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An hour later, on the way to Biluo City, the unconscious Mayor Hiram opened his eyes.
"Where are the artifacts?"
His first words were to ask about the location of the artifacts, showing how greedy he was.
The police officer in the driver's seat saw his expression in the rearview mirror, silently shook his head, and said.
"Mr. Mayor, you're awake."
"I asked you, where are the artifacts?"
"And that damned criminal, where's the criminal who stole the artifacts?"
Hiram got up from the back seat and roared at the driving police officer.
Under his roar, the police officer driving informed Hiram of the situation at the time. After listening, he finally recalled the terrifying nature of that person.
For a moment, cold sweat poured down.
"Damn it, these bastards, they won't get their money and land back!"
After a long time, Hiram gritted his teeth and said with hatred. The moment he remembered being frightened unconscious by a mere glance, a feeling of humiliation welled up in his heart.
It was as if he had been insulted in front of a crowd, leaving a deep impression on his mind.
The police car drove him all the way home. Hiram led his daughter, whose face was still blank.
"Beep beep..."
After entering the password, the iron gate opened automatically.
"Creak~"
Hiram pressed his left hand on the main door, but it opened with a "creak" at his light touch.
"Why isn't the door locked?"
He frowned but didn't pay much attention, pushing the door open to a dark hall.
"Palavi!"
Hiram shouted, but no one in the entire villa responded. He immediately felt that something was wrong.
Palavi was the housekeeper, and although it was already ten o'clock at night, it was not yet her break time.
And he was just the mayor of a small country town, not qualified to have bodyguards or guards by his side.
"Puff!"
With a soft sound, Hiram felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck.
Immediately, a hand covered his mouth and nose. He tried to struggle, but all he felt was an inability to breathe, weakness throughout his body, until he lost consciousness.
"Dad?"
Hiram's daughter, who had been staring blankly, suddenly called out. She felt the large hand holding hers suddenly loosen.
"Pat."
The warm large hand took her small hand again, and a familiar voice sounded once more.
"You sit on the sofa for a while, Dad's going out."
"Mm."
Phyllis subconsciously nodded in response, completely unaware that her father's voice was much colder than before.
"Rustle... rustle..."
She heard something dragging on the carpet by the door and stepped out.
Outside the villa, on the spacious green lawn...
"Thump, thump, thump..."
A thousand meters away from the villa, Illumi's hands turned into shovels, and the shovels moved like afterimages, continuously digging into the ground.
Soon, a deep pit large enough to bury an adult was dug.
"Bang!"
A short, stout figure was thrown into the pit. His eyes slowly opened, and when he realized where he was, he struggled frantically.
"Mmmph mmmph mmmph..."
All of Hiram's joints were dislocated, and even his jaw was dislocated, so he could only make sounds but not speak.
Looking at the figure that had transformed into his likeness, the fear in Hiram's eyes was so thick it almost overflowed, and his heart began to pound rapidly.
"Don't be nervous, you won't know anything soon."
Illumi chuckled and took out a fir wood box from a backpack.
The box was exquisite and beautiful. With just one look, Hiram knew that what was inside must be extremely valuable.
Indeed, Illumi opened the fir wood box, and a golden mask appeared in Hiram's eyes. Even though it was dark night, it seemed to glow with golden light.
"Beautif..."
Hiram forgot the pain and fear, all his attention drawn to it.
"Even in such a disadvantageous situation, he can still be so easily seduced by the mask."
Illumi looked at the large amount of blue mist rising from Hiram's body, a cold smile on his face.
"The quantity is large, but it's not pure enough."
Illumi jumped into the deep pit, holding the mask, and slowly brought it closer to Hiram's face.
The mayor of Biluo City was indeed insatiably greedy. While his greed was great, it wasn't intense enough, so Illumi decided to lend him a hand.
"Mmmph mmmph mmmph..."
The moment the mask was put on, Hiram's body trembled continuously. Although all his joints were dislocated, his spine could still move.
A moment later, Hiram quieted down, his eyes suddenly opened, glowing red.
"Very good."
Illumi just watched him, watching the greed in him grow thicker and purer.
Seven hours later...
"Click, click, click..."
Suddenly, Hiram's joints made a crisp sound and, to Illumi's astonishment, automatically reconnected.
"Hoo!"
Hiram suddenly stood up and rushed towards Illumi, his fingernails growing wildly, turning into sharp blades that slashed at Illumi's face.
"Swoosh!"
The attack missed. Illumi flashed above Hiram's head, kneeling on his back.
"Bang!"
The ground shook with a loud thud, and Illumi's immense strength created another small crater within the deep pit. Hiram's hands stabbed backward.
"Puff, puff..."
Two soft thuds. Both arms were severed at the root, falling limply into the deep pit. Blood gushed from the severed limbs, staining the earth dark red.
"Interesting, he can actually control muscle contractions to forcibly reattach his joints."
Illumi watched with interest as Hiram's muscles twitched and bulged, veins popping out everywhere.
"Hmm, is this already the limit?"
Illumi suddenly frowned, because he found that the thick mist on Hiram's body was no longer growing stronger, subtly reaching its limit.
"Such a weak will."
"However, it's precisely because your willpower is so weak that your greed can grow so rapidly."
Illumi got up from Hiram's back. The moment the other party was about to spring up, his right leg flashed like a white light.
"Puff."
Hiram fell to the ground again, both legs severed at the root, becoming a half-finished "human pig."
Illumi extended his right hand, palm facing up, and a large amount of Nen surged from his Aura Nodes, converging in his palm.
"Hiss, hiss..."
However, this time, unlike before, the Nen in his palm automatically formed a blue human face, which glanced at Illumi with a cunning expression and rushed into Hiram's body.
"Mmmph mmmph mmmph..."
Hiram's body suddenly trembled violently, especially the golden mask, which burst forth with astonishing red light.
"This is..."
Illumi frowned, looking at the violently trembling "half-finished human pig" body, a hint of understanding flashing in his eyes, and he chuckled.
"Interesting, it's actually competing with the golden mask for greed."
Suddenly, a large amount of blue Nen surged out from Hiram's body, enveloping it.
"Swoosh!"
Illumi's figure flashed, appearing at the edge above the deep pit, watching the body slowly float up, defying gravity.
"Hiss, hiss..."
Inside Hiram's body, two strong lights, one red and one blue, burst forth, squeezing and devouring each other.
"Boom!"
With a shock, the two strong lights finally erupted simultaneously, and the red and blue lights merged into a single beam, shooting straight into the sky.