71 – Episode 71. Shogun of Grief (5)
Thump!
Jade, who destroyed the mansion and came out, looked down from the air.
“I can’t believe this is possible…”
– If you gain a perfect body and accumulate more power, even greater things are possible.
“Hmm?”
Something flowed from Jade’s eyes as he looked around.
It was something too dark and sticky to be called tears.
– It is the price of forcibly resurrecting a dead body. It won’t last long. So hurry and find a body…
Ziiiiiiiiing-
Before Hamel-Lion could finish speaking, streetlights scattered throughout the city emitted a red light and came to life.
“What’s happening?”
Feeling suspicious, Jade wiped away her tears and examined the streetlights.
They were objects installed by the Crimson Whale Matap to slowly brainwash the citizens. That’s what Irina, his loyal follower and lover, had explained.
There were complex magic spells and machinery installed, so complicated that even a Grade 4 employee like herself couldn’t understand. She was told to pretend not to know and not to look at them lightly.
– This is the work of the Gogmag tribe… Wait!
With Hamel-Lion’s startled warning, the red light emanating from the lamps shot towards Jade.
Dozens of red beams pierced through Jade’s body.
“Ahh!”
Every time Jade writhed in pain, the black energy that had surrounded her dissipated.
– Jade! Snap out of it!
Jade endured the shock that felt like her body was being crushed and opened her eyes.
– It’s a weapon developed by one of the races called the “Otherworlders.” They combined lethal ingredients to create it for our Observers.
“Ugh…!”
Jade recalled a memory.
“No wonder it was so easily accepted.”
Perhaps accepting the proposal to divide the artifacts one by one from the Matap was because they had a contingency plan.
“Did the Matap anticipate even this?”
– There’s no need to worry. “We,” who have successfully achieved complete fusion, are different from ordinary Observers. Resist. We can do this.
“Hmm.”
Jade let out a scream and gathered her strength.
The dispersing black energy began to gather once again, taking shape.
– That’s right.
The newly formed energy took the shape of a dragon’s head and attacked the streetlights with its open jaws.
Crash!
The streetlights were hit directly and shattered, with the lamps bursting.
The mysterious light that had been restraining Jade disappeared.
He breathed heavily and looked up.
“You…!”
“You!”
His eyes met with a man wearing a black martial arts uniform.
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Startled, his eyes almost popped out as he nearly did a somersault in mid-air.
If that had happened, according to Isaac Clarke or someone claiming to be Newton, the law of universal gravitation, his eyes would have fallen to the ground.
Just the thought of it was horrifying.
“A, an Undead Samurai?!”
The samurai I had killed before stood before me, covered in a dark aura.
Not just any aura, but an aura that looked like a dinosaur’s head.
“No.”
The strength of this samurai far surpassed that of a typical undead samurai, something you could feel just by looking at his eyes.
Did this guy eat a Black Flame Dragon or something?
“I see.”
Suppressing his surprise, he calmly gripped his ninja sword.
Just by looking, he was clearly a superior villain to a samurai.
With the physique of an S-class samurai, the resurrection ability of an undead samurai, and the immense power that only a Great Yokai could emit.
I can deduce this guy’s identity.
“You are…”
Yasayo. A shortened form of Akujya, Samurai, and Yokai.
As a massive force of evil, it’s only natural that they have a leader who commands them.
There is the Six-Thousand Demon King as the leader of the Yokai.
And just as there is Oyabun Kintokang as the leader of the Yakuzas.
The samurais also have a boss who commands them.
The identity of this bastard is undoubtedly…
“The Shogun of Despair.”
Shogun. A term referring to the commander who leads the samurais.
The Shogun of Despair was also one of those ordinary officers.
Until he was beheaded by a ninja and resurrected by the power of the Six-Thousand Demon King.
Always shedding tears like a little brat, he’s called the Shogun of Despair.
Since this guy is an undead samurai, he’s dripping a black liquid similar to tears.
Normally, yokais don’t shed tears, but since he’s a Great Yokai and a Shogun, he’s been given special adjustments.
“You…!”
The guy whose skin had turned black grimaced.
His appearance was like a white person wearing blackface. It was a method often used by racists in the 20th century to ridicule black people.
Every aspect of his appearance carried racist gestures, as if he were a villain.
“What did you say? This guy? The observer? Not assimilated or dominated, but eaten? Devoured?”
Judging by his ability to mutter to himself, he must have had quite a career as a loser.
I didn’t know what had happened, but it was clear that Jade had evolved into a showgun of despair.
“Hello. I am Super Runaway Ninja Robin.”
Even if they were such villains, it was a ninja’s courtesy to greet a boss mob.
I straightened my uniform and greeted them.
“…Ha.”
Jade snorted and furrowed their eyebrows.
“Byong Geom Gyeong, Jade Hol.”
A respectful samurai who emphasizes courtesy while clearly showing their dislike. Of course, it shouldn’t be taken seriously, as it is hypocritical.
“I’ve decided. I’ll use your body.”
The person who finished the greeting approached with a sinister smile.
“What did you say since earlier?”
What are you going to do with my body?
“You perverted bastard?”
As expected, there was no choice but to quickly kill them.
“-Sashimi Killing Technique.”
This brat Jade woke up and came jogging without wearing armor or carrying weapons.
He immediately unleashed the Sashimi Killing Technique.
“Where?”
As Jade reached out his hand towards the Sashimi Killing Technique, the black dragon heads surrounding him moved.
It felt like watching the floating weapons I saw last time.
Could it be a similar principle?
Kwaang!
The black dragons, with their mouths wide open, rushed forward and clashed with the Sashimi Killing Technique.
Despite being cut by the powerful cutting force of the Sashimi Killing Technique, the black dragon swarm continued to charge forward.
At this rate, they wouldn’t be able to approach and would be overwhelmed.
“Let’s go!”
There was no choice but to go out and fight instead of relying on the Sashimi Killing Technique.
“What a strange sound… This lunatic!”
Jade gathered the remaining black dragons and created a sword.
Truly a Black Dragon Sword… This is precious.
Could it be a sword worthy of facing a ninja?
Clang!
The two weapons clashed, producing a clear and crisp sound.
“Hmm.”
Two swords collided without giving an inch. Neither I nor Jade backed down.
Our strength seems similar.
“Escaping ninja!”
As Jade screamed, the black fire dragons, their sashimi-like bodies transformed, charged towards me.
“Tsk.”
Did my technique lose because of Daguri’s interference?
But it’s not a problem. The answer to Daguri is Daguri itself.
I also have a way.
“Ninja Defense Formation.”
It’s not the pathetic physical attack I used to have.
An extraordinary technique that has been strengthened thousands, tens of thousands of times while fighting against the Yokai-Nazi alliance.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The result is dozens of ninjas.
They are not mere clones that look like me or mere remnants with no physical attack power, nor are they imitators who only mimic one action I did before.
They are a diverse ninja force created by infusing mana into each of them.
And it is called.
The Ninja Legion, not the Boom Boom Ninja.
“Insane!”
Jade, whose eyes had turned into circles, dribbled black liquid.
I can understand why he’s shocked and peeing with his eyes. It’s a terrifying technique, even for Hitler’s subordinates.
“Are you ready, Yell?”
“Oh, of course, Ping.”
Unlike the previous Ninjapowi, he can communicate and move autonomously.
It’s safe to say that he’s a kind of artificial intelligence cyber ninja avatar.
Of course, he’s not a real artificial intelligence. They are the second personalities I created after fighting for decades.
It was boring to fight alone, so I had to create friends in my head.
Since then, I’ve been talking to myself a lot, and I even heard the term “multiple personality disorder” from the Yokai-Nazi Alliance.
“Attack!”
It’s time to show the power of me, who has become one with the world, to the devastated Shogun.
“Surround and cut down the ninja road!”
Of course, the ninjado of my avatars are all fakes formed by gathering mana. But since that guy doesn’t know reality, he has no choice but to avoid it.
Ku-gung! Bang!
The Black Flame Dragon rushes forward, striking the ground to scatter the Ninja Corps.
The members of the Corps slowly pressed Jade, sometimes colliding with him and sometimes dodging.
“We got him!”
Jade, who resisted while swinging the head of the Black Flame Dragon, sliced one of the avatars with the Black Dragon Sword.
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“Where are you looking?”
That guy who was peeing his pants is the most similar to me, Ninja Black.
It’s good to make the clones colorful to respect the diversity of colors, but it’s difficult to hide the main body, so I only made about five of them in ninja black.
He fell for that trick.
“That’s my afterimage.”
Before he could turn around, I pierced through the part where the ninja’s heart should be.
“Kuh!”
Jade let out a painful groan and swung the Black Dragon Sword.
Since it was an attack emitting a dangerous energy, I easily avoided it by somersaulting in the air.
Indeed, like an undead ghost samurai, he wouldn’t die by conventional means.
You have to destroy his entire body like an underground government agent or an undead Nobutsuna.
This guy will also die painfully like Oyabun Delbanas.
It was time to pressure them again with the Ninja Corps.
“That’s enough of this nonsense!”
Crybaby Samurai Jade summoned a large number of Black Flame Dragon heads.
Kroooooo-!
They screamed and flew towards the Ninja Corps.
As they approached close range, the members of the Corps either blocked or dodged them like last time.
Boom-!
Suddenly, the Black Flame Dragons swelled up like balloons and exploded.
“Well, we’re screwed, aren’t we, Yell?”
“Ah. Of course, Ping.”
The bodies of the members of the battalion were torn apart by the explosion. Our mana scattered into the air.
“A suicide attack?!”
A terrorist’s method or a desperate ploy.
Everyone knows that terrorists who kill innocent people for their beliefs are nothing more than a subpar concept compared to samurais.
Nevertheless, we weren’t greatly surprised.
That guy is also at a level where he can freely manipulate mana.
Because it’s the same world as mine.
“You’ve gone too far!”
I used ninja techniques to approach him.
After observing, it turned out that our mana levels were similar.
In the end, it meant that the decisive battle would be a showdown of physical strength.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The Black Dragon Sword clashed with the Ninja Blade, creating shockwaves.
The ground split, and nearby buildings were torn apart.
A fierce battle between the Super Ninja and the Super Samurai. Truly an unparalleled clash of superpowers.
“Again, the same technique, once again…!”
As time went on, Jade fell behind.
Even after gaining the power of a monster, she was weak in prolonged battles.
Those who can’t overcome their weaknesses even after getting a second chance… can only fall back into hell.
“-The Sashimi Kill Technique.”
“Ugh-!”
The Black Dragon Sword of Byeon Geom-gyeong, which had blocked a close-range spell, snapped.
The guy took a step back and tried to create the Black Dragon Sword again.
Throwing a ninja dart, I cut off his hand to prevent the creation of the Black Dragon Sword and followed closely.
“Come at me!”
Now, the real battle begins.
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“Haat-!” “Huhh-!” “Haat-!” “Huhh-!”
Mercilessly, I battered Jade’s body.