On how PhDs become human evil

The Beast King 666, split in two, directly became two people, approaching Bai Jie from the left and right with supersonic speed. The terrifying fireballs that could evaporate the Mediterranean Sea were launched at the speed of a Gatling gun.

However, before the fireball could get close to Bai Jie's body, more than a dozen magic circles appeared around him, and the fireball flying in mid-air immediately stopped.

"I see, I think I know what's going on—let's go back."

As Bai Jie spoke, he flicked his finger, and the space around him instantly distorted. The rain of fireballs that had been rushing towards him along the spatial trajectory changed direction and struck back at the two Beast Kings 666 without missing a single one.

Looking at the burst of steam, Bai Jie became even more certain of his guess.

"It really is a clone. No wonder its attacks are much weaker than the real body, no matter what kind of attack it is."

If it were Beast King 666's true form, that barrage of fireballs would have definitely lowered the sea level in this area by two or three meters. However, it only stirred up a wisp of water vapor that was harmless to Bai Jie.

Therefore, the two Beast Kings 666 in front of you are just clones.

Back in the dimensional rift, Bai Jie once tore Beast King 666 in half with his bare hands, and its flesh and blood were used to create nearly a thousand smaller Beast King 666s. Although most of them were killed by Bai Jie's Holy Lance Forbidden Hand - Black Saint Demon King of the World Severance, there must have been some that escaped. The one in front of us should be one of those that escaped.

"Seriously, even in death, Beast King 666 is still a force to be reckoned with." Bai Jie sighed helplessly. It seems he might have to go to other worlds in the future to see if there are any other Beast King 666 clones. Although they are clones, their strength should not be underestimated. If they were to run into some ordinary worlds, things would get interesting.

"But let's get rid of this one we have now."

As Bai Jie was saying this, two dark figures shot out of the steam like arrows, their pitch-black, ferocious dragon claws, wreathed in raging black flames, slamming heavily towards Bai Jie's head.

But before they could strike, Bai Jie's hands had already locked onto Bai Jie's hands like iron clamps.

"Too slow. Your true forms are about twice as fast."

With a blank expression, Bai Jie looked at the two clones, then with a forceful pull, he tore his hands off the clones as easily as tearing cabbage. He then kicked them so hard that their heads exploded on the spot.

"Gua ...

The two clones let out extremely miserable howls. They were just clones, and although they also had terrifying regenerative abilities, they were ultimately not as incredible as the original body. Moreover, Bai Jie had added the [Regeneration Invalidation] spell to his attacks.

As long as he can use magic, Bai Jie has plenty of ways to deal with these two guys. Even if Beast King 666's original form is resurrected, Bai Jie can still make it wish it were dead.

"You should never have existed in this world. Disappear from here."

As soon as Bai Jie finished speaking, golden flames ignited, and sacred incantations flew from his mouth—

"For victory, come quickly before me! Immortal sun, grant me a radiant steed. Spirited steed with magnificent hooves, bring forth the halo that symbolizes your lord!"

The ultimate annihilation incarnation, White Horse, which can only be activated with the goal of eliminating the most heinous criminals, descended from the sky the moment Bai Jie uttered the incantation, dragging the two clones directly into the white blazing inferno!

"Hmm, just in case, let me add one more time—for victory, come quickly before me! Immortal sun, grant me a radiant steed. Spirited steed with swift hooves, bring forth the halo that symbolizes your lord!"

Another white horse of light galloped down.

"For victory, come quickly before me! Immortal sun, grant me a radiant steed. Spirited steed with magnificent hooves, bring forth the halo that symbolizes your lord!"

"For victory, come quickly before me! Immortal sun, grant me a radiant steed. Spirited steed with magnificent hooves, bring forth the halo that symbolizes your lord!"

"You have broken the covenant and brought evil to the world. The Lord says—sinners must be punished. Shatter their backs, tear out their sinews, hair, and brains, and trample their blood and dirt together. If I am one whose sharp teeth cannot approach, then I will obey the Lord's words and give the one who broke the covenant a crushing hammer!"

As if the damage wasn't enough, after two consecutive attacks by the White Horse, Bai Jie added two more White Horse attacks and one more Wild Boar attack. After all, the opponent was that Beast King 666, and even with his clones, he couldn't be careless. He had to wipe the opponent out to the point where not a single quark remained.

It's always good to be cautious.

"For victory, come quickly before me! Immortal sun, grant me a radiant steed. Spirited steed with magnificent hooves, bring forth the halo that symbolizes your lord!"

Bai Jie seems to have awakened the attribute of being "overly cautious"...

P.S.: I got completely destroyed in LoL's URF mode, what kind of cheaters were I matched with?!

Section 315, Chapter 10: On the Love-Hate Relationship Between Ruihe and Enterprises

In the dimly lit room, Bai Jie sat solemnly at the table, his chin resting on his white gloved hands, wearing a pristine white Hyperion captain's uniform.

Behind Bai Jie, the company also wore a stern expression, its sharp, eagle-like gaze fixed on the person sitting opposite Bai Jie, exuding a murderous aura.

Pushing up his glasses perched on the bridge of his nose, letting them reflect the light from the stage lamp, Bai Jie looked at the people opposite him: "Well then, let's begin the interrogation, Miss Akagi, Miss Kaga."

"..."

“Let me make this clear: you have the right to remain silent, but everything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.”

To project an air of authority, the company standing behind Bai Jie even brought out its longbow, giving the impression that it was ready to unleash a bomber at the slightest provocation.

Faced with this kind of coercion, Akagi and Kaga felt bitter but could only cooperate with Bai Jie and Enterprise: "What do you want to know?"

“Very good, I like soldiers who obey orders. So let’s start by talking about the post-war settlement.” Bai Jie said, picking up a bill as he spoke. “These are the losses suffered by the Far East Branch due to your invasion, from the damage to the port to the impact of the tsunami, plus the medical expenses and compensation for the mental anguish of the personnel, as well as the cost of rebuilding the buildings… all these miscellaneous losses add up to a total of 800 million yen. What do you plan to do about it?”

Upon hearing Bai Jie's words, Akagi and Kaga's expressions immediately became quite interesting.

If they remembered correctly, they simply sailed their fleet into the Far East Branch's waters. They didn't even fire a single shell, let alone cause any damage. Before they launched their attack, Enterprise had already delivered a devastating blow, obliterating them all. How could they possibly have caused any harm to the Far East Branch?

And speaking of tsunamis, it seems that Bai Jie himself caused them... You demolished your own hometown and now you want us to pay you compensation? This is outright robbery!

Normally, Kaga would have blasted the enemy with a single cannon shot without Akagi even needing to intervene, but now...

“I understand. We will report the issue of war reparations to Sakura Empire. We will bear all the losses of the Far East Branch.”

Akagi said with an extremely bitter tone, "There's nothing I can do. When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head, especially in front of two people whose combat strength can crush the Sakura Empire."

Nodding in satisfaction, Bai Jie pushed the bill in front of Akagi: "Then sign it. By the way, besides the compensation, you should also settle the expenses for your fleet's food, lodging, water and electricity during the time it stayed at the Far East Branch. It's not much, just an extra 100 million."

"You—!" Kaga immediately jumped up. "Don't push your luck!"

"Oh? Who gave you the confidence to jump like that?" Bai Jie narrowed his eyes. Before he could speak, the company's arrows were already aimed at Kaga's head.

"Kaga, calm down." Akagi held Kaga's hand.

"But sister! They are clearly—"

Before Kaga could finish speaking, a series of hurried footsteps, like an earthquake, came from outside, and then the interrogation room door was forcefully pushed open from the outside.

"Found you! Grey Ghost! Come and duel me!"

Standing at the door was none other than Zuikaku of the Fifth Carrier Division. At this moment, she was holding a knife and looking at Enterprise with murderous intent, like an empress chasing after a mistress.

Seeing this, Bai Jie took the bill from Akagi and added another entry: "The Fifth Carrier Division Zuikaku damaged the gate, so add another entry for building damage. Around five thousand yuan should be about right."

For a moment, Akagi and Kaga both looked at Zuikaku with the eyes of someone looking at a dead man.

Stared at by her two seniors with terrifying gazes, Zuikaku immediately shuddered, but the next moment she remembered why she had come here: "Instead of that, let's duel, Grey Ghost! This time I will definitely defeat you!"

"I refuse." The company rejected Ruihe's challenge without hesitation.

Are you scared?

"What nonsense are you spouting after losing to me almost twenty times already?"

The company's words dealt a fatal blow to Zuikaku, who collapsed, clutching his chest.

"It's been a month and you still haven't given up? You can't even beat me when I'm using half my strength."

"Um..."

"It's about time to learn to admit defeat. The commander also said that reasonable women are more popular."

"What does this have to do with femininity!"

Seeing the two bickering again, Bai Jie couldn't help but sigh: "Let's call it a day, that's enough for today's interrogation."

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A month has passed since the Sakura Empire attacked the Far East Branch. Although they were initially taken aback by the Sakura Empire's attack, under Theresa's command, the Far East Branch quickly assembled a counter-attack fleet.

However, just as they were preparing to set sail to meet the enemy, Bai Jie and Enterprise returned with a ship full of Sakura Empire prisoners.

Bai Jie still remembers the expressions on Belfast and Cleveland's faces, as if they had seen a ghost. After all, how could an aircraft carrier defeat three full-strength fleets? Are you sure it was Enterprise or a ship girl?

Despite her surprise, Theresa quickly completed the resettlement of the prisoners. Although they were prisoners, the Sakura Empire's people were living quite comfortably here. Apart from needing someone to accompany them when they went out, all other requirements were just formalities. In fact, to take care of the injured ship girls, Bai Jie even took on the role of a repair ship and repaired all the ship girls that Enterprise had smashed.

Although he had cut off Akagi's hands and legs before, and then reattached them to her, it felt a little strange coming up.

During this month, due to the Sakura Empire's sudden attack, Theresa and Cecilia both stated that they would seek an explanation from the Japanese authorities and have been negotiating—although it was Cecilia's side that made the demands unilaterally, such as the war reparations that Bai Jie just mentioned.

Nearly a billion in reparations—no matter how reluctant Japan was, they had to hand them over. Their entire fleet was being held hostage; if they didn't agree, they feared they would all be scrapped. Had they known this probing attack would cost them three fleets, they would never have sent troops! The Far East Branch is full of monsters!

While Japan was heartbroken, the prisoners brought back by Bai Jie were living happily. Among them, Zuikaku was the most troublesome, always wanting to challenge Enterprise to a duel every now and then. According to Shoukaku, it seemed that the crushing defeat made her extremely unwilling to accept it, so she wanted to regain her dignity.

Of course, in Bai Jie's opinion, this girl was just asking for a beating. She had been beaten up by the company nearly twenty times but still kept challenging them. Bai Jie even suspected that Ruihe might have awakened some strange attribute.

P.S.: I've finished downloading Tsubaki Love Song! Time to move on to the next chapter! It's been three years since I last picked up a visual novel, watch me unlock all the CGs in the shortest time!

Chapter 316 (Extra): The Struggle Hidden in the Ruins

"Swish...swish..."

Footsteps echoed through the ruins. In the silence, the footsteps sounded so jarring. The owner of the footsteps seemed to notice this as well, and after a couple of steps, the footsteps disappeared without a trace.

Leaning against the street corner, Bai Jie peeked out and, after confirming that there were no Reunion Movement members on the street, tightened his backpack and began to crawl forward against the wall.

Not long after, after walking down a street and turning two corners, Bai Jie finally arrived at a small alley. Following the route he remembered, he walked around twice before stopping in front of a door.

"Dong dong."

Bai Jie knocked lightly on the door twice. It didn't need to be loud; that was enough, because the person inside could hear him.

"Who?"

"It's me, I brought the things back."

After confirming Bai Jie's voice, a click sounded from behind the closed door, indicating that the lock had been opened. Bai Jie immediately pushed the door open and went inside.

Upon entering, Bai Jie immediately locked the door and then unpacked his backpack, peering into the depths of the room.

Deep inside the room was a bed, with bloodstained bandages and cotton balls scattered around it, along with several bloodstained blades. Lying on the bed was a girl in black with messy silver hair, and black crystalline substances were scattered on her exposed skin.

That's a symptom of Oripathy, and it's already in its late stages.

The girl was none other than Lappland, but now she lay helplessly on the bed, her thighs and body wrapped in bandages, clearly indicating that she had suffered serious injuries.

"Lappland, is anyone coming?"

“The place you chose is so remote, the enemy won’t be able to find it,” Lappland said. “But you, you didn’t encounter any Reunion members when you went out alone, did you? It’s very chaotic out there, isn’t it?”