Chapter 266 Masashi Sakuraba’s Personal Request
“Blood sacrifice!!??”
The news from Masashi Sakuraba made the young girl’s previously calm face tremble, and she instinctively looked at the location circled on the map constructed by the opponent’s energy, her eyebrows furrowed tightly.
But soon, Kazumi, who belatedly remembered something, withdrew her gaze and met Sakuraba’s half-smiling face. She quickly suppressed the expression on her face and lowered her head to speak.
“Sorry, I lost my composure.”
Seeing the girl instantly calm down, Sakuraba’s gaze of admiration deepened. He spread his other hand helplessly and said to Kazumi with a smile.
“Shimizu, you’re so smart, it makes me feel like I have no achievement.”
Regarding Sakuraba’s words, Kazumi was indeed startled at first. After all, slaughtering a district in a large city with a population of millions, or even tens of millions, was no different from a full-scale war with the Heroes Association.
After confirming the opponent’s insane behavior, the first thought in the young girl’s mind was how to escape. But soon, Kazumi, having calmed down a little, instantly caught the loophole in Sakuraba’s conversation.
Just a moment ago, he was talking about the hero’s bottom line being the lives of the people, and then he immediately said that the new mission objective was to slaughter a district. There must be some problems in this, perhaps a hidden contingency, or other purposes. In the young girl’s opinion, the organization’s strength was definitely not enough to wage war with the heroes, otherwise, they wouldn’t have been driven into the dark sewers like rats, surviving in silence.
“Of course, the mission given by the boss is indeed like this, but there is no requirement that it must be completed.”
Seeing that the young girl had lowered her head and stopped responding to him, Sakuraba dispelled the map in his hand with some lack of interest. This was probably something that every senior was willing to do, to tease the junior who had just joined, especially if this junior was capable or good-looking.
“So it’s… bait?”
Kazumi nodded twice and looked up, asking with some doubt.
“Something like that. Unsealing the Demon Snake is also within our plan, but it’s definitely not at this time. However, if we succeed, the subsequent missions will be much easier, but it’s impossible to achieve it easily.”
“Well, then why…”
At this point, Kazumi understood the other party’s meaning. This so-called blood sacrifice was just a transparent scheme of the [Shadow] Organization for other missions. Making such a big move in the central urban area was very likely to attract enough combat power’s attention, thus diverting the firepower for the organization’s simultaneous activities in other places.
Moreover, if Masashi Sakuraba really managed to pull off this trick, it would only be a win-win situation for the organization.
Of course, this idea was good, but in reality, the prerequisite for implementation was that the executor must have sufficient strength, because Kyoto was guarded by Hamano Tsukasa, known as the number one hero, [Thundery].
Although due to age, this old man had not appeared in public for hero activities for a long time, if it involved such a heinous incident, he, who possessed lightning abilities, would definitely be the first to arrive at the scene.
Judging by Masashi Sakuraba’s previous combat performance, this young man who looked to be in his twenties indeed had the strength worthy of the title of [Executive]. Whether it was the great battle with the monk before, or the terrifying and strange dodging techniques and the other party’s fear during his encounter with Shun Muto, not to mention that from Masashi Sakuraba’s previous remarks, it could also be inferred that he had fought with Hamano Tsukasa before, and certainly more than once. Therefore, it was understandable to choose him to complete this bait mission.
However, the problem arises. Why would someone find her for such a simple task that required a certain level of strength to complete?
“Well, Kazumi Shimizu. What do you think [Shadow] is like?”
Hearing the young girl’s question, Sakuraba did not answer immediately but instead threw out a somewhat strange question.
“…A sewer that accommodates the survival of rats in the dark.”
Perhaps surprised by the other party’s question, Kazumi thought quietly for a moment before answering.
“Hahahaha, rats in the dark? Is that your answer!”
The pale yellow snake pupils of the young man shone, and he laughed a little crazily, but the smile on his face became thicker, looking at the young girl in front of him as if he were staring at prey.
“I like your metaphor very much. At least you haven’t lost yourself in that so-called power.”
“The [Shadow] is never a friendly organization. It’s just a place where monsters abandoned by society gather for their own needs and keep warm.”
The young man’s words involuntarily carried some ferocity again, and he lightly described the essence of the organization to the girl.
“So I came to you this time not for the organization’s mission, but for my own personal request.”
“Personal request?”
Kazumi nodded as if she understood but didn’t. Her jet-black eyes met Sakuraba’s man-eating snake pupils without fear, quietly waiting for the other party’s next words.
“Yes, consider it the first lesson of a senior taking you into the darkness. Everything should be considered for yourself.”
“You’ll know in the future, except for those few fools who willingly follow the boss, all the others are guys with ulterior motives. The organization’s meaning to us is just to find a place with our own kind to accomplish our own goals.”
Looking at Kazumi beside him, Sakuraba extended his right hand, and disgusting scales grew out of the flesh and blood, finally filling Sakuraba’s right arm with purple, smooth scales like a giant snake. The originally balanced aura was instantly broken, as if a poisonous snake waiting to devour someone had appeared beside the girl at this moment.
“What I need you to do is to guide the leaking evil energy when I control the formation. With your current control ability, you can easily do this.”
“As for the reward, how about ten Death Crystals from last time, plus some news about your parents?”
Sakuraba’s voice became somewhat slurred due to the semi-transformation of his body. Half of his snake face, as if split open, coldly stared at the girl in front of him. The other half of his human face seemed to recall something, and his original smile was replaced by a cruel expression. His slurred words, containing hints of blood, continued to speak bit by bit.
“Also, all the… corpses in the northern district after the blood sacrifice.”
