"Huh? Everyone is dead?!"
"Yes."
"....."
Kure Raioh, the head of the Kure Clan, was silent, along with everyone else, as this news was unexpected to them.
"Including Raian?"
"Yes, Raian, too."
"....."
Everyone was even more at a loss since Raian, or Kuren Raian, whom Reioh mentioned, was the strongest Kure clan member in this generation, as he was able to utilise their strongest technique to the maximum.
Removal.
It is their ability, born from their selective breeding, that allows them to consciously remove the brain's limits on an individual's muscular strength output. As such, while regular humans are naturally unable to access more than 30% of their body's latent muscular strength (except in times of extreme duress), Kure clan members are able to access a greater amount of their latent muscular strength.
That being said, the percentage they have access to varies from individual to individual, and Kurei Raian is a genius who can use a 100% removal rating, which shows how talented he is.
This was also the reason why Raioh decided to send Raian to assassinate Masa, the son of Hayami.
In the eyes of many, Raioh's decision might be ruthless, especially when he sent his strongest people to kill Masa, but Masa was the son of Hayami, whom he had disfigured in the past.
While Raioh never felt afraid of Hayami, especially since the Kure Clan was never afraid of anyone, considering how it had made connections with the government, famous business figures, and many influential people, whether it was domestic or international, and more importantly, it had a deep connection with the current leader of the Kengan Association, Katahara Metsudo, so even if Hayami wanted to have revenge, he didn't care!
After all, the Kure Clan was formed 1300 years ago, and ever since it has undergone a 1300-year process of selective breeding, adoption of special techniques, and outside combat arts. As a result, with each generation, the Kure have become a race specialized for battle.
During those years, the Kure Clan naturally met many of those who wanted to erase it, yet it still held on and continued to exist; meanwhile, Hayami was just a greenhorn who had it big due to being lucky, becoming wealthy during the moment when this country's economy was at its peak.
While Hayami could stay on till now, it didn't mean that he could stay on later, since many strong people fell one after another, like Oda Nobunaga, the legendary conqueror of this country, who died tragically. Even those who became his successors, such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi or even the dignified Shogun family, the Tokugawa family, also fell.
Yet, even if those strong people fell, the Kure Clan still held on and continued its tradition for more than 1,000 years!
Still, being careful was never a bad thing, so when his best friend, Katahara Metsudo, hired his family to kill Hayami and his son, Masa Tenma, of course, he would do it, especially when he didn't like Hayami, especially when his son, Masa also got close to the daughter of the cult religion leader, Hina Hongou.
When Masa, Hayami, Hina, and all the forces combined, it had become frightening, especially when Hina still held the chemical weapons on her side, so before Masa and Hayami dared to use Hina, using her for their gains, they might as well erase them first.
The might of the chemical weapons wasn't something that even their famous select breed could fight, so they had to make the first move.
Unfortunately, it failed.
"So we have to move now. Don't stay in this place."
As this mission failed, they knew that Masa and Hayami must have planned their revenge, and without a doubt, Hina would be involved, especially when Masa must have conquered this insane girl.
At the same time, inwardly, all of them thought that Masa was worthy of Hayami's son.
Unlike Katahara's son, who was a failure, Hayami's son was more ruthless and successful, as Masa was focused on the business, but this was also his failure, as it made him weak.
Unfortunately, Masa was a famous gigolo, and he had seduced many women, including this dangerous girl, known as Hina Hongou.
"Huh? Are we going to move, Clan Head?"
Everyone was surprised by Erioh's decision.
Their village was hidden, located 500 kilometres away from Tokyo. In that village, they were the most influential clan within that city's region, with the vast majority of the Kure living in Kure Village, a provincial city in that region, so what were they afraid of?
If Masa and Hayami started their revenge, then what would they be afraid of?
Whether it was firearms, poisons, martial arts, or even assassination, none of them were afraid!
No, if Masa and Hayami dared, then they would do it!
"Did you forget about the chemical weapon from the cult? What if they directly blow that into the village without caring about the others?"
"...." Everyone.
"There is no way for them to do that, right?"
"Yes, they are not murderers."
"You idiot!" Erioh was angry. "The businessman is more ruthless than a murderer!"
If a murderer only wished to kill people, the businessman wanted to rob everything of their opponents, whether it was wealth, dignity, or even their loved ones!
Still, probably because they had no one who opposed them, they still felt arrogant, thinking that they would be okay.
"Just listen to me!"
However, as this was the order of the clan head, while all of them were reluctant, they decided to move. Yet at that moment, when all of them had made their preparations, all of a sudden, a bright light shone before their eyes, and all of them were swallowed by an explosion and poisoned by the chemical.
Only Erioh's eyes focused on the dot in the distant sky that soared toward a certain direction before he died.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!
While some of them were lucky that they could escape, soon, under Masa's revenge, their lives would be even more desperate. They didn't know it, but Hina, who sat behind Masa, saw how cold and calm he was even after killing so many people. She couldn't help but shiver, thinking that he was a demon.
However, instead of moving away, she moved closer, clinging to him as she knew among all the women that he was with, she was the special one~!
Why did she think so?
It was because she knew her man was a demon.
"Done?"
"Not yet, let's do it one more."
Like the German Empire during WWI, to defeat the enemy, the faster it was, the better it was.
Blitzkrieg.
Masa wasn't going to give mercy to those who tried to harm him and those he loved.