soul stone

In July 1996, the Phantom Troupe assembled with the goal of the largest antiquities fair in the underground world.Unlike ordinary fairs that are advertised with much fanfare, "low-key luxury" is the consistent proposition of the underground world.Only those who have received invitations can enter, and those who receive invitations must have extremely high qualifications.High status, incomparable wealth and outstanding ability to appreciate antiquities are the necessary conditions for attending this exposition.

For Kuroro, these restrictions are of course useless.He convened the team members who usually wander around the world, aiming at the ancient books, ancient fossils and relic excavations in this exhibition.However, when he mixed into the venue and sensed the aura of deja vu, years of experience told him in the form of an intuition—a miscalculation.

A year ago, the Holy Thirteen Monastery held a public graduation ceremony, and invited the cadres of the ten old men's families, as well as him and Oyagi Yukiyo.The drama performed by the graduates alluded to another side of Xue Ye.That little girl, who once begged the little boy Villar Lynch to be her sun and her spiritual pillar, joined his uncle Rafael Lynch's plan after graduation and let him kill him with his own hands. His father was kicked out of the family and exiled to Meteor Street.Thinking about it now, it cannot be called a coincidence that the choice between the two at the station was so similar to the prisoner’s dilemma in the graduation exam.She is a smart person and has a good plan.From the time of the graduation exam, she had expected that he would never betray her, so she first declared that she was willing to go to Meteor Street.As she expected, the little boy Villar Lynch couldn't bear to let her suffer, so he offered to go to Meteor Street, but the little girl didn't insist.

In this way, Villar Lynch became Kuroro Roussillo, struggling to survive on Meteor Street, while Yuki Yagi enjoyed peace on the isolated island.After Frozen Island sank, he went out of his way to find her, which was really against the style of the head of the brigade.

Either way, the girl is dead.He plunged the dagger into her body with his own hands, just like it had been inserted into his father's body.He still remembered her bloody face and eyes when she was dying, as pure as a newborn baby.She shook her head.She didn't want him to see her hurt face.She held out her hand to him.He caught it.She saw the dagger on her chest and showed a shocked expression.

"...Ugh!"

Accompanied by the crackling sound of stones, his back was firmly embedded in the wall.The intense offensive of the white-haired man in front of him didn't even have time to catch his breath.The mind pressure Shiba exudes is thicker and more ferocious than when he was in the Holy Thirteen Monastery a year ago.It is this familiar atmosphere that evokes the memory of a year ago.

A person who has experienced many battles will always concentrate in battle, just like sunlight through a magnifying glass, focusing on the powerful enemy in front of him.Because they know that distraction in battle is tantamount to suicide.However, this time, in the action images that are slowed down due to the high concentration of will, it seems that a few frames from the past film are inserted intermittently.Those pictures flashed by, and it was too late to distinguish the specific content, but the subconscious mind had keenly grasped the meaning represented by the pictures.As if swallowing a rain cloud whole, Kuroro felt a suffocation in his chest.

In the end he escaped.The operation ended with the retreat of the brigade.The incident at the monastery last year had put all the charges on the brigade. Now that the brigade is a thorn in the side of the gang, it's no wonder they sent the family who beat the enemy.Fortunately, only No. 8 was killed, and everyone else was fine. No. 8 is not a special talent, just find someone to fill it up.

Although it was a retreat, it also gained a lot of spoils.In the pile of large and small glass boxes containing ancient relics, a huge skull caught his attention.Judging from the fineness, it is obviously not a fossil, but a recently excavated one.The card on the lid confirmed his deduction:

"The skull of a juvenile lava whale. Excavated in the settlement of the Kuruta tribe, October 1995. From the habitat of the frozen island, it appeared in the settlement of the Kuruta tribe that spanned half the world. It may be due to ocean currents and getting lost. Lost lava whales are often seen near frozen islands stranded on beaches and caught by fishermen.

——Note: The Kuluta ethnic group, a minority with the fiery red eyes of the "seven beauties in the world", became extinct in 1994. "

Kuroro stared at the hollow eye sockets of the skull for a long time.After a while, he got up to find Pike.The bruises and purple bumps on her face startled the normally calm woman.At the same time, she was also very happy. The group leader didn't hesitate to show this embarrassment in front of her, because he trusted her.

While she was happy, she agreed to the leader's personal request without thinking too much.

Since the monastery incident last year, the activities of the top gangsters have been extremely cautious.The annual gathering of ten old men was held in a particularly secretive manner this year.The venue this time was in a conference room at the International Police Headquarters.No one would have thought that gangsters were operating under the nose of the police.Don Corleone knew very well the truth that "the most dangerous place is the safest", and only his connections could get him to such a place.More importantly, he enjoys unquestionable prestige and respect among the ten old men.For this meeting, everyone is assured of his arrangement.Even if business conflicts occur, they also believe that "Godfather" Corleone can make a fair judgment of mutual benefit and win-win.

Now, Don Corleone was sitting at the back of the long circular conference table, with a sturdy young man in sunglasses standing directly behind him.Surrounding the long table, a bodyguard stood behind each old man.What is different from the past is that there are eleven leaders participating in this meeting.Facing the "Godfather" was the only woman in the venue.Hiroru Kamijou was a staff officer rather than a bodyguard, standing upright behind the nun.The well-tailored black suit trousers, black-rimmed glasses, and a thin strand of black hair behind him are like a crow with its wings folded and resting on the top of a tower in the evening.

Don Corleone looked around the room, and when he saw the nun, he gave a small smile of relief.

"I'm glad you're here, Moelle," he said. "I hear you've been busy the last year."

The nun nodded calmly.

"God bless all beings. In this world, there are too many children who need guidance. In order to carry out the will of the Lord, it is far from enough for me alone. This is why I came this time."

Her words were soft and full of resilience, which eased the tense atmosphere in the venue.The nun leaned forward and stood up, scanning the audience.The faces of men who lacked religious belief showed undisguised contempt, but she pretended not to see it.

"All of you here are outstanding people with outstanding talents who have been chosen by God. God—you can understand it as the rules governing this universe—why did you choose talented people? Adam and Eve were created by the Lord in his own image. Almighty God loves those who are like Him. Likewise, it is precisely because you share similar interests and avoid similar dangers in many ways that you come together here and now. You represent the interests of each family as a whole, It is not an individual. No matter how strong each person is, there is a limit, so people gather together to build families, towns, and countries. For those of you who do business, the family is the strongest backing. Please recall Take a moment. How many capable cadres did the family have when you were the last old man? How about when you were the last old man?"

The old men listened quietly, and their previous contemptuous expressions softened a lot.Except Raphael.

He was the first old man in the family, and when the nun talked about "reminiscences", he thought of all the humiliation and humiliation under the oppression of his elder brother.His hands shook involuntarily.A year ago, the shaking frequency was not so high.Raphael glanced around from the corner of his eye, making sure that no one was paying attention to him, so he quickly and quietly hid his hands under the table.

"The strength of a family is inseparable from capable talents. People are not gods. Even a unparalleled hero will grow old one day. You are the same. But don't worry, you have descendants to inherit the family business. However, The cadres will also get old, and when your sons and grandsons take over, most of them will leave us." Having said this, she calmly looked around at the bodyguards of each family, "I have no ill intentions. When it is insufficient. It is not so easy to find suitable talents. After the tragedy that happened in the monastery in the past year, you must have a deep understanding."

This was also planned in advance.

In the convent graduation ceremony last year, except for the three families of Corleone, Raphael and La Roye, the strength of the other families was greatly weakened.The bodyguards behind the seven old men are all new faces.In addition, "Gambler" Laroyer's bodyguard has also changed. After the "Great Cleansing", he continued to eat away at the properties of the other companies, and now he has occupied almost all the gambling spots and lottery stations in the world, and even annexed a large part of the brothel business that originally belonged to the old man Michelak.La Royer's original bodyguard was an irrational devil, a pure monster.He had committed enough crimes to die a dozen times before he joined the Laroyer family.It was heard that he slept with the lover of the "God of Gamblers" after being drunk, so the old man La Royer refused to continue to protect him and handed him over to the police.He died in the electric chair a few months ago.And now the red-haired bodyguard was scanning the audience with unscrupulous eyes, like a cheetah looking for its next good meal.

uncontrollable character.Only "gamblers" dare to reuse this kind of people who play cards unreasonably.

But will they be as lucky this time as they were during the "Great Purge"?

With his left arm thrown back on the back of the chair, La Roye rested his right hand casually on the table, flicking his lucky gold coins into the air.He was wearing a glittering gold-threaded red-bottomed suit, a plaid shirt with an unbuttoned neckline, and a denim-like scarf.Natalie Lynch looked more like her uncle than Grandpa Corleone, at least in terms of dress.Facing Laroye's aggressive gaze, Mo Ai Li did not change her face, but her tone was undeniably serious.

"If you don't do anything, at that time, I'm afraid you can only watch the little master fight alone. You must know better than me what it means to fight alone."

The old man Ibrimer sitting on the right spoke.

"You want the church to be completely a reserve for gang cadres." His voice was as hard as his face, as if carved out of a chisel, with the metal texture of a soldier's unique weapon.

"There is a huge talent gap and chapters need to be established around the world. With a little effort from you all, you can enjoy a strong and stable reserve of officers. It's up to you. I also have my godsons here, who can attest to the graduates of St. Thirteen's Abbey level."

Hiroshi Kamijou, who had been standing behind the nun, finally got the chance to communicate with the strong man in sunglasses opposite him.The curvature of Qiao Huan's mouth seemed a little stiff.Both noticed the malevolent stare from La Royer's new bodyguard.

At this moment, Hisoka was in great torment.

A few months ago, the gang had hired the Beaten family to deal with the Phantom Brigade, but only killed one member.This made him have a strong interest in the brigade.Since the gang and the brigade are enemies, as long as you join the gang, you will be able to face the brigade one day.

The employer is a crazy guy, allowing him to attend such an important meeting when he just joined.If he wants, he can kill everyone here.But most of them were rotten, moldy, wrinkled old apples. Even if there were a few good ones mixed in among the pile of rotten apples, it still made him lose his appetite.Well, just kill the rotten apples first, right?But that would lose the chance to find the brigade.

For the sake of the brigade, he has to endure, endure, endure, endure, endure...

Even so, as long as someone with a little strength can detect the almost crazy murderous aura he exudes.When the red-haired bodyguard glanced at her face, all the nerves in Kamijou's body tensed up like a dried salted fish.

"55 points~" Hisoka hooked the corner of his mouth.Compared with the other ten or twenty bodyguards, this woman is not bad.

"73 points~" This refers to the man in sunglasses behind Don Corleone.

"44 points~" The beauty behind the old man Rafael.Judging by the vicious gaze staring straight over, it was obvious that she was still too young.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait," Laroyer waved his hand, and pressed the cigar, which was less than a third of it smoked, into the crystal ashtray, "The 'Dandelion' project... the name is good, it reminds me of a farm girl going to the fields Miss nun, I have a question. Dandelions grow on dandelions, and they grow up to be dandelions. How do you make sure those little ghosts are really loyal to the old men, not your eyeliner, huh?"

For a while, the conference room was silent.

"Enough is enough, La Roye." Raphael frowned and growled.

The nun closed her eyes, remained expressionless for two seconds, then opened them again, still looking at La Roye with motherly eyes and a smile.However, the "gambler" fell silent the moment he met his gaze.Her eyes make people shudder, emitting the original malevolence engraved in the genes.If before it represented the love that nurtured life, at this moment it represents the supreme power that dominates life.

"Mother against God" - this is the title given to Sister Moelle by the outside world.

It wasn't until just now that Laroye truly realized the horror of the word "against the gods".

Meanwhile, Hisoka was excited by the psychic pressure released by the nun.

In terms of combat strength alone, her score is not as good as that of the man in sunglasses.But she has a unique temperament that makes it impossible to be an enemy.No matter how strong the killing intent is, she will dissolve it into obedience and dependence.This is her true strength.

"92 points~"