EBE Chapter 1276 Scaring Scar Wolf
Chapter 1276 Scaring Scar Wolf
Xiao Ce swiftly reached out and firmly supported his arm, preventing him from kneeling.
"Get up, night owl."
His voice was calm, slightly hoarse from a long journey, yet it contained a reassuring and steady strength: "Night Owl, you know I don't like this kind of thing."
Night Cat was helped to his feet by Xiao Ce. The strength in his arm was real, and the person in front of him was real too. He looked Xiao Ce up and down, as if to confirm that this was not an illusion. The prince had some dust on him, and there seemed to be a slight scratch on the hem of his clothes, but other than that, he was completely unharmed!
There were no signs of an explosion, no trace of a fierce battle.
"You...you're alright?! Over at the Dragon Guard Ghost City..."
Night Owl's voice still trembled violently; he desperately wanted to know what had happened. What about the explosive trap marked as a death trap? What about the mysterious, cyborg master? How did the prince manage to do that?
Xiao Ce patted Night Cat on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down.
"Sit down." Xiao Ce pointed to the chair opposite him.
Night Cat sat down as instructed, her gaze fixed intently on Xiao Ce.
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Xiao Ce spoke, his tone as calm as if he were recounting a trivial matter: "The matter of the Dragon Guardian Ghost City has been resolved."
Xiao Ce's casual remark shocked Night Owl: "Solved? Those explosives...?"
Xiao Ce said casually, "Demolish it! All the detonation points, the main explosive charges, the connecting lines... dismantle what can be dismantled, move what can be moved. Those big guys in the core area that are enough to flatten half of the Dragon Guard City should be secretly sealed away by Wang Shui's people in a place far away from the population."
The night owl gasped! Demolished?
In the heart of the enemy's lair, right under the noses of countless fanatical followers, dismantle all the explosives scattered everywhere?! It sounds like a complete fantasy! But he knew that the prince never lied, especially not at a time like this.
Night Owl's voice was filled with shock and disbelief: "How did he do that? His men... and that master, are they all blind? And didn't they even notice Scar Wolf disappearing?"
Xiao Ce's lips curled into a subtle smile, a wicked grin spreading across his face: "Scarface? That's right, I used a little trick to temporarily replace him."
Xiao Ce gave a brief and concise explanation.
After hearing this, Night Owl's admiration was overflowing... Such courage, such methods... Night Owl felt a chill run down his spine, only to be overwhelmed by even stronger respect. This was simply a textbook example of decapitation and infiltration in intelligence operations!
"Your Highness...you..."
Looking at Xiao Ce's calm face, Night Cat couldn't find the right words to describe her feelings.
Shocked? Awestruck? Admiring?
These words all seem too pale...
He single-handedly infiltrated the den of wolves and tigers, not only removing the deadly threat unscathed and dismantling the core of the entire Restoration Church's conspiracy, but also capturing the mastermind behind it all alive!
This is beyond what can be described as a miracle.
This is simply divine skill! It is the ultimate interpretation of the principles of the Shadow Guard's operations: resolving the most troublesome problems precisely, fatally, and silently.
"I admire you... I am utterly impressed!"
The night owl could only lower its head deeply in the end, its voice filled with sincere awe and excitement.
He prided himself on being the king of the night, controlling an all-pervasive intelligence network, but the prince's actions tonight made him truly understand what it means to "hear thunder in silence" and what absolute control is.
Xiao Ce waved his hand, seemingly unconcerned about the praise.
"He was lucky, plus that cyborg was too arrogant and overconfident in his control over Scar Wolf. He didn't expect Scar Wolf to suddenly turn against him."
He abruptly changed the subject, his eyes sharpening. "Now is not the time for sentimentality. Where is Scarface himself?"
"Your Highness, Scarface himself has been secretly detained in the deepest dungeon of the Dark Guard headquarters. Since you did not give specific instructions on how to handle him, I dared not make the decision to interrogate him on my own. I only ensured that he could not escape or contact the outside world. Strangely enough, he has been unusually quiet since he was locked up, not making a sound, as if he is... thinking about something."
"Quiet?" A playful smile flickered across Xiao Ce's lips. He gave a wicked grin. "You're a smart man. You know that struggling is futile. Take me to see him."
"Yes!" Night Owl immediately accepted the order.
The deepest level of the Dark Guard headquarters was a place where even light seemed to be swallowed up. A heavy alloy door slid open silently, revealing a deep, oppressive passageway behind it. The air was cold and dry, filled with the mixed smells of metal and disinfectant.
In the deepest part, each room is guarded by a dedicated person.
They were all stunned when they saw Xiao Ce, and could hardly believe their eyes.
However, these people have all received professional training.
They tried to suppress their excitement, but their voices betrayed their joy as they bowed to Night Owl and Xiao Ce.
Xiao Ce smiled at them, patted them on the shoulder, and said, "You've worked hard."
They were incredibly excited...
After opening the door, there was a closed space with only a dim oil lamp.
After they went inside, Night Owl turned on the lights.
The moment the lights came on, the glare blinded Scarface for a moment.
In the center of the room, a burly man with a hideous scar on his face—Scar Wolf—sat cross-legged on the floor. He wore a specially made restraint suit that restricted most of his vigorous physical movements, but his hands were not completely bound.
It took him a while to regain his vision.
He raised his head, his once fierce and sinister eyes now bloodshot, filled with deep weariness and a lingering sense of confusion. When his gaze pierced through the light and shadow of the doorway and landed on the young man in a plain long robe who had entered the cell, he was first slightly taken aback, then his pupils suddenly contracted!
That face… that face that has appeared countless times in wanted posters, official gazettes, and even in the curses and swears of believers! Even though he was in the underground ghost city, he had seen this legendary portrait through various channels!
"you...!"
Scar Wolf's throat felt like it was being choked by something, and he could only squeeze out a broken syllable.
He tried to stand up abruptly, but the shackles on his ankles made a screeching metallic scraping sound, pulling him back down and causing him to fall to the ground.
Ignoring the pain, he stared intently at Xiao Ce, his eyes surging with shock like a tsunami, almost bursting from their sockets. "Xiao... God Xiao?!"
The word "Xiao Shen" that slipped out of his mouth immediately made him realize something was amiss, so he added, "No...you false god..."
Xiao Ce did not answer immediately, but walked slowly to the center of the cell and stopped about three steps away from Scarface.
Night Cat stood like a shadow half a step behind him, its eyes sharp as an eagle, watching Scar Wolf's every subtle movement.
"It seems you know me." Xiao Ce's tone was flat and emotionless, revealing no emotion, as if he were simply stating a fact.
Scarface's facial muscles twitched violently, and the centipede-like scar twisted, making it look even more ferocious.
He gasped for breath, forcing himself to calm down, but his voice still trembled uncontrollably: "You false god! How did you get here? Where is this place? Where are my brothers? Your men captured me..."
A barrage of questions came out of his mouth, his incoherent words revealing his extreme inner turmoil.
Because he was hooded when he was arrested, and since being detained here, he hasn't seen anyone...
Xiao Ce ignored his question and simply looked at him quietly. His gaze was deep and calm, yet it carried a power that pierced the soul, making Scar Wolf feel as if he had been stripped naked and had nowhere to hide.
"It wasn't my men who captured you, it was me who captured you..." Xiao Ce suddenly spoke, his voice carrying a very faint, almost imperceptible hint of sarcasm.
Scarface, after hearing Xiao Ce's words, first turned cold, then looked at Xiao Ce: "That's impossible... I've seen him before... It's not you... But it doesn't matter..."
Xiao Ce didn't say anything, but at that moment, with a thought, and with Ling Xu's help...
He reverted to the way he had when he captured Scarface.
Standing before Scarface was no longer the Xiao Ce who wore a simple long robe and possessed an outstanding temperament.
Instead, there was a young man wearing a slightly worn blue cloth shirt, with an ordinary face but sharp, piercing eyes!
It was the "outsider" in Scar Wolf's memory who spoke rudely to him on the Ghost City walkway, then lured him into a trap, and ultimately defeated him completely, stripping him of all his secrets!
"!!!"
Scar Wolf's pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinpoints!
The color drained from his face in an instant, leaving only a deathly gray! His mouth was wide open, and he gasped for breath like a dying fish.
The immense shock struck him like a hammer blow, leaving his mind blank and his thoughts completely frozen!
Hallucination? No! That's impossible!
The person before him, that face, those clothes, and those chillingly calm eyes... were completely identical to the person in his memory! Even the aura of looking down on him and controlling his destiny was exactly the same!
This...this isn't martial arts at all! What is this? Demonic magic? Celestial arts? Or...a miracle?!
An immense fear, like a cold, venomous snake, instantly coiled around Scar Wolf's heart, chilling him to the bone and causing his teeth to chatter uncontrollably.
His pride in his ruthlessness, cunning, and even his vague faith in God crumbled like a sandcastle in the face of this mind-blowing reality!
"It seems you know 'him' too."
Xiao Ce's voice rang out again, now back to that uniquely hoarse and playful tone characteristic of outsiders.
He stepped forward, looking down at Scarface, who was slumped on the ground as if he had seen a ghost, the faint mockery on his face clearly visible.
"Scarface, how have you been? I am him, he is me... I am him..."
"It's...it's you..."
Scarface's voice trembled violently, each word seemingly squeezed out from between his teeth, filled with extreme fear and absurdity: "You...you are a human or a ghost?! This...this is impossible! Who are you?!"
He roared, trying to mask his inner breakdown with anger.
"Don't you already know who I am?"
In an instant, Xiao Ce regained his original appearance and voice and said calmly, "Xiao Ce, or, as you call him, 'False God' Xiao Ce."
He paused, looking at Scar Wolf's violently trembling body, "As for the changes just now, they were nothing more than some petty tricks. True power is never obtained through deception. This is just some of the power of this false god."
Scar Wolf was completely speechless; the overwhelming information and fear utterly crushed his mind.
He could only look at Xiao Ce as if he were a monster, his body trembling like a leaf.
He was actually thinking about the people who had grabbed him earlier; those people weren't human...
Xiao Ce's goal was very simple: to make Scarface believe he was a god...
Xiao Ce seemed quite satisfied with his reaction. He stopped looking at him and turned his back to him, as if he were admiring a wall.
His voice regained its calm: "Now, we can talk properly. About your Zionist Church, about your 'God,' about... the Dragon Guardian Ghost City."
Upon hearing the mention of "Dragon Guardian Ghost City," Scar Wolf shuddered violently as if struck by lightning, a flicker of instinctive fear and worry flashing in his cloudy eyes.
That was his foundation, the wealth he built up single-handedly!
He abruptly looked up, staring intently at Xiao Ce's retreating figure, and hissed, "You... what have you done to my territory?! Where are my brothers?! If you dare touch them..."
Xiao Ce slowly turned around, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips: "Your territory? Now, it's no longer your territory."
"What?!" Scarface's heart sank.
"That so-called master you speak of, that cyborg monster, is currently lying in the laboratory of Rock Harbor, being cared for by my top technicians. Let me see what he really is!"
Xiao Ce's voice was calm, yet every word was like a knife: "And those explosives that you ordered him to carefully arrange, intending to drag everyone down with you... Ha, unfortunately, after our last friendly meeting, I had your confidant Wang Shui, along with your cronies, dismantle some, move some, and seal some away. Not even a spark can be ignited."
Every word struck Scarface's heart like a hammer blow.
Aqua regia? His most trusted brother! The explosives were defused?
The lord has been captured? His last trump card and reliance were so easily defeated in front of Xiao Ce?
No, it's not that they were easily defeated; it's that the other side accomplished all of this while chatting and laughing!
And he, as the leader of the cult, was kept in the dark the whole time, like a complete fool!
"No...impossible..."
"Impossible! You're lying to me!" Scarface's eyes were bloodshot as he struggled to pounce, but the heavy shackles once again held him firmly in place.
"Wang Shui is someone I trust... He wouldn't betray me! Don't try to fool me... They would rather die than betray me."