Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 525: Master also has a Master

Shendai Yunluo looked calmly: "Boss He, it's a pleasure to meet you."

He Jinqiu's signature gray suit and black scepter were too easy to recognize.

Once in the Middle East, a North America Time Traveler wanted to kill He Jinqiu. The characteristics given to his subordinates were to kill a young Asian man holding a black scepter.

That black scepter had been inseparable from He Jinqiu since then.

"You speak Chinese, and fluently," He Jinqiu said with a smile, "It seems that it's undoubtedly reverse time travel. Such a master coming here through reverse time travel, your ambitions are not small."

Japanese indigenous Time Travelers usually do not speak Chinese, but 99% of the Shendai Family members of the Inner World Federation do, because Chinese is the official language of the Federation.

Two masters stood in the clouds, their auras attracting each other, stirring the air to become violent.

Shendai Yunluo, in a white hunting suit, appeared ethereal on the rooftop, while He Jinqiu was in a neat suit. The two of them didn't look like they were about to fight, but rather like they were about to attend a grand banquet.

Behind the white hunting suit, Hyakumegami, Chigyōbori, Mamen Rasetsu, Bone Woman, Tenjōka, and Byakuyōei materialized one by one.

"Wow," He Jinqiu exclaimed at this scene, "It's magnificent! I wonder how shocking it would be if your ancestor summoned twelve Shikigami at the same time."

Shendai Yunluo was silent for a moment, then asked with a smile, "You've killed so many people here, why do you still look so righteous?"

He Jinqiu asked back, "Those people brought the Underworld Consortium's wanton killing to the Outer World, shouldn't they be killed?"

Shendai Yunluo thought for a moment, "That's true."

"Interesting," Boss He tapped the black scepter in his hand, "You are an anomaly in the Shendai Family. I roughly guess what you want to do, but I don't think you can succeed."

"I guess you don't know what I want to do," Shendai Yunluo asked with a smile, "So, are you going to protect the Daybreak Boss?"

He Jinqiu seriously corrected, "We are not protecting the boss of any organization, but Nine Provinces has an obligation to ensure the human rights of our citizens abroad. I really can't stand watching so many people chasing after him."

Shendai Yunluo neither confirmed nor denied, "Boss He, why not come to my official residence for a glass of sake?"

"No need, I'm afraid you'll poison me," He Jinqiu glanced down at the building, confirming that Qing Chen had escaped during the opportunity, then turned and walked downstairs, "Let's go!"

Shendai Kongyu secretly glanced at Shendai Yunluo, but found that his brother remained calm, "Brother Yunluo, he may not be able to defeat you."

"Before Hyakumegami is fully formed, it's not bad to keep a low profile," Shendai Yunluo smiled, seemingly not taking what just happened to heart, "It's normal for unexpected events to occur in this world. Accidents are the most common thing. Let's go, let's wait for Yunxiu."

He reached out and touched the girl's hair, and her mood gradually calmed down.

The night became quiet.

Many things happened tonight, but it was as if nothing had happened.

Shendai Yunjue and Shendai Yunwu were dead.

Shendai Yunye also quickly evacuated. He hugged his severed arm, walked along an alley, and headed towards Dotonbori Hōzen-ji.

Although Qing Chen had escaped, everyone knew that there was an A-Class earth elemental Awakened One in Osaka. If this master entangled them again, the two of them would not be able to return to the Inner World.

At Hōzen-ji, Shendai Yunxiu met him as planned.

Shendai Yunye breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Yunxiu, "Quickly save me, my arm can still be saved if the surgery is timely."

Shendai Yunxiu smiled, "No need."

In an instant, the midnight bell of Hōzen-ji rang.

Shendai Yunye felt a chill run down his spine at the other's smile and turned to run for his life.

The underground air-raid shelter of Osaka City Hall remained dark.

Shadow Agency members brought new bodies, including Shendai Yunwu, Shendai Yunye, and Shendai Yunjue.

When the air-raid shelter was empty.

Shendai Kongyu wore a pair of white plastic surgical gloves, holding a delicate scalpel, dug out the eyeballs of the three deceased chosen ones, and handed them to Shendai Yunluo, "Brother Yunluo, congratulations, you have three more pairs."

The giant Hyakumegami behind Shendai Yunluo floated over and pressed the three pairs of eyes into his arms.

The next moment, the six eyeballs were wrapped in the fair arms, moving flexibly, not at all like they were dug out from someone else.

Many people in the Federation knew that when Hyakumegami collected one hundred pairs of eyes, it would evolve into its complete form, becoming a being that surpasses all Shikigami.

Even the ATS001 "Tsuchigumo" might not be its opponent.

But they didn't know how harsh the requirements for these one hundred pairs of eyeballs were. It only collected the complete eyeballs of B-Class and above Metahumans.

Shendai Yunjue, Yunwu, and Yunye were essentially Outer World Time Travelers, and their bodies would not be able to time travel back to the Inner World after their deaths.

A pungent bloody smell filled the air-raid shelter, and Shendai Yunluo said, "Yunxue and Yunwu were both killed by the Master of Daybreak. With their level, sacrificing them to Cloud Mirror should allow for longer and wider observation. Save these two bodies and be sure to keep him here."

Shendai Yunxiu emerged from the darkness, holding a long katana, "This person is a great threat to Brother Yunluo, he can intimidate Shikigami and take away Shikigami, only 7 days left until time travel, Kongyu, you must find him, and then let me kill him."

"Hmm," Shendai Kongyu nodded, "Finally, Yunxue, Yunye, and Yunwu are not here to hinder us. They are the proxies of the ten council members, and with them around, we can't do anything. Now that the Shadow Agency is completely in our hands, what should we do next?"

Shendai Yunluo smiled, "This vast Japan, with nearly 10,000 Time Travelers in the future, will be firmly in our hands. This is a force that cannot be underestimated. Within the entire family, the ten council members have too tight a grip on power. Without new power, we can't do anything. Now it's different, our plan has finally begun."

Shendai Yunxiu and Shendai Kongyu listened quietly.

Shendai Yunluo put his hands into the wide sleeves of his hunting suit and continued, "Those old guys keep possessing this and that. Seven of the ten council members have lived for over a hundred years. If they don't disappear, the young people of the Shendai Family can only rot with them."

This was the true young faction within the Shendai Family. The reason they wanted to become Time Travelers was to gain a foothold in the family through the cracks.

Immortality is indeed a good thing, but if the elders in a family live forever, how can the young people cope?

Ordinary people hearing that the ancestor of the Shendai family can live forever, only think that the Shendai Family's power is stable, but they don't think that this immortality is actually a disaster.

Shendai Yunxiu said, "Four chosen ones died at once, we will definitely be questioned by the ten council members when we return."

Shendai Yunluo smiled, "This is the meaning of the play we've been acting for twelve years. Don't worry, we didn't kill them. Blame Daybreak for it. By the way, bring the people in Hokkaido back."

"Is that little girl of no value anymore?

"No," Shendai Yunluo slowly shook his head, "She is valuable, but I still say the same thing, don't try to use a little girl's fate as a bargaining chip."

Time travel countdown, seventh day.

In the morning, Yang Yang took the little girl out of the internet cafe. The two of them seemed to have stayed up all night in China, stretching together.

Shinguji Maki's hair was originally loose, but now Yang Yang had combed it into twin tails, simple and convenient.

Yang Yang lazily said, "Your current mid-laner level is still a bit different from mine, but the gap is not very big anymore. Keep working hard. Remember, even when you go back to China, you must train hard."

"But I still want to play support," said little Maki.

"Eh," Yang Yang sensed the surrounding environment, "Shadow Agency's people have withdrawn. Little Maki, your master succeeded, you can go see your mother."

Shinguji Maki suddenly lowered her head, "Master must have paid a lot."

"Yes," Yang Yang said nonchalantly, "He must have taken all of the Shendai Family's suspicion upon himself, so the Shadow Agency would withdraw the people here. Don't cry yet, he must be fine. Really, how can a knight be a crybaby? Don't cry, e-sports doesn't need tears!"

Shinguji Maki looked up at this aunt in a daze, thinking, what's this all about?

Yang Yang held her little hand and walked towards her mother's house. The little girl asked suspiciously, "Did they really leave?"

"Yes, don't worry, if I say they left, then they definitely left. No one can escape my perception," Yang Yang said confidently.

However, when the two were about to reach the building where the little girl's mother lived, they saw a middle-aged woman wielding a garbage bag as a weapon, trying to drive away the people squatting downstairs.

The woman roared, "I've told you that's not my daughter, I don't want her anymore, if you want the reward, go find her, why come to me!"

The woman's hair was messy, and her clothes were dirty. It seemed that her life after remarriage was not satisfactory either.

It was the look of a woman defeated by life.

The woman looked at those squatting for the reward, furious, "Get out!"

"Don't think we don't know what you're trying to do, we've installed a bug in your house, you and your man are plotting to use your daughter to exchange for the reward!" A private detective said, "Is this reward money not hot to your hands?!"

"Mind your own business!" The woman threw the garbage bag in her hand, and the contents splashed all over the private detective.

This scene was too cruel for the little girl.

Before Yang Yang could react, the little girl had already turned to leave.

"Hey!" Yang Yang followed, "Auntie, would you like a breakfast, what do you want to eat?"

Shinguji Maki didn't speak, she just silently walked towards the coastline.

The warm scene she had imagined did not appear, but instead, the cruelty of the world shattered the little girl's last hope.

She came to the windy coast, found a black reef to sit on, Yang Yang had never coaxed a child, and didn't know how to comfort her.

Little Maki suddenly said, "Auntie Yang Yang, you don't have to comfort me, I'm not that sad."

"That's good."

Little Maki looked at the sea and continued, "Actually, I didn't want to see her anymore. Now that I've seen her, I just don't want to waste Master's efforts. Now, I'm more worried about what happened to Master."

"You can call him," Yang Yang dialed the phone and handed it to little Maki, "Here, it's connected."

Before the phone was handed over, Qing Chen's tired voice came from inside, "Hello?"

"Master," little Maki said aggrievedly.

She hadn't cried all the way here, but when she heard Qing Chen's voice, she immediately burst into tears, all her grievances having a place to vent.

"Did you see your mother?" Qing Chen seemed to know from the beginning that this meeting would not have a good outcome.

This world is like that, someone will abandon you once, they will abandon you countless times, this is the truth that Qing Chen learned from his own life.

But the little girl wanted to see her once, so he created this opportunity. It was the little girl's own decision, and he had no right to refuse for her.

Little Maki sobbed, "Master, I miss you so much."

"It's okay, I'll see you soon," Qing Chen said with a smile, "Did Auntie Yang Yang take you to play games all night again?"

"Ah, no," little Maki looked at the clawing Yang Yang and hurriedly asked, "By the way, Master, Auntie Yang Yang said you're a Time Traveler, and that you'll be very dangerous soon. You must return safely."

Qing Chen smiled gently, "It's okay. Master also has a master."