Because Ferid had jumped up without the slightest attempt at concealment, Guren, who had been watching him from the start, naturally noticed and looked up, his pupils contracting sharply.
It's those two monsters! Shinya was captured by them!
But Guren didn't have Ferid's jumping ability. Unless he underwent Demon Transformation, it wouldn't be easy for him to quickly get to the rooftop.
"In that case..."
Guren took out a Curse Talisman, stuck it on the building, and shouted a low command.
"Explode!"
BOOM!!!
"How annoying!"
Feeling the tremor from under his feet, Luke frowned.
He had been planning to make Krul kiss him before letting her go when she told him to release her. Damn Guren!
Ferid, however, laughed carelessly.
"It seems I'm not the only one who can't stand the sight of you two lovebirds~"
The building collapsed, and Luke and Krul walked out from the rubble.
"Guren, do you really have no sense of timing?"
Luke patted the dust off himself and asked Guren with an unfriendly expression.
Guren paid no attention to that, shouting.
"You bastard, where's Shinya?"
Luke teased.
"Is he your girlfriend? So concerned."
Demonic Aura emanated from mahiru no yoru in Guren's hand. Hiiragi Mahiru appeared, floating in the air, visible only to him.
"Huh? Guren is so fickle. He's already slept with me, yet he's still thinking of someone else in his heart!"
Guren's mouth twitched.
"Don't mess around, Mahiru. Give me power. You know how strong this guy is."
Hiiragi Mahiru didn't respond. Because she could travel several *li* away from the sword, she had witnessed Luke defeat Hiiragi Seishiro with a strange and powerful weapon.
Should she tell Guren? Would it crush his confidence?
...Mika wandered on the road; he had to find Yu-chan as soon as possible.
He couldn't let Yu-chan be used for human experimentation by greedy humans again.
Afterwards, he would take Luke to Shibuya to find Akane and the children and bring them to Sanguinem. Then everyone would be together again.
With Luke's strength, it should be no problem. If it really came down to it, he could have Luke bring Lady Krul along too. They were dating, after all, and Lady Krul would definitely listen to Luke.
Suddenly, Mika inadvertently saw a Lower-ranking Vampire not far away biting an Imperial Demon Army soldier's neck and sucking blood. An intense desire surged in his heart. Mika hurriedly took the last vial of Luke's blood from the special pouch at his waist.
He drank the blood in one gulp and returned to normal.
"It can last another week. I must find Yu-chan before then. From what Yu-chan said on the broadcast, it seems Luke stole something from him. I wonder what it is... Huh? There's the sound of fighting over there. It's intense. Let's go see."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mika dashed towards the direction of the sound—Shinjuku Central Park.
Shinjuku Central Park.
"Keep it up, you're pretty good!"
Lacus dodged Yoichi's attacks with ease, showing no intention of attacking.
Lacus wore a hood, making his face unclear, but Yoichi inexplicably felt the guy's voice was familiar and irritating!
Mitsuba noticed Yoichi's attack rhythm was completely dictated by the opponent. Taking advantage of a moment when tenjiryuu blocked a strike from René, Mitsuba shouted to Yoichi.
"Yoichi, what are you doing? Calm down!"
Shouted at by Mitsuba, Yoichi calmed down, retreated behind Mitsuba and Shihō Kimizuki, and actively admitted his mistake.
"Sorry, I was too impulsive."
Shihō Kimizuki forced Lacus back and stood with his companions, his expression grave.
"Are these two Vampires some kind of special unit? Their combat power is completely incomparable to the previous cannon fodder."
Mitsuba shook her head, her expression equally grim, sweat already soaking her clothes.
"I've never heard of a Vampire unit dressed like this. He could have killed Yoichi just now but deliberately held back... Watch out!"
Lacus suddenly moved, easily arriving beside Yoichi and swinging his sword down.
"I still like you a bit more!"
"Yoichi!"
Mitsuba and Shihō Kimizuki couldn't block Lacus's strike in time and could only watch as the distance between the sword and Yoichi slowly decreased.
Yoichi's close combat ability was practically zero. In this situation, fear made him close his eyes. But just when he thought he was about to die, the expected blow never landed on him.
Yoichi opened his eyes.
"Wah!"
Lacus leaned in close to Yoichi's face and made a scary grimace. Yoichi was so frightened he fell flat on his behind.
"Hahaha, René, look at his reaction, so cute!"
Yoichi sat on the ground, dazed, still recovering from the shock.
René said calmly.
"Stop playing around. Finish them off and drink some blood. I'm getting a little hungry."
"You were having quite a bit of fun toying with them too."
Lacus protested to René, then suddenly turned and swept his sword backward.
CLANG!
A clear metallic clang rang out.
"Sneak attacks are really impolite, kid!"
Yoichi saw everything and cried out in surprise.
"Yu!"
Yuichiro and Shinoa Hiragi arrived. Seeing that their companions were unharmed, they breathed a sigh of relief; they had made it just in time.
Shinoa Hiragi swung her scythe at Lacus, forcing him to jump back to create distance.
"Ahaha, the Shinoa Squad is all assembled."
Mitsuba and Shihō Kimizuki also gathered close.
Lacus asked René angrily.
"May I ask what your role in this battle is?"
René folded his arms and retorted.
"Can't you handle it yourself?"
Feeling any answer would be wrong, Lacus chose silence.
Yuichiro, holding onikiri, said nothing and directly charged forward after undergoing Demon Transformation.
Shihō Kimizuki was thunderstruck by Yuichiro's reckless behavior.
"Idiot Yu! Damn it, let's go!"
Everyone swallowed a cursed gear booster drug and joined the fight. Only then did Yuichiro remember there was such a thing.
But when he took out a pill and prepared to put it in his mouth, a hoarse voice echoed in his heart.
"Kid, I don't like this drug! I'm the strongest without this stuff!"
Then Yuichiro found his left hand moving uncontrollably, throwing the pill away.
Yuichiro regained control of his left hand.
"Daring to be distracted in battle?"
René thrust his sword forward.
Before Yuichiro could react, his right hand moved on its own, deflecting René's sword and then swinging a slash!
Yuichiro: Huh?
René was surprised; this kid had immense strength! Not good!
Although René dodged in time and wasn't injured, unfortunately, the clothes on his chest were precisely slashed open, revealing his firm pectorals.
Lacus would never miss any chance to mock René.
"So René, you like this style, huh?"
René's face darkened as he adjusted his now-Open-Chest Outfit. The robe began to repair itself, but the inner clothes were beyond help.
Afterwards, both sides exchanged another dozen or so rounds.
Yuichiro was no longer out of control and began fighting normally. The five of them were temporarily at a disadvantage.
And at that moment, Mika also happened to arrive at the scene.
Mika's unique Yu-chan radar activated. He spotted Yuichiro in the battlefield at a glance.
"Yu-chan! Great, found him! Huh? He's fighting... Lacus and René!"
Without another word, Mika charged straight into the center of the battlefield.
Because Mika wasn't wearing a hood, Yuichiro's Mika recognition system instantly verified him.
"Mika!"
The battle between both sides was forcibly halted by Mika's intervention.
Lacus and René also recognized Mika.
"Yo, Mika, what brings you here?"
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