The Last Sentinel

Tokyo, Ginza.

More than a week has passed since the extinction order was issued, and a bizarre, purplish-red vine has sprouted throughout the Tokyo area. This vine is incredibly resilient, requiring neither soil nor water, and can even corrode reinforced concrete. Wherever it grows, it creates visible purplish-red mists. Where these mists blanket, oxygen levels instantly drop, and massive amounts of inert gases are released, including, but not limited to, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, chlorine, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and hydrogen cyanide.

These gases can cause poisoning by interfering with oxygen transport in the human body, damaging cell function, or directly inhibiting the respiratory system. In severe cases, they can quickly lead to loss of consciousness or even death.

Standing in the air, overlooking the Tokyo cityscape, one can see pink mist flower buds about to bloom.

One can imagine that when these enormous pink flower mists, each tens or hundreds of meters in diameter, fully bloom, the spider lilies will turn the entire city of Tokyo into a sea of ​​red flowers.

"Boss, what brings you here?"

"Can't I come?"

"No, of course you can come, but I just wanted to let you know in advance. We didn't even prepare tea or cigars for you, how presumptuous of us!"

"I don't like tea, nor do I like cigars."

"Can……"

Ye Feng looked at King Arthur in front of him, staring into his captivating violet eyes. "What are you panicking about! Have you been doing something behind my back?"

Faced with Ye Feng's powerful mental suppression, King Arthur dared not confront him directly, and vaguely replied, "What kind of underhanded tricks could we possibly pull? We're just carrying out official duties and containing heretics."

Ye Feng looked around. "Where is everyone else? Why are you the only captain? There's something wrong with your plan."

Ye Feng keenly noticed a huge, enclosed warehouse not far away. These guys must be up to something behind his back!

Seeing Ye Feng striding straight towards the warehouse, King Arthur hurriedly said, "Boss, wait! There's no need to go see him. You'll lose your appetite if you do! I guarantee we haven't broken any rules or laws of the Human Alliance. We're just doing some work, some traditional crafts. You know, although I'm a genetically engineered human, I'm purely religious at heart. I enjoy knight-and-princess love stories and like to do some Renaissance-era tricks..."

Ye Feng walked quickly, "To be honest, I'm also a traditional man, so our interests should be similar."

King Arthur said, "But you might not be interested in what I'm doing..."

The two had already arrived at the warehouse entrance.

This appears to be the machine repair warehouse of a car dealership. Car tires are piled up at the entrance, and a strong stench of burning tires wafts out from the gaps in the warehouse's iron door. The smell is mixed with the odor of burnt meat, as if meat is being roasted inside.

Ye Feng peeked through the crack in the door and his eyes widened in surprise.

At this moment, King Arthur sat down dejectedly to one side, rubbing his temples, utterly annoyed.

Ye Feng stared at the scene for a long while before muttering, "This is the princess-knight traditional love story you told me about, a Renaissance religious cultural gimmick?"

King Arthur, forcing a smile, said, "The stake, the dislocated chair, the waterboard, the burning post, the holy water pit—these are all excellent cultural legacies of the Inquisition. How can they not be considered the Renaissance?"

Ye Feng said, "But you can't be a psychopath! Don't you think what you're doing is really weird?"

King Arthur said, "Boss, not everyone is as mentally sound as you. People like you are very rare in the Human Alliance! Most people who have worked for the Foundation have some psychological issues! Besides, they are heretics, and heretics have no human rights. I haven't broken any laws of the Human Alliance!"

Ye Feng said, "But the man being executed inside is almost cooked; he's clearly a human, not some heretic!"

"They are heretics," said King Arthur. "They are dragonmen! Not Homo sapiens."

Ye Feng frowned. "Dragon-people? Aren't there only the Kitagawa family of dragon-people in Tokyo? Are there other dragon-people?"

King Arthur blinked. "Didn't the landlady tell you? A group of dragon-human experts infiltrated Tokyo and tried to harm Kitagawa and his daughter. After I found out, I consulted the landlady, and she asked me to handle it and protect Kitagawa and his daughter."

"So I arrested them all."

"There were five people in total, four men and one woman. The men were almost finished being questioned, only the woman was left!"

At this point, King Arthur's face was full of a knowing smile, and he whispered in Ye Feng's ear, "Boss, how about you interrogate the last woman? Putting everything else aside, the dragonkin are really good-looking! Especially this woman, even as a staunch Paladin of the Platinum Race of Homo sapiens, I have to admit that I felt a flutter in my heart when I saw her! Killing such a mature and beautiful woman would be even more satisfying..."

"What the hell!"

Ye Feng finally couldn't hold back any longer and kicked King Arthur several meters away.

At this moment, Ye Feng's head was buzzing.

What kind of mess is this?!

My purpose in coming out this time is to impersonate a relative of Beichuan, and then connect with these lawless criminals from the radical camp to conduct some transactions.

Instead, you arrested all these criminals and even used classic medieval tribunal techniques on them.

What's the point of even discussing trade?!

You almost beat someone to death!

Can they still talk to me?

Ye Feng's mind was racing, frantically trying to find a solution.

Soon, a sentence came to mind.

As Lu Xun once said, there are four iron bonds in life: studying together, fighting together, sharing spoils together, and visiting prostitutes together.

The classmates mentioned here can be classmates in school or classmates in prison.

Now that they've been captured by King Arthur, I might as well go to prison too!

Yes, that's it!

Rather than playing the role of a heretic, I'd rather become one of the heretics.

Ye Feng whirled around and grabbed King Arthur's shoulder. "Friend, I need your help!"

King Arthur felt a little uneasy under Ye Feng's gaze. "Boss, no need to be so polite. Just tell me what you want me to do. After all, we're a team, WE ARE FAMILY!"

Ye Feng said, "Look at my face! Don't I look a little lacking?"

King Arthur blinked. "So, boss, you want to be more handsome? But from a Homo sapiens' perspective, your features are already above average. We're not dragon people, why would we need to be so good-looking?"

Ye Feng said, "Next, I'll be playing a dragon man!"

King Arthur was a little confused. "Boss, let me see this clearly. What did you say? You want to play a dragon man? Why do you want to play a heretic?"

Ye Feng didn't want to tell King Arthur about his desire to make a deal with heretics. After all, such a thing was too treasonous. If it got out, the Human Alliance could directly label him as a traitor!

Although Ye Feng didn't care about the accusation of being a traitor, it was just like that old saying.

When someone tells you you have weapons of mass destruction, you'd better actually have them.

When someone says you pose a threat to them with your weapons of mass destruction, you'd better actually point your gun at them.

When someone says you'll become a traitor in the future, you'd better become a traitor now!

In Ye Feng's heart, the most important thing was for his brothers to come home. Whether they were traitors or not, or whether they belonged to the heretical faction of the Human Alliance, none of that mattered!

Ye Feng thought for a moment and said to King Arthur, "Actually, I'm a very lecherous person."

King Arthur nodded in agreement. "I can see that! You already have a boss's wife, yet you're still having an affair with a dragon-woman girl. Boss, you're really honest about being a womanizer!"

Ye Feng said, "I've taken a liking to that female dragon woman you captured!"

King Arthur gave an approving thumbs-up. "Good eye! So, should I give her some medicine and take her to the boss's bedroom?"

"No, no!" Ye Feng shook his head. "Feeding medicine is too unrefined. I prefer being passive! You understand what being passive means?"

King Arthur blinked, puzzled. "I don't quite understand."

Ye Feng gestured and said, "Wait a minute. Arrest me as an accomplice of the dragon people, then interrogate me and that female dragon together. Make sure we share the experience of being punished and beaten together, so we can bond during our breaks. Then I'll make her slowly like me, or even fall in love with me!"

King Arthur's violet pupils dilated to twice their normal size as he stared intently at Ye Feng.

Ye Feng felt uneasy under her gaze and couldn't help but say, "Why are you staring at me! Will this even work out?"

King Arthur made an OK sign and sighed repeatedly, "Boss, I've always been quite unconvinced by you. I think you're only slightly better than me in terms of mental strength and intelligence! In other aspects, like physical strength, power, and even quality of life, values, and worldview, you're inferior to me!"

"But now I realize I was wrong."

"I've realized I can't even compare to you when it comes to being a pervert!"

"real!"

"I only have abnormal behavior, but you're a complete psychopath!"

"You actually asked to get beaten up alongside a female criminal so you could build a romantic relationship!"

"I'll cook a DJ!"

"What kind of narcissistic, masochistic, and twisted mentality is this?!"

"You've made even a pervert like me want to call you a pervert!"

"I have to admit it."

"Boss, you always think further ahead than I do, and you always act more decisively than I do. With you, the Sentinel, around, I, King Arthur, will always be just a second-rate nobody!"

Ye Feng said irritably, "Stop talking nonsense and get to work! Remember! The boss's wife can't find out about this!"

King Arthur nodded hastily, "Of course, how could I let the landlady know about such a secret between men! But boss, when did you develop this masochistic and perverted fetish? How serious is it? I have to be careful!"

Ye Feng said, "Hurry up and tie them up!"

While tying people up, King Arthur took out a red pill and said, "Boss, this is a disguise pill, a high-end item from the Human Alliance Club. After taking it, your appearance will be maxed out for a short time. Just think of the look you want, and you can become that look—a celebrity face, an internet celebrity face, all in one step!"

Ye Feng swallowed it in one gulp. "Not bad, then let it become Dawn!"

King Arthur then said, "Wash your face, and this disguise pill will disappear. But be careful not to get it wet!"

Ye Feng said, "Got it! Hurry up and tie me up!"

King Arthur said, "Wait a minute, we might hit you, boss. You'd better hold back, I'll handle it myself!"

Ye Feng said, "If you don't hit me, I won't come! Remember, make the act convincing! Don't give yourself away!"

Arthur said, "Don't worry, I'm a hexagonal warrior. I'm the most perfect human genetic template. I've studied directing, so I guarantee it'll be even more realistic than the real thing..."