Chapter 496 – Episode 54. Daigo Succession War.
Instead of rushing into the battlefield right away, I checked the battle situation for a moment to see what was going on.
First, it seems like the guys wearing the St. Francis Girls’ Academy security uniform are the Minamoto-affiliated PMC that supports the Toyotaka faction, which is the guys I was originally trying to deal with…
Those wearing the latest combat suits were all women, judging by their body lines. Looking at his movements, he didn’t seem to be used to this kind of full-scale slaughter, but his identity was guessed as he was firing mithril bullets, which was like throwing money into the air, in a combat suit equipped with a bulletproof function.
Above all, I became convinced of her identity when I saw a woman wearing a combat suit who appeared to be a captain holding a jitte in one hand and a submachine gun in the other. Among the combatants I know, the only one who uses a jitte as a weapon is Nakanoin Rina, the head of the discipline committee.
Perhaps because of the sudden kidnapping, Taira was unable to properly mobilize its troops, so it seems that Taira Kanna sent a combat unit from the Discipline Committee… No matter how emergency it is, is it right to send a high school girl with a gun?
First, we roughly know what the battle suit is, so looking at the rest… No matter how much I looked, I couldn’t tell the identity of the group, who were all dressed differently and had equipment that wasn’t uniform.
Ah! If you look closely, one person looks familiar… It was a one-eyed man with mohawk hair and a black eyepatch, and I felt like I had seen him somewhere before.
“Kyahahaha! Die!”
A one-eyed mohawk man even made his voice heard as if he knew I was worried about his identity. When I heard the voice, I remembered exactly who it was. He was an executive from Jin’s group who fought with me during the cherry blossom attack at the Human Resources Development Center. At that time, it was my first time fighting against a guy modified with cyberware, so I remember having a hard time. I felt like I could win much easier now.
Lastly, to sum up the situation, it was a three-way war in which three forces came together to fight, including the Toyotaka faction, Minamoto’s guards, the disciplinary committee of St. Francis Girls’ Academy, and the Jinil Party whose reason for appearing was unknown.
It was a pretty messy situation, but what I was going to do was simple. Except for the Discipline Committee, everyone just needs to give up.
“Let me explain the situation…” .”
I contacted Rena Sakagami and Akina Konoe, who were following me, informed them of the current three-way battle, and then jumped into the middle of the battlefield.
Boom!
Momentary silence. Everyone seemed surprised when a large man wearing a black armor-like combat suit suddenly appeared in the center.
“B-Black Knight?”
The security guard from the PMC, who is the most knowledgeable in information, recognizes my identity. Of course, there is a guy who doesn’t pay attention to my appearance and shoots, so the armor that deflects the bullets rings.
The first thing I do is, without saying a word, I lunge at the guy who is shooting at me from close range and deliver a middle kick. He was a guy who appeared to be a Jin gang combat agent. He saw my kick and raised his gun to try to block it. But it was meaningless.
Kwaduk!
With one kick, the metal gun splits in two and my shin shatters my ribs. Agent Jinildang flew into the air from the shock as if he had been in a car accident and then fell to the ground. As he trembled and then stopped moving, it seemed like he had died from broken ribs piercing his major organs.
The next thing to attack was the barrier the guards had erected with long shields. Each shield had bulletproof glass and gun holes, so they could fire without any interference and block the enemy’s fire. However, from the opponent’s point of view, it was a pretty cruel tactic that only hit them without getting hit.
I must destroy such shameful tactics. I used shadow control and the abyss to create a shadow blade on my hand blade and swing it. At that moment, the shadow of the hand stretched and began to cut through the shield wall.
“Now! Concentrate fire!”
While I was cutting the shield, everyone in Jinildang was shooting at me. No matter how much they had been fighting each other up until now, they seemed to know that if they couldn’t stop me from controlling the guards now, they would be annihilated.
I stretched out my opposite hand and created a mental barrier, blocking the bullets raining down on me in the air. My highest stat, Will, was the main stat that determines the power of telekinesis, and since I trained telekinesis and shadow control Shinkaiyatsude whenever I had time, my skill level was also quite high.
So, I was able to use a technique similar to that of an unknown telekinetic ability that I had struggled with before. I continued to cut the shield wall and at the same time, I counterattacked by deflecting the bullets I had placed in the air. Unfortunately, the precision was a little poor, the trees in the forest blocked the bullet’s path, and Jinildang’s fighters hid behind the trees scattered in the forest, so they were unable to kill a few people. Only two people who stopped in surprise at my telekinesis were struck by the reflected bullets and fell to the ground.
The Discipline Committee must have realized that I was not an enemy, so they fired their guns to avoid me. The guards, who had lost their shields, and the Jinil party, who were shocked and cowered, were now in a state of low morale.
“Die!”
A one-eyed mohawk throwing a grenade at me. I used telekinesis to place a grenade in the air. And as I was about to return the grenade again like before, the guy smiled evilly.
“I knew that!”
As I was concentrating my mind with telekinesis, the one-eyed Mohican’s hand suddenly dropped, and I could see her lens-like muzzle of hers. In the meantime, a laser beam was shot at me.
Kwaang!
It was a fatal blow from the Mohican One-eyed, but this armor was smelted and made by the Daughter of the Abyss herself. In a battle situation, the abyss was blazing like a flame, so she could not penetrate it with only a cyborg-powered laser beam.
While trying to return it with telekinesis, he was hit by a beam of light and the grenade fell to the floor. Looking at the grenade, it looked like he had thrown the grenade at me without removing the safety pin. I planned a surprise attack when I was trying to return the grenade, but unfortunately it didn’t work due to its weak power.
“I’ll throw it properly this time.”
As he did so, a safety pin was pulled out of the air. The grenade flies like a cannonball due to telekinesis. The grenade that fell in the middle of Jinildang exploded, and at the same time, I was attacked by Mohican One-Eyed. It felt like shrapnel from an exploded grenade hit my armor, but I didn’t care because I trusted my armor.
“If you saved my life before, you shouldn’t show up.”
“What are you talking about?!”
He told me the story of how he fought with me during the cherry blossom attack and then ran away dead, but of course I didn’t understand. At that time, he was an employee of the Human Resources Development Center wearing a suit, and now he is wearing the Black Knight’s armor, so it was natural that he could not be recognized.
Shinkaiyatsude (深海八手) Kuroyama Mota (Black Mountain High)
I hit the Mohican-one-eyed solar plexus with my shoulder. An incredible crunching sound was heard and the metal body of the one-eyed Mohican felt like it was being crushed. I swung my foot, aiming for the Mohawk One-Eyed’s neck, which was bouncing off after being hit by my heuksango.
Shinkaiyatsude (深海八手) Furekatana Zanshuashi (触刀斬首脚: Beheading Sword)
As the herbivorous name Chokdo Decapitation Gak suggests, my legs, wrapped around the blade of the abyss, become the tentacles of the abyss and separate the body of the one-eyed Mohican.
“Kaa!!”
A one-eyed mohawk that survives and screams as if it is on life support despite its head being blown off. I lifted my foot and stepped on it, crushing its face. Furthermore, I somehow managed to escape alive during the cherry blossom attack, but it seems I was destined to die in the end.
Jinildang, who had suffered considerable loss due to the grenade explosion, left them alone and this time rushed towards the guards. In fact, since I was running to find the kidnapped Erika Oofuchi, my priority was to stop these guys rather than the real gang. I felt that if the cyborg Mohawk One-eyed was left alone, there would be significant damage to the Discipline Committee, so I attacked Jinildang first.
There was no one behind the shield wall I had already destroyed. Everyone’s morale was low, so they were hiding behind the shrine’s walls or trees and firing passively. I expanded my senses as much as possible to feel where Erika Oofuchi was.
It was surprisingly close. I felt a presence in the shrine building right in front, and it seemed like there was a woman and two men.
“Adam!!”
“Fire!”
As I walked straight to the shrine building, the guards who had been passively responding started shooting at me. These guys are pretty brave after seeing me use telekinesis, right?
In order to save Erika Oofuchi as quickly as possible, I did not use telekinesis, but used shadow control to pierce the feet of the guys who were aiming at me. This is enough to block fire focused on me and at the same time cause me to lose combat power for a while.
And in the meantime, if the Discipline Committee attacks the guys who are whining in pain, I can block the guards without having to use much force. When I glanced behind me, I saw Nakanoin Rina, who was holding a gigantic gun, and was swinging her small gun, denting the heads of her enemies.
Jitte is a non-lethal weapon, but the 1.5 meter long Jitte, like the one used by Nakanoin Rina, became an excellent lethal mace that cracked her head just by swinging it. Rina Nakano’s strength in swinging that thing with one hand was also amazing.
After watching Nakanoin Rina’s gourd show, I was able to arrive at the shrine I was aiming for. I jumped open the door and went inside.
“Da, don’t come closer! Do you want to see this bitch die?”
“Why did the Black Knight come here? Is it money by any chance? “We’ll give you multiple times the money, so how about joining our side?”
Kosuke Ishidera was threatening me with a pistol pointed at Erika Oofuchi, and a man who appeared to be from Minamoto was trying to placate me with money.
“Money? “Isn’t that interesting?”
For Oofuchi Erika’s safety, I said a line that sounded like I was tempted by money. I felt relieved as if my acting skills were working. Ishidera Kosuke’s hand holding the pistol relaxed slightly, and the man from Minamoto could be seen smiling slightly.
However, because they were relieved by my words, they did not notice that their shadows were getting longer and darker.
“The money I agreed to receive…”
When I paused for a moment, they focused more on my mouth. Of course, you can’t directly see the mouth because you’re wearing armor and a helmet.
“It’s your neck.”
Kosuke Ishidera’s shadow rises like a blade and drops his hand holding his pistol. To get information from the Minamoto guy, a shadow skewer is pierced through the ankle.
“Kaaaaa!”
“Ugh!!”
Ignoring Kosuke Ishidera, whose wrist was bleeding, he snatched Erika Oofuchi and hugged her.
“Da, you?!”
Before I knew it, Rena Sakagami had used her ninja skills to enter her shrine, so I handed over Erika Oofuchi to Rena Sakagami. Now I have to finish her outside work… Huh?
Suddenly rumbling! There is a sound and the ground begins to shake. An earthquake is happening right now? What’s going on?
