Chapter 521: Cruel Reality

Upon returning to the group, Kai said, "Alright. I have taken care of everything. All we need to do is to head straight to our enemies and eliminate them."

"Who's our first target? Are we just going to eliminate every single person that comes at us?" Michelle asked.

"Hmm…" Kai thought for a moment and answered, "Katsuragi Akagi will be our priority, but we will eliminate all the core members we meet during our way there. But I guess it's better to kill those who are separated first. Anyway, I will lead the way later."

"Roger that." Michelle nodded.

"Alright. I will give you a bit of surprise later, but for now, let's do this." Kai smiled and summoned another Teleportation Magic.

Michelle, Tasha, Sofia, Ayaka, and Felice made serious expressions as they prepared themselves.

…

Katsuragi Family Mansion.

"Hey, how long do you think this war will last?" A middle-aged man asked while sitting on a couch, looking at the beautiful full moon through the window of his room.

Next to him was a young female in her late twenties. Her appearance was alluring and she wore revealing clothes that emphasized her curves, making them more appealing.

She replied with a seductive tone. "I am fine as long as I'm with you."

"Hmph. Look at you, you are the eldest daughter of the Akazawa Family, the only family that ruled the entire Sendai… But now you are only a slut who is trying to seduce me." The middle-aged man snorted.

"Please don't say something like that." She didn't have a change of expression when she heard that insult.

She had no other way. To keep her family safe, she needed to sacrifice her life to please an elder in the Katsuragi Family to make sure her family didn't get destroyed by the Katsuragi Family. There were several other people who did this too, unlike the Yajima Family.

All the people knew about the Yajima Family's disappearance. It was very mysterious as they all disappeared in a single night without any sign of battle.

When other families investigated their mansion, they found nothing other than the servants who were also clueless about their disappearance.

After that, they heard about the Katsuragi Family's power.

Katsuragi Akagi, the head of the family, stated that the Yajima Family had betrayed United Asia because they sided with Kai Carter. Hence, they removed them from existence and scared all other families by saying it was their trump card.

Because of Kai Carter's reputation in the US Base, they obviously understood why the Katsuragi Family decided to use this "Trump Card". At the same time, the Yajima Family couldn't contact the outside world for the time being because they took refugees in Oni Village.

What made others believe it was Yajima Haruko who kept sniffing their plans. They all thought she wanted to have her revenge against the Katsuragi Family by giving information to Kai Carter about their cruelty.

Unfortunately, Kai didn't do anything when he visited United Asia.

Katsuragi Akagi took advantage of that situation and overturned the entire situation, making them believe they had enough power to eliminate them.

All families decided to submit to them because they couldn't afford to have their families destroyed.

And she was chosen to be married to an old man like this in order to maintain the safety of the family. There were many other females and males like this and they were treated so badly that some of them decided to commit suicide.

The only way to stop that kind of treatment was to seduce them and make them feel good. That was the only thing they could do at the moment, hoping the war would stop soon.

However, this soon changed when the door was slammed open and two figures came inside the room.

"Who are you guys?!" The middle-aged man stood up and looked at the two masked people. The first one had a spear while the other one held a sword in his hand.

They didn't reply to him as the female thrust her spear at his throat.

The middle-aged man quickly summoned a barrier to protect himself, albeit he underestimated how much power contained in that thrust.

"Kh! What? It's too strong." The middle-aged man was pushed back and stumbled, falling on his back. After that, the masked man swiftly sliced his neck and killed him.

"…" The female widened her eyes as her body began to shake. Surprisingly, she didn't shout and stared at them quietly before saying, "Who are you guys? Are you here to claim my life too? No, please kill me."

They saw her expression that became distorted as if she had given up on her life. Still, they never expected to find someone who wanted to die in this place.

The masked man, Kai, thought for a moment. He knew there were many people from other families, so he never planned to kill them since his targets were only the Katsuragi Family members and some high-ranking affiliates.

People like her were just victims of this cruel war.

The spear user, Ayaka, looked at Kai without saying anything.

After careful consideration, Kai checked her body with his ears to ensure no device in her dress and said, "You have given up on your life. However, you are not my target. If you wish to die…" He stopped and tossed a blade he took from another person when infiltrating this mansion. "I shall lend you this blade. Choose for yourself whether you want to die or live."

No matter how secretive they operated, the Katsuragi Family would soon find their infiltration. Hence, Kai lent her that blade before using his Teleportation Magic to send her away from this place together with all other people they rescued from this horrible place. Without any more pressure from the Katsuragi Family, she would face the real trial whether she wanted to stay alive or not.

"…" Seeing the Magic Circle, she closed her eyes with a pale face.

After sending her, Kai looked at Ayaka and nodded, planning to regroup with the others who killed another three people while restraining the rest for Kai to send away after making sure no device could be used to inform the Katsuragi Family.

Because of her strength, Sofia paired up with Felice as she froze the bad people while Felice restrained the other with her Telekinesis.

Michelle and Tasha did the same, and the situation progressed very quickly.

Within twenty minutes, they had eliminated 10 out of 121 targets, so they should be able to finish it in three hours because half of them were those who fought in the front line and gathered in one place.

The group continued its operation. Felice had a pale face, but she insisted on continuing because she knew the moment she chose to walk on this path. Sofia was there to support her, so Kai could only believe in Felice's mental fortitude.

…

After going with the operation for an hour, they finally stumbled upon the most important place in the mansion.

Kai opened the door with a serious expression, knowing there were two people inside.

The first one was an old man with a tired face, looking Kai in the eyes. He let out a long sigh and remained silent.

Sitting next to him was not a human but a squid. His appearance was similar to that of Kerza, but Kai couldn't be sure unless the other person confirmed it. 

"You've come here after two years…" Katsuragi Akagi said while glancing at the others.