This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 571 - 361: The Lady Bai Mian Who Can’t Wait to Deliver Her Head (4000 words)_2

Chapter 571: Chapter 361: The Lady Bai Mian Who Can’t Wait to Deliver Her Head (4000 words)_2

The person opposite wore a hunter’s outfit smeared with traces of blood and stepped in, naturally taking the master seat at the desk.

An intangible sense of oppression weighed on everyone present.

But when Beichuan God entered, he did not speak, opting instead to calmly observe the several people around him.

"Lord Beichuan God, we are..."

"Members of the Church of Truth and Happiness, I am well aware of your identities,"

Beichuan God blandly interrupted their self-introductions, then inquired, "Do you know why it took me so long to come here?"

"...That’s because... because Lord Beichuan God was dealing with miscellaneous tasks outside the venue..." A young male member stammered in response.

In reaction, Beichuan God simply waved his hand and flatly said, "I just sent Great Ming Guangde Mage to the hospital. He lost too much blood and needs to rest for a week to recover."

Silence—

As this statement was uttered, an indescribable oppressive and frightening aura naturally permeated the air.

The members of the Church of Truth and Happiness nervously watched Beichuan God before them, and for a long time, no one dared to speak.

In this tense atmosphere, a woman’s voice trembled, "L-Lord Beichuan God... I can assure you, that gaunt man was not sent by our Church of Truth and Happiness. Please, you must quell your anger."

The speaker was Lady Bai Mian.

She pretended to be particularly frightened, hoping to win some sympathy from him.

If another man saw her pitiful state, she might have got what she wanted.

But Beichuan God seemed utterly uninterested, merely watching Lady Bai Mian for over ten seconds before he finally asked, "What’s your name?"

The coldness of his tone made Lady Bai Mian feel suffocated.

It also almost made her want to cough up blood.

Initially, she had come to observe the ceremony and take the chance to test Beichuan God’s demeanor.

Now, not only had she failed to gauge his depth, but her treatment was still uncertain.

She was more and more eager to tear the person who stabbed with the knife to pieces.

But the more complex her inner drama, the sweeter Bai Mian’s smile became. She forced a grin and respectfully answered, "My name is Bai Shi Lei Zi, an assistant who came along with the instructors."

Of course, Bai Shi Lei Zi was a false name; her real name was Shirasaki Chiyoda, a member of an emerging family in Tokyo, rising with the new wave of the Church of Truth and Happiness.

"An assistant?"

Lord Beichuan God echoed back a question.

"Yes."

Shirasaki Chiyoda could feel his gaze circulating over her body before withdrawing.

The next moment, she heard Lord Beichuan God say, "Regardless, the assailant belongs to your Church of Truth and Happiness; that much is an established fact."

His voice was detached, "Regardless of whether there was someone inciting the act, and regardless of what your Church of Truth and Happiness plans to do... what I want to do is already decided."

Under Shirasaki Chiyoda’s watchful eyes, Lord Beichuan God announced the verdict, "From now on, the Beichuan Divine Society cannot cooperate with the Church of Truth and Happiness in any way, and likewise, no member of the Church of Truth and Happiness is allowed to spread any talk within the Beichuan Divine Society."

"This... Please reconsider, Lord Beichuan God!" A member dressed in black changed his expression.

Their objective in coming here also included persuading Lord Beichuan God to collaborate with them, but before they even started discussions, he had already declared their sentence.

What was this all about?

Hearing his words, Lord Beichuan God withdrew his fingers drumming on the desk and simply replied, "That will be all."

Originally, Beichuan Si had wanted to feign cooperation with the Church of Truth and Happiness to ferret out their true intentions.

But those rascals had dared to harm Qiuxiao Yunai.

Regardless of what others thought, Beichuan Si couldn’t stand for this affront and simply tore the pretense to shreds.

Furthermore...

Beichuan Si looked towards ’Bai Shi Lei Zi’ before him.

This Bai Shi Lei Zi was actually Lady Bai Mian.

From her way of speaking, the tone, not to mention the smile she had forced just moments ago... Beichuan Si saw through her identity in an instant.

Was she trying to disguise herself as an instructor’s assistant to test him?

Beichuan Si pondered this.

He wasn’t worried in the least.

Even if his connection with Beichuan Divine Society were to disappear, he’d still have the identity of "Beidao Temple."

Next week’s gathering, isn’t Bai Mian planning to meet with him?

By then, I’ll do as this woman wishes...

First, I’ll take good care of this woman, make her "obedient," and then find the others through her.

As for now, tying up Bai Mian for interrogation... that’s too risky.

Everyone saw it was the Beichuan God who invited these members of the Happiness Truth Sect inside.

Because if they are forcefully detained, the Happiness Truth Sect would have many ways to respond.

Call the police.

The core members evacuate in advance.

All of these could result in the information painstakingly collected by Beichuan Temple vanishing in the wind.

After all, the core members of the Happiness Truth Sect aren’t fools; once Bai Mian loses contact, they would certainly notice.

Then they just need to relocate in advance and can leave without a trace, go to somewhere else and start a "Suffering Truth Church," a "Happy Truth Church," or whatever they like.

And Beichuan Temple can do nothing to Bai Mian.

If they resort to extrajudicial punishment, Beichuan Divine Society would be investigated by the police.

This is the trouble with dealing with the living.

They’re not like vengeful spirits, whom Beichuan Temple could simply finish off with a hammer or a dagger and have nothing more to worry about.

If their roots are not fundamentally severed, they could easily recover and rise again.

Beichuan Temple clearly understood the importance of eradicating the roots.

The instructor beside him looked at Shirasaki Chiyoda.

Only after seeing Shirasaki Chiyoda nod did he hurry to reply, "We, we understand, we will do as Lord God says."

Under the watchful gaze of the Beichuan God, they stood up tremblingly and left the office.

The moment they left the office, a member of the Church of Truth and Happiness couldn’t help but reach out to support himself against the wall, whispering to his fellow instructor near him, "It’s... it’s terrifying. How can there be such a terrifying person in this world?"

He couldn’t believe that a person, without uttering a word, just by watching him, could scare him to the point of his whole body going limp and his limbs trembling.

That invisible, terrifying pressure was like someone pressing a hammer tightly against his head.

"...We should talk to the Sect Hierarch about it. Lady Bai Mian... we simply can’t afford to provoke her," said another instructor, also in a lowered voice.

Once these words were uttered, Shirasaki Chiyoda herself fell silent.

Being cunning and shrewd, she too had felt that terrifying pressure from the other party.

Moreover, this time they were invited here under the watchful eyes of all the Believers and even journalists. If it had been just her, quietly falling into the opponent’s hands... the extent of the torture she could suffer was still unknown.

Thinking of this, Shirasaki Chiyoda couldn’t help but tremble.

Fear surged from the bottom of her heart.

"I’ll report to the Sect Hierarch..." Shirasaki Chiyoda said after taking a deep breath of cool air.

She began to miss the boy she met at the gathering, the one with the bird beak mask.

That nineteen-year-old boy...

The boy brimming with vitality...

She wanted to taste him...

To soothe the fear in her heart now being intimidated by the Beichuan God.

The more she thought about it, the more restless Shirasaki Chiyoda became.

The unease from being frightened.

The desire to be comforted...

These emotions, like colors mixed on a palette, made her unable to suppress her own desires.

Ordinary stuff could no longer satisfy her...

Under this train of thought, having already left Beichuan Divine Society, Shirasaki Chiyoda looked back at the instructors beside her: "Soon, have another ’gathering’ among the ordinary members, and also, keep an eye on someone for me at the gathering... Someone with a bird beak mask. If we find him there, bring him to me."

Shirasaki Chiyoda thought for a moment and then let out a sneer: "If he resists—"

"Taking off his arm or leg will be fine..."