More Killing

"—?!"

Against an artificial Herrscher like Lee, no matter how strong one's combat power was, it was meaningless without mental defenses.

If Mobius had researched Lee as a hypothetical enemy, she might have been able to develop countermeasures. But clearly, she hadn't.

Therefore, she could only freeze in place, watching helplessly as Lee walked out of the laboratory.

...

Normally, each person's consciousness is completely different. But after interacting with the Herrscher of Dominance several times, Lee discovered that although these individuals' consciousnesses appeared unrelated on the surface, they had a remarkably similar frequency.

Like how the Joestar family members have different appearances, but all have the ancestral star-shaped birthmark!

And relying on this point alone was enough for Lee to conduct a large-scale search.

Although she couldn't cover the entire continent, searching a city was no longer difficult for Lee. Her consciousness swept through the Asia Branch and the surrounding area, identifying all suspected targets of the Herrscher of Dominance.

Appearance could be changed, the core could be removed, but consciousness could not be altered!

Once the targets were identified, what to do next was much simpler.

Just kill.

Using direct consciousness attacks should be much more convenient. But there was a possibility that some members of the Herrscher of Dominance had obtained a portion of the Herrscher of Sentience's authority and could survive.

Plus, considering the need to recover the Herrscher cores, Lee still chose the traditional method of physical destruction.

And in this small Fire Moth Asia Branch, there were nearly a hundred members of the Herrscher of Dominance lurking inside and out. Men and women, old and young... there were all kinds of appearances. A considerable number of them even pretended to be former humans, living normal lives.

But it didn't matter. No matter how they disguised themselves, Lee would kill them all!

The strange thing was that these Herrschers didn't have cores... This was clearly a conspiracy of the Herrscher of Dominance, but it was also exactly what Lee wanted. You sowed discord between me and my teammates. I harvested energy and killed Herrschers. Isn't this a win-win?

As for what the Herrscher of Dominance would do next, Lee had a rough guess. Therefore, before going out on a killing spree, she had already asked a certain Pardo to do something for her.

The Herrscher of Dominance? She was determined to kill them all.

Neatly beheading another Herrscher and confirming that there was no core in the corpse, Lee, holding her long blade, expressionlessly walked towards the location of the last target.

Unfortunately, just as she was about to reach it, another figure stood silently at the intersection, blocking her path.

"Elysia..." Looking at the little girl trembling behind Elysia, Lee silently walked over. "That child is a Herrscher."

"...Stop it, Lee."

Elysia bit her lip tightly. The surrounding streets, which should have been bustling, were now empty. The citizens had already screamed and fled.

Not just this street, but the entire Asia Branch and surrounding areas were now in chaos due to the sudden murders. And the instigator of all this was now standing in front of her.

"This child is a Herrscher... Were all those people you killed before also Herrschers?"

"Mm."

Lee's answer was without the slightest hesitation, leaving Elysia at a loss for words.

How could the gentle Lee become such a person who kills without batting an eye...?

Thinking back to the previous rumors, a terrible thought uncontrollably spread in her mind—could Lee really...?

"...No matter what, you must stop."

Elysia made up her mind. Regardless of the truth of the matter, Lee had to stop her mad killing spree and go back with her to be investigated. If the worst-case scenario happened, and Lee really attacked her—

"Okay."

To Elysia's surprise, Lee unhesitatingly dropped her long blade.

"...Giving up so quickly?"

"I won't attack you, Elysia," Lee shook her head gently and raised her hands cooperatively, showing that she had no intention of resisting.

Elysia could feel that Lee was indeed not guarded against her at all. Not to mention knocking Lee down and taking her back, even if she wanted to shoot Lee dead on the spot, she wouldn't have time to resist.

And this cooperative attitude made Elysia's mind even more confused—

Thud.

The sound of a body falling instantly brought Elysia's confused mind back. She turned her head in disbelief and found that the girl who had been hiding behind her in fear was now lying on the ground, her pupils dilated.

Her body was unharmed, leaving only one possibility.

"She was a Herrscher," Lee's calm voice was no different from admitting her identity as the murderer. "Now you can arrest me."

"Lee, you—?!"

[Energy +400000]

When Kevin rushed into the conference room, it was already filled with many familiar faces. And their common characteristic was their heavy expressions. Some of them even looked ashen.

"How is Lee's condition? What exactly happened?!"

"Kevin, you shouldn't be here—"

Mei was about to say something, but Kevin directly retorted, "Your laboratory is at the Europe Branch, didn't you come here too?!"

"...Lee's condition is abnormal. As one of the chief surgeons of the artificial Herrscher surgery, it's necessary for me to come and understand the details." After a brief explanation, Mei didn't have the patience to continue arguing with Kevin about meaningless verbal disputes. "There's nothing abnormal about Lee's body. The Herrscher core is functioning normally... but the situation regarding her consciousness is difficult to monitor."

"I don't believe Lee would do such a thing!" Kevin said angrily. "Where is she now? I want to see her!"

"...The Deep End," Su said after a moment of silence, frowning.

"That small island?" He had heard that it held many dangerous individuals, but Kevin wasn't worried about Lee. After all, with her strength, there were very few people in this world who could hurt her. "Since she was willing to be locked up by you, doesn't that mean Lee is not abnormal at all? If she wanted to leave, that place couldn't hold her."

"I'm afraid she can't leave even if she wants to now," Mobius, whose face was the most unpleasant, clenched her hand. "To prevent her from killing again, we temporarily lowered the output power of her Herrscher core... She can't escape."

Hearing Mobius's words, the already dejected Vill-V lowered her head even further.

She didn't want to do this, but with Lee almost indistinguishable from being out of control... she had no choice.

"...The island?"

Unlike the others, for some reason, Pardofelis, who had been silently shrinking in the corner, suddenly perked up her ears when she heard this word. Her tail began to wag uneasily.

There were no ordinary people present. Everyone quickly noticed Pardofelis's abnormality. "Pardo, is there something wrong with the island?"

"Uh, no, nothing..."

Pardofelis nervously grabbed her tail to prevent it from revealing her thoughts.

The thing that Big Sis Lee asked me to steal, was it placed on the island?