Chapter 1205 (1/2)

The Great Yomotsuikusa, which was covered in the blood of its others and its own blood, bared its fangs and roared before charging towards its new prey with its piercing, bloodshot eyes glea

Its Yo without even having the tienerative abilities to kick in, but it didn't care about that

“It's just a e to kill There's nothing left that rese ten ht-attribute attacks si him

The Great Yonored the sht for Hiroto

It didn't even feel hunger; it had a powerful instinct that desired combat instead This instinct had told it that it would be less to avoid the attacks

The Great Yomotsuikusa had no scales or skin, but it possessed an arenerative properties Even if the surface muscles were injured a little, they would return to normal within seconds

However, the weak spells that should have been repelled by the Great Yoh its armor of muscle fibers

It let out a groan of pain as its h as if they were , but the dah to cause it to lose its balance and turound

And then countless sharp round that it fell onto, easily piercing the Great Yomotsuikusa's flesh

“It seeans, so I'm sorry, but I've filled your entire body with holes I'll pray that you don't have a sense of pain,” Hiroto told the Great Yo pile of mincemeat, as he undid his ability

“Unrivalled as always, aren't you?” said the 'Avalon' Rikudou Hijiri,

“It's just difficult to use,” Hiroto said, referring to his own ability

In addition to his affinity for all seven attributes, Amemiya Hiroto also possessed seven special abilities Chant Revocation and Multi-Cast were the easier-to-use abilities anore Defense ability that he had just used on the Great Yomotsuikusa was difficult to use

It was a siainst Hiroto's attacks, but because it was si step would cause disaster

For exanore Defense, no et tried to use as a shi+eld, the bullets would pierce through and find their oing, piercing the people and buildings behind the target, until they came to a stop naturally

If he were to use it along with a spell like Exploding Flae that could only be described as a catastrophe Everything within the explosion's radius, whether it be reinforced concrete or the ground itself, would fall apart like Styrofoam

If he was careless in using this, Hiroto himself wouldn't escape unscathed, either

It wasn't as convenient as attacks in video ganored only the enemy's defense

And since it only ignored defense, this ability had the weakness of not functioning if the enemy fired an offensive spell back as their defense

“Don't be so e everyone,” said Hijiri

'Braver' was Hiroto's codena used after the foundation of the Bravers organization A wrinkle appeared between Hiroto's brows, though not because his companion had used his codename

“Avenge, huh…”

“Hiroto, don't tell me you still think we should capture them! Those bastards killed Tendou!”

When his head was cut off by Ghost, Tendou had transferred all of the inforh the Angel telepathy ability during the few seconds he had before his death His death greatly shocked all of them

And then that shock had turned into frustration and anger inside many of the reincarnated individuals The same had happened when the 'Noah' Mao was killed, but they had realized that the Eighth Guidance were not 'victiroup

Even Hijiri said that

“Hiroto, I think we can't, and shouldn't, hold back against thehth Guidance not as a group of religious terrorists, but as ideological ones Pluto and her companions won't even hesitate to blow the us No, it's like they're ai at us because they want to blow the them”

What Naruhth Guidance until yesterday were calculated, ideological cri the lives of seriously ill individuals, they had continued carrying out their criht up in theets

There were even fans that worshi+pped Pluto as a Goddess

However, after attacking Mao, the Eighth Guidance's actions had been reckless It could only be assu themselves

It could be interpreted as the desperate because their base's location had been discovered and they had been betrayed by Murakaroup, but…

“I can only ihth Guidance who killed Tendou-kun didn't care that he would die afterwards, as long as he succeeded in killing Tendou-kun If we show them any weakness, they'll take us doith them Think of it like that,” Narumi said

“Alright I'll treat them as any other terrorists from now on,” Hiroto said

“That's right, Hiroto It's just as Narui's voice through the Angel network “You guys keep going and head for Pluto ahead of us We'll catch up with you after we secure Baba Yaga, who's apparently just ahead of us”

“You guys shouldn't let your guard down, either,” Hiroto said

The reason Hiroto's expression was constantly clouded was because the 'Oracle' Endou Kouya had said that this plan would “cause the least nu our enemies and our allies”

However, both the enemy and Hiroto's own allies had suffered so many casualties that he found this impossible to believe now

Was the Oracle wrong? Or did Kouya lie to me? Is that possible? If it is, then why?

“Ah, the biggest Yomotsuikusa has been killed,” said En people's names and faces the moment they died

“Then I suppose it's tial as she stood up, as if Ennal

With her stolen renades and assault rifle she was equipped with and the cloth covering her mouth, she looked like an ordinary fehth Guidance's other members

“I'll do my best to take as many as them with me as I can, but don't expect too much,” she said

“Isn't this the part where you're supposed to put on a strong front and say you'll slaughter them all?”

“Are you trying to pressure al said with a bitter smile, and then she left the room

There were only a few Yo around between her and Aroup; there weren't many obstacles in her way

In a few al, kill her within perhaps a minute at most, and then enter this room

“Well then, I' on you, Enma,” said Pluto

“I'm kind of reluctant about this,” Enma said

He stood up, curled his bony fingers into a fist and approached Pluto

“I'll say this beforehand I'm sorry, okay?” Pluto said

“Even if it's part of the plan, that's not what someone who's about to be punched is supposed to say, Pluto”

Mina the rusty railway tracks, were now several dozenAt that s were filled with red flames

“It's Baba Yaga!”

“Leave it to athered to form spheres in her hands

Aa was the only one whose abilities were clearly known

She had as known as an 'igniting' ability; she caused spontaneous human coaniccorpses, from distances of up to a hundred meters away

Baba Yaga had used that ability to fulfil her role as the Eighth Guidance's only combat personnel

That hy Asagi's group had thought that they would be able to deal with her as long as they knehere she was hiding

“There she is!”

“I'll stop her movements!”

In fact, Asagi's group had noticed Baba Yaga's hiding spot iravity h so that the passageway didn't collapse

“shi+t! They brought Ifrit here?!” Baba Yaga cursed

Having decided that it was ihed several tih her special ability had been sealed off, she had no choice but to leave her hiding spot

However, she had been trying to juravity caused her to siround, so her body suit was pierced by the bullets of the waiting Asagi and his companions

Baba Yaga gasped as she rolled on top of the railway tracks, covered in blood Asagi and his companions went to shower her in even more bullets

“Wait! Alright, I surrender! I surrender, so don't shoot!” she shouted before the bullets ca blood from her mouth

“What?!”

Asagi's group had changed their view of the Eighth Guidance froical criminals to fanatics, so they were discoa to surrender

“W-what do we do?”

“What do we do… we have no choice but to take her captive,” Asagi spat

The Bravers were an organization recognized by other international organizations, and in the present day, the flow of infores

It was difficult to i, but with that said, they couldn't sinore her words and finish her off

It was possible that hidden ca an independent decision to execute a criminal who has surrendered” would leak onto the internet

And excuses could be made if it were other terrorists in question, and the public would eventually agree However, the terrorists in question were those of the Eighth Guidance

No matter how badly each nation's press secretary and mass media portrayed them, the only ones they actually wanted to kill were those in organizations conducting research into the death attribute, so their victims were limited

In addition, there were numerous people in every nation, both the rich and the poor, who insisted that their lives had been saved by the Eighth Guidance's leader, Pluto

And the Bravers had their enemies as well There were plenty of influential people anted to make use of the Bravers' abilities, but would be troubled if they were to go too far

Even Asagi, as poorly informed when it came to political matters, knew that it would be troublesoroups of people were to join forces

“Iwao, undo your titan She'll bleed to death at this rate,” Asagi said

“B-but…”

“I'll use Mage Masher to capture her Everyone else, back ht with you, Hiroto?”

“Thanks But be careful,” said Hiroto's voice

Activating the Mage Masher ability that nullified all attributes, Asagi approached Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga gave a sh as she looked up at him She was drenched in her own red blood that had poured out of her body Her head was undaed, but her limbs and torso had been hit by the bullets

It looked like there wasn't even a ten percent chance of saving her, even if she were to be brought to a hospital with top-of-the-line equipht this moment

But Asagi first checked whether Baba Yaga was concealing any weapons, not showing her any sympathy

“What is this… you pervert…” she groaned

“I' a bomb, after all”

Once Asagi confir first aid He ic Ite a ic

But it was all ineffective; it was as fruitless as trying to pour water into a bucket with a hole in the bottom

“Asagi-kun, should I head over there?” asked Naruic

“Should I take her soic?” asked the voice of another Braver through Angel, as proficient in space-attribute ic

Asagi shook his head “I'll secure this one Narumi, you support Hiroto and the others, and the backup teas There uy who killed Tendou”

“Knife guy? Ah, youand let out a dull scream at the intense pain she felt

“Stay quiet; I'i said, but it was obvious that he had deliberately caused her pain to shut her up “Akaki, you guys go on ahead and roup There are no , so I'll be fine on my own”

“Whether at the front or the back, I think acting on your own is dangerous, but… we have no choice, huh,” Akaki said

“Leave uy? If there's ht?”

Akaki sighed as she walked away, but the 'titan' Iwao tried to stay behind

“I'e Masher erases death-attribute ic as well Relax”

“Alright I'm not sure whether I'm supposed to be an optied and left

Once he was sure that his coi consciously created a wall between hiel

Tsuchiya wasn't the only one who had received training to prevent thoughts that she didn't want to share froel network

“Oi, I have a question,” he said to Baba Yaga

“… What is it?”

Surprisingly, it seei did find it a little suspicious, but he asked her the question that had been on histime

“How can you guys do so like this?”

“Huh? That's because those important researchers messed around with our bodies and used the Mana from the Undead to –”

“No, not that I understand why you hate us But still, how can you go so far as to sacrifice your coht as if you intended to sacrifice yourselves fro?!”

Baba Yaga looked up into Asagi's eyes and saw that they were filled with great bewilderer at his unfathomable enemy

“I know that you guys helped sick and injured people all over the place! And until now, you've only killed us, death-attribute researchers and those involved with theuards as well, didn't you? They were guys who begged for their lives, saying that their fiancés were pregnant, and guys with photographs of their families in lockets around their necks!”

“… You've investigated pretty thoroughly, haven't you? They were just hired guards, so it's fine if we spared theet swept away by my emotions or not Or would it have been better if I'd killed thea said

“That's not why I's like this, when you clearly have ei shouted, spit flying from his mouth

Baba Yaga could see his lips tre

“Don't h when my body's full of holes,” she said “It's because we have es like this If we didn't have euys we hateback to hell, would we?”

“That's what I'i's irritation had grown to the point that it looked as if he were on the verge of ending this conversation

Baba Yaga asked him a question in turn “Could it be that you're the type who thinks that good things will definitely happen as long as you keep on living?”

“Are you trying to say that that's wrong?” Asagi said

“No, it isn't wrong Even we've had countless good things happen to us after we escaped from the laboratory”

Asagi fell into silence at this unexpected answer

Baba Yaga smiled at his pale face as she continued “The bread I had for breakfast was delicious; the wind felt nice; the alcohol we had after one of our jobs was good; and Pluto turned into a drunkard after a singleo, I finally beat En to Hitoht; I laughed hard at the comics that I picked up at one of the research facilities we attacked; the onigiri that we had in the end contained my favorite, salood things that happened”

All of thes Almost too small to be called memories However, there was no s

“So then –” Asagi began

“So then, we should have hidden quietly and lived in peace without becoe? Is that what you want to say? But you knoe have no future ahead of us If we'd tried to live long lives, relying on the s for us would have been pain and despair that would erase everything else I mean, after we escaped from the research laboratory on our own, the whole world started looking for us with crazed, bloodshot eyes, didn't they?”

Asagi was startled For the first tia's eyes

She and the other hth Guidance all possessed death-attribute Mana The death-attribute Mana that the entire world desired right now

Magic Itee volu frorowth treatments, omnipotent medicines that could cure previously untreatable diseases, countless death-attribute items of all kinds

Now, these couldn't be created, nor could they be repaired

And the politicians, high officials and multi-billionaires who realized that hu the dream of immortality were desperate to acquire death-attribute Mana

Baba Yaga and her co to live their lives in peace under these circumstances would have been impossible

Origin had science as advanced as Earth's, as well as being a world where using ic was completely ordinary It would be ihth Guidance, who could only use death-attribute ic, to live norister which attributes they had an affinity for

Even if they were to live in fear, hiding in a place like this underground subway that was beneath a ruin that nobody knew about, the people of the world would have likely tracked them down and extorted the Mana out of them

In pursuit of the maximum amount of happiness for the maximum number of people

“W-we… or at least Auys! And there was no need to kill Aran and Izu his eyes froa's

Baba Yaga laughed, afrom her mouth “You people tried to save us? You people who killed the 'Undead' who saved us? You people, who fooled us into thinking that you'd protect us and then sold us to another research laboratory, save us?! Thanks for the laugh during my finalanyone by that –” Baba choked and coughed “… It seems that I can't really speak anye Masher” With a s rasped the hand of the discoi

“You, could it be?!” Asagi realized that her body was too hot; he forcibly set his discoe Masher “You're planning to blow yourself up, aren't you! But your death-attribute ic is –”