The monster standing before him used to be his sister, Kimizuki Mirai!
Seeing that his own little sister had turned into a beast, Kimizuki Shiho was at a loss.
He only knew that his sister, said to be infected with the "Demon Apocalypse Virus," had been quarantined for treatment.
But nowwhat was this?
The Imperial Demon Army had promised to cure his sister; in truth, they had turned her into a weapon against vampires.
AbaddonMirailooked toward the call, halting her slaughter.
She turned mechanically in the direction of the voice.
Her face flickered with some confusion, that dull blackness in her eyes wavering faintly.
"Mi rai?"
Abaddon tilted her head, letting out a hoarse half-broken syllable.
Kimizuki Shiho's eyes brimmed with tears. He forced himself onward.
"It's me, your brother!"
"Remember? We promised to find a way to cure you, together"
Abaddon's body quivered, the black markings pulsing in and out.
Suddenly, she clutched her head, uttering a tormented cry.
Shattered fragments of memory crashed into her mind like a tidal wave.
Running in the rain, her brother carrying her frail form
Inside the laboratory, the cold restraints, needles piercing her spine
That callous man named Hiiragi Kureto gazing down, saying: "Your existence is merely a weapon"
"No Stop!"
Abaddon's power began spiraling out of control.
Dark energy exploded around her.
Kimizuki Shiho was hurled away by the shockwave, slamming into a wall.
He struggled up, blood leaking from his mouth, yet again reached out for his sister:
"Mirai come back I'm here for you"
Hidden from the shadows, Hiiragi Kureto stood observing. His eyes narrowed.
He was calculating how to respond.
Because Kimizuki Shiho was also one of their experiment subjects.
They had lost one subjectHyakuya Yuuichirou.
Accelerating the experiment on Kimizuki Mirai had tipped off the vampires.
But they still couldn't afford to lose her.
Just as he prepared to command his men to restrain her, Abaddon's black eyes glinted ominously.
She let out a nonhuman roar. A black beam shot from her palm
"Bzzz!!"
piercing Kimizuki Shiho's chest straight through.
The unexpected happened so fast: Abaddon, out of control, ended up killing Kimizuki Mirai's own brother.
Time seemed to freeze in that moment.
"This isn't good!"
Kureto's pupils shrank, realizing that tragedy had occurred beyond their predictions.
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Chapter 645: Destroy this World, I'm done with this world...
Kimizuki Shiho slowly lowered his gaze to the gaping hole in his chest. Then, as if all strength had departed him, he collapsed.
His lips quivered, as though trying to speak, but life had already fled from his eyes.
"BBrother?"
Kimizuki Mirai's voice suddenly became clear, tinged with a childlike confusion.
She lowered her gaze to look at her own hands, then at Kimizuki Shiho's fallen body.
Memories surged forth like a dam bursting.
"Once you're better, Mirai, we'll go to the amusement park together."
Each recalled scene stabbed at her heart like a knife.
Abaddonno, Kimizuki Miraiclutched her head, letting out a shrill, anguished scream.
"Aaaaaaaah!"
Black tar erupted from her as the epicenter, swallowing the entire battlefield.
Be they vampires or human soldiers, anyone who touched the tar instantly disintegrated into ash.
Buildings collapsed, the ground fractured. In the blink of an eye, it was as though the world had come to an end!
"Her memories... returned?"
In the command center, Hiiragi Kureto's face changed drastically.
"Activate the suppression device at once!"
But it was too late.
Kimizuki Mirai had gone berserk.
All four of her wings now fully unfurled.
Her obsidian eyes brimming only with madness and hatred.
Suspended amidst the ruins, the creature known as AbaddonKimizuki Miraispoke in a voice that seemed like a chorus of thousands:
"All of you should die"
Hiiragi Kureto stood hidden in the shadows, a dark expression on his face.
He understood instantly something had gone awrybeyond what was planned.
Meanwhile, in a certain spot behind collapsed walls, Hiiragi Shinoa watched in horror as the once gentle, shy young girl turned into this vengeful demon.
She gripped her weapon, Shikama Dji, her heart in turmoil.
"This is the Imperial Demon Army?"
In that moment, whatever lingering respect she still held toward the Imperial Demon Army vanished.
A thought flickered through her mind:
"Sigh Hey, O' Rei Aomaybe this world should just be destroyed?"
Carrying that notion, she sent Rei Ao a trade request.
Shortly thereafter, within the chatroom:
Rei Ao: "Everyone, what do you think?"
He attached a screenshot of Shinoa's trade request.
Destroy the world!
Barely getting any downtime and sipping tea in front of her computer, Hayasaka Ai almost spat out her drink, eyes widening at that line.
"Wait, is this some sort of joke? @Hiiragi Shinoa"
Busujima Saeko, busy polishing her wooden sword at the dojo, caught sight of the chat.
Her amethyst eyes flashed with sharpness.
"Destroy the world that's quite an alarming statement."
Meanwhile, Sakurajima Mai, who had just taken a break from filming, frowned at her phone.
"I can't have misread, right? Why are you suddenly talking about destroying a world?"
Megumi Kato: "She must've gone through something extreme to say that."
Megumi's reaction was the calmest.
But Marcille, from another world, nearly leapt from her seat in the library, drawing concerned stares from the scholars around her.
"What?! Destroy the world?! @Hiiragi Shinoa, are you some insane sorceress?! That's way too horrifying!"
In an instant, messages of shock and dismay flooded the chat.
Rei Ao: "So, should I accept your request???"
Hiiragi Shinoa: "Ehhh, forget it."
Hiiragi Shinoa: "Ah, I guess I've scared everybody. Sorry, I just I saw something disgusting a moment ago and acted on impulse."
Marcille: "Acting on impulse leads you to want to destroy a world?! That's not like just hating your lunch or something!"
Shinoa exhaled a shaky breath, looking over at the rampaging Abaddon in the distance.
"Yes, I really was furious right then."
"In our world, there's an organization called the Imperial Demon Army, supposedly defending humanity from vampires"
"But in truthtonight I discovered they're scarier than any vampire."
Her fingernails dug into her palm.
"They conduct human experiments, turning ordinary people into monsters to fight vampires, even if they're just children."
The chat fell silent for a few seconds.
Hayasaka Ai broke the pause:
"That's indeed hard to accept. Conducting such cruel experiments on kids is beyond horrific."
Shiba Miyuki: "But why jump straight to destroying the world over that?"
Bibi Dong: "Ah, some people's darkness runs too deep"
Frieren: "Can't deny it, but it sounds like Shinoa was just venting her rage at that moment."
Akame: "I can understand that."
Hiiragi Shinoa: "Yes, exactly."
"So now I'm unsure about attacking that experimental subject, seeing how they use the excuse of 'protecting humanity' to carry out inhuman tests. That creature is just a poor girl I'm lost."
Busujima Saeko sensed the pain hidden in her words: "So, you wanted destruction to put an end to it all?"
Shinoa: "Yes, for a second I genuinely wished the whole world would vanish."
She sighed.
"Anyway, Rei Ao, do you still want me to proceed with that trade?"
Back in the group, all eyes turned to Rei Ao's reply.
Rei Ao: "Having calmed down, do you still want to go through with your request?"
Shinoa was silent for a moment.
All around her was chaos, yet her heart felt unexpectedly calm.
Shinoa: "No, I've changed my mind."
Shinoa: "Destroying the world is too simpleand the innocent don't deserve that price."
She lifted her gaze, a new resolve shining in her eyes.
Shinoa: "Rei Ao, I want to revise the request: instead of destroying, can we make this world peaceful? Could you help me with that?"
Once more, the chat went silent. Everyone waited for Rei Ao's answer.
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(Bonus Chapter) Chapter 646: Descending to Shinoa's World like a God!
A Moment Later
Rei Ao: "To me, this request is no different from destroying the worldjust a 'softer' approach. So let's proceed with the transaction, shorty."
Marcille: "!!!! Wait! Are you really deciding something that casually?!"
After all, this is world peace, not something as simple as defeating a Flame Dragon and reviving Falin.
How are they going to bring about peace to an entire world?
Marcille finds it utterly inconceivable.
Frieren: "Interesting. Compared to straightforward destruction, building peace is indeed more of a challenge."
Stella: "To achieve that, we need a detailed understanding of the warring world's specifics, plus a very thorough plan."
Yukinoshita Yukino: "It sounds like a long-term project."
Marcille: "Are you all sure about this? Changing a whole world is no small matter"
Misaka Mikoto: "When it comes to anything as dark as human experimentation or forcibly turning people into 'tools,' I'm absolutely disgusted. So yes, it's worth attempting. If there's a way to shine light on such darkness, I'm all for it!"
She deeply loathes human experimentation and knows it intimately. Hearing about it, she wishes she could zap the culprits with electricity on the spot.
Hayasaka Ai: "First, we should assess the balance of power among all the forces"
Megumi Kato: "And the ordinary people's stance is also crucial."
Kasuga Hijiri: "Plus, there may be complex chain reactions to consider."
Seeing all these group members go from shock to actively discussing ways to help her, a wave of warmth rises in Shinoa's heart.
She never expected that her impulsive, dark request would receive this kind of support.
A slight smile lifts the corners of her mouth.
Perhaps there really is hope left in this world.
At least she is not alone in the fight now.
"Thank you all" she murmurs in a low voice, though she doesn't press Enter to send.
Instead, she composes a new message:
Hiiragi Shinoa: "In that case, regarding the details of the Imperial Demon Army and the vampires, I'll compile some info and post it in the group."
Rei Ao: "Alright. While you guys think of a feasible strategy, I'll go over and take a look at the situation that got my dear Shinoa this furious."
[Ding! Trading Begins]
[Trading Targe: Hiiragi Shinoa
[Trade Content]: Let the world be at peace.
[Condition]: "Unlimited Body-Usage Rights."
A Blood Moon hung overhead.
The battlefield surrounding the Imperial Demon Army headquarters was drenched in an eerie silence and the stench of blood.
Broken walls lay in ruins, piled high with corpsesboth human and vampire.
Gun smoke and red mist coiled together, staining the night sky a haunting crimson.
"Ugh!"
Abaddon roared in fury.
She attacked indiscriminately.
In an instant, the vampire forces were devastatedbut the Imperial Demon Army soldiers fared no better.
Wherever that pitch-black, oily force passed, neither humans nor vampires could survive, turned into red paste.
"Damn it! The experimental subject is completely out of control!"
Inside the command center, Hiiragi Kureto slammed his fists on the table, face grim.
On the monitor, Abaddon's rampage continued unrestrained. The vampires, having seemingly received an order from their progenitors, had begun to withdraw.
"Issue a full retreat! Abandon the Fifth Trumpet!"
He ground his teeth as he gave the order.
While the Fifth Trumpet was precious, so was the Imperial Demon Army's fighting force.
Moreover, Abaddon's berserk rampage showed no sign of stopping.
She howled, pitch-black fluid swirling around.
A doomsday spectacle that left onlookers trembling.
Not far from the battlefield stood a vampire girl with pink hair, red eyes, dressed in a black dress and black over-the-knee boots. Her face was dark with anger.
"Damned humans They really were tinkering with forbidden experiments."
She was Krul Tepes, the Third Progenitor of the vampires.
Though aware that certain progenitors had launched a surprise assault on the Imperial Demon Army, she had chosen to watch from the sidelines, wanting to confirm their rumor of a "taboo experiment."
Now, her suspicions verified, she witnessed the horror firsthand.
Behind her stood a contingent from the Vampire City, their expressions equally grim. She was wondering how to handle the situation when
A brilliant light pierced heaven and earth.
A golden column of radiance descended from the clouds, slamming into the center of the battlefield.
Everyone was forced to shut their eyes against its intense glare.
Even the rampaging Abaddon halted, startled.
From within that light, a tall figure emerged.
He wore flowing white robes, hair black as night, features so striking they appeared inhuman.
Most stunning were his eyes: the left one gleamed like gold, the right one was as deep as the starry sky.
Hiiragi Shinoa, crouched behind a broken wall, froze in disbelief.
"Rei Ao?!"
Though she'd known he was coming, she hadn't imagined he'd arrive like this.
After a heartbeat of shock, she quietly opened the group's livestream.
Suspended in midair, Rei Ao gazed down upon the battlefield, expression impassive.
That gaze alonelike it could pierce soulsmade countless hearts quake.
"Kneel."
He spoke softly, yet the voice echoed like thunder in the ear of every being on the field.
A crushing force swept across the battlefield.
Regardless of rank or racehuman soldier, demon-armed warrior, vampire noble, or even a vampire progenitor like Krulthey all collapsed to their knees.
In the command center, Hiiragi Kureto likewise buckled, sweat beading on his forehead.
"W-What is this power?"
Krul Tepes fought to lift her head, scarlet eyes awash with unprecedented fear.
Meanwhile, Abaddonunaffected by the kneel commandunleashed a furious bellow.
Her colossal body twisted to face Rei Ao, unleashing a storm of tar-like bile.
