I'll kill you after I finish this game!

"Haa~~, so you're the guy who came here because you smelled blood in the business world." Reiji yawned as if he was sleepy while listening to Shinomiya Un'taka's words, glanced at Shinomiya Kaguya, and said, "No wonder you used a rich young lady to win her over."

Lei Zhe also figured it out. With the question he had been curious about to pass the time answered, he completely lost interest in Shinomiya Un'taka.

"I have a question for you, Mr. Shinomiya Untaka."

"Oh, what's that?"

Shigu Yunying raised an eyebrow and said, "I thought the other party would change his expression and start arguing with me."

The other party's expression suddenly turned bored, and a strange feeling arose in Shinomiya Un'yō's heart.

After all, the fact that they didn't follow the expected path and his calculations proves that the other party is more troublesome than imagined.

Lei Zhe's indifferent, calm, and chilling eyes clearly reflected the figure of Shinomiya Yunying, and he said:

"Your Shinomiya family not only raises a lot of ghouls, but also has connections with some demons?"

These impolite words immediately silenced the atmosphere in the luxurious private room.

Kaguya Shinomiya and Un'taka Shinomiya both widened their eyes upon hearing this. Kaguya's eyes had completely lost their lifelessness, and instead, a deep fear was faintly revealed. The same was true for Ai Hayasaka.

Only Shinomiya Un'yō's face froze completely. His eyes showed no fear of his sister, but rather a panicked shock at the unknown situation.

"...Yotsuki-kun, I can understand ghouls and stuff, but what do you mean by demons...?"

Shinomiya Un'taka stubbornly argued with a forced smile, not refuting the claim about ghouls, but he tried his best to conceal something by using the word "demon."

He wanted to continue hiding it, but when he saw the ambiguous smile on Lei Zhe's face and the indifferent look in his eyes, he knew he couldn't keep up the act any longer.

This was the expression he originally intended to show when Lei Zhe tried to argue, but things took an unexpected turn.

hum-

The shadow beneath Shinomiya Yun's feet began to writhe violently. A malevolent demonic aura surfaced in his cold eyes as he looked at Lei Zhe before him and said in a cold voice:

"What exactly are you... no, what power do you represent?"

The sudden ominous atmosphere caused Kaguya, who was standing next to Shinomiya Un'taka, to tremble slightly. Looking at her brother, she seemed to be recalling some unforgettable and terrifying memory.

She wanted to get away, but her body wouldn't obey her.

Hayasaka Ai could no longer maintain her composure, and cold sweat poured down her forehead.

"Ahhh~~~, sure enough, the stench that made me lose my appetite as soon as I entered the room was coming from you."

Faced with the magical aura that Shinomiya Un'taka was secretly spreading, Rai Zhe picked up a napkin from the table and gently wiped his nose.

Just as Shinomiya Un'yō hesitated about whether to use force against the mysterious and unpredictable Rai Zhe, Rai Zhe had already indifferently given him the order to use force.

"Belfa, cripple him."

Upon hearing this, Shinomiya Un'yō immediately wanted to leap up, but his vision had already completely frozen, and his consciousness plunged into darkness in an instant.

Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka stared blankly as Shinomiya Untaka, whose limbs had instantly evaporated and who resembled a human stump, was pinned to the wall by two beams of light that pierced through his shoulders and clothes, leaving him with lifeless eyes.

Even though he was turned into a human stump and his limbs were instantly severed and disappeared, there was no scene of blood flowing freely. It was as if Shinomiya Un'taka's limbs were charred and blocked, and not a single drop of blood flowed out.

Just as Kaguya and Hayasaka Ai were stunned by the sudden bloody scene, the elegant and composed Belfast, still with a smile on her face, came to the unconscious Shinomiya Untaka and gently touched his forehead with her finger.

The memory-reading magic instantly retrieved all of the man's memories. After reading the man's memories...

A flicker of disgust flashed in Belfast's pale purple eyes before she compiled these memories into data and transmitted it to Reiji via the mental network.

"Master, what should we do with these two?"

Although Belfast knew that the two girls did not have a close relationship with Shinomiya Untaka and were just innocent ordinary humans, she still decided to hand over the decision to Reiji.

If Lei Zhe lets them go, then they are truly innocent.

Kaguya Shinomiya and Ai Hayasaka's stunned expressions immediately turned into terror. Ai Hayasaka gritted her teeth and stood in front of Kaguya, about to say something to plead with Reiji, but when Reiji turned his calm eyes towards her, all the words she wanted to say turned into silence.

“These two are just ordinary people who know a few things. Apart from their status as young ladies, they don’t have any real power in the Shinomiya family. I’ll take them to the Shinomiya family first.”

"Befa, finish taking care of the funeral arrangements here first, then come over."

"Understood," Belfast nodded, and immediately left the private room to clear the memories of the relevant people.

Lei Zhe shifted his gaze from the two girls. Since they had no connection, he wouldn't make things difficult for them.

His gaze swept over Shinomiya Un'yō, who was as stiff as a human stump, and with a single glance, the other's body turned into dust and dissipated.

With a casual raise of his hand, a portal formed by holy light opened, much to the slight surprise of Kaguya and Hayasaka Ai.

"Follow me."

After glancing indifferently at Hayasaka Ai and Shinomiya Kaguya leaning against each other, Reiji calmly said something and then stepped into the portal.

Watching Reiji disappear into the golden spatial vortex, Hayasaka Ai and Shinomiya Kaguya exchanged a tense glance, then looked at the spot where their brother had vanished.

"Let's go, love."

Kaguya took a deep breath, suppressed her discomfort, stood up, and walked towards the golden vortex.

"...Yes, Miss."

Hayasaka Ai followed with a wry smile.

As for why they didn't run away? Neither of them are fools. Kaguya's own brother had just died instantly, and there was that unusual maid outside.

If they run, where can they run to?

Kaguya's mind and heart, which had barely calmed down, allowed her to quickly analyze the situation in her favor; it seemed that the other party would not kill her.

His status as an unmarried fiancé was probably extremely extraordinary. It seemed that his brother had met his match. The one who would suffer was not him, but the one who controlled the Shinomiya family.

She was ridiculed from a young age because she was born as a concubine. In the Shinomiya family, apart from Hayasaka Ai, she had little feeling for even her own blood relatives and nominal family members.

Just now, Shinomiya Un'yō died right next to her. Apart from the initial shock of the unknown, she felt no grief over her brother's death.

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Chapter 58 The Experiment of Lei Zhe's Strange Power

Nighttime, somewhere in the main residence of the Shinomiya family.

The dim lighting cast an inescapable shadow in the old but expensive mahogany room.

At night, the house felt deathly quiet and eerie, because even the sprayed gas couldn't mask the lingering stench of filth and blood.

"My lords, what brings you here?"

Inside the room, on the tatami mat, a man with gray hair and a face that looked like that of a middle-aged man was kneeling on the tatami cushion, looking at the person in front of him with utmost respect.

He is Shinomiya Yan'an, who is over sixty years old.

Directly opposite him were three people with very cold expressions, one of whom was a woman dressed in revealing clothing.

One was a man wearing a fur coat with a cold expression, and the other had a pair of sharp, elf-like ears and looked like a warrior.

"I sent you to investigate that man named Rezhe, and this is all the shallow information you have?" The scantily clad woman, the pure-blooded demon Kadirea Leviathan, said coldly.

"You're utterly useless. Aside from your achievements in human commerce, your cultivation in the demonic path is inferior to that of your son."

Wearing a fur coat and with long hair covering half his face, the aloof man, Sharuba Beelzebub, looked at the respectful Shinomiya Yanan with great disdain.

The man with a samurai-like face remained silent, merely watching coldly. He too was a pure-blooded demon named Kruzere Asmodeus.

All three are true descendants of the Demon King, that's for sure in terms of bloodline.

All three of them were survivors who fled as losers during the Demon Revolution; they were descendants of the old Demon King.

Those who joined the Gang of Calamity aimed to reclaim their rightful Demon King's throne and title.

However, their strength is rather underwhelming; they are merely pure-blooded demons at the level of ordinary demon kings, and are no match for transcendent beings like Sazex and Ajeka.

They were also aware of their own limitations. With Orpheus, a power source, in the Clan of Calamity, they still had a chance to reclaim the Demon King's throne.

However, after the heroes took Orpheus away and wiped him out at Chiba's place, Orpheus also disappeared.

Without exception, all members of the Calamity Gang who had obtained the Orpheus Serpent disappeared. Even those who had already absorbed it lost their power.

No one in the Calamity Clan could stop this, and it caused a huge uproar, leaving the Clan in complete chaos.

Without the pillars of Cao Cao's Heroic Faction, the holders of the God-Slaying Gear, and Orpheus as a figurehead, the Calamity Group without the Serpent is merely a third-rate terrorist organization.

The three descendants of the former Demon King standing before Shinomiya Yanan were also here because they had lost the snake and had no hope of reclaiming the Demon King's throne. Unwilling to accept this, they had no choice but to follow him here.

They dared not go to Chiba's place; the entire Hero Faction had been wiped out, and the three of them would likely only be sent to their deaths.

As for Shinomiya Gan'an, he was actually just someone that Kadireya had seen when he was young and had a good status in human society. She transformed him into a reincarnated demon and made him her informant.

At least in the human world these past few years, the Shinomiya family, as the local bigwigs in Japan, has been able to do many things for them that are inconvenient for them to do personally.

Generally speaking, Kadileya would never come to Japan to see Shinomiya Gan'an in person; she would usually send her subordinates instead.

Aside from their first meeting, Shinomiya Gan'an has only met Kadileya three times since she turned sixty this year.

This time, three former demon kings came directly. Shinomiya Gan'an, with her keen senses, felt that she was in deep trouble, so she was also somewhat apprehensive.

He didn't dare to show any anger at Kadileya and Sharuba's sarcasm and contempt. As a person with a high status in human society, Shinomiya Kan'an knew his position in front of demons. He was just an insignificant pawn.

For extraordinary beings like gods and demons, the vast assets and power of the Shinomiya family are nothing. Shinomiya Gan'an, who understands the true nature of this world, knows that only those with primal martial prowess can attain a higher status.

He never gave up his ambition to climb higher, and he resorted to any means necessary to achieve this.

Having already attained the long lifespan of a reincarnated demon, what he desires most is a status and power like that of a god or demon.

Having a long lifespan but lacking the power to protect himself, Shinomiya Gan'an felt extremely uneasy.

However, Shinomiya Gan'an has neither any divine artifacts nor any special bloodline or descendant of heroes. As a reincarnated demon, his talent and strength are pitifully low.

Kadileya didn't value his potential at all back then; she only looked at his efficiency.

His only talented and capable sons were his eldest son, Shinomiya Koumitsu, and his second son, Shinomiya Seiryu.

The third son, Shinomiya Un'taka, lacked both strength and talent, and his daughter, Shinomiya Kaguya, aside from being an exceptionally outstanding person in human society, did not possess much talent in the realm of the extraordinary.

However, Shinomiya Kanan didn't have high expectations for Shinomiya Kaguya. He already had two sons with good talent and strength, so he could consider the other two flawed ones as second and third prizes in a lottery.

"Please rest assured, my lords, I will deliver all the information you desire within half a day."

Shinomiya Gan'an bowed her head to the three former demon kings, secretly harboring her own plans.

Sharuba coldly looked down at Shinomiya Gan'an in front of him, then looked at the photos and documents in his hand, and precisely threw two of the photos in front of the other person.

"Also, bring these two women to me."