Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 520: ATS-088 Shikigami Cloud Mirror

He Xiaoxiao's group chat.

Rebel King: “I wonder, is that Zard who suddenly appeared from the island country one of us…...”

There are no secrets that can't be leaked. With so many reporters and media outside Osaka City Hall, within just over an hour, the video spread all over the world.

In the video, from Zard's appearance as a green little dinosaur, to his later use of earth elemental power to slaughter hundreds of people, the footage is shaky but quite complete.

The shocking scene was like a foreign science fiction blockbuster.

When the video was first uploaded to Bilibili in China, the barrage was filled with exclamations like “What movie is this?”, “The special effects are amazing! Money is burning!”.

At this time, the vast majority of people didn't know who Zard was, or what had happened.

Only after a few tens of minutes, when complete information came back from the island country, did people find out that a Time Traveler named Zard had struck at Osaka City Hall……

This was a real battle!

For a time, the name Zard quickly topped the trending searches, but even so, few people knew anything about him. Even other Time Travelers had never heard of him.

Guan Jue, who had been silent in the group chat, suddenly appeared: “What's strange is that experts with earth elemental power are quite rare. If the Inner World had such an expert, they should be quite famous, but has anyone heard of him?”

The real identity of this ‘Guan Jue’ had been identified by Qing Chen as Qing Yuan. This person rarely spoke in the group, but the Zard incident drew him out.

“In recent years, there hasn't been an Awakened One of this level of earth element,” Forbidden Artifact ACE-999 said in the group chat: “Earth-elemental abilities allow one to move underground, coming and going without a trace, eavesdropping on secrets through ground vibrations, and even moving through walls. Usually, as soon as such an Awakened One appears, they will be immediately recruited or noticed by the major Conglomerates. Therefore, I guess this Zard is a hidden trump card of some Conglomerate, just like Qing Ye in the Qing Family's secret forces.”

Rebel King: “Even Boss He said he hasn't heard of him, that's really mysterious… But what does he mean by ‘offering a token of allegiance’? To whom?”

Xiaoyan, leader of the Red Leaf organization, said: “He kept saying he wanted to join Daybreak, so this token of allegiance is probably for Daybreak. According to the information I have, while he was killing outside, someone else was also killing inside Osaka City Hall, it seems the person inside should be Daybreak’s Boss. Daybreak member Qing Chen was captured by Shendai, this Boss must be taking revenge for his important members.”

Xiaoyan continued: “According to the current information, this Daybreak Boss killed more than 300 people in an instant in Takayama, Gifu, and then killed more than 100 people at the press conference. This strength is truly terrifying. Among Chinese Time Travelers, he is one of the few chosen ones.”

Haicheng, Matrix leader Chen Sui, who had been staring at his phone screen, silently watched this sentence.

Not long ago, he had just tried to poach Daybreak's Hu Xiaoniu and Zhang Tianzhen.

In his view, Daybreak had committed a terrible crime and was in danger themselves; Hu Xiaoniu and Zhang Tianzhen should have wisely protected themselves.

However, Chen Sui never imagined that the Daybreak he thought was about to be destroyed had actually caused such a terrifying international incident!

Killing in Japan, destroying more than ten shrines, and going on a rampage—this was something he couldn't even imagine!

He had misjudged Daybreak's situation.

He had also misjudged Daybreak's strength.

So, this was why Hu Xiaoniu and Zhang Tianzhen refused him.

Of course, Chen Sui didn't know that the achievements obtained by Daybreak's members were actually given by Qing Chen.

And Qing Chen wasn't some chosen one; he had fought for this power with his life bit by bit.

Rebel King: “Has anyone in the Inner World heard of this kind of killing method?”

Forbidden Artifact ACE-999: “No, although Metahumans have many abilities, such a method has never appeared in Federation history.”

Rebel King: “Strange. In one day, two experts participated in the battle, with such obvious characteristics, but their identities cannot be determined… However, isn’t Zard a person from Huan Yu? Why did he suddenly come out and say he wants to offer a token of allegiance to someone else? @Huan Yu.”

Rebel King was also one who loved to watch the fun and make things worse; it seemed he was trying to annoy Huan Yu, and specially tagged him.

The group suddenly fell silent, everyone waiting for Huan Yu's reply.

After an unknown amount of time.

Zard: “I'm still a member of Huan Yu.”

The main character of the trending search finally appeared!

Since Zard could still chat with everyone at this time, it meant he was safe and had escaped the Shadow Agency's pursuit!

However, the group chat members felt a little strange. What did “still” mean……

For a member of an organization, isn’t it inappropriate to state their intention to switch jobs so obviously?

Huan Yu also seemed a little unable to bear it: “Is this what you call going on a relaxing trip?!”

Zard: “Boss, I bought you a lot of things in Osaka, and I also bought you a bottle of fifty-year-old Yamazaki whisky! Although my body is helping Daybreak, I still spent the money on you!”

Huan Yu: “…Get lost!”

Guan Jue: “Wait, I remember, during the last Time Traveler Joint Conference, among those who caused trouble in Dragon Lake Commune, there was a green little dinosaur, and a Pikachu. That little dinosaur should be the same person as this one, so that Pikachu is Huan Yu?”

The group chat became quiet again.

Actually, during the last time new members joined the group, the bosses of the Paoge organization “Shancheng Spicy Chicken”, the Red Umbrella organization “Jianshouqing”, the Matrix organization “Haicheng Wu Yanzu”, and the Red Leaf organization “Xiaoyan” all joined the group chat. Basically, all the well-known Time Traveler organizations with names and scales were here, so how could Guangming Commune be missing?

Therefore, everyone guessed who Guan Jue was.

And the little dinosaur and Pikachu had caused trouble in Guangming Commune last time.

They caused quite a stir.

After a long silence, Guan Jue asked: “Don't you two want to explain? Why aren't you speaking?”

Zard: “Just wait a moment, let Huan Yu think of a good excuse.”

Huan Yu: “Are you a dog???”

Group members recalled that when everyone first joined the group, Huan Yu was still a cold and mysterious character, but this character was completely destroyed by Zard.

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Evening.

Osaka City Hall began to change guards.

A staff member carrying a briefcase walked out of Osaka City Hall. When he reached Dotonbori, he turned into an apartment building.

He arrived at the door of a strange apartment and looked at the men's leather shoes on the shoe rack outside the door.

After confirming that there was no breathing sound inside, he reached out and turned the doorknob.

The black ring on his little finger rotated like water; with a click, the door opened.

He went in, and when he came out a few minutes later, he had changed into new clothes and a new appearance.

It seemed that a new life had begun.

This kind of hidden and latent ability is something that no spy in the world can possess; the efficiency is too high.

Qing Chen stretched his body, took out his phone, and asked Yang Yang: “Have the people in Hokkaido withdrawn?”

Yang Yang replied: “Just a moment, I’ll go check after finishing this game.”

Qing Chen: “?”

He suddenly felt something was wrong; Yang Yang seemed to be playing games?

Qing Chen: “You took Xiao Zhenji to an internet cafe?”

Yang Yang: “The internet cafes here are quite comfortable, Xiao Zhenji is having a lot of fun.”

Qing Chen: “?”

Can’t you be serious?

After a while, Yang Yang replied: “The Shadow Agency hasn't withdrawn. I previously locked onto each member of the Shadow Agency's Force field and confirmed that they are still hiding in nearby buildings.”

Qing Chen frowned. Osaka City Hall had already caused such a big commotion, even a suspected A-Class earth elemental Awakened One had appeared, but the Shadow Agency was still staring at Xiao Zhenji's mother?

Yang Yang: “There's something I need to tell you. Before, in order not to be discovered, I was flying very high and didn't notice some details. Today I got closer and found that Shendai Yunluo's Force field fluctuation was abnormal. Judging from the scale of the Force field, it’s at most a C-Class expert.”

Qing Chen pondered.

As a chosen one, Shendai Yunluo was absolutely impossible to be only C-Class, even if the Yin-Yang Master's body was weaker than ordinary Metahumans, it was impossible for Yang Yang to have such a misjudgment.

At a certain moment, he understood; something had been wrong since the Shadow Agency sent reinforcements to Hokkaido.

Shendai Yunluo probably didn't expect that there was another Force field Awakened One in Hokkaido, and this Awakened One was best at seeing through the essence through the fog.

These people weren’t trying to arrest Shinguji Maki.

Their purpose in going to Hokkaido was to force Qing Chen to act quickly.

Yang Yang: “Be careful.”

Qing Chen: “Thank you.”

Combining the security team composed of ordinary people in Osaka City Hall today, and the fact that no chosen ones came out to hunt, more and more things felt strange.

At this time, he felt that a huge net was already hanging above his head, tightening more and more.

However, Qing Chen wasn't nervous. He turned off his phone and walked out of the apartment, intending to try Osaka's iron plate Wagyu beef again.

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In the underground air-raid shelter of Osaka City Hall, dozens of security personnel lay neatly on the ground, their bodies covered with plain white cloths.

The air-raid shelter was cold and dark, the atmosphere particularly depressing and heavy.

These people all died at the hands of Qing Chen.

Shendai Kongyu walked through the air-raid shelter, Shendai Yunwu, Shendai Yunxiu, and others stood aside silently watching. Except for Shendai Yunluo, all the chosen ones were here.

Shendai Kongyu opened her palm, and a palm-sized mirror floated in her hand.

She came to a corpse, used her sharp fingernails to draw a pentagram on the chest of a corpse, and saw the corpse quickly wither, turning into dust in an instant, being sucked into the mirror.

Soon, an image appeared in the mirror, showing a stranger sitting in a teppanyaki restaurant, eating beef greedily.

The price of using this ATS-088 Shikigami ‘Cloud Mirror’ was to use the bodies of the dead to obtain information about the killer.

The Hyakki Yagyo Illustrated Book’s ‘Hyakki Tsuranui Bag. Lower Part. Hades’ once recorded this Cloud Mirror. It is a mirror that has become a monster after hundreds of years and specifically counters the ATS-087 Shikigami “Men Reiki”.

Ten seconds later, the Cloud Mirror dimmed.

Shendai Yunwu sneered: “His psychological quality is quite good. After killing so many of us, his appetite is still so good, no wonder he dared to kill back to Osaka.”

Shendai Kongyu said: “He is indeed good at disguise and changed his appearance so quickly. However, he doesn't seem to have any intention of meeting up with his companions and has been acting alone.”

Shendai Yunxiu closed his eyes and said beside him: “Wait a little longer, wait four hours and see if we can find clues to his companions. The appearance of that earth-elemental Awakened One was unexpected, and the threat is also relatively large. This time, let’s try to get them all.”

The Cloud Mirror can be used every four hours.

After four hours, Shendai Kongyu sacrificed another corpse, and the mirror showed the person waiting for a grilled Emperor Crab leg on the street.

Shendai Yunwu laughed angrily: “He can really eat. Don't let us use up all the corpses here before we find his companions. If he runs out of Osaka, the Cloud Mirror won't be able to see him. Why don't we just attack him now? That earth-elemental Awakened One doesn't matter. Once the corpses are dug up from the ground, we'll naturally find him. We've more or less figured out the strength of this person in the mirror. Yun Ye, Yun Jue, and I will attack together; we'll definitely kill him.”

Shendai Yunxiu pondered: “Then let's attack him tonight after he falls asleep.”

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