A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 59 The Tokyo Diocese in Action

Chiba Prefecture, late at night.

A crow flapped its wings and landed on top of a wall, its eyes, as black as its feathers, looking down at the Black Butterfly Pharmaceutical Research Institute inside the wall.

Two men who appeared to be security guards heard the noise and instinctively drew their guns to aim, but put them down when they realized it was just an ordinary crow.

He waved his hand dramatically behind him: "Alright, alright."

"It's just a silly bird that doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, don't be so nervous."

Behind them was a four-person patrol team, who continued their patrol after hearing the explanation.

Another companion, feeling bored, said, "Things used to be better. I don't know what's going on lately, but the higher-ups have told us all to be on high alert. Is our clan up to something again?"

"I don't know, but if any of my family members dare to come, I'm very curious to see what the blood of those who claim to have stable bloodlines actually tastes like."

It's not hard to tell from the conversation that this is a research institute of the Ghost Clan. Because members of the Ghost Clan have been disappearing frequently recently, everyone is on high alert.

The crow noted down the conversation, continued to observe for any hidden sentries, and once it confirmed there were none, it cawed and flew away.

Inside a residential house a short distance from the Black Butterfly Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Asou Makoto opened his eyes, and Sakurai Masami, who was protecting him, stood up as well: "Bishop? How did it go?"

Aso Shin nodded with a light laugh: "I just saw it clearly through the eyes of the crow that there were only two members of the Demon Clan guarding the main gate of the research institute. They were armed and their words of power were unknown."

"There is also a four-person patrol team patrolling around the research institute. I can help you avoid them."

“With Mr. Shirata Hachiro around, even without knowing the opponent’s Word of Power, a sneak attack can still succeed.”

The old church in Tokyo has been expanding rapidly these days.

The original members of the Fierce Ghosts began to recruit new members one by one through their connections. As they brought in new members, they continued to invite people they knew, and the snowball effect has expanded to more than a hundred people.

Hachiro Shirata was one of them.

He was originally a member of the Oni Clan who was in charge of guarding the Chiba Black Butterfly Research Institute. When the Old Church came to him, he immediately agreed to betray them and join the church.

According to the members who introduced Shirata Hachiro to the group, Shirata Hachiro was an orphan and not from the Hebi Hachike family.

However, he happened to awaken his bloodline and was taken back by his family for training. But when they discovered that his bloodline was dangerous, they put him under supervision again.

In the end, Shirata Hachiro fled his family and joined the Demon Clan. However, he could not bear the Demon Clan's cruel experiments and had long harbored rebellious intentions, but he was simply not strong enough.

Now that the old church has arrived, Shirata Hachiro is eager to become their guide.

Aso Shinya successfully digested the Sequence 9 Pharmacist's potion in a short period of time because of the hundreds of hybrids who needed calming potions, and was promoted to Sequence 8 Beast Tamer.

During this phase, Makoto Aso's physical abilities improved significantly, but his direct combat strength remained weak; however, he gained the ability to control animals.

Animals can be tamed and driven to act, and their senses can be shared to carry out reconnaissance and eavesdropping work. The crow that just flew to the Black Butterfly Research Institute was the work of Makoto Aso.

Sakurai Masami was relieved to hear that; there were only two people, it was nothing.

The two girls pushed open the bedroom door and saw more than a dozen burly men sitting in the living room outside, all of whom were loyal church members.

"Bishop Aso."

"Your Excellency the Bishop." The respectful greetings that followed made Aso Makoto smile helplessly.

She didn't like being addressed that way; Aso Makoto's personality made it difficult for her to adapt to such respect: "This is our first attack on the Oni Clan."

"The reasons are clear to everyone: it is both to combat the evil research of the Demon Clan and to collect dragon blood materials for our Tokyo Diocese to use."

"The success rate of this operation is very high, but I still hope that everyone will not let their guard down and that everyone will return safely."

At this point, Makoto Aso and Masami Sakurai distributed the newly brewed healing potion, which could accelerate wound healing and replenish physical strength.

Taro Inuyama also participated in this operation, accepted the medicine, and sincerely thanked Makoto Aso: "Thank you, Bishop Aso, we will definitely come back safely!"

"We are too!" The wonderful life after joining the Old Church, along with the gentleness of Bishop Aso, quickly won over these dangerous mixed-race individuals who had been alone since childhood.

Coupled with the erroneous deity figures they see every time they pray at the Sumitomo Building, these members are currently extremely loyal.

In fact, all mixed-race people are pretty much the same. Because of the sorrow of blood, they are often particularly lonely, so most Kassel students regard the academy as their second home.

Now, these dangerous hybrids who have broken away from the Fierce Ghosts are also slowly coming to regard the Old Church as their second home.

Let alone attacking a Ghost Clan research institute, they would not hesitate to fight to the death with the Ghost Clan leader, King General.

After ensuring that every member of the operation had received the medicine, Makoto Aso also became serious: "May your journey be successful. Let the operation begin."

Unconsciously, subtly?
The once cautious and timid Makoto Aso has gradually developed the majesty of a bishop.

"Yes."

The members filed out, with Masami Sakurai staying behind to protect Makoto Aso. Makoto Aso quietly walked to the sofa, sat down, took out his phone, and dialed Taro Inuyama's number.

Ensuring smooth communication, Masaya Aso closed his eyes, resumed controlling the crow, and hovered over the research institute to provide real-time intelligence for the operation.

It was called an attack, but it was actually a sneak attack. With the help of Shirata Hachiro, the mole in the research institute, they tricked the gate open and, together with Inuyama Taro, quickly killed the two corrupt half-breed guards.

Asou Makoto switched animals, controlling a kitten to sneak ahead of the patrol team. After several stealthy actions, he ensured that the patrol team did not have the same reconnaissance capabilities as the Kotodama Kamaitachi.

Afterwards, they notified Taro Inuyama, who then led a group to ambush and silently wiped out the patrol team.

Aso changed the animals for the third time, either to drive away mosquitoes to block the cameras or to help report locations and infiltrate the interior, making it easy to take over the Black Butterfly Research Institute.

The operation went extremely smoothly; the parishioners in the Tokyo diocese didn't even suffer a scratch, let alone need any healing medicine.

Finally, they packed up all the dragon blood materials, burned down the research institute, and the operation was considered a complete success.

In order not to disturb the residents, Makoto Aso drank a bottle of energy-boosting potion and took his fellow church members to a small park for a picnic to celebrate.

As he watched his fellow church members laughing loudly and clinking glasses inside the eerie park, Aso Makoto's lips unconsciously curled into a smile.

She recalled that when she went to the small park late at night for their date, she saw Xu Lie having a picnic.

I'm really looking forward to it! Tomorrow is Monday, and I wonder what the gathering Xu Jun mentioned will be like.

What kind of people were the bishops in other regions?
(End of this chapter)