Chapter 134

The mysterious entities facing Kang Yuseong paused for a moment.

They were reacting to a familiar sensation emanating from him.

“Ha, so Yoshie truly created these beings himself? It’s proving difficult to take them over.”

Kang Yuseong shook his head.

He had tried to mind-control them, but penetrating their consciousness was incredibly challenging.

“Then there’s no other choice.”

Kang Yuseong’s eyes radiated a chilling aura.

“I’ll kill every single one of you.”

Beings that should not exist in this world.

The Shinobi closed the distance, confronting Kang Yuseong.

There was a considerable number of Shinobi.

*Shring!*

Kang Yuseong brandished his sword in the air.

If words failed, force was the only option.

*Tat-tat!*

In an instant, his body sliced through the air.

*Crack!*

And he precisely beheaded one of them.

*Chwa-ra-rat!*

He spun widely once more, severing the neck of another, then spun again to strike a third.

*Thud!*

Three of them fell in an instant.

“Attack Unit.”

At that moment, Kang Yuseong’s radio crackled.

“Yes, Captain!”

“Do not act rashly. They are strong.”

Having sent the message, Kang Yuseong glanced at his right shoulder.

Blood seeped through his armor.

It was a wound from a sword thrust by a Shadow Shinobi in its dying moments.

‘They’re terrifying.’

Astonishingly fast, astonishingly bold.

To precisely thrust a sword even as its own head was being severed.

Then again, they weren’t living beings.

*Pakang!*

Kang Yuseong suddenly charged at them and brought his sword down.

His blade clashed against the Shinobi’s swords, sending sparks flying.

*Kwang!*

But he spun on the spot and delivered a kick.

*Pwoong!*

One Shinobi’s body burst apart and disintegrated.

These beings were vengeful spirits, materialized by Yoshie’s thoughts.

When Kang Yuseong’s Chakra Force struck them accurately, they couldn’t withstand the power and scattered.

They couldn’t be annihilated by ordinary force.

Not unless it was pure fire energy, or a powerful Chakra Force capable of suppressing the thoughts imbued within them.

And one more thing.

If the power that constituted them was the very aura of death, then they could be cut down.

In that case, there was one being perfectly suited for the task.

‘Blood!’

Kang Yuseong connected his consciousness with Blood.

Blood was a being he had created with dark magic.

Physical attacks were possible, but the sword Blood wielded also carried the aura of death.

That’s why wounds inflicted by him didn’t heal easily and festered.

Created on the same principle as the Shinobi, Blood could also inflict damage upon them.

*Clank, clank!*

As his consciousness connected with Blood, the creature soon appeared.

Seeing it emerge, its eyes blazing with blood-red light, the Shinobi visibly recoiled.

They had recognized a being of the same nature as themselves.

Kang Yuseong smiled coldly.

“Let’s go.”

*Paaat!*

And his body moved.

*Chwaaaat!*

His sword sliced through the air, and a Shinobi’s head floated for a moment.

At that instant, Kang Yuseong wasn’t looking at it. His sword had already extended horizontally, piercing another’s throat.

“Kyaaak!”

A Shadow Shinobi let out a chilling scream before vanishing like mist.

“Annihilate them in groups of three!”

At that moment, the cry of Support Unit Captain Jang Gwang-ho rang out.

The Attack Unit formed up according to his command.

Shadow Shinobi charged towards them.

*Pakang!*

Sparks flew, and a fierce engagement ensued.

*Kwaduk!*

Hunters fell to the Shinobi’s blades.

But the Shinobi were not unscathed by the swords of the Hunters next to them.

However, being beings made of Yoshie’s thoughts, they could endure it.

Even so, damage was steadily accumulating on them.

“Uryaaaat!”

*Kwakwang!*

At that moment, a tremendous explosion erupted where the Shinobi were gathered.

A man wielding a massive greatsword had turned its blade sideways and swung it upwards.

This instantly disrupted the Shadow Shinobi’s formation.

The Shinobi directly hit by his greatsword instantly disintegrated, and those merely grazed by the immense aura emanating from the greatsword slowly began to melt away.

Gil Hyeok-jun.

A master of the greatsword and an axe-wielding butcher, his power was truly formidable.

Even the Hunters of the support unit behind him widened their eyes in awe.

“Everyone, don’t be afraid! These bastards are nothing!”

At Gil Hyeok-jun’s booming shout, the Attack Unit members’ faces ignited with renewed fighting spirit, and they swung their weapons.

*Pakang!*

“Kyaaak!”

Shinobi began to be cut down by their swords.

But the Shinobi were not to be underestimated.

They were the most powerful assassins in history.

Even if assassination wasn’t their primary specialty, they displayed considerable skill in such a battle.

It had been planned that way since their creation by Yoshie.

“Kwak!”

A Hunter, his heart pierced by a Shinobi’s thrusting blade, twisted his face in agony and coughed up blood.

Swords plunging into their sides ripped through livers and ruptured spleens, leading Hunters to their deaths.

They knew countless ways to kill a person with a single strike.

They would sever necks, or even plunge blades into ear canals.

The Hunters shuddered at their cruel and precise movements.

While Gil Hyeok-jun, Jang Gwang-ho, and Kang Yuseong pushed back the Shinobi, ordinary Hunters were falling, suffering countless wounds.

Some even started drinking the potions Kang Yuseong had provided.

The Shinobi’s attacks were that desperate and powerful.

But then, a strange sound suddenly echoed above the Shinobi’s heads.

*Wheeeeee-*

A sound of something plummeting from high in the sky…

*Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!*

The sound grew steadily louder.

And the next moment, the sound amplified tremendously, revealing its true nature.

*Swa-swa-swa-shing!*

A rain of fire, pouring down endlessly, as if to incinerate the night sky!

*Thwack! Thwump-thump-thump!*

The rain of fire skillfully avoided the entangled Hunters, precisely piercing only the bodies of the Shinobi.

Crowns of heads, shoulders, chests…

Everywhere, crimson flames momentarily tore through them, raising black smoke, and the Shinobi instantly lost limbs, their legs severed.

They were beings incapable of feeling pain, but with their chests exploding and holes blown through their heads, there was no way they could endure.

“Charge!”

“Waaah!”

At Jang Gwang-ho’s shout, the Hunters’ morale surged once more.

Seeing the Shinobi fall so miserably had boosted their spirits.

Kang Yuseong grinned, watching the scorching rain of fire pour down from behind him.

As expected, it was Kim Do-jin.

He was always someone whose back could be trusted.

And he even had the knack for instantly raising plummeting morale.

Even the Shinobi seemed to falter at his astonishing skill.

Kang Yuseong plunged into their midst.

The Shinobi glared with murderous intent, attempting to confront him.

But Kang Yuseong wore a chilling smile amidst them.

*Kwooooooh!*

At that moment, a tremendous aura erupted from his body.

*Chwat! Chwa-chwa-chwat!*

And a brutal sword dance followed.

The two swords he wielded severed Shinobi necks, cut off legs, horizontally sliced chests, and carved through skulls.

Black blood splattered, and a murky aura burst forth with a *Pang!* before dissolving into the air.

‘Are you watching, Yoshie!’

Kang Yuseong stared directly into their eyes, uttering the thought in his mind.

Yoshie.

He was surely watching this battle from somewhere.

*Crack!*

As if to blow off its head, Kang Yuseong severed the jaw of one Shinobi.

*Chwat!*

And he horizontally sliced the head of a second one.

‘Next is…’

Even the other members of the Attack Unit looked horrified by the terrifying sword dance.

The grim smile on Kang Yuseong’s lips deepened, and his eyes blazed with a fierce blue madness.

‘You!’

*Kwajik!*

Kang Yuseong grinned as he plunged his sword into the chest of one Shinobi.

And then he shoved the creature against the wall.

The murderous intent in the Shinobi’s eyes flared brightly once, then began to fade.

*Paaat!*

Just like that, the Shinobi vanished into a wisp of smoke.

Though they possessed physical forms, these bodies were made of thought, and once the source of that thought disappeared, they were utterly annihilated.

The Shinobi were dealt with before long.

However, the Attack Unit had also suffered considerable casualties.

Twenty-five dead, over fifty wounded.

This meant that the Shinobi, personally crafted by Yoshie with such effort, were incredibly powerful.

But they couldn’t stop here.

Just as he was about to speak, his satellite phone suddenly rang.

*Ring-ring-ring-*

Kang Yuseong frowned.

Why was the satellite phone ringing?

He answered the call with a sense of unease.

“This is Kang Yuseong.”

“It’s the President.”

“Yes, Mr. President. Please speak.”

Kang Yuseong felt a premonition of ill omen from the President’s slightly trembling voice.

“Captain Kang Yuseong. Listen carefully.”

“Yes.”

A brief silence followed, then the President’s voice came through the receiver again.

“At this very moment, South Korea is under attack by Japan’s Tsukuyomi Attack Unit. Busan has already fallen.”

Kang Yuseong’s eyes widened dramatically.

“What… did you say?”

An unbelievable truth was spilling from the President’s lips.

“As the President of South Korea, I issue this command to Captain Kang Yuseong, leader of the Japan Expeditionary Force.”

The President’s voice, which had been trembling, regained its composure.

He continued in a low, precise tone.

“Effective immediately, I order the complete subjugation of the Japanese mainland.”

Kang Yuseong bit his lip tightly.

They had been outmaneuvered.

Yoshie had sent this Shinobi unit to tie up the Attack Unit, divert their attention, and at the same time, sent an attack unit to the South Korean mainland.

Busan, practically defenseless, must have fallen into their hands in an instant, and after that, Ulsan, Gwangju, Daegu… large cities would collapse.

It was clear that they would quickly push up to the doorstep of Gyeonggi Province and Seoul.

That was why the President was giving this order now.

They must, without fail, conquer Japan.

Kang Yuseong remained silent for a moment, then nodded heavily.

It was a lapse in judgment.

No, even if he had known, he might not have been able to stop it.

Who could have known Yoshie’s scheme was so intricately woven?

“I will succeed in conquering Japan, without fail.”

“I will be waiting, Captain Kang Yuseong. And…”

The President paused, then continued.

“I’m counting on you.”

“Yes, Mr. President.”

*Beep-beep-beep-*

The call ended.

Kang Yuseong cast a sharp gaze towards Tokyo for a moment, then turned to the Attack Unit and spoke.

“The South Korean mainland is currently under attack.”

A great stir arose at his words.

“Th-then! Does that mean these Japanese bastards tied us up here and invaded our homeland?”

Kang Yuseong nodded.

“That’s right. So, we will!”

He raised a finger and pointed towards Tokyo.

The heart of Japan.

“Go to Tokyo and end everything.”

The Attack Unit members’ expressions hardened.

They could no longer hope for support from their home country.

They would have to fight their own desperate battle.

Therefore, the conclusion was that only the people gathered here could plunge a blade into Tokyo.

The eyes of Kang Yuseong and the Attack Unit members focused on Tokyo.

Seoul and Tokyo.

The battle to see which would fall first had begun.