After leaving the underground hall, Xiao Feng closed the reinforced door behind him.
Rem, Ram, Kisara, Koharu, and the rescued children remained inside.
He had already placed several layers of barriers around the hall. Unless they directly launch an ICBM or had a power comparable to a Dou Huang, it would be impossible to breakthrough it.
Xiao Feng glanced toward the upper floors.
Through his soul perception, he could clearly see the main command centre hidden in another building.
Hundreds of armed guards had gathered there and several high-ranking people who were likely to be high ranking officials were issuing orders from behind reinforced walls.
...
Inside the main command centre,
Numerous officers and administrators stared at the surveillance screens.
Most of the cameras had already been destroyed, but the few remaining feeds showed frozen guards, ruined corridors, and shattered defensive equipment.
A short, overweight man sat at the centre of the room. He wore an expensive black suit, several golden rings, and a red tie that had become crooked from panic.
At this moment, his face was covered in sweat and fear. However, beneath his fear remained an expression of arrogance and disgust.
He was Minister Takamori, one of the high-ranking politicians responsible for funding and supervising the IISO Tokyo Branch.
"What are you idiots doing?!" Takamori slammed both hands against the table.
"How can one child break through an entire military facility?"
A security officer lowered his head.
"Sir, the intruder possesses abilities we have never encountered before. Ordinary firearms are ineffective, and he appears capable of controlling some kind of supernatural force we can't understand."
"Then use heavier weapons!"
"But the Initiators are still inside the facility."
Takamori glared at him as though he had heard something ridiculous.
"So what?"
The officer froze.
Takamori pointed toward the underground levels displayed on the map.
"Those girls are replaceable. If destroying the top facility kills the intruder, then bombard it."
Several people in the command centre exchanged uneasy looks.
One administrator hesitated and said, "Minister, there are more than a hundred Cursed Children below. If news of their deaths spreads—"
"Then make sure it doesn't spread!"
Takamori's face twisted unpleasantly as he shouted, and saliva flew from his mouth.
"Do you fools think those things are human? They are infected animals wearing children's faces! The only reason we feed them is because they can be turned into Initiators and sold to Civil Security Corporations."
He leaned back in his chair and a greedy smile appeared on his face.
"Do you know how much money a high-ranked Initiator is worth?"
"One successful specimen can earn more than an ordinary worker makes in an entire lifetime."
"As long as we control the supply, the government, corporations, and military will continue paying us."
Hearing his words, the officers and administrators around him nodded in agreement.
One security officer looked at the underground map and sneered.
"The Minister is right. Losing a hundred or two hundred specimens is unfortunate, but the Outer District still has plenty of Cursed Children."
Another administrator adjusted his glasses and looked at the screen and said, "We can simply report that they died during an attempted Gastrea outbreak. Public opinion will accept it easily."
A researcher standing near the surveillance monitors laughed.
"Those fools inside the Tokyo Area already blame the Cursed Children for everything. As long as we mention the Gastrea virus, nobody will question us."
Several people chuckled.
But then one of the officers pointed toward the camera feed showing the ruined corridors.
"What about the intruders?"
Thinking about the intruders, Takamori's face darkened, "Destroy the entire central building if necessary. Once they is dead, recover their body and investigate the source of their abilities."
The researchers' eyes immediately brightened.
"If we can reproduce that power... We may no longer need Initiators."
"No." Takamori shook his head and a greedy smile spread across his fat face, "We would still need them."
"Why abandon one profitable product simply because we discovered another?"
"Minister Takamori is truly farsighted."
"We can study the boy, extract his abilities, and continue selling Initiators at the same time."
An officer looked toward the underground levels.
"As for the Cursed Children rescued by him, we can use them as test subjects to determine how his power affects the Gastrea virus."
"Excellent idea."
"Perhaps they will survive longer."
The room filled with approving murmurs. Not a single person objected. Every officer, administrator, and researcher present had willingly participated in the crimes of the facility.
They didn't view the children below as human beings. Instead, they saw them as losources of endless profit.
At this moment, a quiet voice suddenly echoed through the command centre.
"So none of you believe you've done anything wrong."
The room instantly became silent everyone turned toward the source of the voice.
A boy dressed in spotless white robes stood near the sealed entrance.
His long black hair flowed gently behind him, despite there being no wind inside the room.
Seeing they face, Takamori's pupils contracted.
"How did you enter?!"
The reinforced door was clearly still closed. The security system also didn't show any warning.
How did Xiao Feng manage to appear inside the command centre as though he had always been standing there?
The security officers also reacted immediately.
Hundreds of guns were raised and pointed toward him.
"Fire!"
Gunshots erupted throughout the room. Hundreds of bullets rushed toward Xiao Feng from every direction.cHowever, they stopped several centimetres away from his body.
No matter how many bullets write fired, they remained suspended in the air.
Seeing this bizzare scene, the smiles on the officers' faces disappeared and their eyes horrified.
Just what was this monster in front of them?
Xiao Feng slowly looked around the command centre.
Through his soul perception, he had already heard their entire conversation before sneaking in.
Originally, he had considered distinguishing between the masterminds and those merely following orders.
Now, there was no need, They were all the same.
Not one of them had shown regret. Not one had objected to killing the children.
Instead, they had calmly discussed how to replace them and continue profiting from their suffering.
Xiao Feng raised one finger.
The suspended bullets turned around.
The armed officers stared at the metal projectiles now pointing back toward them.
For the first time, genuine terror appeared on their faces.
"Wait—"
The bullets shot backward.
The gunfire stopped almost as quickly as it had begun and bodies collapsed throughout the command centre.
The few lucky ones who survived the crossfire immediately rushed toward the exits.
"Spiritual Confinement."
An invisible pressure descended and everyone froze.
Xiao Feng walked slowly toward Takamori and raised his hand, making a gun gesture.
The politician's face had turned pale and he wanted to speak. Unfortunately, he couldn't.
"Go to hell!"
"Bang!"
Sword Qi penetrated his eyebrows.
Soon, the remaining few followed in the footsteps of Takamori and died under Xiao Feng's ruthless hands, their skills annihilated.
Xiao Feng didn't allow such scums to have a chance for reincarnation.
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