readytorunbook Chapter 384 The Sea Area of the Nine-Striped Shop
Chapter 384 The Sea Area of the Nine-Striped Shop
Xu Ning handed the documents he had collected to Zheping.
After reading the contents, Zheping's eyes were filled with bloodlust, and his hand unconsciously reached for the spear on his back again.
The person kneeling on the ground, seeing him like this, quickly began to beg for mercy loudly.
"Lord Xu Ning, why do such vile things exist in this world?"
The information consists of three parts.
The first part is about Nathan's Coral Palace unit.
On the one hand, they incited resistance on the island and instilled the so-called concept of "freedom," causing the war situation to continue to escalate.
On one hand, they incited their members to unleash the power of the evil spirits by any means necessary in order to fight for "victory".
They succeeded, turning Hikimura and even Hachimanjima into a living hell, but their so-called victory ultimately proved to be nothing but a joke.
The second part is about the Shogunate's war-supervising army.
The supervisory army was a force sent by Kujo Kogyo, who was in charge of the Tenryo administration, to urge Kujo Masahiro to advance.
Because of the pervasive evil spirits on the island, Kujo Masahito could not bear to let his troops sacrifice themselves in vain and halted his advance. This enraged Kujo Takayuki, who dispatched a supervisory team and announced that he would take away the people tormented by the war and evil spirits. However, in order not to delay the march, he tricked a group of refugees onto the ship, then punctured the bottom of the ship halfway and sank them all into the sea.
They did it.
Before their ship even reached the waters near Kujo Jinya, they were all lost at sea, ship and all. However, it seems that this did not include some of the villagers of Hisaki Village, since Gongozaemon and Yamada, who were sent to Hisaki Village, were sacrificed by Washizu.
Moreover, these shogunate soldiers were eventually corrupted by the power of the evil spirits and fled westward from Hiki Village. In the end, they killed each other under a huge reef for a box of treasure, leaving none alive.
The third part is about the mission of this ship of fools.
In addition to sending the data Nathan collected on mineral deposits, terrain, the influence of evil spirits, and human experiments back to Shifu for research purposes, it was also to take those who knew about all that had been done to the Fools away from Inazuma's homeland, so that these secrets would never be obtained by the Inazuma authorities.
As for those Inazuma who have defected, as long as they don't divulge secrets, it's fine. Moreover, these new recruits share no value with the Fools and there's no need to train them. Instead, they can be used as "living specimens" to add luster to scientific research.
They were about to succeed, but Xu Ning stumbled upon them, so they were destined to lose their lives here.
Xu Ning took the documents from Zheping's hands, handed them to Sihe, and then patted Zheping on the shoulder.
"And these are just some of the ugly things in this world."
Xu Ning pointed at Zheping's military uniform, "Do you still remember your ideal of going into battle to kill the enemy and earn merits?"
Upon hearing Xu Ning's words, Zheping felt an urge to slap himself repeatedly.
From the very beginning, he envied the others with divine eyes, envied the veterans who could fight on the front lines, and hoped that while he could earn merit, he could also protect everyone's wishes and freedom, and forever protect Haizhi Island from being invaded.
But which one of them did I actually achieve?
Using the Evil Eye harms both oneself and others, killing soldiers who are just like oneself, kept in the dark and manipulated, turning a blind eye to the people who should be protected, letting them die in pain and madness.
I am part of these ugly aspects of the world.
Looking at Zheping's expression, Xu Ning knew that he had begun to face everything in front of him and had started to have his own ideas.
"Don't blame yourself too much, after all, it's not entirely your fault."
Zheping nodded and said, "I know. But after all, I did commit some of the sins involved, and I will try to make amends."
Sihe, standing to the side, had no thoughts of self-blame like Zheping. After glancing at the documents in her hand, she simply snorted coldly and spoke.
"They really have made full use of our people!"
Sihe kicked the nearest rebel soldier, sending him tumbling. "You've been acting as accomplices to evil, and now look what's happened! Even your skin is about to be taken from you, and you still haven't realized it. Living in the dungeon is too good for you. You should go live with the fish below the Coral Palace!"
Since there were too many prisoners, Xu Ning didn't want these filthy people to pollute his cave. So he simply put the rebels he had captured earlier and these prisoners together and had Sihe and Zheping guard them. He then personally went to Tengdou Fortress to bring Wulang over.
After handing over these people and all the information to Goro, Goro was greatly shocked and said that he would work with the living goddess priestess of the Coral Palace to deal with this matter to the end.
Sihe naturally followed Wulang back to the Coral Palace.
Teppei returned to Hisaki Village and, together with Choji, buried most of the treasure. They only took some Mora and food with them before setting off.
"I will definitely help Nagatsu find his mother. At the same time, I will use my own eyes and feet to see the suffering in this world and do what I can for those who have suffered like the people of Hiki Village."
Xu Ning was naturally pleased that Zheping was down-to-earth. If he could really live up to what he said when he left, his trip might have created a chivalrous figure for Inazuma.
Now that things have come to a close here, Xu Ning naturally has to return to Narukami Island. He had parted hastily after receiving Goro's letter that day, and many people are probably still waiting for news of him.
However, on the way back, Xu Ning made a special stop at the teleportation anchor point of the Nine-Tailed Array House.
The one stationed here is still Kujo Takayuki's eldest son, Kujo Masahiro.
Xu Ning had Goro make a copy of the information about the supervisory team that he had seized from the Fools and gave it to Kujo Masahiro.
Xu Ning naturally had absolutely no goodwill towards that old dog, Kujo Takako.
If these things could lead General Thunder to commit another crime against him and cut off that old dog's head, Xu Ning would naturally not be afraid of the trouble.
However, since even something as seemingly treacherous as colluding with foreign powers could spare his life, Xu Ning naturally wouldn't deliberately seek to make a fool of himself. Moreover, as an outsider, interfering in Inazuma's political affairs would be illegitimate and improper.
But that didn't stop him from showing his son what that old dog had done.
At least from the information from the Fools, this Kujo Masahito is much more human than his old dog father, and hopefully he can learn some lessons from it.
After leaving the documents, Xu Ning had nothing to talk about with Kujo Masahito. After leaving, he leaned against the teleportation anchor point alone, drinking while looking at the eastern sea.
Not far from there, the mast of the sunken ship could be faintly seen standing straight on the sea.
Even without activating his elemental vision, Xu Ning could clearly sense that the sea in that area was churning with filth and filled with resentment.