Chapter 165: Will Awakening

Chapter 165: Will Awakening

The following evening, the sky was adorned with a layer of fish-scale-like fiery clouds, a beautiful sight to behold.

Su Muyu controlled the Divine Feathered Eagle, holding a phone, and flew into the sky to capture photos of the fiery clouds.

Just as she was taking pictures, Lu Heng and Lin Zeyu entered from outside.

Having seen Su Muyu's message in the team group chat, stating that she had found Nagakawa Tomo's location, the two of them came over.

"Where is it?" Lu Heng asked directly for the location.

Su Muyu turned around, hands behind her back, and said, "You didn't even ask how I found it."

"Wasn't the clue we discussed yesterday useful?" Lu Heng guessed that the situation might be different from what they had discussed yesterday.

"Hmm."

Su Muyu nodded and continued, "I searched all day but couldn't find it. Later, I saw a high-end styling shop unloading goods.

"The machines being unloaded were new, neatly packed in boxes, obviously newly purchased.

"I thought of a possibility and went inside to ask. I learned that someone had bought several machines from their shop last week.

"I figured Nagakawa Tomo might not have gone to the hair salon but instead bought the machines from the shop.

"I started searching again and finally found those machines in the Presidential Suite of the Noa Hotel."

After listening, Lin Zeyu couldn't help but tease, "Hey! Quite the extravagance, setting up a hair salon in a hotel suite. I'm not that luxurious."

Nagakawa Tomo was a core member of the Sankei Corporation, and his lifestyle in Japan was not far off from that of the Emperor. Even after arriving in Daxia, he was still unwilling to lower his living standards.

At first, Lu Heng had underestimated the lifestyle of this core member of the Sankei Corporation. In Daxia, he still insisted on having a personal hairstylist and even modified a hair salon in a hotel room.

"It's good that we've found him. We'll go there tomorrow at noon and settle things."

The three of them discussed the plan of action and then returned to their respective preparations.

...

The next evening, at 10 pm, an MPV drove towards the Noa Hotel and stopped 500 meters away.

Lu Heng, Su Muyu, and Lin Zeyu got out of the car, preparing to find a spot to set up a sniping position.

Just at that moment, two Japanese men approached them, bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle in front of Lu Heng, and said, "Mr. Lu, our boss has been waiting for you for a long time. He invites the three of you to have a drink."

"Who is your boss?"

"Mr. Nagakawa Tomo," the two Japanese bodyguards respectfully replied.

Lu Heng was surprised that the other party had come early to extend the invitation, but after a moment's thought, he understood what was going on.

While Su Muyu was tracking the other party's whereabouts, they could also monitor their actions.

After all, they hadn't hidden their movements.

For ordinary Sensory, monitoring Su Muyu would indeed be challenging, but monitoring Lu Heng and Lin Zeyu only required deploying Sensory with Invisibility abilities.

If it were a Sensory with Invisibility, monitoring from 300 meters away would be difficult for anyone but another Sensory to detect.

Additionally, there was another matter that would have made Nagakawa Tomo suspicious.

Yesterday, when Su Muyu inquired at the hair salon, if Nagakawa Tomo was cautious enough, he might have received news from the salon.

Since the other party was already aware, continuing the ambush would be pointless.

Lu Heng exchanged glances with Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu, then followed the two Japanese men into the Noa Hotel and headed towards the Presidential Suite.

In the suite's living room, a small low table was set up, with three cushions placed in front of it. Nagakawa Tomo, dressed in a kimono, sat opposite the low table, and the table was already set with wine utensils.

"Please sit."

Nagakawa Tomo raised his right hand in a gesture of invitation.

Since they were there, Lu Heng also wanted to hear what he had to say, so he sat cross-legged on the cushion.

For the Japanese, the proper way to sit on a cushion was to kneel.

Lu Heng didn't have this preference and sat cross-legged directly.

"What do you want to say?"

"First, someone asked you to deliver an invitation letter, and now you should give it to me in person, shouldn't you?" Nagakawa Tomo took the initiative to ask for it.

Lu Heng took out the invitation letter with the hidden Creator and 029 number and handed it to him.

This was what Agent 27 had instructed him to deliver, and he had to give it.

Nagakawa Tomo asked, "Did the person who asked you to deliver this invitation letter say anything else?"

Lu Heng considered for two seconds before answering, "They also gave me a card."

"What kind of card?"

"A Sealed Card."

"What was sealed in it?"

"What was sealed in it?"

"A Soulstealer."

"Then this Sealed Card is for me. Give it to me." Nagakawa Tomo's face lit up when he heard it was a Soulstealer.

"But I don't intend to give it to you," Lu Heng smiled and refused.

Nagakawa Tomo's eyes darkened, and he said, "Do you know what this invitation letter represents?"

"I don't need to know," Lu Heng replied with an indifferent expression.

Nagakawa Tomo pulled the corners of his mouth and sneered, "That's right. People like you will never know how high the sky is. This invitation letter is for me, and as long as I agree to join, that Sealed Card with the Soulstealer is the condition for inviting me to join."

Lu Heng curiously asked, "So, you agreed to join?"

Nagakawa Tomo smiled and asked, "Why not join?"

Lu Heng thought about it and agreed. The mysterious organization "Creator" had unfathomable power behind it.

No Mutant who knew what "Creator" was would refuse an invitation.

Moreover, when "Creator" sent out invitation letters, the accompanying gifts were always generous.

If they encountered a Mutant who was unwilling to join, "Creator" would offer conditions that the invitee couldn't refuse.

Lu Heng had to admit that when the Soulstealers were already at his doorstep, agreeing to delay by a few minutes would have led to consequences he couldn't bear.

So, the "Creator" was just like in his previous life, always offering terms that the invitees couldn't refuse.

However, not every invitee wanted to decline.

Take the current Nagakawa Tomo, for example; he was more than willing to join.

Moreover, looking at his expression, even without the Soulstealers, he would still agree to join.

A smile tugged at Lu Heng's lips as he said, "Since you want to join, hand over the list of Japanese politicians controlled by the Soulstealers, along with the control method."

Upon hearing this request, Nagakawa Tomo's gaze sharpened, and he immediately refused, "Impossible."

Lu Heng grinned, "You're not being sincere about joining."

Nagakawa Tomo's eyebrows furrowed, and he demanded, "Why should I hand over the list to you?"

Lu Heng spread his hands, "This is the Creator's intention."

Nagakawa Tomo's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and he asked suspiciously, "Are you a member of the Creator Club?"

"What do you think?" Lu Heng countered with a smile.

"Even if you are a member of the Creator Club. When the Creator invites someone, they offer generous gifts, not such excessive demands," Nagakawa Tomo finally realized something was amiss.

According to Sankei Corporation's intelligence, the mysterious organization known as the "Creator" would offer generous terms when inviting members.

However, Lu Heng was demanding that he hand over the list of controlled Japanese politicians and even the control method, which was completely contrary to the intelligence.

Lu Heng chuckled and said, "This shows that your intelligence is not accurate enough. The organization isn't a charity; if I ask you to hand it over, you have to do it."

Nagakawa Tomo narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Impossible!"

"Then there's nothing I can do," Lu Heng spread his hands.

Tension rose between the two.

Nagakawa Tomo's eyes turned cold, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

It was Dominate Will again.

In the instant that strange light flashed in his eyes.

Su Muyu clutched her forehead, resisting the control.

Beside her, Lin Zeyu drew his Silver Python Revolver from his waist and fired at Lu Heng's back, the gun clicking repeatedly without firing any bullets.

This was why Lu Heng hadn't moved; he had anticipated this situation from the start.

Lin Zeyu's pistol was loaded with empty shells, not real bullets.

Upon realizing there were no bullets, Lin Zeyu immediately dropped the revolver and drew his dagger to attack again.

At this moment, Su Muyu bit her lip, using the pain to regain her senses, and then used the Will Awakening skill to restore Lin Zeyu's consciousness.

Huff! Huff! Huff...

Lin Zeyu panted heavily, swallowing hard, and said, "So this is what it feels like to be controlled; it's like my body isn't mine anymore."

Seeing both of them regain their senses so quickly, Nagakawa Tomo's eyes widened in surprise.

He hadn't expected these three people to be so difficult to deal with.

Lu Heng was hard to control, but the girl beside him was also challenging to control, and Lin Zeyu, who should have been the easiest to control, was awakened by his companion's skill.

In the blink of an eye, Dominate Will lost its effect.

At that moment.

Lu Heng raised his hand and slowly drew the Aurora Blade from thin air.

A flash of panic crossed Nagakawa Tomo's eyes, and he quickly said, "We can talk things over; there's no need to become mortal enemies."

Lu Heng didn't swing his sword to cut him down but suddenly turned around, took a step back, and slashed at the sliding door.

Bang!

The wooden door shattered, revealing another room inside.

In the room, another Nagakawa Tomo knelt on a meditation cushion, with three Japanese samurai guards holding katana by his side.

The Aurora Blade descended, and one of the Japanese samurai blocked it with his katana, resting it on his right arm.

Clang!

A crisp sound rang out as the Aurora Blade cut through the katana and sliced into the shoulder of the Japanese samurai.

The Japanese samurai grunted and endured the pain without retreating, blood gushing from his shoulder.

In the dim room, Nagakawa Tomo pondered, "How did you know the other one was a fake?"

A mocking smile played on Lu Heng's lips as he said, "You were too deliberate. Using your right hand to make a 'please' gesture, pouring wine with your right hand, and holding the wine glass with your right hand, as if you were deliberately telling me that the other one was right-handed."

The first time they met in the tea room.

That "Nagakawa Tomo" used his left hand to hold the teacup, and Lu Heng initially thought he was left-handed, but later realized it was a Mirror Clone, whose dominant hand would be the opposite of the original's.

This time, at the hotel, the "Nagakawa Tomo" outside had been using his right hand, as if afraid others wouldn't know he was right-handed.

According to the original logic, Nagakawa Tomo was right-handed, and his Mirror Clone was left-handed.

There wasn't anything wrong with that, but his actions were too deliberate.

Lu Heng added, "In Daxia, there's a saying, 'Excessive is Deficient.'"

Moreover.

There was another reason Lu Heng was certain Nagakawa Tomo was the one.

Because Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu were both controlled by Dominate Will at the same time.

A caster could only release one Dominate Will at a time, so how could they control two targets simultaneously? Others couldn't do it, but Nagakawa Tomo could.

His original body could control one target, and his Mirror Clone could control a second target using skills.

So, he could control two targets simultaneously.

If not for Su Muyu's Will Awakening skill and prior preparation, she and Lin Zeyu would have been controlled and killed each other.

Now, Su Muyu had used Will Awakening to counter Nagakawa Tomo's deadly skill, and its counteracting effect was fully demonstrated.

(End of Chapter)

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