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Chapter 172: The Kill Begins!

"...Is this the governor's residence?"

Led by Ran, Uchiha Hikaru found the buildings in the middle of the small town.

The guards at the gate seemed to recognize Lan, but they still crossed their spears and shouted to stop her.

"The Prefect is entertaining distinguished guests and will not see anyone else for the time being... Mr. Lan, please return. The Prefect will investigate the matter of your school being attacked by bandits as soon as possible."

"I……"

Lan wanted to say something more.

But Uchiha Hikaru had already raised his head slightly, and the black tomoe in his eyes shone brightly. Several guards were stunned and then immobilized on the spot, with a lot of cold sweat pouring down their foreheads.

"...framing a colleague, plotting to murder for money, deserves to be executed."

"Those who bully men and oppress women, disregarding human ethics, deserve to be killed."

Uchiha Hikaru originally just casually used "Tsukuyomi Mark" and "Eight Thousand Spears" to glance at the memories of these guards, with the purpose of confirming that Shira was here.

But almost immediately, she unearthed from these guys' minds a variety of vices and crimes that were unrelated to Sheila but closely connected to each other, and simply killed them one by one.

"Let's go."

After casually tossing out a sentence, Uchiha Hikaru took the lead and stepped forward.

Lan, looking on in shock at the guards who had been beheaded and lay in pools of blood, quickly caught up: "How could you kill so many people indiscriminately..."

"innocent?"

Uchiha Hikaru sneered silently, "You really are naive, Ran-sensei. Then use your eyes to see what you're about to face."

This mansion is quite large.

As she walked, soldiers in armor would occasionally dart out from the side, but they would freeze in place after meeting her gaze. This scene left Lan, who had followed her in, with an incredulous expression. Several times she opened her mouth but hesitated, looking as if she wanted to ask but dared not.

"By the way... is a banquet being held at this mansion?"

It was clear that the prefect's mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and through the gates where people were coming and going, one could faintly hear the noise coming from the depths of the mansion.

Just as Uchiha Hikaru was leading Ran on their journey to find her.

A somewhat hoarse and unpleasant voice suddenly rang out from not far away:

"Oh my gosh, where did this cute little girl come from? Did she get lost in the manor?"

"..."

Uchiha Hikaru followed the sound and saw a fat man wearing a clown mask standing in the corridor not far away, looking in her direction. When their eyes met, the man waved and gave her a simple, honest smile.

Judging by appearance alone, he doesn't look like a villain at all; in fact, he looks rather comical.

but……

"Shangpu?"

Uchiha Hikaru tilted his head and called out the clown's name.

The latter paused slightly, then laughed again, but this time the laugh seemed somewhat hollow: "Oh, you actually know my name? Such a face, such a body... you're such an adorable child, like an angel. I can't wait to kill you with my own hands..."

"...Kill?"

Lan was stunned.

He clearly didn't expect that the clown would suddenly add this paragraph after praising him as "as cute as an angel."

Uchiha Hikaru smiled and turned to look at Ran, who was following behind him: "Look, the murderer you're looking for is right there."

"?!"

Lan's eyes widened: "Could this clown be...?"

"That's right, Champ, the subordinate of Sheila, the son of Lord Ernest, looks like a clown but is actually a serial killer who especially likes to prey on children... It's a wonder that the black dog-like guy managed to gather all of you trash from all over the world and put you together."

"……Who are you?"

Champu finally realized what was happening, his smile vanishing completely, replaced by a ferocious and terrifying expression: "You're no ordinary brat... You know our information, are you an assassin sent by the revolutionaries?"

As they were talking.

Champus had already opened his shirt, revealing a string of transparent spheres about the size of Dragon Balls.

— Almost everyone in "Wild Hounds" is a Teigu user.

What Shangpu wields is a spherical Imperial Arm called "Quick Throwing of Tangle," consisting of six spheres named Storm Orb, Explosion Orb, Flame Orb, Ice Orb, Lightning Orb, Corrosion Orb, and so on, each possessing extraordinary power.

now.

Champus suddenly swung out two balls!

With this action, several strange howls suddenly erupted in the air, and blazing flames and swift lightning burst forth from the sphere, enveloping it in the shape of a fireball and a ball of lightning, which rushed toward Uchiha Hikaru and Ran with lightning speed!

Lan has already started to avoid them.

—This blond youth is a teacher, but he is quite skilled; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to become a Teigu user.

Uchiha Hikaru, however, calmly watched the sphere hurtling towards him, and casually exhaled: "Word of Power: Dustless Land!"

In an instant!

An invisible repulsive field opened up, forcefully suspending the two spheres in mid-air and isolating them!

Next, Uchiha Hikaru formed a hand seal with one hand: "Fire Release... Great Fire Annihilation!"

At that moment, a massive burst of flames surged forth, crashing towards Shangpu like a tidal wave!

Both are flames, but the range of the flames that Uchiha Hikaru spewed from his mouth was dozens of times larger than that of the "Flame Orb"!

"?!"

Startled, Champ flung out the Ice Jade and Explosion Jade he held, then turned to flee. But the frost barrier formed by the two spheres melted away in an instant, and blazing flames caught up with the clown from behind, setting him and the surrounding grass ablaze. The fat man was transformed into a fireball, howling in agony as he tumbled and crawled toward the inner side of the mansion.

"Something's wrong... there's an assassin!"

"Help! Help!"

Uchiha Hikaru did not stop him, but followed behind at a leisurely pace. When Sangpu was about to escape to the last hall, he raised his hand and threw a long sword, piercing Sangpu from behind and pinning him to the ground, his body still burning with raging flames.

At this time.

Despite the high temperature, Lan stepped forward, grabbed Shangpu by the collar, and loudly questioned him about the cause of her student's death.

The commotion here has clearly attracted the attention of those deep within the mansion.

Soon, two tall men appeared in the courtyard with a group of guards, shouting at Uchiha Hikaru and Ran, "Who goes there? How dare you make such a racket! What will be the punishment if you disturb Lord Shira's meal?!"

(End of this chapter)