captured Martial Artists in the past few days.

—Use these guys to coerce Hiroshi Matsushima to come out...

There was indeed a problem here. If among these Martial Artists there were individuals who were still under the protection of civilization, then Old Master Zhao absolutely could not use them to threaten the Hero. Whoever dared to do such a thing would be executed personally by the Kings.

However, fortunately...or should it be said as "as expected"? In any case, those captured folks were basically connected with the Hero and had their protection revoked.

"Civilization’s Protectors purposely harming humans" had never happened before and would certainly never occur in the future.

Amilcare nodded in satisfaction, preparing to log out.

But at that moment, another piece of intelligence popped up.

Amilcare released the information then was somewhat surprised, "This really is good news."

A few days ago, the Moon released a batch of data packets that the internal scanning software of the Protectors could use to search for traces of the Six Dragons Sect within their jurisdiction.

And just now, those incompetent Internal troops finally brought him good news.

The Mona Knight Order indeed had traces of the Six Dragons Sect.