Chapter 1006: Chapter 976:
Brophy helplessly bowed his head. What could he do when his power was inferior to the other party? The other party was the Red Clothes Great Master after all. Brophy could only follow the two Church Guard Captains and withdraw from the site. With the protection of these sixty Church Guards, Brophy wasn’t worried about his safety at all. Instead, it was the Minister of Defense who kept fretting, "Oh no, Sect Leader, are these few people enough? How about I call for more soldiers?"
"Hmph, these sixty soldiers are more than enough to match your thousand-man squad." Brophy glared at him unpleasantly.
"Yes, yes!" The Minister of Defense quickly nodded, with beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
Brophy and the sixty Church Guards left the Congress Building and headed toward another secret base, leaving the place to the Red Robed Sect Leader alone. She sat in the spacious conference room. Just as Brophy and others had departed through a secret passage, Ye Chen and his group stormed in through the fire escape. Inside the passage, more than twenty Church Guards had been driven back by Ye Chen and his group, retreating all the way toward the conference room.
"Sect Leader, they have already broken in, you should leave now!" the Church Guard urgently said.
"No need, I want to see if they really have three heads and six arms to kill so many of my Church Guards!" The Red Robed Sect Leader held a glass of red wine, looking toward the door. When more than twenty Church Guards retreated into the room, Ye Chen appeared before her, covered in blood, as if he had been soaked in a pool of it. The Red Robed Sect Leader looked at Ye Chen, revealing a faint, serene smile, "Mr. Ye, we meet again!"
"Uh..." Ye Chen was taken aback. He hadn’t expected her to get familiar with him in front of so many people. For a moment, Ye Chen didn’t know how to respond, after all, she had saved his life. Back when he was in Japan, he wouldn’t have been able to escape without her help. Feng Zhixiao exclaimed, "Oh, it’s you. What? You’re the Red Robed Sect Leader of the Church Court?"
"Shut up!" Ye Chen glared at Feng Zhixiao, who awkwardly closed his mouth. Ye Chen smiled at the Red Robed Sect Leader, "Yes, we meet again. But meeting under such circumstances is worse than not meeting at all."
"However, reality is relentless!" The Red Robed Sect Leader nodded, "I didn’t wish to meet under such circumstances either, but Mr. Ye, you forced me into it!"
"Hey, hey, you got it wrong, didn’t you?" Ye Chen was surprised, pointing at the Red Robed Sect Leader, "It’s clearly your Church Court that forced us. Didn’t your Church Court start this war first? What right do you have to blame me?"
The red-clothed woman smiled and said, "You don’t understand how to follow fate. The unification of the world by the Church Court is only a matter of time. Why do you keep opposing us again and again? You destroyed the Doomsday Family and now you’re trying to win over the Chaikefu family. What are you trying to do? You launched a war against Japan and yet secretly tried to win them over. What are you planning? I fear your ambitions are not small, right? Could it be... you intend to unify the world too?!"
"Come on! I don’t have the greed of your Church Court!" Ye Chen sneered, "Your greed is shameless and self-centered, not for the peace of all mankind!"
"Oh, since when did you learn to talk big!" The Red Robed Sect Leader sarcastically remarked, "For the peace of all mankind? I never dared to think like that, yet Mr. Ye, you possess such courage and ambition? I’m truly not worthy of such praise!"
"Alright, just surrender!" Ye Chen waved the dagger in his hand and said, "Then let the Church Court disband itself, and also publicly declare the Church Court as a cult, anti-human, and anti-science cult. Disperse your cult members entirely."
"Really?" The Red Robed Sect Leader was taken aback; she gracefully put down her wine glass and then smiled, "Do you mean to say your Heavenly Reversal Gang doesn’t want to seize the power of the Church Court? Doesn’t want to replace the Church Court? With such vast territory and so many soldiers, doesn’t your Heavenly Reversal Gang want to gobble it up?"
"No, please don’t say that!" Ye Chen waved his hand and said, "Although I, Ye Chen, am greedy, I have self-knowledge. Anyone trying to unify the world when the time is not ripe is dreaming. It’s like picking an unripe fruit; you’ll only get a bitter fruit."
"Mm-hmm!" The red-clothed woman sat down on the sofa and said, "I didn’t expect Mr. Ye to understand such great principles. I am immensely impressed!"
"Alright, alright, enough of this endless chatter!" Ye Chen waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and surrender. The brothers are still waiting to go back and clean up the battlefield!"
"Surrender is impossible!" The red-clothed woman smiled calmly, then looked at Ye Chen and said, "If you’re willing to surrender, that might be possible. In addition, I will ensure your friends and warriors are treated well, just like the Church Guards. How about that?"
"In your dreams!" Feng Zhixiao spat, "We would rather die than surrender!"
"Alas, what a pity!" the red-clothed woman exhaled fragrantly and said, "So many brave warriors, are they just going to die like this?"
Ye Chen frowned, sensing something odd. The red-clothed woman in front of him seemed to be deliberately stalling for time. A flash of lightning crossed his mind, and he was alarmed. This bastard was delaying him while the battle continued elsewhere. Without him and Feng Zhixiao leading them, could the soldiers of Sunset City hold out?
"Brothers, no more talking! Since she refuses to surrender, let’s take her down together!" Ye Chen knew this woman was no ordinary person, so he decisively led everyone to surround her. Over twenty Church Guards tangled with Ye Chen and his group. The red-clothed woman on the sofa watched everything calmly, as if it had nothing to do with her.
Soon, more than twenty Church Guards slowly fell, thanks in no small part to Ye Chen, who alone killed nearly ten Church Guards, adding another tint of blood to himself. The Red Robed Sect Leader remained seated calmly on the sofa, watching the bloody scene without batting an eye. Even when the last Church Guard fell, the red-clothed woman just smiled at Ye Chen and the others.
"Hey, now there’s only you left!" Since the opponent was a woman, Ye Chen hesitated to attack first. He could only let her attack him and then choose to defend himself. Unfortunately, she didn’t move at all, just staring at him dazedly.
"Am I the only one left?" The Red Robed Sect Leader was stunned but quickly stood up and smiled, "Now I’m just all alone, just a weak woman. Do you intend to lay hands on me?"
"Uh..." Ye Chen didn’t expect this woman to say that, so he said helplessly, "Then surrender and come with us. Also, announce the disbanding of the Church Court and follow our demands. We won’t harm a hair on your head!"
"But what if I refuse?" The woman smiled indifferently.
Ye Chen felt something strange about her. Though she appeared to be a woman, she showed no fear typical of women. Not only was she unafraid, but she also kept looking at him with a mischievous smile, completely unperturbed, as if she already had an escape plan. This puzzled Ye Chen greatly. Wrinkling his brows, Ye Chen said, "If you refuse, don’t blame us for being rude!"
"Sure, I’d like to see how you’re going to be rude!" The Red Robed Sect Leader giggled.
Ye Chen was a bit at a loss. This person simply killed any will for battle within him. If he didn’t know she was the Red Robed Sect Leader, the leader of the Church Court, he would never think she belonged to it.
"Brothers, surround her. If she resists, move in!" Ye Chen took the lead, and several quickly moved to encircle the Red Robed Sect Leader. Ye Chen cautiously approached the woman. Yet, the red-clothed woman remained entirely still, instead sitting back down on the sofa. This puzzled Ye Chen even more. Could this woman really be unafraid of death, or had she already planned her escape?
Swish...
Just as Ye Chen hesitated for a moment, suddenly, a red shadow brushed past him. The shadow moved incredibly fast, so fast that Ye Chen barely caught a glimpse of it. At the moment of passing each other, Ye Chen caught a familiar scent of perfume, and a shadow of Ms. Yan flashed briefly in his mind.
"Heehee, your abilities aren’t that impressive after all!" By the time everyone reacted, the Red Robed Sect Leader was already standing at the door, holding Ye Chen’s dagger in her hand, and said, "With just a few of you trying to catch me, you must be dreaming!"
"Truly impressive!" Ye Chen gave a thumbs up and said, "I didn’t expect the Red Clothes Great Master of the Church Court to be so skilled, but your ability to escape is the best, isn’t it?"
"Haha..." Everyone laughed aloud. Ye Chen was merely using reverse psychology. In fact, in his heart, Ye Chen concluded that her skills were definitely above his own. The Red Robed Sect Leader gave a peculiar smile and said, "Mr. Ye, rest assured, I won’t fall for your goading. You should be concerned about the safety of Sunset City. Without you, I believe Sunset City will soon become a ruin."
Hiss...
Everyone gasped. Originally planning to capture the leader first, they didn’t expect to fail and now Sunset City was left to its own devices. Ye Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat immediately!"
Ye Chen quickly led his people out, but the red-clothed woman had already disappeared. When Ye Chen and the others returned to Sunset City, a thousand Church Guards had already breached the outer city. The Heavenly Reversal Gang soldiers and Leisure City guards were defending the inner city. The Church Court soldiers attacked fiercely and carried a significant amount of heavy weaponry. Ye Chen understood that these were surely supplied by Canada.