"What?"
This bombshell of news nearly made Momonga lose his composure.
A hundred-man Marine unit led by a lieutenant commander had been wiped out to the last man.
It was truly a devastating loss he had never imagined.
The Marine soldier before him took a deep breath and continued:
"According to footage sent back from the scene, the attacker was a gray-haired, red-eyed man dressed in green."
"Based on the shipboard AI's comparison of his sword speed and power, his combat strength is assessed as highly likely to be at the rear admiral level."
"And there is a 92% probability that he is 'Hollow,' one of the Heavenly Guidance Institute's Altana lifeforms."
Just as expected!
Momonga thought to himself.
Other than Antenmaru, the 'Jashin' he had killed earlier, this planet probably had no one else with that kind of strength.
And the moment he acted, he had erased a hundred Marines.
Kan'ei-ji.
Momonga's unfathomable eyes narrowed slightly.
His sharp gaze seemed to pierce through the walls of the Tenshu Pavilion.
It shot directly toward the sky shrouded in green light and death.
The air in the banquet hall seemed to have been completely drained away, plunging the room into deathly silence.
Shogun Shige Shige, Matsudaira Katakuriko, Kondo Isao, Okita Sougo, Hijikata Toshiro, and the arriving Sarutobi Ayame, Hattori Zenzou, Yoshino Seimei, and the others all wore exceptionally grave expressions.
At this moment, the place could be considered a gathering of experts.
Yet the words "combat strength assessed as highly likely to be at the rear admiral level" made them feel as though even breathing had come to a halt.
Earlier, they had already witnessed the dark power of Antenmaru, the 'Jashin.'
They had also seen the earth-shattering sword strike of Admiral Momonga, the man who had destroyed him.
Whether it