Kaijin Fighter: So I Have to Make Monsters, So What?

Chapter 1457 - 1457: Royal Tension

[Maestro, we have an issue,] Hurricroak chimed in first. [We have spotted warriors associated with Duke Diamoro and the Silver Jungle Dragon Shipping Company. I think those guys are in the neighborhood.'Yeah, I can confirm that,' Zhen Liu answered Hurricroak. 'I am staring right at them.'

[Oh, shit.]

[Director, you're not going to believe this,] Razorstella interjected. [But we ran into one of Bellona's cousins here at the Cyan Stone Auction House.]

'Say what?'

[Yeah. Your cousins were looking through the auction catalogs to determine who was going to make an appearance here, and someone with the surname of Ecaredies showed up,] Springerdermain explained. [Either he's related to Bellona or this is a massive coincidence.]

'Huh...I can't tell if it's good or bad fortune that the groups got divided the way they were divided.'

[Maybe it's both?] The Doll Twins suggested.

'Regardless, this is an order to all Kaijin in the city: do not start any fight with these bastards if you can help it. If they throw the first punch, feel free to end it. Otherwise, no violence. Got it?'

[Understood.]

'Good...now then, I guess I have to try and maintain my own neutral face...'

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"Xiao Liu, are you okay? You seem a bit... rattled."

"I'm fine, Rianna," Zhen Liu assured the albino giantess. "Just...a little surprised to run into all of them here at once."

When Logos and Pathos informed Zhen Liu that some of his old enemies were going to be present in Rainbowden, he assumed that, in a worst-case scenario, only two of them at most would show up.

But now, through the eyes of his kaijin, he had just confirmed that practically all of them had shown up to this city of artisans.

At the Cyan Stone Auction house, members of Bellona's extended family had shown their faces in a bid to form connections with foreign craftsmen, probably to find people that could arm their allies in the upcoming war.

On the streets of Rainbowden, the warriors who had sworn their loyalty to Lord Smoking Mirror were simply walking about like it was the most natural thing in the world. Maybe they had overtaken the place form the shadows and were maintaining a "business as usual" front.

And lastly, in the Carved Dreams Auction House itself, was a veritable greatest hits of old enemies that Zhen Liu should've buried when he had the chance.

Madam Venus, Duke Diamoro, Alfonso, and Alain were all here and mingling with all sorts of people in pursuit to their own goals and networking purposes.

In his gut, he could feel that these separate forces had a very good chance of minginling with one another, realizing that they shared some common enemies, and then forging alliance that was going to be incredibly annoying to deal with.

On plus, thanks to picking out who was going to where earlier and the disguises that Jinju Ren helped to coordinate with the kaijin, absolutely none of these enemy forces would realize that Zhen Liu or his allies were in the same room as them.

That is,as long as Zhen Liu managed to keep Lythero from suddenly stabbing Duke Diamoro out of revenge.

Thankfully, he had Frosttusk for that task.

"Zhen Liu, why is this big guy preventing me from walking up to Duke Diamoro and stabbing him in the face at least twenty times?" Lythero muttered under his breath.

"Because this...big guy...knows...that... vengeance...needs to be handled...coldly. Not with...blazing...passion."

"Hmmmph!"

Regardless, since none of Zhen Liu's enemies seemed to recognize him anyways, he wan't going to go out of his way to paint a target on his back.

'Alright, I think the auction is going to begin in a few minutes anyways. We just need to stay quiet and—'

^Pardon me.^

'—OF FUCKING COURSE!'

Unprompted, and because life felt like kicking Zhen Liu in the metaphorical balls, Alain made his way over to the portion of the lounge that Jinju Ren and her entourage had claimed as their own.

A part of Zhen Liu had thought that the jig was up and this guy was about to call them out and drag them into a fight that would definitely snowball into an absolute shit show...but then he remembered something incredibly important about this situation.

Alain had no idea what any of them looked like.

The Grafted Warrior had never met Jinju Ren, Rianna, Zhong Wei, or Lythero; he had never seen Nepherage or Frosttusk in their human forms; and most importantly, he had never seen Zhen Liu's face before.

During the Battle for Undertow, Zhen Liu had been dealing with the Fallen and Buzza, all while wearing his [Regalia] for most of the battle. While some people's [Regalia] exposed their faces, a testament to their pride and desire to be recognized; Zhen Liu's [Regalia] completely covered his face.

In other words, showing obvious hostility towards Alain at this point in time was an incredibly bad idea.hat defeated all six of his siblings for the right to become the next king? Yes, that Prince Alain.^

'Oh...fuck.'

Evidently, his enemies had gotten busy these past few months.