The Hiiragi Family in Shibuya.
"Marshal, Major General Hiiragi Shinya's signal has been lost. The tracker may have been discovered by the Vampires."
Hiiragi Tenri's face darkened as he listened to his subordinate's report.
It wasn't simply because Hiiragi Shinya had been captured, but because Hiiragi Seishiro, whom he had invested time and energy into cultivating, was completely dead—they couldn't even find his body.
For the Vampires to dare strike at Hiiragi Shinya under these circumstances was a direct slap to the face of the Hiiragi Family.
At that moment, another member of the Imperial Demon Army ran in, holding a communication device.
"Marshal! The scout sent out to investigate Hiiragi Shinya's situation has sent a communication request."
Hiiragi Tenri frowned. Why was he being bothered with such a trivial matter?
"What did he say? Before Hiiragi Shinya's signal disappeared?"
The Imperial Demon Army soldier hesitated.
"He... he specifically requested to speak with you by name. I suspect the other party is a Vampire and the scout may have already been killed."
Hiiragi Tenri kept a cold face, not flying into a rage. After thinking for a moment, he commanded the soldier.
"Bring the phone over."
The soldier handed over the phone. Just as Hiiragi Tenri brought the receiver to his ear, a clear voice rang out.
"Long time no see, Marshal Hiiragi."
Hiiragi Tenri frowned. He had no memory of this voice, so how could it be 'long time no see'? He asked in a condescending tone.
"Who are you? State your name!"
"Don't you remember me? I even held you when you were a child."
Hiiragi Tenri was not swayed by such a crude provocation and gave a cold snort.
"No matter who you are, before long, the Imperial Demon Army will trample you vermin from the dark sewers!"
Laughter came through the receiver.
"Hahaha, such trash talk shouldn't come out of your mouth, Marshal. It seems you've been quite deeply eroded by that thing."
Hiiragi Tenri was slightly startled. Does this guy know something?
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing much. Please say hello to the old god for me. Goodbye."
The voice in the receiver seemed to remember something and spoke again.
"Oh, right. Hiiragi Shinya asked me to give you a message—'I, Hiiragi Shinya, am joining the Vampires as of today and will carry out a purge of the Imperial Demon Army!'"
After saying that, the other party hung up the phone.
"Bastard! I'm being led by the nose!"
Hiiragi Tenri weighed the truth of that last sentence in his mind.
He had long known that Hiiragi Shinya was dissatisfied with the Hiiragi Family, but Shinya still held onto illusions about humanity. Logically, he wouldn't defect. That sentence was most likely fabricated by the guy on the other end of the line.
But he'd rather kill the innocent than let a traitor go.
"Notify all Imperial Demon Army units: try to capture Hiiragi Shinya alive if you encounter him. If he resists, kill him on sight!"
The two soldiers present exchanged a look of confusion, but they didn't dare disobey Hiiragi Tenri's orders.
"Yes, sir!"
...Sanguinem.
Luke threw the phone to the ground, crushed it with his foot, and pinned Hiiragi Shinya against the wall with his left hand.
"Still want to fight?"
"I didn't tell you to give that message!"
Hiiragi Shinya's face was pressed against the wall, his ears and teeth already showing Vampire characteristics. Shinya tried to break free from Luke, but found that even after becoming a Vampire and having his physical strength multiplied several times over, he was still no match for Luke's monstrous strength.
"Don't think you're invincible just because you've become a Vampire. As my thrall, if I say you said something, then you said it."
Luke let go of Hiiragi Shinya. Shinya didn't take the opportunity to attack; he had already realized the gap between him and Luke.
Hiiragi Shinya moved his body; every aspect had been enhanced.
Mika leaned against the wall, watching Hiiragi Shinya coldly. Although Shinya had become a Vampire, it was involuntary. In other words, Shinya was still a dog of the Imperial Demon Army.
Sensing Mika's gaze, Hiiragi Shinya gave a helpless sigh.
"Don't look at me like that. I'm no longer part of the Imperial Demon Army. I'm afraid no one in the army will show me mercy anymore, except for my comrades."
Hiiragi Shinya shifted the topic and grabbed Luke's shoulder.
"I've become a Vampire now. It's time you told me about Guren, isn't it?"
Luke gave a mischievous grin and joked.
"Guren likes your fiancée~"
Hiiragi Shinya didn't care if Luke was joking. He felt that he had discarded his humanity, yet Luke hadn't told him what he wanted to know. For a moment, he forgot about just being pinned to the wall by Luke.
"Are you playing me?! byakkomaru!"
"Idiot, you've turned into a Vampire, how could you... Whoa! It actually came out?!"
byakkomaru appeared before Hiiragi Shinya as usual, and Shinya immediately fired a shot.
Luke easily dodged the attack, then closed in and pinned Hiiragi Shinya's right hand.
cursed power flowed from Hiiragi Shinya's body into Luke's.
Luke frowned and looked at Hiiragi Shinya's face. Shinya's expression was fierce, and nothing seemed wrong except for his ears... animal ears?!
Luke had a suspicion. Ignoring the spread of the cursed power, he asked.
"Truly peculiar. You're the demon, aren't you? The demon inside byakkomaru. Because Hiiragi Shinya became a Vampire, it was easy for you to take over his body. Did the manifestation type turn into a possession type? Interesting."
"Hiiragi Shinya" gave a low growl, Demonic Aura erupting from his body.
"I won't let you hurt Shinya!"
This all happened in a flash. Mika saw Hiiragi Shinya attack Luke again and initially didn't care, but when he felt the dense Demonic Aura on Shinya, he frowned and prepared to draw his sword to help Luke.
"Don't interfere, Mika. I can handle this small matter."
The corners of Luke's mouth curled up as he said with some excitement.
"Vampire power plus demon power, hahaha. Two conflicting forces combined—I want to see how much of a beating you can take!"
With that, Luke first slammed "Hiiragi Shinya's" head into the ground with a shoulder throw, then temporarily backed off.
"Hiiragi Shinya" shook his throbbing head, stood up as if nothing happened, and fired a shot without even aiming.
Luke dodged to the side and closed in on "Hiiragi Shinya," but this played right into "Hiiragi Shinya's" hands.
When Luke approached again, the demon markings on Shinya suddenly vanished, and he collapsed to the ground like a puppet that had lost its support.
Luke didn't quite understand the situation, but he felt something rapidly approaching from behind.
Mika also shouted at that moment.
"Watch your back!"
Luke turned around and saw a two-meter-long white tiger pouncing on him, inches away!
Luke instantly realized—it was the bullet he had just dodged! byakkomaru had detached from Hiiragi Shinya after being dodged, manifested on the bullet, and then turned to pounce on him.
An ordinary person wouldn't have been able to react, but Luke wasn't that easy to ambush.
Luke jumped back, putting distance between himself and byakkomaru, but the tiger didn't stop. Luke gave another light leap, and byakkomaru missed again.
Away from the cursed gear, its existence couldn't last long. It could only return to its host and seize control of Hiiragi Shinya's body once more.
When "Hiiragi Shinya" opened his eyes again, he found that Luke was already sitting on top of him.
"I'm going to test your pressure resistance!"
With that, his fists rained down on Hiiragi Shinya's chest like a meteor shower. Bones shattered and healed, shattered and healed. byakkomaru had no way to fight back.
"Aren't you going to get lost yet? Do you think you're doing Shinya any favors by possessing him?"
"Hiiragi Shinya" endured the pain and gave Luke a vicious look before returning to the host.
The demon markings on Hiiragi Shinya faded, but he showed no signs of waking up.
Luke stood up, rubbing his chin, and muttered to himself.
"Truly strange. How can a Vampire use cursed gear and have no cursed power in their body afterward? No Demonic Aura residue either... Is the only side effect falling into a coma after being possessed?"
Mika walked over, looked at Hiiragi Shinya on the ground with blood still trickling from the corner of his mouth and his sunken chest not yet fully recovered, and couldn't help but say.
"Could it be that you knocked him out?"
Luke looked at Mika in surprise, then back at Hiiragi Shinya.
"Impossible!"
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