20demayo Chapter 213: Exchange of Intelligence (Part )
Chapter 213: Exchange of Intelligence (Part )
Looking at the earnest eyes of Ibaraki Douji and Shuten Douji, Ling Yuan was silent for a moment and finally nodded: "Okay, I can agree to cooperate with you, but the premise is that both sides must be honest with each other and share the information resources they have without reservation! There must not be any concealment!"
Before Shuten-douji could respond, Ibaraki-douji, who could no longer hold back his excitement, nodded impatiently, indicating that he fully accepted the condition proposed by Ling Yuan. Ibaraki-douji's eagerness naturally attracted Shuten-douji's sidelong glances, but the two of them had the same original intention of coming to Ling Yuan to discuss cooperation, so she didn't say much in the end.
In fact, for Shuten and Ibaraki, as long as the conditions offered by Ling Yuan are not too harsh and outrageous, they will basically choose to agree to them; but if the other party really asks for too much and makes some unacceptable excessive demands, then even if they are at all costs or even know that they cannot win, the two of them will never easily compromise and reach a so-called cooperation agreement with Ling Yuan - because for them, nothing is more important than protecting the homeland on which their own ethnic group depends for survival.
"Sir Ling Yuan, we agree to the conditions you proposed. Please rest assured! As long as we can stop those abominable gods from destroying our only habitat, everything else can be discussed."
Compared with Shuten Douji, Ibaraki Douji's hatred for the gods is deeper and more intense. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the one among the two who most eagerly hopes to cooperate successfully with Ling Yuan.
Shuten-doji glanced at his good friend indifferently, and saw his charming eyes slightly rolled up, revealing an extremely moving roll of the eyes. It seems that Ibaraki has never taken his noble identity and status as a great demon to heart. In other words, in Ibaraki's heart, as long as both parties are of the same mind and have the same ideals, then no matter who the other party is, they can be called close friends.
However, at this moment, Shuten Douji's attention was not completely focused on Ibaraki Douji. Instead, he was silently staring at the mortal man in front of him, his eyes full of unconcealable curiosity.
Shuten didn't quite understand why Tamamonomae valued this human so much, and even told them solemnly that without Ling Yuan's help, the harm brought by the revival of the gods would not be contained at all.
"Is there something on my face? Why are you staring at me, Shuten?" Ling Yuan turned his head slightly, with a look of confusion and curiosity in his eyes.
Perhaps it was because Shuten's gaze was too direct and unconcealed that he couldn't help but feel suspicious.
Facing Ling Yuan's question, Shuten just shook his head slightly and quickly looked away, but he said without showing any weakness: "Nothing, I'm just a little curious about you. After all, it's rare to find someone who can make Tamamonomae look at you differently! So I want to know, what's so special about you that makes her value you so much?"
Shuten was always straightforward, and she had no shame at all for what she had just done. Her carefree and informal personality made her appear particularly frank and sincere in many cases.
The corners of Ling Yuan's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he was secretly wondering, Shuten has a cold and domineering appearance, but why does she have such a casual, generous and straightforward personality?
As if he had seen through Ling Yuan's inner confusion, Ibaraki Douji curled his lips helplessly and explained in a calm tone: "She has always been like this, she is used to speaking her mind, and actually has no ill intentions at all."
Before he finished speaking, Ling Yuan suddenly suggested, "How about...after we exchange intelligence later, how about we go out and compete together?"
Upon hearing this, Shuten and Ibaraki's eyes suddenly lit up, and their faces were filled with irrepressible excitement. They stared at Ling Yuan with burning eyes, as if as long as Ling Yuan nodded in agreement, they would drag him out to compete without hesitation.
"Sorry...it's more important for us to share the information we each have first!" Faced with this situation, Ling Yuan could only hold his forehead with his hand helplessly and smile at himself.
Perhaps it was because the temperament displayed by these two great demons was very different from the image in the rumors, which caused him to forget that the two people standing in front of him were actually martial arts fanatics. Especially Ibaraki Douji, when he heard the word "competition", he was as excited as if he saw a beautiful woman wearing black stockings.
"Ahem! Okay!" Shuten suppressed her excitement and calmed herself down as quickly as possible. After all, she was not the kind of person who was passionate about sparring, so she immediately realized that she should focus on business at the moment. So she took a deep breath and said, "Um... Mr. Lingyuan, do you have any questions about some information? If you need anything, please tell me directly, maybe I can help."
Ling Yuan nodded slightly, indicating his agreement. After a little hesitation, he decided to be frank. He knew that the key to achieving unreserved cooperation between the two sides was mutual trust and not hiding important information. Then, he slowly said, "In that case, let me share the intelligence we have!"
After saying this, Ling Yuan gathered his thoughts a little, and then recounted the previous battles with two gods in New York and over the Atlantic Ocean, and the killing of them. His tone was steady, his words were rigorous, and he tried to describe the whole process clearly. Obviously, he hoped to show Shuten his strength and sincerity in cooperation through this action, and to establish a deeper relationship of mutual trust.
Shuten listened to Lingyuan's narration quietly, with surprise on her face from time to time. Although her knowledge of the Western God Realm was relatively limited, she couldn't help but feel a lot from the plot described by Lingyuan, especially the hostility of the gods towards humans, and began to think about the reasons. After Lingyuan finished speaking, Shuten fell into a brief silence. She lowered her brows and thought, as if trying to digest the large amount of information she had just received. After a moment, she looked up at Lingyuan, with a firm light in her eyes, and it was obvious that she had some preliminary ideas in her mind.
"Sir Lingyuan, it seems that what Tamamonomae said is correct. This time, the gods must have come with the intention of destroying humanity. If nothing unexpected happens, your appearance must have brought them crisis, so they want to destroy the existence of human society."
Ling Yuan nodded, expressing his approval of Shuten's idea. Shuten guessed most of what the gods were thinking, and it was basically the same as the truth.
On the other side, Ibaraki looked at Ling Yuan with fanaticism on his face. Ling Yuan told him so many things, but the only thing Ibaraki heard was that Ling Yuan killed gods. His obsession with sparring with Ling Yuan deepened a bit.