Chapter 449: Old Gods
[Authority: Cleaner]
[Quality: Special]
[Description: A special identity proof granted by the Space to a certain type of special Reincarnator, possessing the privilege to purge.]
[Effect 1: Holding this authority, you will always be recognized as a Cleaner.] (Regardless of how the Reincarnator's style or strength changes, the holder will always be at the forefront of the queue when a Purge Mission is triggered, with a sequence no lower than 5.)
[Effect 2: In each mission world, you can designate a Reincarnator as a purge target. The Space will conduct a check on them; if they fail the check, a special Purge Mission will be initiated.] (The check will be based on the Reincarnator's behavior in that mission world, item usage, contact with special plot characters, etc.)
Kaito Shirogane looked at the palm of his right hand. A glowing triangular pattern had appeared there. As long as he focused his attention on it, he could see the detailed introduction of the [Cleaner Authority].
Simply put, this was an identity proof. In the future, as long as a Purge Mission was issued, even if Kaito didn't meet the conditions, he would obtain the qualification to enter the sequence.
The information Kaito previously learned from Lee Chae-rin was that the Purge Mission actually mainly required two aspects. The first was strength. Only Reincarnators possessing the strength to purge other Reincarnators would be listed as Cleaner candidates by the Space.
The second was the Reincarnator's style of action in the mission world. This was a hidden condition. Depending on the Reincarnator's attitude towards other Reincarnators, plot characters, ordinary humans, and so on in the mission world, the Space would judge the Reincarnator's style and ultimately consider them a Cleaner at the appropriate time to execute Purge Missions.
In addition, the more important effect of this authority in Kaito's view was obviously the second one. He could designate one person as a purge target in every mission world. After passing the Space's check, he could obtain a [Cleaner Scarlet Drop Card] that allowed designated extraction by killing the opponent.
Coupled with Kaito's current [Omen of the Evil God: Third Stage] Scarlet Sin effect, he could completely obtain resources quickly and efficiently.
As for the success rate of the check, because there was no suitable target yet, Kaito hadn't tested it.
"Um... Mr. Tao..."
The Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary, who was sitting in the conference room responsible for mediation, maintained a posture of being about to get up from his chair but not fully standing up.
Japanese people had always been almost harshly artificial in such small matters.
They believed that it was disrespectful to sit on a chair when speaking to a superior, but standing tall with head held high in front of this Mercenary Tao was also inappropriate.
Therefore, this cabinet official with real power acted almost obsequiously at this moment.
But the Prime Minister had no objections. This Mr. Mercenary Tao in front of them was an existence already revered as a living god by those old folks of Shintoism.
Although he didn't believe in that rhetoric, the footage of Mercenary Tao killing that giant beast capable of ignoring a nuclear explosion made him fearful.
Moreover, although he didn't come from a poor background, he was different from politicians like Abe and Koizumi who came from wealthy clans. He had his own concerns and worries about the news of the end of the world and alien technology currently circulating within the government.
Kaito, interrupted from his thoughts, raised his eyebrows, looking displeased at this group of Japanese politicians who treated him as some kind of powerful force to be contested over.
Boom!
Without warning, a wave of black-red Conqueror's Haki erupted with a crash.
The intense aura suddenly swept across thousands of meters like stormy waves. This group of politicians closest to Kaito instantly turned pale and trembled all over.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Keiya Mouri, who had just spoken to interrupt Kaito's thoughts, directly rolled his eyes back, collapsed limply to the ground, and foul-smelling urine flowed out uncontrollably.
And the various bodyguards secretly arranged in the back by this group of people, as well as the guards outside the conference room, had absolutely no time to react and were similarly submerged by the Conqueror's Haki.
Thump, thump...
In a moment's effort, only three people were left able to remain conscious in this conference room.
One was the current Japanese Prime Minister, Hideto Suga, sitting opposite Kaito, and the other was an old man sitting a certain distance behind him.
Hideto Suga's hands and feet trembled. What kind of power was this? He turned his head stiffly; there was no longer any sound around.
Kaito stood up and opened the window of the conference room. From here, a corner of Mount Fuji could be seen. This group of people moved the Prime Minister's official residence out of Tokyo, but still chose a place where they could see Mount Fuji.
"Let's be simple and straightforward, humans~"
Kaito became increasingly accustomed to calling these weak ordinary people [Humans]. He had unconsciously begun to view himself as another species.
At this moment, the gap between him and these powerless ordinary people was already several times greater than the gap between these ordinary people and the monkeys in the zoo.
"I need you to help me find the chaebol families in your country that control those black-clothed warriors. The list, the locations."
Kaito leaned against the window and gave his order.
Hideto Suga didn't look back at the Emperor's representative. The two exchanged a glance, and neither objected.
Those black-clothed warriors holding special weapons and fighting giant beasts, who even appeared in the mega-events in Tokyo and Osaka, had long been noticed by the government.
What made them uneasy was that this power was not in the hands of the government, or rather, not in their own hands.
Certain families secretly controlled that power in the dark.
Kaito's purpose in this world was to farm as many resources as possible. This was a world with a difficulty clearly lower than his rating.
Besides hunting those Reincarnators, naturally, he also had to dig out as much as possible from the plot.
In Kaito's view, the technology related to the Black Ball was the biggest extra reward in this world.
Moreover, one of the two purge targets seemed to be in Germany, with extremely far coordinates. The Multi-Faced Aliens didn't send that person directly back either. Kaito speculated that this was also related to the Multi-Faced Aliens' plan.
And inferring from the current signs, the reason why Reincarnators in this world triggered the Purge Mission was that they coveted Gantz, thus coming into contact with the Multi-Faced Aliens.
Kaito believed this was a hint from the Multi-Faced Aliens, implying that he could finally find the last purge target by tracing the Gantz technology. And there, lay the purpose of the Multi-Faced Aliens contacting him.
"We will give you an exact answer within three hours."
After Hideto Suga finished speaking, he left this conference room to arrange the relevant actions. Only after walking outside the conference room did he see that all the security and guards around had lost consciousness and fallen to the ground. He forced himself to calm down and used his mobile phone to dial the number of the Tsuchimikado clan.
He somewhat believed the words of those old folks now. This kind of guy, indeed didn't seem like a human.
"Mr. Tsuchimikado, that Lord is currently in our temporary official residence. Yes, please entertain Him well."
Kaito in the conference room heard everything clearly. He had already torn apart the conference table and some documents, preparing to use them as firewood to barbecue the giant beast meat he brought back.
Soon, flames ignited in the conference room...
"Hang in there, Hanako, brother found something good~"
In a dilapidated building full of blood, a little boy in ragged clothes, with blood and various dust on his face, had bright eyes. He leaned his sleeping sister against the bottom of a pillar that had been hollowed out with a huge hole by something.
Then he walked to the middle of the building himself. This was clearly reinforced concrete, but within a circle of red patterns on the ground, an eerie tree was shaking its red leaves, exuding an inexplicable attraction.
The little boy walked beneath the tree, knelt piously, and began to pray.
"I hope we can find mom."
"I hope Hanako can open her eyes."
"I hope... to make those bad guys... pay the price..."
The eerie tree shook constantly. Something seemed to appear under the ground. The little boy immediately went forward to grope for it.
The movement of the tree shaking became increasingly obvious. At the same time, in other parts of Tokyo, several identical eerie trees were shaking their branches.
Under every tree, quite a few people gathered. These people were all covered in rags and bloodstains, but at this moment, they all revealed satisfied smiles, as if their prayers had been answered.
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