Chapter 302: A Qualified Corporate Slave Not Only Slacks Off But Also Does Side Jobs
In an alley in the northern part of Kyoto city, with a strange spatial distortion, a jet-black coffin rose from thin air, and then a petite figure emerged from the coffin.
“Hmm?”
As soon as she stepped out of her territory’s space, Kazumi felt a bloody scent rushing towards her. The moment her body completely left the black coffin’s space, a dark and strange power, as if it had captured prey, surged towards Kazumi’s location.
Just as Kazumi was about to use her abilities to resist this energy, the small snake coiled around her wrist, which had been acting as an ornament, awakened at this moment. Its miniature head emitted circles of purple energy that enveloped her body.
The strange oppressive feeling instantly dissipated with the help of this evil energy, as if nothing had happened.
“This is… the blood sacrifice array was successful?”
Looking at the small snake bracelet still on her hand, Kazumi instantly figured out the source of the power she had just experienced. The energy emitted by the small snake should have been used to help her avoid being accidentally injured by the blood sacrifice array.
It had been about two hours since she left the TV station, and it was exactly midnight, the time that Masashi Sakuraba had said was most suitable for the array to activate.
Both the unknown energy attack she had suffered earlier and the sky-high blood-red halo in the distance proved that Masashi Sakuraba’s plan was progressing steadily. Now, it remained to be seen whether this so-called sacrificial array could be successfully completed.
“Hiss— No, I can’t think too much.”
A sharp pain shot through the right side of her temple, and Kazumi clutched her right forehead in pain, quickly stopping any further thought about what might happen next.
Perhaps due to the sequelae of her previous injury, Kazumi, with damage to her brain, was basically unable to engage in overly deep thinking. Otherwise, the piercing pain felt as if it could directly harm her soul.
“As expected, I must prioritize restoring my body’s functions.”
Forcing her mind to go blank, Kazumi could clearly feel the sharp pain on the right side of her head slowly disappear. Kazumi now generally agreed with her previous decision.
Putting aside the issue of her appearance and the less important emotional issues regarding “Gouzi,” the damage to her body was indeed unacceptable to her from a rational standpoint.
The damaged brain directly affected Kazumi’s primary means of survival, her combat style. Kazumi was self-aware enough that even when her half-undead state was at full power, she hadn’t gained any significant advantage in her fight with Yuz.
If she lost her ability for strategic thinking and deduction, with her already not particularly strong abilities, she might not even be able to stay in the [Dark] Organization.
Moreover, there was the most terrifying point: her original body’s emotional tendencies, which she had never been able to resolve.
Kazumi’s will was constantly being influenced by certain obsessions of her original body. Many times, Kazumi relied on her strong willpower and her half-undead transformation ability to suppress the spontaneous, strange reactions of her body.
And if she lacked this willpower…
She would probably become someone ruled by love.
How terrifying!
Slowly and methodically dissecting the pros and cons, Kazumi finally managed to rationalize her impulsive decision in a politically correct way in her mind.
After all, repairing her body was a very important matter. These things determined the development of her future plans and the improvement of her abilities.
As for repairing her appearance, that was just a secondary consideration.
Not important.
Not important at all!
…
Shaking her head and completing another round of self-hypnosis, Kazumi finally had time to examine some of the information transmitted by the small snake on her wrist.
Perhaps due to her abilities, the information provided by Masashi Sakuraba was very simple, only giving a rough location name, Yudou Square, before turning back into a bracelet.
“Yudou Square? Masashi Sakuraba said he would need my help after the blood sacrifice was completed, so…”
Taking out her mobile phone to check the distance between the given location and her current position, the young girl rested her chin on her hand and began to think.
Her current location was still a considerable distance from the transmitted location. Forcibly using Corpse Crows to get there would consume a lot of energy, and flying in the sky would easily make her a target.
Moreover, she didn’t need to rush there. Her mission was to help Masashi Sakuraba guide the power of death, and other matters were not within her scope of responsibility.
So…
Slacking off it is!
Confirming her intention to slack off, Kazumi poked her head out from the alley, wanting to see the current scene.
What greeted her eyes was a scene like the end of the world: overturned vehicles and explosion marks were everywhere. The once lively street felt utterly devoid of life. Several human bodies lay scattered on the ground in disarray.
“…”
Even Kazumi had not fully anticipated such a scene, considering this was Kyoto.
If it were some third-rate small county town or village, she wouldn’t be too surprised if the high-level forces of the [Dark] Organization could achieve village annihilation.
But to cause such a scene in Kyoto, where the headquarters of the Heroes Association was located, this was no longer a provocation; it was practically an outright insult! Could she still get off the boat now?
Although this was what she was thinking, the young girl showed no sign of backing down. After all, before deciding to join the organization, Kazumi had already prepared herself to face all of this, she just hadn’t expected it to happen so soon.
Carefully controlling her Corpse Crows to destroy all the cameras in this block, the cloaked young girl then emerged from the hiding alley.
Walking directly to the man lying on the roadside, Kazumi surprisingly discovered that this man was not dead, but had fallen into a deep slumber due to some kind of power.
And within her perceptual range, the man’s life force was being gradually absorbed, slowly converging in a certain direction.
“Is this the power of the array?”
This was probably the power of the blood sacrifice array that Masashi Sakuraba had spoken of, which aimed to awaken the soul power of the sealed Great Serpent at the cost of a city block.
“I also haven’t sensed any Heroes. Have they all been attracted to Masashi Sakuraba’s location?”
Her senses were spread out without reservation. Currently, all the people in this block, except for a few who had died from car accidents, were in a state of suspended animation, with their life forces being absorbed.
Looking at the devastated scene before her, a slightly joyful smile appeared on the young girl’s ferocious stitched face. The black coffin reappeared from thin air, and countless ghouls with sharp teeth and claws scrambled out of it.
“In that case, I’ll have something to do.”
(ps: I really like the title of this chapter. Praise me for being talented QAQ Ying)
