# 742
Chapter 743: It's Getting Dark
Shen Qingzhu's expression immediately grew grave.
As Lin Qiye had said, all four Oracle Envoys were now gathered in Tokyo. They couldn't keep track of each other's every position. If he failed to kill an Oracle Envoy in a single strike, and there were other Oracle Envoys nearby, he would immediately find himself in danger of being surrounded.
Now, the second Oracle Envoy had appeared.
If he could still grasp a slim chance of victory against a single Oracle Envoy through surprise attacks and meticulous planning, then facing two Oracle Envoys working together, he had absolutely no chance of winning.
So Shen Qingzhu果断 made the decision to retreat.
Shen Qingzhu wasn't afraid of taking risks, but that didn't make him foolish. When he knew victory was impossible, he wouldn't make meaningless sacrifices.
He quickly reached into his pocket, pulled out three smoke grenades, bit off the pins with his teeth, and threw them with force.
Three massive clouds of smoke扩散ed across the main street!
Shen Qingzhu's figure flickered and disappeared into the smoke.
The eyes of both Oracle Envoys simultaneously glowed with halos. Following the direction where Shen Qingzhu had vanished, they searched carefully. With thermal imaging technology, they quickly锁定ed Shen Qingzhu's escape route. The Disaster of War's feet stamped hard, and his entire body launched forward like a cannonball!
Seeing this, Shen Qingzhu frowned and directly charged into a building to his side, using cover to block the Oracle Envoys' tracking.
Unfortunately, structures of this caliber were practically worthless against the destructive power of the Disaster of War.
The Disaster of War stretched out his finger and lightly traced across the large building complex before him. The air剧烈 trembled, as if an invisible blade had swept through the atmosphere, effortlessly slicing down all buildings within a three-kilometer radius.
Amidst the earth's trembling嗡鸣, numerous buildings collapsed. billowing smoke rose, leveling half the street.
Within this devastation, a figure wearing flowing cloud-patterned robes was still moving with incredible agility.
Shen Qingzhu quickly turned down several narrow streets. Relying on his memory of the direction, he was about to escape along the planned retreat route when all the electronic screens inside a home appliance store on the roadside flickered to life.
"Shen Qingzhu."
A familiar female voice emerged from the television speakers.
Shen Qingzhu startled and turned to look.
Dozens of television screens crackled with static, and after a moment, the figure of a white-clad girl materialized from within them.
"Jiang Er." Upon seeing that figure, Shen Qingzhu's eyes brightened slightly.
"Finally locked onto your position." Jiang Er glanced behind Shen Qingzhu—two figures were racing toward him at full speed. "Keep running forward, don't stop."
Shen Qingzhu nodded and didn't linger at the appliance store, immediately slipping into a narrow alley beside it.
As he ran, an old billboard at the end of the alley flickered and transformed once more into Jiang Er's figure, continuing to speak to him:
"From now on, follow the route I indicate to retreat. Someone will meet you ahead."
Shen Qingzhu turned at the end of the alley, sprinting along the long pedestrian street, racing wildly through the main avenue of Akihabara. Not caring whether Jiang Er could hear him, he directly asked:
"Someone meeting me? Who?"
"An old acquaintance."
Jiang Er's voice emerged from a Bluetooth speaker shop on the roadside.
In this modern society filled with electronic devices, once Jiang Er locked onto Shen Qingzhu's position, she could truly become "omnipresent" by utilizing the devices in the surrounding environment.
Shen Qingzhu nodded. The next moment, a smart map electronic screen hanging above the road flickered and instantly switched to display a topographic map with navigation arrows, directing Shen Qingzhu toward a corner of the street ahead.
Shen Qingzhu ran desperately along the route.
BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!
Behind him on the street, the Disaster of War's figure smashed through the dense buildings, closing in on Shen Qingzhu at an alarming speed.
In the narrow alleys, Shen Qingzhu could use his agility to barely maintain distance from the Disaster of War. But now that he'd followed Jiang Er's guidance back onto the main road, with no building cover available, it would only be a matter of seconds before the Disaster of War caught up.
But Shen Qingzhu still chose to trust Jiang Er.
As the distance between the Disaster of War and Shen Qingzhu shrank with each passing moment, cold sweat seeped down Shen Qingzhu's back. His eyes scanned rapidly across his surroundings, trying to locate this "guide" Jiang Er had mentioned.
DING—!
A coin dropped from a second-floor window of some building, falling onto the road surface behind Shen Qingzhu, its clear sound ringing out.
The next moment, Shen Qingzhu's figure vanished from the Disaster of War's sensory range like a ghost.
Vanished?
The Disaster of War froze.
Then, as if realizing something, fury flooded his eyes.
This ability... could it be Yuzuri Kurotetsu?!
...
Shen Qingzhu gradually slowed to a stop.
On the opposite side of the street, a middle-aged man wearing a sequined suit, with a golden longsword hanging at his waist, was leaning against a wall, coughing violently.
Him?
Upon seeing the golden longsword in his hand, Shen Qingzhu's heart relaxed. With 【迷瞳】 concealing his traces, he truly was safe.
Uncle Kyosuke coughed for a long while, his face deathly pale. He glanced at the furious Disaster of War in the distance, searching frantically like a headless fly, then walked over to Shen Qingzhu.
"Let's go. We'll switch locations."
Shen Qingzhu couldn't understand what he was saying, but he still followed Uncle Kyosuke toward a certain corner of the intersection.
A few minutes later, they arrived at a park.
This place was some distance away from the Oracle Envoys' search range, so they had escaped the danger. Moreover, there were still quite a few pedestrians walking about in the park. However, it seemed they couldn't see Shen Qingzhu and Uncle Kyosuke at all—the two moved through like ghosts.
Uncle Kyosuke pulled an old radio from his pocket and set it on a stone table nearby, then slowly sat down on a bench.
"I've got him. He's safe." He spoke weakly, as if addressing someone unseen.
"I saw it. Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Yuzuri Kurotetsu." Jiang Er's voice emerged from the radio, speaking fluent Japanese as well.
After finishing, Jiang Er switched back to Chinese, addressing Shen Qingzhu:
"Shen Qingzhu, the Captain wants you to wait here for a moment."
Shen Qingzhu was silent for a moment. "This is my private matter. There's no need for you all to get involved..."
"The Captain said we're not interfering in your private affairs. We're executing the final mission of the 【Nightfall】 Squad in the 'Human Enclosure.'"
Shen Qingzhu was stunned. "Final mission? What mission?"
Jiang Er didn't answer.
The sky gradually darkened.
A strand of darkness welled up from the horizon, beginning to gradually devour the sky above Tokyo. The midday sun rapidly faded, replaced by a deathly, abyssal black.
【Nightfall Descends】.
"It's getting dark." Jiang Er spoke calmly.
"The divine right... shall perish."