Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

This girl, whom Isaac knew, was Bhūshī, the initiator of Shōma.

She desperately attacked the surrounding Gastrea with her claws, but outnumbered, she was at a disadvantage. Her clothes had several tears, and her face showed that she had little strength left.

"Hey! Step back right now."

As Isaac spoke, he slapped several of the Gastrea, which were instantly reduced to a pile of minced meat in a burst of blue electricity. He then casually pulled Bush Green from the encirclement.

"You are... Mr. Satomi?" Midori Fuse adjusted her hat with her small hand and looked at the boy who had rescued her.

"Where is Shōma?"

“I don’t know. Just when the Gastrea suddenly charged at us, I got separated from Akima,” Fuse Midori said worriedly. “For some reason, the communication equipment hasn’t been working since just now.”

Her words confirmed Isaac's earlier suspicions: the communication equipment malfunction was indeed related to the charged particle cannon he had unleashed.

That tactic seems to need further organization and research; it's best to use it sparingly until then.

Looking at Buschtree, Isaac sighed:

"Never mind, I'll go find someone. You go back first."

“Um… I’d like to go with you,” Busu Tsui said hurriedly.

"go back."

"but……"

Seeing Buschtree's troubled expression, Isaac walked up to her, took off her hat to her puzzled look, and pinched her two cat ears and pulled them apart.

"Kid, I advise you to listen to me."

"Meow!!"

Cui quickly covered her ears and hid to the side in fear.

"Go back quickly, I'll find it for you in Akimaru." Isaac put the hat back on her head.

"that……"

"Ok?"

"Thank you."

As Cui retreated, she turned back and gave Isaac a polite bow.

Isaac continued running towards Aldebaran, his path littered with the corpses of Gastrea and police officers.

Before long, he had arrived at the foot of Aldebaran.

At this moment, he saw several police officers fighting Bi Suwu.

Chapter 324: Victory

There are currently more than a dozen people fighting Aldebaran.

Most of them were police officers who brought their own Initiators, but there was one person who did not bring his Initiator and instead faced the massive Aldebaran alone.

That is Shōma.

He shouted and charged toward Aldebaran.

"Tendo Fighting Technique, Form One, Eight Shapes - Flame Fan!"

With a powerful force, it punched Aldebaran's hard shell, producing a muffled thud.

Normally, a Gastrea like Aldebaran, with its hard shell and enormous body, wouldn't even feel a punch from a tiny human. But when Akimaru punched it, it roared and its huge body staggered, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Damn it, so he really is immortal?" Akima frowned.

He knew just how powerful his punch was, and it had shattered Aldebaran's heart. However, Aldebaran only paused for a moment before launching another attack.

The situation is not optimistic.

"Shōma, so you were here all along."

Isaac walked up from the side.

"Satomi?"

As Akima turned around, he saw Isaac walking up with a smile. Just as he was about to greet him, Aldebaran's tail swept over from behind, and he quickly jumped up to dodge it.

"Are you back already?"

"Yes, we just dealt with Angsoo, and when we got back to the camp we found you guys were already fighting."

"They've dealt with Pleiades?" Zhang Mo visibly breathed a sigh of relief. "Quickly call the Holy Emperor and tell him that Pleiades has been dealt with, and to send air support immediately."

Because of the presence of the Angsui, even after the Self-Defense Forces were wiped out, the Tokyo area dared not send air support, fearing that they would be shot down by high-pressure mercury that appeared out of nowhere.

However, since the problem with Pleiades has been solved, it proves that there are no issues with air support.

“I don’t think that’s possible,” Isaac said. “Our communication equipment is completely malfunctioning right now, so we can’t send any messages.”

"This……"

Akima's expression was rather unpleasant.

He knew that if the fight continued like this, the police would inevitably lose in the end.

First, there's the issue of resources. The quantity of holmium ammunition is extremely limited, and even with the weapons transported by Sima Weizhi, they could only hold out for a little longer against thousands of Gastrea.

In addition, the police officers were physically exhausted; most of them were already mentally and physically drained after fighting for so long. Gastrea, on the other hand, do not experience fatigue.

As time goes on, the disadvantage will gradually widen. Although the casualties are not many now, the longer it drags on, the more severe the casualties will become.

“This is… the worst possible situation,” Akima said, rubbing his head.

"It's alright, I can handle this."

"What!?"

Just as the two were talking, Aldebaran noticed them and stepped on them.

However, before the enormous foot could even touch Isaac, it was broken into pieces a meter away.

"Roar----"

Aldebaran let out a piercing scream, but a new foot immediately grew from the severed end.

Its regenerative abilities are terrifying.

"Satomi, you want to take on Aldebaran alone?"

“Yes.” Isaac said, and then he saw Akima’s worried expression.

“Don’t look at me like that. I’ve defeated Scorpio before,” Isaac laughed. “Besides, the camp needs your protection right now, don’t I agree?”

Isaac's words caused Akima to fall into a brief moment of thought. After a few seconds, he said:

"I'll go back now, but Satomi, you have to promise me that if you encounter any danger, you must leave immediately."

"Oh."

After Zhang Mo left, Isaac told the remaining police officers who were still fighting to go back as well.

On the site, riddled with craters and filled with the smoke of gunpowder, only Aldebaran and Isaac remained.

When Aldebaran saw that the men he had just fought were trying to escape, he roared and tried to give chase, only to find that he couldn't move at all.

Its feet were dismembered by Isaac once again.

"Roar----"

It roared, but its gaze remained fixed on Isaac, who had wounded it. Its crimson pupils were fixed on the camp, or rather, on the more distant Tokyo district.

Whether it was its roar or its eyes, Isaac could see the hatred in it.

An overwhelming hatred for humanity.

“What did humans do to you in the past that made you Gastrea hate them so much?” Isaac laughed. “Or rather, what did they do to make you the way you are now?”

Aldebaran, naturally, could not answer Isaac's question and continued to roar.

Slowly, its feet, which had been dismantled by Isaac, grew back.

Aldebaran angrily attacked Isaac, but because its attacks mostly involved physical contact, it was disintegrated once again.

"it's useless."

Isaac sighed and quickly placed his hands on Aldebaran's body.

"Although I am very curious about the relationship between you Gastrea and the humans of this world, curiosity aside, you must be eliminated today."

呲——

Blue lightning shot into the sky, enveloping the massive Aldebaran.

"roar------"

Aldebaran roared, but it couldn't break free from the lightning that surrounded it. Gradually, it gave up trying and remained motionless, like a mountain.

In the distance, those defending against the Gastrea attack stopped what they were doing and looked at Aldebaran, which remained motionless in the distance.

"what happened?"

"It is said that Mr. Satomi stayed behind alone to face that monster."

So who actually won?

Then, they saw this scene.

The colossal Aldebaran began to turn into dust and dissipate into the air, starting with its head, followed by its neck, then its torso...

Before long, the enormous Aldebaran had completely disappeared, leaving only ashes floating in the sky.

Aldebaran, which eroded the megalith and caused the current state of Tokyo, has completely disappeared.

The police officers were stunned by the scene.

What's going on?

Aldebaran has disappeared?

"...So we won?"

"This……"

The police did not take any action, but the Gastrea on the ground began to groan and moved backward, withdrawing from the defensive line.