Seeing Kurumi's eagerness, Luciana, with an exasperated expression, decided to humor the little child.
"Isn't it because Roxanne wants to see the look of despair on that guy when he realizes he has completely lost? " Kurumi said with an innocent smile. Although her expression was very innocent, the words she spoke were anything but innocent.
But unfortunately, none of the people in this room were normal, so none of them even thought of correcting Kurumi's words. And besides, that's the truth.
In Roxanne's most hated villains list, Cao Cao actually ranks third, right next to Rizevim and Euclid. And that speaks a lot when considering that the latter two actually did real harm to her.
The reason why Roxanne hates Cao Cao is due to the fact that he is a complete hypocrite. He shouts the slogan that he is a hero and is protecting mankind, but what kind of things does he do?
He brainwashes innocent civilians and makes them his death soldiers. He also uses these people to participate in his grand plan to kill other innocent, weak supernatural beings under the banner of justice.
And what's more, this guy is simply a coward who only knows how to bully the weak while fearing the strong. You know, most of his past victims were those supernatural beings who were either very weak due to injuries or old age. Hell, some of those guys didn't even know they were part of the supernatural community to begin with—especially those half-bloods who were abandoned at birth by their own parents.
In short, this guy is a complete madman who destroyed the hero's legacy. And so Roxanne decided to get rid of this stain and not let the heroes be disgraced any further.
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Cao Cao, unaware of what truly awaited him, was in a very good mood. His plan was going very smoothly. Although they weren't able to capture both the mother and daughter together, things were still salvageable.
Thankfully, Cao Cao had the foresight to borrow a mind-controlling artifact from Indra before he got arrested.
"Georg, how are the preparations coming along? " Cao Cao asked as he looked at his capable right-hand man.
"Everything is going according to plan. The artifact had already finished controlling Yasaka, and soon, we will be able to move forward with the plan, " Georg said as he pushed his glasses back.
"Hahahaaa, that's wonderful. Soon, we will be able to show the world how we humans are far superior to any of those supernatural beings. " Cao Cao laughed heartily as he clenched his fists.
"Yes, our dream will soon be fulfilled, " Georg also nodded as he looked at Cao Cao with shining eyes.
'Hmm, as expected, Cao Cao looks very cool when he is this confident. Thankfully, he managed to get over the fact that Indra was arrested. But I should make some preparations just in case those guys also come to hinder us,' Georg thought, unaware that their so-called plan had already been leaked to the enemy.
"Oh, and Georg, what happened to the thing I told you to look into? " Cao Cao suddenly asked, making Georg pause for a second. Since he usually handles all the affairs, Cao Cao said he needed a moment to realize what 'thing' Cao Cao was talking about.
"What I mean by about is about the group that attacked Indra and arrested them, " realising he wasn't very specific, Cao Cao spoke again.
"Oh, you mean about that? "Georg finally realized what Cao Cao was talking about.
"Well, about that, I have some good news and some bad news. Which one do you want to know first? " Georg asked.
"Huh, " Cao Cao was puzzled for a moment. When has his capable assistant begun to tell riddles like this?
"Let's start with the good news, " Cao Cao said after thinking for a moment.
"Well, the good thing is that I think I was able to investigate this organization without much problem. This organization is called Shadow Garden, a mercenary organization that takes on requests from all over the supernatural community.
The leader of this shadow garden is called Shaltier, and under her command are 10 executives. And under these executives, there are at least 100 people for each executive.
According to what I found, these executives are all close to the ultimate class. And Shaltier herself is suspected to be a Satan-class being who can temporarily achieve the level of a super devil-class being. And lastly, the subordinates are said to have various high-class and middle-class beings.
And in my estimate, this shadow garden is said to be able to destroy any small pantheons all by itself without breaking a sweat. " Georg said with a serious expression.
"And what's scary isn't their military strength but their intelligence-gathering ability. According to the rumors, there is nothing in this world that the shadow garden doesn't know. And what's more, this organization is very hidden and very secretive." Georg added. In fact, had it not been for their appearance in the peace meeting, this organization would definitely have been hidden for a very long time.
"Oh, these guys are that powerful. " Cao Cao asked in surprise. Although he knew any person who managed to capture Indra in his own castle was no ordinary person, he never expected them to be this powerful.
"Yes, but don't worry; although the leader, Shaltier, is very difficult to handle, the other members of the shadow garden are not that much of a threat to us. But we should never let them group together, as, according to my sources, these guys have a secret technique that allows them to fuse with each other's attacks, dealing heavy damage to the enemy.
It was with this technique that they managed to deal a heavy blow to Indra, allowing them to successfully capture him. " Georg said.
Cao Cao was silent about this. He is skeptical about such a miraculous technique existing. After all, such a technique is very suitable for armies, and many people would definitely convert it, so it should never remain unknown for such a long time. But then again, if there isn't such a technique, how could they defeat Indra?
"We need to capture an executive of this Shadow Garden. I want to know what else this group is hiding. " Cao Cao said, but Gearg usually didn't immediately agree.
"What's the matter? " Cao Cao asked, noticing Georg's abnormality.
Georg sighed and then spoke, "Well, this concerns the bad news. Actually, all the information I said before was something I was able to gather from my channels. But even with this information, we still don't know where their headquarters is or where their members are. They are like ghosts appearing and disappearing silently. And this isn't about any of the executives; I can't even manage to locate any normal member. "
Cao Cao's expression turned grim at this. This is troublesome. If they didn't capture an executive, then they would really be fighting them without any concrete information.
"But don't worry too much; although we can't trace any of their members, we can still predict where they will appear. "Seeing Cao Cao's dark expression, Georg quickly comforted him.
Hearing this, Cao Cao indeed felt a lot better. Yes, even if they couldn't track them, they could still prepare an ambush and kidnap a member and thoroughly interrogate them into spilling all the information they need.
"Good, then tell others to prepare and get ready; we are going to give Kyoto a small visit and see if we can invite some friends over, " Cao Cao said with a grin.
Georg also had a smile and spoke, "Very well, I shall make sure all the preparations are done. At the end of today, I'll make sure we're bringing along an estimated guest."
At this time, both young men didn't know that their secretive conversation was being live broadcast to a very petty person who had now decided to teach these young people the dangers of society.
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