Dangan Fuuma, the only human in this chamber, “Edward, I’m not sure. Should be around here.”

  Dangan Fuuma had pointed to a location shown on the table in front of them. Edward Valentus looked at the place, deep in thought.

  After a while, Edward Valentus asked, “Any of you would like to go and verify?”

  King Lucius scorned, “I wouldn’t go to verify myself. All I do now is send some of my henchmen to verify.”

  Dangan Fuuma shook his head, “Fine. I will go verify myself.”

  Edward Valentus nodded with a smile, “You have my thanks. I will provide one of my henchmen to you. Ingris Eldr, you will assist him.”

  A black flame ignited, and Ingris Eldr appeared. She paid no attention to others and knelt before Edward Valentus.

  Ingris Eldr answered, “Yes, King Edward.”

  Dangan Fuuma was flustered and asked, “Isn’t she one of your concubines?”

  Edward Valentus smiled and replied, “This is my showing of trust in you.”

  Dangan Fuuma laughed and replied, “DanDanDan, I will not let you down.”

  After Dangan Fuuma and Ingris Eldr left the chamber.

  King Lucius asked, “Hor, you have so much trust in him?”

  Edward Valentus smiled and replied, “The one I have trust in is Ingris Eldr.”

  King Lucius laughed, “DreDreDre, I knew it.”

  ***

  Dangan Fuuma chose twelve slaves in his room. He would like to bring them along in this investigation. Ingris Eldr was displeased by his action and questioned him.

  Ingris Eldr frowned and questioned, “Mr. Dangan, we are not sightseeing. We are investigating the area that you are suspected of.”

  Dangan Fuuma laughed and replied, “DanDanDan, I know. They are slaves for my Trait. As you know, my Trait is Execution. The more I kill, the stronger I become.”

  Ingris Eldr nodded and led the way. Dangan Fuuma, who followed behind, was ogling Ingris Eldr's booty. When she walked, her booty would jiggle. It showed how pumped her butt was and aroused Dangan Fuuma. If a chance occurred, Dangan Fuuma would like to have a taste of the booty.

  Ingris Eldr, who was leading the way, knew Dangan Fuuma’s action. If he were not one of the allies, he would be turned into ashes.

  ***

  Asagi Hasegawa, who was next to Ye, asked, “What is Memorial Eater?”

  Ye replied, “Memorial Eater is a kind of mutated monster that could be tamed. It is lived in the host’s memories and slowly processes the host’s body. Normally, the host’s soul will be consumed in the process. It seems like someone had extracted Asagi’s soul and put it in the body of a mutated monster.”

  Asagi and Sakura Hasegawa were shocked by Ye’s statement, especially Asagi Hasegawa. If Ye’s statement was true, then Asagi Hasegawa may be dead.

  Ye continued, “Memorial Eaters are similar to intangible races. They are immune to physical attack. At the same time, they could not attack others. Their life span was short. They need to process a host to extend their lifespan.”

  Ye paused, looked at Asagi Hasegawa, and asked, “Did you eat something that was produced in here?”

  Asagi Hasegawa nodded and replied, “Yes, Asuka and Kousuke had made a meal with the ingredients in here for me.”

  Ye nodded, “No wonder.”

  Asagi Hasegawa asked, “Do you mind explaining? I’m confused.”

  Ye replied, “As I mentioned, Memorial Eater has no offense capability. The only way for them to process someone was to let them enter the victim’s dream. Normally, they would create some dream seed and spread away.”

  Asagi Hasegawa looked at Ye and asked, “Are you implying that I had eaten food with dream seed?”

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  Ye nodded and asked, “Normally, you won’t eat the food in the maze. Why do you eat it this time? Is it because Kousuke cooked it?”

  Asagi Hasegawa nodded, “Asuka and Kousuke cooked for the first time. I don’t want to discourage them.”

  Ye nodded and had a thought.

  ‘You are always vulnerable when you are around Kyosuke and Kousuke.’

  Asagi Hasegawa noticed that Ye’s expression went sour and asked, “Is it my hallucination? Ye, you seem shorter to me.”

  Ye didn’t respond to Asagi Hasegawa’s question. However, Sakura Hasegawa butt in and answered.

  Sakura Hasegawa smiled mischievously, “Yes, he is shorter after the buff is inactive. His height now is the same as yours, sister.”

  Ye shook his head and replied, “No, Asagi was 170cm. I’m 2cm taller than her, 172cm.”

  Sakura Hasegawa laughed and petted Ye’s head, “Hahaha, I’m 3cm taller than you.”

  Asagi Hasegawa recalled something and asked, “How are you so sure that she was not me?”

  Ye was stunned and pretended not to listen to the question.

  Sakura Hasegawa, who noticed it and asked again, “I wanted to know, too. How do you know that she was not my sister?”

  Ye shook his head and replied, “When the time has come, you will know.”

  Sakura Hasegawa was not satisfied with this answer and wanted to probe. Nonetheless, she was stopped by Asagi Hasegawa. Sakura Hasegawa was puffing her mouth.

  Kousuke Sato caught their action with his eyes and felt gloomy. Asuka Hasegawa, who noticed, wanted to comfort him. Nonetheless, a voice interrupted her action.

  Rinko Yamamoto asked, “Kotaro, do you know anything about Sir Ye?”

  Kotaro Fuuma shook his head, “The information that I know is the same as all of you. Sir Ye had not been taking action. I feel that his own knowledge restrained him. Zhu Nai, why did you take the action to support Sir Ye?”

  Zhu Nai shook her head and replied, “I can’t say for sure. Sir Ye did know the danger in the maze. He seems never care about our safety and focuses on something else. Investigate the mutated monsters’ corpses and the environment. Inform us that this maze is artificial, but no action is taken for the other teams.”

  “His action gave me the feeling that he knew what would happen in the maze. However, he didn’t want to interfere too much. All of it had been confirmed by the dragon’s head, Ming. Sir Ye planned to interrupt the ritual of this maze. But I’m not sure what Sir Ye’s plan is. The 'she’ he said is who?”

  Rinko Yamamoto asked, “Are you implying that Ms. Asagi and Sakura are trying to get information from him?”

  Zhu Nai nodded, “Most likely. Sir Ye seems to be vulnerable in front of Asagi Hasegawa. As if a child who dares not to oppose his parent.”

  Kotaro Fuuma's eyes widened, and he replied, “No, not gonna be. Right? At least I don’t feel it. Do you feel it, Shikanusuke? Hebiko? Tatsuro? Yukihaze?”

  Shikanusuke Raiden and Tatsuro Yamamoto were having a wry smile. Hebiko Nohara shook her head to show her expression.

  Yukihaze Mizuno replied, “Hmph, why should I tell you?”

  Kotaro Fuuma nodded, “As you can see, no one has that feeling.”

  Zhu Nai replied, “Maybe I’m overthinking it.”

  After listening to the whole conversation, Asuka Hasegawa approached Kousuke Sato, who was next to her.

  Asuka Hasegawa, “Kousuke, no need to be gloomy. Mother and aunt were trying to get information from him.”

  Kousuke Sato’s mode was better, “Ya, I know. Thank you, Asuka.”

  Asuka Hasegawa shook her head and petted Kousuke Sato with a wry smile. She knew that Kousuke Sato had a different affection toward her mother. That’s why she wanted to stay in the hostel and seldom return home. She was scared that Kousuke’s affection was love, and she would hate her adopted mother.

  ***

  A woman knelt before Dangan Fuuma, “Master, I had news to report. We have found there are two groups of humans marching toward here.”

  Dangan Fuuma frowned, “It seems like I was not wrong after all. Do you know who they are, Ran Fuuma (风魔 兰)?”

  Ran Fuuma answered, “One of the groups is led by Asagi Hasegawa. As for the other group, it is led by a female with purple hair. Asagi Hasegawa’s group has more members. I advise that we should target the other team.”

  Ingris Eldr scorned, “No need. I will eliminate Asagi Hasegawa. Where are they?”

  Ran Fuuma pointed the direction and answered, “Lady Ingris, if you insist. They are heading this direction.”

  Ingris Eldr ran in the direction pointed by Ran Fuuma. And, left both Dangan and Ran Fuuma behind.

  Dangan Fuuma shook his head, “It seems like the rumor is true.”

  Ran Fuuma asked, “Master, may I know what rumor you are referring to?”

  Dangan Fuuma petted Ran Fuuma’s head and replied, “Sure. The rumor is that Edward Valentus intends to make Asagi Hasegawa his queen.”

  Ran Fuuma was astonished, “How is it possible? Asagi Hasegawa is well known in the East continent because of the war. The war that established the WuJi kingdom. However, for the West continent, they should not have heard of her before.”

  Dangan Fuuma shook his head, “It is none of our concern. Well, if the opponent is Asagi Hasegawa. Then I need more ‘combatants’ than now. I can’t let Ingris wait for too long. I will proceed, and you will bring backup to join us.”

  Ran Fuuma nodded, “Yes, master.”

  Ran Fuuma had vanished after accepting Dangan Fuuma’s order. Danga Fuuma took a flask from his dimension pocket bag.

  Dangan Fuuma had a lewd grin on his face, “Not sure of the effect. But what he said is true. Then, even Asagi and Ingris would be affected by it. DanDanDan… I will have a taste first. Then, only return them to Edward Valentus. DanDanDan…”

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