Aftermath (Final)

The ‘Mermaid’ Mercenary Corps had been wiped out overnight!

As soon as the news spread, Reincarnators across France were thrown into an uproar.

Although the ‘Mermaid’ Mercenary Corps was not ranked particularly highly, its notoriety was enough to rival that of the top ten corps.

Independent Reincarnators and small corps alike turned pale at the mere mention of ‘Mermaid’.

Many people, once approached by ‘Mermaid’, would spill everything like beans without even needing to be interrogated.

That was how intimidating, how bloody and cruel they were.

Yet they specialized in working for major corps and powerful financial clans, and those major corps would in turn offer them a degree of protection.

It had always been ‘Mermaid’ wiping out others. This time, however, not a single person in the entire corps had survived!

In just one night, every member of the corps had died a miserable death. Their corpses had been piled up in the lobby of their headquarters hotel like a small mountain.

The first passerby to discover the scene after catching the stench of blood had nearly fainted on the spot.

Although the Paris police took over the case, the upper ranks of the police department naturally knew that Reincarnators were behind it and immediately handed it to the special division responsible for such matters.

For a time, corps ranked high and low alike all dispatched people to investigate.

They wanted to learn exactly what had happened.

Yet they discovered that there was hardly any need for investigation. A cute penguin plush sitting atop that mountain of corpses directly revealed the culprit’s identity.

The warning written in blood across the lobby—

‘With money, become stronger. Without money, go fuck yourself.’

—was equally shocking.

There was no doubt that the culprit was China’s ‘Penguin’ Chamber of Commerce, whose entire branch had recently been erased from Paris!

Crossing national borders and bathing the culprits in blood overnight—especially coming from a force from China, which had always been viewed as weak—left everyone utterly stunned.

Many people even suspected it was a frame-up.

But news from China soon confirmed that the ‘Penguin’ Chamber of Commerce had claimed responsibility.

This was merely an ordinary feud between corps. There was no need to make such a fuss; it was not directed at France…

For a time, the entire French Reincarnator community was in an uproar. Some secretly celebrated the destruction of the notorious ‘Mermaid’ Corps, while many others were dissatisfied with that Chinese merchant corps.

Since when had those yellow-skinned monkeys been allowed to throw their weight around on their turf?

One’s position determined one’s perspective. Naturally, they had no intention of seeing things from the other side’s point of view.

But more than anything…

They feared the ‘Penguin’ Chamber of Commerce!

The ‘Mermaid’ Corps had already been enough to make children cry at night.

Yet such a corps had been annihilated overnight without so much as a ripple.

Though the process remained unclear, the higher-ups of those major Reincarnator corps could still roughly infer what had happened.

It should have been the Bloody Counterattack Privilege. And if they had been given no time to react at all, then the attackers must have been very few in number—perhaps even just one person!

To casually send out one person and wipe out a medium-sized corps like ‘Mermaid’ was enough to shock them all with the mysterious ‘Penguin’ Chamber of Commerce.

It seemed some methods would have to be changed.

The ‘Mermaid’ Corps was not particularly powerful, but the abilities of its two leaders complemented one another. For a single person to crush the entire corps, the requirements for individual strength were simply too high.

Everywhere, strength represented truth. Although quite a few independent Reincarnators in the France region of the Reincarnation Space cursed and grumbled, they did no more than curse and grumble.

Those corps adopted a silent stance, tacitly accepting the ‘Penguin’ Chamber of Commerce’s act of revenge.

Forget the people in France—even the few founders of the ‘Penguin’ Chamber of Commerce back in China were utterly bewildered.

They had received the corps notification that a Bloody Counterattack had been launched, and had been somewhat surprised at the time. They had not expected such a hardline choice.

Before they had even finished being surprised, the battle was over.

Not a single living member of ‘Mermaid’, which had offended the chamber of commerce, had been left behind!

Without question, this was also a warning and deterrent aimed at them. Furthermore, when this act of displaying might abroad spread back to the Huaxia Zone, it attracted much attention, and the corps began to redefine the ‘Penguin’ Chamber of Commerce’s strength.

This was not merely a chamber of commerce with money. Its strength could not be underestimated either.

Some veteran Reincarnators even applauded the ‘Penguin’ Chamber of Commerce’s actions. Such things happened far too rarely with Chinese corps, and it was truly invigorating.

In turn, this further boosted the ‘Penguin’ Chamber of Commerce’s reputation, and for its business model, reputation and money were directly proportional…

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The only ones considerably displeased were the ancient French bankers—the Rothschild Family, whose corps were spread throughout Europe, ranked in the top ten in nearly every country, and whose overall strength made even the number-one corps deeply wary.

But because of that sudden heavy blow, their expansion plans hesitated and slowed somewhat…

"This still isn’t enough. Only one small fry has been dealt with."

Also in the French Reincarnation Space, Xu Yue seemed to chuckle as he gathered bits of information.

Entering the Reincarnation Space from a foreign region did not place one in one’s personal space room. Instead, one appeared directly on the market street of the Reincarnation Space in that region.

It was undoubtedly far less convenient, though the overall functions of the Reincarnation Space were not greatly restricted.

It was simply impossible to team up with domestic teammates anymore.

Since he needed to use a Designation Card, Xu Yue had not planned to team up with Sun Lin. He had not even mentioned it to her; he would soothe her afterward.

She was actually quite easy to handle.

Besides Sun Lin, Xu Yue had also unexpectedly spotted Qi Xieyuan in Paris. He seemed to have been targeting someone, as though plotting something.

It was not Sun Lin from the school, but someone else. Xu Yue had not seen who it was, though it surely meant no good.

However, Xu Yue was about to enter this Mission Space and had no interest in doing anything first. Since the other party had set his sights on Sun Lin, they would run into each other sooner or later. He would first trick him into giving up the Counterattack Privilege…

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Designation Card: Allows the user to designate a Mission Space they have previously entered as their next Mission Space. After use, there must be an interval of one Mission Space before it can be used again. During this interval, the user will enter a Punishment mission.

A Designation Card could only be used at the rank of major and cost 100 merit points. Even Xu Yue found that a little painful to spend.

But without question, despite its high price and side effects, the card’s functionality was simply too powerful.

Not only could it bypass Mission Spaces arranged by the Reincarnation Space that he found unsatisfactory, it could also let him enter Mission Spaces where he could reap massive rewards.

"Use Designation Card. Target world: Ninja War…"

Designation Card use confirmed. Mission transmission will begin shortly.

Notice: After this mission ends, your next mission will enter a Punishment mission.

Transmission beginning...

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Inheriting bonds...

Sitting in a dim office, Xu Yue looked over the documents before him and recalled the information instilled by the Reincarnation Space. He could not help shaking his head with a wry smile.

The time he had entered this time was five years after the Nine-Tails Incident. His body in Naruto had also grown to look seventeen or eighteen. In this precocious world of ninjas, he was already considered an adult.

However, due to his position as an Anbu consultant and the punishment for letting Orochimaru go, he had spent the past five years acting solely as an Anbu.

He had never revealed his face, nor had he revealed his real name.

On top of that, Danzo, who enjoyed pulling little tricks and regarded him as a major rival for the next Hokage position, had continuously manipulated public opinion behind the scenes.

At this point, the name ‘Uchiha Yue’ had a very weak presence in the village.

Five years were enough to change far too much.

But for Xu Yue, that might not necessarily be a bad thing. Having always worn an Anbu mask, he could present an entirely different appearance to those who did not know him.

Still, that was merely an added precaution. This was, after all, the French Reincarnator Space. There would not be many people entering the Ninja War, and there was no one who had ever crossed paths with ‘Uchiha Yue.’

At most, they might feel that this Mission Space had a somewhat different atmosphere this time…

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End of Volume Three

There are only two chapters today. The first chapter of Volume Four will come shortly…

I’m going to take my certification exam tomorrow. Sorry, I’ve become a traitor…