"Fire!" Masahiko Minami shouted immediately.
However, he himself was constantly looking for a chance to retreat. He knew well that the research facility might be completely wiped out, but he had to survive at all costs.
Only he knew the secrets of Smart Brain and the Orphnochs. If he died, there would be no one left to check Smart Brain.
The people inside the lab quickly grabbed their weapons and opened fire on Saeko and the others.
Saeko and her companions immediately transformed into their Orphnoch forms and charged into the crowd, beginning the slaughter.
"Takuma, I'll leave these people to you. The King ordered that we leave no one alive, except for that one man," Saeko called out as she crushed a researcher with her hand, instantly noticing Minami's movements.
"Of course."
Takuma continued his killing spree, his voice filled with excitement. While he was a coward, that was only when dealing with those stronger than himself. When facing the weak, he felt no fear, only greater cruelty.
Thus, the underground Orphnoch research lab quickly turned into a sea of blood and corpses.
Meanwhile, the director, Masahiko Minami, used an emergency escape passage to reach the surface, got into a car, and attempted to drive away.
Unexpectedly, Saeko appeared right in front of the vehicle.
She single-handedly flipped the car onto the ground.
"You damn Orphnochs! You pieces of trash!"
Trapped in the driver's seat, Minami continuously shot at Saeko with his handgun.
The bullets had no effect whatsoever.
"If Master didn't need you alive, you'd already be dead," Saeko said, looking with utter disgust at Minami, who was acting like a mad dog.
She brutally grabbed Minami through the car window, ripping him out along with the attached car door. Finally, she tossed his now unconscious body onto the ground like garbage.
....
Smart Brain Headquarters.
When Masahiko Minami opened his eyes, he found himself in a dark laboratory, his body restrained and strapped to an operating table—a very familiar sight to him.
He was terrified, recalling what happened before he lost consciousness.
He had been captured by Orphnochs!
The difference was that Orphnochs were once the ones restrained on the operating table, but now it was him.
"Where is this?"
"Officer Minami, long time no see."
Murakami entered the room with Raven.
"President Murakami?" Minami's face immediately turned cold. He snapped, "Why have you brought me here? Let me go now!"
Murakami smiled faintly and replied, "You hold no value for us anymore. It is the King who wished to keep you alive this time, or else you would already be dead."
"The King?"
Minami was stunned.
Murakami stepped aside, allowing Raven to approach. He continued, "This is Mr. Raven, the King of us Orphnochs."
Hearing this, Minami's eyes widened instantly. This young man was the Orphnoch King?
"Are you perhaps curious why I brought you here?" Raven slowly walked up to Minami.
"If you're going to kill me, just do it! I've been prepared for this day. You Orphnochs will never defeat humanity!" Minami felt immense pressure closing in on him and shouted desperately.
"It won't be that simple. I want you to die as a Kaijin, not as a human."
As he spoke, Raven squeezed a small amount of blood from his finger and let it drop into the eye of Minami, whose entire body was bound.
"You… What are you going to do!" Minami cried out in panic.
"Naturally, I'm going to do to you what you once did to those victims."
Raven knew that Minami's goal in researching Orphnochs was to keep them permanently in their monster forms, unable to revert to their human appearance.
"Stop it, now—!"
This move was clearly effective against Minami. The realization that he was about to be turned into a monster caused him more agony than being instantly killed.
Soon, plumes of white smoke began to rise from Minami's body.
It quickly transformed into an Amazon amid intense steam and aura.
Unlike the Orphnochs, the conversion rate of Amazon Origins is nearly 100%.
The only uncertainty is whether the converted person can maintain their original sanity and become a high-grade Amazon. Otherwise, they are reduced to a mindless Amazon driven only by the need to feed.
Due to his strong will, Minami successfully endured the process and managed to retain some of his original consciousness after transforming from a human body into an Amazon.
"I… I've become…"
However, this only made him break down further. His body had truly become a monster!
"N-no… NOOO—!" Minami screamed in total despair! "You monsters! You devils!"
He struggled relentlessly.
"Now you are a monster, too. You have no right to stand on the side of humanity anymore," Raven said, delivering a psychological blow.
But the torment of Masahiko Minami had only just begun. Raven used his bloodline power to forcibly knock him unconscious.
He then commanded Murakami, who was standing nearby, "Send this man to the Nakano North Police Station."
"In addition, release news to the public that he is a monster who escaped from a secret National Police Agency research facility."
"I see! How thoughtful of you, My King."
Murakami immediately showed an expression of admiration.
Raven intended to use Minami as a weapon—letting the monster Minami run amok and attack the persistent police station that had been bothering them, while pinning all the blame on the National Police Agency.
"Once the chaos has escalated enough, it will be time for us to step in," Raven said, confidently observing his plan unfold.
At that time, he would use a belt produced by Smart Brain to transform into a Kamen Rider to fight and destroy Minami. This would completely eliminate a major hidden threat and simultaneously garner goodwill for Smart Brain from three angles. After all, only Minami and a few police officers at the station knew Smart Brain's secrets.
Thus, Minami was secretly transported to the Nakano North Police Station by Smart Brain personnel.
Raven and Saeko sat in a car together, waiting quietly in the distance, observing the developments.