“I am surprised . ”


  Sougen said as he played with his mustache .

  “I didn’t think Seitenshi is the type of person to wake people up in the middle of the night to host meetings . What an eye-opener . ”


  Seitenshi remained calm despite the verbal provocations . She nodded with an apologetic look .

  “This is a rather pressing matter, please forgive me for bringing it up . ”


  “Of course, I am not so petty as to get angry over such a small impasse . ”


  Sougen said with a very unpleasant look on his face .

  “Alright, let’s not waste any more time, what is it?”


  A hand held Seitenshi back from approaching him .

  Sougen frowned when he saw this .

  In front of two rulers of extremely large regions, Noah entered the scene as he stared at Sougen who looked like he really didn’t want to deal with him .

  “Seitenshi-sama, leave this to me, okay?”


  “Guild master Noah . ”


  She stopped in shock, she didn’t think Noah would interrupt her job .

  “You?”


  Sougen laughed out loud . He looked livid .

  “Know your place, what makes you think you’re qualified to talk to me?”


  “My qualifications?”


  Noah didn’t say anything, he didn’t need to . The cold look he gave Sougen was enough to remind him of what transpired last time when Noah verbally wrecked Sougen over the issue of social standing .

  Noah kept his eagle eyes on Sougen .

  “Saitake Sougen, you’re the one who sent assassins after Seitenshi, right?”


  The mood turned still .

  She had a look of disbelief as he didn’t think Noah would accuse Saitake outright like this .

  Clearly, Saitake wasn’t expecting this allegation, his facial muscles twitched .

  Anyone could guess that it was him, after all, he had all the motives to do that and all to gain from Seitenshi’s untimely death . It would speed up his process of making the whole world bow to his will .

  But, blaming a person without concrete proof, a ruler no ess, that is simply too foolish .

  The bodyguards looked at Noah with judging glances . Seitenshi also got a bit anxious .

  Taking a lesson from history, Sougen knew Noah is smarter than this, he knew he is up to something as a chill went down his spine . He used a leer on Noah .

  “Civil defense officer, are you defaming me?”


  “Defamation?”


  Eyes still as the calm sea before a storm, he pressed on with immense pressure, even Sougen felt like he was pushed back by an invisible force .

  “I think you’re the one who is clearest as to the veracity of my claims, isn’t that so?”


  “You……”


  Sougen’s facial muscles twitched again .

  The four bodyguards around Sougen whipped out their guns immediately .

  “Stand your ground! Take another step closer and I will order my men to gun you down for threatening behaviors!”


  Noah ignored him as he inched closer .

  “Guild master Noah!”


  Seitenshi completely lost control of the situation as she yelled inv ain for Noah to cease his actions .

  The four guards took offense at Noah’s flagrant disregard for them . They pulled the triggers on their guns .

  Bang bang bang bang

  Four well-aimed bullets flew in Noah’s direction .

  Noah’s figure turned blurry as the bullets simply shot through the remnant image of Noah .

  The bullets dispelled the illusory image .

  An afterimage!

  Fwish

  A sinister shadow streaked past the four bodyguards, manifesting itself inf front of Sougen .

  Reacting too slow, Sougen’s action did little to stop a hand from hoisting him forward .

  Guhhh

  Moaning in pain, he was pulled like a sack of meat .

  “President!”


  The four bodyguards yelled in shock .

  With Sougen captured, the four bodyguards lacked the courage to take any reckless moves, they can only aim their guns at Noah .

  “Saitake Sougen, let me make something clear, don’t expect a smoking gun from me . ”


  He made sure the guy can see his lips as he spelled out his verdict .

  “I am very sure the culprit is you . I can kill you and I can continue living my life as usual, I don’t need to find a smoking gun, got that?”


  “You . . I……”


  Pulled up by his collar, his weight choked Saitake until he turned purple . He wanted to say something but being choked meant he can only emit anguished lament .

  The four bodyguards are shouting and bluffing with violent gestures . Annoyed by them, Noah continued .

  “Don’t say I didn’t go easy on you . ”


  Noah threw Saitake Sougen to the side .

  He collided heavily against the ground as he yelped in pain .

  “I like using the tricks other people draw up against themselves . ”


  Noah stared at Sougen and he issued a cold edict .

  “You tried to kill Seitenshi, now, it’s your turn . I will try to kill you . You have one hour to make your escape, I will come after you in an hour, If you can make it out of Tokyo Area by then, it’s your win and I will stop my pursuit . ”


  “If you can’t even do that……”


  Noah revealed a pair of eyes that would chill the cores of any mortal man .

  “You can kiss your dream of world domination goodbye, watch as I quash it in my hands!”


  Noah turned around .

  “You have one hour . ”


  Sougen didn’t doubt his words, the cold aura lingering around Noah notified him of his seriousness . He yelled in a hoarse voice .

  “Go! Bring me out of here!”


  The four guards frantically helped Sougen to his feet as they rushed into the elevator .

  “Gu-guild master Noah!”


  Seitenshi finally got a chance to chime in .

  “Wh-what are you doing?!”


  “Enough . ”


  He stopped her by raising an arm to block Seitenshi . He stared out the window at the night sky outside the building .

  “If you still trust me, you will let me handle this . ”


  Seitenshi opened her mouth wide but no words came out in the end . She nodded with a worried look .

  This night is going to be a long one .

  Especially, on a night like this……