Poseidon in Arknights

However, the Wolf Lord didn't care about this body, as it was something he could easily repair. What puzzled him was why the land far away in Longmen would suddenly come knocking on his door and even draw its gun on him.

"Enough with the nonsense, I'm here to cause you trouble." The earth shook, and the Peace Gun in his hand was hit. Although this gun was usually only used to fire erasers, it didn't mean that this thing was really powerless.

"Then I should know why you've come here?" The Wolf Lord didn't care about the seemingly fatal gunshot wounds on his body. "Our game is indeed about to begin. I guess Zaro is looking for his pawns?"

【Boom! 】

The Emperor calmly fired a shot into the head of the wolf lord before him: "Since you already know, then you'd better behave yourself and confess everything you need to."

"Well, to be honest, I don't really want to tell you..." The Wolf Lord thought for a moment and then shook his head, "After all, you'll definitely support the pawn that Zaro found, and that doesn't seem quite right to me..."

Just as the Wolf Lord was about to continue speaking, he saw a woman he had initially thought was a follower suddenly appear silently behind the Emperor.

Just as the Wolf Lord was about to say something, he suddenly collapsed. But this was not what he expected. In that instant, he felt an abyss-like gravity pressing down on him.

"To be honest, I'm not in a very good mood," Xi Yue said, looking at the Wolf Lord. "So you'd better surrender quickly, understand what I mean?"

"You, you, how is this possible?!" The Wolf Lord lay on the ground, looking at the kind-faced Xi Yue. "Wait, I know you, you were before..."

Before the Wolf Lord could finish speaking, the gravity on her body increased even more, and the smile on Xi Yue's face disappeared: "Tell me what you want to know. I'm not in a good mood."

“I remember the scent of those people.” Xi Yue waved towards the distance. “You and I are somewhat related.”

As Yuuki beckoned, Hong also passed through the black mist and came to Yuuki's side, looking at the wolf king in front of her.

"You..." The Wolf Lord struggled to turn his eyes and looked at Hong, who appeared next to Xi Yue. He remembered Hong, but in a sense, he was the one who brought Hong and Xi Yue together.

"Judging from your expression, you should still remember?" Xi Yue looked at the wolf lord who was being held down by her water pressure. "So I'm saying all this to let you know one thing: don't make me turn that illusory water pressure on you into real water."

Xi Yue looked at the silent Wolf Lord and smiled: "I know it's hard for you to die, and you're just an avatar, but it's all the same to me. For example, I guess being sealed away is something you can't accept, right?"

“Zarro isn’t worth it, is he? You’re just playing a game.”

"I see……"

——————Syracus Vorsini—————

At the entrance of a small alley, Texas, dressed in a suit with a mafia-like style, leaned against the wall, a Pocky cookie in his mouth, watching everything in front of him.

Nothing has changed; the scenery remains the same, even though this is a new mobile city.

The family continues to do their "business," and order in Syracuse is still maintained by guns; ultimately, nothing has changed.

The weather doesn't seem too good today either; it's drizzling and chilly, and Texas doesn't seem to have any idea about finding a place to shelter from the rain.

"..." Texas felt the dampness in her clothes and suddenly said, "Everything is wet."

"It's going to rain today, which is something I didn't expect." A well-dressed person walked over from the side of the street. "So sorry to have kept you waiting."

"..." Texas glanced at the newcomer, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "I was just taking a look around."

"Is that so?" Lertusso raised an eyebrow. "Well, Miss Texas, what are your thoughts on the changes in your hometown?"

“Nothing has changed.” Texas stood up. “Or are you referring to the new streets, which aren’t really new changes?”

“They are things that are necessary to be there, not new changes, and this outfit, I don’t think it’s a good idea.”

Upon hearing Texas's words, Lertuso smiled and said, "This is the first gift the Bellone family has given you. I hope our tailor has not tarnished the Texas family's past glory. You can accept it with peace of mind."

Texas looked at Lyertuso: "If I'm not comfortable with it, can I not take it?"

Leontuso smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid not."

"Then I can only rest assured." Texas sighed. To be honest, if it weren't for the rainy weather and the fact that she had already quit smoking, Texas would really like to take out a cigarette and have a smoke right now.

Finally, Texas's eyes returned to calm as she looked at Lyertuso: "What exactly is my mission?"

Leontuso smiled and said, “It’s simple. Come with me to today’s banquet, and I will proudly announce to everyone that the eldest son of the Bellone family now has a bodyguard who will inherit the name of Texas.”

"Then you kill all the ambitious fools present, and the mission is complete."

Texas brandished the longsword beneath her cloak at Lyertuso: "I wouldn't mind actually doing it."

Lertusso shook his head with some regret: "If I could, I would also prefer to solve all the problems that easily, rather than you carrying out a massacre."

“I’m more concerned about something else. In fact, I’ve been mentally preparing myself ever since you arrived, but no matter how I try to convince myself, I’ve come to understand one thing: the help a Texas can bring is probably far less than the trouble he causes.”

"But like you just said, I have no choice but to accept this dangerous card."

On a high-rise building not far away, a creature shrouded in black mist stared intently at everything happening below, and could hear their conversation.

But he didn't care at all, because their game had already started, and he sensed that his expected friends had also entered the game.

Including that annoying penguin, and those few Penguin Logistics employees who are familiar with Texas, although they are not under his control and may do many unexpected things, their choice to help Texas is enough for Zaro.

However, he only sensed that the Sarkaz, the Caster, and the Plumphoof had entered the city, but he did not detect the Emperor's figure.

But it doesn't matter, whether the Emperor comes or not, this game is destined to be his victory.

"Are you happy?" Just as Zhalo was feeling smug, a hand suddenly landed on Garo's neck, and at the same time, a gentle female voice rang out.

"What?!" Zarro immediately tried to run, but a hand gripped his neck tightly. Then, the wolf was pulled backward by the force of that hand, as if he had fallen into the drum of a running washing machine.

When Charo came to his senses, the hand that had been on his neck was gone, but Charo dared not move, because he saw the person standing in front of him, but more importantly, Charo heard the sound of the waves gradually rising around him.

But the initial clamor of the waves gradually subsided, which was more like the brief calm before a storm.

"Sir, I don't think our Wolf Lord has ever offended you. Or are you still looking for trouble because of the wolf hunter you saved back then?"

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Zarro." Yuzuki smiled at Zarro. "Thank you for taking such good care of my Texas these past few days."

"Holy shit!" With Yuuki's words, Zaro immediately understood what was going on. He had learned a little about his uncontrollable friends when he was in Lungmen.

One of them was overlooked by Zaro because he hadn't shown up in Lungmen for a long time, but now it seems that this was a huge mistake.

“Mr. Zarro, really, you’ve come all this way to Lungmen without even saying hello? We haven’t even had a chance to properly greet you…”

Before Yuuki could finish speaking, Zaro darted over from behind. He dared to pull Texas over directly because he knew the Emperor inside and out.

Neither of them had a way to deal with the other. At most, he would come over and beat him up to avenge Texas, and at worst, he would kill or cripple him.

This doesn't matter to the beast lords; they can simply find another place to resurrect.

But the other side is different. This emperor has clearly brought a powerful backer to overturn the table. Why would he run away before even making a sound? And the other side's tone clearly shows they're here to protect their own.

Chapter 221: Surrender, Was It a Little Too Quick?

Running away was Zaro's only thought right now. Their game had only just begun, and he didn't want to be killed or sealed away at this point.

Or he could be suppressed at the bottom of the sea. The other party is the ocean and definitely has the ability to do so. Then he would not be able to have any fun for a very long time. As for the time, it might be until the other party's anger subsides.

Zaroo glanced back and found that Yuuki seemed to have been standing there the whole time. Whether she didn't care about his escape or something else, he couldn't see clearly, but at least for now...

Just as Zaro was wondering what was going on, he suddenly felt as if he had bumped into something, and the whole wolf was lying on a glass curtain wall.

"What?" While Zaro was still wondering, a large hand suddenly slammed on the glass curtain wall outside, and then he saw a huge human face appear in his field of vision.

“Did I say you could leave?” Xi Yue asked from outside, tossing the glass ball in her hand. “How could I have let you go if I didn’t have a backup plan?”

Then, Zaro saw Yuuki squeeze the crystal ball he was in with force. As Yuuki squeezed, the surrounding earth shattered, and the sky, or rather the crystal ball, also shattered. With a sound of breaking glass, the world in front of Zaro completely collapsed, and he temporarily lost consciousness.

When Zaro regained consciousness, he found himself still in the center of the glass sphere: "Wait, wait, Your Excellency, what are we doing today..."

"Hey, look what I've found!" Just as Zaro was about to beg for mercy, he heard the Emperor's somewhat smug voice, "A wolf trapped in a glass ball?"

"It suits your temperament quite well, Zarro. A wolf trapped in the fragile glass ball called society, it really suits your temperament."

"Speaking of which, Xiyue, this is quite interesting." The Emperor leaned closer, looking at the glass landscape sphere in Xiyue's hand. "You've completely replicated the surrounding landscape?"

"It's not quite complete, it's more like something I made on the spot." Xi Yue casually tossed the glass ball to the Emperor, "And this is just his spiritual body."

On one of Yuuki's hands were soul chains. The wolf lord inside the glass ball was simply the soul that she had directly pulled out. Interestingly, this action was easier than Yuuki had imagined.

"Ha, that's exactly what I was thinking." The Emperor Street passed the glass ball that Xi Yue had thrown over, and finally, with a hint of amusement, he played with the glass ball in his hand, occasionally bouncing it a couple of times, looking at Zhalo inside who was sprawled out from the vibration.

“Your Majesty…” Zaro, inside the glass sphere, looked at the Emperor’s enormous face outside, “What exactly are you…”

"I've found a great employee, haven't I?" The Emperor said, holding the glass ball. "Oh my, I never thought I'd be playing with you like a ball."

Inside the ball, Zaro looked at the emperor's penguin-like face outside and felt that the other person's face was extremely smug, making him feel a little itchy to bite.

【This isn't just between the two of us, why are you bringing this up...】Zarro used the beast lords' mental channels to try and accuse him. They were having a perfectly good game, why did they drag someone who was going to overturn the table into it?

"If you're not going to give me any face, why should I?" The Emperor spat out a mouthful of Zaro without hesitation. Face between them? What a joke! Their familiarity with each other was far from that.

Not to mention the beginning of this matter, it was because Zaro directly lured away his good employee without even saying hello. Since Zaro was not going to give him any face, then he didn't need to give Zaro any face either.

If Zaroken had come over and spoken to him politely, that wouldn't have been a bad idea, since Texas had indeed reached a contract with him first.

Of course, if it really happens, the Emperor will still come to protect his own, but he probably won't bring Xiyue over, since that would be extremely unethical.

But ultimately, it was Zaro who showed no respect first, coming over without saying a word, which naturally led to the current situation.

"So what do you want to do today?" Zaro gritted his teeth. He had to admit that 80% of the reason things turned out this way was because he didn't follow the rules.

"I don't want to do anything in particular, well, huh, I think humiliating you a bit is acceptable." The Emperor weighed the glass ball in his hand. "How about this, if you can break free from here, I'll make sure Xi Yue doesn't hold it against you."

"Are you kidding me?" Zaro scoffed. If he could get out, he would have tried already. He didn't even know how he got in.

Aside from the feeling of being thrown into a washing machine, he knew nothing. He couldn't even do anything while he was here, not even contact his henchmen.

"So you've been discovered." The Emperor grinned smugly. "Oh, by the way, don't think you can communicate smoothly just because you have our mental connection. Xi Yue can hear you."

[If Xiyue wanted to, she could read minds; there was no stopping her.]

A silent yet deafening murmur came from Zaro. His neck stiffened as he looked at Xiyue, who had appeared beside the Emperor at some unknown time.

"It's alright, you guys continue. I'll continue after you're done." Xi Yue smiled and even directly joined their mental communication.

"You did this on purpose, didn't you?" The Emperor glanced at Xi Yue beside him. She hadn't said a word just now, but as soon as she spoke, she directly interrupted their mental channel.

"Of course I did it. Why would I do it if I didn't mean to?" Yuuki shrugged. "Alright, Mr. Zazo, let's deal with your problem. Or is there anything else you'd like to say?"

[...]Zaro curled up into a ball, "[Is it too late for me to surrender?]"

"Surrender?" Yuuki smiled. "Isn't that a bit too easy to say?"

——————Syracus Vorsini——————

Texas was hidden in the shadows, observing the situation before her. However, this time she wasn't assassinating someone, but protecting someone.

To be honest, Texas had thought about all the missions she would receive after arriving in Syracuse, but she never imagined that she would take on the mission of protecting someone.

Not long ago.

Texas and Lyertus walked silently in the rain through the alley.

The silence was broken by Leontuso the next moment: “I know you are powerful, Miss Texas. But unfortunately, I am not a person who likes to use force.”