The comments section all think I'm a really good person.

Although the two fought extremely quickly, the battle was over in just two minutes after the crowd ran away. However, given the scale of the destruction, the tower reacted quickly, and a top-tier hero from the neighboring district was almost there.

Not wanting to show himself too early and attract trouble to his girlfriend, Kita Kirihara disappeared after saying this, leaving Kitagaki Yuko behind before she could refuse.

"grass"

Faced with ruins that looked like they had been carpet-bombed, and thinking about the explanations, nonsense, and social accountability that were about to come, Yuko finally couldn't help but swear.

……

In the depths of the ocean, in uninhabited waters beyond all shipping lanes, ancient sailing warships drift silently, swaying with the rise and fall of the waves, like ghosts from the past.

The wind howled as it cut through the tattered sails, the broken mast smashed holes in the deck, most of the hull was charred black by the fire, and solid cannonballs that had broken in remained behind the holes in the hull and inside the cabins.

This ship should have sunk to the bottom of the sea and decayed, but she still lingers on the surface of the sea, like her crew who walk on their skeletons and whose remnants of souls surround the mast.

The Noble Phantasm possessed by the legendary captain who died in a naval battle he should have won, his body sinking to the bottom of the sea along with his flagship—

"The Golden Deer That Crosses the Underworld"

This is the temporary base chosen by Kita Kirihara and placed in this uninhabited sea area, which can be summoned at any time when needed.

With something so convenient, placing the bomb near Yuko's house was obviously a joke. She was just looking for her former partner to say hello... or rather, to provoke him and test her skills.

However, to her surprise, her partner's reaction was unexpectedly intense, almost attracting the attention of her girlfriend, who was also unsure how to handle the situation.

Fortunately, the chief's attention should have been focused on finding the Silver Court and its members, and he did not arrive at the scene of the conflict immediately.

While waiting for his partner to finish dealing with the aftermath, and during this rather dull time that wasn't suitable for making a big splash, Beiqie originally planned to process another spoils of war from last night's raid on the Sijian tribe's territory—

Fingernails that had been pried open and teeth that had been knocked out were stuck to the wooden floor with thick blood.

In the dimly lit cabin, only sunlight pierced through the holes blasted open by cannon fire, and ghostly crew members carried phosphorescent lanterns to illuminate a person sitting with his hands half-tied by iron shackles, head drooping, in a pool of blood.

"Kill...me..."

He could no longer discern his appearance, build, or gender. His flesh, cut into strips, trembled with his weak, suppressed breathing, occasionally revealing broken bones stained with semi-congealed blood. His empty abdominal cavity contained only an abnormally swollen stomach.

Normally, even if he had been modified, he should have died long ago.

But he didn't die. He was kept alive, his nervous system was still functioning, and he could even clearly feel his internal organs being corroded by digestive juices, fully experiencing the ultimate challenge of pain.

"As expected of someone who was thrown from the Yoshimi family to the Rose House, these tricks are completely ineffective."

Unable to find a convenient place to strike, Kita Kirihara casually tossed aside his knife and took the wet wipes handed to him by the skeleton crew member.

"I've already... told you everything..."

Every breath and every movement aggravated the pain, though this aggravation was insignificant compared to the swaying cabin, and was still something no one wanted to try.

"Let me...die..."

The prisoner forced himself to squeeze out words from his pain.

The wolf cub chuckled softly.

"Really? Then I'll ask again—"

She raised her hand, her fingers slicing through the strips of skin that resembled a curtain, and wrote words on her forehead.

"Where are the strongholds where the Four-Eagle People frequently stay?"

"The pharmaceutical factory in Hirota Ward...!...Gray Laboratory...The laboratory in the basement of No. 13, 3-cho, Crossflower Town..."

An answer completely different from the outcome of the interrogation came out of his mouth, and despite his desperate attempts to stop, he could not control his tongue.

"Ha, how loyal."

The wolf cubs applauded the captives who had persevered to this day.

"How could this be... What did you do?!"

Normally, shattered muscles could not possibly move broken bones, but the partially undead prisoner raised his head in a whimsical way. His disfigured face could not express any emotion, but one could still feel his fear.

"Actually, I don't understand it either. Your family raised a monster and let him run rampant. In the end, he treated you like spare parts and test subjects, but you still managed to maintain such loyalty..."

I don't understand.

Just as the Kita-giri family gave her to Kita-gaki and then made her swear allegiance, the hierarchy of bloodlines seemed unbreakable in this ancient circle.

"Damn it! The patriarch will kill you... devour you... turn you into a pile of rotten flesh!..."

Enraged, the prisoner struggled to his feet, his empty eye sockets fixed on the direction of Kita Kirihara, the chains binding his hands clanging.

"Alright, now tell me how to get in..."

Ignoring the feeble threat, the wolf cub continued her interrogation with a cheerful smile.

She wasn't interested in the thoughts of a dying person; after a little entertainment, serious business came first.

However, Beiyuan's abilities are always so useful.

Absorbing the intense burst of negative emotions, Kita Kirihara squinted his eyes contentedly.

Thinking he could protect the intelligence until the very end, he discovered after a difficult period of endurance that it was all in vain. The prisoner's turbulent emotions brought the wolf cub immense satisfaction.

Using methods I learned at some point, I managed to convert my emotions into a small amount of fuel, which can be considered a way to make use of waste.

Wolf's Ambition 4: The Duel Revue

"Hi~"

The white-haired girl, who looked a size smaller than usual, greeted Shiraki Rin with her signature gentle smile, as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.

Kita Kirihara's sister, who had gone missing and returned to normal, was thrown out of the Silver Garden. Finally, after much difficulty, she returned to a normal life...

As the white demon descended upon him once more, his destruction was declared.

Shiraki Rin's face fell, showing no intention of concealing her feelings whatsoever—if her throat hadn't been still sore, she would have even wanted to curse out loud.

"Don't look so cold. We have a very close connection, don't we?"

Speaking in ambiguous tones, the smaller white-haired devil closed the distance, extended her hand, and her squinting smile and soft, fluffy white hair made her look warm and inviting.

"Come on, let's shake hands."

Despite her reluctance and feeling bewildered, Shiraki Rin uncontrollably raised her hand and placed it in her palm, which had prominent calluses—

Moreover, he was placed directly on it like a dog, passively held and shaken up and down by Kita Kirihara, who acted like a dog trainer.

"So it really is a master-servant contract..."

Her squinted eyes were opened, and the dark sclera instantly shattered the feigned gentleness, revealing dark red eyes that were alluring and beautiful, yet like inorganic glass.

"Alright, there's a task that requires our good dog to help its owner. Let's go."

……

The annihilation device, which looks like a metal briefcase, is actually the product of a terrifying accidental experiment in every sense of the word.

The main body is a sealed head—the head of a power user whose strength rating reaches the top level.

It possesses the ability to "annihilate," which is simple yet extremely destructive. Therefore, even though it has no talent sufficient to reach the second tier, the Rose House specially launched a new experimental project to help it advance.

The result was a success, but not a complete success.

It did successfully advance to the next level, but its abilities went berserk the moment it advanced, and were eventually sealed away just before it went completely berserk.

Kita Kirihara couldn't find out the specific methods used, but learned through "inquiries" to researchers who were present at the time that it was the work of the head of the Manma family.

No one knows why that old geezer who had never cared about worldly affairs happened to wander into the Yoshimi family's territory that day, but this coincidence resulted in the annihilation device.

Surrounding the main body, the metal box is also equipped with mechanical devices such as amplification devices, directional induction drugs, and capacity maintenance devices. Once activated, it is expected to annihilate all matter within a 500-meter radius.

For the three potential locations of the target, one can be annihilated, one can be personally staked out, and the remaining one can be monitored by an informant with the coordinates.

Shiraki Rin's abilities are very convenient for self-protection and infiltration, making her very suitable for the work of this living coordinate.

It doesn't matter if we don't catch them in any of the three places. Even for the three starter families with their extensive networks, the number of their main strongholds is limited. We still have the patience to destroy a hundred or so of them.

[Ready to go]

The puppy reported through the contract.

Call me if you encounter someone you can't handle.

In response, Kita Kirihara entered the password on the control panel of the metal box and pressed the start button.

Then move to the last target point that has been scouted in advance.

Unfortunately, the safe location they were scouting was being patrolled by "security guards" at that very moment.

"Let me think about what to use this time..."

"Beep—Warning! Verify password!"

The bizarre creation, half-mechanical and half-Sculpted monster, faced with strangers who shouldn't be there. It played a recording from a loudspeaker, raised the machine guns on its four arms, and simultaneously sent an alarm message to the monitoring room.

"Ah, I've got it."

With a flash of electric arc, the machine gun changed its target.

"Loyal machines... but the targets of loyalty may not be so stable."

[Target Discovery]

"Oh ho."

Having received a satisfactory report, the wolf cub instantly lost interest in playing, put on a hussar coat, and boarded the tram.

Let's start with the most disgusting guy, locked on the operating table, his fear and anger like a lamb to the slaughter, which needs to be quelled with blood.

Excitement and anger tinged his dark red eyes.

The tram roared in and arrived in an instant.

……

The stirring music echoed in the empty theater, reflecting the loud and brisk footsteps.

"The world is a theater, and I am the center of the stage."

In the darkness, a spotlight shone down, illuminating a white-haired girl who seemed to blend seamlessly into the stage.

"Maliciousness is my food, deceit my form;"

A jet-black crown crowned her.