"He," Madara Uchiha's throat gurgled, then he fell silent before saying, "is nothing."
Although Madara Uchiha said that, everyone except for the clueless Ash Ketchum realized something was wrong.
Whitebeard pondered for a moment, then exerted all his strength in using Observation Haki. He then detected an indescribable, eerie sound emanating from within the mist...
"What is that...?"
He seemed to see a gigantic octopus, like a mountain of flesh, with its tentacles spreading out densely... or perhaps a centipede spider, exuding an eerie aura from top to bottom, yet also possessing an unimaginable perfection...
Whitebeard's body suddenly tensed, and he slumped into the chair.
His will was as hard as iron. In the original timeline of the Battle of Marineford, even with his mangled body and certain death from his injuries, he was still able to fight. But it was all in vain. This time, it seemed as if his soul and consciousness had suffered a direct and severe blow.
"...This feeling is!" The white-bearded man trembled, straining to open his eyes as he stared at Su Han atop the bronze throne. A similar sensation? The same unbearable gaze?
No... they may look similar, but they are actually very different.
The speaker of parliament is not to be looked at directly; it is the kind of unbearable, blatant unbearability.
It is a place where evil and holiness coexist, encompassing everything in the world, like the grandeur of the beginning of the world, containing endless information. Every glance reveals a wealth of information, and the brain cannot bear such... unbearable to look at directly.
But this new member possesses an unspeakable, unsettling quality... pure and simple malevolence. Looking at him for too long feels like being dragged into hell, your spirit utterly corrupted, becoming unlike yourself, almost like a...
After a long silence, Whitebeard's expression turned grave, and he uttered two words in his mind, "...Evil God!"
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Chapter 92 Number Ten? The Bait Set by Su Han
The scene was completely silent. Tony Stark gently stroked the back of the bronze chair with his fingers, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.
"Edward Newgate, slumped in his chair?"
Tony Stark suddenly noticed something, his gaze sharpening. "This reaction...it's a bit like the scene where Madara Uchiha spied on the council chairman last time! Wait, could it be..."
Tony Stark had a guess in his mind, and he looked incredulously at the newcomer's figure shrouded in mist.
Tony Stark didn't believe Whitebeard would be so foolish as to spy on Su Han. Given the arrival and mystery surrounding the newcomer, the only possibility Whitebeard was spying on was the newcomer…
But why would someone spy on a newcomer react in a way that resembles spying on the Speaker of the Council?
"Could it be..." Tony Stark recalled the strange beings shrouded in mist that Su Han had sent to their worlds during his trips to attack the followers of evil gods... and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
After a long while, Tony Stark murmured to himself, "Is the Chairman of the Council... a god?"
Aizen was also pondering; he had discerned no less than Tony Stark. After all, he had also tried to spy on them before, and during that time, he had been subjected to intense mental contamination. Having sensed something amiss just now, he instantly withdrew all observation. Simultaneously, he labeled this new member as someone not to be trifled with.
Xiao Zhi looked at the group of people present and inexplicably fell silent. He was immediately puzzled, scratching his head and wondering to himself, "Am I supposed to give a presentation to the newcomers?"
After thinking for a moment, he looked at the mist avatar created by Su Han and said enthusiastically, "I am Ash from Pallet Town! May I ask who you are?"
Su Han, seated on the bronze throne, twitched his brow a few times, inwardly sighing. Only a passionate young man like Xiao Zhi wouldn't sense anything amiss and would directly ask questions.
Su Han's heart stirred, and he manipulated his mist avatar to speak calmly, "You can call me... Number Ten!"
"Please don't take it too seriously. I don't want to know anything right now. I just want to stay here quietly! So please ignore me."
After Number Ten finished speaking, he fell silent again. It was as if he were just a wooden sculpture, and joining the council didn't surprise him or evoke any other emotions.
“Number Ten…” Tony Stark’s eyelids twitched. This meant that this being, who was suspected to be an evil god, was the tenth subordinate god under the Speaker of the Council? No, the Speaker of the Council might have more subordinate gods.
“Why would a subordinate god join this strange council… no,” Aizen suddenly realized the logic and his gaze sharpened, “I should say that it is already too late for a subordinate god to join the council now.”
"This one is very likely the representative of all the gods under the Speaker of the Council in the Council."
“There are two possibilities! This subordinate god is extremely powerful… even among the top ranks under the council speaker, which is why he is qualified to enter. As for the second possibility…”
Aizen's gaze deepened. The second possibility was that this subordinate god was very weak, or even possibly a new recruit of Su Han. The council chairman had recently been focusing on cultivating this person, which was why he had brought him into the council.
But if it really is the second possibility… Remembering the terrifying, contaminated aura emanating from Number Ten earlier, Aizen felt a chill run down his spine. This was too horrifying!
Is the gap between God and him really that great...? Even the weakest God is still an existence that he cannot even look up to.
But... this is what makes it interesting. A hint of joy appeared in Aizen's eyes. The things revealed in the misty space were increasingly exciting him.
Sawada Tsunayoshi's gaze swept back and forth between Su Han and Number Ten, and he suddenly spoke up, "Chairman, since the new member doesn't want to communicate with us! And doesn't intend to know the truth about this space... you probably won't condense him... or rather, his plot star, right?"
Although his grades weren't good, Sawada Tsunayoshi and Ash Ketchum were fundamentally different. As the future Tenth Generation Vongola, he possessed Hyper Intuition, even if it wasn't fully activated. His judgment and perception of situations still demonstrated extraordinary decisiveness.
After a brief silence, Madara Uchiha turned his gaze over. Whitebeard straightened up again, his expression turning serious.
Although it's known that the possibility is slim, if Su Han really reveals the plot of this new evil god... then the significance would be enormous.
Putting aside the fact that they could use this to glimpse the legendary realm of the gods... most importantly, they might be able to use this to see the true identity of the council chairman in front of them.
After all, this newly added evil god is suspected to be the chief deity of the council.
“I can condense,” Su Han said calmly, his words clear but his pace slow, “but that doesn’t mean much to you… his situation is rather special.”
"Is it special?" Ying Zheng's eyes flickered.
"Oh, I see," Ash said, looking dejected. "Everyone here has a Stardust... Isn't this too unfair to the newbie? Aren't we going to explain it to him? Even if he doesn't want to hear it."
Madara Uchiha stared at Ash with a blank expression. His lack of intelligence and his overly enthusiastic nature... he really was that little idiot.
Madara Uchiha sighed inwardly, unsure of what to say.
Su Han's gaze fell on Xiao Zhi, and Tony Stark's heart tightened. It was precisely because he knew Su Han so well that he was a little afraid.
He even suspected that being stared at by Su Han for too long might corrupt him with that evil energy and turn him into a bizarre being on the spot. But before he could break the silence, Su Han spoke up, "If you insist on watching, it's not entirely impossible."