Fear spread through the conference room like a plague.
Especially this feeling of powerlessness where one cannot control their own body was even more suffocating than facing a gun muzzle directly.
Heimer stood at one end of the conference table.
His gaze didn't even linger for half a second on the faces of those executives whose courage had already been shattered.
He merely swept a faint glance over them.
And then...
Heimer's gaze settled on two people.
One stood to the left of the head of the conference table.
An old man with white hair and beard, wearing a formal Haori and Hakama, looking incomparably majestic.
—Tendou Kikunojo.
The current head of the Tendou Family.
A veteran statesman who has assisted three generations of Seitenshi.
He is also the de facto ruler of the Tokyo area now.
The other person...
Was seated slightly further away.
A young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a well-tailored custom suit, appearing refined and scholarly, but whose face turned deathly pale and whose forehead immediately broke out in a cold sweat the moment he saw Tendou Kisara appear.
—Tendou Wako.
The current Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
At the same time...
He is also Tendou Kisara's half-brother.
...
"It seems everyone has arrived."
Heimer smiled.
Then...
Heimer slightly turned his head and looked towards the girl whose killing intent was about to burst forth.
"These two people are now yours to deal with."
"Yes."
Tendou Kisara replied in a low voice, her face grim.
She gripped the demon blade yuki kage in her hand, her eyes fixed tightly on those two figures who were too familiar to be familiar.
The flames of hatred burned fiercely in her eyes, almost swallowing up the last vestiges of her sanity.
Ten years.
Every single day and night.
Every moment she endured the torment of illness in the dialysis room.
What sustained her life...
Was this very moment!
These very faces!
...
At the same time...
In this space where everyone seemed to be imprisoned...
The Seitenshi, who had been in a state of shock, noticed something strange.
She... seemed to be able to move?
The Seitenshi tentatively moved a finger, and then an arm.
She really could move.
This caused the tightly wound string of her heart to relax slightly, but what quickly flooded in was even greater confusion.
"Excuse me..."
"Who are you?"
The Seitenshi gathered her courage and looked at the handsome black-haired man.
Heimer did not answer immediately.
He merely turned his head and scrutinized the young Seitenshi up and down.
It must be said...
Her pure white dress was spotless.
Her face, exquisite like a doll, exuded an otherworldly nobility.
And paired with those clear, innocent, currently filled with innocence and panic, blue gem-like big eyes.
She was simply like a blue lily meticulously cared for in a greenhouse.
Pure.
Beautiful.
Untainted.
—Just like a precious flower carefully nurtured in a greenhouse, having never seen wind or rain, never seen pests, and never even smelled the stench of soil.
A ruler like this...
In this cannibalistic apocalypse, was simply a joke.
If she didn't rely on a political powerhouse like Tendou Kikunojo, she probably couldn't even hold onto that position for a single day.
However...
Looking at it from another angle...
For Tendou Kikunojo...
This was simply a perfect puppet.
"Do not panic, Miss Seitenshi."
Heimer withdrew his gaze, his tone flat.
"I have merely brought my child to settle a private matter."
Child?
The Seitenshi froze for a moment.
Then...
Before she could react...
She saw...
Tendou Kisara already walking step by step towards the other side, carrying her blade.
Under the light...
The demon blade named [yuki kage] was flashing with a chilling cold light.
The killing intent flowing on the blade seemed to drop the temperature of the entire conference room by several degrees.
"Wait a moment!"
Although the Seitenshi did not understand what a "Familia" was, nor did she know who this man truly was.
She could clearly see the killing intent in Tendou Kisara's eyes.
She truly intended to kill someone.
"This is the Holy Residence! A sacred and inviolable place!"
The Seitenshi stood up, attempting to use her status to stop the atrocity about to unfold before her.
"No matter what grievances you have, you cannot resort to violence here!"
"If this is for revenge, the law will give you—"
"The law?"
Tendou Kisara suddenly stopped walking.
She turned her head.
And looked towards the Seitenshi.
The mockery in her eyes was so intense it was almost tangible, causing the latter half of the Seitenshi's words to stick in her throat.
"Your Excellency, Seitenshi."
"If the law were truly useful, why is the attack case from ten years ago still an unsolved mystery?"
"Why can these two murderers who killed my parents still sit here openly and discuss so-called national affairs with you?"
"What... attack case...?"
The Seitenshi looked blankly at Tendou Kisara.
Then she looked at Tendou Kikunojo, whose eyes were terrifyingly grim despite being unable to move, and Tendou Wako, whose face was filled with terror.
Although she had heard some rumors...
She knew very little about the specific details of the incident ten years ago.
After all, she was too young then.
And had always been protected deep within the palace.
"It seems you truly don't know."
Tendou Kisara let out a cold laugh.
A laugh tinged with sorrow.
"Indeed."
"How could a princess raised in the palm of someone's hand like you know the filth of this outside world?"
With that said...
Tendou Kisara paid no more attention to the Seitenshi.
She turned her head and looked towards Heimer.
"Oh Divine Being."
"I request of you."
"Release the restraint on these two people."
"I want to hear them admit it in their own mouths."
"And let them watch as I kill them."
"Is that so?"
Heimer raised an eyebrow.
"Are you sure?"
"You should know, villains die from talking too much. Even though you are the protagonist, don't get too reckless."
"I am certain."
Tendou Kisara took a deep breath.
"My Lord God."
"After I complete my revenge, I will accept any punishment, no matter what it is."
"But for the past ten years, I have been swinging my blade while sickly, all for this very moment."
With that said,
Tendou Kisara raised her sword horizontally.
She gripped the hilt tightly with both hands.
Her body crouched slightly, assuming an extremely peculiar stance.
That was not one of the original techniques of the Tendo Style.
It was a posture filled with aggression, one that discarded all defense, born only for slaughter.
"As you wish."
Thus,
Heimer slowly raised his hand.
"Snap!"
With another snap of his fingers,
The bodies of Tendo Kikunojo and Tendo Wako, who had been immobilized, suddenly convulsed.
The restraints were lifted.
Tendo Kikunojo was, after all, an old hand at this game.
Even after regaining mobility, even when facing such a supernatural situation, he remained still.
He merely tightened his grip on his cane, and a dim, inscrutable light flickered in his cloudy old eyes as he stared intently at Heimer.
He could not see through this man.
Not at all.
However,
The other one was different.
"Aaaahhh!!!"
Tendo Wako had long since lost all courage.
The instant he regained movement, the instinct for survival overwhelmed his reason.
He did not choose to flee, nor did he choose to beg for mercy.
Instead—
He violently pulled a black handgun from his inner pocket.
It was something he had secretly brought in specifically for self-defense.
"You want to kill me? What a joke!"
The black muzzle pointed directly at Tendou Kisara's brow.
The distance was less than five meters.
At this range, there was no way to dodge!
"!!!"
The surrounding ministers, who were still unable to move, sucked in a cold breath upon seeing this scene.
Bringing a gun into the Seitenshi's residence—
—This was a grave taboo!
The Seitenshi's eyes widened, her face filled with disbelief.
"Mr. Wako! What are you doing?!"
"Weapons are forbidden here! Put it down immediately!"
However,
Tendo Wako, whose mind was already clouded, could no longer hear any of this.
His hand trembled violently, the muzzle aimed steadfastly at Tendou Kisara.
Since she came looking for trouble, he wouldn't be polite!
And so,
Tendo Wako pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
The gunshot rang out.
Fire bloomed from the muzzle.
In that instant, time seemed to slow down.
The Seitenshi turned deathly pale in fright, covering her ears in terror and closing her eyes.
In her view,
At such a close distance,
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