"Don't you think your request is a bit excessive, Your Excellency!"
Tendo Kikunojo said with a livid face upon hearing Zhong Chen's demand.
"Excessive? Is it more excessive than what you've done to those children?"
"Children?"
Saint Tenko, seated at the head, felt very puzzled, and Zhong Chen glanced at this mascot, then spoke indifferently:
"Don't you want to promote the protection bill for the Cursed Children? Do you know why there's been no progress until now?"
Upon hearing Zhong Chen's words, Saint Tenko couldn't help but ask:
"Why?"
Zhong Chen stared intently at Tendo Kikunojo and said mockingly:
"Of course, it's because this old geezer has been sabotaging it from behind!"
"What! Impossible, Lord Tendo has always supported my ideas, how could he possibly..."
Zhong Chen interrupted Saint Tenko directly without waiting for her to finish:
"Nothing is impossible! This old geezer's wife died in the war against the Gastrea."
"So he has always hated the Cursed Children. Support you? He's just using you as a mascot!"
"Hiruko Kagetane's assessment of you truly isn't an exaggeration!"
Saint Tenko looked at Tendo Kikunojo with an expression of disbelief, and asked in a shocked tone:
"Is what he said true, Lord Tendo!"
"Your Highness Saint Tenko, how can you believe an invader of unknown origin!"
"This old man has always held you in high esteem, how could I possibly do such a thing!"
Tendo Kikunojo clarified with a serious expression.
"Damn it! How dare you slander Lord Tendo, you scoundrel!"
Zhong Chen looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a man in a lieutenant's military uniform and glasses glaring at him with fury.
"Oh! I truly forgot about a piece of trash like you! My apologies!"
"But you can't blame me, can you! After all, there's too much trash, how could I possibly remember every single one!"
The man who spoke was named Takuto Yasuwaki, the captain of Saint Tenko's guard.
In the original story, he was an arrogant man who constantly advocated for aggressive attacks on the Gastrea.
If one looks at it that way, it seems he was truly acting for humanity, but this person's individual ability was quite incompetent.
The most crucial and most damnable thing was that this guy found pleasure in shooting and killing Cursed Children.
"Even one more word with trash like you is disgusting!"
"Die!"
After speaking, Zhong Chen snapped his fingers at Takuto Yasuwaki, who was instantly hit by a violent impact and sent flying backward.
"Bang!"
"Ugh... Pfft!"
Takuto Yasuwaki, having suffered a violent impact, involuntarily spat out a mouthful of blood and lay on the ground, lifeless.
"This... he really killed someone!"
"Guards! Guards!"
"Quickly find the Civil Security! The guards can't handle him anymore!"
Zhong Chen looked at the various high-ranking officials in chaos and said disdainfully:
"So you're afraid of death too! Then when you targeted those children, did you ever consider that you might receive the same treatment!"
"You..."
Kazumitsu Tendo, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, stood up, pointing at Zhong Chen, too enraged to speak.
Zhong Chen ignored Kazumitsu Tendo, his gaze merely growing colder as he slowly said:
"Alright, I'm too lazy to waste more words with you all!"
"Tendo Kikunojo!"
"Prepare to die!"
With that, Zhong Chen instantly vanished from his spot, and when he reappeared before everyone, he had already dragged Tendo Kikunojo to the ground.
"Quickly release Lord Tendo!"
"Let's discuss this, please show mercy, Your Excellency!"
Looking at Tendo Kikunojo being dragged on the ground by Zhong Chen, Saint Tenko quickly pleaded for him.
However, Zhong Chen had no interest in engaging with them; at this moment, he only wanted to thoroughly torment this mastermind behind everything.
Zhong Chen raised his foot and directly stepped on Tendo Kikunojo's head, speaking in a cold tone:
"How does it feel to be trampled underfoot! Those children are often trampled like this!"
"Ah ah ah ah! Damn you, let this old man go! What are you all doing, quickly save this old man!"
"Guards, open fire!"
"Da da da da da!"
Unfortunately, all the bullets hit the golden shield on Zhong Chen's body.
"Still useless! Haven't the Civil Security arrived yet? Where are those damned Cursed Children! Quickly call them over!"
"Ah ah ah!!!"
Zhong Chen forcefully ground his foot on the head beneath him, and Tendo Kikunojo let out cries of agony.
"Can't take this already, it's not over yet!"
"Snap!"
Zhong Chen lightly snapped his fingers, and Tendo Kikunojo's eyes immediately burst.
"Ah ah ah ah! Please, kill this old man, please kill me!"
Looking at Tendo Kikunojo struggling and begging for death under his foot, Zhong Chen said indifferently:
"I told you, it's not over yet! All the harm those children suffered, you will endure it all, bit by bit!"
With that, Zhong Chen lightly waved his hand, and a rifle from a guard's hand flew into Zhong Chen's grasp.
Zhong Chen fired four shots at Tendo Kikunojo's limbs.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
"Ah ah ah!...Please...please..."
Zhong Chen moved his foot, revealing Tendo Kikunojo's bloodied and trampled head, then aimed the muzzle at his head and said:
"Please? Please for what!"
"Bang!"
As Zhong Chen pulled the trigger, this biggest mastermind died so easily before everyone's eyes.
"Ah ah ah!"
Saint Tenko let out a terrified shriek as she watched Tendo Kikunojo's head explode.
"Wah ah!!!"
"You bastard actually killed Grandpa!"
"This... he won't kill us too, will he!"
"I don't want to die!"
"I know I was wrong, I won't target the Cursed Children anymore!"
Looking at the slain Tendo Kikunojo, some of the people present couldn't help but vomit, some were enraged, but most of them were terrified.
Zhong Chen looked at the chaotic scene, his voice growing increasingly maniacal as he said:
"I won't kill you now, I want you to witness with your own eyes how I destroy everything you hold dear!"
"Hahahahaha! Everyone in the entire Tokyo Area must atone for the crimes they have committed!"
"Not a single one will live, no, not just the Tokyo Area, everyone in the entire world who deserves to die must die!"
"Hehehehe!"
Watching Zhong Chen transform into a major villain and begin to cackle, the people present screamed in terror:
"Lunatic! This guy is a lunatic!"
"How can there be such a terrifying person!"
"Aren't you afraid of going to hell after you die?"
Upon hearing this, Zhong Chen stopped his wild laughter, lowered his head to look at the official who spoke, his eyes fixed on him as he said:
"None of you have gone to hell yet, so how could I possibly go to hell before you do!"
"Besides, even if I went to hell, Satan would respectfully send me back!"
"Also, since you've said so, then you go first!"
With that, Zhong Chen pointed at the official, and a golden light shot out from his finger, instantly piercing through the official's chest.
"Thud!"
Zhong Chen looked at the corpse on the ground, his finger sweeping across each of the people present, a sudden smile appearing on his face as he spoke:
"So... who's next?"