Upon hearing Lv Bai’s words, Simba’s gaze flickered slightly.

To be honest, after Lv Bai defeated him head-on, he had already planned to retreat with the students of Oshima.

Only because of the intervention of prison guards did he have to first join forces with the people from Chikan Bay to confront the enemy.

Now that the situation has become clear, Lv Bai shows this strange new power, Simba, as long as he’s sane, wouldn’t choose to start a new battle.

But the problem is, Lv Bai’s words imply that he plans to bring him under his command.

As the pinnacle of Oshima High School, if Simba agrees, it would represent the submission of the entire Oshima force.

Such a thing, no matter how you look at it, is hard for him to accept.

Yet now he dare not refuse, so he can only delay for time.

After hesitating for a long time, Simba stammered, "Lv... Bai Speaker, this matter is of great importance, can you let us go back first to consider it?"

"Oh?"

Lv Bai raised an eyebrow: "Do you look down on me?"

"No, that’s not what I mean."

Simba always liked to solve problems with violence, and faced with such a situation, he really didn’t know how to handle it.

The other two faction leaders who still had some combat power remained silent, obeying the principle that silence is golden.

Such a tricky problem should give the pinnacle of Oshima a headache.

Ah She tried to open his mouth to say something, but feared that he wouldn’t organize his words well and instead escalate conflicts.

"What do you guys mean by this?"

Lou Yunyi, relying on Lv Bai’s backing, pushed proactively, "Following a man like the Speaker, would you suffer a loss? Or do you Oshima folks look down on us Chikan Bay?"

What he said made little sense, even carried some lower-class bravado, yet left the Oshima High School big shots unable to refute.

Lv Bai smiled and pressed down lightly, signaling his underlings to be calm.

After pausing for a moment, he continued, "I won’t force you, let’s do this, you stay in Chikan Bay to consider, once you’ve decided, come find me, how about it?"

Simba licked his somewhat dry lips.

Under the influence of the broken window effect, he eventually accepted this request.

"Alright then."

Lv Bai clapped his hands: "Next, I have to deal with these prison guards."

While speaking, his gaze naturally shifted to the few Prison Area Chiefs opposite.

Misa, Hyde, and others had been concentrating on observing Lv Bai’s movements, and upon realizing his gaze, dared not remain in place.

Not caring about the thoughts of the many guards present, these three Prison Area Chiefs, each turning into a swift rabbit, fled the scene.

Witnessing their own Prison Director still in a bizarre chaotic state, while the three Prison Area Chiefs fled swiftly, the fighting spirit of the guards instantly collapsed.

Faced with such circumstances, even if some steadfast guards intended to fight evil with all their might, they were indeed a minority, the vast majority turned their heads and ran.

Not to mention the armored cars piled on the streets, even some heavy weapons were directly discarded.

Seeing the guards flee so decisively, even Lv Bai paused in confusion for two seconds.

For being an official force, how could they act like bandits?

Thirteen Orphans, seeming to see through Lv Bai’s confusion, said languidly, "Don’t be surprised, these cops weren’t good people to begin with, quite a few industries in Chikan Bay have cop backgrounds."

"Hmm..."

Lv Bai nodded knowingly and waved, "Alright, everyone get to your tasks."

After this war ended, much aftermath work awaited them.

Though the main battlefield was around Nanxing Street, several areas of Chikan Bay also faced different levels of impact.

It might take some time before returning to normalcy.

Fortunately, despite many tasks, his subordinates handled the work, sparing Lv Bai from personal efforts.

Lv Bai directed his gaze toward the Bear Chief Warden nearby.

The immediate priority was to quickly extract the Node from him.

Indeed, Lv Bai could confirm the Node wasn’t Bear himself.

Upon contacting Bear, the Node acquisition countdown didn’t appear. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

This implied this Death Arena’s Node wasn’t Bear, but something Bear carried.

Currently, Bear remained in an "electric shock" state, twitching on the ground, drooling uncontrollably from the mouth.

Lv Bai approached Bear, thanks to Bear’s previous fierce demeanor, no small-time punks dared to approach.

He waved away the darkness from Bear’s retinas.

Yet even if restored to sight, Bear abstractly rolled his eyes: "Uh... you... hiss, dare..."

Lv Bai remained silent, merely scrutinizing Bear on the ground intensely.

Regarding this "Node’s" specifics, Lv Bai had a hunch.

In this world, the Martial Artist’s cultivation system obviously involved continuously compressing Inner Strength density.

From gaseous, liquid to solid state.

Respectively corresponding to Acquired, Innate, and Grandmaster.

This Prison Director called the next realm Golden Core, certainly not randomly.

Perhaps this Death Arena’s "Node" was this so-called compressed Inner Strength Golden Core.

Lv Bai crouched beside Bear, rubbing his chin.

"How to extract it?"

...

Shrimp and Rice Casserole Restaurant.

"As long as you want, as long as I have it."

Bear pursed his lips, gaze somewhat evasive.

Observing Bear’s changed demeanor made Lv Bai inexplicably uncomfortable.

Though aware of the possible issues with the [Electronic Enchantress] ability, such peerless results still felt strange.

After a moment of silence, to ease some awkwardness, Lv Bai turned toward the nearby semi-open kitchen and waved: "Xia Mei, hurry up please."

Now it’s the second day after the chaos.

With all the factions working sincerely together, after a whole day’s time, some shops in Chikan Bay gradually reopened.

The people from Oshima hadn’t secretly left Chikan Bay, but hadn’t sought Lv Bai for submission either.

Thousands continued lingering on Nanxing Street, perhaps hoping Lv Bai would forget the matter over time.

Ironically, the Bear Chief Warden.

Even after Lv Bai ceased the electric shocks, restoring Bear’s mobility, facing Lv Bai he didn’t dare act.

Moreover, after leaving with a face full of rage, barely a day later, the sky hadn’t darkened, he rushed back, immediately pledging loyalty to Lv Bai.

Xia Mei soon served two bowls of casserole rice onto their table.

Lv Bai sighed deeply, "At this point, let’s eat first."