Chapter 377: Duty


    "It''s really gone."


    Vatican City waspletely ruined. It did not take too long, however, to find where the Silver Pdin''s corpse should be, as Ang used her x-ray vision to look through all the rubble and debris. She was easily able to find the vault, but Silver Pdin''s corpse was nowhere to be found.


    It could be deeper into the ground, but seeing as the other corpses that were there were still there — there was no reason for Silver Pdin''s corpse not to be.


    That could only mean one thing — he left.


    "If… it wasn''t George… then what did they do to his body?" Ang also tried searching everywhere for the Silver Pdin''s corpse, but could not find it anywhere — and the thousands of corpses drowning in the rubble did not help.


    "..." Ang could really only let out a sigh as she shook her head, "We''ll… find himter. Our priority now is chasing the Soul Conqueror. He…


    …couldn''t have gotten far," Ang then said as she started rummaging through the rubble, digging deep until Riley and the Pope could no longer see her. And after a few seconds, she once again emerged, now with her sword in hand.


    "They attacked us, we''re going to end this once and for all. It… will be an inquisition."


    "Violence is never the answer, child," the Pope could really only sigh before cing his hand on Ang''s shoulder.


    "But—"


    "But sometimes blood is," the Pope continued, "Let those who are meant for blood and destruction handle this," he then said as he looked at Riley.


    "No," Ang moved away from the Pope, "They attacked us — I will retaliate. Riley…"


    "Hm?" Riley, who was quietly looking nowhere in particr, slightly tilted his head as he was suddenly called.


    "Can you… remove my stitches?" Ang then meekly said as she pointed at her shut eyes, "Do it gently and all at once so that it wouldn''t— Fuck!"


    Ang could not help but suddenly cover her eyes as the stitches were suddenly pulled all at once,


    "Why did you do that!?" Ang screamed.


    "...You told me to."


    Ang was trying her best not to curse again in the presence of the Pope, to the point that she was biting her lips to prevent her mouth from opening again. And after a few seconds of trying to collect her breaths, Ang was finally able to remove her hands away; her eyes, still squinting as they batted several times.


    There really wasn''t that much blood, only enough for a single trail on each of her cheeks to slide down. And soon, light started to enter her eyes as they started to recover. And finally, her eyes fully revealed themselves.


    They were dark—No. Perhaps it was better to say that they were the color of the universe; almost as if one would bepletely lost if they were not careful and stared at her eyes for too long.


    And it didn''t even take a minute for her eyes to start scanning in every direction.


    "There," Ang then suddenly pointed to a certain direction, "He''s… running along with several other people. They just got on a car."


    "..." Riley slightly tilted his head again as he pointed his left ear towards the direction where Ang was pointing to; but after a few seconds, his eye started to twitch as he hit his head several times.


    "...Too noisy," Riley whispered as he shook his head, "But I did hear a car''s engine starting, Ang."


    "I—" Ang was about to say something, but her eyes suddenlynded on the Pope, "I… need to secure the Pope''s safety first. I can guide you to—"


    And before Ang could finish her words, she saw Riley standing beside the Pope… as well as walking away.


    "...What?"


    Ang was slightly confused at first, but then quickly remembered that Riley had the ability to clone himself. Soon, however, the Riley that was standing the Pope disappeared — Ang was going to ask why at first… but then noticed something was crawling on the Pope''s robes, a miniature… and somewhat plush version of Riley.


    "..."


    "..."


    "...What are you looking at?"


    "..." Ang quickly looked away as Little Riley suddenly stopped climbing the Pope''s robes and looked at her.


    "..." Little Riley stared at her for a few seconds, before letting out a scoff and continuing to move his little limbs.


    "You will be safe with Little Riley, Louise," Riley then said as he nodded towards his miniature version, "Your daughter and I will go hunting for now. You don''t have to worry, she won''t die."


    "..." The Pope moved his eyes back and forth between Ang and Riley, before finally sighing and nodding his head, "Fine. Maybe this too is the will of god."


    "I am sure it is, your Holiness," Ang bowed her head.


    "...Should you not be calling him father, Ang?" Riley ced his hand on his chin, "But considering who he is, then maybe you already have. That''s quite a dilemma."


    "...Let''s just go before they could get far," Ang didn''t even bother to answer Riley''s weird question as she leaped away. As for Riley, he seemed to have contemted his own question for a few seconds, before just flying away — dragging Ang with him as he reached her since she was moving too slow.


    And now, it was only the Pope and Little Diley left in the ruined city of the Vatican.


    "..."


    "..."


    "Are you still watching Italian Mafia Reborn, old man?"


    "..."


    "...Yes."


    ***


    "Don''t you have any abilities to make us invisible?"


    Riley and Ang were now following behind the vehicle that Soul Conqueror was riding on; their pace was fast, but careful enough that no one would be noticing them — and with Ang''s x-ray vision, they could even follow behind houses and buildings.


    It was, however, not too convenient for Ang as it strained her mind bit by bit.


    "Don''t you?" Ang once again asked. And Riley, instead of answering her question, once again grabbed his phone that was hovering around them and dialed someone.


    [...Yes?]


    "Can you make us invisible, Paige?"


    [You''re… too far.]


    "Okay, that''s all. Thank you for answering the call, Paige."


    [Hm, please return safely.]


    "..." Riley then let go of his phone; no longer streaming to prevent others from discovering what they were doing, but still recording so that he would be able to upload itter on their page. He then turned to look at Ang, before letting out a sigh and finally answering her question with a,


    "No. I don''t have the ability to turn us invisible."


    "...Really? I thought you''d have one."


    "It''s a disgusting ability."


    "What? How?"


    The two continued to casually talk as they followed the car — and soon, they reached arge open area, surrounded by more than a dozen people.


    "That… looks like a helicopter," Ang then said as she looked at the ck aircraft sitting in the center of the open field, "Let''s just wait for him to board the helicopter. We don''t need to worry about the guards."


    "What guards?" Riley muttered.


    "What do you mean what guards, th—" And before Ang could finish her words, she let out a small gasp. The people surrounding the open field were still standing, but something was wrong.


    It would be hard to notice if one were not looking at them, but they were all bleeding from all of their orifices. And as someone who has x-ray vision, Ang knows why — they were all already almost hollow from the inside.


    Their organs… werepressed into a ball, their brains mushed.


    And as soon as the helicopter left the ground with the Soul Conqueror, all of the people that were guarding the field dropped to the ground.


    "You…"


    "I already made the announcement, Ang," Riley only shook his head as he and Ang started floating in the air,


    "No one lives."