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Chapter 115: 115

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Right after deciding to take revenge, I began preparing for a trip to China step by step.

The first thing I did was contact Hyeji and call Iing Iing.

"Iing Iing!"

Poporong.

A tiny fairy girl appeared, scattering rainbow-colored dust.

Iing Iing had rushed over as soon as I called her. Hyeji's place was in the same Yongsan District, so she got here quickly.

I petted her and said,

"Iing Iing. This is our first trip abroad. Aren't you excited?"

"Iing! Iing!"

Iing Iing sat on top of my head and tugged hard at my hair.

She seemed excited about her first trip abroad too.

Next, I called Choi Yejin.

"Choi Yejin, when you get there, my sister will probably be inside a wrecked car. Please look after her. I've put up a protective spell, but it'll run out of mana and dispel itself in thirty minutes. I'm going to China for a bit."

"...A protective spell? More importantly, you're going to China? All of a sudden? Why?"

"The Chinese bastards targeted my sister and me. I can't put up with it anymore, so I'm going to China to cause some trouble. Anyway, please take care of my sister."

"Wow. You're going to kill some Chinese bastards? Hey, take me with you! I want to kill Chinese bastards too!"

"I'm hanging up now."

"Hey! Take me with you! I want to kill Chinese bastards too! Hey!!!"

Click.

I hung up.

Seriously, what a crazy bitch.

I said I was going to China, and instead of stopping me, she made a huge fuss about coming along.

Still...

Glance.

I looked toward the vehicle my sister was in, parked in front of the tunnel exit.

'Should I at least see her before I go to China? She's definitely worried sick about me.'

After thinking it over, I shook my head.

'No. She'll obviously try to stop me... I'll see her after everything's over.'

If she started crying, I felt like my resolve would weaken and I'd give up on going to China.

For now, I planned to leave without seeing her.

Sorry, sis.

Just wait a little longer.

Anyway, my preparations for China were complete.

"Iing Iing. Ready?"

"Iing Iing!"

"Let's go! To China!"

Fwaaaash!

A rainbow-colored glow streaked through the night sky.

Our destination was China.

* * *

Beijing, China.

Zhongnanhai.

The office of the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee.

"Lin Chenhuo has been dealt with."

The elderly man staring at the screen muttered quietly.

He was none other than Xi Jinping.

The President of the People's Republic of China.

The General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee.

The Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party.

At the same time, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China...

Anyway, he held as many titles as Baek Jiho.

He was also a man plotting every kind of scheme to reclaim the power the Hunters had taken from him.

He muttered in a low voice.

"As expected, enemies should be killed by enemies. You dealt with Lin Chenhuo so easily. You're a very useful card, Baek Jiho."

To eliminate Lin Chenhuo, a central figure in the Hunter faction, he had devised a plan.

He would use that arrogant bangzi Hunter from the peninsula, Baek Jiho, to lure Lin Chenhuo out and make the two destroy each other.

Of course, Baek Jiho's strength had far exceeded his expectations.

Lin Chenhuo and his team had been wiped out, while Baek Jiho survived unharmed.

It had only been half a success, but...

Even that was satisfying.

One obstacle to reclaiming the power stolen by the Hunters had disappeared.

If he kept doing this step by step, he would eventually regain the power he had lost.

Just as Xi Jinping was smiling in satisfaction...

"Comrade Chairman."

The person assisting him, Cui Qiu, the Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, spoke quietly.

"Baek Jiho is on the move. It appears he is using an artifact capable of aerial movement."

"What? He's moving? Where to?"

"West. In other words, here."

"?"

Cui Qiu operated the screen.

A new display soon appeared.

It showed a real-time feed from China's newest reconnaissance satellite.

"...That's Baek Jiho?"

"Yes. His estimated speed is 600 kilometers per hour. He will reach the vicinity of Shandong Province in thirty minutes."

Beyond the screen, a single rainbow-colored glow was flying over the West Sea in the dead of night.

It was moving quite quickly.

"No. Why is he suddenly moving? Does he have business here?"

"His objective is unknown. However, he is the one who killed even Lin Chenhuo. We need to respond."

At the director's urging, Xi Jinping clicked his tongue.

"That fool must think that because he defeated Lin Chenhuo's team of ten, he can do the same against the entire People's Republic of China. Idiot."

Xi Jinping gave a short laugh.

It was clearly mocking.

"No matter how powerful a Hunter may be, before the power of a nation, they are nothing but insects. He's walking into a death trap of his own accord."

Ten Highest Floors Hunters and an entire nation were different matters.

Furthermore, the People's Republic of China was the world's most populous country and possessed the world's second-strongest military.

It was practically a superpower, competing with the United States for dominance over the Pacific.

For him to invade China alone was no different from a moth flying into a fire.

"Deploy the Northern Theater Command's air force and the East Sea Fleet's naval forces simultaneously. We will finish him at sea."

"Yes."

"Ah, and..."

Xi Jinping waved a hand as he added,

"There's no need to capture him alive. Since he refused our offer, there is no reason to spare him."

* * *

I kept flying west using Iing Iing's telekinesis.

After traveling over the pitch-black West Sea for some time, I saw something.

"Iing Iing. What's that?"

"Iing?"

"That... is it a fleet?"

Something was stationed on the dark sea.

Beyond the horizon, lights flickered on one by one through the darkness.

"They really are ships."

There weren't just one or two.

A large fleet of more than ten ships was lined up across the sea.

I'd seen them on the news a few times, so I knew who they were.

'Those guys are China's East Sea Fleet, right? The ones lurking off Korea's west coast to make a show of force.'

China had deployed a massive fleet to pressure Korea.

They were destroyers, frigates, and logistics support ships from the Chinese East Sea Fleet.

When I raised my head and looked above them...

Goooooo...

Something with blinking red navigation lights was approaching in formation.

I let out a hollow laugh.

"Huh. Even fighter jets are coming. Did they come looking for me?"

That was right.

Along with more than ten warships from China's East Sea Fleet, there was even a large tactical formation of twelve fighter jets.

The Chinese bastards had come out to welcome me!

They sure knew how to treat a guest.

I didn't have a passport or visa, and I was entering illegally, but they were still giving me such a grand welcome.

"Thanks. I don't know what to say. But..."

Slowly, I raised my staff.

"I'm in a pretty bad mood right now."

Only a few dozen minutes ago, my sister had nearly died because of those Chinese bastards.

If I'd been even a little later, she wouldn't be in this world anymore.

So I had no intention of going easy on them.

As I stared at them...

Flash! Flash! Flash! Flash!

Something detached from the fighter formation and shot toward us.

Missiles.

The fighter jets rushing toward us had begun firing missiles all at once.

Screeeech!

The missiles spewed flames as they closed in.

How many had they fired?

Dozens of red trails cut across the dark night sky over the West Sea.

These bastards were serious from the start.

A missile barrage right off the bat.

Then I had no reason to hold back either.

"Iing Iing. Stop for a moment."

"Iing!"

Iing Iing came to an abrupt stop.

Hovering in midair, I drew up the Blue Motes within my body.

"Railgun. Multiple Manifestation."

Crackle! Crackle! Craaackle!

Numerous virtual rails formed in the air.

Metal projectiles floated up and settled onto each rail.

Then...

"Fire."

Kwakakakakakakakakaboom⸻!

A brilliant flash burst forth, and numerous blue trails split the night sky.

Right afterward, fireworks began exploding everywhere in the sky.

Boom⸻!

Boooom⸻!

Kaboom⸻!

Rumble...!

The incoming missiles exploded all at once in midair.

Red flames bloomed in a chain, bright bursts of fire lighting up the darkness.

Watching them, I muttered,

"I used to play bullet hell shooting games seriously. Don't underestimate my dynamic visual acuity."

Missiles were only supersonic at best.

They were mere nobodies that couldn't even reach Mach 5.

But the Railguns I fired were hypersonic.

They went over Mach 6.

And I had Extreme Lunatic Hell dynamic visual acuity, trained through Touhou Project!

I was practically Lunatic Marisa herself, come to life!

There was no way I could miss something slower than my Railgun.

Anyway, I dealt with the missiles easily.

"Are you done spraying missiles everywhere? Then it's my turn now, right?"

It was time to target the enemy.

I moved my staff and aimed at the fighters.

People said attack helicopters were easy prey for fighter jets.

Even an Apache, the nightmare of ground forces, was still a low-altitude aircraft.

If a fighter jet came down on it from above, it could only be torn apart helplessly.

But that only applied to ordinary attack helicopters.

Who was I?

"I am Extreme Lunatic Hell Stealth-Longbow Apache. Fighter jets are my prey too."

The fighters began banking after firing their missiles.

I aimed my staff at them and fired a Railgun.

Kwoooom⸻!

A blue trail pierced the night sky.

It struck straight through the engine of the lead fighter.

Kwooooom!

The engine section of the nearest fighter exploded.

The aircraft broke apart, scattering flames as it fell.

I kept blasting the fighter jets with Railguns.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Every time a blue trail streaked through the air, a spectacular explosion erupted.

Fighter fragments and wreckage scattered in every direction.

Fireworks Season Two had opened in the black night sky.

Kwoooom!

The last Chinese fighter jet exploded.

Splash! Splash! Patter...

Broken debris fell helplessly and splashed into the sea.

As I watched the wreckage fall, rage suddenly boiled up inside me, and I shouted.

"When I think about how there were people in those jets... this feels fucking awful. Again, again, again! More killing! You fucking Chinese bastards! I don't like killing people either!"

Killing.

Honestly, I still wasn't used to it.

Inside the Tower, I could grin happily while slaughtering and crushing monsters.

But every time I killed a real person, a strange discomfort and irritation rose inside me.

That was also why I'd kept putting off my trip to China.

It was obvious that if I went there, I would end up killing a whole lot of people.

Whenever possible, I wanted to kill only the people who came after me, rather than moving against them myself.

But there was a limit to that.

Now that they had dared to put my sister in danger, I had no intention of enduring it any longer.

If I was going to act, I would do it properly.

Without hesitation, I moved my staff and actively eliminated the enemy.

Anyway.

I'd dealt with all the fighter jets.

"Is it the ships' turn now?"

Glance.

I lowered my gaze.

Chinese destroyers and frigates entered my view.

I could see people panicking on their decks.

"Crazy...! That person destroyed every fighter jet by themselves?"

"He's descending! Anti-air fire! Anti-air fire!"

"Activate the close-in weapon systems!"

Buuuuuuuuuum!!!

Countless tracer rounds shot upward with a sound that tore through the air.

The anti-aircraft guns mounted on more than ten warships all opened fire at once.

That wasn't all.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The surface-to-air missiles installed on each warship began launching in unison.

The firepower of more than ten warships converged on me.

A swarm of tracer rounds scattered as if covering my entire field of vision.

A barrage of surface-to-air missiles surged through the darkness.

It was absurdly excessive firepower to pour onto a single Hunter rather than an army or a massive warship.

But so what?

Those bullets and missiles couldn't touch a single hair on my head.

Boom! Boom! Bang! Bang!

I shot down every annoying surface-to-air missile with Railguns.

As for the barrage of autocannon fire, which was too cumbersome to block one by one...

Kagagagagagak!

Water Protective Aura, a torrent of high-pressure liquid, diverted and deflected every round.

After blocking and brushing aside all their attacks, chaotic voices rose from the warships.

"T-the rounds aren't working!"

"It's a protective artifact! Concentrate fire!"

"C-crazy! Why won't they die?! Die! Die! Just die already!!!"

You die.

I dropped a spell on them.

"Tactical Fireball."

Whoooosh.

A black fireball formed at the tip of my staff and slowly descended.

Every ship's crew turned toward it.

Then it touched the sea surface.

And...

Flash.

A blinding burst of light wiped away the darkness of the night.

Kwoooooooooooooom⸻⸻!

A massive explosion erupted.

A deafening roar that seemed to shake heaven and earth.

A pillar of flame shot high into the sky.

The enormous blast scorched the sea, turning vast amounts of water into steam that spread outward in a mighty cloud.

The ocean turned red for an instant.

The world briefly became bright.

Kwakakakaka⸻!

After the explosion, shockwaves and thick steam spread in every direction.

Numerous destroyers and frigates were caught in the blast, split in two, and overturned by the shockwave.

Unfortunately, that single attack hadn't destroyed the entire enemy fleet.

The fleet was so large that the ships had been spread far apart.

I clicked my tongue.

"Humiliating... I can't even wipe out a fleet in one shot because it's only a knockoff tactical nuke!"

It had more than ten times the firepower of a Hyunmoo-5 missile.

Was that still not enough to compare to a real tactical nuke?

I'd think about that later.

First, I needed to clear out the nuisances in front of me.

"Crazy! What is that?!"

"All ships, evasive maneuvers! Evasive maneuvers!"

"It's a m-monster! How are we supposed to kill something like that...?!"

Terrified by my Tactical Fireball, the warships all turned their bows and began fleeing.

I had no intention of letting them go.

"Storm."

Kwarrrrrumble⸻!

Countless bolts of lightning covered the sky above the fleet.

Flashing light turned the sea as bright as day.

Electricity burned through the ships' radars, antennas, and communication equipment one after another.

Crackle! Craaackle!

"Radar down!"

"Communications are cut off! The fleet command system is-"

After taking out the fleet's eyes and mouth first...

Kwoooom⸻!

Kwoooom⸻!

Kwoooom⸻!

I took them out one by one with Railguns.

Every time a blue trail struck, it blew holes through destroyer decks, vertical missile launchers, and engine sections at the stern.

Kwoooom⸻!

Kwakakakakaboom⸻!

Boom!

Secondary explosions followed in a chain.

Flames surged upward.

Black smoke covered the night sea.

Then I continued firing spells.

My aversion to killing was still there.

It felt fucking awful.

But that didn't mean I stopped casting magic.

For now, I was simply finishing what had to be done.

How much time passed like that?

Swaaaaa...

The explosions stopped.

The gentle sound of waves filled my ears.

Below me were burning ships, listing hulls, and wreckage floating on the black sea.

A nation's main fleet had been annihilated by a single Hunter in less than thirty minutes.

"..."

I looked down at the wreckage with a furrowed brow.

By now, some of my anger should have faded...

But it hadn't at all.

Of course it hadn't.

That fleet hadn't fired at my sister.

The people who shot at her were beyond them, on land.

"Let's go, Iing Iing."

"Iing Iing!"

After clearing away every obstacle, Iing Iing and I continued west.

Far in the distance, I could see the lights of land.

We were landing in China.

* * *

Beijing, China.

Zhongnanhai.

"...What did you say?"

Xi Jinping asked again with a dazed expression.

He had just received news.

News too unbelievable to accept.

"Say that again."

"...The East Sea Fleet has been annihilated."

"..."

The East Sea Fleet, responsible for China's East China Sea.

One-third of its strength, deployed to the West Sea under a three-shift rotation...

Had completely vanished.

"The East Sea Fleet has been annihilated... That is absurd. Is there something wrong with my hearing? I feel like I'm hearing nonsense."

Xi Jinping began doubting his own hearing.

Unfortunately, his hearing was still perfectly normal.

The bad news didn't end there.

"The deployed air forces have also been completely wiped out. Not a single fighter remains from the tactical formation deployed near Shandong Province."

"??? ???? ??????"

"...I will show you the footage, Comrade Chairman."

Click.

Cui Qiu operated the screen and brought up the satellite feed.

Xi Jinping slowly turned his head toward it.

On the satellite display, burning ships were scattered across the black night sea.

Listing hulls. Rising flames.

Wreckage drifting across the water.

And above it all...

Poporong.

As though nothing had happened, a single rainbow-colored glow drifted calmly westward.

"That one man... annihilated an entire fleet... in thirty minutes? Is that possible?"

"I understand that it is hard to believe... but it is true. I will play back the earlier recording."

Cui Qiu operated the screen and pulled up satellite footage recorded several dozen minutes earlier.

Then the scene came into view.

Flash. Flash. Flash.

Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat.

Blue trails flashed across the screen.

Bright bursts of light exploded.

Brilliant explosions filled the display.

There was no sound because it had been recorded from a satellite.

Yet somehow, Xi Jinping could hear it vividly.

Boom! Boom! Kwakakakaboom!

The sound of fighter jets exploding after being struck by blue trails.

Kwoooooooooom⸻!

The crushing sound of destroyers and frigates engulfed in massive explosions.

They echoed in his ears like auditory hallucinations.

It was an unbelievable sight.

How could a single Hunter...

No, a single human...

Possess that much power?!

Trickle.

A bead of cold sweat ran down Xi Jinping's temple.

He asked in a trembling voice,

"...Where is he now?"

"He has just landed on the coast of Shandong Province."

Landed.

The moment he heard that word, Xi Jinping felt his heart grow cold.

He had landed on the territory of the People's Republic of China?

That insane monster?

"...Cui Qiu."

"Yes."

"How do we stop him?"

"..."

"I asked how we stop him!"

"..."

Cui Qiu could not answer.

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