Chapter 99

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Tokyo District 1, Holy Residence...

Pushing open the elaborately decorated door in front of him, Noah entered the grand hall of the Holy Residence, which he had visited not long ago.

"I didn't expect the opportunity to meet again so soon..."

The Holy Empress, sitting gracefully on the sofa as she did during their last meeting, opened her eyes and looked forward.

"President Noah, please take a seat."

Looking at the Holy Empress, who had changed little since their last meeting, Noah, who did not carry the cloth bag containing the magic knight sword this time, first glanced around the Holy Empress before sitting on the sofa opposite her.

"That old man isn't by your side?"

"It was my idea," the Holy Empress emphasized intentionally.

"After all, whenever the two of you meet, the atmosphere always becomes tense."

"Just tense?" Noah said lightly.

"You should know that unless he lets go of his own views, one day we will have to confront each other head-on!"

Hearing Noah express his relationship with Kudou Kikusuke so directly, the Holy Empress's expression became unnatural.

If another person of Noah's status had said this, the Holy Empress would not have reacted this way.

After all, the status difference between Noah and Kudou Kikusuke was obvious.

On one side, just an ordinary police officer who founded a civilian organization.

On the other side, the highest-ranking ruler of an entire region.

Once the two started to clash, no one would think the former would have a chance to win.

However, Noah, under such adverse conditions, not only neutralized all of Kudou Kikusuke's covert actions against him over the past year but also matched Kudou Kikusuke evenly, and made 'Fairy Tail' grow even larger.

As the person Kudou Kikusuke supported, the Holy Empress had seen more than once how Kudou Kikusuke, who usually remained unperturbed even in the face of the sky falling, would frown and look very troubled when others mentioned Noah and 'Fairy Tail'.

Therefore, the Holy Empress knew that if Noah really wanted to, he could definitely deal a heavy blow to Kudou Kikusuke.

No!

It should be said that if it weren't for the need to consider 'Fairy Tail', Noah might have already taken action against Kudou Kikusuke!

Realizing that she had such a high evaluation of Noah, the Holy Empress was secretly startled and quickly took a deep breath to suppress her杂念, then smoothly changed the topic.

"Mr. Noah, this time, I want to talk to you about the recent commission and about Hiruko Kageyuki."

"Before that, answer me two questions!" Noah raised his hand to stop the Holy Empress, his gaze meeting her beautiful face.

"First, what is the 'New Human Creation Plan'?"

"Mr. Noah doesn't know?" The Holy Empress was somewhat surprised.

"That was an early human plan to create human weapons to fight against the Entomata!"

"Human weapons?"

"Yes," the Holy Empress explained.

"By performing extremely low-success-rate surgeries on critically ill patients and assembling mechanical parts made of orichalcum, which is effective against Entomata, into the human body, powerful soldiers were created."

"Special soldiers created to fight against the Entomata...?" Noah pondered for a moment, then asked.

"Why are such beings almost never heard of now?"

"Because that plan was frozen long ago," the Holy Empress reminded him.

"The mechanical soldiers of the 'New Human Creation Plan' were indeed very powerful, and Entomata below 'Phase IV' were almost no match for them. However, later, the 'Cursed Children' appeared in human sight."

Thanks to the Holy Empress's reminder, Noah understood.

Whether it was the mechanical soldiers of the 'New Human Creation Plan' or the 'Cursed Children', both possessed power that could rival the Entomata.

If the two were compared, Noah did not know who would win, but if he thought about it carefully, with the 'Cursed Children' existing, there was no need for the mechanical soldiers.

After all, creating such powerful mechanical soldiers would require a significant cost.

On the other hand, the 'Cursed Children' were special individuals born naturally from their mothers without any cost.

On one side, high-cost mechanical soldiers whose numbers could not be guaranteed, and on the other side, children who required no cost at all. Since both could match the Entomata in combat power, the choice was obvious.

Thinking of this, Noah couldn't help but laugh, a laugh filled with irony.

"In the end, the children who are shunned and hated by humans are fighting to protect humans, while the weapons that humans spent a great deal to create are now turning against humans. What an interesting script."

The Holy Empress opened her mouth slightly but couldn't say a word.

"Second question!" Noah no longer wanted to beat around the bush.

"What is in that box?"

"This..." The Holy Empress showed an unusually hesitant expression, but after a while, she sighed.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Noah, I can't clearly tell you what is in the box. I can only tell you that it is a dangerous item called the 'Seven Stars' Legacy'!"

The Holy Empress's expression gradually became serious and solemn.

"As for its use, it can summon 'Phase V' 'Zodiac' Entomata to the Tokyo region!"

Noah couldn't help but raise his head sharply, staring intently at the Holy Empress. After confirming that she was not lying, his heart sank.

'Zodiac'.

That is the collective term for 'Phase V' Entomata.

During the Entomata War, which nearly led to human extinction ten years ago, eleven Entomata with extremely terrifying power, far surpassing 'Phase IV', once nearly caused the extinction of humanity.

People gave these eleven super-powered Entomata the names of the twelve signs of the zodiac as their designations.

Among them, 'Cancer' was originally vacant, 'Taurus' and 'Virgo' were already eliminated by the top-ranked 'Initiators', leaving only nine 'Phase V' Entomata.

Noah had only heard of them by chance.

It was said that they possessed bodies far larger than 'Phase IV', hard exoskeletons that rendered ordinary weapons ineffective, molecular-level regeneration abilities, and the ability to be unaffected by the 'Monoliths'.

In other words, if that 'Seven Stars' Legacy' could indeed summon 'Phase V' 'Zodiac' Entomata to the Tokyo region, the 'Phase V' Entomata, unaffected by the 'Monoliths', would certainly bring catastrophic disaster to the Tokyo region!

Noah finally understood why such a small box would warrant such a high reward.

It turns out it was a dangerous item that could bring about a mass extinction disaster!

"Phew..." Noah exhaled slowly and closed his eyes.

"What do you plan to do?"

"Currently, almost all the top police officers in the Tokyo region have set out to find the Entomata that carries the box inside its body," the Holy Empress said, word by word.

"To find the box before Hiruko Kageyuki, Mr. Noah, I hope you can lend me your strength!"

As these words fell, a heavy, suffocating atmosphere spread through the hall.

Under the Holy Empress's unwavering gaze, Noah, with his eyes closed, remained silent. Finally, when the Holy Empress could no longer bear the wait, he spoke.

"I will have the 'Fairy Tail' police officers join this operation!"

The Holy Empress let out a heavy sigh of relief, and a beautiful smile slowly spread across her holy face.

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