Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

"Excellent tactic," Isaac exclaimed.

“However, there is one person whose actions I can never predict.” Yamase Yuya said to Isaac, “That is you, Satomi Rentaro. I can’t judge your behavior at all. You can do anything that defies common sense. To be honest… I even think you’re not human.”

Chapter 668: Chess Player and Chess Piece

"You're not the first person to say I don't look like a human being. I sincerely hope that you people can have some common sense."

“The reason I said that is because I know that humans are social beings, and their behavior will change depending on their environment,” Yuya Yamase said with a smile. “But you are different. You are not affected by your surroundings when you do anything.”

He never believed that anyone would help Fujisawa Ayana before, because the class was a small society, and everyone in the class who wanted to stay in the group couldn't go against the tide.

Even some of the boys in the class who were close to Ayana and even had a crush on her backed away.

But ever since Isaac transferred here, he has been fighting against this 'little society'.

"Perhaps saying you're not like a human is a bit of an exaggeration, but I can at least be sure that you're not the kind of person who's used to a peaceful life."

"Not bad." Isaac gave Yamase Yuya a slightly appreciative look. "You're quite smart. You've analyzed so much after only a few days together."

“But I’m still no match for you,” Yuya Yamase said with a wry smile. “I really wanted to eliminate you directly, but my methods probably wouldn’t be considered respectable in your eyes.”

"That's right. I guess you had a hand in the fact that the thug named Tokiwa Ren came after me. To be honest, I felt like I was being looked down upon for using those little tricks on me, which are usually used on middle schoolers."

“Just as I thought… I shouldn’t have treated you like an ordinary student from the very beginning.” He looked up at the sky as he spoke. “I saw you as the biggest obstacle to my plan, but in your eyes I might just be a stumbling block that you could easily kick aside. From the very beginning, our competition was not on the same level.”

"I didn't mean to look down on you. You've been hiding it very well. I really didn't notice you at first."

"Then why are you suddenly investigating me?"

“Because a classmate named Tsukamoto Miho contacted me and asked me to keep an eye on you,” Isaac said with a smile.

“Tsukamoto Miho… So she found out too…” Yamase Yuya’s face showed a look of realization. “Well, there’s really nothing we can do about it. It seems we can’t escape this time.”

Isaac suddenly said, "It's not that you can't live if you want to."

"Ok?"

Yuya Yamase looked at Isaac with some surprise.

“A day ago, I encountered a small-scale AS at school. During that time, my subordinates intercepted encrypted emails on your phone, which informed me about my fight with Ren Tokiwa,” Isaac said, frowning. “If you were just an ordinary middle school student, you wouldn’t have the ability to send encrypted messages. There must be someone backing you.”

"..."

“Tell me who it is, is it ‘Amalgam’?” Isaac asked. “As long as you give me their specific information, I can guarantee you a safe departure from Japan, and no one will bother you.”

Isaac tried to keep his tone calm.

Although he could simply arrest the man and use confession drugs, it would save him some effort if the man cooperated.

"is that so……"

"You are a smart person, and I believe you can make the right choice."

Yuya Yamase kept his head down, his hair obscuring his face so that his expression was not visible.

Then, he grinned and burst into laughter.

"Hee hee hee……"

"Haha ...

He laughed for an unknown amount of time before turning to look at Isaac with somewhat unfocused pupils.

"I originally thought that I was the one controlling this class, controlling the atmosphere of this class, manipulating the bullying of Ayana by her classmates, and manipulating Ayana to step into the abyss... However, I was wrong. I thought I was the one playing the game, but I didn't know that I was just a pawn. The real players are you and Mr. Ag."

Mr. Ag?

Isaac's eyes turned serious.

Information previously obtained from the KGB explicitly mentioned Mr. Ag, who is undoubtedly one of the high-ranking members of 'Amalgam'.

"Tell me everything about Mr. Ag, I'm doing this now..."

“It’s too late.” Yamase Yuya smiled smugly. “What do you think they would do with useless pieces?”

"what?"

Pfft!

Blood splattered instantly from Yamase Yuya's head as a bullet pierced through it. He collapsed to the ground in an instant.

"Varied……"

Upon seeing Yamase Yuya lying in a pool of blood, Isaac was stunned for a second before immediately realizing what had happened.

The mechanical eye on the left activated, looking towards the buildings in the distance.

On a building over a thousand meters high, a man wearing sunglasses and holding a sniper rifle stood there, his gun still smoking.

"To silence you? As expected of you, 'Amalgam'," Isaac sneered. "But you've also revealed your location."

…………

On the distant high-rise buildings, a cold wind was blowing through Kurama.

He took out his communicator and said, "Renaard, Yamase Yuya has been stopped by that guy named Satomi Rentaro. I guarantee the secret won't fall into IW's hands, so we have to kill him. Now there's another chance, why not take down Satomi Rentaro too..."

"Get out of here now," Leonard's voice came through the communicator.

"what?"

"Get out of here now, if you don't want to die," Leonard said. "He might already be looking for you."

"what?"

He sensed something was wrong and quickly looked through the sniper scope.

But all he saw was Yamase Yuya, whom he had killed; he did not see 'Satomi Rentaro'.

"Where did he go..."

Are you looking for me?

"!"

A voice sounded behind him, and he turned around abruptly, but his neck was already being tightly gripped by the person who had come.

"What!?"

Kurama struggled to open his eyes and saw clearly that the boy choking him was none other than Rentaro Satomi, the same boy Leonard had told him about.

'How is this possible?! He was just over a kilometer away, how did he suddenly appear here?'

He struggled to break free, but Isaac's hands gripped his neck like iron clamps, making it impossible for him to pry them open. His breathing became increasingly difficult during the process.

"Want me to let go? Sure."

Isaac laughed and casually tossed him away. The immense force sent Kurama, an adult, flying more than ten meters before crashing into the wall.

"cough!!"

The impact of hitting the wall instantly rendered him completely incapacitated.

"This power... Is this Rentaro Satomi really human? Are you sure he's not some miniature AS in human skin?"

Chapter 669: Goodbye Leonard

"To kill someone just because you disagree with them, isn't that a huge disregard for me?"

"cough!"

Kurama struggled to his feet, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth as he slowly regained his balance.

Every cell in his body was telling him to get away from the boy in front of him as soon as possible; his intuition told him that if he stayed any longer, he might lose his life.

However, his years of experience as a mercenary told him that running away now would be pointless.

“Although Yamase Yuya is dead, at least we caught a big fish.” Isaac smiled and walked towards Kurama, who was already unsteady on his feet. “I have some questions I would like to ask you. Please cooperate.”

"I'm really sorry, I don't think I have anything to answer you."

As Kurama spoke, he suddenly pulled a grenade from behind his back, pulled the pin, and threw it in front of Isaac.

"Ok?"

boom!!

The massive explosion was accompanied by a large amount of smoke and dust; the grenade detonated right in front of Isaac.

"Phew...did I take it down?"

"No."

"what!?"

Kurama stared in disbelief at what lay before him. As the smoke cleared, Isaac stood unharmed before him, while the ground had long since been cracked open by the grenade.

"It's a monster..."

"I can't be bothered with your rude talk anymore, just come with me..."

Isaac walked up to Kurama and tried to grab him, but suddenly felt a whoosh of wind behind him and instantly turned around and kicked him.

Bang!

A small AS, over two meters tall, raised its hand to block his kick. In the darkness, the eyes of this AS emitted a red glow.

"It's you again? But it seems to be a different model." Isaac muttered, frowning.

Kurama looked at the AS and secretly rejoiced, guessing that Leonard's reinforcements had probably arrived.

As he expected, three small AS units appeared on the rooftop one after another, surrounding Isaac in the middle.

'Okay, that should probably keep him occupied...'

Before he could even feel relieved, what happened next left him speechless with astonishment.

Isaac delivered a swift chop to the head of the small AS in front of him, cleaving the sturdy machine in two with a dazzling burst of sparks.

The two AS units next to it were destroyed in the same way before they could even react.

"..."

What kind of monster is he?!

"There's none of the powerful equipment that came to the school before. Are you planning to use this method to stop me?"

Isaac ignored the several ASs that were already scrapped and turned to look in the direction of Kurama, or more precisely, at the wall behind him.