Sato's Past, Tozaki's Doom

A violent torrent of air swept through, cutting crisscrossing trenches into the concrete floor like blades of wind.

One moment he was still far away; the next, he had arrived before Nagai.

Yet Nagai was no longer the man he had once been. After a month of grueling training, when he faced Sato again, he was no longer merely taking a beating.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each explosive impact rumbled like rolling thunder, as if they had angered the heavens themselves.

Wherever the two passed, electric currents surged. Any bystanders too slow to evade were either torn to pieces by the aftershocks or charred by the electricity.

The Crisis Management Center had originally been heavily fortified, but now it was becoming riddled with holes.

Sato and Nagai had both chosen the most primitive form of combat.

Fists meeting flesh, close-quarters fighting!

Against ordinary people, using Magnetic Force to control metal and employing other tricks might have been more convenient.

But against an enemy who also possessed Magnetic Force, obsessing over such tricks would only become a burden.

It divided one's attention!

The stronger the Magnetic Force, the more one returned to the essence of strength.

Only a powerful fist could pulverize an enemy in the most direct and thorough manner!

—Boom!

The force of 130,000 volts erupted, and a heavy punch slammed into Nagai's chest.

He shot away like a cannonball, smashing through a wall without slowing down.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Along the way, whether walls, facilities, or guards hiding there, all were reduced to fragments beneath Nagai's impact.

A death corridor shrouded in smoke and dust formed in his wake.

Sato remained where he was and did not continue his pursuit.

He said lightly, "Nagai-kun, there's actually something I've always wanted to ask you.

When the Ajin Research Management Association captured you, and you lay on that cold operating table every day, what did you think about?"

Lying amid the rubble, Nagai was buried beneath shattered reinforced concrete. His entire body ached, and he had been injured in many places.

A considerable amount of Magnetic Force had been drained from his body, and he was struggling to catch his breath.

Seeing that Sato was not continuing, he did not take the initiative to attack again either.

"Perhaps all you thought about was how to escape, right? Or perhaps you simply feared the pain that was coming."

Sato gave a wistful sigh. "I was like that at first too. What a distant memory. It's been so long that I can barely remember what it was like back then.

"You know, from the time I was born until I became an adult, I was kept in a laboratory.

"They called me a damned monster, or Test Subject 001, but my true identity was only one thing: a lab rat!

"They not only conducted all kinds of experiments on me, but also sold me to private corporations as a tool for making money.

"To them, I was a recyclable renewable resource, a true perpetual-motion machine. Hehe, like a machine that printed money automatically without needing any energy supply.

"I could be anything, but never a human being!

"The look in every one of their eyes told me that I was not their kind!

"Oh, you must be wondering how many years I was imprisoned, right?

"I can tell you. Twenty years!

"Do you know how I spent those twenty years?

"Until later, when an accident allowed me to leave the institute.

"But I tragically discovered that I had nowhere to go. I even considered whether I should return to the institute!

"Fortunately, someone appeared. She gave me a new identity. I was no longer a toy to be manipulated at will, nor a machine that spat out money.

"She gave me a name. She told me my name was Sato!

"So tell me, Nagai-kun.

"Tell me, why are you helping those people who hurt us?"

Conducted by Magnetic Force, the electrical current transmitted the message flawlessly to Nagai beneath the rubble a hundred meters away.

Boom!

Shattered reinforced concrete shot outward like bullets as Nagai burst from within.

With a series of explosions, his sudden acceleration broke the sound barrier.

Facing Sato's expectant gaze, Nagai could tell that he truly wanted to know the answer.

"That's two questions!"

Nagai did not answer. Or rather, he already had.

He answered with his fist!

Pushing his own strength to the limit, Nagai answered him with a punch carrying 100,000 volts!

It made his stance clear!

"Sato, you like playing games where you clear stages, don't you? Then I'm the BUG in your game. I'm the existence you can't comprehend, and my existence will ultimately destroy your game!"

"Meaningless clown. Since that's the case, then fall! Yaaah!"

—Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Terrifying explosions rang out, followed by layer upon layer of shockwaves like crashing tides.

The surging air currents spread outward as if they had substance, cutting through every tangible object.

The ground was ripped apart, forming black fissures. The already ruined buildings around them completely collapsed.

They became broken walls and rubble, nothing but ruins.

Everyone watching the battle was stunned by the sight before them.

A month ago, the two had fought atop Enoki General Hospital.

They had caused considerable destruction then as well, but compared to this, it was utterly insignificant.

In such a short time, the two had grown so dramatically. A chill filled everyone's hearts.

If they were allowed to continue, what would the consequences be?

No one could imagine it, and no one dared to!

But at that moment, the battle had already changed.

Magnetic Field Rotation was a power of the mind.

Though it could be trained, what truly drove a person's growth was always battle!

Explosive breakthroughs in battle were practically commonplace.

That was even more true when powerful emotions were involved.

Sato, whose painful memories had been stirred, pushed his power to 150,000 volts and completely suppressed Nagai.

Even when Nagai summoned Little Black to help, it was useless.

Because Sato had a trump card as well.

"Come forth, Torrent!"

A large number of IBMs appeared around Sato. Over the past month, he had actually mastered how to deliberately trigger the Torrent Phenomenon!

Having completely suppressed Nagai, Sato's fist then descended upon him.

The violent current transformed into blades, blasting flesh apart as Nagai's limbs were severed in an instant.

Blood sprayed everywhere. Reduced to a limbless torso, Nagai was pinned down tightly by Little Black.

At that moment, the powerful vitality granted by Magnetic Force became a burden instead.

If he had been an ordinary person, he would have died from blood loss before long.

But Nagai would not die so easily.

And not dying meant he could not regenerate and reset his condition.

"You'll stay here and watch. Watch me kill every person here. Watch Tozaki Yuu, the one you protected, die before your eyes.

"And that's only the beginning. I don't mind telling you in advance that my next step is to turn Tokyo into a place where only Ajin can live.

"Only Ajin are the true future of this world!!"

Blood poured from Nagai's mouth. He wanted to struggle, but it was completely futile.

He roared, "What exactly are you planning to do?!"

Sato merely chuckled. "The game has only just begun. You only need to watch from the sidelines."

Sato did not even need to act personally. Little Black swept through every corner of the Crisis Management Center's ruins.

They easily found the Safe House.

Its sturdy defenses could not withstand the tearing of Little Black's claws. The desperate cries of the high-ranking government officials inside only made Sato more excited.

A storm of blood and slaughter descended around them. The next moment, they themselves became part of it.

Even a veteran Ajin like Shimomura Izumi, who could summon Little Black, held out for only one extra second before being dismembered on the spot.

Tozaki Yuu was easily dragged out from inside.

He was thrown before Nagai, who no longer had the strength to resist.

"Tozaki-kun, it seems luck hasn't favored you after all."

With death upon him, Tozaki Yuu did not feel much fear.

He turned to look at Sato.

"The situation has completely spiraled out of control. America has announced that it will intervene fully. You may be strong, but your end will not be any better than mine. I'll wait for you below!"

I recommend a Water Margin fanfic that the author has been reading recently. It has a pretty authentic feel to it. The protagonist transmigrates into Li Gui and begins a slaughter.

Heaven and earth are heartless, treating all things as straw dogs. They do not punish evil simply because someone has committed it.

Heaven is unjust; good and evil receive no recompense!

Li Gui weighed the battle axe in his hand and decided to enforce justice on Heaven's behalf, becoming the living retribution of those in power!

In this era where people ate people, he knew nothing about technology, farming, or military strategy... He had no idea how to make the world a better place.

He was merely a brute who knew only how to swing his axe, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop!

But as long as everyone dragging the world down died, the world would naturally find its own path!

In any case, in a little over ten years, blood would flow like rivers and the land would be filled with slaughter. He might as well play a hack-and-slash power fantasy in the world of Water Margin!

PS1: This novel is a Water Margin power fantasy where the protagonist can take on a thousand alone, but that only applies to the cheat-enabled protagonist.

PS2: It will not become a xianxia or fantasy story. Daoist arts will remain within the scope of Water Margin, the kind that can be broken with black dog blood. As for balancing combat power, there are other methods. Please keep reading patiently.