Akira stood in front of the Zenin clan's gate, his face cold as he looked Naobito and the other members of the Hei in their eyes.
The atmosphere was heavy and tense, wiht Naobito and the others looking at Akira with fake confidence, fear shooting through their bodies from his mere glance.
'I... I can't even move! It's like I am standing in front of that good-for-nothing again... But much worse!' Jinichin clenched both hands in fear and desperate refusal.
The scar on his forehead, which he gained from Toji, was throbbing in phantom pain.
Both Chojuro and Ranta were frozen in place, not even daring to move in case Akira got angry. These two are much weaker than the likes of Jinichi and Naobito, so Akira's intimidating presence directly froze them.
"Akira Shokotsu, why have you made your warm presence in front of my Zenin clan, if I may ask?" Naobito stepped forward, taking a sip of his alcohol to calm his shaking nerves, his tone respectful.
Naobito, of course, knew why Akira was here; it was because Maki and Mai were here as well, called here by Ogi. But Naobito was not a kind and good enough man to stop Ogi, so he let him do as he pleased with his daughters.
"I need to check your Cursed Tool Storage. I have some suspicion of your clan stealing the ones from Tokyo High," Akira spoke, his tone immediately letting everyone know that it was non-negotiable.
The real reason Akira wanted to see the Cursed Tool Storage is that even when using Demon Brain and X-ray vision, he cannot see through the Storgae in the back for the Zenin clan.
His vision is blocked by some weird barriers, almost akin to the barriers Tengen used to confuse him, but much weaker, of course.
He knew Maki and Mai must be in there, because he had smelled the scent of Maki right in the place he was standing, leading into the Zenin clan.
"Sure, we don't have anything to hide anyway," Naobito shrugged as he moved into the clan through the gate. The other members of the Hei followed obediently, with Akira following from the back.
In a minute, all of them reached the gate leading into the Storage room, where Maki's mother stood, her hands in front of her lap as she bowed towards Naobio and the Hei.
"Is Ogi and his daughters inside there?" Naobito asked while drinking his alcohol, his blood pressure rising rapidly as he felt Akira's piercing gaze on the back of his head.
"Yes, lord Naobito. Ogi and our daughters are inside, they have been in there for 20 minutes," Maki's mother replied with a neutral and alsmot emotionless tone, if not for the slight worry for Ogi in her voice.
"What?" Naobito, Jinichi and Chojuro all widened their eyes in surprise and immediate suspicion. If Ogi could not kill the sisters at that time, then something must have gone wrong.
Akira clicked his tongue in annoyance as he walked past everyone, walking towards the room and trying to push it open. The door didn't budge, so Akira looked at the women.
"Open this door for me, right now," Akira spoke to the woman with a cold tone, and the woman shivered as a massive and crushing pressure fell on her.
"T-The key is inside with Ogi..." The woman replied shakily, looking down at the ground as her Yukata was soaked in sweat. She dared not look the boy in front of her in the eyes.
"Tch! Useless," Akira muttered as he turned around. Akira pulled his hand back as he got into a low stance, the veins on his fist bulging and throbbing.
Naobito and the others watched as Akira got prepared to punch the gate, a mocking glint passing through their eyes. Naobtio opened his mouth to explain, causing Akira to pause.
"It's useless to attack that door; this storage gate can withstand an attack from a MOAB bomb, reinforced wiht multiple barriers and seals as well as an alloy created from the strongest and most resistant metals," Naobito explained with pride.
Akira's eyes turned sharply towards Naobito, no hint of care or any signs that his confidence wavered at his words. Instead, the air around Akira distorted, his eyes narrowing.
"Is that so... Then I guess today is the day this gate is blown open,"
[Endorphins.]
[Adrenalin.]
[Demon Brain.]
[Demon Back.]
Space around Akira shifted even stronger, causing everyone near to back up as they watched Akira pull his hand back fully, a low growl emanating from his mouth as he punched forward.
[Mach Fist!]
BOOM!!!
A massive shockwave erupted as Akira's fist collided with the gate with the force of a meteor. An intense, bright white flash erupted from the point of contact, blinding everyone.
Akira's fist dented the gate with a steel-churning force before tearing through it. The remaining force and momentum of his punch blew apart the surrounding hillsides that the storage was situated between.
The ground around dozens of meters was cracked and blown apart due to the rushing shockwaves, blowing Naobito and the others away with force.
Maki's mother was not so good; however, blown back like a paper aeroplane in a storm. She fell to the ground dozens of meters away with a sickening thud, her body mangled and broken, lifeless.
"I-Impossible..." Naobito stuttered as he backed off, his hands and every inch of his body shaking in fear and disbelief at the sight of human force he had witnessed.
This kind of force is inhuman; the only ones that should be capable of such an attack are Special Grades, and even then, only Special Grades whose techniques are focused on attack can have such strong attacks.
Akira ignored everything, finally able to see inside the storage room.
Upon entering, his eyes widened at the sight inside, anger and fury filling his senses as he felt the stench of burning flesh and blood mixing in the air, rushing towards his face, filling his nasal cavities.
A bloodthirsty presence rushed out from Akira's body, distorting the air around him as his eyes went pure red for a second. The clothes on his back distorted into the face of a demon, even through the fabric.
The sight of Maki lying on the ground, with severe burns all over her body, the ends of her beautiful green hair curled up and burned, with blood smeared across her beautiful but now scarred face.
Akira saw Mai lying on the floor, her body heat still there, seemingly only killed mere minutes ago. Her entire shoulder was cleaved down until her belly button, showing a sickening sight of organs and cut ribs.
"M-Maki..." Akira walked into the storage, stopping short of Maki's body, his eyes focusing on her burns and her blood on the floor, pooling underneath her as the stab wound on her stomach opened.
Seeing that her heart was still beating, Akira picked Maki up by the waist in one hand, making sure she was steady, before moving to her sister and picking her up as well.
From what it seems like, the other sister had died a few minutes ago.
Swoosh!
Akira vanished from the place, appearing at the exit of the Zenin clan the next second, where a female with short black hair and a long scar on her forehead was waiting with crossed arms.
Akira placed Mai and Maki down on their back in front of Kenjaku. Akira kneeled next to Maki's body and then looked up at Kenjaku, who watched wiht a knowing smile on her face.
"Please, heal Maki and her sister if you can, and I will do as you ask after," Akira said through gritted teeth. He didn't want any more contact with this woman, but he had no choice.
He had met Shoko, but he knew she couldn't heal Maki and Mai as well as Kenjaku could.
"Okay, and since you promised, you can't back out~," Kenjaku grinned as she felt a new connection to a binding vow with Akira.
"I know, just... heal them," Akira said with tightly closed eyes, looking at the ground.
"Since you asked so nicely~," Kenjaku kneeled down, placing a palm on both bodies, her tone light without any hurry.
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