299. Chapter 298: The Washuu Clan's Demise! The Cataclysm Begins!
"Enough, you can rest now."
He looked at the fusion progress on the Panel, which had jumped from 97% directly to 100%. This meant he had gathered all four kakuhou. Currently, the only thing left with fusion value was the World-Ending Dragon.
"The Dragon Transformation should begin now," he said softly, patting Rize Kamishiro's shoulder.
"I understand."
Rize Kamishiro appeared calm, showing neither fear nor any thought of resistance. For some reason, she even felt a sense of impending liberation.
"The food is ready for you. When the time comes, you'll even see an old friend," Xia Shang said with a slight smile. Earlier that day, he had sent people to capture Ken Kaneki. After all, that guy was a One-Eyed Ghoul, a necessary fusion material for the Dragon Transformation. However, this time, Rize would be the main body. Even he wasn't sure what kind of dragon it would turn into.
"Nimura Furuta is looking for you."
Akihiro Kanou walked into the room, holding a mobile phone.
Xia Shang took the phone and put it to his ear.
After listening to Nimura Furuta's idea, Xia Shang said coldly, "It's getting cold. Let the Washuu Clan be destroyed."
Just this short sentence caused Akihiro Kanou, who was standing nearby, to suddenly constrict his pupils. One must know that the Washuu Clan had ruled Tokyo for hundreds of years, standing at the pinnacle of both human and ghoul strength and power. Yet, such a colossal entity was spoken of by the other party as if it were an ant that could be crushed at will.
He shook his head slightly. Indeed, before absolute strength, there was nothing that couldn't be broken.
Time came to late night.
Xia Shang stood beneath a high tower in the 11th Ward. He watched as Rize Kamishiro gently reached her hand towards Ken Kaneki's chest, revealing a look of anticipation.
"I can hear the desire in your heart. Don't suppress it, release all your desires," Rize Kamishiro said with a sweet smile to Ken Kaneki. Immediately after, Ken Kaneki released several kagune amidst painful roars. Seeing this, Rize Kamishiro also summoned her kagune. The two kagune intertwined and slowly fused. Finally, Rize Kamishiro gently embraced Ken Kaneki, and the two completely merged into one.
In an instant, countless kagune shot out like sharp arrows towards the many experiment subjects behind Xia Shang. *Splurt!*
Xia Shang, with his hands behind his back, ignored the kagune whistling past him like a gale and looked calmly at Rize Kamishiro, whose body was beginning to mutate.
On the other side.
The king of Washuu, Nimura Furuta, the leader of the V organization, Koshou, the mother of chaos, Roma Hoito, and the One-Eyed Owl, Eto Yoshimura, along with the newly promoted SSS-rank Matasaka Kamishiro and Hinami Fueguchi—six SSS-rank kakuja standing at the top of the food chain—acted together, attacking the Washuu Clan's headquarters.
Even the Washuu Clan, with its multitude of powerhouses, appeared exceptionally fragile when facing the six individuals unleashing their full firepower. With hardly any effort, the group reached the lobby and saw Tsuneyoshi Washuu sitting on a high chair.
Tsuneyoshi Washuu looked at the intruders and said calmly, "The King of Dark Mist sent you, didn't he? I've long anticipated this day, but what surprised me was that the traitors would be the two of you."
"But you don't seem surprised at all," Nimura Furuta slowly walked up to Tsuneyoshi Washuu. "Although my plan had a slight error, thankfully it's back on the right track. It won't be long before the new world I've been anticipating appears. It's a pity you won't be able to witness that moment with your own eyes."
"It doesn't feel good when your plan isn't under your control, does it? To put it bluntly, you've just gone from being a dog in my hands to a dog of the King of Dark Mist."
The corner of Tsuneyoshi Washuu's mouth curved upwards, filled with disdain for Nimura Furuta. "Shut up!"
Nimura Furuta transformed his right hand into a kagune and pierced Tsuneyoshi Washuu's abdomen with a single strike.
Just as he was about to say something else, the ground suddenly trembled. Immediately after, the lights in the lobby went out completely. Sensing the anomalous situation, the group quickly exited the lobby. Since Tsuneyoshi Washuu's residence was located at a high place, when they looked towards the direction of Tokyo's 11th Ward, they saw an incredibly thick kagune rising from the ground! It wrapped around a high tower! "That is..." Matasaka Kamishiro watched with inner shock as the creature, like a giant beast from myth, opened its giant mouth and roared towards the bright moon.
"The Dragon is born."
Nimura Furuta's face, however, was somewhat grim.
He hadn't expected that the King of Dark Mist wouldn't notify him at such a crucial moment as Rize's Dragon Transformation. It seemed that, just as that old guy said, the King of Dark Mist had never taken him seriously.
*Boom!*
The dragon-shaped creature, possessing a hundred pairs of grotesque long legs and a body length of over a thousand meters, roared and charged towards the most densely populated areas. Wherever it passed, it was instantly reduced to ruin.
"Analyze." Standing on the dragon head, Xia Shang admired the destruction caused by the Dragon while opening his Panel and initiating Analyze on the creature beneath his feet.
*Boom!!!* For a time, continuous violent roars, accompanied by dazzling firelight, resounded throughout Tokyo's 11th Ward. Simultaneously, countless grotesque tentacles gushed out from the Dragon's body. Each one, like a giant python, frantically searched for ghoul and swallowed them whole. The Dragon's body size also continuously grew larger during this process! Soon, the entirety of Tokyo was plunged into darkness due to the damage to the power system.
Facing the sudden giant disaster, the Military immediately dispatched a large number of airplanes and tanks, urgently heading towards the Dragon's location. But whether it was airplanes or tanks, the cannon shells they fired at the Dragon's body couldn't cause even a tiny bit of injury.
Despair! Powerlessness! Fear and other negative emotions instantly enveloped everyone's hearts.
"Store Manager! We must leave the 11th Ward as quickly as possible." Looking at the buildings being crushed by the tentacles, Devil Ape Koma looked anxiously at Store Manager Kuzen Yoshimura. "Quickly lead everyone to evacuate."
"What in the world is that thing!?"
Kuzen Yoshimura, who was experienced and knowledgeable, stared intently at the grotesque tentacles not far away, his eyebrows furrowing sharply.
"I don't know. Even a super large ghoul isn't that big, and it looks like that's just a part of its body."
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Devil Ape Koma wouldn't have believed that such a terrifying monster existed in the world.
"Go."
Seeing the tentacles getting closer and closer to them, Kuzen Yoshimura led Touka and the rest of the Coffee Shop staff to run quickly into the distance without hesitation!
The scene shifts to Xia Shang.
After destroying less than half of the 11th Ward, the Panel finally displayed the message that the Analysis was successful.
"Let me see what kind of surprise you'll bring me, Rize!" Bathed in the gale and the firelight of the artillery fire, Xia Shang revealed an extremely excited smile.
(end of chapter)