Chapter 422: Isshinkai
Lee Chae-rin waved her war blade lightly. The blood on the blade bloomed like plum blossoms on the white wall.
"Miss Lee, you... you can't do this..."
The woman slumped behind the desk; her disguised grace had long disappeared.
She never thought the Lee family would use this form to "subvert" her.
And the one taking action was the Lee family's beautiful eldest daughter herself.
Kaito Shirogane, wearing a white suit, stood tall and straight. He walked in easily from outside the Cheong Wa Dae (Blue House). The perimeter security and guards received no news at all; the guards in the inner residence had all been killed.
The efficiency of a Reincarnator with godspeed like Lee Chae-rin killing ordinary people with a long blade was even faster than those sharpshooters.
Lee Chae-rin reached out her hand, resting the long blade on the neck of this lady known as the first female president of Goryeo who broke gender prejudice.
"You shouldn't have refused that old man."
Lee Xianhou met the President again this morning, attempting to jointly fund the establishment of a supernatural team to counter the increasingly chaotic situation.
But the President refused him again.
The world was changing. Every family had its own demands.
The reason this woman became President was not only due to her ability; her family with generations in politics behind her was the key.
Under the situation where traditional capital influenced the world, her family was unlikely to contend with the Lee family controlling the Samwol Chaebol. But the world had changed, so they naturally had new opportunities.
Using the President's authority to control the first supernatural force exclusively belonging to the family naturally became their clan's ambition.
"Chae-rin, Miss Lee Chae-rin, we can renegotiate!"
"Acting now will only cause both the Lee family and the Park family to face losses. Why not..."
Splurt!
Lee Chae-rin withdrew her blade so fast that the opponent didn't see it clearly at all, and her trachea was already cut.
Kaito arrived close at this time. He didn't take action, just looking at the furnishings and decorations around.
The so-called power didn't let him see anything remarkable.
Kaito casually threw the woman's corpse out, then sat behind that desk grandly.
Lee Chae-rin frowned. Goryeo highly esteemed the culture of hierarchy. She felt slightly uncomfortable about killing the President and Kaito sitting in this position now.
But immediately she realized that it was exactly this mentality of being overly influenced and controlled by rules that made her inferior to her grandfather and inferior to the guy in front of her.
Rules were just tools used by the strong to bind the weak. No strong person would let the weak stand on top of their head just because rules didn't allow it.
After Kaito returned from the Hero World B711, he had more ideas about his [Paradise] and the current world.
"Later, reporters will report the case of Goryeo President Park... what's her name again? Never mind, Ms. Park being killed by the dark and pathological supernatural user Seo Ji-woo."
"She will become the first President assassinated by a supernatural user. And this incident will also make the label [Supernatural User] public for the first time from the perspective of national mainstream media."
Lee Chae-rin didn't expect Kaito had already planned to this step. Actually, in her thought, she would first use Samwol Chaebol's influence to make the President dispatch the Special Abilities Division to pursue the supernatural user Seo Ji-woo suspected of trafficking a large number of Goryeo people.
Then she and Kaito would take the opportunity to kill the President who lost her defense force and the Reincarnators protecting her closely.
Then announce to the outside that the President was assassinated by the supernatural user Seo Ji-woo.
She and Kaito would kill Seo Ji-woo again, and everything would end perfectly.
As for the President's position, her family would naturally arrange a new candidate.
But Kaito's plan was more radical.
To some extent, what Kaito wanted to do at this time was close to what [Final Sun] did. He was making the existence of Reincarnators known to this world from another angle.
Not as [Reincarnators], but in the form of [Supernatural Users].
This move would cause many changes and problems.
But she didn't have the ability to stop him.
Kaito tapped the desktop, waiting for the arrival of that enemy.
Boom!
Suddenly, thunder exploded out of thin air, followed by heavy rain pouring down.
The weather, which was clear just now, changed abruptly. This change was absolutely impossible to be natural.
Lee Chae-rin also realized that Reincarnators of the [Isshinkai] had probably arrived.
Their plans were interlinked; Seo Ji-woo had no other choice.
He must kill his way towards them because Seo Ji-woo knew Kaito's identity, so he would know that Kaito held the trump card capable of killing him instantly—[Death Note]!
The matter of Mercenary Tao obtaining a Death Note fragment from [Silent Fate] for destroying [Chaos Sage] was no secret in the Eastern District of the Infinite Dimensional Space.
Therefore, after receiving Lee Chae-rin's call and sensing "hostility" from Kaito, Seo Ji-woo had no choice.
He could only quickly kill the [Goryeo Special Abilities Division] members pursuing him, gather all gatherable members of [Isshinkai], find Mercenary Tao himself directly, and kill Mercenary Tao!
"This Ms. President doesn't trust Reincarnators and didn't keep any as her bodyguards. How much combat power do you think [Isshinkai] has left after defeating that Special Abilities Division?"
Kaito spoke to Lee Chae-rin while the battle hadn't started yet.
He intended to use the Reincarnators staying by the President's side to see Lee Chae-rin's combat power after enhancing her bloodline, but failed to get his wish.
Kaito's aggressive eyes let Lee Chae-rin know that this man didn't have much trust even for her.
He wasn't asking how many enemies she could share, but more like saying: I can completely kill them all alone, and you are just another target I need to observe.
Lee Chae-rin went to the window, opened the curtain, and saw a person floating in the sky. A pitch-black barrier shrouded the entire official residence in an instant.
Her expression became serious. [Isshinkai] wasn't weak.
"I'm not sure how much power is left, but 4 came. None are simple."
But Kaito shook his head. Although Lee Chae-rin's Observation Haki level was high, the effect wasn't as good as his [Mantra] enhanced by [Thunder Emperor's Heart].
His perception distance far exceeded Lee Chae-rin's.
In the next moment, Kaito turned around abruptly. A shrill red streamer attacked from behind.
Boom!
Kaito raised his left hand, catching the strike uncapturable by the naked eye steadily.
Lee Chae-rin's pupils shrank. She only sensed the opponent's appearance at this time.
So fast!
Faster than me!
Seo Ji-woo had quite a few blood stains on his blue suit. The white shirt on his chest was also torn by some claws, leaving wounds on his body.
But the corner of his mouth still carried a cruel smile.
"Sure enough, I didn't misjudge. You are not a guy who would use [Death Note] to kill a strong enemy... Ha, haha..."
He tilted his head, as if seeing another self.
Lee Chae-rin's figure turned into flowing light. [Godspeed] was already activated. Taking a step, her elongated blade was still by the window, but the person had already arrived behind Seo Ji-woo. Emerald green sword light appeared suddenly.
Hum!
In the next moment, a sword light erupted from the President's official residence. The solemn mansion tilted and slid down in the heavy rain.
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