Chapter 495: Hunter, Prey
"The more chaotic a place is, the more one understands the essence of survival. If you want to survive, the most important thing is not morality, rule of law, human rights, or etiquette, but... power."
A man wearing a loose white T-shirt spoke with assurance on the second floor of a luxurious wooden house with quite a Southeast Asian style.
This wooden house adopted a stilted design, raised quite a bit above the ground. The second floor was already equivalent to the height of the third floor of other buildings. Looking out, one could already see the tops of the woods outside, like a lush green sea.
Dozens of rifles and submachine guns were aimed at the other party at this time. The soldiers' fingers were on the triggers. As long as the general gave the order, they would turn this handsome, tall, and peculiar man before them into a sieve.
But Soe Win, who had dark skin and wasn't considered tall, hesitated to wave his hand. He looked gloomily at this foreigner who suddenly appeared in his mansion.
From that appearance, one could tell at a glance that the other party was an Eastern Xia person.
Soe Win didn't like Eastern Xia people, but at this moment, he felt an inexplicable sense of terror. Just looking at the man standing by the window, he felt as if his body were entangled by the most venomous snake.
Kaito Shirogane turned his head. Seeing this general not speaking, he frowned. I clearly suppressed the amplitude of the killing intent fluctuation; the other party shouldn't be unable to even speak.
He walked up to the silent Soe Win and leaned down, his head less than a meter away from the other party's.
"You don't agree with my words?"
Soe Win felt a bone-chilling aura instantly appear in front of him. He subconsciously waved his right hand. In the next moment, a hail of bullets erupted instantly.
Bang bang bang bang...
Gunfire almost submerged the room. Soe Win's feet trembled twice, and he squirmed backward, preparing to retreat to a safe place first.
With so much news about [Ability Users] recently, how could he not know? Or rather, the ones who first came into contact with these Ability Users were precisely their Myanmar military. Over the past half year or so, many local armies had reported similar intelligence of "special forces" and "superhumans."
This guy appearing so abruptly before him, Soe Win knew in his heart that the other party was highly likely that kind of Ability User.
Ability Users were all very dangerous. He didn't agree with Goryeo's approach, nor had he ever seen any Ability User who said they wanted to protect this country. Ability Users were a group of dangerous thugs.
Crack!
A hand reached out from the smoke and grabbed Soe Win's shoulder. Soe Win felt the flesh and skin of his shoulder instantly pierced. That hand inserted into his shoulder socket like steel nails. He instantly lost his strength due to the severe pain, unable to even struggle or tremble, and was pulled up.
"Stop! Cease fire! Stop right now!"
He hurriedly shouted loudly. These personal guards of his were very loyal and immediately stopped firing.
Whoosh!
A gust of wind blew, as if someone exhaled heavily, but indeed a strong airflow rushed in, instantly dispersing the smoke caused by the firearms and bullets shooting in the room.
That person stood in place completely unscathed.
"I said, do you not agree with my words?"
The other party asked again. Soe Win hurriedly nodded. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the bullets had blasted the wooden building's windows along with that wall to pieces, yet the other party wasn't affected at all.
This guy was completely not on the same level as those Ability Users he had ordered the army to encircle and kill previously.
"Yes, you're right!"
Kaito got his answer, but that interest in having a good chat with the other party had completely vanished.
He only felt a bit of emotion because in this chaotic country of Myanmar, the government's president and prime minister were completely sidelined. The real power now fell entirely into the hands of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the entire army before him, and another higher-ranking Commander-in-Chief.
He thought that a guy like this who obtained power through the barrel of a gun should be somewhat "reasonable" and obediently cooperate with him after witnessing his power.
But...
Humans were ultimately still that stupid.
He pinched the other party's shoulder, lifting him up bit by bit, and then said:
"Three days from now, someone will announce that the world's first Paradise city belonging to Ability Users will be completed on the border of Myanmar and Eastern Xia. When the time comes, I hope you can be present and announce that the State of Myanmar will never obstruct anyone from entering or leaving this city."
"I..."
Soe Win subconsciously wanted to speak, but after Kaito lost his good mood, the killing intent fluctuation was already continuously circling the other party's body surface.
"Shh... Think clearly before you speak. General, sometimes, there is only one chance."
Click. The sound of a bullet being chambered again rang out. A young man with dark skin stepped forward, the silver-white firearm in his hand already pressed against Kaito's glabella.
"You dare to threaten the General?!"
Pfft!
Flesh and blood exploded like fireworks. Soe Win blinked his eyes, and his vision was already completely blood-red. The hot-blooded and loyal Bancha from just a moment ago only had the part below his waist left, falling to the ground.
The other personal guards were all startled, and then pulled the triggers dead again.
Kaito watched the bullets spinning and tearing the air flying towards him. He could now completely see this kind of speed clearly.
This time, Kaito didn't use turning into wind to spare these people's lives again.
Pitch-black Armament Haki covered his whole body.
Clang clang clang...
After the dense sound of shooting, Blazing Flames ignited. The personal guards screamed and fell to the ground, tumbling slightly, and within moments all lost their signs of life.
The Blazing Flames were even continuing to burn. The foul-smelling flesh and blood emitted a weird smell after being roasted by the Blazing Flames. Soe Win didn't vomit; he was just terrified to the point of turning pale.
Kaito slowly loosened his right hand and wiped the blood on his military uniform before saying:
"You're quite lucky. It seems Ability Users have already become a consensus here..."
Kaito passively revealed a special ability but didn't trigger the Space's Purge Mission, and Soe Win was thus able to survive.
"But this kind of luck is not common."
Thump. Soe Win slid down from the chair and prostrated on the ground.
"I understand... I understand!"
He didn't dare to resist anymore.
Kaito nodded, preparing to leave, but after thinking for a moment, added:
"Later, tell that Commander-in-Chief for me: if he doesn't agree, I will let you replace him."
Kaito then walked to the balcony, bent his figure, and with a bang, flew directly into the air. This wooden building let out cracking sounds of being unable to bear the load.
Soe Win hurriedly fled downstairs.
When Kaito returned to the [Paradise], that Reincarnator [Mai] who possessed the teleportation superpower was already waiting here.
After knowing that the master here was Mercenary Tao, he didn't completely flee this country as he previously said. On the contrary, after doing two things for Mercenary Tao, he stayed.
Now, looking even more like a pawn, he followed beside Kaito.
"Lord Mercenary Tao, you can just let me do this kind of small matter."
He rubbed his hands, seeming to want to show off a bit.
But before he could continue to "flatter," a woman wearing black-framed glasses stepped out of a car. Those eyes gave him an uncomfortable feeling.
"Sir, Miss Li has already prepared what you wanted."
Kaito nodded. He could be considered to be enjoying some benefits of establishing a faction. For some small matters, he didn't have to repeatedly enter and exit the Space anymore.
Naturally, there were Reincarnators who could help solve them.
Just like finding someone to buy a new set of [Directional Anchor] and [Log Pose] to lock onto White Mask; Kim Wol-an had already sent someone to get this done for him.
Walking into this rather magnificently decorated golden manor, Kim Wol-an whispered a reminder.
"Black Butler said that the Type-Moon world is somewhat special. There is intelligence suggesting that Reincarnators entering that world through abnormal means will suffer some bad treatment. Sir, do you want to temporarily suspend this plan..."
She spoke rather tactfully, but actually, Black Butler's exact words were that the Type-Moon world was very dangerous for Reincarnators entering abnormally. In the past, there had been many cases where pursuing someone into the Type-Moon world ultimately resulted in both parties perishing.
The [Counter Force] of that world was very active, constantly intervening in the world's process. At the same time, many unpredictable timelines existed.
As a Derivative World, it was probably one of the most volatile and with the greatest fluctuation in difficulty.
Black Butler, Kim Wol-an, and Li Qingzi actually all didn't want Kaito to enter that world to pursue White Mask.
But Kaito merely hooked up the corner of his mouth, a mocking smile.
"Precisely because it's like this, that guy would let you track her so easily~"
Kim Wol-an's pupils shrank, but Kaito smiled even more mockingly.
In the Infinite Dimensional Space, White Mask sat on a high throne in her personal space. Her personal space was decorated like an ancient palace.
"Hahaha, that guy Jin Ruohai is so funny, actually thinking he hid it from me..."
"And those few idiots, tsk tsk, not smart at all."
Her eyes lost focus, as if looking at that cunning Mercenary Tao in her memory.
"If it were you, you should know that was a flaw I deliberately exposed. How about it? Dare to pursue me, Mercenary Tao..."
"Heh~"
(End of Chapter)
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