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For Yuto, annihilating the curse users was a trivial matter. But a sudden intuition made him frown.
"I dodged it! I survived that monster's attack!" Behind a ruined wall, Shigeomo Haruta wiped cold sweat from his brow, his heart pounding with terror.
That steel rain had been horrifying! None of his fellow curse users had escaped the mysterious boy's wrath. Even the arrogant first-grades had been pulped before his eyes.
"Ha! You all strutted around, looking down on me… and now you're dead! I'm the only one left!"
Elation surged through the blond, ponytail-wearing man as he prepared to slip away. But then, a hand of iron emerged from the void, clamping around his throat.
"You… how… urk?!" Shigeomo Haruta's murky yellow eyes bulged as he was lifted off the ground, legs twitching.
'How did he find me?'
"Interesting. You almost slipped past me," Yuto said, his face impassive. "You have a nice technique."
The next moment Yuto's grip tightened and a crisp snap echoed.
Tossing the body aside, Yuto flew towards Sumiyoshi group's base.
........
"Intruder. Intruder"
"Aaah! Stay back! Don't come near me!"
"The curse masters are dead! Run!"
Panic filled the Sumiyoshi group's compound.
Bang! Bang bang! Bang bang bang!
Bullets flew from the armed thugs' guns, but they bounced off Yuto harmlessly.
With his physique, they might as well have been flicking cotton.
He didn't bother with the terrified grunts.
Projecting Emiya Alter's twin guns, Kanshou and Bakuya, he fired.
Each shot unleashed the vicious 'Unlimited Blade Works,' piercing and bursting his foes. The tiny bounded field wreaked havoc inside their bodies.
Yuto moved like a reaper, leaving death in his wake.
Soon, the courtyard and corridors were littered with Sumiyoshi group corpses, scarlet blood pooling on the ground.
Grotesque remains, shattered limbs and ruptured bodies, lay everywhere.
Without the curse masters' protection, these were just ordinary men.
Though they'd somehow amassed an arsenal of heavy weaponry, to Yuto, it was still a one-sided slaughter.
Guided by his magic detector, he crossed the corridors and descended into the villa's basement.
There, he sensed a dark spiritual energy, thick with blood and malice, so potent it birthed tangible spirits at the stairwell.
"Hmph, playing tricks!" Yuto snorted.
Projecting black keys, he blasted through the spirits, followed by three exorcism runes that shattered the basement door.
Boom!
Entering the basement, Yuto looked up, witnessing a bizarre sight.
Fleshy tendrils crept along the walls, turning the basement into the innards of some giant organism.
Sensing his gaze, the flesh writhed, gathering as if chewing, emitting muffled screams and the sickening crack of breaking bones.
Beneath this flesh embryo sat a skeleton in a white robe, its neck adorned with a garland, hands clasped like a meditating Buddha, surrounded by a dense ring of infant bones.
"How did you get in? Are those fools outside dead?"
A raspy, aged voice echoed as a gaunt, corpse-like old man wheeled himself from behind the skeleton.
"Hmm… you're from the Body Snatchers?"
The man's appearance was unforgettable. Yuto recognized him instantly.
The 'Body Snatchers' were akin to Team Rocket in Dark Gathering—evil spirits who possessed spirit users, responsible for creating 'Kuubou' which had taken Yayoi Hozuki's mother. They could seize their hosts' memories and skills.
The decrepit old man, Nankobo, saw Yuto's silence, and murderous intent flared in his eyes.
Whoever this was, knowing his identity meant death.
'Angel' was nearly complete. Once they'd dealt with the Yukinoshita clan, they'd use their wealth to buy women on the black market, fuel for 'Kuubou's' growth.
"Angel, kill him." Nankobo's venomous gaze fixed on Yuto as he commanded the flesh embryo to attack.
"Waaah…"
Infant cries filled the air as blood-red beams shot toward Yuto like a storm.
"Phantasm Punishment!"
Yuto summoned a Western bow, magic surging to dispel the blood mist.
A spiral sword notched on the string, he fired.
Buzz!
The forces clashed, shrieking winds piercing eardrums, shaking the basement.
Rocks fell as the ground trembled.
When the dust settled, Yuto was atop his projected black bird, flying out.
Behind him, the Sugiyoshi base had a massive pit, its depth immeasurable.
"Ugh…"
The scarred 'Angel' crawled from the ruins.
But before it could catch its breath, Yuto unleashed another "Phantasm Punishment."
Boom! Boom boom!
One shot wasn't enough? Then a billion more.
Under the relentless barrage, even the resilient evil spirit was blasted to pieces.
[Congratulations, host, on your first kill of an A-grade evil spirit, "Angel." Reward: 10 Saint Quartz.]
[Detected remnant of the bizarre creature "Angel": "Madness Residue." Automatically stored in personal space.]
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