Chapter 71
The Hyuga Clan's Dungeon
When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the villa in District 11. Feeling the unprecedented speed, Hyuga Gen couldn't help but praise Akiyama Rinko:
"Rinko, your space-time ninjutsu has improved a lot since you became a demon. Before, you needed to jump to several locations, but now you can return in an instant. By the way, how far can your limit distance be?"
Rinko Akiyama, ignoring that Rena was squatting right next to Gen Hyuga, replied directly:
"It's Hyuga-sama. We can instantly reach any area within a ten-kilometer radius as long as we have the coordinates. Anything farther will require multiple jumps."
Hearing that Rinko's spatial teleportation covered a distance of ten kilometers, Hyuga Gen was somewhat surprised, since a jump only takes a dozen seconds to complete.
In other words, in Tokyo now, Rinko can reach any place within minutes if she wants to, which is incredibly convenient.
Just then, the steward returned with a dejected Doma.
"Young Master, is the fallen angel you mentioned her?"
Hyuga Gen tugged at the chain in his hand and laughed:
"Yes, it's this woman. She should know about that."
Upon hearing this, the butler looked at Lina, who was squatting at Hyuga Gen's feet with a fawning expression, and was clearly surprised that the young master had found her so quickly.
Dorma, dejected, knelt down on one knee.
"Young Master, Dorma's matter has not been handled well. Please punish him."
Doma felt somewhat helpless. He had secretly investigated more than a dozen of the Fallen Angels' strongholds in Tokyo over the past two days and finally obtained information to report back, but he did not expect that the young master had already captured them.
Moreover, judging from the target's obedient expression, it seems that there's no need for interrogation at all.
Hyuga Gen originally intended to personally help Doma up, but after considering Doma's original form, he abandoned the plan and simply stood there saying:
"Doma, stand up first. I don't mean to blame you. I was able to catch this guy so quickly because she actually set her sights on me and offered herself up. Even I was quite surprised."
Upon hearing that the young master had offered himself up, Dorma suddenly realized why he was faster than her.
Rena, who was squatting at Hyuga Gen's feet, felt as if she had eaten shit after hearing this. Why didn't she find out more before coming?
But as long as I'm alive, there's always a chance to escape, and everything I'm doing now is worth it.
After Doma stood up, Hyuga Gen looked at Rena with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Lina, as far as I know, you should know how to perform the ritual to strip a divine artifact, right?"
Lina was utterly shocked when she heard about the ritual from Hinata Gen.
"I discovered the ritual for stripping the artifact by chance while doing a mission in an ancient war site. I didn't tell anyone, so how did he know?"
Lina wanted to deny it, but after seeing Hyuga Gen's confident expression that he clearly knew something, she thought about it and decided not to hide it.
"Yes, Hyuga-sama, I know of such a ritual. If it is successfully performed, a divine artifact residing in a human body can be extracted through a special method and then transferred to the body of the person who performed the ritual. However, the original owner will die."
Upon hearing this, the butler's expression turned serious. The fallen angels had actually researched such a ritual? He had only heard that they had been secretly researching something, but he never expected it to be this.
If the fallen angels are allowed to transplant divine artifacts without restraint, the balance of power will likely tip quickly. Could a new great war be on the horizon?
Hyuga Gen naturally had no idea what the butler was thinking, and even if he did, he wouldn't care. This ritual only appeared once in the original work, and we haven't seen it again since. It was clearly a technique that Rena herself had mastered.
Hyuga Gen immediately asked the question he had wanted to know for a long time.
"Can the God-Destroying Tool be used as well?"
Lina was stunned when she heard the words "God Destroyer Gear". Good heavens, they didn't even look at the divine artifacts and went straight for the God Destroyer Gear. Which of those owners wasn't a monster? If it were her, she wouldn't even dare to think about it.
"It should be possible. The book I found didn't explicitly state whether the God Destroyer Gear could be removed. We'll have to try it to find out."
Lina stopped there, because she really didn't believe that Hyuga Gen could find a host for the God Destroyer Gear.
When Hyuga Gen heard that he didn't know the specifics, he immediately became nervous. He had finally managed to get his hands on a cheat code, so he couldn't afford to mess it up.
Thinking of this, Hyuga Gen said somewhat urgently:
"Tell me the specific conditions required for the separation. Don't try to play tricks on me."
Lina nodded obediently and said:
"Don't worry, Hyuga-sama, I will definitely not hide anything from you. The ritual is very simple. All you need to do is carve the ritual incantations all over a cross, then fix the person with the divine artifact inside their body onto it, and after a few hours, the divine artifact can be extracted."
"But I haven't tried it yet; it's all written in the books."
Finally, Lina left herself an escape route, implying that if it failed, it wasn't her fault, since she had already confessed everything.
Hearing this, Hyuga Gen nodded. At this point, all he could do was rely on his own fertility. He then looked at the butler beside him, who was deep in thought.
"Butler, where have you imprisoned Hyoudou Issei? I want to start now."
"Young master, please come with me."
Upon hearing Hyuga Gen's voice, the butler immediately snapped out of his daze, nodded, and led the way toward the underground prison.
After walking behind a wall, the butler waved his hand, and the barrier used for concealment opened up, revealing a slightly eerie passage through which ghostly wails and howls could be heard.
"Gerfis! Hyuga Ten'yō! Our Governor will not let you get away with this!"
"Traitor! Traitor! Gerfius, let me out!"
"Almighty God, please punish me! I don't want to stay here any longer."
After walking through the passage, Hyuga Gen looked at the expressions on the faces of the people locked in the cells on both sides with great surprise. What a hodgepodge!
If I'm not mistaken, it contains all sorts of creatures, including demons, fallen angels, and angels.
"Lord Arabir! What are you doing here?"
Just then, Rena's terrified voice suddenly rang out from behind Hyuga Gen.
Following her gaze, they saw a ten-winged male fallen angel firmly chained up.