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Episode 5

Tower A's guards are at their stations.

Episode 5: Sword Dance of Flames

Take them out quickly and get the documents within 7 minutes!

I'm inside Tower A.

Head to Floor 21.

The documents are there.

Roger.

The game's finally about to begin...

Words engraved on the stone. Thorns and viscera of years gone.

Be the rain. Be the dust.

Bow down now, before my face.

Show your awe, under my gaze.

For I am your king, your past, your future.

Your ears are for my songs, and your bones, fingers, pulse for the king's voice.

My rhythm shall take your life.

Your ashes shall be your pride.

I am the reason. I am the rule.

For I am your king. Your past. Your future.

Nicely done.

Let's continue.

Your ears are for my songs...

What's wrong?

Is this... a Yanling?

What?

If I'm not wrong, what's being used is the King's Servant.

King's Servant?

I haven't heard anything about a hybrid in their company with that ability!

It's not that highly-ranked, but it lets you control civilians like weapons!

Chu Zihang!

That's the Yanling "King's Servant!"

No holding back!

King's Servant?

Understood.

Your ears are for my songs, your bones, fingers, pulse for the king's voice...

My rhythm shall take your life.

Your ashes shall be your pride...

I am the reason. I am the rule.

Words engraved on the stone. Thorns and viscera of years gone.

Be the rain. Be the dust.

Bow down now, before my face.

Show your awe, under my gaze.

For I am your king. Your past. Your future.

I remember that King's Servant is the 29th-ranked Yanling.

Its effects instantly boost the strength of any groups within its reach,

empowering them to the limits of their bodies.

Why is someone who can use a Yanling like that here in this building?

How could we have missed something so critical?

Your ears are for my songs, and your bones, fingers, pulse for the king's voice.

My rhythm shall take your life.

Your ashes shall be your pride.

Your ears are for my songs, and your bones, fingers, pulse for the king's voice.

My rhythm shall take your life.

Your ashes shall be your pride.

I haven't killed them,

but that should've been more than enough to keep them down.

Why are they still standing up to fight?

I am the reason. I am the rule.

They're not following.

Did they want to lure me out here?

What are they after?

Words engraved on the stone. Thorns and viscera of years gone.

Be the rain. Be the dust.

Bow down now, before my face.

Show your awe, under my gaze.

For I am your king. Your past. Your future.

Death Servitors...

My rhythm shall take your life.

Your ashes shall be your pride.

I am the reason. I am the rule.

Words engraved on the stone. Thorns and viscera of years gone.

Be the rain. Be the dust.

Bow down now, before my face.

Show your awe, under my gaze.

For I am your king. Your past. Your future.

Your ears are for my songs, and your bones, fingers, pulse for the king's voice.

Dad...

My rhythm shall take your life.

Your ashes shall be your pride.

I am the reason. I am the rule.

What was that?

I don't know, but something struck the building...

What the hell's going on?

The bridge's cable was cut.

So it was a trap.

They wanted to lure me out here to drop me?

Blood Rage!

Sorry.

I can't waste any more of my time.

The bridge! The bridge has collapsed!

What happened?

Is Chu Zihang safe?

Probably. The mission's continuing.

More importantly, that's our car, right?

Who hit it?

I don't know. I have the key. Why?

If it's the enemy...

I'll blow up the driver's seat.

I'll do it.

Leave it to me!

Watch out!

Nobody's there? Impossible!

Nobody's there?

So it moved on its own?

Looks like we've got trouble...

Your ashes shall be your pride.

I am the reason. I am the rule.

Your ears are for my songs, and your bones, fingers, pulse for the king's voice.

Your past, your future...

Your ears are for my songs; and your bones; fingers; pulse for the king's voice.

The King's Servant boosts its effects.

You'll fall into a world of fantasy immediately.

The side effects of Blood Rage are intense, aren't they?

You took my dad from me...

You know, right? I've been waiting for this moment for six years?

No matter what my enemies are...

I just have to kill them!

What are you doing here?

You don't belong here.

You belong in Nibelungen.

Descend from the heights of Babylon and burn like the sun!

Ruler's Flames!

It's been a fun night.

Thank you, Chu Zihang.

Communications have been lost. I repeat. Communications have been lost.

I can't see a thing. What happened?

I'm concerned about that empty car!

Where is Chu Zihang, damn it?

Strike team on floor 1, get out of there!

New orders. We're pulling out of the building.

Right!

We're aborting the mission!

No, continue the mission.

I know where Chu Zihang is.

Norma.

I've activated Chu Zihang's transmitter.

That's...

Chu Zihang is fine. He's still on floor 21.

Thank God...

What's he doing?

I don't know. But he's never failed us.

He'll get us the documents.

He's got two minutes. That's long enough.

Two minutes?

The plan was for him to grab the documents and take the elevator down!

The plan's already failed!

Bring back my student! Now!

Don't worry. He'll finish the mission and bring back the documents.

W-What is this?

Actual records of all Chu Zihang's missions.

I've altered the entries in Norma's database.

Now you understand, right?

This is nothing for Chu Zihang.

Nonetheless, I would like to avoid any further complications.

Do you know how much danger your student is in?

No. But he's handy.

That's why you put a transmitter on him, to make yourself feel better.

Does he know?

I haven't told him.

And it's not to make myself feel better.

Anyone who owns a sharp knife is going to wonder where he put it.

Just to make sure no one gets hurt.

Where did you put it?

I implanted it in a cavity filling he got at the academy.

It's covered in titanium alloy and won't show up on X-Rays.

Do even good students get cavities?

I felt a bit better when I learned they do.

Don't worry.

He'll finish the mission and bring us what we need.

Someone's still here.

On the floors above...

Here I go.

The floors above...

Just try it!

There's only one entrance to this room: this elevator!

Now, just try to get in here... and I'll fill you full of holes!

I don't care who you are!

I'll shoot you the second the doors open!

I don't have to worry about a thing if I've got a gun!

He came straight up after the explosion?

Fine... let's see how you like this!

Die.

I'll kill you all...

Senpai!

Chu Zihang

Answer the phone, Senpai!

Please be safe... I'm almost there!

Chu Zihang

Lu Mingfei

Lu Mingfei

Chu Zihang

Please let me make it in time...

Lu Mingfei...

Please, Senpai... answer the phone!

Senpai!

Was I being controlled...?

By that Yanling?

Wait! Please don't kill me!

Is that your father?

That's right!

That's... that's my father!

Take good care of him.

I'm out of time.

I'm taking the documents back.

Fine. They're on the sofa!

Did you look inside?

Of course not!

I would never look at a customer's stuff.

I was going to give them to you,

but you just showed up out of nowhere and we panicked...

Sorry for all the stuff I blew up.

No, it's fine.

So he was the deliveryman?

Daddy!

I'm coming home for dinner! Just wait!

Mission complete.

You were right. Chu Zihang can handle missions on his own.

But he can't work with others at the same time.

His bloodline is too powerful.

For a student who seeks to be the strongest,

"strongest" is the bare minimum.

There's no point in anything less.

But it's also true that his strength caused problems.

One minute and fifty seconds into the mission, he abandoned the plan,

and his actions for the next three minutes and ten seconds are unknown.

There are so many wounded this time.

This won't be easy to clean up.

True.

Considering all that occurred, he was a step away from losing control.

I'm willing to pretend I heard nothing.

But think of a way to deal with this.

If only Chu Zihang had the same level of power as Lu Mingfei,

life would be so much easier.

Don't be so stupid!

Lu Mingfei is just bursting with good ideas!

Yeah? Then tell me what your favorite student has been up to during the mission?

Well, he was...

He was on a date with a girl during the mission.

But he immediately abandoned her and is now heading to the scene

to meet with Chu Zihang.

Too bad. Looks like we were interrupted.

The plan was for Chu Zihang to go out of control and destroy the whole town.

Well, whatever.

That alone made it worth the trip.

I'm looking forward to our next meeting, aren't you?

Senpai!

Senpai!

Senpai...

Why?

You're really beat up!

Mingfei...

Senpai, why would you...

do something so reckless you'd get hurt this badly!

We need to get you to a hospital!

Senpai!

I'm fine.

Just help me walk.

Thanks, Lu Mingfei.

Senpai, I...

You made the rain go away...

Thank you.