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Earlier, inside the Shrine Temple, Shin saw that Officer Billy rushed inside and quickly asked about the situation.
But what was strange about it was the question that he had asked first when he arrived. The first thing that he mentioned was whether it was true that the leader of the temple guards, Templar Johan, died or not.
In normal circumstances, it shouldn't be suspicious, especially when Officer Billy was best of friends with Templar Johan. Old Man Roger even said this.
But in this city, where everyone had the same religion and belief, their first priority would most likely be the Head Priestess.
In this incident, the temple guards were slaughtered while the Head Priestess was mission alongside some of the shrine maidens. Between the two, the latter should worry the citizens of the city more than the former case.
Old Man Roger had already proven this with his actions. There was no need to ask for the other priestess since she first ask the old man to prioritize saving the Head Priestess.
Aside from this, there were also a couple of instances where Officer Billy had overreacted. One of them was when they were at the foot of the mountain. He was insisting that Shin and Leonard had to come with them even though Old Man Roger was against the idea.
It was as if Billy wanted Shin and Leonard to be at the mountain no matter what.
When Shin thought about it, he could not help but look in the direction where Old Man Roger and Officer Billy was located. He saw the old man trying to calm the latter down as the guy went on a rampage.
"Old Man Roger, watch out!"
With his loud call, the old man could not help but slightly frowned his brows. He was about to turn to Shin when his rich experienced told him that there was something amiss. Especially when he heard the urgency of those words.
He instantly became vigilant and spread out his senses, feeling his surroundings and taking a combat-ready position.
It was at that moment that he sensed an intense bloodlust coming from an unexpected direction.
He quickly moved and swiftly hopped back but he was still a little late.
Swoosh!
A burning sensation quickly assaulted his waist. Then he felt his blood flowing out from the horizontal cut on it.
He tensed the muscles on his waist, making them contract strongly. It closed the wound temporarily and prevented the blood from continuously flowing out from it. He also held his waist with his left arm while looking at the person who just assaulted him with mixed emotions.
Confusion, grief, anger, and disbelief filled his eyes while looking at Officer Billy who was currently holding a surgical knife in his hand.
The officer was looking dangerously at Old Man Roger as a crimson glint appeared in his eyes. His appearance was still the familiar look that the old man remembered, but his current attitude and aura were completely different.
"Who-… who are you?" asked Old Man Roger with a hoarse tone.
It was at this moment that when the old man realized that this 'Officer Billy' was not the one he was familiar with.
Officer Billy did not immediately respond and just clicked his tongue. He then turned to Shin and Leonard before saying. "I knew that you two are strange from the start."
"Our people are so useless that they have let their guards down the moment they realized that one of you is from this city."
"But unfortunately for you, your disguises will not work on me. You can fool the others, but you can't fool my eyes."
"Tsk! But it is a pity that my cover is immediately blown just because of you," he added with a hint of frustration.
He had spent quite a lot of time just to take on his current disguise. He just perfected it when these two young men suddenly appeared out of nowhere, making him feel a little uncomfortable.
He was not what it was, but he had a feeling that he would immediately get exposed if these two roamed around the city freely.
His original plan was to let Old Man Roger keep an eye on them while he was making preparations for the next step of the plan of organization.
He did not know why Butcher suddenly lost his mind and started slaughtering everyone on the mountain, making him feel terrible. They had spent a lot of time and resources on this plan, but the knucklehead suddenly went crazy when they were at the most crucial and waste all their effort.
He could only curse silently and decided to clean up the mess. He was originally planning to do this silently and cut all of the loopholes.
He was planning to kill everyone here, including the shrine maidens, to get rid of the witnesses. He was just waiting for Old Man Roger to let his guard down so he could finish the old man off as soon as possible.
His martial arts attainment might be a realm higher than Old Man Roger. But that did not mean that he could get rid of the latter quickly.
His specialty was infiltration and deception. His way of eliminating the targets was also in the form of assassination. This made him a little weak when it came to frontal confrontation. If it came to a close combat quarter, then might be a match of this old man, who was always been at the peak of the Void Manifestation Stage.
In this current situation, the one that he blamed was Shin, who was able to see through him in the final moments. If not for that kid, then he most likely able to get rid of the old man without spending much effort.
Clink! Clink!
Clack!
While he was lost in his thoughts, a series of guns being raised and loaded could be heard. And when he took away his eyes from Shin and Leonard, he saw that all of the officers on the scene were currently pointing their guns at him while keeping a considerable distance.
He clicked his tongue once again as he did not find his situation a little troublesome. Regardless, he looked at everyone with an indifferent gaze aside from Old Man Roger.
He squinted his eyes and warned sharply. "Don't make any foolish move, old man. All of this trash will lose their pitiful lives."
The expression on Old Man Roger's face suddenly turned dark when he heard that. He was actually preparing a big move just now to create a window for everyone to escape. He was confident that he would be able to stand against this guy for at least a few moments even though his real was a realm lower and he was currently injured.
But it would be a different case if he had to protect the others when the fight broke out. Everyone would without a doubt die if ever they caught in the crossfire.
While Old Man Roger was in a dilemma, Billy turned to Shin and Leonard and said. "It is the same for the two of you. I know that you are looking for the opportunity to run. If you take another step back, then I will kill these guys for every step that you will take."
The expression on their faces immediately turned ugly when he heard that. Shin was now slightly regretting that they did not run earlier. Though, he was not sure if they would be able to get that far that way since Old Man Roger would seriously get injured if he did not save him just now.
He did not know who exactly these two were, but he was sure that they did not come here just for the Rite of Returning bullsh*t. He was sure that they were either sent by the military or the Magic Ace Academy.
Those two forces might have thought this through. They sent a pair of Core Formation Stage geniuses to act as returning citizens as cover, fooling them to let their guards down.
To people like him, who was in the Domain Realm, these two were not worth it in his eyes. They could be easily overlooked due to their strengths. If they were a little stronger than this then they would arouse the suspicions of the organization people, especially with the recent incident.
The organization did not easily capture those elite students. They had paid a huge price just to trap them in a single place. The organization had sacrificed a lot of Ethereal Opening Stage Experts and Grandmaster Realm Mentalists.
Not only that, but the other group of elite students also even managed to break through their encirclement and escaped. Moreover, they killed quite a number of Void Manifestation Stage Martial Artists and Rulers Realm Mentalists during the process.
This was the reason why Officer Billy, or rather Coffin Maker, was looking at Shin and Leonard warily. He was still not sure whether these two brought a strong powerhouse with them. This was the reason why he was not making any hasty moves against them earlier.
But since they had presented themselves on their doorsteps, he would not help them escape easily.
He could ask for some explanation with Butcher later, right now. He was going to capture these two and bring them to the base for interrogation.
But before all of that, he first had to take care of Old Man Roger, who was still unwilling to back down and plot against him.
"It looks like you are too stubborn, old man," said Coffin Maker as he played his surgical knife. Then the expression on his face suddenly turned cold as he added. "I guess, I should take care of the trash first."
Old Man Roger suddenly got a bad premonition. "No!"
Unfortunately, his shout could not do anything to stop Coffin Maker.
Right after his shout reverberated in the whole mountain, the police officers that were pointing their guns at Coffin Maker felt that their bodies suddenly turned stiff.
Then blood started gashing out from their throats before falling one after another.
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