“Pick up the Trident.”

Hearing Vespa’s words, Reinhard obediently bent down and picked up the Trident.

“Good. Now, come with me.”

Reinhard: “Me?”

Vespa looked at Reinhard cautiously. “You, carry the Trident, and follow me.”

What the heck is going on?

Follow you, follow you to meet your big boss Sea King?

Are you kidding? I still want to survive until the end!

“I’m sorry, he can’t go with you.”

At this moment, a man in a black suit suddenly walked over to Reinhard.

The man had a cigarette in his mouth, sea-blue hair, and a giant, frosty sword on his back. He exuded an air of quiet confidence, like a predator assessing its prey.

“I want this person.”

Huh?

Reinhard looked at the blue-haired man. His mind raced.

In the novel, the only one with that hair color was the former Chaos Insurgency member, 016 White Walker, who appeared during the capture of the True Ancestor.

He helped the Kitsune during the decisive battle against the True Ancestor, seemingly wanting Swordsmith to make him a sword.

Judging by the sword on his back, there was a 70% chance this was White Walker.

After all, Swordsmith should be an old man, while the blue-haired man before him was young.

So, White Walker had also joined Zero?

White Walker casually flicked his cigarette butt away. “Kid, hand over the Trident.”

Hearing this, Reinhard didn’t hesitate. He bent down and presented the Trident with both hands. “Here.”

Hm?

White Walker hesitated. It felt… strange…

“Put it on the ground.”

Reinhard swung his arms and threw the Trident to the ground.

Why did this feel so familiar?

Thinking, Reinhard kicked the Trident toward White Walker’s feet.

White Walker instantly backed away. “This isn’t right. That Fish-Man didn't take the Trident, and now, he’s not even trying to fight for it…”

“There’s something wrong with this Trident!”

Seeing his reaction, Vespa’s suspicions were further confirmed.

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“This guy definitely did something to the Trident. He saw through it. Luckily I didn’t fall for it.”

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Looking at the two motionless figures and the Trident on the ground, Reinhard rubbed his temples. “I bet his next line is, ‘Pick up the Trident.’”

White Walker looked at Reinhard. “You, pick up the trident.”

Ah, ha ha…

Are you two done?

This time, Reinhard didn’t pick up the Trident. He simply cupped his hands toward the two. “How about you listen to me.”

“I’m just a passerby. I don’t even have a name. You don’t need to waste your time on me. I’ll leave this thing here. You two can fight over it. I’m out of here!”

Reinhard said and was about to run when Vespa and White Walker simultaneously shouted,

“You can’t leave.” x2

Reinhard: “…”

Oh, the misfortune.

Reinhard looked at White Walker. “Um, what’s your name, big bro?”

White Walker pulled out a new ID card and opened it. “Wait, let me see.”

“Um… police officer, yes, police officer. The name doesn’t matter. It’s a police officer anyway.”

Reinhard turned to Vespa. “And you?”

“Vespa.”

He’s Vespa?

Reinhard suddenly fell into thought. Based on the current situation, it didn’t seem like he could avoid this.

If he had to choose between the Kitsune and the Fish-Men…

Reinhard looked at White Walker. “Um… I’ll go with you?”

Vespa’s eyes flashed under the hood. If so, then he had no choice but to fight.

“Nha o si…”

Just as he opened his mouth, White Walker suddenly pointed at Vespa.

“Freeze.”

Crack!

Vespa’s body instantly froze. He stood motionless.

White Walker exhaled a puff of cold air. “What a thrilling battle! As expected of me. Let’s go, kid.”

Thrilling battle?

Reinhard twitched at the corner of his mouth and quickly picked up the Trident from the ground.

There were two main reasons why he chose the Kitsune's side.

One, he didn’t want to become a Fish-Man. Two, he felt that at least the Kitsune wouldn’t make things difficult for a human.

But the precondition was that he didn’t reveal his secret.

...

Reinhard was taken by White Walker to a building. Inside the building was a hidden elevator.

The elevator went down eight levels.

This should be Kitsune headquarters. But Kitsune headquarters shouldn't have only one entrance. There should be others.

Reinhard took the elevator to the bottom floor and found several corridors.

These corridors intersected regularly, all leading to one door.

That door was the main entrance to Kitsune headquarters. And these corridors corresponded to different hidden entrances.

Reinhard followed White Walker for a long time before reaching the door.

And when the door opened, what he saw made him understand.

It was a massive underground space, filled with countless fully armed soldiers and researchers.

It was very noisy. In this hall alone, Reinhard guessed there were at least 300 people.

Kitsune’s scale was this large?

Before Reinhard could react, a large group of people rushed over.

“They actually found it?”

“This is the so-called fork?”

“No, it should be the key.”

“Who is this person?”

Facing the countless researchers in white coats, White Walker narrowed his eyes. “I’ll explain this to the chief. Please make way. I still need to report on my mission.”

The researchers made way. White Walker led Reinhard through layers of mechanical doors and arrived at the deepest room in the base.

There was only one person in the room.

A middle-aged man.

The man raised his head. “Who is he?”

White Walker sat down on a sofa. “When I found the Trident, a Fish-Man found it before I did.”

“This person had the Trident, but the Fish-Man seemed hesitant and didn’t attack.”

“For the same reason, I also didn’t act rashly and just brought him and the Trident back.”

Zero nodded. “Good work.”

Then, Zero looked at Reinhard. “Nice to meet you. I am the supreme commander of the Kitsune, Zero.”

022. The Demon.

Reinhard looked at Zero, feeling an inexplicable sense of pressure.

“My name is… Passerby.”

“Hm?”

“Ah, no, my name is Reinhard. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Chief!”

Reinhard quickly bowed. Then he extended both hands, placing the Golden Trident before Zero.

Zero reached out to touch the Trident. White Walker hastily stood up. “Don’t…”

Zero calmly picked up the Trident. Nothing happened.