After 18 Years of Silence, Now My Words Are Divine

Chapter 69



Chapter 69

Chapter 69: Dusk

Kamiya Konan licked his lips, the corners of his mouth curling upward.

"But that's fine."

"That gaze that made me wary just now has disappeared."

"Then let's take this opportunity...to have another meal!"

Kamiya Konan marveled inwardly.

Right now, he was the ultimate patchwork abomination.

Not only did he possess the S-Grade ability,【Psychokinesis】.

The Starving Wraith's Devouring.

And the Half-Head Ghost's Severing and Connecting.

Even more, because Oriha had already evolved the prototype of a Starving Wraith after eating Kujo Ran.

He had perfectly inherited Kujo Ran's C-Grade ability,【Eagle Eye】!

This was also why he could instantly survey his surroundings and evade calmly even under the Sumo Wrestler Ghost's pursuit.

"There's still food waiting for me..."

Kamiya Konan's Eagle Eye instantly locked onto the direction of the locker room.

"Over there! The delicious smell of blood and flesh..."

Buzz!

The next second, he directly enveloped his entire body in psychic force, ignoring the Sumo Wrestler Ghost's furious roar behind him, and charged straight toward the locker room!

"Boss! We've been spotted!!"

Ishida Hideo stared at the terrifying figure rapidly closing in and shouted out loud.

"I know! Everyone stay calm!"

Corporal Morishita's eyes were bloodshot as he tightened his grip on the twin blades in his hands.

‘Even if it isn't the Starving Wraith that ate my little brother.’

‘But killing one of its kind still counts as revenge for my little brother!!’

"Fine by me!!"

Though the other squad members sensed something was off about their leader's current state.

But their leader was a senior veteran, and a direct subordinate of the terrifying Muraguchi Kazusu.

If their leader died, they'd face ritual disembowelment upon returning!

"Fight to the death!!"

"No choice but to charge!!"

The squad member possessing the B-Grade ability Super Nutritionist, Tomikawa Ogoru, immediately deployed his signature technique.

"Invincible Supreme Egg!"

His hands moved like someone rolling dough balls, rapidly kneading 5 black eggs from his body that emitted a thick, pungent stench!

"Everyone!! Eat these quickly!!"

"It increases combat power and regeneration by 30%! The side effect is 3 days of diarrhea!!"

He tossed the eggs to the 4 of them.

As a perfectly coordinated squad, they didn't hesitate for a single moment.

Even though those eggs smelled like the socks a sweaty girl had worn inside her boots while jogging for an hour...

Then left to marinate in a vat of pickled vegetables until spring—they swallowed them in one gulp!

"Ugh!!"

Suppressing the urge to vomit, strength surged through their entire bodies!

"Flame Attachment!!"

"I'll take the vanguard!!"

A soldier drew his twin blades, his entire body igniting in roaring flames, roared and leapt out the door, slashing toward Kamiya Konan flying in from above!

"Blood Manipulation!!"

Behind him, another soldier, in order to cover his comrade, actually disemboweled himself on the spot!

The blood that sprayed from his abdomen instantly transformed into countless razor-sharp blood-red darts, raining down in a sweeping volley toward Kamiya Konan!

"Nishiuchi!!"

"Ketsugoya garo!!"

"Blazing Blood Blade!"

"Receive our burning, boiling combination technique!!"

The 2 were supremely confident.

This Blazing Blood Blade combination had slain no small number of Cursed Creatures!

However.

Kamiya Konan smiled.

He watched the 2 opponents charging at him, his gaze like someone watching a pair of hopping grasshoppers.

"Insects."

He raised his hand and gave a light squeeze.

Bang! Bang!

Without any warning.

The heads of those 2 soldiers exploded from the inside out in an instant!

Red and white matter bloomed through the air.

"Nani?!"

Corporal Morishita stared at this scene in disbelief.

But as a battle-hardened veteran, his eyes instantly sharpened with ferocity, his reaction lightning-fast.

"Korewa...is it a psychic attack?!"

"Ishida!! Defense!!"

"Hai!! Boss!!"

Ishida Hideo slammed the ground hard and let out a furious roar.

"Earth Armor!!"

Crack crack crack!

A layer of heavy stone armor instantly encased the remaining 3 men's entire bodies, armoring them into stone men.

At the same time.

"Water Escape!"

Corporal Morishita's body flickered, and he dove into the puddle of blood left by his fallen comrades on the ground!

Whoosh!

The instant that droplet of blood flowed to behind Kamiya Konan.

Corporal Morishita's figure flashed back into existence, his katana driving straight for Kamiya Konan's neck!

"Die!!"

However.

Kamiya Konan didn't even turn his head, only letting out a cold laugh.

"Did you think I wouldn't anticipate that?"

"I've already witnessed the previous Starving Wraith's combat before—naturally I know the weakness of this ability all too well!"

"All it takes is prediction!"

He focused his mind, about to use psychic force to crush Corporal Morishita behind him.

Suddenly!

He saw the corners of his opponent's mouth curve upward.

Pop!

Corporal Morishita's figure shattered and vanished like a bubble!

"A water clone?! A feint?!"

Kamiya Konan froze—he had been outplayed on experience.

"Hmm? I see...I've been tricked."

The next moment.

Killing intent erupted!

Directly ahead, Ishida Hideo charged forward with his katana drawn, Earth Armor still covering him!

From directly above, the real Corporal Morishita descended from the sky, his katana driving down with the force of thunder!

On the left, the nutritionist Tomikawa Ogoru also drew his short blade, sealing off his escape route!

A triangular encirclement kill formation!

"Die!! You man-eating monster!!"

Corporal Morishita roared, supremely confident of victory.

Thud!!

3 sharp blades simultaneously cut through Kamiya Konan's body!

Ishida severed the waist!

Tomikawa severed the legs!

Corporal Morishita severed the head!

A perfect double bisection plus decapitation!

Kamiya Konan's body was instantly cut into 4 pieces, scattering across the ground.

"We won!!"

The 3 were overjoyed in their hearts.

But.

Kamiya Konan's severed head, lying on the ground, suddenly smiled.

"What splendid coordination..."

"What a pity...I have this."

The next second.

Zzzt zzzt zzzt!!

Countless flesh-red threads came gushing wildly from the cut surfaces of his dismembered body!

Intertwining and pulling at each other as if they were alive!

In the blink of an eye.

Those severed limbs were forcibly pulled back and reattached together!

The Half-Head Ghost's ability, Connecting!

"What?!"

The 3 went pale with shock, having never anticipated that an opponent could survive even this!

And in the next second.

"Let me test my newly developed technique on you."

Kamiya Konan's long legs stomped hard and his body leapt into the air.

He spread his arms wide, deploying the brand new ultimate technique he had developed using Psychokinesis!

"Simultaneously repelling all air and matter in the surrounding area..."

"In other words!"

"Almighty Push!!"

Boom!!

With Kamiya Konan as the epicenter, an invisible repulsive shockwave erupted in an instant!

"Pff!!"

The Earth Armor on Ishida Hideo and Tomikawa Ogoru shattered instantly!

Both were blasted off their feet!

Deeply embedded into the concrete wall of the corridor, suffering severe wounds on the spot, their bones broken beyond count.

Corporal Morishita reacted fastest, but was still sent flying backward more than ten meters by the shockwave.

He slammed hard into a pillar and spat out a mouthful of blood—fortunately the Earth Armor had protected him, leaving only light internal injuries.

"Cough cough..."

Corporal Morishita raised his head with great difficulty, looking toward his comrades embedded in the wall.

Ishida Hideo slowly extended a blood-soaked hand, his eyes losing focus.

"Bo...Boss..."

"Run..."

Tomikawa Ogoru's face was equally despairing, silently mouthing the words.

"Go...avenge us..."

Watching this scene, Corporal Morishita's memories seemed to flash back to several days ago—the moment they had first arrived at Rose High School.

Back then, his twin brother Sergeant Morishita, in order to cover his retreat, had said the exact same thing to him.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Corporal Morishita let out a roar of bitter fury, tightening his grip on his blade.

He looked toward Kamiya Konan, then looked at the Sumo Wrestler Ghost charging wildly toward them from a distance.

In the end.

Reason won over emotion.

Whoosh!

He once again transformed into a streak of light, dove into the blood puddle on the ground, and fled frantically through the drainage pipes.

"What a pity..."

Kamiya Konan watched that fleeing rat, shook his head, and made no move to chase.

He turned around, looking at the 2 embedded in the wall, and the 2 on the ground whose heads he had just crushed.

"But...with the 4 of you..."

"Plus that big fellow who delivered itself to my door..."

"It's enough."

Kamiya Konan laughed coldly.

Then, his mouth suddenly gaped open, his lower jaw dislocating, growing as enormous as Shariki Sanae's!

This was an ability freshly digested after devouring Shariki Sanae!

Gulp!

He swallowed the 2 headless corpses on the ground in one bite and chewed twice.

"Ptoo."

He spat out 2 coccyx bones.

"Too hard, I don't like eating those."

......

At the same time, at the entrance of the Detention Room warehouse.

The Faceless One picked up the coccyx bones from the ground.

The white dotted lines on its featureless face trembled faintly.

"This aura..."

"Is it Kujo Shiyan?"

"He actually died? And...only this bone remains?"

"Was it that Starving Wraith that did it?"

The Faceless One crushed the bone to dust.

"This is troublesome."

"Kujo Shiyan was after all that person's disciple."

"If he's dead, that person will surely come looking for trouble."

"Better to proactively notify his teacher—don't let this drag me into it."

"And...the matter of compensation needs to be settled with him too."

And so.

It reached into its suit pocket and produced a black talisman paper, then ignited it.

Whoosh!

A ghostly green spectral flame appeared out of thin air.

An emotionless male voice transmitted from within.

"What is it?"

"Your disciple is dead."

The Faceless One said flatly.

"Which disciple?"

The other party's reply carried not a single ripple of emotion, as if what had died was merely a dog.

The Faceless One was instantly furious.

"It's Kujo Shiyan!!"

"He was running some Detention Room experiment in my school, and he wrecked it!!"

"And now he's released a Starving Wraith that's killed many of my ghost staff members!!"

"You owe me an explanation!!"

"An explanation?"

The voice within the spectral flame remained utterly calm.

"He violated my teachings and was expelled from my tutelage long ago."

"I have no use for an idiot who lets his head get hot over so-called love and loses all reason."

"Huang Hun!!"

The Faceless One clenched its fist, its aura erupting.

"Don't put on airs here!!"

"If you truly didn't care about him, would I have permitted him to stay here as a teacher ten years ago?!"

"Would I have tolerated him for this long?!"

"Get over here!! Stop pretending!!"

"Your disciple made this mess—you come deal with it yourself!!"

"Out of respect for the fact that we both serve that great lord—don't push me to turn against you!!"

At these words.

The spectral flame fell into a brief silence.

After a long while, that voice finally sounded again.

"Understood."

Buzz!

The next second.

The spectral flame instantly expanded, transforming into a young man in a white lab coat with a refined yet somber bearing.

This legendary doctor, Huang Hun, appeared to be far younger than Kujo Shiyan!

"My true body is currently at the Polar Ice Wastes handling matters at the Dragon God ruins."

"This spiritual avatar cannot last too long."

Huang Hun's tone was detached.

"Take me to see that Starving Wraith."

"Hmph!"

The Faceless One let out a cold snort.

"Wouldn't it have been better to do this from the start? All that unnecessary talk!"

Then it led Huang Hun, their figures flickering, and headed toward the teaching building.

......

Teaching building, Central Courtyard.

When the 2 arrived at the scene.

The sight before them caused both their expressions to shift.

There, lying in the Central Courtyard, was an enormous skeleton.

And a ghost girl in a sailor uniform was lying atop that pile of white bones, contentedly letting out belches.

"Burp~"

"What the—?!"

The Faceless One finally could no longer contain itself and swore.

"That was my Discipline Committee Chief!!"

"I'll slaughter you!!"

It was about to charge forward.

But Huang Hun extended a hand to stop it.

"Hold on."

Huang Hun looked at Kamiya Konan.

"Leave this to me."

"I guarantee you a satisfactory answer."

The Faceless One's killing intent was at its peak right now, but seeing Huang Hun's composed and certain gaze, it forcibly suppressed it.

"You'd better truly be able to give me the corresponding compensation!"

"Otherwise...when this year's【 Destruction Five Days】 arrives, I'll make you pay!!"

The Faceless One shifted from questioning to threatening.

Huang Hun nodded:

"Don't worry."

"Once this is done, I'll compensate you with a new school."

"Better facilities, more students."

"A new school?"

The Faceless One's fury instantly dissipated by half.

"You'd better keep your word."

It released its hand, then turned its back to the 2 and waited.

While Huang Hun stepped forward toward Kamiya Konan.

Kamiya Konan had by now also sensed these 2 terrifying presences.

He sat up from the bone pile, looked at the white-coated young man, and asked probingly.

"You are...Huang Hun, aren't you?"

"Oh?"

Huang Hun raised an eyebrow.

"You recognize me? Did you absorb the memories of my renegade disciple?"

Kamiya Konan didn't deny it, flashing a wide grin.

"That's right."

"I ate your disciple, seized his results, and destroyed his body."

"Do you...not wish to kill me?"

"Kill you?"

Huang Hun shook his head with an expressionless face.

"There's no need."

"He was a traitor to begin with—a failed product."

"Even without you, I would have purged my own tutelage."

"Furthermore, I am not one who likes explanations and unnecessary words."

Huang Hun extended 2 fingers.

"Now, I give you 2 choices, Divine Chosen."

"One...enter my tutelage, join the Arashin-kai, and take that waste's place as my disciple."

"Two...be killed here by me, and I'll remove your brain to use as a specimen."

Upon hearing the other party identify his identity at a single glance.

Kamiya Konan showed not a trace of fear—on the contrary, he became extremely excited.

Clap clap clap!

He began to applaud, his eyes filled with fanatical admiration.

"Worthy of an old monster who has lived for god knows how many years...what exceptional vision!"

"That idiot Kujo Shiyan—what was he thinking, abandoning such a magnificent thigh to cling onto, to pursue some pure love nonsense?"

Kamiya Konan leapt down from the bone pile, straightened his sailor uniform, and performed a deep and respectful bow of discipleship.

"I accept your terms."

"Teacher! I am willing to join the Arashin-kai!"

"A wise man."

Huang Hun gave a satisfied nod.

"Able to bend and stretch, knows which way the wind blows, and vicious enough."

"You are far superior to that fool."

"Take my hand—I'll take you somewhere else."

"This place is not suitable for you."

However.

Kamiya Konan did not immediately extend his hand.

He raised his head, revealing a beseeching expression.

"Teacher, please wait a moment."

"There is still one important small matter I'd like to take care of before we leave."

"Oh? What matter?"

Kamiya Konan licked his lips.

"A person."

"I want to eat him...and obtain his ability."

"That fellow...is suspected of possessing S-Grade Air Manipulation!"

"S-Grade Air Manipulation?"

Huang Hun stroked his chin, a glint of interest in his eyes.

"That is a rare and excellent ability—worth spending a little time on."

"Very well, I'll accompany you for this trip."

Then.

He turned to look at the Faceless One, who was still sulking.

"Help me find someone."

"Once this is done, I'll recruit 100 more students for you—living ones."

The Faceless One did not turn around, only raising 2 fingers while facing away from them, its tone drawn-out and eerie.

"The one you're looking for..."

"Is my outstanding student."

"It'll cost double."


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