Chapter 34: The Empress Dowager and Her Body-Double Young Lover

This had happened before, and without exception, the missions were always deemed failures. After all, the primary objective of a mission agent is to maintain the progression of the original plot. If one merely completes their own character arc while the overarching plot collapses, it still counts for nothing.

Hua Yue was expected to be downcast, but instead, she beamed. "That means there’s a 0.01 percent chance—there’s still hope."

[Host, that would be a miracle.]

"Hmm, perhaps miracles—"

"You already used that excuse last time," Naruto Uzumaki said, a vein pulsing on his forehead as he sighed.

The Blood-Oath Sword’s bristling, disdainful attitude made Mo Yi pout. Still, he supposed it was true; he had used it for so long without ever needing to oil or maintain it. With its elegant curve and smooth crimson blade, it even doubled as a fine kitchen knife.

Of course, such commercial dealings were not limited to partnerships; they could also involve... hostile relations.

Yang Chen’s skin was as tough as iron, his body sizzling amidst the raging flames. He brought his heavy foot down, extinguishing a patch of fire with a single stomp. He stepped again and again. These madmen had actually burned the local civilians just to murder him.

"Please don't worry, we are not bad people." As for Tashigi, she was currently trying to convince the children not to be afraid, though it was clear she was encountering some trouble.

"Uncle-Master, I'm sorry, I won't hold back." Just as he reached out to grab him, he realized his Uncle-Master had turned into a stone statue, and he hurriedly pulled his hand back.

She surmised that Rena must have had something important to discuss with them when she rushed over here.

The only difference was this: if you had the right connections and greased the right palms, the relevant departments would simply turn a blind eye.

The previous two battles had left Li Yin with nowhere to vent his frustration. Since the three tiger demons had sought him out themselves, why should he be polite?

Li Jianrui could tell that Dr. Xia was very serious about this matter, so he followed her instructions obediently, hurriedly rubbing his hair.

"If you knew all along, why didn't you tell me?" Li Xiaomai tilted her head back, reproaching Li Monan.

Deputy Bureau Chief Huang nearly slapped himself. How was he to know that Shi Qing was deliberately trying to embarrass him? Although Shi Qing didn't know what kind of spectacle Shang Fei had caused outside, seeing the demeanor of the police was enough to tell him something had happened; otherwise, they wouldn't have shifted from arrogance to obsequiousness so drastically.

Moreover, he had only just recovered, and heaven knew how much strength his body could actually muster. Looking at the six generals, it seemed that aside from the one who looked like a pig, none of them would be easy to deal with.

He stretched his limbs, preparing to go out for a walk to soothe his nerves before facing Domoto Shu in two days.

The former’s voice was somewhat hoarse yet distinct, while the latter’s words, though loud, seemed to lack vigor, sounding rather hollow.

Wu Huotian, who had been sprawled on the ground, suddenly soared into the sky. A thick, bloody aura enveloped his body, and his corpulent frame rolled into a massive ball of flesh, hurtling toward Bai Da and his two companions.

"Ziyun, what is this guy saying? I don't understand a word. 'I nan tu your'... damn, what is this? How is he cursing without using a single dirty word?" Tianxuan asked, only to find that Ziyun’s eyes were already spitting fire.

Liu Rumei paused, then furrowed her brows slightly. Had she not experienced these events, she might have looked around and wandered about, but...

Under such circumstances, the academy was filled with a hodgepodge of various factions. Because the star territory was vast and boundless, each region possessed a different power structure, to the point that even the academy officials could not keep a complete census.

This time, the Han army was divided into two routes. The Western Route Army was led personally by General-in-Chief Wei Qing, with troops drawn entirely from the Guanzhong region. This was the main force, encompassing nearly all of the Han Dynasty's elite martial artists.