Gu Linxia spoke with difficulty, which startled Youxing, but he quickly regained his composure.

"It's not a big problem. I'll let you know if I need help."

Korin Natsu gripped Yuuki's wrist tightly, her eyes slightly red.

"I failed to protect the White King, which is already my dereliction of duty. If you also perish, I will have no face to continue living in this world."

The matter of the White King left a thorn in Gu Linxia's heart forever. How could a guard die after the Queen?

"If you need me, I will be there for you. I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

Kneeling on one knee, Gu Linxia made a vow.

"I know you want to protect everything with your own body, but please respect our opinions as well."

As a guard, Kobayashi Natsumi was quite intelligent; he could see what Yuuki's arrangements were for.

"You don't need to feel guilty because of the White King's instructions, and therefore care too much about our lives."

"In critical moments, we are willing to sacrifice for you; this is the meaning behind our willingness to continue living."

Gu Linxia spoke with a firm and resolute voice, reflecting his unwavering resolve.

Looking at Gu Linxia, ​​Youxing remained silent for a moment.

Then, he quickly turned around and strode forward again: "In that case, follow me. I will obey your will, but I will also protect you."

As a king, he should stand at the forefront; a king should not back down.

Understanding Yuuki's will, Kobayashi Natsumi silently got up and followed behind Yuuki.

The two left the hotel and stood in the rain. With a wave of her hand, Yuuki tore open a rift and returned to Helheim.

"Try one thing first: run that way for an hour, then quickly return."

Yu Xing directed Gu Linxia to head east.

Although Gu Linxia didn't quite understand what Youxing was going to do, he still obeyed the order and ran eastward.

Gu Linxia quickly disappeared from Youxing's sight. Youxing did not wait, but walked towards the previous camp.

Just as we reached the campsite, a person emerged from it.

"Surprised?! Unexpected?!"

As Xiang Le laughed heartily, a figure silently bypassed him and entered the camp.

"Don't rush."

Sagara's face stiffened, and he quickly ran over and pulled Yuuki out again.

"what are you up to?"

Sagara's identity is mysterious, and Yuuki really doesn't want to get too entangled with him.

"I... I'm just here to tell you a secret."

Sagara licked his cheek, and Yuuki inexplicably felt that he looked a bit like something.

"Little grass".

Yuuki shouted, and a vine quickly burst from the ground, wrapping around Yuuki's wrist and pulling him away from Sagara.

"Alright, so that's why the Great Will is so lenient with this guy. Turns out it's you who's been pulling strings behind the scenes!"

Seeing that Xiaocao shamelessly rubbed against Youxing, Xiangle became somewhat exasperated.

But the grass paid no heed to Xiang Le's thoughts. The vines climbed over You Xing's arm, reached You Xing's chest, and lazily stopped there.

Yuuki looked down and noticed that was where the Golden Fruit was located.

Yuuki is now practically a half-possessor of the Golden Fruit. Given time, or rather, if he's willing, he could become the de facto ruler of Helheim at any time.

Yuuki didn't have that idea. While the power of the Gold-Gold Fruit was indeed strong, the price was definitely high.

After all, Helheim has never stopped invading their world.

Yuuki is able to manipulate Helheim to a certain extent and enter countless layers of the Sonozaki family, not only because of Yuuki, but also because of the will of Helheim itself.

"What a bastard!"

Seeing Xiaocao being such a sycophant, Xiangle was heartbroken.

But before he could say a few more words to Xiaocao, Youxing started walking again.

An hour later, he still had to listen to Gu Linxia's report on what he had seen and heard, and he didn't have time to waste with Xiang Le here.

This made Sagara shut up immediately and grab Yuuki again.

"I have something to report to you!"

Without trying to be mysterious, Xiang Le, in his haste, directly stated the result.

"I know who the mole is in the team!"

Sagara's words successfully made Yuuki pause.

The reason he returned here was to investigate the mole within the team, and if what Sagara said was true, it would save him a great deal of time.

"who is it?"

Realizing that his words had caught Yuuki's attention, Sagara was overjoyed, but his face remained serious.

"I need you to promise me one thing."

Yuuki glanced at Sangaku, and this time he broke free from Sangaku's hand and walked straight into the camp.

"Hey, wait a minute."

Sagara hurriedly caught up, trying to get Yuuki to stop.

"I don't have time to listen to your nonsense."

Completely losing interest in Sagara, he began exploring the camp alone.

Sagara could only follow behind Yuuki with a resentful look, staring at the vines climbing on Yuuki's shoulder with a face full of hatred.

"You betray your own people!"

Xiao Cao understood this from Xiang Le's eyes, and her body changed, making a face.

This isn't called betraying one's own people; it's just an early investment.

Compared to Kouta Kuzuha and Kaito Kazumon, it has a higher opinion of this man!

Before long, Yuuki noticed something was wrong. He found traces of blood in the grass on the left side of the camp.

The blood had long since oxidized to a dark red color. Yuuki followed the trail of blood and finally saw a corpse lying in a pool of blood.

"...Isn't this a bit unexpected?"

Sagara showed no fear whatsoever. He walked up to Yuuki with a smile and blocked the corpse.

Yu Xing nodded, admitting that the corpse was indeed somewhat unexpected.

The deceased was Onikiri Zanjima, the leader of the hawkish faction in the group, and the one whose hand was cut off by Kirihiko Sonozaki earlier.

Now, he lies supine in Helheim, his arms twisted into pretzels, his face contorted in a grimace, as if he had witnessed something utterly impossible before his death.

"rest in peace."

Faced with a corpse, even the deepest hatred is erased. Youxing raises her hand and conjures a wisp of black flame, enveloping the corpse within.

The body burned in the black flames, and all external wounds were quickly healed, soon restoring it to its original, intact state.

Looking at the intact corpse, Yu Xing waved his hand.

Countless vines immediately sprouted from the ground, wrapping around and surrounding the corpse. Then the ground was dug up, and a simple tombstone was erected.

“There are at least two traitors in your team right now.”

Sagara had somehow gotten up in a tree nearby, holding a bag of potato chips that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. He was crunching away as he spoke.

Ignoring him, Youxing checked the campsite again, estimated the time, and returned to the entrance to wait for Gulin Xia.

A moment later, the sounds of panting and footsteps could be heard, and Gu Linxia appeared before Youxing, drenched in sweat.

Upon seeing Youxing, Gulin Xia's eyes lit up, and she quickly ran over.

"My lord, something seems to be wrong with Helheim. I ran into a wall after half an hour of mad dashing!"

This was something Gulinxia had never seen before. The Helheim Underworld was boundless, so how could it possibly have boundaries?

"It seems that it is obviously impossible to get out through Helheim."

Yuuki wasn't too surprised. If it were possible to leave Fuuto by teleporting, the Sonozaki family would probably have done so long ago.

"It's time to go back. Get some rest tonight."

After briefly explaining the day's events to Gu Linxia, ​​Youxing led Gu Linxia back to the hotel.

Sitting in the room, a multitude of thoughts swirled around in his mind, causing Yuuki to rub his head.

"There are just too many secrets within the Sonozaki family."

Why does spacetime distortion occur within the Sonozaki family? Why are there so many strange individuals within the Sonozaki family's hierarchy?

What exactly are the eyes in the sky? Why does the rain here never stop? Why does the wind look different from the perspective of a monster and from the perspective of a human...?

Besides these, there are many, many more problems.

The more she thought about it, the more exhausted she became, forcing Yuuki to take a deep breath to relieve the fatigue in her mind.

"Bang bang."

There was a gentle knock on the door. Yu Xing stopped thinking about these unknown questions and went to open the door.

Outside the door stood Jiro Sato, accompanied by a waiter pushing a food cart.

Yuuki glanced at the expressionless waiter and then fixed her gaze on Sato Jiro.

“It’s fresh and edible. I personally supervised their preparation.”

Understanding what Yuuki was worried about, Sato Jiro leaned closer to Yuuki and whispered something.

Seeing that Yuuki still didn't make a move, Sato Jiro waved for the waiter to leave and personally pushed the food cart into Yuuki's room.

He placed several dishes on the table, pointed to them, and told Yuuki to eat.

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