Chapter 126: Bad Kid and Stormfront
Queen Maeve possessed a body that was also invulnerable to blades and bullets, along with terrifying strength. Aside from being unable to fly or shoot heat-vision, she was essentially a weaker version of Homelander. She was also one of the few members of The Seven who hadn't just gone with the flow. In that moment, she was the first to sense the secret behind Homelander's sudden change.
Kaito Shirogane sized her up, calculating the probability of killing her. He quickly abandoned the thought. Fighting Queen Maeve here, in Vought Tower, was pointless. He couldn't kill her fast enough before reinforcements arrived. And the rewards for killing a plot character like her weren't high enough.
Kaito shrugged, not answering her question. "Who knows. Maybe Homelander just suddenly found himself. You know, he's always been the strongest hero. He was just missing a little... affection... when he was growing up."
Maeve was taken aback. This Asian man was terrifying. His understanding of Homelander was unnervingly accurate.
She was about to speak again, but Kaito had already walked past her, his footsteps silent, his speed incredible. Maeve instantly spun around, her own speed also terrifyingly fast, and grabbed his shoulder.
Kaito sighed. His right hand shot out from his waist, his index finger pointed at her.
VMMMM!
Blue-white spirit particles frantically condensed. The next moment, the air seemed to explode.
BOOM!
Queen Maeve clasped her hands together in front of her to block. The terrifying explosion still sent her flying several meters into a wall. Her hands were trembling; the force of the blow had momentarily sent her body out of her own control.
"Don't force me to hunt you too early, Queenie~"
Kaito glanced up at a security camera, then turned and left. A short time later, a large number of armed security personnel arrived on the floor. By then, Kaito had already reached the ground floor, where Black Noir was waiting.
"Let's go. It's time for me to reap my harvest."
Kaito flexed his muscles. In this world, he had done many things, all with the singular goal of seizing the [Card] without any external interference. Now that his objective was within reach, it was time to reveal his true nature and have a pleasant little slaughter with [Bad Kid] and [Kalpa].
Black Noir had already found several of [Kalpa]'s possible hiding spots. Kaito was just about to set out when he got a call on his earpiece from [Heartless].
"I'm under attack! Robinson Avenue! The enemy is [Bad Kid]!"
"He's got that Stormfront woman with him! Be careful!"
The sharp warning was followed by the sound of a car exploding.
Kaito's expression was unreadable. "We're heading to Robinson Avenue. Now."
Black Noir slammed his foot on the gas. Kaito had been wondering which faction [Bad Kid] had joined. He knew from [Heartless] that it wasn't just him who had been spreading intel about Hughie. [Heartless] himself, from inside Vought, had been setting traps for The Boys. But in the end, only Butcher and Mother's Milk had escaped; there had been no sign of a Reincarnator.
The three Reincarnators who had come to hunt [Heartless] were no fools. None of them had chosen The Boys faction. Kaito himself had joined the B45 Gang. Kalpa, based on his attempt to assassinate him and Bobby, had likely joined either a major gang or a government military unit. Only [Bad Kid] had remained a wild card, with no information on his whereabouts.
But now, Kaito finally knew what he had done, and which side he had joined. A smile spread across his face.
"To actually choose that hundred-year-old Nazi hag… ha…"
[Stormfront] was an extremely powerful Supe, one of the very first generation. It was worth noting that Vought's predecessor company had been established by [Frederick Vought], a Nazi scientist who had been in charge of creating a Supe army for Hitler. After Hitler's defeat, he had brought his Compound V technology to America and had eventually founded Vought.
Stormfront was a notorious Nazi from the World War II era. Because of her powerful abilities, her aging process was much slower than a normal person's. She still maintained the appearance of a young woman.
BOOM!
The black SUV rolled twice before exploding under a barrage of purple lightning.
[Heartless] struggled to remain calm. After his confrontation with Kaito, he had realized that his Clear-Clear Fruit was indeed useful, but only if he could control his own vital signs. Otherwise, against a true master, he would still be discovered.
Stormfront descended from the sky. She could manipulate the wind to achieve short-term flight. The silver-haired boy, [Bad Kid], approached the burning vehicle from the other side. He hadn't received a system notification, which meant the Reincarnator inside wasn't dead.
"That guy's invisibility… it's the type that likely makes his clothes invisible too. But in other words…"
He suddenly spun around, and a golden Gatling gun materialized in his hands. He was no taller than 160cm, and his frame was not muscular, but he held the heavy machine gun steady as he pulled the trigger.
BRRRRRRRRT…
The minigun began to wildly spray bullets in all directions. The insane act sent the entire street into a panic. People screamed and scrambled for cover. [Bad Kid] knew that his opponent's ability wasn't like the original Translucent's. Therefore, if he could just hit him, the severed chunks of flesh or clothing, once separated from his body, would become visible again.
Stormfront, though she didn't understand his reasoning, was smiling. She admired the boy's madness, his complete disregard for order. It was one of the main reasons she had acknowledged him.
In another car down the street, another Reincarnator was sitting, smoking, and sighing. He knew that Bad Kid had started to go crazy again. And once he started, today's events would not end peacefully.
Sure enough, after spraying the ground for a few dozen seconds and not getting the result he wanted, [Bad Kid] suddenly aimed the Gatling gun up and began to fire wildly at the storefronts, the cars, and even the people who were peeking out to see what was happening. In an instant, the street was filled with terrified screams. The entire block had become a living hell.
Police sirens began to wail. This didn't deter [Bad Kid] in the slightest. He leaped onto the roof of a car and continued to spray the approaching police cruisers, which exploded into fireballs.
"HAHAHAHA! I've always wanted to do this!" he cackled with delight. Only he knew how many times, in the real world, he had wanted to pull out a machine gun and do this to the stupid mortals around him.
A milestone notification popped up in front of him.
[Milestone progress updated. You have completed the Milestone: Slaughterer (Rare).]
[Slaughterer: When equipped, your attacks against all primate-type creatures will trigger a Fear effect. Targets with a Spirit below 10 will be dominated by intense fear and will receive additional damage.]
[Bad Kid] didn't even react. He didn't equip the milestone. He didn't kill for milestones. He killed because he wanted to.
[Heartless] lay on the edge of a planter by the side of the road, gritting his teeth. But he couldn't stop his heart from pounding. He had seen an old woman get her head blown off, her body collapsing into the baby carriage she had been pushing, which was now also riddled with holes. The screams from the fast-food restaurant were still echoing.
He didn't understand. Why did Reincarnators have to do this? What did you get from killing these helpless people? A few insignificant Dimensional Points? A special milestone? Were those things really that important? Were these people really from the same world as him?!
[Heartless]'s pupils were constricted. He propped up his sniper rifle with one hand and slowly aimed it at [Bad Kid]. The face of a woman appeared in his mind, the codename [Providence]. She had once told him, "Heartless, life has value. Those Reincarnators who cannot appreciate the value of life will never understand the true strength of humanity."
He shook his head, muttering to himself. "I'm sorry, Providence. You said I understood the value of life. But against a guy like this… I have no other choice…"
He resolutely pulled the trigger. Call it stupid, call it naive, but he just had to do it. Just like the day he had resolutely jumped into the sea to pull the dying Providence back onto their miserable [9527] ship. No matter how much dignity you lost… people always want to live. These innocent people who were dying... they wanted to live, too.
BANG!
The sniper rifle fired.
[Bad Kid]'s body suddenly twisted in a bizarre way. The bullet grazed his hair and slammed into the giant Seven advertisement behind him. He spun around, and his eyes seemed to flash with a crimson light.
"Ha! Found you!"
He took a step, and his body shot forward like an arrow, practically flying along the ground as he charged the position where the shot had come from.
SLICE!
A blade of light flashed. Even though [Heartless] had immediately abandoned his position after firing, [Bad Kid]'s speed was unbelievable. The moment the bullet had hit the sign, a blade had already sliced open his back, leaving a deep, bloody gash.
Fortunately, the wound wasn't deep. [Heartless] gritted his teeth and kept moving.
Stormfront was now floating in the air. She pressed her hands down, and a powerful hurricane instantly appeared, picking [Heartless] up and slamming him through a shop window.
He was now missing a hand, and his face was cut open. He was a wreck. He saw [Bad Kid] and Stormfront closing in on him and knew he couldn't escape. He was even considering suicide, just to deny them the Crimson Drop Card.
But at that moment, a golden ray of light shot through the air.
Stormfront had just turned when the beam of light slammed into her chest, and she exploded.
BOOM!
She was sent crashing to the ground, vomiting blood. [Bad Kid] turned and saw a man in a pink robe, now standing a hundred meters away. The golden light at his fingertip was just beginning to fade.
"Mercenary Tao…"
"So that's how it is. This guy was your bait all along." [Bad Kid] looked at Kaito, tilted his head, and a cruel smile spread across his own face.
"Excellent."
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