Chapter 205
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The shogun of the Shinohara Shogunate, Shinohara Yuzuki, did not lose her momentum even in front of the Apostles.
“I don’t know what misunderstanding you have, but the Shogunate entirely cleaned up the civil war in Japan incited by the Sin of Sloth using the right-wing forces, and the Baekhwa Cult helped with post-war damage recovery. We are uniting because we share the pain of war. Is it for the Apostles, who have done nothing all this time, to try to take a free ride now?”
“You say “done nothing”? We had our own circumstances as well!”
Their own circumstances, how nice.
Assuming those circumstances didn’t just involve playing around, eating, and talking behind politicians' backs?
“Then just assist us. We will handle the countermeasures, including more accurate investigations and subjugations regarding the Apostles. Therefore, we cannot hand over the information here either.”
“What? Look here.”
“You seem to be mistaken about something. I am the shogun of the Shogunate. Just because you are an Apostle doesn’t mean you can speak to me so carelessly.”
She was right.
The Apostles were righteous world police, but they couldn’t use that authority to stand above a nation.
“Ugh.”
“If you really want to help, we will 'occasionally' pass on information, so you can take a free ride then.”
This was a compromise in its own way.
It was ridiculous for them to try to reap benefits without contributing after sitting still all this time, but it was partly because of the Sin of Wrath, and if the Apostles' reputation plummeted to the ground, there was no telling how the Sin of Wrath would react.
So even if they were to damage the Apostles' reputation, they would do so to a minimum.
Just enough so that Wrath wouldn’t act up.
And just enough so that people wouldn’t trust the Apostles as much as before.
“Well, let’s stop this. Understood. If you insist, we will step back. Still, since we came all the way here, shouldn’t we get something too?”
The handsome blond guy suddenly mediated between the Apostles and slyly made another demand of us.
He was trying to take something like that sneakily.
This bastard was a Sin. A Sin.
For a Sin, he only had cheap tricks.
I gave the handsome blond guy a dress shirt that looked like it had been worn and thrown away by a loser/nerd.
“Here.”
“This is?”
“It’s the dress shirt that the Sin bastard was wearing.”
At my words, the handsome blond guy’s face was the first to contort.
Right. That was fitting for the Sin of Wrath.
Did you think I would do as you wanted?
“Well, fine. I’ll just take this and go. But by any chance, do you have time…”
“Fuck off.”
Where the fuck does he think he is, trying to use his looks to charm his way in. Does he want to die?
In the end, the Sin of Wrath frowned deeply on his way out and disappeared.
Once the Apostles disappeared, dissatisfied, Yuzuki carefully opened her mouth.
“Is it okay for us to do this, if the Apostles turn their backs on us because of this?”
“It might not be all the Apostles, but there must be someone among the Apostles connected to the Sins.”
It was still too early to tell her everything.
At a point where the scale had grown larger than the original work, saying the wrong thing would mess up the causality again.
“What do you mean, even if the Apostles are corrupt?”
“Otherwise, there’s no way Sloth could have entered Japan so easily.”
“Ah.”
Japan experienced the disaster of Eastern Japan, and the Shinohara Family, along with other major families, took the lead in creating a magical air defense network.
In particular, they received cooperation from Cheonsan on the condition of providing it to Korea as well, and were able to spread the magical air defense network across all of Western Japan. If it had sensed a powerful demonic energy like a Sin’s, the air defense network would have naturally activated.
Of course, there was no way the air defense network could withstand the power of a Sin, but if the air defense network had been destroyed, Shinohara would have naturally found out.
But the problem was that the air defense network was perfectly fine.
And the Apostles were the ones who knew about that air defense network.
If Sloth had to invade, it was only possible with the help of that Apostle.
That Apostle must have been Wrath, who had already built up the trust of the Apostles, and Wrath would have claimed that the former prime minister approached Sloth first regarding the Sin’s invasion of Japan this time, or that the magical air defense network failed to detect the Sin.
“It’s strange to just dismiss them as corrupt. They tried to take the information earlier too. They’re trying to stop the information about the Sins from falling into our hands.”
Besides, the way he incited the other Apostles was truly disgusting.
“That makes sense.”
“Plus, do you think those old fart / boomers know the Sins well enough to beat them up like we do?”
“That’s true too.”
Now the Apostle faction had also begun to appear in earnest.
I had ignored them a bit, but the other Apostles, excluding Wrath, were perfectly fine and not bad. However, if Wrath wasn’t an idiot, he wouldn’t step forward right now.
With Sloth being so thoroughly defeated and the Baekhwa Cult of Korea and the Shogunate gaining popularity, Wrath wouldn’t be able to do anything either.
It was similar to the reason why I couldn’t catch the Sin right now just because he was among the Apostles.
Because there was no telling what kind of mess I’d end up in if I caught that bastard right now for no reason.
Variables would always exist, especially since variables were an annoying factor.
“But what about the prime minister?”
“He was stuck in Okinawa.”
“He didn’t run away?”
Or was he unable to run away?
“He couldn’t run away. Wanted posters have already spread all the way to Okinawa, so he can’t move recklessly.”
“And there’s no way Sloth would take him either.”
“That’s right.”
That was a relief. Since he brought in a Sin and acted like a national traitor, it would be right to kill him, from Yuzuki’s perspective.
It would be over if he were later found as a corpse.
“What did you do?”
“I turned him into a pincushion and used the Oni’s authority.”
Did she stab him full of swords with the Heavenly Sword and then raise the heat to melt him down?
That was a little scary. I could somehow imagine it.
“He must have turned into a skeleton in an instant.”
“I cleanly burned him in hellfire, so not even ashes remained. It’s gross, you know.”
“A fitting end for a villain.”
Indeed, villains should be roasted in hellfire. Yep.
“Tell me about it. Well, according to international law, Mutants like you and me are the bad ones.”
At some point, Yuzuki had recognized herself as a Mutant rather than a human.
So it seemed she initially thought she shouldn’t establish the Shogunate. But in the end, she listened to my words.
“It’s not a crime if we don’t get caught, and we didn’t do anything bad, right?”
“Oh, is that so? Aži Dahāka killed over a billion, and the Oni also killed tens of millions of Japanese people.”
Now that the Oni’s Core had fused with her, she considered herself to be both an Oni and Shinohara Yuzuki at the same time.
If she thought that way, there was nothing I could say about it.
But I didn’t think she needed to fall too deeply into guilt.
“Do you still consider yourself the Oni of Chaos?”
“The abilities I possess are proof. But even if I’m in hell, it wouldn’t be bad as long as I’m with you.”
“Me too.”
Because the place where my heroines are is exactly where I belong.
“You have plenty of women besides me, don’t you?”
Why would she say that? They are separate matters.
I wouldn’t give up a single one of my women. It was just that simple.
If they were in hell, I would drag them out, and if they were in heaven, I would drag them out too.
I would keep them solely by my side.
“That and this are different stories. I can’t stand it if even a single one of my women is missing. If Yuzuki is in hell, I’ll forcefully drag her out.”
“Well, thank you for that.”
Perhaps excited, Yuzuki, whose horns had sprouted again to take on her Oni form, smiled bewitchingly.
“Can you clear your schedule for today? No, you have to.”
“Why?”
“I won’t be able to stand it if you make me horny and then go off to hold another woman.”
Yuzuki unbuttoned the top of her shirt, revealing her lewd cleavage.
I couldn’t resist that.
“Alright.”
Right. Wasn’t this exactly what a comrade, a lover, and a wife were? Thinking about spending the rest of my life with my heroines made me happy.
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Around the time Yu Eunha was busy conquering Yuzuki, Ray was playing hard at the Academy.
Since the main purpose of Hanseong Academy Middle School was primarily to train reinforcement-type hunters, the students' physical training was the main class.
Ray, a student of Class A, naturally received everyone’s attention regardless of gender due to her unique appearance and abilities.
It was only natural for Ray to draw attention, with her image as a perfect white-haired beautiful girl whose future was highly anticipated because she resembled Yu Eunha, and her outstanding physical abilities.
Classes were diverse, mainly consisting of forming teams for matches, practice matches, ability tests, and so on. What Ray liked the most was hand-to-hand combat and team battles.
“Uhyo-ot!”
“Aaaagh! It’s Ray’s rampage!”
Everywhere Ray passed was devastated, and no one could stop her.
Ryu-ah, the Dwarf’s daughter who had become close to her, and Lee Heung-sun, who was teased every day for being a beggar yet constantly subjected to Ray’s “reverse pickpocketing”, had a lot on their minds.
“Her strength truly transcends imagination.”
“Tell me about it. She has a pretty face, her family is rich, her parents are pretty, she’s strong - she lacks absolutely nothing. Ah, except her personality.”
She lacked absolutely nothing.
“It’s a bit suspicious how she sometimes drools, though.”
“The look in her eyes when she drools is as if she’s looking at something delicious.”
“Come to think of it, a few boys have been confessing to her lately.”
“Strangely, Ray didn’t seem interested at all.”
The two girls had also witnessed those confession scenes together.
- Ray! Please date me with marriage in mind!
- Don’t wanna.
- Ray! My family runs a large corporation! If you date me, I’ll make you happy!
- my dad is close with Cheonsan Corporation, though.
- Ray, I’ve fallen for you! Let’s date!
- Where does a weakling bastard like you get off showing off your strength?
The guy who approached her trusting only his handsome face, the guy who approached her with wealth, and the guy who approached her with strength.
Every single one of them was chased away by Ray.
When Ray approached the two girls after finishing her workout, they immediately asked about her ideal type.
“Hmm, my ideal type? Mom. No, my dad?”
“Huh?”
“Ah, well, if it’s your dad, that makes sense.”
“My dream is to secretly devour my dad while he’s sleeping.”
Do you devour her dad?
For a moment, Ryu-ah and Heung-sun doubted whether that was even Korean.
Where in the world was there a child/offspring who was devouring her dad?
“Sometimes I just can’t understand your brain.”
“And devouring you guys is a passive skill!”
That’s right. Ray’s ultimate dream was to devour Yu Eunha, but she also wanted to act like a lover / partner with Ryu-ah and Lee Heung-sun.
Just like her dad and his other women.
“Um, I’m getting scared of what that means. Ray. There’s a lot to tackle here, but usually, when you get married, a married couple shouldn’t love or sleep with anyone other than their husband or wife.”
Ryu-ah explained it to Ray just as her Dwarf dad had taught her, but Ray shook her head.
“My dad has lots of women, though?”
“Uh. U-uh. Really?”
Of course. There must be at least ten right now.
There was even a Mother and Daughter pair like Elise and Rosemary.
Ray had a big dream. A dream to embrace many women in her arms one day, just like Yu Eunha, who was both her father and mother.
She was about to open the era of a heart-throbbing two-generation mother-and-daughter dynasty.
For now, she decided to let these little lambs, who were ignorant of the art of scissoring, know just how amazing her dad was.
“It’s Mom-approved!”
His multiple relationships, officially approved by her Mom, no less! Just looking at this was like bragging that her dad was no ordinary person.
“It’s even officially approved?”
Ryu-ah and Heung-sun were appalled.
Because both of them were born into normal family structures, they couldn’t understand Ray’s Household.
Well, it was already abnormal from the start since a daughter was talking about devouring her father.
“It would be really nice if Heung-sun’s Mom became my dad’s woman too. She’s exactly the style my dad would like.”
“Wait, why are you bringing my Mom into this?”
Why else? It was because her dad was aiming for her.
“Hmm, should I set the stage for him?”
If she got her friend Heung-sun on her side, wouldn’t it be easier for her dad to get Heungbu’s wife?