82: Traitor Ketu, your death is approaching!

Although Karl believed there wouldn't be any other traitors in the family besides Kotou, for the sake of caution, Karl still asked Fang Yun to control the signal reception and transmission in the area at the entrance of Aureole Valley.

Under Fang Yun's intervention, the entrance of Aureole Valley temporarily became a closed network area relative to the outside world.

In fact, under Karl's excellent leadership and good governance, the Buckle Family had only produced Kotou as a traitor during this time.

Karl and Fang Yun's actions were effectively useless for Kotou, who had no one to turn to for help.

However, to survive in the Badlands, you must think as much as possible, do as much as possible, and prepare as many backup plans as possible.

Even if these might be useless, it's still better than facing a crisis and finding yourself completely unprepared.

...

While Kotou was quietly approaching the First Assault Squad, what was Fang Yun doing?

The answer is, Fang Yun had been paying attention to Kotou's actions ever since he arrived at the entrance of Aureole Valley.

Eagle Vision Wolf Gaze has the function of "peripheral vision collection", which is why Fang Yun could monitor Kotou's actions without looking directly at him.

This is also why, when Kotou approached Fang Yun and his group, he didn't notice Fang Yun's surveillance.

Just as Kotou took a step towards Fang Yun and the others, the System's notification sound rang in Fang Yun's consciousness.

〖The System's notification sound only rings at crucial moments. It's hard to say this isn't the author's deliberate arrangement (doge).〗

"Ding! Sufficient elements detected. <Combat Mission: The Beginning of the Trial of Blood and Fire · Third Ring (The Starting Point of Changing Fate)> has been triggered."

【Mission Type】: Combat Mission

【Mission Name】: The Beginning of the Trial of Blood and Fire · Third Ring (The Starting Point of Changing Fate)

【Mission Requirements】: Stop the traitor Kotou's actions, prevent Vavinia from being captured; extinguish the flame of fate that leads to the Buckle Family's decline

【Mission Limit · Time】: 5 minutes

【Mission Limit · Location】: Entrance of Aureole Valley

【Mission Limit · Other】: None

【Mission Reward】: 500 System points

【Mission Penalty】: Vavinia dies, Valentine leaves the Buckle Family, the Buckle Family begins to decline

"Ding! Due to the detection of the third ring mission of <Series Mission · Combat: The Beginning of the Trial of Blood and Fire> being triggered, its second ring mission is automatically completed."

The System's notification sounds rang in his consciousness, but Fang Yun's attention wasn't focused on them.

After noticing the words "Vavinia", "death", etc., Fang Yun's attention was almost entirely focused on Kotou.

Through his peripheral vision, Fang Yun could see Kotou's current actions and expressions.

While approaching Fang Yun, Kotou outwardly pretended to be happy and cheerful.

But upon closer inspection, one would find his expression somewhat stiff, and at the same time, Kotou's eyes revealed a hint of unease and fear.

Just as Kotou reached a distance of five steps from Vavinia, Karl's voice came through the team communication channel to everyone's ears.

After hearing Karl's voice, Kotou looked up at Karl, then, without any hesitation, immediately rushed towards Vavinia.

Although Vavinia, Valentine, Toke, and the Buckle Family members following behind Kotou were already wary of him.

However, because Kotou had hidden his strength.

So, when Kotou activated Sandiwestan and rushed towards Vavinia.

Neither the three of them, Vavinia, nor the Buckle Family members who also quickly activated Sandiwestan and rushed over when they saw the situation turn bad, had time to stop Kotou's actions.

At this critical moment, Fang Yun, who had been watching Kotou, instantly activated Void Walker.

In an instant, the flow of time in the entire world slowed down.

Kotou, who was moving extremely fast in the eyes of others, became incredibly slow in Fang Yun's eyes at this moment, like an old grandmother strolling.

Flames of anger burned in Fang Yun's heart. He strode up to Kotou, grabbed him, and instantly refined him!

Fang Yun first used his left hand to grab Kotou's raised arm, folding it backward, and then used his right hand to firmly press down on his shoulder.

Next, Fang Yun kicked twice, breaking Kotou's knees.

Finally, Fang Yun used Human Intelligence Ascension to control Kotou's personal operating system, making his whole body unable to move.

Void Walker was turned off, and the flow of time returned to normal.

Kotou, who had been rushing forward, only felt his vision blur, and then he suddenly became shorter.

With a ferocious expression on his face, before he could even understand what had happened, Kotou felt intense pain in his legs and arms.

As a scream of agony rang out, Kotou finally understood his current situation.

At the same time, Fang Yun's angry voice spread throughout the scene:

"Damn Kotou! You shouldn't have, you absolutely shouldn't have, tried to harm Vavinia!"

"Today is your day of death!"

"According to the mission description, it was your betrayal that led to Vavinia's death, led to Valentine's departure, and led to the Buckle Family's decline!"

"With such consequences, you are the first evil cause at the beginning of the game's plot!"

"Today, you must die! I said it! Even Jesus coming won't save you!"

There were two reasons for Fang Yun's anger:

Firstly, past memories began to attack Fang Yun again.

When Fang Yun played cyberpunk 2077 before, he was very upset about V's inescapable fate of death in the plot.

Now Kotou's actions clearly might lead Valentine down the same path as V.

Therefore, Fang Yun was very angry.

Secondly, Kotou planned to use Vavinia as a hostage to force Karl to let him leave.

According to the mission description, although it is unknown whether Kotou would ultimately succeed in escaping, he should eventually kill Vavinia.

Therefore, Fang Yun was very angry.

"Killing one V and making another V fall into a destined death, you truly deserve to die, Kotou!"

At this moment, Kotou had no mind to pay attention to what Fang Yun was saying.

Kotou, who clearly understood his current situation, even in a daze, ignored the physical pain.

Currently, Kotou's eyes were listless, his face was terrified and distorted, and his legs were broken as he knelt on the ground.

The pain made it impossible for Kotou to speak coherently, so he cursed in his heart, both angrily and resentfully:

『It's over, it's completely over now! I'm definitely going to die!』

『Damn Karl! You actually planted false information in the family network!』

『Damn Fang Yun! Why did you appear in the Buckle Family! Why did you ruin my escape plan!』

『Damn Buckle Family! Damn San'er! Damn Nightwalker!』

『Ah!!! You all deserve to die!』

Kotou's wails caused a commotion among the cheering Bakker Family members.

Because Fang Yun had made a considerable contribution in the revenge operation, this was obvious to everyone.

Therefore, the Bakker Family members did not immediately consider Fang Yun an enemy, but looked at him with surprise and uncertainty, not knowing why he would do this.

For a moment, the entrance of Aureole Valley became quiet again.

Only the roar of a few vehicles and Kotou's occasional painful cries continued to echo.

The scene at the entrance of Aureole Valley now is:

Fang Yun, with anger in his eyes, looked at Kotou.

Kotou, enduring the pain and wailing, stared intently at Fang Yun.

The remaining Bakker Family members looked at Fang Yun and Kotou with some confusion.

The Bakker Family members responsible for watching Kotou stopped in their tracks, feeling guilty and slightly awkward.

Karl, not far away, nodded in approval of Fang Yun's actions.

Valentine and Toke both let out a sigh of relief.

Vavinia, with a blush on her cheeks, looked at Fang Yun.

『You shouldn't have, you absolutely shouldn't have, tried to harm me.』

『Hehe.』