Takeda Masao clutched his right cheek.
It was unbelievable.
The two underlings had clearly struck hard.
At this mont, both his left and right cheeks were swelling visibly, like two overly fernted stead buns.
"You... you goddamn dare to hit too?"
"Are you guys trying to rebel?"
The two underlings imdiately knelt before him.
"No... no, Boss!"
"I... I don't know how it happened! I... I didn't an to!"
The underling next to him looked distraught.
"Boss, I really don't know what happened."
"When I heard you badmouthing the Boss's wife, my head just went 'buzz'."
"It was like sothing exploded, and then... and then I didn't know anything."
"By the ti I reacted, my hand had already slapped out."
The other person also nodded repeatedly, his face full of lingering fear.
" too! too!"
"I just felt a sudden fire erupt in my heart, burning uncomfortably."
"Even now, thinking about it, I feel a chill down my spine."
"Boss, do you think we've run into sothing unclean?"
Listening to their jumbled explanations, the towering rage in Takeda Masao's heart slowly subsided.
He frowned deeply.
Today was indeed too bizarre.
It was as if he had really been entangled by sothing dirty.
Normally, even if they had nine guts, they wouldn't dare to lay a hand on him.
Thinking of this, he kicked both of the n kneeling on the ground.
The kicks weren't hard; they were more of an outlet for his frustration and a warning.
"All of you, get the hell to the corner!"
"Anyone who dares to co near again, I won't be ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) so polite!"
The two subordinates were as if granted a great pardon, nodding repeatedly.
They scrambled to their feet, using both hands and feet, and obediently squatted in the furthest corner of the truck.
They looked like two startled quails.
Zhou Huai maintained a calm exterior, but inside, he was roaring with laughter.
The effect of the parasitic worm control was indeed good.
Although the control ti was relatively short at the mont.
But at critical monts, it might have an unexpected effect.
The atmosphere in the carriage was extrely oppressive.
No one dared to speak again.
Only the monotonous roar of the truck's engine and the 'thump' sound of the wheels rolling over the gravel road remained.
Soon, a nacing black silhouette appeared on the distant horizon.
It was an alloy city wall, a hundred ters high, like a crouching giant beast, straddling the wilderness and civilization.
As the truck approached, the full view of the city wall beca clearer.
The wall was constructed from massive black alloy panels joined together.
Innurable dark cannon muzzles extended from within the wall, like the fangs of a giant beast, emitting a cold tallic luster.
At the city gate, an absurdly heavy alloy gate was tightly shut.
Over a dozen fully ard guards stood solemnly with guns, their eyes vigilantly scanning every approaching vehicle.
The captain of the guards at the city gate clearly knew Takeda.
He waved for the truck to stop, then walked over with a frown.
"Takeda, why are you back so soon?"
The guard captain leaned in to look at the empty truck bed, his surprise deepening.
"Is that all you managed to get?"
Takeda jumped down from the truck, a smile on his face, and familiarly handed over a pack of cigarettes.
"Don't even ntion it, Kenji."
"The Boss had an urgent matter and told us to return imdiately."
The guard captain, nad Kenji, took the cigarettes but showed no intention of letting them pass imdiately.
He lit one, took a deep drag, and the smoke he exhaled blurred his stern face.
"Takeda-kun, I must warn you."
"Tokyo City is about to be completely locked down. Once you're in, you won't be allowed out for a while."
Takeda's eyes darted, understanding the implied aning.
He lowered his voice and leaned closer to Kenji's ear.
"Kenji-kun, has sothing happened in the city?"
Kenji smiled, not answering directly.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."
He glanced at the others in the truck bed, then changed the subject.
"Did you encounter any strange people while you were out?"
Takeda thought to himself that he hadn't encountered strange people, but he had encountered strange things.
However, his face remained impassive; he just smiled and shook his head.
"No, everything was normal."
Kenji nodded, saying nothing more.
"Alright, bring your n down for inspection."
He waved his hand at the guards behind him.
Beside the alloy gate, a slightly smaller side door silently slid open.
Behind the door was a brightly lit, pure white room filled with the sll of disinfectant.
Takeda cursed and called out to his subordinates.
"Get the hell down, all of you! Inspection ti!"
The few underlings sighed and jumped off the truck, lining up to enter the white inspection room.
Zhou Huai, controlling Caesar, blended into the crowd, silently following at the very end.
Inside the room, several staff mbers in white protective suits impassively operated various precise instrunts.
The first to be inspected was the underling as thin as a monkey.
He was asked to stand on a tal disc.
The disc lit up, and a blue beam of light scanned him from top to bottom.
On the display screen next to it, his detailed information imdiately appeared.
"Na: Kobayashi Kenta"
"Profession: C-Rank Gale Assassin"
"Rank: 25"
"Affiliation: Tri-Mouth Gang"
"Status: Normal"
Next, he was asked to undergo fingerprint and iris scans.
The entire process was tedious and lengthy.
Kobayashi Kenta seed a bit impatient, muttering under his breath.
"Damn it, what's going on? It's never been this strict before."
The staff mber operating the instrunt gave him a cold glance.
"If you don't want to be inspected, you don't have to enter the city."
Kobayashi Kenta shrank his neck and imdiately shut his mouth.
These inspections alone took over twenty minutes.
Soon, it was Zhou Huai's turn.
He mimicked the actions of those before him, impassively stepping onto the tal disc.
The cold blue beam of light slowly swept over his body.
Zhou Huai could clearly feel a peculiar energy fluctuation probing every cell within Caesar's body.
This energy even tried to touch his Soul Origin.
But just as that energy was about to delve deeper, the token of the faceless worn on Caesar's chest ward slightly.
A more mysterious, more powerful force instantly surged out, silently constructing an insurmountable barrier.
The probing energy, like hitting an invisible wall, was easily repelled.
On the display screen next to it, a light flashed.
The data belonging to Natsu Masahiro clearly appeared.
"Na: Natsu Masahiro"
"Profession: C-Rank Insect Tar"
"Rank: 23"
"Affiliation: Tri-Mouth Gang"
"Status: Normal"
The inspecting staff mber looked at the information on the screen, then looked up at Zhou Huai, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly.
"Insect Tar?"
He mumbled, his tone carrying an undisguised hint of disdain.
"The Tri-Mouth Gang really takes in any trash these days."
Zhou Huai lowered his head, perfectly playing the role of an insecure and timid low-level character, making no response.
The staff mber then had him undergo fingerprint and iris scans.
All data perfectly matched the information in the database.
Thanks to the powerful effect of the token of the faceless, Caesar's impersonation of Natsu Masahiro revealed no flaws.
"Alright, next."
The staff mber waved impatiently.
Natsu Masahiro was as if granted a great pardon, quickly stepping off the tal disc and returning to the end of the line.
After everyone had been inspected, Kenji finally spoke a few words into the walkie-talkie.
"Creak—!"
The absurdly heavy alloy gate finally slowly rose before everyone.
Takeda motioned for everyone to get back into the truck.
The truck let out a low roar and slowly drove into the deep tunnel leading to Tokyo City.
The tunnel was long, and the ergency lights on both sides of the wall cast a dim yellow light, illuminating everyone's faces inside the truck in flickering shadows.
After driving for about five minutes.
The view suddenly opened up.
Takeda Masao pulled out his phone from his pocket and dialed a number.
"Hello, Mr. Sato, we're already in the city."
"Okay, we'll be right over."
Hanging up the phone, he yelled at the driver.
"To headquarters."
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