Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today.

Chapter 794: Gathering of Intelligence

No one expected that Mandela would dare to scold Bai Yasha right away.

As for Bai Yasha, the person involved, his face darkened after he realized what was happening, and he scolded coldly:
"Who do you think you're talking to, kid?"

As soon as he finished speaking, an invisible pressure instantly enveloped Mandela, causing his body to freeze in place, unable to move. He even felt that his breathing and thinking had stopped.

However, Hakuyasha only intended to teach him a small lesson, so he quickly withdrew his momentum, and Mandela gasped heavily as if he had just escaped from drowning.

"Ha ha……!"

At this moment, Mandela seemed to finally regain his sanity and realize what he had just done.

But even so, he had no intention of backing down, he just softened his tone and said:
"...No matter what, I firmly oppose the decision to lift the seal of [Absolute Evil]."

However, facing his firm attitude, Bai Yasha said unhappily:
"I do support this matter. However, whether you are against it or for it, your current actions will not have any impact on the outcome—"

"Because you got the wrong guy, idiot!"

"……what?"

Mandela was slightly startled. At this moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka beside him raised his hand a little embarrassedly and said:
"Well, I was the one who brought this up..."

"you……?"

He looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, then at Shiroyasha, his face full of suspicion.

He did not deny that Fujimaru Ritsuka was powerful, but it was hard to believe that she could influence the Taoist gods.

And in his opinion, the only person who could do this was Bai Yasha.

However, there is no need for Baiyasha to lie about such a thing...

In any case, his state of consciousness was somewhat different from what he had expected, and Mandela could no longer maintain his aggressive attitude, but he was also too embarrassed to make concessions immediately, so the situation became awkward and stalemate.

At this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and suggested:
"How about we find a place to have a good chat?"

……

...

The City of Brilliant Flame is surrounded by three layers of walls: the outer wall is stationed with elite troops centered on Asian dragons; the second layer is the general residential area, stage area and workshop street; the third layer is the dormitories and mansions for entertaining distinguished guests.

As for the inner wall, a palace was built as a base, and behind the city stood a huge mountain that stretched into the distance.

They followed Mandela into the palace and came to the reception room. At this moment, the leader of the Salamandra community, Sandra, appeared in front of everyone.

Although it wasn't long since the last time they met, Sandra seemed to have grown a lot. Judging from her appearance alone, she had a pair of dragon horns on her head that didn't fit in with her petite body. Those were the horns of the Star Sea Dragon King.

The dragon horn of the strongest kind of spiritual power has become a part of her, so in addition to the changes in appearance, another significant change is the increase in strength. Her own spiritual power has increased several times compared to the last time they met.

This time, the North District was also attacked by the Demon King, but Salamandra finally defeated the opponent alone. Considering this factor, Sandra's growth is understandable.

"Shiroyasha-sama and everyone from [No Name], why are you here? Isn't Ren-kun coming with you?"

Seeing everyone, Sandra opened her eyes wide in surprise, and then began to look for Ren.

Unfortunately, Sandra did not find Ren, but instead discovered Pest standing behind Ritsuka Fujimaru. The smile on her face instantly disappeared, revealing a hostile look.

“…You’re here too, [Demon King of Black Death Spots].”

Seeing this, Pest raised the corners of his mouth slightly and responded nonchalantly:
"It's been a long time since we last met, Sandra. It looks like your strength has increased a lot."

"……snort!"

Sandra knew that the other party was no longer a demon king, but a familiar belonging to [No Name]. However, she could not remain calm when she thought of her comrades in the community who had sacrificed in the original battle.

However, it was impossible to attack Pest directly now, so she could only snort coldly and try to ignore the other party's existence.

She cast her gaze towards Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others. At the same time, she seemed to have thought of something and said hesitantly to Shiroyasha, "Could it be that you are the one who intends to lift the seal...?"

"——I think you're asking the wrong person."

However, before Bai Yasha could deny it, a voice suddenly came from the side and answered for her.

“…It’s you!?”

The next moment, when he saw clearly the owner of the voice, Fujimaru Ritsuka opened his eyes slightly wide in surprise.

The other people were also stunned, and after they reacted, they looked at the newcomer with hostility, just like Sandra had just done.

Because the owner of this voice is none other than Kalgis of Ouroboros!
Not only that, Lin also stayed beside him, greeting everyone with a smile:
"Hello everyone, I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

"What are you...?"

After helping Goldruf to establish Chaldea, the other party left and claimed that he would go to the City of Brilliant Flame in advance to wait for her arrival.

But what she didn't expect was that they would show up openly.

On the other hand, everyone's reaction made Sandra feel a little strange, and she wondered:
"Um, do you know him?"

"That's it."

Izayoi Sakamaki stared at Kalki and gave an ambiguous response while casually asking:

"Do you know them, too?"

"Ah."

Sandra nodded and introduced:

"They are members of a special chamber of commerce community. Your Highness and Lin, we met about a year ago."

"The Chamber of Commerce..."

Izayoi Sakamaki couldn't help but sneer, his expression seemed thoughtful.

Not only him, but Bai Yasha, who was standing next to him, glanced at Mandela who was pretending to be calm, and roughly understood the whole story.

Pest's attack on the Fire Dragon Birth Festival was actively provoked by Salamandra, so it can be inferred that Ouroboros had contact with Salamandra. This was the information they learned at the beginning.

It is for this reason that she and Holmes would trace clues from Salamandra and investigate Ouroboros.

But now it seems that they overlooked one thing at that time——

That is, not only does Salamandra have connections with the people of Ouroboros, but the people of Ouroboros are even allowed to be stationed directly inside Salamandra's base, which means it is a case of being in the dark despite being lamplit.

In addition...

Looking at Sandra's appearance, she seemed to know nothing about the whole incident.

Thinking of this, she looked at Mandela again, her eyes meaningful, as if conveying some signal.

On the other side, Mandela was in a state of panic. He had never expected that Bai Yasha and others actually knew His Highness.

And then, looking at the gaze given by Baiyasha, he could no longer remain calm. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He lowered his posture where Sandra couldn't see and gave Baiyasha a pleading look.

"Ugh."

Seeing this, Bai Yasha finally sighed and continued:
"Okay, let's save the small talk for later."

"The purpose of our visit this time is to defeat Absolute Evil. Regardless of your attitude, let's exchange information first."

(End of this chapter)