Inner Destroyer

　After saying this, she even gave a self-deprecating smile: "Don't worry about my 'backstory', let's get down to business first."

　Damn, why is this woman so nagging?

　Qi Xing couldn't help but shake his head. But he wasn't playing a GAL. If the girl refused to speak, would he act like a gentle and passionate young protagonist and keep asking her questions? He obviously wouldn't do that.

　If Qi Xing didn't know that Elaine wasn't being pretentious on purpose, but that was just her nature, he would have reached out and hit her on the head.

　On the other hand, he was too lazy to ask further questions now because the situation in front of him was indeed strange.

　Qi Xing defeated twenty-eight voodoo fighters, killing half of them and torturing the other half. However, there were more than just that many people in the square of Castel Sant'Angelo.

　Hundreds of tourists, reporters, and curious people were scared away by his thunder.

　However, there are still nearly a hundred people in the square.

　There were dozens of tourists, seemingly just ordinary civilians, but for some reason, when Qi Xing had just used electric shocks to drive them away, they not only didn't run away, but even rushed towards him with red eyes!

　"There's something wrong with these people."

　This surprised Qi Xing very much.

　"There was no fear in their eyes when they looked at me."

　So Qi Xing carefully knocked them all unconscious, tied them up with magic, and put them aside for inspection later.

　The scene now is so weird.

　"Electrocution isn't very effective against these voodoo blacks."

　Qi Xing first said,

　"They seem to be very good at enduring physical pain."

　After all, these black guys had piercings, nails, and stitches all over their bodies, which looked painful. Qi Xing suspected that they must be doing BDS and M stuff every day and had gotten used to it. It was actually scary.

　As a result, Qi Xing had no choice but to increase the electric current to severely torture their nerves, making the pain they endured equivalent to having all the painful points on their flesh and skin turned inside out and placed in sulfuric acid.

　Despite this, among the dozen or so people, only three or five young fighters could not bear the pain and screamed for mercy. This shows how much fun they usually have among themselves.

　Could this be the theme of the erotic drama this time? If this was just a bunch of perverts playing sadomasochism, Qi Xing would probably be relieved.

　So he asked these captives who were begging for mercy: "Who are you?"

　Elaine translated the French into Chinese for them, saying, "They are the warriors of the Black Spartacus. Undead ghosts, resurrected corpses."

　"Do you know the unconscious voodoo chick next to you?"

　"She is one of our organization's noble [Quatre Grands], the 'Dark Doll' who reports directly to the leader—but she is only the weakest of our four!"

　really?

　Qi Xing sincerely hopes so.

　"What are you doing here stealing books?"

　"This was a mission personally ordered by the leader. The tourists and reporters were also arranged to come here in advance."

　"How did you get in? The underground treasure vault here should be an important secret."

　If they didn't know about the vault's existence, it would be impossible to "sneak in." This place is supposed to be an insider secret. It's not a public restroom. Why did a bunch of foreign refugee voodoo people just smell it and come here?

　"The leader himself told the Dark Doll the method, so we didn't know it either. We were just responsible for providing support outside."

　"Who is your leader?"

　"He's the black Spartacus."

　"What's your real name?"

　"can not say."

　"where is he?"

　"We can't tell—we'll die if we tell."

　Damn, these tongues are so useless!

　Qi Xing was a little angry.

　However, these voodoo fighters who were electrocuted to death were actually very resentful - who could have thought that "Rip Man" would suddenly grab our Four Heavenly Kings and walk out of the library and scatter us in an instant?

　If they had known that "Rip Man" was here, they would definitely have persuaded the leader to change the plan!

　After Qi Xing finished asking, he couldn't think of anything else to ask. After all, if he really asked them enough questions to trigger the silencing curse and cause them to explode, that would be a waste of prisoners.

　"I remember the Association should have a way to remove the curse and then investigate further."

　After a brief thought, Qi Xing said,

　"Why not just hand them all over to the Association?"

　This is his habit. Professional work should be left to professionals.

　However, Elaine did not nod in agreement directly.

　She frowned at the voodoo warriors for a moment, then turned back to the frantic tourists. She then picked out a rather ordinary Italian woman, woke her up, and asked, "Why are you attacking us?"

　"what?"

　The woman's eyes were wide and hollow, her gaze dull, her cheeks slack, her pupils dilated to the point of swallowing up her irises, as if sucking in all the light.

　"because……"

　She raised an inexplicable smile and murmured indistinctly,

　"He made me do it."

　She was smiling, but her eyes were not focused on Elaine. Instead, they penetrated her and fell on a place that did not exist at all, as if she was staring at the phantom of someone in the distance.

　"Who is he?"

　Elaine continued to ask softly.

　The woman shook her head, with a perverted smile of joy on her face: "Yes

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　My master! "

　As soon as she finished speaking, she felt like she was pricked by some invisible electric current, and her expression became particularly relieved and comfortable!

　Qi Xing and Yi Lian couldn't help but look at each other.

　"I have a bad feeling," Qi Xingxian said. "Is this hypnosis again? Is there something new here?"

　The little nun frowned and shook her head: "It's not hypnosis. Because she looks very... very..."

　It's pretty cool, right? It doesn't matter. You don't need to say the words you can't say. Everyone will understand.

　Although Elaine had some bad habits, Qi Xing still trusted her professionalism. If she said it wasn't hypnosis, then Qi Xing believed her.

　So it’s not hypnosis, it’s not direct mind control, it’s just pleasurable…just because it pleasurable?

　Just because it was cool, they obeyed their "master's" orders and stormed the gates of Castel Sant'Angelo? They wouldn't flee even if struck by lightning?

　real or fake?

　Elaine reacted quickly, immediately checking on the other tourists who had rushed over frantically. The results were similar. Their eyes were all abnormal, with a strange sense of relaxation. When Elaine asked them about their so-called "master," the smiles on their faces widened, as if they were reminiscing about the happiest moments of their lives.

　Qi Xing immediately became suspicious: "Could it be that it was sprayed with pesticides?"

　In the world of pornographic books, plots like "drug █" are very common, and they are often the most terrifying, evil, and insane, and the ones that Qi Xing hates the most.

　What's even more terrifying is that it might even be the most realistic and reasonable, because using drugs and poison to turn a once-good-looking young woman into a crippled person doesn't require magic or superpowers.

　If you don't know the answer, then check it. Qi Xing grabbed another voodoo fighter who was begging for mercy and asked him, "How did you control these ordinary Roman citizens to attack the castle?"

　The voodoo fighter didn't dare to answer.

　Pain is but one form of terror. It is neither the whole nor the ultimate.

　So Qi Xing nodded, and lightning flashed in his hand - snap!

　With a bang, his thunder blade shattered the voodoo fighter's body, chopped off his hands, burned his eyeballs, and severed his three limbs, but left his life and legs, and threw him to the side of the road like a flesh worm.

　"Pain is bearable, but death is but a moment."

　Then Qi Xing said to the next fighter,

　"But the horror of having one's body permanently damaged and yet being forced to continue living in this world is something that a healthy person could never comprehend...would you like to take a gamble and see if your organization would take good care of this useless human being for the rest of his life?"

　The second voodoo fighter immediately lowered his head and knelt before "Rip Man".

　"How does your leader control these ordinary civilians? Is he using poison?"

　Qi Xing asked again.

　Fortunately, my black friend's English was good enough to answer the question, so he honestly said, "It's not drug, it's dick."

　"What?"

　"Dick. That's beef, chicken, penis, and stick."

　The second voodoo warrior explained obediently,

　"Our great leader possesses a super powerful █ ...

　Although he was afraid of the threat from "Rip Man", there was a hint of pride in his tone when he said this.

　Qi Xing and Yi Lian were both stunned by what they heard.

　No way? Could something like this really happen in real life?

　"In reality, it's impossible to bring someone to submission just by using ██. Impossible, right?"

　Even Qi Xing was a little shocked for a moment.

　"And—and there are obviously male tourists here?"

　The dozens of civilians who woke up from the crazy attack were not just women, there were many men as well!

　"That's right." The voodoo warrior nodded. "Because our great leader, Black Spartacus, has no distinction between men and women, all are welcome.

　Holy shit, that’s awesome.

　Even though Qi Xing had fought monsters and demons in this absurd world for ten years, this was the first time he had seen such a simple and brutal perverted power.

　On the other side, Elaine's thoughts were even more complicated than Qi Xingzhuan's.

　She had suspected that something was amiss in recent days.

　Why did the news of "Rip Man" Qi Xing's return from Japan reach the ears of the Roman Mafia in advance? Qi Xing's itinerary has always been known only to the top of the "Association".

　How could these foreign voodoo masters know about Castel Sant'Angelo's underground treasure vault? Even its existence is a secret. And how could they allow voodoo chicks to infiltrate it? The Association's security is leaky.

　Why would "Black Spartacus" specifically send someone to steal "The Gospel of the Serpent," an ancient book about "thirty coins"? This book is only about silver coins, and most people in the world have no idea that such a book even exists.

　Thinking further, wasn’t the situation similar a while ago?

　Previously, Professor Vanstra had slipped through the Association's security and stolen the tip of the Lance of Longinus. How did the professor know where the tip was hidden?

　(Black Spartacus possesses a █ ...

　In an instant, Elaine finally understood what was going on.

　She finally realized why

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　Why did the Vatican suddenly want to cause trouble for her after the cruise ship incident? Why did the Vatican suspect that she had broken her oath and wanted to transfer her away from Qi Xing? Why was the Vatican so bored that it called Father Amos over for questioning?

　Because the person the Holy See really suspects may not be Elaine.

　It was Father Amos whom they suspected.

　What they suspected was that—

　"Oops."

　Cold sweat began to drip down Elaine's forehead.

　"Mr. Qi, there may be a traitor among the top leaders of the Association."

　Qi Xing rubbed his temples: "I know what you mean. I actually guessed it a little bit."