Chapter 141

Chapter 141

Kaname said this and looked at Victor helplessly, "Mr. Ashford, now you know what the problem is with that place, right?"

"If we want to go there, we first need to figure out what the hell is going on with that godforsaken place, so we don't end up like the M/V Eiryo Maru, or something worse."

Victor's fingertips tapped lightly on the table, lost in thought.

The intelligence April dug up did mention unusual magnetic fields in those waters.

Now, combined with all the weird rumors these two were talking about, it seemed that around Black Sun Island, there really was some kind of natural or man-made maze.

"If that's the case, going there rashly would be unwise." Victor's tone was calm.

"Better to draw the snake out of its hole and let them come to us."

Hearing this, Kaname visibly relaxed, "That works. That's the safest approach."

"Our Knights Bureau can use that royal family massacre case to post a high-value bounty on the dark web, targeting Black Sun Cult leadership directly."

"Then you publicly accept the job and spread word that you're going to Black Sun Island to settle scores. With Shura Sanctum's reputation, I don't believe they'll be able to sit still!"

Victor nodded slightly. This was indeed a workable plan.

His earlier feat of quickly wiping out the Black King Cartel had already shocked the dark web. There was no way Black Sun Cult wouldn't be wary.

As long as they panicked and left that strange sea area on their own, things would be much easier.

The three hammered out more details and decided to start that very night.

However, late that night, Victor's phone rang again.

The caller ID showed an unfamiliar international number.

Victor pressed answer. From the other end came Kaname's extremely anxious voice.

"Mr. Ashford! Did you meet someone today claiming to be me?"

Victor's eyes narrowed slightly, keenly sensing something was wrong.

"We just met at the hotel at noon. Now you're calling from a strange number asking this?"

Kaname's tone on the other end was urgent, "Lord Shura! The person you met today was fake!"

"They were Black Sun Cult members in disguise! Mana and I have been tracking them all the way, and we just arrived in Atlanta!"

Victor's gaze sharpened.

To confirm the identity of the caller, he immediately threw out a detail only the two of them would know.

"Last time you infiltrated my estate to scout around, what identity did you disguise yourself as?"

"An old man!" Kaname on the other end answered without hesitation.

"It wasn't until we fought the next day that I realized we'd both been played by Eric!"

The information checked out. The person on the phone was really Kaname.

Victor frowned and hung up.

The two people he'd met at noon today had real Golden Immortal and upper-level Golden Immortal cultivation base auras.

Wait.

A realization flashed through Victor's mind.

He'd overlooked something. At the Golden Immortal level, the special pressure and aura could be faked through specific secret techniques!

Back on Emerald Island, he himself had used similar techniques to intimidate those prisoners.

He immediately called the Hilton's front desk.

Sure enough, those two "Japanese guests" had checked out and left that afternoon.

Victor put down his phone, his expression growing colder.

The mighty master of Shura Sanctum had been fooled by Black Sun Cult's smoke and mirrors.

Their disguise technique was so advanced they could even fake behavior and aura convincingly.

Just then, the estate's doorbell rang.

Hela's voice came through the intercom: "Boss, two Japanese people are at the gate, saying they need to see you."

Victor pulled up the security footage.

Standing outside the gate were Kaname and Mana.

"Let them in."

Hela cut the communication and opened the gate.

The two walked into the living room.

Victor sat on the sofa, his gaze sweeping over them: "You'd better give me a good explanation."

Kaname spoke with a face full of apology: "Mr. Ashford, we're truly sorry. This was our oversight."

"But how did they fool you?"

Victor snorted coldly: "They used your personal number."

"Right away they brought up the case of European royals killed in Japan, saying the Knights Bureau had a deadline to solve it."

"I'd looked into that case casually back then. It fit your jurisdiction, and I knew your Knights Bureau did have a knight named Heiji."

"They even faked their cultivation base auras convincingly. How was I supposed to know they were imposters?"

After listening, Kaname said, "Seems they came prepared. Mr. Ashford, my phone was stolen last night during a chase."

"That thief is skilled in disguise techniques. I tracked their signal all the way here to Atlanta."

"As for that royal massacre case, it was never handed over to our Knights Bureau. The case was handled entirely by the police department."

Victor's gaze grew heavy.

He'd only checked whether the case existed but hadn't looked into which specific department was investigating it.

"So they went to all that trouble to find me just to tell me some ghost stories about Black Sun Island?" Victor couldn't figure it out.

"Time travel, ghost ships—are all those fake?"

Kaname shook his head, "The magnetic field anomalies in those waters are real, and ships getting lost there frequently is also real."

"Those ridiculous supernatural legends were all deliberately spread by Black Sun Cult as smoke screens! They intentionally packaged Black Sun Island as an unapproachable death zone to block outside investigation."

Mana added from the side.

"Their purpose in impersonating us to find you is very clear. They want to use these supernatural stories to make you wary and delay your trip to Black Sun Island."

"They might already be secretly relocating their headquarters, or they've set up a trap on the island targeting you!"

A flash of coldness crossed Victor's eyes.

He, a mighty upper-level Golden Immortal, had been deceived by two Half-Step Immortal insects.

If he didn't avenge this humiliation, he might as well take down the Shura name right now.

"Lord Shura, please calm down." Seeing this, Kaname's expression grew more serious.

"Those two rats impersonating us weren't just trying to delay you. They're also trying to ruin the Knights Bureau's reputation!"

"We tracked them all the way from Japan. We absolutely cannot let them escape!" Mana stepped forward, eyes full of anger.

"Mr. Ashford, Black Sun Cult has always been despicable. This deception is clearly meant to drive a wedge between the Knights Bureau and Shura Sanctum."

"We must join forces and crush these sewer rats completely!"

Victor nodded slightly.

Their strategy of spreading false information had an obvious purpose.

They simply wanted to make Black Sun Island seem like a death zone where no one should go, forcing him to delay his revenge.

To buy themselves breathing room to set up a trap on the island.