Slash the Scarlet Eyes: Start with a Starburst Air Stream Slash Chapter 159

As night fell.

Lin Yu’s figure flashed, like a ghost in the night, silently arriving near a tavern.

This is the effect of you thinking I’m one of us, but in fact I’m the enemy; you can always get accurate intelligence.

Through the window, Lin Yu saw Champ and a ronin named Izou sitting around a table, which was filled with wine pots and cups. Champ was clearly already drunk.

Champ burped: “Izou, did you see those kids in the barracks? They’re so innocent and cute~ I really want to ravage them.”

Izou simply said, “When you’re done drinking, let’s go.”

He was only interested in whether Murasame could be stained with blood. Champ’s interest was probably only shared by those noble lords.

“Hmph! If Esdeath hadn’t died, who would have called you, someone with no desires, over here.”

Champ said, standing up, but suddenly felt a chill. He sharply turned his head, only to find a white-haired young man standing behind him at some point—it was Lin Yu.

“You… who are you?!” Champ recoiled in terror, but Lin Yu was faster. He instantly struck, grabbing Champ’s neck and slamming him hard against the wall, directly freezing his entire body.

“How dare you attack me?!” Champ roared, but Lin Yu’s strength made him utterly unable to resist.

Lin Yu looked at him coldly, his eyes full of disdain: “I even want to kill the Emperor; what are you?”

Izou saw Lin Yu’s actions and quickly drew Murasame, and several sword lights flashed.

Against such a strong cultivator, Lin Yu directly used Ice Armor to withstand the attack, then, under Izou’s shocked gaze, activated Time Stop for three seconds.

Crack!

Time Stop ended.

Izou’s head was separated from his body, including his weapon, Murasame.

“I… I am under Lord Shura! Lord Shura is the Prime Minister’s son, that Prime Minister, do you understand?! If you kill me, you will die too!” Champ looked at Lin Yu in terror, his voice trembling. Frozen, he couldn’t use his Teigu and could only resort to verbal threats.

“Oh, then you can die.” Ice thorns materialized in Lin Yu’s hand.

“Excuse me, ordinary citizen who intends to kill, could you hand over the person in your hand to me for disposal?”

At this moment, Run’s voice came from behind Lin Yu.

Lin Yu turned around and saw Run already standing at the door. He said, “What’s the difference? He’s going to die anyway. Or are you trying to save him?”

“Lin Yu, give me a chance to get revenge personally.” Run at this moment saw through Lin Yu’s disguise. Such obvious ice abilities could only be Lin Yu; it couldn’t possibly be General Esdeath.

Lin Yu wasn’t bothered by Run seeing through his identity. He had plenty of identities and didn’t lack this one.

“Revenge?”

“Yes.” Run bowed slightly and said:

“I once lived in a village in the central Imperial Capital, right next to Ru Kiln. It was a peaceful and beautiful place, where I served as a teacher for a group of children, accompanying them as they grew, and watching them improve day by day was my greatest happiness.

Ru Kiln was a fertile land, with rich soil and abundant produce. The villagers lived prosperous lives, and public order was excellent.

The local lord was a capable woman who took pride in Ru Kiln’s prosperity and tranquility, and the villagers were grateful to her.

Under my tutelage, the children learned quickly, their eyes filled with aspirations for the future. I believed they would all become useful talents someday.

However, all the good life was shattered when I returned from a business trip. When I stepped onto that familiar land, the sight before me horrified me. My students, those innocent children, had all been brutally murdered.

Their bodies were scattered in the classroom, blood staining the desks where they had once diligently studied. I couldn’t accept this cruel reality; my world collapsed at that moment.

I immediately went to the soldiers of Ru Kiln, hoping they could bring justice for the children. However, they told me that to protect Ru Kiln’s reputation for ‘best public order,’ they decided to conceal the incident.

They even received the Empire’s forgiveness, and my students were thus silently erased from existence.”

Lin Yu looked at the agitated Run, then at Champ, and said, “So you plan to change the Empire from within?”

“Yes, the lord of Ru Kiln is a woman, and she has a good impression of me, which showed me a path to approach the core of power.” Run smiled helplessly, patting his Teigu, ‘Flight.’ “I also obtained this Teigu there, but honestly, rather than her falling for me, it was more like I deceived her.

This also made me believe that the Empire can be changed from within. Only by gaining significant power can I change this corrupt country and prevent innocent people from being harmed.”

“I see.” Lin Yu didn’t deny Run’s idea, but the one who held significant power was the Prime Minister, the culprit behind the Empire’s ruin. How could Run gain significant power? He would either be assimilated or eliminated; otherwise, significant power wouldn’t fall to him.

Unless he outlived the Prime Minister, but setting aside whether someone like Shura would inherit his position, the people couldn’t endure such a long time. Compared to boiling a frog slowly, a swift decisive action was more suitable for the current situation.

Thinking of this, Lin Yu swiftly dismembered Champ’s four limbs and unfroze his body.

“Ahhh!!!”

Instantly, Champ’s screams echoed through the sky, utterly miserable. Unfortunately, the night belonged to the patrol, and citizens wouldn’t easily venture out, while the people in the tavern had already been knocked unconscious by him.

“Then he’s yours.” Lin Yu kicked Champ to Run’s feet, then sat in a chair, watching Run’s next actions.

Run took out a small bottle from his and dripped the liquid little by little onto Champ’s limb wounds.

“Ah!!!”

Champ immediately screamed. It hurt, it was too painful, more painful than having his limbs cut off!

“This is the juice of flowers grown in Captain Esdeath’s backyard garden, used for torturing criminals. Even without wounds, it causes extreme pain.” Run continued to drip the flower fluid. He had experienced this kind of intense pain on the back of his hand.

Thus, the screams never stopped. The tavern owner and employees woke up once in the middle of the night but were quickly knocked out again by Lin Yu.

As dawn broke, Champ’s strong will to live also died amidst the intense pain, consuming a total of twelve bottles of flower fluid.

Run knelt on the ground with a look of relief, then his eyes rolled back, and he fainted directly, revealing Lin Yu behind him, still in a hand-chop pose, with a mischievous smile.

“You think I like watching you torment people? I like you, Run.”

Lin Yu picked up Run. He had let him go last time, but not this time. Wave was waiting for him at the base, so it seemed Chelsea’s workload was about to increase again.

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