From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

The next evening, the sky was strewn with clouds that resembled fish scales, exceptionally beautiful.

Su Muyu controlled his Spirit Eagle to carry a phone high into the sky, snapping pictures of the fiery clouds.

Just as he was taking pictures, Lu Heng and Lin Zeyu came in from outside.

They had just seen a message from Su Muyu in the team chat, saying that he had located Tom Hasegawa's position, so they had come over.

"Where?" Lu Heng asked directly about the location.

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

"Weren't the clues we discussed yesterday useful?" Lu Heng guessed from her response that the situation might be different from yesterday's discussion.

"Yes."

Su Muyu nodded and continued, "I searched all day without any luck until I saw a high-end hair salon unloading goods in front of their store.

"The items unloaded were new machines, nicely boxed up, clearly brand new.

"That's when I considered a possibility, and after asking inside the shop, I found out that someone had bought several of their machines last week.

"I figured that Tom Hasegawa hadn't gone to the hair salon to get a hairdo but had bought the machines from the shop.

"I started my search all over again and finally located those machines in the presidential suite of Nuoya Hotel."

After hearing this, Lin Zeyu couldn't help but comment, "Hey! That's quite the style—setting up a hair salon in a hotel suite. I've never been that lavish."

Tom Hasegawa was a core member of the Mitsui Consortium, his lifestyle in Fusang was almost akin to the Emperor's, and even in Da Xia, he was unwilling to lower his living standards.

Initially, Lu Heng had underestimated the lavish lifestyle of this core member of the Mitsui Consortium. When in Da Xia, Hasegawa even required a personal hairstylist and converted a hotel room into a hair salon.

"It's easier once we've found the person. Let's go there tomorrow noon and resolve this matter cleanly."

The three discussed their plan of action a bit more and then went back to make their preparations.

…

The next night at ten.

An MPV drove towards the Nuoya Hotel and stopped about five hundred meters away.

Lu Heng and the others got out of the car, prepared to find a spot to set up a sniper point.

Just then,

Two Fusang men came walking towards them, stopped in front of Lu Heng, and bowed at a ninety-degree angle, saying, "Mr. Lu, the boss has been waiting for you for a long time, he invites you three to have a drink."

"Who is your boss?"

"Mr. Tom Hasegawa," replied the two Fusang bodyguards respectfully.

Lu Heng was a bit surprised that the other party had issued an invitation in advance but quickly realized what was going on.

While Su Muyu was tracking their movements, the other party could monitor theirs as well.

After all, they hadn't hidden their tracks.

For ordinary perceivers, tracking Su Muyu might be challenging, but to monitor himself and Lin Zeyu, they just needed to dispatch a perceiver with invisibility.

If it was a perceiver capable of invisibility, monitoring from three hundred meters away would be hard to spot by anyone but perceivers.

Additionally,

There was another thing that might have alerted Tom Hasegawa.

Yesterday, Su Muyu had inquired at the hair salon, and if Hasegawa was cautious enough, he could have received a message from there.

Since they had been noticed, continuing the ambush would be pointless.

Lu Heng exchanged glances with Su and Lin, then followed the two Fusang men into the Nuoya Hotel, heading to the presidential suite on the top floor.

In the living room of the suite, a small low table was set up with three cushions in front of it; Tom Hasegawa, dressed in a kimono, sat opposite the table, on which sake utensils had already been laid out.

"Please have a seat."

Tom Hasegawa raised his right hand, gesturing for them to sit.

Since he had come, Lu Heng also wanted to hear what he had to say and thus sat cross-legged on a cushion.

For Fusang people, the correct way to sit on a cushion is kneeling.

Lu Heng wasn't accustomed to that and simply sat cross-legged.

"What do you want to say?"

"Firstly, someone asked you to pass on an invitation to me, is it time to give it to me now?" Hasegawa took the initiative to ask.

Lu Heng took out the invitation marked with 'creator' and the number 029 and handed it over to him.

It was a task given to him by 027 to pass it on.

Tom Hasegawa then asked, "What else did the person who asked you to deliver this invitation say?"

Lu Heng thought for two seconds before responding, "He also gave me a card."

"What card?"

"A Sealing Card."

"What is sealed?"

"A Soul Capturing Monster."

"Then that card should be for me; hand it over." Tom Hasegawa smiled as he heard it was a Soul Capturing Monster.

"But I don't plan on giving it to you," Lu Heng grinned as he denied.

Tom Hasegawa's expression darkened and said, "Do you know what this invitation represents?"

"I don't need to know," Lu Heng answered, indifferent.

Hasegawa tugged at the corner of his mouth, sneering, "That's right, someone like you will never understand how high the sky is. This invitation is for me, and as long as I agree to join, the Sealing Card containing the Soul Capturing Monster is the condition for inviting me."

"So you've agreed to join?" asked Lu Heng curiously.

"Why not join?" Hasegawa laughed lightly, responding to the question.

Lu Heng gave it some thought. The mysterious organization 'creator' had unfathomable power behind it.

No superpower user who knew what 'creator' was would refuse such an invitation.

Moreover, when 'creator' issued invitations, the gifts presented were always generous.

If a Superpower User is unwilling to join, the "creator" still offers conditions that the invitee cannot refuse.

Lu Heng had to admit that at the time, the Soul Capturing Monster had already arrived at his doorstep; agreeing a few minutes later would have led to unbearable consequences for him.

Therefore, the "creator" still, like in his previous life, always provided conditions that the invitee couldn't refuse.

However, not every invitee wanted to reject the offer.

For example, the Hasegawa Tom in front of him was very willing to join.

Moreover, even if they didn't offer him a Soul Capturing Monster, he would have agreed to join.

Lu Heng curled up the corners of his mouth, smiling as he said, "Since you want to join, then hand over the list of all the controlled Fusang politicians controlled by the Soul Capturing Monster, and the method of control as well."

Upon hearing this demand, Hasegawa Tom's gaze sharpened, and he directly refused, "Impossible."

Lu Heng grinned and said, "You're not joining in good faith."

Hasegawa Tom frowned, questioning, "Why should I hand the list over to you?"

Lu Heng shrugged, "That's what the creator wants."

Hasegawa Tom's frown deepened, suspiciously asking, "Are you a member of the creator?"

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

"Even if you are a member of the creator. When the creator extends an invitation, they offer generous gifts, not such excessive demands." Hasegawa Tom finally realized something was off here.

According to information obtained by the Mitsui Consortium, the mysterious organization "creator" offers generous terms when inviting members.

Yet, here was Lu Heng demanding the list of Fusang's controlled politicians and even the method of control, which was completely the opposite of the intelligence.

Lu Heng smiled, saying, "This proves your intelligence is not accurate enough. The organization isn't a charity; if I say you must hand it over, then you must do so."

Hasegawa Tom's eyes narrowed slightly, his voice cold, "Impossible!"

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

Suddenly, the tension between them escalated.

Hasegawa Tom's eyes turned cold, and suddenly a strange color flashed in his eyes.

It was the "Commanding Will" again.

The moment his eyes flashed with that strange color.

Su Muyu suddenly clutched his forehead, resisting the spirit control.

Next to him, Lin Zeyu drew the Silver Python Revolver from his lower back and "click, click, click" fired at Lu Heng's back.

However, after several trigger pulls, only the clicking of the trigger was heard, but no bullets came out.

That was also why Lu Heng hadn't moved because he had anticipated this scenario from the start.

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

Realizing there were no bullets, Lin Zeyu quickly threw away the revolver and drew a dagger to launch another attack.

At that moment, Su Muyu bit his lip, used the pain to regain consciousness, and then used the skill "Will Awakening" to bring back Lin Zeyu's consciousness.

Huff! Huff! Huff...

Lin Zeyu breathed heavily, swallowed, and said, "So this is what being controlled feels like—feeling like your body isn't your own."

Seeing both recover their senses so quickly, Hasegawa Tom showed a hint of shock.

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

It was one thing for Lu Heng to be hard to control, but the girl next to him was also difficult, and Lin Zeyu, who should have been the easiest to control, had been awakened by his partner's skill.

Almost instantly, the "Commanding Will" lost its effect.

At that moment.

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

Hasegawa Tom's eyes flashed with panic, and he quickly said, "We can talk about this, there's no need to be sworn enemies."

Lu Heng didn't swing his blade to cut him but suddenly turned around, stepped back toward the sliding wooden door, and swung his sword.

Bang!

The wooden door shattered, revealing another room inside.

Inside the room, another Hasegawa Tom was kneeling on a cushion with three Samurai holding Tachi standing guard.

The Aurora Blade fell, and one of the Fusang Samurai used his right arm to block the sword.

Clang!

With a crisp sound, the Aurora Blade cut through the Tachi, and the blade slashed into the Fusang Samurai's shoulder.

The Fusang Samurai grunted, taking the blow without retreating, as blood gushed from his shoulder.

The hidden Hasegawa Tom pondered, "How did you know the one outside was fake?"

Lu Heng's lips curled up mockingly, saying, "You were too deliberate. Using your right hand for gestures, pouring drinks with your right hand, holding the wine cup with your right hand, you seemed to be deliberately telling me that the one outside was right-handed."

The first time they met in the tea room.

That "Hasegawa Tom" used his left hand to hold the tea cup, making Lu Heng think he was left-handed; he later realized that was a Mirror Avatar, whose left and right hands are the opposite of the original.

After arriving at the hotel this time, the "Hasegawa Tom" outside kept using his right hand, as if he was afraid others wouldn't know he was right-handed.

Based on the original logic, Hasegawa Tom's real body is right-handed, and the Mirror Avatar is left-handed.

There wasn't a problem with this itself, but his actions were too deliberate.

Lu Heng added, "There's a proverb in Da Xia, 'Too much is as bad as not enough.'"

Furthermore.

Another reason let Lu Heng confirm Hasegawa Tom was here.

Because Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu were both controlled by "Commanding Will" simultaneously.

A Caster could only release "Commanding Will" on one target at a time, so how could two targets be controlled simultaneously?

Others couldn't do it, but Hasegawa Tom could.

His real body could control one while the Mirror Avatar used skills to control the other.

So, he could control two people at the same time.

If they hadn't been prepared in advance, without the "Will Awakening" skill, both Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu would have been controlled and end up fighting each other.

Now, Su Muyu using "Will Awakening" had counteracted Hasegawa Tom's deadly move, displaying its full restraining effect.