Chapter 906

Osaka Port, Osaka.

It was late into the night, and the eerie path beyond the shimenawa rope that led into the underworld wasn't the end. Instead, it was connected to the entrance of a lighthouse that was around 20 meters tall.

The sea was calm and still, and the emissaries of the Nipponense Underworld who were on patrol duty were roaming the area in a bored and lackadaisical manner. The room at the top wasn't very large, only roughly 10 meters in size with traditional Nipponese decor and construction. There were countless wooden puppets hanging from strings dangling down from the roof, and as the sea breeze swept past, the wooden puppets clattered together in a bone-chilling symphony, making one feel as if the wooden puppets were turning on their own to stare directly at them.

"I wonder when all of these world leaders are going to leave." An underworld emissary tossed a newspaper onto the table with a bored expression, then stretched lazily as he said, "We can't relax until they leave."

"Indeed." Another underworld emissary was standing beside the window, looking out at the starry night sky with a resigned expression as he smoked a cigarette. "There are far more important ports in our nation, we could easily go 100 years without getting any action here."

All of a sudden, one of the wooden puppets fell onto the ground, and the two underworld emissaries faltered slightly before immediately rising to their feet to stare at the puppet with alarmed expressions.

Five seconds passed by, and one of the underworld emissaries patted his own chest as he said, "I felt like my heart was going to stop there! I thought some Yama-King must've arrived, but it turns out it was only the string snapping..."

As soon as his voice trailed off, all of the wooden puppets hanging from the ceiling fell down in unison!

Immediately thereafter, all of the puppets threw their hands over their heads, and their mouths abruptly sprang open as they screamed with all their might, "(Run! Run!!! Run!!!)"

They then scurried into the surrounding shadows as quickly as they could.

The two underworld emissaries looked up with stunned expressions. "Does this mean... an advanced death god has arrived in Nara?"

"How is that possible? Only the most powerful handful of underworlds in the entire world have advanced death gods, and all of them should be attending the conference in Nara! How could there still be another advanced death god here?"

Right at this moment, the sound of door-knocking rang out, and the two underworld emissaries exchanged a horrified glance as they fought the urge to scream.

They were the only two on guard duty on this night!

Even underworld emissaries were capable of feeling fear, and their teeth were chattering violently as they unconsciously huddled together for safety. One of them asked in a trembling voice, "Who is it?"

"Pardon my intrusion." A raspy voice rang out on the other side of the door, and after uttering only those three words, the owner of the voice burst into a fit of violent coughing as if he were very ill. "Could you please tell me how to get to Nara?"

A sharp screeching sound akin to the sound of fingernails scraping across the door rang out, and the two underworld emissaries screamed before huddling together in sheer horror.

They wanted to say something, but were unable to utter even a single word. The overwhelming Yin energy outside made them feel as if there were two giant beasts standing outside the door, and they collapsed onto the ground as their lips trembled violently. At this point, the only sounds they could hear were their own ragged breathing and thumping hearts.

"Hello? Hello?"

Right at this moment, the voice of an elderly woman suddenly rang out from outside. "I'll try asking them."

In the next instant, the entire top floor of the building exploded, and shrapnel flew in all directions as massive waves over 10 meters tall were instantly swept up across the surrounding surface of the sea. Amid their horror and despair, the two underworld emissaries finally caught a glimpse of the two people standing outside.

It was an elderly couple.

The elderly man's upper body was completely bare, and he was wearing a native Usonian kilt around his lower body. There was an eagle mask sitting on the top of his head, revealing his sunken features, which were riddled with liver spots.

As for the elderly woman, her entire body was enshrouded within a tattered black cloak, and she was holding a cane. A design of an eagle was etched onto the surface of her cloak, and beneath the cloak was a dark Yin cloud that made it impossible to glean the woman's true appearance.

A venomous snake extended out of the cloak and asked, "Which way to Nara? I haven't been here for over 1,000 years and I'm afraid my memory isn't as sharp as it was during my youth..."

One of the underworld emissaries finally returned to his senses, and he pointed a trembling finger in a certain direction.

"Thank you." The elderly woman was slightly out of breath as she turned toward the direction the underworld emissary was pointing in with the elderly man, following which both of them instantly vanished into thin air.

Dead silence.

Only after a full 10 minutes had passed did the two underworld emissaries extricate themselves from each other's terrified embrace, and one of them hurriedly said in a trembling voice, "Re... Report this to our higher-ups right away! I just recalled something... Those were the human forms of Mictlantecutli and Mictetikasiwa, the rulers of the new continent! Haven't they secluded themselves from the world long ago? Why have they suddenly appeared here?!"

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In the conference hall, it seemed that a war was on the verge of breaking out.

The rulers of the four pillars were facing off against one another, and all of the other death gods had unconsciously picked sides. Everyone was struggling to breath under this intensely oppressive atmosphere.

All of the actors had adopted their positions, and it was time for the act to begin!

Amid the tense silence, Anubis stepped forward and said, "Yanluo Qin, allow me to issue a warning to you: no country in history has ever dared to dishonor an agreement established by the Coalition of Underworlds!"

He turned to face all of the underworlds before taking a deep breath.

The moment that he had been waiting so long for had finally arrived, and he was so excited that even his voice was trembling slightly, something that hadn't happened for countless years.

"An underworld that breaks the rules will be denounced by the entire world. This is our world, and it's up to us to uphold the rules. I don't know if you're too young or if the second King Yanluo has made a severe lapse in judgment, but you've already crossed a line that can't be crossed!"

His words were directed toward Qin Ye, but he was facing all of the death gods.

Hela and Jrmungandr were extremely tensed up, and countless death gods had already almost snapped the armrests clean off their chairs.

Is it about to begin? Is the ultimate clash finally about to arrive?

Qin Ye wore a derisive sneer, but he was also feeling extremely tense and nervous. He glanced at the gates over and over again out of his peripheral vision, wondering why his final trump card still hadn't arrived!

Once the final vote took place, it would be too late!

However, Anubis's voice was growing louder and louder, completely shattering his hopes. His eyes were glowing a bloodthirsty red, and with every gesture that he made, clouds of yellow sand would rise up into the air before dissipating into clouds of Yin energy. "You want to talk rules and reason? Fine, we'll do just that! Firstly, we know nothing about the assassination and interception attempts that you mentioned. If you insist on clinging to these accusations while ignoring your own failings, then all I can say is that we'll launch a thorough investigation into this and we'll be sure to give you a satisfactory response. Secondly, if your nation is going to exit the treaty on the non-proliferation of forbidden arts, then we'll do the same! On top of that