After leaving Hoshizaki Yukina's room, Akimiya Yue and Yasushi Yoshimizu heard fierce fighting noises coming from various parts of the branch, which were occasionally mixed with screams and angry scoldings.

The rioting killers began to attack the branch. There were more than 150 of them, occupying an absolute numerical advantage.

But the branch is not vulnerable. There are about thirty killers who did not participate in the riot. They are all die-hard members of Arakawa Buntais, and there are also a dozen family killers, which add up to more than fifty people.

In addition, there are also a large number of staff in the branch. Apart from civilians who have no combat effectiveness, the rest are not helpless.

So this is a head-on battle, not a one-sided massacre.

It is also because the killers are all professional murderers and are not afraid of fighting and death. If they were ordinary people, they would not be able to fight at all.

Akimiya Yue rushed to Arakawa Buntaisui's office with Yoshimizu Yoshizaki. They encountered many battles along the way, bullets were flying everywhere, and some people even took out grenades.

Killers generally rarely use firearms when performing tasks because they make too much noise, but this does not mean that they do not know how to use them. On the contrary, they like them very much because it saves time and effort.

An imaginary killer fight - slashing at each other with knives, hiding from each other and looking for opportunities to give each other a fatal blow.

Real killer battle - both sides occupy favorable terrain, draw guns and shoot at each other, throw grenades at each other, and pour out firepower.

Therefore, in addition to high-end combat power, the regular army can crush ordinary killers for this reason - when it comes to fighting, killers are also amateurs.

Akimiya Yue and Basi Yishui carefully avoided the fighting area, but they still inevitably encountered enemies. At the corner, they encountered two Lao Liu hiding in the corner with guns.

Akimiya Yue's reaction speed was extremely fast, and she dragged Basi Yoshisui to the ground before shooting.

Bang bang bang!

Fierce gunfire rang out almost at the same time, and bullets flew over the heads of the two men.

Qiu Gongyue didn't have a gun, so she could only take out a throwing knife and shoot forward.

The two killers, who were obviously only one-star, were hurriedly blocking and dodging. Qiu Gongyue was already flying towards the ground.

The two killers were not afraid, but instead took out their knives and fought back fiercely. However, the strength gap between the three stars and the one star was too big, and with Basi Jisui rushing over to help, the two killers were killed in the blink of an eye.

"Ahem..."

A coughing sound suddenly aroused the vigilance of Qiu Gongyue and Basi Yishui. The two raised the picked up guns and pointed them at them.

I saw a man lying on the ground not far away. He had been shot several times and was coughing up blood. He was obviously seriously injured and dying.

"I...don't help anyone...why...kill me..."

The wounded man came back to his senses, murmured to the two of them, and soon lost his breath.

Akimiya Yue and Basi Yoshimizu lowered their guns. It was obvious that this was a killer trying to remain neutral.

In the branch, there were several killers who tried to remain neutral and stay alone, not participating in the riots or helping Arakawa Buntais, but they were eventually involved in the battle.

But in the eyes of the rioting killers, if you don't help, they just stand on the opposite side, and of course they will also beat you.

On Arakawa Buntais side, these killers who remained neutral would have received the same treatment.

Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal.

In this kind of environment, the neutral will not be able to please both sides, and will end up being beaten by both sides.

Akimiya Yue and Basi Yoshimizu continued to move forward, and soon arrived in front of Arakawa Buntais' office.

There are no signs of fighting here. On the one hand, the rioting killers have not yet attacked, and on the other hand, they want to clean up the minions first, and then concentrate on dealing with the big boss, Arakawa Buntais.

Qiu Gongyue stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, a voice sounded from inside: "Who?"

Qiu Gongyue replied: "It's me, Xinyue."

The office door opened soon, and there were three gun-wielding killers hiding inside, all of whom were direct loyalists of Arakawa Buntais.

When Qiu Gongyue and Basi Jishui walked in, one of the killers said in surprise: "I thought you had run away in advance, but you still dare to come back?"

Qiugong Yuexin said of course I wanted to run away. If I hadn't been sent back by that roast chicken, I would have run away long ago. Now I can't run away even if I want to.

But having said that, if Hoshizaki Yukina hadn't pulled her away, they would still be stuck in the cave and unable to get out.

Qiu Gongyue didn't reply and looked directly at the sofa in the corner of the office.

I saw Arakawa Buntai lying on the sofa, his face pale and his eyes closed.

Qiu Gongyue said in surprise: "He is injured?"

The reason why she ran across the war zone to find Arakawa Buntais was because she was convinced that Arakawa Buntais must know how to leave the branch.

If the other party is unconscious, isn't it in vain?

The killer on the side gritted his teeth and said: "It's not that he was injured, he was poisoned. Those despicable and shameless guys outside actually poisoned me."

Qiu Gongyue couldn't help but glance at the other person, that was the look she was looking at at a patient.

He actually called a group of killers despicable and shameless. Are you sure that was a scolding and not a compliment?

Another killer interjected: "There is also Choshiro. Lord Arakawa trusts him so much that he secretly turned to an outsider and poisoned Lord Arakawa."

Choshiro was a staff member whom Arakawa Buntais trusted very much, but he actually betrayed him.

But if you think about it, Arakawa Buntais is still the instructor of those riot killers outside. There is a teacher-student relationship, but when he is on the opposite side of most killers, the teacher-student relationship, let alone the father-son relationship, is useless.

Akimiya Yue didn't have time to waste time with these three killers, so she pointed at the unconscious Arakawa Buntais and said to Yashimi Yashimi: "Go and slap him twice."

"ah?"

Basi Jishui's eyes widened in surprise, thinking he heard wrongly.

The three killers next to him also looked stunned.

Akimiya simply took matters into her own hands, walked over, picked up Arakawa Buntaisi's collar, and slapped him twice in the face.

"what are you doing?!"

The three killers became anxious and quickly pointed their guns at Qiu Gongyue.

Akimiya Yue let go of Arakawa Buntais collar, lowered her head and stared at him closely.

Arakawa Buntais' eyelids trembled slightly, he slowly opened his eyes, and glanced at Akimiya Yue blankly: "New Moon?"

Akimiya suppressed the urge to ridicule: "Instructor Arakawa, there is no time for you to sleep now."

She wanted to put a gun to Arakawa Buntaishi's forehead and ask him why he allowed the situation to develop to this point.

But now there is no extra time to talk nonsense, it is still important to find a way to escape.

Arakawa Buntai sat up from the sofa, covering his chest where he was feeling pain with his hands, looked around the office, and asked: "How is the situation outside?"

The three killers subconsciously looked at Akimiya Yue. They had been protecting the poisoned Arakawa Buntais in the office, and they didn't know what the fighting situation was like outside.

Qiu Gongyue said calmly: "According to my estimation, the battle will be over in less than twenty minutes."

Although Arakawa Buntais side's combat effectiveness is not weak, the number of people is still too small, and most importantly, the high-end combat effectiveness is too low.

There are seven or eight three-star assassins on Tsugumo Shinji's side, and there are only two at most on Arakawa Buntais' side.

And Arakawa Buntais, who has the highest combat power, is actually poisoned, which has a negative effect. How can we fight this?

Qiugong Yue's estimate of twenty minutes is already too optimistic. Maybe the battle outside will be over soon.

After hearing her words, everyone's expressions changed, and their eyes fell on Arakawa Buntais, waiting for him to make a decision.

Arakawa Buntai showed a bitter smile on his face: "I underestimated Tsugumo Shinji, and he was able to bribe someone I trusted to poison me."

Every killer is familiar with poison, and poisoning is also one of the common methods of assassination.

Qiu Gongyue couldn't help but ask: "What kind of poison have you been poisoned by?"

Arakawa Buntai pressed his chest with his hand: "It should be a newly prepared poison, specifically targeting the heart, making it difficult for me to operate the breathing method. The advantage is that the effect is very strong, but there are also disadvantages. It takes too long to take effect and is easy to be discovered.

"

Seeing that Arakawa Buntais was still in the mood to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of poison, Akimiya Yue interrupted him: "Instructor Arakawa, you still have time to think about this, why not think about how to escape. You are the minister, and you should know some secrets leaving the branch.

Right? Don't tell me not."

The rest of the people also looked at Arakawa Buntai secretly with expectant eyes.

They came to the office specifically to protect him, but they had no intention of escaping from the secret passage with him.

Being stared at by these pairs of eyes, Arakawa Buntais knew very well that if he said no, then these people would probably find a reason to leave him behind even if they did not surrender to the enemy on the spot.

There is no such thing as being loyal even if you risk your life, but it is very rare in modern society.

"Of course."

Arakawa Buntais' words made everyone feel relieved: "My poison will not be cured for a while, so let's leave first."

He did not hesitate to abandon his subordinates who were still fighting for him outside, and raised his hand to point to the heavy desk in front of him: "Move this desk, the entrance to the secret passage is below."

The three killers were very diligent and rushed forward to move the desk away. Sure enough, there was a pull ring on the floor below.

After grabbing it and pulling hard, with a harsh friction sound, a dark hole appeared, and a staircase went deep into the darkness.

A killer took out his cell phone, turned on the flashlight function for lighting, and walked down first.

When the other two killers were about to help Arakawa Buntais, they were rejected by him in a strong tone: "No need to help, I'm not at the point where I can't walk yet."

The two killers had no choice but to give up.

When everyone lined up to go down, Qiu Gongyue looked at the structure of the entrance to the secret passage and couldn't help but ask: "Is there no way to restore it to its original state?"

If this continues, even if the tab is pulled, the desk will not be restored. As soon as others come in, they will be able to see the entrance of the secret passage and know that they escaped from the entrance of the secret passage.

Arakawa Buntais explained: "There used to be a device to restore it to its original state, but it was dismantled by the previous minister. He believed that escaping from the secret passage was a cowardly act."

Everyone's faces showed admiration, and they all cursed in their hearts - big fucking idiots.

Basi Yishui suddenly remembered something: "Didn't the previous minister disappear?"

"That's right."

Arakawa Buntai said calmly: "He was eventually found dead in the secret passage."

Everyone: "..."

Arakawa Buntais continued: "Don't worry, after I became the minister, I have reinstalled the device to restore it to its original state."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Why didn't you tell me earlier? You could easily have been beaten for being pretentious.

After everyone entered the secret passage, Arakawa Buntaishi instructed Akimiya Yue, who was walking at the end, to press a button on the wall.

After pressing it, the upper baffle will automatically close.

Arakawa Buntai turned his head from the bottom of the stairs: "That's okay, the desk above will be restored to its original state, and no one can see it."

Qiu Gongyue reached out and pushed the baffle, and sure enough, it didn't move at all, and the sound of the desk moving was heard from above.

If she hadn't been short of time, she would have wanted to go up and check again. She didn't even have 10% trust in Arakawa Buntais's words.

Everyone walked down the stairs and walked about ten meters before stepping into a cave.

The cave is natural, but there are also signs of artificial repair nearby.

Arakawa Buntai turned around and said to everyone: "This is a natural underground cave. The inside is as complicated as a maze. If you are not careful, you will get lost. The previous minister starved to death in it after getting lost. There is only one exit. You have to follow

Hold me tight."

Originally, the three killers were eager to move forward, and Qiu Gongyue also planned to leave them behind with Basi Jisui and leave quickly.

But after hearing Arakawa Buntais words, everyone stopped moving forward.

Arakawa Buntai coughed, clutched his chest and walked forward, and everyone followed behind him.

At the same time, the fierce battle on the ground finally came to an end.

More than thirty killers loyal to Arakawa Buntais, a dozen family killers, and a large number of staff were all slaughtered.

The death toll was about three digits, which was obviously not a lot, but it created a scene like a bloody slaughterhouse, with corpses and blood everywhere in the branch.

These dead people did not necessarily fight to the death for Arakawa Buntaishi, most of them fought for themselves. After all, Tsugumo Shinji's side had no intention of leaving anyone alive, and even those who surrendered and were neutral were killed.

There was no time to clean up the battlefield, and the rioting killers had already arrived in front of Arakawa Buntais' office.

As long as the people inside are killed, they will be the winners.

Moreover, Tsugumo Shinji has informed everyone that Arakawa Buntais was poisoned and has no fighting power.

A grenade was thrown out and landed in front of the office door. With a bang, the wooden door flew away.

Then several killers carefully went over to check, only to find that there was no one inside.

However, the desk placed on the ground moved away, revealing the partially blocked entrance to the secret passage below.

Blocked, but not completely blocked.

In the natural cave, Qiu Gongyue felt a little anxious.

When they walked in the cave, they left obvious traces on the ground. If there were pursuers, they could quickly catch up by following the traces.

Leaving cleaning traces would waste too much time, and no one would be willing to stay.

It would be okay if it was just like this, but the key point is that Arakawa Buntais is too slow and refuses to be carried on his back. It doesn't feel like he is running away, but more like an old man taking a walk to eat after a meal.

If Arakawa Buntais wasn't the only one who knew the way out of the cave, Akimiya Yue would have kicked him away and ran away quickly with Yashimi Yoshizu.

"Instructor Arakawa."

Qiu Gongyue couldn't help but said: "Is your leg injured?"

Arakawa Buntai was slightly startled: "No, why do you ask?"

"No?"

Qiu Gongyue raised her voice slightly: "Then you can't walk faster? Or let someone carry you?"

After tonight, Qiu Gongyue's respect for this leader has disappeared.

The others remained silent, but no one jumped out to object.

Arakawa Buntai was not angry. He stretched out his hand and waved to a certain killer: "Come and carry me."

Just when Arakawa Buntais lay on the killer's back, Akimiya Yue suddenly turned her head and looked back.

In the darkness, there was an extremely subtle movement, which was felt not only by her, but also by everyone else - it was the sound of running.

"They're catching up, let's go!"

Qiu Gongyue turned and ran forward, and the others quickly followed.

Akimiya Yue ran and asked Arakawa Buntais: "Didn't you say that the desk has been restored to its original state?"

Arakawa Buntai looked indifferent: "It has indeed recovered, but it does not mean that it will not be discovered at all. If you can think of the secret passage, others will also think of it."

This kind of old-fashioned answer is impossible to refute.

…

With a flash of white light, Xu Cheng appeared on the mountain-ring road at the foot of Hot Spring Mountain.

It was all night at this time, there were no street lights on the highway, and Muroto City in the distance was also dark with only a few scattered lights.

Xu Cheng knew this place. Walking up the mountain ring road, you can reach the abandoned hot spring village on the mountain.

But why did the manager send himself to the highway instead of directly to the branch of the Giver of the Dead?

Xu Cheng took a look at the mission.

[Mission: Riot]

[Difficulty: Normal]

[Content: A riot broke out in the Death Grant branch. Two of your connections are in danger. Please save them and quell the riot]

[Whether to accept the task]

What are the descriptions of my two connections?

Also, even if Akimiya Yue is in danger, Hoshizaki Yukina has teleportation and is almost invincible, so how can she be in danger?

Xu Cheng didn't think much and chose to accept the task. He condensed the killer card in his palm and transformed himself into the appearance of a young man in a windbreaker.

The manager's beep sounded again.

[Task begins]

[You only have five chances to come back, please cherish it]

[Your identity is a three-star assassin of the killer organization "Giant of the Dead". A riot by the killers is currently taking place in the Death of the Dead branch. Your relations, Yuki To Akimiya and Yukina Hoshizaki, are in danger. Please save them.

, and quell the riot at the same time. If the existence of the task manager is exposed, the task will be deemed to have failed]

[Please leave the road and go to Hot Spring Mountain to find the poisoned Hoshizaki Yukina]

[Connector secret code: If the electrical appliance stops working, give it a few hard taps to make it work again. Where did this habit originate]

Seeing the manager's prompt, Xu Cheng understood why Hoshizaki Yukina was in danger. It turned out to be poisoning.

He even poisoned me, the killers are so despicable and shameless.

The road was still winding and the distance was too far, so Xu Cheng decided not to take the road at all, and directly used the breathing method to rush into the dense forest beside the road and rush towards the hot spring village on the mountain.

The terrain in the dense forest is rugged and full of thorns and trees blocking the road.

Xu Cheng directly covered his whole body with Qi, so he didn't need to worry about his clothes. They would be repaired automatically after each mission anyway.

He was like a rampaging steamroller, crushing through the dense forest and smashing all obstacles along the way.

"What the hell?"

When a figure heard the noise, he thought it was a wild boar and jumped down from the tree crown, just in time to collide with Xu Cheng.

He didn't even see Xu Cheng's face clearly before he felt his neck tighten and he was lifted up by one hand.

"Killer? What are you doing here?"

The killer struggled desperately but could not break free from the steel-like arms.

"If you don't tell me, I will strangle you to death so that you don't waste food."

"Don't... we are... looking for a witch..."

"Thanks!"

Xu Cheng strangled him and moved on.

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Chapter completed!