Master Shio's Death

"Report!!"

The secretary burst into the director's office, not even bothering with basic etiquette.

"An urgent dispatch from Osaka requests tactical guidance from us!"

?

Director Takeya set down his pen, one brow rising.

"Tactical guidance" was the Island Nation's particular way of saying "requesting aid";

Given the long-standing bad blood between Osaka and Tokyo, for them to be this desperate meant there was only one possibility.

"A Dragon Rank supernatural disaster?"

"Yes!"

The secretary handed over the tablet in his hands, its screen displaying the information that had just been urgently compiled.

"Osaka has come under attack from a supernatural disaster known as the 'Ten Blades.' Five Ghost Rank supernatural Evil Spirits have appeared so far: 'Beheading,' 'Flaying,' 'Burning Pillar,' and 'Lingchi'!"

As for the fifth one, it had not introduced itself, so Osaka did not know its identity.

?!

Five Ghost Ranks indeed warranted the assessment of a "Dragon Rank disaster."

"Kuko Yoa?"

Upon seeing the mastermind behind it all, Director Takeya immediately understood.

Then it was no surprise.

What kind of person was Kuko Yoa?

A cold-blooded elite molded by standard capitalist education—especially since this little girl possessed the power to overturn everything.

Recklessness was practically her defining trait. Before, she had only kept Abe no Seimei as her target, making her seem like a comical figure who lost battle after battle.

But once she set her sights on anyone else, she became a great terror that extinguished all life!

As for why she had suddenly attacked Osaka, Director Takeya could more or less guess: Kuko Yoa's situation was far from promising. The stronger she became, the closer the day she would be pushed onto the "altar" drew.

She was already at the level of a powerful Dragon Rank, And if she took another step forward, she