"President, what should we do with her?" Anri pointed at the woman in the pool of blood.

Velley approached Number Nine, standing at the edge of the bloodstains, and she stared back at him with a combination of fear and anger. "I'm going to kill you!" she exclaimed.

"Why aren't you the author?" Velley muttered to himself.

"I'm going to kill you... kill you..."

The bleeding from Number Nine's severed arm had stopped, and fresh red flesh buds were slowly pulsating. As long as she had enough time and nutrients, she could regenerate a new arm. This was a characteristic determined by the bloodline's regenerative genes. The K Organization had made numerous attempts to integrate the monster genes into human bodies, and Number Nine was a successful experiment.

"From today onwards, Number Nine, I am your commanding officer, Eri Rivose. Whatever you saw before, you must forget about it," Velley suddenly crouched down and pressed his hand against Number Nine's forehead, slowly and deliberately speaking.

Number Nine struggled fiercely, her mouth revealing sharp fangs as she attempted to bite him, but she couldn't free herself from the president's grip.

Gradually, she gave up resisting.

"Did you hear me, Number Nine?" Velley released his hold on the woman's forehead.

"...Yes, sir," Number Nine gazed at Velley, her eyes devoid of fear and anger. "Sir, what happened to me? Why does my arm... hurt so much."

"Stand up."

"Yes." Number Nine laboriously lifted herself from the pool of blood, obediently standing in front of Velley.

"There was a rogue experiment that escaped from the research facility. You suffered severe injuries while protecting me, and your memory was damaged. Now, go back to the rest area and recuperate. The organization won't forget your contributions, and I will send someone to provide you with enough nutrients. Once your arm has grown back, report back here immediately."

"Yes, sir!" Number Nine's eyes lit up, filled with joy and fanaticism. "Serving the organization is my honor!"

...

After Number Nine left, Nagi couldn't help but ask, "Sir, what did you do to that vampire? Why did her attitude change?"

"I erased parts of her memory," Velley replied. "Number Nine is a dangerous experiment. In order to prevent her betrayal, the organization brainwashed her during her childhood, instilling loyalty into her genes. Obeying the organization has become her instinct, and any threats or bribes have no effect on her. So modifying her memory was the best choice. Number Nine, as a valuable experiment, has utility."

Velley glanced at the two new members in the corner and said to Kana, "Explain what just happened to the new recruits."

"Yes, Lord Velley."

New recruits were emotionally sensitive and fragile; even a slight negligence could make them feel uneasy. Therefore, the older members had to take care of their feelings at all times, which was more conducive to cooperation within the association - this was the experience gained from dozens of new recruits.

While Kana explained what had just happened to the new recruits in Japanese and Thai, Velley approached Emily the elf. "Emily, do you remember who I am?"

"You are... Lord Velley?" Emily twitched her pointed ears, looking confused at the man in front of her.

"Yes, I just bought this person's identity. Does my appearance in your memory feel inconsistent?"

After thinking for a while, the elf reluctantly nodded. "In my memory, you seem to have always looked like this. I can't remember your original appearance. If it weren't for the conflict between our purpose for coming here and your identity, I wouldn't have realized that you had changed."

"That's the magic of the author," Velley smiled. "They always view the world from one more dimension than ordinary people."

"Sir, I truly envy that."

"There's nothing to envy. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Because I am the author, I will fulfill my mission."

"I will accompany you on this journey, sir."

"Thank you, Emily."

"It's what I should do."

...

As the president, Eri Rivose made arrangements for all the members. First, he established a secret department exclusively for himself, designating an independent area for the association and lowering its presence.

Each member of the association will have a new identity within the K organization, which allows them to freely enter and exit any K organization's base without fear of exposure as long as they don't interact with the US government.

Furthermore, the association no longer needs to worry about being wanted by the US police. On the contrary, they can even obtain intelligence from the police and deploy armed forces to attack enemies.

The use of mass destruction weapons requires prior notification to the US military, but if necessary, they can act first and report later.

If Luo Bing lived in a place like Africa or the Middle East, they could simply fly a helicopter there, take down the target, and bring them back. But since Luo Bing is in China, it's a bit more difficult.

China is against the K organization and has strict airspace control regulations. The association's actions in China are heavily restricted, but it is still relatively easy to extract a few individuals.

It has been found that Luo Bing is in the coastal city of S. After kidnapping the target, they can smuggle them to Jeju Island, South Korea, and then take a plane to Namyangju.

All Velley needs to do is write an authorization order, issue the task to the relevant person in charge, and then the person in charge will bring the order to the captain of the troops. A more detailed kidnapping plan will be developed by experts.

The soldiers of the special forces have already been brainwashed and carefully selected. They are immensely loyal and will do anything. Each person carries poison and will immediately commit suicide if captured. They will never betray the organization.

After issuing the authorization order, Velley contacted the intelligence department and obtained real-time footage from all public surveillance cameras in Boston. The association knows the area where Hazawa Rengatsu and others are located. The surveillance focuses on those locations.

However, those people skillfully avoided all cameras, not giving the God of Destruction an opportunity to act.

The next step is to use direct or indirect means to force them into monitored areas and eliminate the enemy with minimal risk.

At noon, Velley received a message from the weapons department that there were new research results for the Gauss rifle project and improvement instructions needed to be issued.

Velley brought Elf and Gerute to the weapons department. As soon as they entered, they saw many firearms hanging on the steel plate walls, some of which had unique designs that couldn't be found online.

Since the start of the peace era, the arms race of the United States against other countries has never stopped. They have obtained many undisclosed technologies from elsewhere or developed them themselves, and applied these technologies to modern weapons.

The Gauss rifle project is dedicated to developing a high-impact individual combat weapon, attempting to use electromagnetic acceleration to launch metal ammunition. However, the organization has been stuck in a bottleneck for a year – the weapon's lethality is directly proportional to its weight.

In order to achieve sufficient bullet velocity, the electromagnetic force and length of the acceleration track must be increased, resulting in a rifle weight that is unbearable for ordinary people. If you reduce the weight, the lethality will sharply decrease. The weapons department can only seek a balance between lethality and weight or find a technological breakthrough.

Velley smiled in his heart. These problems that trouble humanity are no problem for Horror Novel Web. As long as you pay enough points, you can buy any black technology.

Part of the technology sold on the novel website is black technology that humans have never encountered before, while another part is well-known technologies, such as nuclear technology.

The existence of these technologies has always been controversial in the author community – where did Horror Novel Web get so many advanced technologies? Were nuclear weapons invented by humans or obtained from the novel website? If they were obtained, why did nuclear weapons appear a year earlier than computers? Has the novel website influenced human development?

Many authors have speculated that the history of the novel website may be much longer than people imagine, but humans have no knowledge of this terrifying existence lurking on Earth.

Speculating about this is useless. The black technology of the novel website is difficult to obtain, and the astronomical prices make authors hesitate.

Since life is already difficult, they can only treat those technologies as collectibles. Authors with insufficient levels don't even have the privilege to browse the goods.

Can the Gauss rifle deal with Xu Fang? Velley searched through Eric Reboss's memories and quickly shook his head.

This technology is not mature enough. Even the weapons themselves are only half-finished. Even if he buys the complete Gauss rifle technology within the novel website, it will take time to mass-produce. It's too slow.Ordinary firearms pose no threat to demons.

In order to effectively kill demons, apart from nuclear weapons and missiles, the currently considered weapons are depleted uranium rounds and tungsten alloy armor-piercing rounds. Demons can easily be torn apart by these anti-tank weapons.

However, if we were to use these weapons, we would face several challenges: it is difficult to hit the target, and the range is much shorter than the demons' attack distance. To completely kill the demons, we would need to employ a strategy of overwhelming force, surrounding them and conducting area coverage strikes.

The organization lacks the resources to mobilize so many weapons and manpower, unless he applies to the U.S. military.

But mobilizing the military requires authorization from Congress, which is both troublesome and likely to raise suspicion from the government. For now, Velley does not want to seek help from the military.

Do we really need the power of the God of Destruction?

"Commander, these are the blueprints for the thirty-second batch of Gauss rifles. The finished products are inside the box. You can try them out at the shooting range."

The weapons department's technical advisor saluted Velley, then handed over the blueprints. As for Emily and Gertrude, who were following behind Velley, he couldn't see them.

Velley took the blueprints. "Test the average bullet velocity, barrel temperature, and energy loss rate for me. Save the data as a reference for the next batch of finished products."

Although Velley didn't have high hopes for the Gauss rifle, he still wanted to see its actual power.

"Yes, sir."

The electromagnetic acceleration of the Gauss rifle determined that its barrel was unusually long. In order to make it easier to carry, the firearm needed to be disassembled and packed in the box for use in the future.

The advisor opened the mechanical lock on the box with a key and slowly opened it.

Wait!

Something doesn't seem right.

The surrounding space seems to be penetrated by black threads. From the perspective of the God of Destruction, it seems that everyone is about to be swallowed by darkness. And in the center of the abyss is that strange box.

Velley's face suddenly changed and he shouted, "Don't touch that box!!"

But he was still too late. In a violent chemical reaction, heat and gas instantly erupted from the box, and the expanding gas surpassed the speed of sound, rapidly spreading deadly fragments in all directions.

An explosion occurred.

Alarms rang throughout the base.

Several nearby guards rushed to the scene of the explosion in a panic, only to see Velley and the technical advisor sitting on the ground.

A faint smell of sulfur permeated the air, the room was a bit messy, and there were many fragments on the floor. Apart from that, there was nothing that matched the aftermath of an explosion.

"Commander, what happened? Are you alright?" The guard recognized Velley's identity and asked cautiously.

"I'm fine. Disable the alarm and inform everyone else to continue working as usual."

After the guard left, Velley looked at the advisor, who hadn't recovered from the explosion yet.

"What happened? Why did it explode?"

"Sir, I... I don't know. Maybe the box was switched on the way. I will investigate this matter seriously!"

"I hope you find out the truth. Otherwise, I'll demote you to a test subject."

"Yes!"

The advisor left the scene with cold sweat.

...

Looking at the remnants on the ground, Velley fell into silence.

At the moment of the explosion, he had wiped out the heat, gas, and shock wave caused by the detonation of the explosives. If his reaction had been a little slower, the advisor and the two association members behind him would have been blown to death.

Gertrude was still in a state of shock, almost dropping her notebook. Miss Elf, on the other hand, remained calm. She trusted the president, and as long as she was by his side, she had no reason to fear any dangerous situation.

"Lord Velley!"

At this moment, Kana and Josiah rushed over, relieved to see that the president was unharmed.

Jerut explained what had happened to the others.

"Who the hell did this? Don't tell me it's just a coincidence!" Anri exclaimed angrily.

"It's not possible. This was a precise assassination attempt," Josiah said calmly.Velley picked up a piece of explosive debris and handed it to the elf. "Emily, please help me divine the origins of this explosive."

"Yes."

The divination quickly yielded results.

This explosive had been in Boston and was transported from the K Organization's dedicated line all the way to Niyue. Due to the large number of people who had come into contact with it, Emily couldn't ascertain who exactly had made the explosives.

"It must be Xu Fang," Josiah suddenly said. "Only he could do something like this."

Kana was puzzled. "The K Organization has strict control over external items. How could these explosives have passed through security? Did Xu Fang personally deliver them?"

"Impossible. At most, he could have delivered the explosives within a five kilometer radius. Any closer and the Controllers would have detected it, and these distances require passing through two security checks," Jerut refuted. "Moreover, how would Xu Fang know that we were here?"

"Could it have been a mortal? Could Xu Fang have bribed someone within the K Organization?"

Everyone was caught in a fog of confusion.

This incident was strongly connected to Xu Fang.

If it was him, it could only mean one extremely dire thing: he already knew the Association's location and plans.

...

"Master, I noticed that you hadn't spoken earlier. I suppose you already have the answer in your heart, don't you?"

After everyone dispersed, the elf followed Velley back to the headquarters. Only the two of them remained in the room.

Velley sat in front of the display, staring at the real-time surveillance from Boston. "There are three possibilities. One, there is a traitor within the Association. Two, Xu Fang is manipulating things."

"What about the third possibility?"

"It could very well be both of the first two."

"That's just terrible," Emily sighed.

"I checked the website earlier, and as you said, the bomb did indeed come from Boston and passed through multiple security checks. All the security officers thoroughly inspected the bomb and deemed it safe. Xu Fang couldn't have bribed everyone on the security team. There are too many of them, he couldn't have done it."

"Then how did he do it?"

"The power of existence," Velley smiled cryptically. "This bomb has an extremely low power of existence. It's completely invisible to ordinary people, just like how we were in transparent mode before."

"But that's a power unique to the God of Destruction," Emily widened her eyes.

"Who knows?" Velley chuckled. "He's a formidable opponent, and I even sense a bit of fear. But more than that, I feel admiration and excitement."

...

On the other side.

Kana, Josiah, Jerut, Anli, Molan, and Nagi, the six Association members, gathered in a room.

"Molan, can you stop playing games? We have important matters to discuss," Josiah said.

Molan seemed to ignore Josiah's words and continued to play with her phone.

Anli snatched the girl's phone away.

"Is it that scam card collection game again? What's so fun about it?" Anli held the phone high above her head.

"Give it back to me..." Molan anxiously reached for her phone, but being only 1.5 meters tall, she couldn't reach it.

"Hmph, since you like playing games so much, I'll destroy all your characters today!" Anli smirked, about to delete Molan's cards.

Molan suddenly let out a hysterical scream and crouched on the ground, clutching her head tightly.

"Anli, you've gone too far," Kana pushed Anli away, took back the phone angrily, and comforted Molan. "Don't cry, don't cry, I've got your phone back..."

"Is she your daughter? Why do you take care of her like this?" Anli scoffed.

"I simply can't stand seeing you bully a girl," Kana coldly stared at the purple-haired man. "Molan has contributed a lot to the Association, and playing games is her only emotional outlet. What right do you have to deprive her of her interests?"

"How disappointing," Anli pouted and returned to his seat.

The others understood Anli's character well, and knowing Kana and Anli didn't get along was nothing out of the ordinary.Once Kana calmed down Molan, Josiah finally spoke up:

"We should be aware of the crisis. I know the president the best, and I think the president has begun to suspect someone or even some of us."

Upon hearing Josiah's words, some were surprised, some were shocked, and some expressed indifference.

"Are you saying the president suspects there's a traitor among us?" Nagi asked.

"Isn't that obvious?" Anri sneered, "Look at how unlucky the association has been lately. New recruits leaving, offending outsiders, and the God Descending Plan being leaked by some damn woman!"

"Can we not talk about this? It was my mistake, and I'm willing to take the punishment. Do I have to die to satisfy you?" Kana said.

"I don't care. I am loyal to the association. If the president is suspicious, it would be towards you first," Anri said nonchalantly.

Jirute looked worriedly at Josiah, "Mr. Josiah, is there really a traitor among us?"

"I would rather there wasn't one among us," Josiah said in a low voice.

"If there isn't one, we'll create one," Anri said frivolously, looking at Molan, "Confess to the president that you're a traitor, Molan, and I'll give you a million in-game credits."

"Really?"

"Fake, don't listen to his nonsense!" Kana glared at Anri angrily and then gently touched Molan's head, "Just focus on working for the association. If you want to slack off or play, there's no need to get involved in adult matters."

Molan raised his thumb, "Kana understands me."

"Indeed, the traitor is probably you, Kana!" Anri pointed at Kana and shouted, "You're actually inciting association members to neglect their duties. You're harming the interests of the association. What are your true intentions?"

"Mr. Anri, please calm down."

Josiah sighed and said, "I believe everyone is loyal. We now need to prove our innocence to the president. So for a period of time, all external communications will be transparent. Please destroy your phones and use the organization's internal communication devices. This way, whether we are online or making calls, we will be under surveillance, and solo outings are prohibited..."

"Wait, are you saying I won't have any privacy?" Anri frowned and asked.

"Yes, but everyone is in the same boat, so you don't need to worry..."

"Does that mean you'll all watch when I flirt with my wives?"

"That's necessary too."

"No, I won't go along with it!"

"Let's vote on it."

Although Anri was reluctant, he agreed during the voting. In the end, Josiah's proposal passed unanimously.

"Betrayal" is a sensitive word.

Someone had betrayed the association and joined the "All-Seeing Eye" faction. Although the president ultimately killed the traitor, the abilities of the president were still known to the "All-Seeing Eye".

The association cannot tolerate betrayal.

Everyone understands the power of the president, so no one wants to be misunderstood by the president. Even if there were really a traitor, others wouldn't think about punishing them. Instead, they would immediately distance themselves from the traitor. This is the way to protect the survival of the association.