Rise of an Empire

The two men hung on the horned devil and climbed down the cliff, finally discovering a narrow gap near the sea level.

Seeing this hidden cave, Conrad couldn't help but pay sincere respect to Yamamura Sadako's mother.

How could she find this place where even a detective device couldn't find it?

It was naturally impossible for the horned devil to get into the narrow gap due to its size. The Duke ordered it to guard outside, and he climbed in with Sadako and the two of them.

"It's strange. I feel like something is wrong in this cave." As soon as the two climbed into the cave, Conrad felt something strange.

It is said that this kind of cave on the cliff should be the habitat of various birds, or at the worst, there should be a bunch of bats.

But they walked in for dozens of meters, but they didn't even see any bird droppings. The cave was so quiet that it was a bit scary.

"My slave also feels that something is wrong in front of me." After hearing Conrad's words, Yamamura Sadako quickly agreed.

Well, looking at her low-brow look, the Duke knew that it was impossible to count on her.

Although it is true that Sadako in this state is very obedient and fully meets the requirements of a man's ideal maid, but if you want her to have any ideas, it is completely wishful thinking.

"Forget it, just to be on the safe side, let's let the Demon Infant explore the way." Since something felt wrong, Conrad naturally wouldn't risk his own life. Anyway, the monsters that had been summoned would be destroyed unless he canceled the summons. will always exist in the main world.

The demon baby shook its huge head and walked forward, while the Duke and Sadako hung far behind.

Just after walking about ten meters, I saw a huge black shadow rushing toward the demon baby.

Squeak

The demon infant let out a shrill scream and was swallowed by the black shadow.

"Blow it up for me." In a sudden glance, Conrad had already seen clearly what that huge black shadow was. With a wave of his hand, the remaining demon infants immediately threw out all the fireballs in their hands.

"Boom"

In an instant, a deafening explosion sounded throughout the cave. The huge black figure ate a dozen fireballs and was immediately blown into pieces.

The demon baby that was originally swallowed by it also crawled out of the opponent's belly. Although it seemed a little depressed, hell creatures can slowly recover as long as they don't die.

"How come there is such a big snake here?" Conrad asked strangely as he looked at the giant python that was blown into pieces.

This is a giant python that is seven or eight meters long. It would not be surprising if this kind of giant python appeared in the Amazon rainforest, but this is the Inland Sea of ​​Japan.

The environment of Izu Oshima is not suitable for snakes to survive. Even if there are snakes, they are small snakes. It is absolutely impossible for such giant pythons to exist.

But he was just saying this. It was absolutely impossible for Sadako to know the answer, and he was not a zoologist. This question basically could not be answered.

"Where is the stone statue?" Walking around the remains of the giant python, the two finally reached the deepest part of the cave, a cave that looked quite large.

"The statue of the god is enshrined on the stone wall," Sadako Yamamura said, pointing to the stone wall in the middle.

Just following her finger, there was nothing else on the stone wall except a shallow pit.

"Where's the statue?" Yamamura Sadako was suddenly a little stunned. Her mother fished the statue of Yu Xiaojiao out of the sea and enshrined it here. How could it be gone?

Conrad walked to the stone wall and reached out to touch the shallow pit.

There is a circle of moss growing in the pit, but in the center of the moss, you can clearly see the traces of a base.

"It must have been taken away by someone, but it didn't last long." He thought for a while and said thoughtfully.

After all, he was a man who had watched more than 600 episodes of Conan back then, so he could still come up with such a simple reasoning.

Judging from the traces of moss, the statue was definitely not taken away for more than a week.

Because moss grows very fast, and it will grow crazy in a week.

"How could anyone know about this place?" Yamamura Sadako asked strangely. It was her first time to come to this cave, so how could anyone know about it?

"Let's go back and take a look." Touching his chin, the Duke thought of the giant python he met on the road just now. It seemed that that snake was the key to the matter.

According to common sense, such a huge python should not live in such a place. Coupled with the just-disappeared statue of the god, it would be a joke to say that there is no connection between the two.

He ordered the Demon Infant to pick up the giant python's body together, and then ordered Sadako to examine the fragments carefully.

Although it is not very humane for a young girl to examine the body of a giant python, the Duke feels that he should carry out the so-called gentleman's spirit and examine it himself.

Who is the master and who is the maid?

Sadako shivered as she rummaged through a pile of minced meat. It was unclear whether she was scolding Conrad for abusing the female workers.

Originally, Conrad only came to take a look with the idea of ​​​​better than nothing. After all, he is not a professional detective. Even if there are any clues on this giant python, he may not be able to see it.

But when Sadako pulled out a metal breastplate from the python's stomach, the Duke felt that he had really found a clue.

It was a strange breastplate, with six octopus tentacles growing under a skull.

"Hydra, why do they appear here?"

Conrad murmured to himself while holding the name badge that Sadako Yamamura turned out.

The largest villain organization in the Marvel world is probably Hydra. It is said that it is everywhere and is an absolutely unbeatable little strongman.

Red Skull, the boss of Hydra at that time, also worked for his cheap father, but later they had a bad fight due to some profit issues.

From time traveling to the present, Conrad has also met several Hydra leaders, such as Alexander Pierce, and his current subordinate Gideon Malik.

It's just that from the current point of view, the two famous Hydra snake heads in later generations have not reached the height they should be. At least in Conrad's view, they still seem a bit immature.

But he never expected that he would see the Hydra symbol in such a remote cave in Japan.

In the past few years, because of his foresight, Conrad didn't think much of Hydra at all, because he felt that those guys were just good at hiding their identities, but in other respects they were just scum.

But now it seems that people can become the largest villain organization in the Marvel world, and they are definitely not in vain.