Chapter 1258: The Death of Yaze Atsushi
Keystone Gate, Top Floor, Corporate Director's Office.
"Father, combat activity has been detected on the 40th underground floor of Keystone Gate."
Yaze Ikuma adjusted the surveillance channel on the television.
"This is the footage transmitted by the security camera before it was destroyed."
On the screen, after receiving communication, Gensou Kyouka was preparing to depart when unexpectedly, Eiji abruptly appeared in the room.
The two confronted each other for a while.
Suddenly, Eiji summoned the Mermaid Enchantress, and the released water flooded most of the room.
The footage ended there.
Crack!
Yaze Atsushi accidentally crushed the cane in his hand.
His expression turned extremely grim.
"A familiar... and that familiar is...!"
An intense sense of absurdity surged within him.
What kind of joke is this?
Why is this happening?
No one ever told me that Narcissus is the Fourth True Ancestor!
"Father, the response from Room C has disappeared."
Shortly after, Yaze Ikuma reported again.
Yaze Atsushi slumped weakly onto the sofa.
Room C is gone?
Has Gensou Kyouka been defeated?
Doesn't that mean the Holy Annihilation has been taken?
Moreover, the lifeline of Itogami Island—the five supercomputers—are now in the enemy's hands.
"Father, what should we do next?"
Yaze Ikuma asked expressionlessly and methodically.
What to do?
What should we do next?
For a moment, Yaze Atsushi was thrown into disarray, unsure of what to say.
The Holy Annihilation was the final trump card!
Yet even that trump card failed to stop them and was even taken by the enemy!
In the end, why is Narcissus the Fourth True Ancestor?
If he were just an ordinary possessor of charm, he wouldn't be this difficult to deal with!
What kind of joke is the heavens playing, making someone like Narcissus the Fourth True Ancestor!
Once someone who can freely dominate others' minds possesses such immense power, doesn't that mean they can do as they please?
Why didn't I obtain that power?
"...A-Anyway, go find Natsuki Minamiya first!"
Yaze Atsushi gritted his teeth, racking his brains for a way to break the deadlock.
"There should still be feelings between him and Natsuki Minamiya. As long as we use Natsuki Minamiya as a mediator or capture her as a hostage—"
"Father, with all due respect, no one on the island can capture Natsuki Minamiya. Moreover, Natsuki Minamiya submitted a leave request early yesterday morning, saying she was going on a trip. Have you forgotten?"
"Shut up! How could I possibly forget!"
Yaze Atsushi felt a wave of embarrassment and roared at Yaze Ikuma.
Early yesterday morning, before the corporation learned that Narcissus had left Itogami Island, Natsuki Minamiya submitted a leave request and left the island without waiting for approval.
Thinking back now, she must have foreseen this moment and deliberately extricated herself from the trouble!
"In that case, there's still Motoki! Bring Kojou Akatsuki or Asagi Aiba here—no, capture them directly!"
"Asagi Aiba is in Room C and should have been rescued by now. Kojou Akatsuki is on the main island, beyond our reach. Only Motoki is at home..."
"Have him come here immediately!"
"..."
Yaze Ikuma fell silent for a moment.
"How far must you go in looking down on your family?"
His face showed undisguised annoyance.
"What did you say! Kimma, even you dare to oppose me now!Upon hearing this, Yase Akihiro turned his head lightning-fast, his eyes glaring at him like a lion's.
At this very moment, he felt his rule over Itogami Island was precarious and could least tolerate anyone contradicting him.
Yet Shise Kima remained unmoved.
"After all, your reign is nearly over, isn't it?"
"You...!"
"Well, well, having a quarrel?Before Yase Akihiro could vent his anger.
A carefree voice abruptly sounded in the room that should have only had two people.
"What's the argument about? Spill it, let me have some fun too!"
"What?!"Yase Akira was greatly startled."
He turned toward the source of the voice and saw, on the sofa opposite, a figure he had seen countless times on camera.
Eiji sat there, legs crossed, arms casually draped over the back of the sofa, a cheerful smile on his face as if he were thoroughly enjoying himself.
"Narcissus, appearing here...!"Yase Akira's face instantly turned as ugly as liver."
Strike first!
Against this guy who could charm people's hearts, he absolutely must not give him any time to use his charm!
Without hesitation, Yase Akiharu's eyes bulged out like a fish's.
"Buzz!"
Silently, a slashing attack shot straight toward Eiji!
Without any forewarning, nor any fluctuations of magical or spiritual power, the slash seemed to appear out of thin air, catching anyone off guard!
"Smack!"
Eiji waved his hand.
With a light flick, the slash shattered as easily as glass.
"Impossible! How could you detect the Heavenly Tribe's divine power attack!"Yase Akira was stunned, his jaw dropping."
The Yase clan were descendants of Cain, naturally also descendants of the Heavenly Tribe.
And the Heavenly Tribe possessed a special ability called divine power, capable of launching attacks silently, without relying on any magic or spiritual energy, making it extremely abrupt.
"Just a bit of telekinesis, what's so hard to detect?"
Eiji, however, looked utterly bored.
He had first encountered this kind of attack on the superhuman Abraham Carter and had already figured out how to counter it.
Thinking this attack is something special is truly foolish.
"Want to see if you can detect this kind of attack?"
"Boom!"
Eiji didn't move from his seat, but his sword energy gathered and ready, swept through the entire office like a storm.
Yase Akihiro had no time to react; swept head-on by the sword energy, he was sent flying backward.
"—Sagara!"
Suddenly, pure magical energy materialized in the room, coalescing into an azure sea serpent.
The moment the sea serpent appeared, the air pressure in the room changed drastically. In just a breath, tens of thousands of pascals of atmospheric pressure sealed the entire room, creating an incredibly hard pressure wall that blocked the explosion of Eiji's sword energy.
"This familiar..."
Eiji narrowed his eyes.
"Di... Dimitri Vatler!"Yase Akira was overjoyed at the sight of the familiar's appearance."
"He is the Fourth True Ancestor you've been trying so hard to meet! Your target! Hurry and attack, defeating him is your long-cherished wish, isn't—"
"Thwack!"
Eiji delivered a hand-chop.
Yase Akiyoshi froze for a moment, then the world spun before his eyes.
In his vision reflected a headless figure in a kimono, before his consciousness plunged into complete darkness.
"So the claim that I could be killed anytime, anywhere... was actually true after all..."
Yase Akiyoshi's headless corpse thudded to the floor.
"My, my, Lord Akiyoshi, what a miserable way to die!"
The young man in a white suit materialized in the room, having dissipated his mist form.
Looking down at the body on the floor, he let out a laugh that sounded more like schadenfreude than pity.