When the hodgepodge world of anime meets the shadow king

There was silence in the room. Although everyone was at the disaster level, they were overshadowed by the fresh newcomer Kitahara Akatsuki in terms of momentum.

"Hahahaha!" Gate suddenly laughed out loud and attracted everyone's attention.

But he didn't care about other people's eyes at all and gave Kitahara Xiao a thumbs up.

"[Shadow], I didn't expect that you have improved so much in both strength and spirit after not seeing you for two years."

Kitahara Xiao smiled calmly as a response.

"Alright, alright, everyone, please don't fight among yourselves," the staff of the star cluster civilization advised.

He couldn't help feeling a little tired in his heart. These masters were really hard to serve.

Kitahara Akira waved his hand to signal Kato Megumi to put down his weapon, which was considered to be giving face to the cluster-level civilization.

"Okay, now let's reiterate the operation objectives one last time," the official said after seeing these Calamity-level units calm down.

With a wave of his hand, a huge model of an armed space station was projected onto the conference table.

"Our goal this time is to destroy this nail in the road we must take and clear the way for the subsequent large-scale march."

The model was quickly enlarged and the general structure was outlined in perspective.

"According to our intelligence personnel, this fortress is equipped with high-efficiency technologies such as [High-efficiency Warp Nullifier] and [Glorious Joint Shield Generator]"

"In other words, we can only use the most primitive method to force our way in."

"However....."

The model quickly shrank, revealing a dense mass of red dots surrounding it.

"The enemy knows the importance of this fortress and has deployed at least 200 million fleets and more than 15 Calamity-class troops here. The number is still increasing. We must fight quickly and decisively!"

Most of the Calamity-grade warriors present couldn't help but gasp, a fleet of 200 million is not a small number.

Because they are the advance troops, the number of warships allocated to their fleet by the cluster-level civilization cannot match that of the enemy, and they can only use the warships of these disaster-level forces to fill the gaps. Even if the cluster-level civilization will give them resource compensation after the war, they will still be heartbroken.

Not to mention that they are the attackers, so their losses will only be greater than the enemy's!

The officer of the star cluster civilization looked up at everyone and said, "In order to reduce casualties, we will use new teleportation technology to teleport several high-level combatants directly to the enemy's rear to destroy the energy distribution device and significantly reduce the enemy's defense capabilities."

"Anyone willing?"

Everyone's faces changed when they heard this. Teleporting to the enemy's rear to cut off the energy supply? What's the difference between this and committing suicide?

The rewards for this kind of mission are certainly generous, but you still need to be alive to spend them!

The official of the star cluster-level civilization saw the reactions of the calamity-level ones and shook his head silently in his heart.

This is the disadvantage of joining forces. Everyone wants to protect themselves, but when they encounter difficulties, they immediately start to shirk responsibility.

He couldn't force the assignment, otherwise it would be fun if everyone was dissatisfied and just left.

"I'll go" one hand raised

Kitahara Xiao's sudden voice attracted everyone's attention, some were surprised, some were indifferent, and some were mocking.

Even [Enchantress] Hilde couldn't help but look sideways, she didn't expect Kitahara Akatsuki to be so reckless.

“But I have one more request,” he added

The official from the Star Cluster Civilization raised his eyebrows and said, "Sir [Shadow], please speak."

"In addition to my previous contributions, I want a full set of advanced knowledge in the psychic and martial arts fields, and one piece of cutting-edge knowledge in the psychic field." Kitahara Akatsuki slowly offered his price.

"This..." The official rubbed his chin with four fingers and thought.

There is nothing special about advanced knowledge. Although it is relatively rare, it is not very rare for a disaster-level weapon. I will just give it to you.

But cutting-edge knowledge... is an important bargaining chip for each cluster-level civilization to attract allies.

"Advanced knowledge is fine, but as for cutting-edge knowledge... I'll have to ask for instructions," the official replied.

Kitahara Xiao nodded slightly and waited.

A few minutes later, the official gave the above reply: "We can give you cutting-edge knowledge, but you must ensure that it is not circulated in any form."

"certainly"

The official nodded and transmitted part of the things Kitahara Xiao wanted via the communicator, and the rest would be distributed after the task was completed.

"We are about to arrive at our destination, please get ready early..."

After the meeting, everyone walked out of the conference room, except Kitahara Akira and the other two who were left at the end.

Yukinoshita Yukino had a lot to say in her heart, but because of her worries and complicated emotions, all that came out of her lips was "Kitahara-kun...be careful."

She opened her mouth slightly, wanting to speak but hesitant, and all the words she couldn't say turned into deep concern in her tone.

Seeing this, Kitahara Akatsuki smiled and said, "I thought you were going to blame me for being reckless. Don't you want to ask me why I volunteered to do such a dangerous mission?"

Kato Megumi raised a faint smile, shook her head gently, and said softly, "There's no need for this."

Kato Megumi knew that Kitahara Akira was not a reckless person. He must have had an idea in mind and was quite confident about the mission when he volunteered.

Asking further questions at this time would only add pressure to him before the mission, so it would be better to give him sincere instructions and pray for his safe return.

Kitahara Xiao was slightly stunned, then he smiled gently and said, "Yes, there is no need for that."

He slowly stretched out his hand, silently took the hands of Yukinoshita Yukino and Kato Megumi, and stacked their hands together.

Those blue eyes looked at the two of them intently and affectionately, as if they wanted to imprint their figures deeply in their pupils.

He called softly, "Yukinoshita, Kei," his voice filled with determination and longing, "After completing this mission, the return device left by Gray Wind will almost be activated."

He paused and said, “When I come back, we won’t be mercenaries anymore. The three of us will go back to Earth together.”

Yukinoshita Yukino and Kato Megumi stared at him quietly, their eyes full of understanding and support, and then nodded slightly.

They understood Kitahara Xiao's intentions very well, and their silent actions at this moment had already demonstrated the deep feelings and tacit understanding between them.

During the two years of adventure and experience in this universe, the three of them have experienced countless life and death crises together, and their lives have long been closely connected and inseparable.

The emotion between them is only a thin layer of window paper away from being broken, but this subtle feeling becomes more precious and touching in the atmosphere before separation.

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