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OPI Chapter 107: The Arrival of CP9
🕑 Added 2024-02-08 23:32:55 +0000 UTCA dark shadow flickered in the air, and the two black-robed soldiers had huge bloody slits on their necks. After a few breaths, they fell to the ground with disbelief on their faces.
Just when this figure as fast as an arrow approached about ten meters away from Amatori Biba, a faster figure appeared beside it like lightning.
In an instant, a sharp black light swept across as if it had anticipated the movement.
[Bang!]
With a dull impact, it flew back at a faster speed, smashed through the side wall of a house in the distance and disappeared.
“It’s actually her?” Laskey turned his back to Amatori Biba and recalled the face he saw just that moment in surprise.
She is the lady with blond hair and golden eyebrows. Speaking of it, she is somewhat similar to Marta in temperament, but the latter is more charming.
"Who are you?" At this moment, a voice asked from behind. Laskey turned his body and turned his head to look at Amatori Biba indifferently.
"I am a special investigator sent by the World Government. I am you temporary caretaker. So stay still and cooperate!"
“World Government?” Amatori Biba repeated the sentence with confusion. He had never heard of such an organization.
[Boom!]
"Argh!"
Just then, Horobi that Laskey had sent flying with a kick, as expected, sent flying the rubble of the building that had fallen on her, then she stood up and roared at Laskey.
At this time, her appearance has really changed. Not only is her body covered with a layer of biological black armor with a metallic luster, but even her pretty face is half covered, and her two arms have turned into huge black blades.
There was a bright blue light blooming on her chest, and her blue-black pupils were filled with madness and murderous intent. She looked like she had completely transformed into Kabane.
[Swish!]
In the next instant, he turned into a black shadow with blue flashes, advancing at an incredible speed.
"Tch!" Laskey snorted coldly and said to himself: "Finally, I met a pretty good opponent."
After stretching his body a little, his bones began to creak, his muscles tensed, his limbs and spine tightened like a bow.
The next second, he also turned into a shadow that moved incredibly fast. As the current captain of CP9, he had no reason to back down!
[Clang!]
The force concentrated on his index finger and suddenly stabbed into the black blade that descended vertically. The air seemed to explode during the collision, releasing a large amount of wind and waves, pushing the dust around the two.
"Argh!"
Horobi who transformed into a 'Nue' upon feeling the resistance in his 'hand', roared madly towards Laskey, who was nearby, and immediately launched a crazy and chaotic attack.
However, Laskey is more experienced in combat, he moved evasively within a small area, dodging the crazy, fast and dense attacks, without letting her touch a single thread of his clothes.
[Boom!]
Laskey dodged the black sword and in the blink of an eye, he swung his right fist and slammed it hard into the side of Horobi's face, causing him to spin around and fly into the air at high speed.
But such a blow did not leave her incapacitated. She turned around quickly in the air, landing with her feet rubbing the ground to slow the momentum, and finally she stopped firmly, although the armor that covered half of her face was now full of cracks.
"Oh?" Laskey raised his eyebrows in surprise, then smiling coldly said: "You have a good defense."
The previous blow had been imbued with Haoshoku Haki, with the intention of knocking her out in one blow. "If so, then you will take more hits!"
He has already realized the great value of Horobi. If she could take it back to the Base, probably the people at the Biochemical Research Institute will be very happy.
With that in mind, Laskey decided to end this quickly, but at that moment, his Kenbunshoku Haki noticed that Amatori Biba behind him was about to flee. After all, Biba was no fool either.
The fight between Laskey and Horobi just now was obviously beyond his understanding. The former even threatened to arrest him, while the latter had lost his mind, let alone expect that she would let him go.
So why not take the opportunity to escape while both of them were busy fighting?
“This bastard...” Laskey gritted his teeth angrily, but Horobi didn't give him a chance to retreat from the battle at all. Her figure rushed towards him like lightning, and this time, wisps of blue-violet mist appeared on her body.
[Swoosh!]
The huge black blade descended on him, tearing through the air and creating a deafening roar.
Laskey’s expression changed drastically. This knife actually gave him a sense of crisis, and he quickly stamped on the ground beneath his feet.
[Boom!]
The next moment, the black curved blade passed over his head and upon touching the ground, it exploded like a bomb, causing the area ten meters around to completely explode.
"What's going on? What kind of power is this?"
At the critical moment, Laskey used Soru to open a distance of about 20 meters. He watched in amazement as the place where he was standing a second ago was covered in a cloud of smoke.
Meanwhile, Horobi, who had just attacked, was not finished. Despite the view obstructed by smoke, Laskey's Kenbunshoku Haki could clearly sense Horobi's strange movements.
He saw her crouch on the ground like a beast, opening her mouth and raising her head in his direction. A strong mental wave filled the air around her.
Then, a sphere of mental energy, saturated with extremely negative emotions, formed right in front of his mouth.
"What's that?"
When this image appeared in his mind, Laskey's expression changed drastically, losing all of his previous calm.
Just as Laskey tried to escape using Soru, Horobi launched the energy sphere. In an instant, the turbulent air waves completely cleared the surrounding thick smoke.
It was a bluish-purple sphere, completely composed of energy, which expanded several times when it was thrown, transforming into a torrent of light that completely enveloped Laskey's body.
But this was not the most terrifying thing. It turns out that this energy sphere instantly destroyed all the buildings in a line in front of Horobi, completely passing through Iwato Station.
Not far away, Amatori Biba, who had not yet gone far enough, heard the loud noise. He turned around and looked at him, and suddenly he froze, his pupils trembling violently.
"Is...is this what Horobi did?" He has always believed that only the strong deserve to live and the weak deserve to die. Now for the first time, he felt that he had become a weakling. "Unfortunately, the price of this power is losing self-awareness."
Shaking his head, Amatori Biba was about to leave again. He wanted to return to the Kokujou and head for Kongoukaku, which was the target of his destruction. But just as he turned around, someone patted him on the shoulder.
“You must be Amatori Biba, where are you going?”
“Who are you?” Amatori Biba's heart sank as she looked at the man in black who appeared beside her at some unknown time.
Not far away, five men dressed in black approached, guarding a man in a white coat.
“Brother!” At this moment, Mumei seemed to have recovered from her confusion, or in other words, she was awakened by Horobi's previous attack.
Although she realized that Amatori Biba had been cheating on her, her years of admiration still made her unable to hate him. When she saw that he was being held by strangers, she subconsciously ran towards his with the steam gun in her hand, ready to face the two-meter-tall men in black.
"Let go of my big brother, or you will regret it!"
“Haha, don’t be anxious, little girl.” At this moment, the man in white coat walked over and smiled brightly. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Ron. I am a senior researcher at the Institute of Biochemistry directly under the World Government Academy of Sciences."
"And they are special agents of the World Government's Cipher Pol. We really have no bad intentions, as long as they cooperate."
At the same time, the man in black lowered his hand from Amatori Biba's shoulder, but even so, the latter did not dare to act rashly.
He had witnessed Laskey's previous battle performance with his own eyes. He had to suspect that these men in black were all about the same strength. If so, then he would only lose his life in vain if he shot randomly.
But the little Mumei girl was of fearless nature. She had been used to subduing any person or situation with her skill and Kabaneri's enhanced physique. No matter who the opponent was, her first reaction was always to submit him.
She took to the air with agility and, with a quick turn, launched herself towards Ron.
Because she didn’t want to kill anyone, she didn’t want to shoot, but was prepared to control the other person as a hostage.
"Stop! Mumei!" Biba said with a sudden change in his expression, with a slightly anxious tone, trying to stop her, but it was too late.
"Wow, how energetic this little girl is~" A CP8 member who was following Team Leader Ron chuckled. This also served as an indication for others to let him take charge.
Then, with a swift movement, the man in black pushed aside the knife that Mumei had brandished with one finger, and then struck the girl with a 'light' blow at a speed that the latter could not handle.
After a muffled blow, Mumei immediately fainted and was hugged by the man in black who took action, preventing her from falling to the ground.
“Go to sleep for a while, now is not the time for you to make a fuss.”
This scene eliminated any hope of resistance or escape in Amatori Biba's mind.
He is also a Kabaneri, but in terms of combat effectiveness, he is not necessarily much stronger than Mumei. This led him to wonder what the World Government really was.
“Hey, that blue glowing heart, is this world’s native Blue Heart Kabane? It looks very destructive. I wonder how it compares to Steve Gus.” Ron ignored them and took a few steps forward to watch Horobi's battle in the distance.
At the same time.
Laskey frowned and looked at the man in black standing in front of him.
Just now, when he was unable to dodge the attack and had to resist the impact, this man appeared in front of him in an instant and blocked most of the energy bombardment from him.
"Who are you?"
Of course, Laskey could tell that this person was probably his colleague. But what caught his attention the most was the black armor that covered this person's face, the blue light on his chest and heart, and the purple aura he emitted when he blocked the attack, all identical to the individual he had been fighting.
“Steve Gus, former CP8, now CP9, became the first Kabane warrior in the experiment of the Biochemical Research Institute. A pleasure to meet you, Captain Laskey."
“So that’s what happened?” Lasky suddenly realized, and then said unhappily: "Did you come here to show off your power to me?"
"No, I just followed Leader Ron's instructions and came to test the difference between myself and this local Kabane warrior. Captain, please let me face this opponent." Steve Gus said, showing great respect towards Laskey, which improved the latter's countenance a little.
"Understood." With that, Laskey instantly disappeared from the place, quickly heading towards where Ron and the others were.
Noticing Laskey walking away, Horobi rushed towards him. Steve Gus snorted coldly upon seeing this, and in an instant, intercepted her.
[Bang!]
Steve Gus grabbed the large black blade with his hand, sparks flying as the two forces collided.
Steve Gus smiled as he looked at Horobi, who was making strange roars. "She's still a great beauty~"
"Roar!"
With a roar full of ferocity and brutality the two Nue unleashed their powerful blue-purple energies.
The blades and fists collided violently again, creating a series of thunderous sounds like hitting metal.
The ground shook and cracked as the two fought at breakneck speed, generating shock waves in all directions.
"The energy they are using is somewhat similar to Haki, but in comparison, it seems more violent and has an obvious impact on the mind." Laskey mused, frowning as he watched the intense fight between the two.
At this moment, four men in black suddenly appeared around them, making Amatori Biba feel even more desperate and helpless. He realized that, apart from the researcher named Ron, he couldn't beat any of the men in black.
"Captain!"
It turned out that members of other groups from CP9 had arrived. Lasky frowned and asked coldly: "Where are the other two groups? Don't tell me they haven't arrived yet."
