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"Come on, keep coming!"
With a wicked grin, Kaito shouted at the black-suited subordinates who had frozen in place.
"U-Um, do you want money? Or drugs? I'll give you anything, just please spare me!"
The gang leader looked just as terrified as he stared at the gigantic cannon in front of Kaito.
"Foolish! If I kill you, all of this will be mine too!"
"Sayonara! (Goodbye!)"
The moment he finished speaking, Kaito pressed the firing button without hesitation.
The muzzle rapidly began charging, and in less than three seconds, it was fully powered.
A massive blue beam instantly erupted from the cannon.
"Whoooosh..."
Everyone and everything in the beam's path was reduced to ashes.
The gang leader, who had been the primary target, was vaporized on the spot.
"Wow, I think I overdid it!"
Kaito stared at the several-thousand-meter-long passage carved through the city, the air still carrying the smell of burning, his face filled with embarrassment.
"Did I accidentally hurt innocent people...?"
Hearing Kaito's quiet mutter, Leone hurriedly explained:
"Kaito-sama, you don't need to worry. Everything within several kilometers of this place belongs to gangs or officials working together with them."
"Ordinary people aren't even qualified to live here."
Hearing that, Kaito finally let out a sigh of relief.
Even if he wasn't exactly a good person, he still wouldn't casually kill innocent people.
After all, no matter how bad a shut-in was, they couldn't that bad.
"Alright, let's go. Esdeath's army will arrive at the Imperial Capital tomorrow, so this game should be ending soon."
"Yes, Kaito-sama!" *2
Kaito walked out without looking back while the two quickly followed behind him.
Not long after the three left, the entire Imperial Capital Security Force stared at the several-thousand-meter-long destruction path in horror.
"Out of the way! I need to report an urgent matter to Prime Minister Honest personally!"
The newly appointed captain of the Imperial Capital Security Force shoved aside the Imperial Guards blocking his path and rushed straight toward the palace.
Once the guards heard him mention Prime Minister Honest and checked his identification, they reluctantly allowed him through.
Prime Minister Honest, who had been resting, was abruptly awakened by the commotion outside.
Clearly annoyed at having his sleep disturbed, he sternly questioned the maid who had just entered the room.
"What's going on out there?"
"It's the new captain of the Security Force. He says he has an urgent matter to report to Master."
The maid immediately knelt and respectfully answered.
"An urgent matter? Let him in."
"Yes!"
The maid quickly left after receiving the order.
Soon, the door opened once more.
The captain of the Security Force followed the maid into the room.
"Chaka, what happened?"
Hearing the slight displeasure in Honest's voice, Chaka immediately dropped to one knee and loudly reported:
"Prime Minister Honest, a several-thousand-meter-long passage suddenly appeared within the city!"
"Based on our investigation, it appears to have been caused by some kind of weapon, but we haven't found any clues at the scene."
Honest, who had initially been irritated from being woken up, became slightly more alert after hearing the report.
"Several thousand meters?"
"Yes."
After receiving confirmation, Honest fell silent in thought.
Could this have been caused by a Teigu?
Anyone capable of creating destruction on this scale with a Teigu definitely wouldn't be easy to deal with.
Fortunately, Esdeath would return tomorrow.
A monster like that was best handled by another monster.
Thinking of this, Honest relaxed slightly before calmly speaking again.
"I understand. I'll send someone to deal with this matter."
"As for the rest of you, continue searching for those Night Raid rats hiding in the shadows."
"Yes!"
Captain Chaka respectfully lowered his head in acknowledgment.
Seeing that the other man understood his intentions, Honest expressionlessly waved his hand.
Chaka immediately understood and quickly stood up, bowed once more, then followed the maid out of the room.
Staring at the now-closed door, Honest muttered darkly:
"A monster, huh...?"
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Bang!
"Monster!"
"Sheele, be careful! That thing can still go berserk!"
Mine nervously shouted as she looked at the giant dog that had suddenly transformed.
Even though its owner, Seryu, had already lost both arms, Mine never expected her Teigu to still be capable of berserking further.
The instant Mine finished speaking, the transformed Koro let out a deafening roar.
The sound made both Mine and Sheele instinctively cover their ears.
And in that brief moment of distraction, Koro lunged forward and grabbed Mine.
"Damn it!"
Mine stared in horror at the giant claw tightly gripping her.
"Sheele...!"
Seeing this, Sheele cried out anxiously:
"Mine!!!"
Meanwhile, Seryu, despite already losing both arms, hysterically screamed:
"Excellent, Koro! Crush her!"
As Koro tightened its grip, Mine let out a painful scream.
But at that moment, Sheele suddenly appeared beside them.
Slash!
With a single strike, Koro's arm was severed, and Mine was rescued.
"Sheele..."
Mine looked at her gratefully after being saved.
"That's great... I made it in time!"
Seeing Mine unharmed, Sheele smiled happily.
Unfortunately, she failed to notice Seryu standing nearby with her mouth already opened wide and aimed directly at Sheele's chest.
Bang!
The gunshot echoed in both their ears.
Yet neither of them felt any pain.
When they looked up, they saw a towering figure standing behind Sheele.
"The greatest taboo on the battlefield is carelessness."
"When we get back, both of your training regimens will be doubled."
"Big Brother Katakuri!" *2
Mine and Sheele both cried out in pleasant surprise.
Katakuri knelt on one knee.
His left hand held the bullet firmly between his fingers, while his right hand pressed down on Koro's head hard enough to completely immobilize it.
"Who are you?! Why are you stopping me from carrying out justice?!"
Seryu glared unwillingly at the rescued Sheele, her expression twisted with madness.
"Justice? I hate people who keep talking about justice the most."
Sengoku, Akainu, and the others: You'd better be talking about the enemy! (▼__▼#)
After speaking, Katakuri's right hand transformed into sticky mochi and instantly engulfed Koro's entire body.
Then he shifted his gaze toward Seryu, narrowing his eyes slightly.
An indescribably terrifying pressure crashed down onto her.
Directly struck by Katakuri's Conqueror's Haki, Seryu immediately rolled her eyes back and collapsed unconscious onto the ground.
"Wow! Big Brother Katakuri is amazing!"
Mine looked at the enemy who had nearly killed them so effortlessly defeated and shouted in admiration.
"Mhm, mhm! Big Brother Katakuri really is amazing."
Now that the danger had passed, Sheele immediately returned to her usual innocent and airheaded self, nodding repeatedly in agreement.
"Hmph. You two couldn't even handle an opponent this weak."
"You're dragging down the overall standards of the Covert Ops Unit."
"Go back and train properly."
Unfortunately, the stoic man remained completely unmoved by their praise and continued lecturing them mercilessly.
"Waaah! Big Brother Katakuri is way too strict..."