Yu Zhibo used a Shunshin no Jutsu, moving from the green football field to the eaves of the gymnasium. He paused for a moment, intending to teleport away again, when he suddenly felt a gaze filled with malice.
Instantly, his crimson Sharingan activated again. He turned sharply towards the eaves on the other side and saw a scarlet eyeball, hidden in the crevice of the eaves, watching him intently.
This extremely bizarre scene startled Yu Zhibo, but he quickly reacted. He circulated his spiritual energy, and lightning flared in his hand. He then gathered power and shot a senbon towards the eyeball.
*Bang!*
Under his deliberate control, the senbon exploded upon contact with the physical object, instantly blasting the eyeball to smithereens.
"Ah!!" A piercing scream echoed through the night sky from a small park hundreds of meters away, drawing the attention of several square-dancing elderly women.
Yu Zhibo's heart stirred, and he was about to use Shunshin no Jutsu to pursue, but considering his limited spiritual energy and his ignorance of the opponent's exact strength, he hesitated and ultimately abandoned the decision.
After some thought, he found Si Junfang's Shenhua app and made a voice call.
The call was connected quickly.
"Sister Fang, it's like this. I just finished a mission at the city center gymnasium, and as I was preparing to leave, I saw an eyeball..."
"Yes, that eyeball looked extremely sinister and carried malice, which is why I sensed it. I directly shot it and blew it up, then I heard a scream..."
"It wasn't black, and there was no dark aura. It should have been a human eyeball."
After the call, Yu Zhibo took a deep breath and felt genuinely fortunate to be acting under the guise of Kakashi.
From the phone call, Si Junfang analyzed that he was likely targeted by the Dark Organization because of his ability to detect dark creatures and screen awakened seeds. She advised him to temporarily avoid going home to prevent them from tracking him and endangering his family.
"What a bunch of scum!" Yu Zhibo gritted his teeth. From Si Junfang, he learned about the nature of the Dark Organization.
According to intelligence from the Shenhua Bureau, the Dark Organization was a global anti-human organization. Their leader was suspected to be an A-class dark creature that had fully evolved into a human form.
A-class evolved dark creatures possessed human flesh and intelligence while retaining all the abilities of dark creatures, allowing them to switch between light and darkness at will and utilize light and dark spiritual energy.
The organization's members were exceptionally prevalent abroad. They often coerced or lured awakened individuals to join. Once they joined, they would be implanted with the dark bloodline of a D-class or higher dark creature. This would grant the implanted individuals the ability to absorb berserk dark spiritual energy and rapidly increase their strength, but it would also completely control them.
Although those implanted with the dark bloodline retained their self-awareness, they were constantly influenced by the innate malevolence within the bloodline, gradually becoming demonic.
The reason for the prevalence of the organization's members abroad was primarily due to the less stringent control over psychics in foreign countries, which allowed the Dark Organization to exploit opportunities. In some countries, many Dark Organization members had even infiltrated high levels of government, corroding national power to the point of being riddled with holes. Certain regions had directly become paradises for dark creatures, with humans becoming mere sustenance for their evolution.
The reason why Longguo had not experienced such an outbreak was mainly due to the country's strict control over psychics.
Even if some psychics, whose powers were sealed by Spirit Restricting Circles, were unsealed and joined the Dark Organization, they were registered and could only survive in the shadows like rats, with no possibility of promotion within the Shenhua Bureau.
(Think about it, doesn't it resemble the current virus situation? Many people criticized the country's isolation policies back then, praising foreign countries. But what happened? I can only say that those who understand, understand. Freedom is relative; is freedom without safety truly freedom?)
Even so, Yu Zhibo did not let his guard down.
While the number of Dark Organization members in the country was small, that was only in comparison to foreign countries.
Si Junfang revealed over the phone that many awakened individuals were ambushed and assimilated by Dark Organization members during missions, or they willingly succumbed to demonic influence in pursuit of greater power. Such individuals were often discovered during annual self-reflection tests, prompting Yu Zhibo to be extra cautious.
In response, Yu Zhibo readily agreed, adopting a primarily evasive strategy.
Considering his depleted spiritual energy, Yu Zhibo did not immediately leave the gymnasium. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the roof, circulated his core, and absorbed the light spiritual energy from the air.
Due to it being night, the light spiritual energy was not very active. However, Yu Zhibo possessed a Spirit Gathering Pendant and a mental power of 832 Hertz. In less than fifteen minutes, his spiritual energy was fully replenished.
With his spiritual energy restored, and to prevent being ambushed, he quickly used the Transformation Jutsu, changing into a 1.73-meter version of Gojo Satoru.
He touched his face, feeling the delicate and handsome contours of his features, and Yu Zhibo couldn't help but nod in satisfaction. The black eye mask formed by the Transformation Jutsu did not obstruct his vision. Soon, he used Shunshin no Jutsu and vanished from his spot.
Shortly after his disappearance, several military vehicles arrived near the small park. Over a dozen armed special forces soldiers cordoned off the entire park. The square-dancing elderly women were visibly frightened and were then questioned for detailed information about the scream.
"Damn it, I was observing with my peripheral vision from the start, but in the end, I couldn't resist. Damn it, I lost my right eye!"
A young man in grey, about 1.8 meters tall, cursed softly, covering his eye as he walked through the crowd.
As he passed by a small shop, he casually took a pair of sunglasses from the display rack hanging outside, put them on, and continued walking with his head down, taking advantage of the owner's inattention.
Soon, he entered a crowded bar.
"Let's dance~ dance~ dance~ dance~"
Amidst the smoky clamor, he swayed his body to the bar's music, muttering, "I'll dance your mother's DJ520.cnm, what terrible DJs they've chosen."
He soon entered a private room, which was pitch black except for the occasional flicker of a lit cigarette butt.
In the room, a dismembered corpse of a tattooed girl lay on the ground, her expression contorted in terror, a pool of blood spreading beneath her body.
Such darkness could not hinder a supernatural being. The young man in grey entered, stepped over the corpse, and directly sat on a sofa.
He spoke, "This is serious. Ningcheng has produced an extraordinary E-class awakened individual. He can directly see through the concealment of dark creatures and can also screen awakened individuals from ordinary people. If we don't stop him, the number of awakened individuals in Ningcheng might explode, and our lives will become difficult!"
The cigarette was smoked down to the filter. The smoker was a young man with messy hair, a handsome appearance, and a smile as sharp as a knife. He flicked the cigarette butt away, exhaling smoke leisurely, and then sneered, "Is that so? Then we'll have more low-level awakened individuals to hunt, and we can coerce more Spirit Restrictors to join."
"That's what you say!"
The young man in grey interjected, his gaze fixed on the residual blood on the smoker's lips. He knew what the other person had just consumed and felt a sense of disgust, but he continued, "Don't be careless, leader. Those selected awakened individuals are students who have received patriotic education. I feel that very few will be willing to give up their abilities and wear Spirit Restricting necklaces. We still need to deal with this person as soon as possible."
"Makes sense!" The youth, addressed as leader, smiled and praised, "What level did you say he was?"
"E-class, but he has lightning techniques!" The young man in grey shivered involuntarily, recalling the silver needle that had pierced his eyeball and exploded.
"Just send Hei Ba then!" the leader youth said dismissively.
"Are you sure? Hei Ba is a dark creature. Although he's ranked eighth among D-class, he's still only D-class, and the other party has lightning techniques."
"Don't compare a D-class who grew by eating people with those foolish D-class dark creatures who feed on spiritual meat, pork, and beef," the leader sneered.
The young man in grey shrugged, saying no more. He knew the leader had made up his mind.
Then he heard the leader ask, "What's his name?"
"Don't know, maybe Kadian, Kadian, Kadian? Or Kaden?" the young man in grey said. "You know, my external eye can see their lip movements and determine the content, but I can't hear!"
"Oh, right, his eyes are red, with two black magatama inside," the young man in grey said with lingering fear. "This is what I saw before my eye exploded."
"I see. As for your eye, go find Butcher. With his abilities, regenerating one for you is a minor issue!"
"Understood!" The young man in grey nodded and retreated.