Chapter 163
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 163
Chapter Title: First Death. Revived.
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“On top of that, they got all the competent generals and officers fired or removed from their posts, and now the front-line commanders are these incompetent flatterers who just steal their subordinates' achievements. To fall for such basic military tactics... it seems Japan's emergency cabinet is that disorganized.”
“Good. You did an excellent job.”
“And if possible, we'll try to recruit those fired officers and generals to our side. We'll turn the rumors of them being traitors into reality. They've been cast out by their superiors and organizations, forced to bear false shame—they must be seething with rage by now. If I handle them gently and persuade them well... even if only half succeed and join us, it'd be great. Bearing false accusations is bitter enough, but seeing even more incompetent fools steal their positions or get promoted above them? That resentment must cut to the bone.”
‘...Personal experience?’
It sure looked like it no matter how I saw it. Getting framed and chased out, harboring that deep grudge—it had to be Kondo Mujii.
‘Luck's on my side. I'll cause as much chaos as possible until the very end... and if it looks like we're done for, I'll grab my two new Pussy Slaves and bolt, stripping off and hiding my identity while I run like hell...’
I didn't know much about military strategy or tactics, so I delegated full authority on those details to Kondo Mujii.
A former Ground Self-Defense Force officer devising and leading strategies seemed far better than anything I could come up with.
Once Kondo Mujii, who had been granted near-total authority on military matters, withdrew to execute the operation, Fukuda Ren—who was losing influence to Kondo Mujii and the Four Heavenly Kings—showed up with a pretty girl in tow.
Kondo Mujii clicked his tongue at the sight of Fukuda Ren bringing a woman, warned me to always be cautious around them, bowed his head, and left to carry out the divide-and-conquer operation.
‘Kondo Mujii, that guy. Must be because he got badly burned by a woman once. Heh heh.’
The woman Fukuda Ren brought was sleek and looked intellectual.
She gave off a strange vibe, like a rose hiding thorns just watching her.
She was trembling, probably terrified of being dragged in by Fukuda Ren.
My instincts screamed something was off, but since she was a pretty girl, I quickly shoved it out of my mind.
“Boss, I've brought you an absolute gem. She just turned legal the other day, and from what she said, she's a total virgin—no guy experience at all.”
“Oh... Fukuda Ren, you bastard... You're the only one who truly gets me. You're the best. I knew I could count on you. You're my top subordinate.”
“Heh heh, didn't I promise you, boss? It was tough finding a pretty girl like this in all the chaos, but she caught my eye, so I brought her straight to you. Other guys might've sampled her first, but I'm a subordinate who offers true loyalty to you, right?”
“Well done. Very well done.”
I patted Fukuda Ren's shoulder and praised him lavishly.
He wiped his nose, looking embarrassed by my compliments.
‘Hmm... I shouldn't be sleeping with more women originally... but I can't turn down one that's offered to me. Can't pass up a pretty virgin girl. Yeah. Yeah. No choice.’
I absolutely didn't want to lose points on my dick upgrade, so I'd planned to hold off... but turning down a sleek beauty right in front of me? Impossible in my book.
I took the sleek woman Fukuda Ren had offered and headed to the bedroom.
Since she'd be a woman submitting to me, I took off my mask, threw her down, and was about to ram my dick into her virgin pussy.
But as she seemed to submit, she used the force of me throwing her down to flip me over in a perfect reversal.
It was incredibly refined, professional—clearly the work of someone extensively trained.
Honestly, it was shocking.
‘...Huh?’
Seizing the moment I was flipped and couldn't react, she pulled something out from her pussy and ass, assembled what looked like a gun in seconds, and shot me.
- Bang! Bang! Bang! -
“Traitor. Die.”
Traitor.
The Japanese term used instead of rebel.
It had been the ultimate justification for labeling insurgents or eliminating rivals since ancient times.
“...Guh.”
Two to the chest, one to the head.
A perfect Mozambique Drill.
In the moment of death, I realized this woman wasn't some ordinary trained bitch.
From the skill of extracting and assembling a disassembled gun from her pussy and ass... she was clearly a spy, and I'd walked right into it.
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“...Gasp! ...Am I alive right now?”
“...?! ...W-What... the... hell???”
“You fucking bitch... You dare shoot me?”
“...What... the...?!! ...Y-You... what... are you?! ...I-I clearly hit you in the heart, blew a hole in your head, brains spilling out... Damn it...!”
- Bang! -
The bullet aimed at my eye bounces off.
I can feel the 10 seconds of invincibility right now.
“Useless. You slut.”
“...B-Bullet... b-bounced... off???”
“Kuhuhu... hahaha...”
I took one bullet, but closed in and drove my fist into the solar plexus of the bitch who'd killed me once, then soccer-kicked her gut.
“...Guh! ...Urk!”
I was furious enough to smash her to death with max power for a second... but killing a bitch like this outright would be a waste, so I held back appropriately.
“You dog bitch, I'll make you beg me to kill you. ...But first, I need to find out who sent you.”
- Crash! Bang! Clatter! -
“B-Boss! W-What's going on?! Are you okay?! I heard gunshots...!”
“My lord! My lord...!”
“My lord...!!”
Seconds later, all my subordinates came rushing into the bedroom amid the clamor.
Thanks to them, I ended up exposing my naked body—and unmasked face—to my men.
The subordinates seemed to grasp the situation from the sight of the suspected spy bitch slumped over from my punches and kicks, now subdued.
“...M-My lord? ...Are you alright?”
“Yeah... I'm fine. Looks like they sent a woman to kill me. Those bastards—using a woman like this in a war?”
“A female assassin, it seems. To dare harm my lord's sacred body—I'll handle her. Gnash.”
The yakuza-born Aoki Eiji ground his teeth, showing hostility toward the bitch who'd nearly killed me.
“No. I'll handle it myself.”
“...Yourself, my lord?”
“Yes.”
“But shinobi are no ordinary foes.”
“Indeed, my lord. We don't know for sure, but she seems to be from the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, Public Security Intelligence Agency, or a Self-Defense Forces intel unit... My lord, shouldn't you leave this to us? It's dangerous. Please reconsider.”
Kondo Mujii tried to dissuade me too, but they didn't know about my aphrodisiac&drug dick powers, so they were worried.
“I said don't worry.”
I waved them off, gesturing for my subordinates to leave the bedroom, and the Four Heavenly Kings reluctantly bowed, respecting my authority.
But it wasn't over.
“My lord, if that's your will, we'll follow it on interrogating the shinobi. ...However, what will you do about Fukuda Ren, who presented this assassin to you?”
“Hm?”
“...B-Boss! ...I-I... d-didn't know! ...R-Really, I swear...! P-Please spare me...! Spare me...!! ...I-I just... she caught my eye, she was pretty, so I brought her for you... A-Ah, now that I think about it, she must've maneuvered to get my attention. I really didn't know...! I swear!”
Before I knew it, Fukuda Ren had been grabbed by subordinates loyal to the Four Heavenly Kings, forced to his knees, and slamming his head on the floor.
His face was pale as a ghost, trembling and begging for his life.
“My lord, Fukuda Ren's guilt is clear. He presented an assassin to you.”
“Whether he knew or not, intentionally or not, he must be punished severely to make an example.”
“Distinguish merit from fault clearly, and mete out rewards and punishments distinctly.”
Aoki Eiji, Endo Rikuto, and Murakami Eita spoke in turn from the Four Heavenly Kings, all pushing to crush Fukuda Ren.
It felt like they wanted to kill him or beat him half to death, leaving him half-crippled.
“Shouldn't we interrogate him properly first before punishment?”
Kondo Mujii clicked his tongue softly and offered a neutral hold-off opinion.
Still, he didn't see him as entirely innocent.
Come to think of it, the Four Heavenly Kings had always looked down on Fukuda Ren, my original number one lackey.
Relative to his incompetence, he held an executive position in the organization, and being from a host club background made him seem frivolous and lightweight, always just hanging around me—they probably didn't like that.
But I decided to forgive Fukuda Ren once... no, maybe even one or two more times going forward.
This was the dignity and authority of a leader, right? It wasn't just because he'd offered a pretty virgin—absolutely not.
And my instincts were telling me: Fukuda Ren really had no idea.
‘Fukuda Ren's a bit dim, but he's a good kid at heart. He found a pretty virgin girl and brought her straight to me without sampling her first... If only she hadn't been an assassin...’