Naming Technique of the Night

The Silver City Duke downed the whiskey in his hand, ”Then use my true name to kill me, let me take all the secrets to my grave... But, does the Royal Family know our birthdays? If not, they can only cause some minor troubles.”

”Let’s wait and see then,” the Drama Master said with a smile, ”We can give you the Joker if we want to, and we can destroy him likewise. We know what you want to do, but it’s just a fever dream.”

The Silver City Duke frowned.

This isn’t good. He suddenly got up and strode out, ”Prepare an airship. I’m going to find Lao San!”

He realized what the Royal Family was planning. They wanted to use all the forces ambushed within Silver City to destroy Lao San, by which they mean destroying the Joker’s body and memory.

No, the Joker’s secrets haven’t been fully unearthed. They haven’t even mastered the Breathing Technique!

Lao San can’t die!

The Drama Master slowly stood up, sneering as he walked out of the Black Knight Order headquarters, boarding his own airship to leave Silver City.

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Qing Chen didn’t return home after leaving the Black Knight Order headquarters. Instead, he sat in a convoy, letting it circle the city endlessly.

This was to memorize the layout of Silver City. And mostly because... Lao San had over seventy wives and over two hundred beautiful female slaves waiting at home.

Although Qing Chen wouldn’t blow his cover in front of them, the less he had to deal with them, the better...

He was searching through Lao San’s memories in the car, uncovering many secrets.

For example, Lao Er once slept with Lao Jiu’s wife.

For example, the Silver City Duke secretly ordered Lao San to kill the disciples of Lao Er and Lao Wu.

For example, Lao Wu once planned to kill Lao San, even wanting to kill the Silver City Duke during a disciple’s seizure. But in the end, the Silver City Duke was saved by Lao San.

Qing Chen reviewed these memories, thinking this Black Knight Order was truly chaotic.

The Silver City Duke’s methods were tough, his strategies ruthless.

Lao Er was cunning, good at resource management and could rally other Knights.

Lao San was reckless.

Lao Si was obsessed with the Superconductor World.

Lao Wu was like a hero, righteous, liked by other Knights.

Lao Liu was cowardly, but insidious.

Lao Qi...

Among these Black Knights, the main pillars were Boss, Lao Er, and Lao Wu. The others were just along for the ride.

Because the Black Knights would seize their disciples’ bodies generation after generation, each seizure was considered a tribulation, the best time to kill.

Only the Silver City Duke could consistently reach Demigod status in each generation. Lao Er even suspected that Boss held the secret potion recipe from everyone.

This, Qing Chen also found confirmed in his memories. It’s true; the Silver City Duke had his own potion recipe.

There were many such pieces of information, but Qing Chen felt they were not enough to shake the entire Black Knight Order to its core.

Only one piece of information piqued Qing Chen’s interest: Lao San knew the true names of all the Black Knights.

It wasn’t only Drama Masters and Arbiters who needed true names; Puppeteers needed them too!

On the Roosevelt Continent, everyone is made to hide their identities by the Drama Masters and Arbiters, using codes in lieu of true names whenever possible.

This made Qing Chen’s growth of a seventh thread of the Puppeteer’s pointless.

Now, Qing Chen considered this piece of information to be Lao San’s most valuable asset.

These people had known each other for hundreds of years, rising from humble beginnings. How could they not know each other’s true names?

With true names, the possibilities were endless!

But at that moment, a war robot suddenly landed, right on the hood of the vehicle Qing Chen was in.

With a loud crash, the back of the long, bulletproof vehicle was forcibly lifted off the ground!

Then came a few more loud crashes, and over ten war robots landed. Further away, a civilian airship was weaving through the Steel Forest, heading straight for Qing Chen’s convoy!

Explosions erupted continuously, as war robots relentlessly fired pulse cannons at each vehicle in the convoy.

Qing Chen had been worried earlier that these people around Lao San would notice something off. Well, now they’re all dead...

But the question was, who was trying to kill him?

Lao Er and Lao Wu had motives, as they also intended to seize Joker’s body and weaken the Silver City Duke.