Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

Aldebaran has been destroyed!

"We won!!"

"Oh!!!"

Upon confirming their victory and the destruction of Aldebaran, the police officers present cheered.

They were overjoyed to have survived.

"Satomi, he did it."

On the other side, Kisara stared at the spot where Aldebaran had disappeared, a smile on his face.

"Rentaro is indeed the strongest!"

"Brother, you're amazing."

Tina and Yeonju couldn't hide their joy either.

“Mr. Satomi, you did it,” Fuse Midori said slowly.

“Yes,” Akima nodded in response.

Unbeknownst to him, he discovered that his junior brother had already reached a height that he could never reach.

Chapter 325: Could You Make an Excuse Me?

The carcasses of Gastrea, large and small, were piled up like mountains, among which lay the unrecognizable remains of police officers. The blood that had flowed from the dead pooled together, forming a small river.

But the remaining people felt only joy.

The battle, which lasted for several days, finally came to an end, and it was a great victory achieved with very few casualties on the police side.

Back at camp, Isaac was greeted with the admiring gazes of all the police officers.

After single-handedly defeating Scorpio, he then single-handedly defeated both Pleiades and Aldebaran. In the eyes of the police officers, he was the leader of everyone.

"Satomi, you're finally back. Are you hurt?"

Mugen was the first to come out to greet him, and she went to Isaac's side to carefully examine his physical condition.

"It's nothing, there's no wound."

"That's good." Kisara breathed a sigh of relief. "Don't do such dangerous things again."

"Is it dangerous? I think it's alright."

"As expected of Satomi." Miori also stepped out from the side.

She did not join the battle during the campaign, but instead directed the police to use weapons from the rear. However, when Isaac fired his charged particle cannon and communication was cut off, she was helpless.

"How is the situation in the Tokyo area right now?" Isaac asked.

Kisara hesitated for a moment before recounting the battle report he had gathered on the 'Third Battle of Kwantung'.

The battles that occurred in late April 2031 with the Gastrea constellation Scorpius and in mid-July of the same year with the Gastrea constellation Aldebaran caused the following cumulative damage to the Tokyo area.

The combat strength of the Ground Self-Defense Force in the Tokyo area has decreased by 83%.

The combat strength of the Tokyo Maritime Self-Defense Force has decreased by 45%.

The combat strength of the Tokyo Area Air Self-Defense Force has decreased by 95%.

The number of officially registered partners for civilian security companies in the Tokyo area has decreased by 13%.

Members of the support units who achieved results in this battle were promoted to the following IP rankings.

Katagiri Tamaki and Katagiri Yuzuki, the pairing, rose from 1,850 to 1,000 in the IP rankings.

Kisara Tendo and Tina Sprout team up—rising from 9,100th to 3,500th in the IP rankings.

Akimaru Nizawa and Midori Fuse – rising from 970th to 760th in IP rankings.

Rentaro Satomi and Enju Aihara team up – rising from fifteenth to tenth in the IP rankings.

This battle report reflects the current situation in the Tokyo area.

If Isaac hadn't intervened this time, the police officers' losses alone would have been several times greater, not to mention anything else.

Moreover, the Self-Defense Forces in the Tokyo area have suffered heavy losses. It is no exaggeration to say that if other regions were to launch a war against the Tokyo area at this time, it would be a sure thing.

As a result, the police have become the guarantee of safety in the Tokyo area.

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After the war, those who deserved recognition received recognition, and those who were entitled to money received money. The rest simply returned to where they came from.

Of the police officers participating in this campaign, 50% applied to join Tiantong Civilian Police Company, while the rest also signed cooperation agreements with the company.

They never forgot that Isaac was their leader.

After the war, Hiruko Kagetane and Hiruko Kohina said goodbye to Isaac and left. As for the original legion commander, Gadou Nagamasa...

He naturally bears the blame for the excessive losses suffered by the Self-Defense Forces.

This is quite normal; he and his team are within the Self-Defense Forces' command system, so he's naturally responsible for anything that goes wrong. The charge would likely be inadequate support.

Realistically speaking, as the corps commander, he had no need to provide support without receiving a request for assistance from the Self-Defense Forces, especially since the Self-Defense Forces' base was deliberately located so far away from them.

But the authorities won't listen to these explanations. They only know that Wotang, as the supporting party, did not provide support, and that's how they directly pinned a crime on him.

As for why they didn't go after Isaac, the one who took away most of the police officers, it's quite simple.

Offending Isaac is equivalent to offending more than half of the police officers in Tokyo Ward. In addition, Isaac is now a hero who has saved Tokyo Ward twice, so they wouldn't dare to do anything reckless knowing these things.

As for the punishment of my gang, since they also participated in the war later and were injured in the battle against Aldebaran, they were only fined a small amount and had their police license revoked.

However, given my current situation with missing limbs, it's uncertain whether I will be able to continue participating in police activities in the future.

Myodo's police license was revoked, so his founder, Mibu Asaka, should theoretically be taken back by IISO, but IISO is currently facing problems.

Inside the reception room of the Tiantong Civil Security Company building, Isaac and two other people sat on the sofa, looking at each other.

“Um… Mr. Satomi, isn’t this a bit against the rules?” An IISO staff member wiped the sweat from the Special Agent’s brow with a handkerchief. “According to regulations, we need to retrieve and safeguard the Initiator, Mibu Asaka. What you’re doing…”

Across from them, Isaac was sitting with his legs crossed, smoking a cigarette.

"Could you make an exception?"

"..."

The staff didn't think this person was pleading for leniency; rather, they thought he was saying, "Bullshit, the rules are the rules." He certainly didn't look like someone begging for special treatment.

However, he did not have an attack.

Everyone else treated the IISO members very well upon their arrival, but upon learning that their initiators would be placed under surveillance, they either pleaded tearfully or silently endured the pain of separation. There was a deep bond between the facilitators and the initiators; they were unwilling to let their other half leave them like this.

IISO and their team acted ruthlessly, ignoring their pleas and explanations and directly reclaiming the Initiators.

As for Isaac, this was the first time they had encountered him.

Are there any employees who maintain that same businesslike, hardline attitude towards Isaac?

Yes, they've all been admitted to the hospital.

On the very day my police license was revoked, IISO came to demand my release, only to be told that Mibu Asaka had already taken a job at the Tendo Civilian Security Company. In other words, she had been saved by Isaac.

IISO had explicitly told its employees not to contact Isaac, but some new employees were still stubborn.

They believed that as employees of IISO, they shouldn't care about the opinions of those 'low-class' police officers, and then went to Isaac alone.

A few minutes later, police officers from several companies threw the blood-covered IISO staff member out of the company building like trash.

A hospital checkup revealed two hundred comminuted fractures throughout his body, and half of his teeth were knocked out. If it weren't for the excellent medical facilities and timely treatment, he would have been seriously injured.

The staff member in question was a long-time employee and one of the managers in the Tokyo area. He looked at Isaac and was momentarily speechless.

"Are you going to be lenient or not?" Isaac's eyes hardened. "Are you trying to make things difficult for me?"

"We'll make an exception! Of course we'll make an exception! We at IISO will not pursue the matter of Mibu Asaka any further!" he quickly said.

Chapter 326: Revenge is mine

Isaac beamed with joy upon hearing his words.

"I knew it! IISO is a big and powerful company, it wouldn't make things difficult for vulnerable groups like us police officers."

"Doesn't Mr. Satomi feel any remorse when he says that?"

"What do you say?"

"No, no," the staff member hurriedly waved his hand in denial.

He wouldn't have come to talk in person if he wasn't afraid of losing a few more IISO employees.

Moreover, the status of police officers in Tokyo has undergone a dramatic change.

The public initially believed that the police were just mercenaries who lived on the edge, and that they were even mixed up with the cursed children, so the only thing they could rely on was the Self-Defense Forces.

The prevailing idea at the time was that 'the police system is a convenient way to get rid of these "garbage" by having Gastrea and children carrying the Gastrea virus kill each other.'

Now that most of the Self-Defense Forces have been wiped out, only the police are left to protect them.

In the past, police officers wouldn't dare say they were police officers on the street, because it would attract disgusted looks from those around them. Now it's different. If you say you're a police officer, people will look at you with admiration, especially if you're a police officer participating in the third campaign...

Many restaurants will offer you a free meal.

Even the status of the cursed child has risen rapidly.

After all, no one would turn against their own protector.

Five million people died at once, and no one knows if they will be next.

Many people say they hate the Cursed Children because of fear, but Isaac believes that it is precisely because they are not afraid enough that they develop unnecessary aversion to those who protect them. If the fear were deep enough, they would frantically search for something that could protect them.

What Isaac wanted was to make people completely dependent on the police, so instilling extreme fear in them was essential.

In his view, the Tokyo district, ruled by fear, was more in his interest.

"Well, if there's nothing else, we'll be going now." The staff member and his subordinate stood up and prepared to leave.

"Oh, goodbye and good riddance." Isaac waved his hand dismissively.

As the two left the company building, the subordinate asked, "Is it really okay? What if headquarters blames us later..."

"No, the people at headquarters don't want to have any contact with Rentaro Satomi either."

"What about the account for the injured employee? He can't have been beaten for nothing," the subordinate said indignantly.