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Chapter 448 Solve it all in one go (8.1k)

"Golden Bough Alliance".

As soon as this name came out of Isabella's mouth, Claudia and Julis both looked solemn, and their faces were filled with strong wariness towards this so-called Golden Branch Alliance.

"What is that?"

Seeing that several people had unusual reactions, Roy became a little confused.

"This is the name of the organization that controls Ophelia behind the scenes. The leader of those guys claimed so."

Claudia knew that Roy knew almost nothing about the past year and a half, so she smiled and took the initiative to explain.

"It may be inaccurate to say that Ophelia is controlled. Ophelia should have become a member of the Golden Branch Alliance by her own will. In short, it was these guys who disrupted last year's Griffin Star Warrior Festival. A mess."

The Phoenix formed a two-person team in the first year, the Griffin formed a five-person team in the second year, and Wang Long participated alone in the third year. There is a cycle every three years, and one cycle is considered one session. This is how the Star Martial Arts Festival is held. process.

Last year's Griffin Star Martial Arts Festival was a five-on-five team-style competition. There were more than 200 teams and more than 1,000 students participating. It was the largest among the three major Star Martial Arts Festivals.

But just like this, the Griffin Star Warrior Festival was attacked by a group of terrorists in the middle, causing chaos that swept the entire Academy City, causing the Griffin Star Warrior Festival to be urgently stopped.

Even if the chaos ended in the end, the Griffin Star Warrior Festival could not be successfully held. The competition collapsed, the champion was stillborn, and the six major financial groups all became clowns.

I see.

The so-called Golden Branch Alliance is the name of the alliance formed by Ophelia, Diluc, and Varda.

"What happened to the Griffin Star Warrior Festival?"

Roy looked at Claudia. He had been back for a day and he hadn't had time to understand the cause of all this chaos.

"Don't you know?"

Julis gave him a strange look.

"Where have you been for the past year and a half? As long as there is an Internet connection, it is impossible not to know about the 'Golden Branch Noon Hour' incident, right?"

"Golden Branch Noon Time?"

Roy nodded slightly. Is this the code name of the terrorist attack?

"Specifically, students were killing each other on stage!"

Claudia explained with a straight look on her face.

"After the competition started, the students on the stage suddenly started fighting with their opponents as if they were the murderers of their fathers. They did not hold back at all. Even if they cut off the school badge, they still wanted to kill their opponents. They even tried to kill their opponents. After killing everyone, the team started fighting as if some conflict broke out. After killing all the teammates, the last remaining person committed suicide on the stage! "

"In just one day of the competition, more than a hundred students died, including even masters listed in the famous ritual books... These images were transmitted to the whole world through cameras. The impact was so bad that the Star Martial Arts Festival Operations Committee had to urgently call it a halt. , after discussions among the consortium, it was decided to cancel last year’s Griffin Star Warrior Festival.”

"Those who participated in the Griffin Star Warrior Festival last year have also had their opportunity to participate restored. It is equivalent to the fact that the Griffin Star Warrior Festival was not held last year. This has been spread around the world because it happened at noon. The terrorist attackers They also call themselves the Golden Branch Alliance, so this incident is also called the "Golden Branch Noon Time" incident, which is even worse than the "Emerald Dusk" of that year! "

Every student in Rikka only has three opportunities to participate in the Star Warrior Festival in his or her lifetime.

You can participate in the Phoenix, Gryphon, and King Dragon for three consecutive years, or you can choose to participate once every three years and all participate in the King Dragon. After participating three times, you are not allowed to register for the Star Warrior Festival.

The opportunity to participate in the Griffin Star Warrior Festival last year has been restored. That is to say, if a student has participated in the Star Warrior Festival twice and the Griffin last year was the last time to participate, then this last time will be invalid and the student will retain it once. Opportunity to participate in the Star Warrior Festival.

It is equivalent to not holding the Griffin Star Warrior Festival at all last year.

The Star Warrior Festival is an important part of the revenue of the integrated enterprise consortium, and it has always been valued by the consortium. To destroy the Star Warrior Festival so completely, for the consortium, is simply a slap in the face so loud that it can be heard by mankind all over the world.

The consortium lost all its face and dignity and became a clown in a literal sense.

Roy understood.

On the stage of the Star Martial Arts Festival, students compete with each other. As long as the opponent admits defeat or destroys the opponent's school emblem, he will win the game.

Even if he is just a little rough and breaks his opponent's hands and feet, he will be flooded with accusations, and the points of the student's school will be greatly reduced.

If someone's life is lost, there will be no discussion at all. Not only will the student's total points in the school be reduced, but the student's opportunity to participate in the Star Warrior Festival will be deprived for life!

In essence, the Star Warrior Festival is a competitive competition, similar to the Olympic Games, rather than a stage for fighting.

But on the stage of the Griffin Star Warrior Festival last year, the students who were supposed to finish the call actually killed each other, killed each other, and even committed suicide. No wonder it caused an uproar in the world, and the Griffin Star Warrior Festival was closed on the spot. .

In the more than seventy-year history of the Star Warrior Festival, it is hard to say whether ten students died accidentally on the stage. More than a hundred students died in one breath. Who can hold back?

"Letting students kill each other...is this what Akatsuki does, right?"

Roy's tone was firm and authentic.

Seriously speaking, it should be the approach of the puppet king.

That Diao Mao was a real beast, a humanoid monkey who turned the world upside down and made millions of people bleed, just for his own pleasure!

"That's right."

Claudia nodded seriously.

"Xiao joined the Golden Branch Alliance and is now a member of the Golden Branch Alliance. Last year, that guy showed up with the Golden Branch Alliance members and used his proud technique of controlling humans as puppets. Only then did he control the gryphon. The Star Warrior Festival is turning the world upside down!"

At that time, the students on the Griffin Star Warrior Festival stage did not kill each other out of their own will, but were manipulated by someone like puppets, killing their opponents and companions in extreme fear, panic, anger, and hatred. Light, and eventually himself, were controlled and committed suicide.

This is what the Puppet King does proudly.

He doesn't like to kill people personally. What he likes to do most is to watch human beings kill their relatives, friends, and lovers under his control. In the killing, he goes from anger and fear to despair, numbness, and finally complete madness. It's his favorite.

"Fortunately, no students at the level of twelve were involved, which is a blessing among misfortunes."

Isabella interrupted the conversation between the two and said so.

She said she was lucky, but there was no joy in her face, as if she was only explaining the objective results.

"They have already appeared in public, haven't they been caught?"

Roy understood what happened last year, but his expression was calm, and he looked at Isabella as if he didn't realize anything.

More than a hundred students died, which was indeed a tragic event. However, to Roy, the number of people who died was just a number, and it did not even create a single ripple in his heart.

As long as Yulis and Qilin were fine, he wouldn't feel the least bit sad. He took protective measures for them before leaving so that they wouldn't be controlled by the puppet king, and he was sure that they would be fine.

"Unfortunately, one of them has a very powerful mental interference system user who can even tamper with people's cognition."

Isabella shook her head, but there was no regret in her expression.

"That woman launched a wide-area mental intervention, and no one present recognized them."

If even cognition can be tampered with, then indeed even people who have known each other before will become unknown at that moment. No matter how familiar they feel, they will not be able to remember who the other person is.

But being able to carry out such extensive mental interference shows that the other party's mental control ability is probably far superior to Roy's mental magic.

Roy suddenly remembered what he had encountered at the Sirius Dome during the school festival, the woman with a dark gem necklace hanging on her chest.

That woman's mental control was so powerful that even the mental connection between Roy and Okita Souji was shattered.

But thanks to this, Souji's consciousness woke up from his deep sleep.

"However, cognitive tampering is not a panacea."

But immediately after, Isabella suddenly changed the subject, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

"By comparing the image data at the time, we have identified the suspect's true identity. However, we currently lack evidence and are worried that they will jump over the wall in a hurry and cannot arrest them for the time being."

"That's only reasonable!"

Roy nodded in understanding, stroking his hands and smiling.

In this era, there are countless things that humans can do through technological means. Cognitive tampering can only tamper with people's consciousness at most, but cannot tamper with electronic records. It is still equivalent to running naked under the camera.

It would be a big mistake to think that everything will be fine with cognitive tampering.

"That's why Ms. Isabella, who is the top cadre of the foundation, is seen in Seidoukan Academy. Judging from your appearance, you must have lived in Seidoukan Academy for a long time, right?"

Behind Seidoukan Academy is the Galaxy Consortium.

There are only eighteen top officials in Galaxy, and there are no higher-level positions above them. Isabella is truly the top of the consortium. She definitely didn't come here for tourism.

"You guessed it right."

Isabella nodded quite bluntly.

"The six major consortiums all have a grudge against the humiliation of last year's Griffin Star Warrior Festival, so each of them sent a top official to station inside the academy to secretly investigate the true identity of the Golden Branch Alliance and their purpose. I am the representative of the Galaxy. "

Holding a grudge... It is really fair and objective to use this statement to evaluate myself.

"So, what kind of strategy have you prepared to deal with this so-called Golden Branch Alliance?"

Roy's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked sharply at Isabella, who was sitting upright.

"I believe that with the capabilities of the consortium, you should already have some countermeasures, right?"

"Last year, the Golden Branch Alliance came forward once when they destroyed the Griffin Star Warrior Festival."

Isabella did not answer Roy's question immediately, but added another sentence.

"They requested that the King Ryusei Warrior Festival be held as usual this year, and they asked the consortium to open the age limit and allow all twelve-person level students from each academy to participate, making this year's King Ryusei Warrior Festival the strongest in history."

This is really...an unclear request.

Make this year's King Dragon Star Warrior Festival the strongest Star Warrior Festival in history. They really like to watch the King Dragon Star Warrior Festival and are big fans of the King Dragon Star Warrior Festival. Therefore, they do not hesitate to jump out to create terrorist attacks, but also want to raise the level of the King Dragon Star Warrior Festival. Upgrade?

"The consortium speculates that they are likely to jump out again at this year's Wanglongxing Warrior Festival and create a greater terrorist attack than last year."

Isabella's eyes were slightly sharp.

"And they have some kind of special political appeal, and they want to attract people all over the world to focus here, so they specifically requested to hold the most powerful Wang Longxing martial arts festival in history - the most powerful stunt in history, coupled with the riots that happened last year , enough to attract the attention of more than 80% of the world’s people.”

When the world's attention is focused on this year's Wang Longxing Warrior Festival, they will jump out and make a fuss, while explaining their political demands and seeking the world's understanding and participation...

So that's it, a very reasonable guess.

The consortium is indeed a consortium, and there are many smart people within it.

The gimmick of the most powerful King Dragon Star Warrior Festival in history, plus the fact that the consortium will definitely take revenge for last year's blood-stained Griffin Star Warrior Festival, these two points combined are enough to attract the attention of all humans in the world except war areas. come over.

"Does the consortium intend to do as they say?"

Roy rubbed his chin with a teasing smile on his face.

If you really follow what the other party said, then you will have completely fallen into the other party's trap. The huge ratings will be used as a wedding dress for the other party, and the consortium will be slapped in the face. But if you don't follow what the other party said, then the other party will say It might even create a disaster even greater than last year's Griffin Star Warrior Festival!

At that time, people will inevitably curse the consortium as a waste, and the overwhelming abuse will come like a flood, and even the consortium will have to drink a pot.

No matter how you look at it, it's a dilemma.

"The consortium has made two preparations."

Facing Roy's teasing, Isabella's expression remained unchanged.

"On the one hand, we have been preparing to hold the strongest King Dragon Star Warrior Festival in history in accordance with the other party's request, but on the other hand, we will do our best to arrest everyone in the Golden Branch Alliance before the King Dragon Star Warrior Festival is held this year. Bring to justice."

It's okay to be prepared with both hands. Apart from this, there is no more reliable way to deal with it.

Roy also nodded when he heard this, expressing his approval.

Claudia and Julis next to them listened to this conversation without any surprise on their faces. It seemed that they already knew the consortium's plan.

"Originally, we planned to gather the strongest strength to capture the suspect immediately if no evidence was found to prove the opponent's true identity before the Wanglong Star Martial Arts Festival was held. However, the information you brought this time surprised me. I hesitated…”

Isabella was quite sure at first, but at this moment, she sighed slightly, with a hint of embarrassment in her expression.

"The Golden Branch Alliance will destroy the entire Xuezhan City. The power of one Xingmai Generation alone should not be able to do this, but it is hard to say if it is the Solitary Poison Witch... If she really has this kind of power, And if we take action in advance, I'm afraid we will force them to jump over the wall."

If a hole is really drilled into Ophelia's body that connects to a world full of high-concentration omnipotence, then once she unleashes her true power, she might really be able to destroy the entire Academy City!

The consortium was originally worried that it would force the Golden Branch Alliance to jump over the wall, so it did not immediately gather troops to capture the suspect.

I didn't expect that they were really afraid of it.

If Ophelia really has the power to destroy the Academy City, then once they come to the door, the other party will definitely be desperate and let Ophelia destroy the entire Academy City. In that case, things will be very serious. Got it!

If something like that really happened, it's another question whether they can survive. Even if they did survive, Isabella would have to take the blame and resign. The six major consortiums would be greatly shaken, and the economic situation and global prestige would definitely be affected. A sharp decline would shake their foundation and the consortium would never recover. These are all entirely possible!

"Then what should we do?"

Julis frowned. If she couldn't take action in advance, wouldn't she really have to go on the stage to decide the outcome with Ophelia, or even decide between life and death?

No, compared to her personal relationship with Ophelia, the problem of the Golden Bough Alliance is even bigger!

Whether it is holding the King Dragon Star Martial Arts Festival to allow the Golden Branch Alliance to succeed, or taking action in advance to let them destroy the city of learning and warfare, it is all a development that could not be worse!

In the end, is killing Ophelia on stage really the only way out?

This was really too difficult for Julis. It was no longer a dilemma, but a trio of choices, and no matter which choice she made, it only brought her pain.

"Is there no other way?"

"..."

Isabella fell silent.

Claudia frowned, but she could only sigh helplessly.

Either take action in advance, causing the opponent to jump over the wall in a panic, resulting in the destruction of the school city.

Either do as the other party said and hold the most powerful Wang Longxing martial arts festival in history. As a result, the other party's conspiracy succeeds. If you want to stop the other party's conspiracy, you must kill Ophelia on the stage.

Ophelia right now cannot listen to anyone's words, but she will obey her so-called fate and obey the orders of the Golden Bough Alliance.

The only opportunity she gave to make Julis and the others struggle, and also for her to struggle with her so-called fate, was to kill her at the Wanglong Star Warrior Festival.

In this way, she would naturally not be able to destroy the city of learning.

In other words, the best result is to stop the other party's conspiracy at the cost of Ophelia's death.

No matter how you think about it, there is no more perfect way.

"Actually, if you want to talk about evidence, I have it here."

At this time, a calm and calm voice sounded in the office.

Julis and Claudia came to their senses one after another and looked between the two of them in surprise.

Isabella was also slightly startled, and her eyes fell on Roy, who was standing between the two women.

"You mean the evidence that identifies the other party?"

"That's right, not just the leader, but also the members of the Golden Bough Alliance. I can basically name them one by one, and I can give enough evidence to convict them."

At this time, Roy had no intention of showing off and nodded decisively.

Before he left Rikka last time, he sneaked into Rewolf Black Academy and hypnotized the evil student president Diluk. His hypnosis was different from the spiritual interference in this world that was based on star power. The two systems were different. Even if Diluc realizes that he has been hypnotized, he will probably not be able to undo the hypnosis.

To take a step back, even if he has untied it - the mental interference of the woman with the black necklace is indeed very strong - Roy can hypnotize him again and ask him to take out all the evidence pointing to the identity of the members of the Golden Branch Alliance.

As long as there is that evidence, the consortium can convict everyone in the Golden Branch Alliance.

"are you sure?"

"Pretty sure."

"That really helped."

Isabella's expression softened slightly, and although there was almost no emotion on her face, she could still feel her body relaxing a little.

Although Roy didn't even know what happened at the Griffin Star Warrior Festival last year, it was incredible that he could produce evidence pointing to the Golden Branch Alliance. However, Isabella didn't think that Roy was a person who liked to make random shots, so she decided to Trust him on this.

"However, in comparison, the key issue is the opponent's final method of destroying the city of learning... As expected, the only way is to find a way to kill the Solitary Poison Witch on the stage."

Isabella frowned for a while, but she could only give this cold answer.

Even she couldn't think of a better way in this matter.

Julis clenched her fists and bit her lips, her eyes full of unwillingness.

"About this-"

At this time, Roy spoke again, with a faint smile on his face.

"Coincidentally, I also have some ideas on this matter. In this matter, the only thing necessary is to have a stage for a fair showdown with Ophelia, right?"

"——In that case, how about moving the decisive battle forward?"

When the three heard this, they were stunned.

Julis and Claudia were lost in thought.

But Isabella's eyes lit up as if she had some realization, and her plump body couldn't help but lean forward slightly.

"You mean to create a stage for a decisive battle with Ophelia in advance and disrupt the opponent's rhythm?"

The purpose of the Golden Branch Alliance is to attract as much attention as possible from people around the world and to explain its political demands under the spotlight.

Or the real purpose may be something else, but in the end the condition of "all the attention" will not change.

In other words, as long as the opponent is given a stage, the opponent will not jump over the wall in a hurry.

The only situation where the Golden Branch Alliance would jump over the wall in a hurry is when there is no hope of accomplishing its true purpose, that is, when all members are captured.

But as long as they create a stage and give them a hope that "as long as Ophelia wins, they can achieve their goal," they will not use the last resort to destroy this war city.

Then as long as you create a stage in advance and defeat Ophelia on the stage, you don't even need to defeat her. As long as you delay it for enough time so that she cannot destroy the city of learning, this biggest threat will be solved!

"As long as we decide the outcome in advance, it won't affect the Wang Longxing Warrior Festival, and the world's attention won't be so high. And while the Lone Poison Witch is fighting on the stage, we can gather our combat power and win the victory in one go. Destroy all members of the Golden Bough Alliance, and then gather the main force to take down the Lone Poison Witch. Even if the final action fails, we can minimize the damage by taking the initiative... This method is indeed feasible, I am afraid it is under the current predicament. The best way.”

Isabella's calm eyes couldn't help but think deeply, and she gave high approval to the method proposed by Roy.

But then, Isabella frowned again, with a hint of troublesomeness appearing in her expression.

"But among the entire Rikka, except for Wanyou Tenra, who can be the opponent of the Solitary Poison Witch? Not to mention defeating her, no one can even fight for time."

But Fan Xinglu didn't care at all.

The consortium had already approached her, but she had no intention of getting involved in the Golden Branch Alliance.

According to her, she will not interfere in any major events that may affect the course of world history. Even if the Golden Bough Alliance killed many of her disciples in the bloody action of the Griffin Star Warrior Festival last year, she has no intention of taking action. Not even a hint of anger for them.

Fan Xinglu has lived for so long that she is used to seeing the death of people close to her, and has long been indifferent to death.

Not to mention just a few disciples, even if Wu Xiaohui died in front of her, she would at most regret that she lost a good young man who could become her opponent, instead of feeling angry or avenging Wu Xiaohui, she would not feel happy. It will make a little bit of waves.

"What are you talking about?"

At this time, Roy looked at Isabella with a puzzled look on his face.

"Isn't there an opponent here who will fight against Ophelia?"

There is one here?

Claudia, Julis, and Isabella were all stunned when they heard this.

Then they reacted at the same time, and their eyes fell on Roy.

"You don't mean to say that the person who will fight against the Lonely Poison Witch is you?"

Even with Isabella's mental adjustment by the consortium, which has almost no human emotions and thinks and acts like a machine, she couldn't help but feel dumbfounded at this time.

"That's the Lonely Poison Witch, the strongest witch in the history of the six flowers, and the uncrowned king of the six flowers who is believed to be able to achieve the unprecedented three consecutive dominances of the king dragon? You want to challenge her alone?"

Not only Isabella, but even Julis looked at Roy with a deep worry.

Although Roy said he would deal with Ophelia, Julis still felt that it was too far-fetched to fight Ophelia in person.

Ophelia might have the power to destroy the entire Battle City!

With such a powerful person, Julis could not even imagine who could defeat her with her limited imagination. Even if it was the Wanyou Tianluo mentioned by Isabella, she felt that it was almost impossible to defeat Ophelia head-on.

"I agree."

Only Claudia raised her hand with a smile on her face to show her approval.

"If Roy said so, then he will definitely beat Ophelia!"

Isabella looked at Claudia speechlessly.

If her emotional system had not been mechanized, she would have scolded Claudia for being in love.

In her eyes, Roy is really omnipotent, right?

"Thank you for your trust, Claudia."

Roy cast a discerning look at Claudia, and then smiled calmly.

"To be honest, I came back this time to solve this matter, but the Wanglong Star Martial Festival is still half a year away. I don't want to wait that long. Let's just do it and solve all of this in one go as quickly as possible!"

If Ophelia can really destroy the school battle city, then her power will probably not be inferior to Shancheng Lian.

But since Roy can even take down Shancheng Lian, can't he take down Ophelia?

"Besides, I can ignore Ophelia's poison, and I have the Black Furnace Demon Sword. My own physique and star power are also top-notch... Can you find a better choice than me?"

Roy smiled leisurely, looking at Isabella with confidence in his eyes.

Except for Fan Xinglu, only he can deal with Ophelia.

"There is a person in Kuienwei Academy who is stronger than you in both physique and star power."

Isabella's face was full of business, but the words she said were very disrespectful.

Roy couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Really?

In Aoi Enwei Girls' Academy, is there someone with a stronger physique and star power than me?

Is this true?

"But she is indeed not as good as you in terms of toxins."

But then, Isabella rejected her own idea.

"For the strategy against the Lonely Poison Witch, the ability to resist toxins is the most important... Well, you are indeed the best choice."

I thought there was really someone else who could replace him.

Roy touched his head, his face full of confusion.

But then again, let's not talk about his star power for now, his physique is extremely strong among the six flowers, even Anest and Wu Xiaohui are not as good as him, who else can have a stronger physique than him, even from Aoi Enwei Girls' Academy?

"The remaining problem is that this stage must be eye-catching enough."

Isabella lowered her eyebrows and pondered for a while, then raised her head and looked at Roy.

"Do you have any ideas?"

"Just decide who is the strongest among the six flowers!"

Roy said without hesitation.

"I will write a challenge letter later, and you can send it to the other five academies, saying that I want to challenge the top ranked academy in each of them! Otherwise, I can challenge five of them alone!"

Isabella couldn't help but be speechless again.

You challenge five top ranked academies alone?

Why don't you go to heaven?

"The strongest decision match of the six flowers, this gimmick is indeed enough."

Isabella did not respond to Roy's dramatic second half of the proposal, but appreciated Roy's first half of the proposal.

Originally, the King Dragon Star Martial Festival was used to decide the strongest individual of the six flowers. Now it is replaced by the strongest decision match of the six flowers. It is also similar in nature. It attracts enough audiences. As long as the consortium hypes it up, it will definitely be more interesting than the usual King Dragon Star Martial Festival, and it fully meets the condition of "being the center of attention".

Even if the Golden Branch Alliance knows about it, it will probably remain silent.

"If it doesn't work, let me challenge the five academies alone, no, just add the Star Guide Hall Academy, let me challenge the entire six flowers alone! This gimmick is definitely big enough!"

Roy suggested very seriously.

"Haha, I need to discuss the specific format of the competition with representatives of other consortiums."

Isabella smiled politely and pretended not to hear him.

You're challenging the whole Rikka, you must be drunk!

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