Zongman: Capturing the goddess from Demon Slayer

Chapter 88: River of Sighs

After putting Kirei to sleep, Arashi Akari went to Matsuri's room.

"Akari!" Matsuri was overjoyed to see it was Arashi Akari.

But she quickly became shy and shrunk into the blankets.

......

On the fourth day, at dawn, irritating sound waves spread from Tokyo outwards.

Wherever the sound waves passed, those infected with the AP virus began to grow blue-purple crystals on their bodies, showing symptoms of crystallization.

Upon hearing the sound waves, Yuzuriha Inori collapsed to the ground, a look of pain and fear on her face.

"No, she'll wake up..."

"I don't want to leave Akari..."

Arashi Akari placed his hand on Yuzuriha Inori's shoulder.

A surge of energy entered Yuzuriha Inori's body, and she gradually calmed down.

"Akari!" Yuzuriha Inori stood up and hugged Arashi Akari tightly.

Arashi Akari gently patted Yuzuriha Inori's back:

"It's okay, she won't wake up."

"Inori, let's go resolve all of this together."

"Okay."

Arashi Akari took Yuzuriha Inori's hand and walked out of Funeral Parlor.

Behind them, Matsuri, Tsugumi, Ayase, and Arisa, seeing this scene, quickly called out to Arashi Akari:

"Akari!"

Arashi Akari and Yuzuriha Inori turned to look.

"Be careful, we'll wait for you here!"

"Akari, you absolutely must come back!"

"Pervert, be careful and protect Inori!"

"Akari, I'll wait for you to unlock other positions."

Arashi Akari smiled slightly and waved his hand:

"I will definitely bring Inori back unharmed! You all must obediently wait here for us to return!"

Outside Funeral Parlor, on the ground, Gai, whose body was already showing virus crystals, was organizing the Funeral Parlor members to head to GHQ headquarters.

To destroy the device that was releasing the virus sound waves.

"Arashi, you've come!"

"Could you manage without me?"

Arashi Akari said to Gai:

"Disperse them all, only the three of us need to go."

"Mana's soul has already coalesced!"

Gai suddenly paused, then nodded slightly.

"No problem!"

Looking at Segai, he said:

"Segai, I'll leave things here to you, if..."

"If I don't return, then Funeral Parlor will be disbanded!"

"What?" Segai frowned, wondering if he had misheard.

"You didn't mishear, if I don't return, then disband Funeral Parlor!"

"Gai! You..."

"Gai! Why?"

"Gai!"

"..."

Faced with the Funeral Parlor members' confusion and doubt.

Gai suddenly said sternly:

"This is an order! Just do it!"

The Funeral Parlor members all fell silent.

Segai smiled helplessly.

"As expected of you, Gai!"

......

On the other side, at GHQ headquarters.

As Keido Shuichiro's subordinates activated the Genesis Rock, all the GHQ executives who had not been injected with the special virus-immunity vaccine began to show purple virus crystals on their bodies.

Although GHQ Commander-in-Chief Yang Shaojiang's body did not show purple crystals, he was, just like in the original story, shot by his own son, Daryl Yang, piloting the Endlave.

Outside the room where Keido Shuichiro was being held, Yuu, wearing a prosthetic limb and showing crystallization in many places on his body, extracted a camera from the body of a student wearing Tennozu First High School uniform.

With a 'click', the door was opened.

Keido Shuichiro walked out from inside.

"It seems it's already succeeded!"

Looking at Yuu, who was holding a camera-shaped Void and followed by a large group of high school students, Keido Shuichiro showed a satisfied expression.

"Yes, Director Keido, I have already mastered the Power of Kings."

"However, some side effects have inevitably appeared."

"The more Voids extracted, the more crystals will appear on the body."

Yuu raised his left hand, looking at the pattern on the back of his hand with a satisfied expression.

"I see, don't worry, once I completely take over GHQ, I'll find a way to remove this side effect."

Keido Shuichiro walked towards the rooftop, followed by Yuu, who was leading a large group of high school students hypnotized by hypnosis-type Voids.

"Let me go!"

"I want to see Keido Shuichiro!"

GHQ fell into chaos, and noticing that it seemed to be related to her brother Keido Shuichiro, Ouma Haruka began to look for Keido Shuichiro.

But before she could find him, she was tied up by Keido Shuichiro's subordinates.

Keido Shuichiro, seeing that it was his sister, said to the Anti-Bodies holding Ouma Haruka:

"Release her, and inject her with a special vaccine as well."

"Yes!"

An Anti-Body took out a vaccine from his pocket and injected it into Ouma Haruka's arm.

"Vaccine?"

"What exactly are you trying to do!?"

Ouma Haruka roared at Keido Shuichiro.

"Do what?"

Keido Shuichiro laughed loudly.

Opening his arms, he looked out the window at Tokyo.

"Of course, it's to recreate that day!"

"To start Lost Christmas once again!"

Ouma Haruka's face showed a look of horror.

"You!"

"Bastard!"

Ouma Haruka wanted to step forward and punch Keido Shuichiro, but she was restrained by the Anti-Bodies and unable to move.

"Take her along, follow me!"

Ouma Haruka was escorted by the Anti-Bodies, following behind Keido Shuichiro.

"Hi~ Hello there~\

,"Yuu greeted Ouma Haruka with a smile.

"Can I take a look at your son's Void?"

"Son? Shu! What have you done to Shu!?"

"Behind you!" Yuu pointed his hand behind him.

Among that large group of high school students, Shu walked out.

Haruka, seeing Shu, quickly shouted:

"Shu!"

But Shu didn't respond.

Like a puppet.

"If you don't answer, I'll take it as you've agreed, okay~"

Saying that, Yuu stretched his hand towards Shu's chest, wanting to see what the Void of Ouma Kurosu's son, Ouma Shu, who was rumored to be as amazing as Keido Shuichiro, looked like.

A ball of light was extracted by Yuu.

Yuu subconsciously placed it towards his severed right arm.

Clang!

A crisp sound rang out, Yuu's originally severed right arm had now become a crystalline arm filled with something similar to magic circuits.

"Oh~"

"Subarashii~"

"This is the true Power of Kings!"

In the instant he extracted the Void, Yuu understood the function of this crystalline arm.

It could infinitely contain any Void, and even absorb the Apocalypse Virus.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yuu directly extracted the Voids from all the high school students behind him and placed them into his King's Right Arm.

Keido Shuichiro, hearing Yuu's excited shout, turned around to look.

"Yuu?"

"Director Keido! I have obtained the true Power of Kings!"

"A right hand that can contain any Void!"

Yuu didn't reveal the function of his right hand being able to absorb the Apocalypse Virus.

He wanted to keep a trump card, if Keido Shuichiro didn't intend to help him remove the virus from his body in the end, then...

Hehe.

Didn't you, Keido Shuichiro, want to spread the virus?

Then I'll absorb all the viruses in Japan.

At worst, we'll all perish together, and no one will play anymore.

"Is that so... Now, do you have the confidence to defeat Arashi Akari and become the only King?"

Originally, Keido Shuichiro planned to settle the score with Funeral Parlor after he controlled GHQ.

To snatch back the test subject.

But now Yuu had the capital to contend with Arashi Akari.

It was better to proceed on two fronts!

Keido Shuichiro couldn't wait to become the Adam of the new world!

"Yes!"

"As long as you give me enough Void, I will prove to you who is the real king!"

Shu Jie said excitedly.

"Since that's the case, go! Absorb as much as you want!"

Anyway, after I become Adam, the humans in this world will be extinct.

Being able to contribute to my becoming Adam before they die is their honor!

After receiving Keido Shuichiro's permission, Shu Jie broke the window and jumped down from the hundred-meter-high building.

A pair of Void wings opened behind him, flying towards the surrounding schools.

After absorbing tens of thousands of Voids, Shu Jie's body had already begun to crystallize severely.

"Absorbing any more will affect the battle. It's time to have a showdown with Arashi Myooh!"

Shu Jie flapped his wings again. This time, he was going to Roppongi.

At the same time, Arashi Myooh led Inori and Gai towards this place.

Sensing that Shu Jie had actually extracted Shu's King's Right Hand and absorbed tens of thousands of Voids, Arashi Myooh wanted to laugh a little.

"A bit much."

"Myooh?" Yuzuriha Inori, holding hands with Arashi Myooh and flying side by side, didn't understand what Arashi Myooh's sudden words meant.

"It's nothing. I'm just a little emotional seeing that Shu Jie actually obtained the Power of the King."

Gai, who was being controlled by Arashi Myooh and flying in the air behind them, sighed in his heart when he heard that Shu Jie had obtained the Power of the King.

The last Void Genome is gone...

The four met in the air.

The moment Shu Jie saw Arashi Myooh, he directly used the King's Right Hand to summon the samurai sword Void stored within it.

"Arashi Myooh! Didn't expect this, did you? I also obtained the Power of the King!"

"Indeed, I didn't expect it a little, but so what?" Arashi Myooh smiled contemptuously.

"To kill you, I don't even need to take action."

"Hado Number Ninety: Black Coffin!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a hundred-meter-high black cube instantly enveloped Shu Jie.

The Black Coffin dissipated, and Shu Jie sprayed blood all over his body.

He died on the spot and fell to the ground.

The Power of the King disappeared, and the King's Right Hand returned to its light ball form. The Voids stored inside flew in all directions like shooting stars, returning to their original bodies.

After all the Voids returned to their original bodies, Shu's King's Right Hand also flew towards the direction where Shu was.

Seeing Arashi Myooh take action again, Gai was still as shocked as before.

Damn, Arashi Myooh is still so awesome!

There is still a gap between kings.

After solving Shu Jie, Arashi Myooh continued to lead Inori and Gai towards GHQ headquarters.

At this time, Keido Shuichiro still didn't know that Shu Jie was dead.

He was foolishly looking at Mana's soul in the River of Lament.

"Eve, wait for me. I will soon become Adam!"

...

The King's Right Hand returned to his body, and Shu woke up.

"Shu, are you okay?"

"Haruka? Wasn't I at school?"

Shu looked around blankly and stood up from Haruka's arms.

"Where is this?"

"Haruka, did you hear that? There's a girl calling me..."

"What a familiar voice...."

"Shu, where is there a voice? There isn't one?" Haruka asked in confusion.

"No, there is."

Shu walked step by step towards the River of Lament where Keido Shuichiro was.

"Shu!"

Haruka grabbed Shu's hand, wanting to stop him.

But Shu shook off Haruka's hand.

"Haruka, that voice is really familiar... I want to go take a look."

After saying that, Shu started running.

Seeing this, Haruka had no choice but to accompany Shu.

The old home of the Ouma family, the place where the Origin Stone was discovered—Oshima.

On the beach of Oshima, Dart was blowing the sea breeze with Scrooge and Carol, enjoying life.

Suddenly, Dart sat up from the beach chair.

"Dart?"

Scrooge didn't quite understand what was happening.

"Ah~ Do you still remember Arashi Myooh I told you about?"

Scrooge and Carol nodded.

"Remember. What's wrong with him?"

"Could it be that he became Adam?"

"No, no, no. He's going to eliminate the Apocalypse Virus!" Dart looked up at the sky.

Once the Apocalypse Virus is eliminated by Arashi Myooh, I don't know how long it will take before I can reappear in this world in human form.

"Then aren't you going to die?" Carol asked.

"I guess so. Farewell! I'm sorry for the experiments I did on you before..."

After bowing to the two, Dart retreated into the Void and left the beach of Oshima.

...

*Pa!*

The wall where the River of Lament was located suddenly shattered, and Arashi Myooh, Inori, and Gai arrived at the River of Lament.

Keido Shuichiro frowned when he saw the three people barging in.

"How did you know about this place?"

"Guess!"

Arashi Myooh waved his hand casually, and Keido Shuichiro flew out directly, slamming heavily against the wall.

"Brother!"

At the same time, Shu and Haruka also arrived at the River of Lament.

Haruka wanted to run to Keido Shuichiro's side to check on Keido Shuichiro's injuries.

But she was stopped by Keido Shuichiro.

"Don't come over!"

"I don't need your sympathy!"

Keido Shuichiro leaned against the wall and slowly got up from the ground.

Looking at the three Arashi Myooh who were high above.

He laughed.

"Hahaha~"

"Arashi Myooh! I didn't expect that even Shu Jie, who mastered the King's Right Hand, wouldn't be your opponent."

"How could there be a monster like you in this world? Even Dart, who possesses the will of a human and is immortal, is afraid of you."

"I lost. I lost completely!"

Keido Shuichiro leaned against the wall and looked at Ouma Haruka.

"Haruka, do you know who killed Ouma Kurosu?"

Haruka shook her head tremblingly, but she already had a guess in her heart.

Looking at Keido Shuichiro's evil smile, Haruka couldn't believe the guess in her heart.

"It was me!"

"I killed him! Who told that guy to have such outstanding talent, making people jealous! Not only that, but his children even became the appointed Eve and Adam of the new world."

"I'm not convinced. I'm jealous. I hate it, so I killed him!"

"Hahaha. Haruka, hate me!"

Keido Shuichiro took out an AP Virus and inserted it into his heart. His body quickly crystallized, and he died on the spot.

Before he died, he didn't forget to disgust his sister.

Unable to accept the truth, Haruka ran out in tears.

Leaving only Ouma Shu in the River of Lament.

In the River of Lament, many eyeballs appeared, surrounding Shu.

"Shu, you've come!"

"Shu, it's me, your sister!"

The voice of Ouma Mana came from within the eyeballs.

Shu looked at the eyeball with a diameter of about one meter in front of him, feeling fear.

"Don't come near me!"