--Sunday, August 2, 2172
[Master, Aizawa left the bunker and is using his quirk to prevent those things from replicating. It's quite effective, and we could replicate it with Royal Silence.]
As Kai dodged a slash by barely millimeters, now relying solely on his Observation Haki since none of his senses could keep up with the woman's speed, Sage reported in a serious tone. Returning a series of cuts at a terrifying speed, Kai replied seriously.
[Let's not show too much. This woman's power boost is fading, and everyone is safe. It's better to leave ourselves room to maneuver for a future attack. Oh, and by the way, use Trace to mark them all, especially the woman—she might still be hiding something that allows her to escape.]
[Understood, master.] Sage replied seriously as several Trace cards materialized around her.
Seeing the cards, Kai combined his aura and haki to burst with power, pushing the light woman back as his electric rays intensified. Immediately after, Kai vanished and reappeared behind the woman, spinning to deliver a final slash to her back while announcing in a neutral, composed voice.
"Lightning Annihilation."
With the announcement, the woman was sliced into tiny pieces, from which a powerful electric current surged, creating thick lightning bolts that shot in every direction, shattering the air in their wake. Taking advantage of the deafening thunder, Sage quickly announced in a loud and rapid succession to activate each of the cards surrounding her.
"[Trace] on!" "[Trace] on!" "[Trace] on!"
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"You are truly magnificent… Unique… Exceptional… It's a shame I have to hand you over to those cocksuckers…"
Soon, the woman reformed, at which point she commented with an expression full of ecstasy, as if experiencing the greatest of orgasms, looking at Kai visibly aroused. As he watched the invisible light arrow mark the woman, Kai kicked the air to stay aloft and asked in a calm voice, a subtle smile adorning his lips.
"Why would it be a shame?"
"Because those bastards are going to end up dissecting you…" The woman replied while looking Kai up and down with a light of desire shining in her eyes and soon added after biting her lower lip.
"But a male as strong and delicious as you is meant for greater things…"
"Like playing with you?" Kai asked with a playful smile while looking back at the woman, who proudly thrust out her chest and commented with a seductive smile.
"Among many other things… How about you come with me willingly? I'm sure 'he' will value your strength, and if you give them what they want, they'll leave you alone, and we could team up with some girl friends of mine… All of us together could have fun without clothes and even fight strong people from time to time. Doesn't that sound like the perfect life~?"
"A piece of advice for next time—avoid frowning when you lie."
In that instant, Kai appeared beside the woman, who was sliced into several pieces while staring at him in disbelief. Soon, the woman reformed and attacked Kai with her daggers, but Kai dodged with minimal, fluid movement, then cut off her arm and commented with a smile.
"Your time's up, isn't it? You got weaker instead of stronger."
Seeing her arm in the air, the woman's expression showed a hint of panic, and she soon began emitting a strong light, intending to blow everything up. But before she could, the woman's face split vertically in half, followed by her entire body, and she began falling to the ground in two halves. Before hitting the ground, the woman reformed again, but this time she shot off into the distance.
"Scared now?"
At that moment, Kai appeared right in front of her and asked with a subtle, mischievous smile, at which point the woman was split apart in midair once more. After trying to flee in different directions and getting sliced each time, the woman hovered in the air looking at Kai with a somewhat strange expression—somewhere between solemn and excited—and commented in a soft voice.
"You know, I'm not lying… You're exactly my type. We could have a lot of fun."
"Sorry, I'm a taken man."
At that moment, the woman heard Kai's voice behind her, which made her spin around in alarm, but the movement caused her body of light to be sliced into several horizontal pieces. Unlike before, this time the pieces of light fell to the ground, where they reformed to shape the woman, who dropped to her knees, panting. Kai appeared in front of her, and the woman, still breathless, raised her head to look at him and commented with a smile.
"The thing about my friends wasn't a lie either, you know. They're gorgeous and fiery, and they like to 'share.' I doubt your fiancée can compete~"
"You seem calm for your situation." Kai smiled calmly and spoke while staring directly into the woman's eyes. She smiled back and commented in a seductive tone.
"Let's just say I like danger."
"Then it must be very exciting for you to tell me everything you know, right?" Kai asked with a somewhat sadistic smile. The woman's smile vanished completely, and she spoke in a more serious tone.
"Danger excites me, but I want to keep living."
"A shame, then." Kai commented casually, and soon the woman was sliced into hundreds of pieces that fell to the ground.
After several seconds, the pieces of light reformed, and the woman appeared on the ground face-up, visibly exhausted as a person of flesh and bone, though with completely white hair. Kai crouched down and placed his black dagger against the woman's neck, commenting in a calm voice.
"What would happen if I cut you again now? Would you survive?"
"No… I'd definitely die… Although I still don't understand how you can hurt me in my light form… Only very specialized quirks can do that…" The woman replied in a faint, ragged voice. Kai spoke back, looking directly into the woman's eyes.
"Well, since that's the case, how about we start talking?"
"You know… If you slip your hand into my pants, you'll realize I'm serious—I'm soaking wet for you. Why don't we play a little~?" The woman commented with a seductive smile, still visibly exhausted, which made Kai frown. He extended his [En] and Observation Haki to the maximum before asking.
"Do you still have ways to escape from me?"
"Of course. What stands before you is no ordinary woman. If you become my man, I won't treat you badly…"
The woman commented in a playful tone, though her voice faded considerably, as if she were about to lose consciousness. At that moment, Sage, who was touching the woman, looked at Kai and sent a telepathic message with a hint of surprise.
[Master, Alcatraz doesn't recognize her as defeated.]
"Then let's see what you've got up your sleeve."
Kai spoke in a firm voice and touched the woman's forehead, at which point he activated his Conqueror's Haki at full power along with his electric aura to force her unconscious. But to his surprise, the woman looked at him and commented with a seductive smile.
"See you around, Saito Kai. I'll put in a good word for you. You're exactly the kind of man I want at home to pamper, and I won't let those disgusting bastards get to you."
Just as the woman finished speaking, Kai's hand passed through her as if she were a ghost, and soon she vanished as if she were a mere mirage. Realizing that neither his [En] nor Haki could sense the woman, Kai couldn't help but stand up and send a message to his trusted assistant.
[At least Trace works…]
[Trace operates on a near-conceptual level, master, so since we marked her, we can know her location and weak points for three months, regardless of anything. She moved at the speed of light and arrived in Texas, United States.] Sage replied in a serious tone. Kai nodded calmly and asked.
[Any idea how she did it?]
[No, master. The AP Field is capable of detecting certain fluctuations in space, but I didn't sense anything. It's as if she simply vanished—as if she were a mere illusion from the start. But since we were able to mark her, it's a fact that she was here… It's all very strange…] Sage replied seriously, to which Kai nodded and sent a message with a cold expression.
[Her voice also suddenly disappeared, and I didn't detect anything with 'En' either… But setting all that aside… We confirmed something.]
[They were able to hide their 'voices' from us…] Sage commented with the same coldness as her master, who added while emitting thick killing intent.
[Those people had something to do with that attack. They did something similar to fool my mother's quirk and catch her off guard.]
[There's something else, master… With those escape methods… It's possible that 'BioBlast' could have escaped…] Sage added as her armor began to darken. An enormous smile loaded with madness formed on Kai's face, and he spoke with his own voice—heavy and deep.
"Search for him even under the rocks, Sage."
"At your command, master."
Sage replied in a serious, cold voice, but at that moment, her wings glowed, and she soon commented with a hint of surprise while creating a holographic screen for her master.
"Master, Keiko and Yumiko discovered the self-replicating monster's weak point."
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Upon discovering how lethal her quirk had become when enhanced by [Vital Reactor], Yumiko couldn't help but feel both frightened and excited. Frightened by the power, and excited because now she could become strong and ease her beloved's worries. At that moment, Keiko looked at the blushing Yumiko and commented in a serious voice.
"Yumiko, run some more tests. You need to learn to control your quirk properly to avoid hurting others, and an opportunity like this doesn't come easily."
"Y-you're right, I'll try it." Yumiko replied with excited nervousness, then unleashed her threads and moved them with incredible mastery.
Although her threads were weak before, she had used them her entire life for sewing, making her an absolute expert at controlling them—to the point where there was no stitch she couldn't make. Considering that her threads were made of energy, meaning she always had to wrap a real thread with her threads in order to sew, it was easy to imagine her skill level—genuinely terrifying and now highly lethal.
"Mom! That's super cool!!!"
Nejire, who had just defeated the last of the giant monsters, noticed the threads decimating the horde of replicas with ease and quickly exclaimed with sparkling eyes. Yumiko smiled shyly and waved at her daughter, but at that moment, she couldn't help but frown, which led Keiko to ask curiously.
"What happened?"
"One of the replicas barely dodged my threads. The others weren't doing that."
Yumiko explained while moving the fingers of her right hand and pointing into the distance at the horde with the other. Curious, Keiko looked in the direction Yumiko was pointing and touched the frame of her glasses. This shows her a zoomed image of the spot.
After searching the area, Keiko finally saw one of the monsters that looked exactly like the others, advancing without fear of death, but this one dodged a thread in an incredibly subtle way—so much so that it seemed like pure luck. Seeing this, Keiko couldn't help but smile and aimed her machine guns at the monster and fired. Again, the monster 'stumbled,' narrowly dodging the bullets and falling behind.
"Looks like you struck gold, Yumiko." Keiko commented in a playful voice while her AI informed her of a subtle change in the horde of replicas. Yumiko, who received the information Keiko had discovered, smiled cheerfully and whispered mischievously.
"What do you think Kai will give us for discovering this?"
"Many things, fufu." Keiko commented with a smile, looking meaningfully at Yumiko, who extended her hand for a handshake and commented with a grin.
"It'll be a pleasure sharing the credit."
"Let's run a few more tests before telling Sage." Keiko took Yumiko's hand and spoke back with an amused smile, then grabbed her machine guns and aimed at the strange monster.
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"What did they discover?"
In the forest, Kai couldn't help but ask Sage, who soon created several holographic screens and explained in a serious tone.
"It seems the original monster acts as the center of the replicant horde. If the replicas move beyond a certain distance, they lose the ability to replicate and become much slower and dumber. Additionally, if the core dies, after a while another replica becomes the new core, but if it's captured and taken away from the replicas, they can be eliminated easily.
"At the mansion, once they discovered the core, Keiko killed it, but upon seeing it reappear, Yumiko captured it and gave it to Nemuri, who put it to sleep, and they moved it far enough away that the others could no longer replicate. Currently, the girls are taking care of eliminating the replicas; they won't take long."
"I underestimated the girls' power far too much…" Kai commented with pleasant surprise.
"It seems so, master…" Sage replied with a subtle smile, but at that moment, both of them looked to the left, where Tomoko appeared, breathing a bit heavily, and shouted with concern.
"Kai! Are you okay?!"
"I'm fine, but the light woman escaped…" Kai commented calmly while taking a step toward Tomoko, who jumped into his arms and spoke in a soft voice.
"That doesn't matter. What matters is that you're okay… I was so worried."
"Don't worry. Although that woman was strong, she still didn't have enough to beat me." Kai hugged Tomoko back, who showed a smile full of relief and commented with a pout.
"I wanted to come sooner, but those replicas and other monsters wouldn't let me…"
"Speaking of which, I already know how to defeat them. Let's finish this once and for all." Kai commented in a calm voice. Tomoko smiled brightly with excitement and lust, then spoke aloud.
"Then let's go! Time to take down the bad guys and have a nice 'bath'! Nyahaha!"
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