The Villain Died from Talking Too Much

"Crash!"

The closed front door was kicked open, and Kanzaki Rin charged in, fully armed.

She wore a gas mask equipped with infrared vision, which instantly picked up Yagawa Ryoka's figure in the smoke.

She raised her gun and fired at Yagawa Ryoka.

It was a strangely shaped handgun, but what it fired wasn't bullets—it shot crackling arcs of electricity.

Yagawa Ryoka was struck by the electric arcs. She screamed, fell to the floor, and writhed.

Kanzaki Rin kept pulling the trigger until she had drained the stun gun's entire power reserve.

She had come prepared today. As an intern, this stun gun was the most powerful weapon she could request from the Countermeasure Department.

Vampires had incredibly powerful Self-Healing and were practically immortal, but they still bled when cut and were paralyzed when shocked.

Once the energy ran out, Yagawa Ryoka lay motionless on the floor. Her clothes had caught fire from the electricity, giving off a pungent, burnt smell that mixed with the smoke bomb's odor.

Looking down at Yagawa Ryoka, Kanzaki Rin sneered. There was no way she would fall for a cheap trick like that.

She simply raised her hand and snapped her fingers at Yagawa Ryoka.

Flames appeared out of thin air with the snap. Their light scattered the smoke and illuminated the living room.

Yagawa Ryoka was swallowed by the flames and instantly became a human torch.

Fortunately, she was well away from the furniture around her. Otherwise, it would have started a fire in no time.

"Ah!"

Yagawa Ryoka screamed as the flames burned her.

Unable to keep pretending to be dead, she sprang up and charged at Kanzaki Rin, flames covering her body.

Kanzaki Rin calmly retreated, smashed the stun gun into Yagawa Ryoka's face, and snapped her fingers again.

Flames spurted from her fingertips, struck Yagawa Ryoka, and burst into a ring of dazzling sparks.

Yagawa Ryoka's speed wasn't slowed at all. In an instant, she was right in front of Kanzaki Rin.

Kanzaki Rin drew a silver combat knife with her other hand and stabbed it fiercely toward Yagawa Ryoka's chest.

The two collided heavily and tumbled across the floor together.

With her practiced fighting skills, Kanzaki Rin used the momentum to pin Yagawa Ryoka beneath her.

Yagawa Ryoka was still on fire, but Kanzaki Rin's gas mask and combat suit were fireproof, so she wasn't afraid of the flames.

She felt the knife in her hand pierce flesh. Looking down, she realized Yagawa Ryoka had stopped it with her palm.

The knife had pierced her palm, and its tip had already entered Yagawa Ryoka's chest.

Kanzaki Rin strained with all her might to push down, but Yagawa Ryoka's hand clamped tightly around hers, holding her back.

Yagawa Ryoka's entire body had been charred black by the flames, but her injuries were now visibly healing.

Her charred skin became smooth again, and the hair that had burned away began to grow back.

In the blink of an eye, Yagawa Ryoka's delicate, lovely face had returned.

But that lovely face was now twisted, like a savage beast's, as she glared at Kanzaki Rin.

Ignoring Yagawa Ryoka's frenzied stare, Kanzaki Rin could think of nothing but forcing the knife down and killing the Vampire.

She even threw her body weight into it, pouring all her strength into the little knife.

But the knife wouldn't sink any farther. Instead, it was slowly being pushed up.

Kanzaki Rin was actually quite strong—stronger than an adult man, and able to break a brick with one blow.

But after becoming a Vampire, Yagawa Ryoka had fed several times and grown significantly stronger. She was beyond comparison with someone as close to an ordinary human as Kanzaki Rin.

In this pure contest of strength, Kanzaki Rin was unquestionably losing.

The tip of the knife had already left Yagawa Ryoka's chest. She gave a mocking smile, then suddenly heaved with all four limbs, easily tossing Kanzaki Rin off her.

Kanzaki Rin rolled aside, quickly shifted her stance, and got back to her feet.

Yagawa Ryoka was already lunging at her. A heavy punch landed in her stomach.

Kanzaki Rin grunted, gritted her teeth against the pain, and thrust the knife forward, but Yagawa Ryoka easily caught her wrist and threw her over her shoulder.

Kanzaki Rin flew across the living room and landed in the kitchen, slamming into the refrigerator. It tipped to one side, spilling countless ingredients onto the floor.

She struggled to sit up and leaned against the refrigerator, gasping for breath.

When she looked up, Yagawa Ryoka was already standing in front of her.

Kanzaki Rin raised a hand to snap her fingers, but Yagawa Ryoka kicked it aside.

She bent down, grabbed Kanzaki Rin by the throat, and lifted her off the floor, then undid her mask, revealing a flushed face.

Yagawa Ryoka paused. She had already realized Kanzaki Rin was a girl, but she hadn't expected the face beneath the mask to be so beautiful.

"What a cute face."

Yagawa Ryoka stroked Kanzaki Rin's cheek, smiling. "If I scratched it up, I bet a lot of boys would be heartbroken, wouldn't they?"

Her sharp nails brushed across Kanzaki Rin's smooth skin, making her hair stand on end and raising goosebumps all over her body.

Kanzaki Rin's frightened expression excited Yagawa Ryoka, and she couldn't help licking her lips.

As she wondered how to torment the girl who had dared to interrupt her good time, she suddenly noticed Kanzaki Rin's gaze turn calm, as if she were no longer afraid.

Yagawa Ryoka blinked curiously. "Little girl, aren't you afraid of me?"

Kanzaki Rin sneered and managed to force out a few words. "Do you know... what they mean by... 'the villain dies from talking too much'?"

Yagawa Ryoka froze. Her keen eyesight caught Kanzaki Rin's eyes reflecting her own figure—and a dark shape behind her.

For an instant, Yagawa Ryoka's heart nearly skipped a beat.

She spun around, only to see a fist rapidly growing larger in her vision.

"Bang!"

The fist tore through the air and struck Yagawa Ryoka squarely in the face, landing with a dull, unmistakable thud.

The skin and flesh on half her face burst apart, and the cheekbone beneath shattered into pieces like broken porcelain.

She was sent flying sideways, her head crashing into the kitchen counter in a burst of blood.

"Cough, cough..."

Kanzaki Rin fell to the floor too, clutching her throat as she coughed, but her eyes stayed fixed on Fang Cheng, who stood in front of her.

When she'd stormed in, she'd thought Fang Cheng was already dead.

After all, she had watched Yagawa Ryoka tear out his heart in the drone's live footage.

She had looked through the Disaster Countermeasure Department's internal files and knew that Vampires had to dig out and devour the hearts of their own kind to kill them.

Anyone whose heart was ripped out had no chance of surviving.

Yet this guy had defied her expectations again. Even after having his heart torn out by one of his own kind, he was still alive and kicking.

Fang Cheng rubbed his fist. He'd put all his strength into that punch, and it had worked well—but he'd also scraped the skin off his knuckles.

Noticing Kanzaki Rin's gaze, Fang Cheng looked over. His expression changed at once, and he hurried over, reaching out his hand.

Kanzaki Rin didn't refuse and reached out her own.

Fang Cheng pushed her aside, crouched down in front of the refrigerator, and wailed, "Which bastard did this?"

All the food in the refrigerator had spilled out and gotten mixed together. Someone had even stepped on it several times, and dozens of eggs were smashed across the floor.

His heart ached. He'd paid for those groceries with money from selling a kidney. How could anyone treat them like this?

Kanzaki Rin: (°ー°〃)