Chapter 73: Quick Action

I sat on the roof of the armored car with Kaede on my lap, we were about to start the trip to the Takagi mansion.

The convoy consisted of the armored car as the head, three school buses, and two vans.

All the cars were beefed up to withstand the attacks of mutants like Smoker and Hunter, but it is still not enough to withstand the acid from the Spitter or the attacks of the gray-skinned men.

Just in case, the best shooters will be on the lookout at bus windows to kill any Spitter that might get close.

Kaede and I will be leading the formation to clear obstacles with Kaede's vectors and my black blood.

Kaede's attack range is 2 meters and my range is 10 meters, but the further away from me the black blood becomes weaker, so it is best to keep it at a meter without losing power.

In the front car are bullets and tactical supplies, Mikoto drives while Sayo is the co-pilot.

The rest of the battle group is divided between the buses and in case of trouble Kaede, Sayo, and I can move to help the buses.

Saeko and Yuko are in the bus in the center to be able to attack when necessary while Takashi, Arashi, and Haruki are in the bus at the end to serve as bait since with the remaining plot armor they will be magnets of problems and I do not think to leave them at the base.

Only Yuki is on a safe bus despite being a protagonist since she is adorable and can command mutant animals, favoritism is a reality.

Above us there are 4 mutant birds to watch from the sky and Madness is in his dog form running alongside the cars accompanied by the strongest mutant dogs to warn us about the arrival of mutant animals.

The preparations are done.

"I'm still surprised that this world is so chaotic despite not having Kishin eggs" - Tsubaki spoke with surprise.

I showed him the place, I explained the situation in the world and introduced her to my lovers.

Tsubaki made a good friendship with Shizuka, Nao, Aki, and the little girls, she even had a special attachment for Rin and Kaede since Tsubaki can feel the signs of madness that are intense in both girls despite not having corrupted souls.

My soul seems to affect the people who are close to me infecting them with madness at the same time that my Madness can devour negative karma so that even though the mind is corrupted, the soul remains pure.

It is ironic that my ability that represents corruption and degeneration helps to prevent bad actions from influencing karma, it is something strange even in supernatural terms so I need specialists in soul and karma to study this phenomenon as this exceeds knowledge by Tsubaki.

For now, Tsubaki sitting next to me enjoying a cookie, she likes sweets and since she has good skills as a ninja she has no problem with traveling in a moving car.

Anyway, Kaede is protecting us from the wind with her vectors so the ride is comfortable.

"Kishin Egg? It can be eaten?" - Kaede tilted her head, when she's not in the psycho mode she's adorable.

"A Kishin egg is the result of a human soul that has been corrupted by negative karma, the person turns into a monster and begins to devour human souls to become stronger" - Tsubaki has started acting like an older sister with Kaede.

Kaede has been in a bad mood since I technically chose Sayo as my Diclonius Queen, things got worse because Sayo enjoys teasing the girl.

To calm Kaede and prevent her from seeking to kill Sayo I had to promise her that when she turned 16 she would make her one of my wives.

Kaede is still annoyed and does not speak to me, but she likes to sit on my lap, Tsubaki found her cute and now they are like sisters.

"... How can I eat souls?" - Kaede was excited.

"Um, it's not a good idea to eat souls, only a demonic weapon can eat souls without being corrupted, and that only applies to corrupted souls, if a demonic weapon eats pure human souls it will turn into a demon" - Tsubaki sounded uncomfortable.

"Mmmm, can I tear souls apart?" - Kaede was determined to cause suffering to her enemies even after killing them.

Tsubaki frowned at me. - "What have you taught this girl?"

"It's the internet's fault, she was already like that when I found it" - I shrugged.

"Tsubaki-nee, how can I torture souls?" - Kaede asked with expectant eyes.

"..." - Tsubaki looked at Kaede and not knowing how to respond she decided to look at the sky. - "It is a good climate to travel"

I also want to know how to devour souls since maybe this way I can strengthen mine, but I think it is not a good time to ask.

As we traveled I frowned when I felt that my stalker had noticed me, since I obtained the Ogre Body my instincts improved to an absurd level so I can feel as if I am being watched even through a surveillance camera, but I cannot perceive the intentions of the person so I don't know if I'm being hunted as prey or viewed as a specimen to study.

I gave an order to Navi to warn my lovers who were on other buses to be alert.

Although we have walkie-talkies, I am concerned that the group that sent the gray-skinned men could intercept the signal.

One useful thing I discovered about engagement rings is that Navi can travel to the women I married, the only distance limitation is that Navi cannot go to other worlds.

There was another reward for marrying several women, but Navi said that if I accumulated the reward with more wives I could earn something better if I could meet the special requirements. As for what the requirements are, I'd rather not think about that as I almost had a psychopathic fit of rage when Navi mentioned them.

"Kaede, smash everything that gets in front" - I removed Kaede from my lap and stood up.

Kaede pouted, but was obedient and prepared to fight.

One of the birds chirped to warn us that something was approaching from the front.

I looked at what was coming and felt like cursing.

A group of infected were running in this direction, unlike the slow and blind infected that we have seen so far, these infected could run.

The worst thing was that in front of that group of infected were three huge infected, those three had an abnormally large right arm and used it as a charging ram.

"I think Charger would be a good name." - Sayo stepped out of the hatch of the car and looked at the approaching creatures.

Our naming sense is similar, such as for which.

"Mikoto keeps going! Sayo get ready to hit the one in the center, Kaede make sure the infected don't block the way" - I gave the directions before gesturing to Tsubaki. - "Tsubaki, shuriken"

"I understand" - Tsubaki nodded.

Tsubaki turned into a blue light that went to my right hand, when the light disappeared in my hand there was a huge ninja star.

Demon weapons are people who transform into a weapon, Tsubaki's clan is special as they can become more than one weapon.

Tsubaki can be transformed into a double scythe attached by a chain, a ninja sword, an oversized shuriken, and a smoke bomb, weapons suitable for assassinations, I like it.

I gave an order to Madness to return to my body, although Madness can move as a separate entity that weakens both of us so when we fight we must be together.

I put a thread of black blood on the shuriken, although Tsubaki prefers not to touch the black blood she is obedient and does not complain loudly.

The muscles in my arm swelled and I prepared to throw the shuriken.

"Tsubaki, do not hit them, tie the thread of blood to the ends of the path at the height of the legs so that they stumble when approaching" - I prepared to throw the shuriken.

Although Tsubaki and I were only able to do two training sessions with Yuko and Saeko, our coordination is not bad as Tsubaki is obedient.

When the infected were 15 meters from us I threw the shuriken towards a lamp post 10 meters away, Tsubaki only had to make sure that the black blood thread created a simple trap.

After putting the black blood thread in a suitable position to make the Charger stumble, Tsubaki made sure to tie the end of the blood thread to another post.

When the trap was prepared I summoned Tsubaki back to my inventory and then I summoned her again in my hand, it is an effective method to attack from a distance and not be disarmed.

"Tsubaki, double scythe" - I prepared to jump out of the car when the Chargers stumbled.

Tsubaki transformed into a short double scythe, Sayo prepared to strike.

"Kaede, when I lowered my hand throw Sayo towards the Charger head in the center, throw me a little above Sayo" - I raised a hand.

The Chargers ran without stopping, when they reached the black blood thread they stumbled a bit, the thrust force was enough to break the thin thread but still enough to make them lose their balance.

"Kaede" - I lowered my hand and Kaede used her vectors to throw Sayo and me towards the Chargers.

In midair, Sayo put up a front-hitting stance aiming for the Charger's head in the center.

A faint, barely perceptible light appeared in Sayo's eyes as she clenched her fists. - "Giga Drill Break!"

Sayo hit the Charger's head as I threw the two scythes at the Charger's heads on the sides and stabbed the blades into their eye sockets.

With the momentum, I made their heads recoil, the whip effect caused by the sudden recoil causing the necks of the three Chargers to break.

Although they were fast and strong, the muscle mass was concentrated in the right arm making their bodies unbalanced and vulnerable to counterattacks.

The Chargers were killed instantly, but their heavy bodies would cause the cars to crash.

I put Tsubaki back in my inventory.

"Sayo, take my hand" - Sayo and I were about to fall to the ground at high speed.

Sayo took my hand, I hugged her around the waist and when we were about to fall I used a kick to the air to use the shock wave to slow down.

With a couple of turns in the air slow down the acceleration and finally we land on the ground.

"You could join a circus" - Sayo smiled.

"Maybe if there are beautiful trapeze artists" - I looked at the group of infected runners approaching, I hope not all the infected start running or things will get troublesome.

I looked at the armored car approaching our position.

When the Charger corpses were in the range of Kaede, she used her vectors to push the bodies out of the way.

I raised a hand and one of the vectors picked me up and we went back to the roof of the car.

There were a couple of meters left for us to face the running infected.

"Sayo go back inside the car, Kaede prevents them from blocking the way" - I let Madness out in his true form but a little smaller since his form of more than two meters would not fit in the car.

"Madness protects Kaede, I'll make sure the infected don't clog the bus tires" - I summoned Tsubaki on my hands and jumped onto the roof of the bus behind us.

Being a leader is exhausting.