Chapter 206
Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 206
Chapter Title: 191. Rei's Day
Shogun Yuzuki Shinohara of the Shinohara Shogunate didn't lose her momentum even in front of the Apostles.
"I don't know what misunderstanding you have, but it was entirely the Shogunate that cleaned up the civil war in Japan incited by the Sin of Sloth and the right-wing forces. The White Flower Church helped with the postwar reconstruction. We're banding together because we all share the pain of war. And now the Apostles, who haven't done a thing this whole time, want to stick their spoons in?"
"Haven't done a thing? We had our own circumstances!"
Their own circumstances, huh. Sounds nice.
As long as those circumstances didn't involve lounging around, mooching off others, and badmouthing politicians behind their backs.
"Then just provide support. We'll handle the more precise investigations of the Apostles, their subjugation, and all related countermeasures. So we can't hand over the intelligence from here either."
"What? Hey."
"You seem to be mistaken about something. I am the Shogun of the Shogunate. I can't tolerate insolence just because you're Apostles."
She's right.
The Apostles are righteous world police, but they can't use that authority to place themselves above nations.
"Tch."
"If you really want to help, we'll pass you information 'occasionally,' so you can add your spoon then."
This was a compromise of sorts.
It was ridiculous that they'd sat idle until now just to swoop in, but there was the Sin of Wrath to consider too. If the Apostles' reputation hit rock bottom, who knew what Wrath might do.
So, damage their honor just enough to keep Wrath from going berserk.
Just enough that people wouldn't trust the Apostles like they used to.
"Enough. I get it. If that's how it is, we'll withdraw. But we've come all this way—surely we deserve something for our trouble?"
The blond hunk suddenly mediated for the Apostles and subtly demanded something from us again.
That's how he was trying to sneak it away.
This guy's a Sin. A Sin.
A Sin with nothing but petty tricks.
I handed the blond hunk a dress shirt that looked like it'd been discarded after some nerd wore it.
"Here."
"What's this?"
"A shirt that belonged to a Sin."
At my words, the blond hunk's face twisted first.
Yeah. That's more like the Sin of Wrath.
You think I'm going to give you what you want?
"Fine, whatever. We'll take this and go. But hey, got a minute?"
"Get lost."
Who the hell does he think he is, trying to charm his way out with his looks? Die.
In the end, the Sin of Wrath left with a scowl on his face.
Once the Apostles vanished amid their grumbling, Yuzuki cautiously spoke up.
"Is it really okay for us to do this? What if the Apostles turn their backs on us over this?"
"Not all of them, but there has to be at least one Apostle connected to the Sins."
It was still too early to tell her everything.
At this point where the board was bigger than in the original story, one wrong word could mess up causality again.
"What do you mean? Even if an Apostle is rotten..."
"How else could Sloth have slipped into Japan so easily?"
"Ah."
Japan had endured the Great East Japan Disaster, and with the Shinohara family and other major clans at the helm, they'd built a magic defense network.
They'd even gotten Cheonsan Group's cooperation—on the condition of sharing it with Korea—to cover all of western Japan with the network. If something like a Sin's powerful magic had been detected, it should've activated naturally.
Of course, the network couldn't withstand a Sin's power, but its destruction would've alerted the Shinohara family right away.
Yet the network was intact. That was the problem.
And the only ones who knew about the network were the Apostles.
For Sloth to infiltrate, they'd needed help from one of them.
That one was probably Wrath, who'd long built up trust among the Apostles. Wrath must've told them that the former prime minister approached Sloth first, or that the magic defense network failed to detect the Sin.
"It's too suspicious to just write it off as rotten. They tried to take the intelligence earlier too. They're trying to keep Sin info out of our hands."
And the way he was stirring up the other Apostles was downright creepy.
"You have a point."
"Besides, do you think those old fogeys know the Sins as well as we do and can take them on?"
"True enough."
The Apostle faction was finally starting to show itself in earnest.
I'd underestimated them a bit, but aside from Wrath, the others seemed fine—decent even. But if Wrath wasn't an idiot, he wouldn't step up right now.
With Sloth getting crushed so thoroughly and the White Flower Church and Shogunate gaining popularity in Korea, even Wrath couldn't do much.
Similar to why I couldn't catch the Sin who's supposedly an Apostle right now.
Grab that bastard now, and who knows what mess it'd cause.
Especially with his annoying ability—variables were always in play.
"What about the prime minister?"
"He was holed up in Okinawa."
"He didn't run?"
Or rather, he couldn't.
"He couldn't run. Wanted posters had already spread all the way to Okinawa, so he couldn't move freely."
"Sloth won't take him either, then."
"Correct."
Good. After dragging in a Sin and committing treason, Yuzuki would be right to kill him from her perspective.
He'd probably turn up as a corpse later. End of story.
"How'd you do it?"
"Turned him into a hedgehog and used Oni's authority."
Stabbed him full of sword strikes with the Heavenly Sword, then cranked up the heat to melt them solid?
That's kinda scary. I can picture it.
"He must've turned to bare bones in an instant."
"Burned him clean in hellfire—no ashes left. Gross, right?"
"A fitting end for a villain."
Yeah, villains deserve to be roasted in hellfire. Obviously.
"Tell me about it. Though by international law, monsters like you and me are the bad guys."
Before long, Yuzuki had come to see herself not as human, but as a monster.
That's why she'd initially thought establishing the Shogunate was a bad idea. But in the end, she'd listened to me.
"If no one finds out, it's not a crime. We didn't do anything bad, did we?"
"Oh, really? Azidahaka caught over a billion, and Oni caught tens of millions of Japanese."
Now that Oni's core had fused with her, she saw herself as both Oni and Yuzuki Shinohara.
If that's how she thought of it, there wasn't much I could say.
I just figured she didn't need to drown in guilt.
"You still see yourself as the Chaos Oni?"
"My powers are proof of that. But even if we're in hell, it's not so bad with you."
"Same here."
Wherever my heroines are is where I belong.
"You've got plenty of other women besides me, though?"
What kind of talk is that? That's that, and this is this.
I won't give up even one of my women. That's all there is to it.
If they're in hell, I'll drag them out. If they're in heaven, I'll drag them out too.
They'll stay by my side, and that's that.
"That's a different story. I can't stand losing even one of my women. If you're in hell, Yuzuki, I'll drag you out by force."
"How sweet."
Excited, Yuzuki's horns sprouted again as she shifted to her Oni form and smiled seductively.
"Can you clear your schedule today? Actually, you have to."
"Why?"
"If you get me all worked up and then go sleep with some other woman alone, I won't stand for it."
Yuzuki undid the top buttons of her shirt, revealing her lewd cleavage.
Irresistible.
"Got it."
Yeah. This is what a comrade, lover, and wife should be, right? Thinking of spending my life with my heroines makes me happy.
While Yoo Eun-ha was thoroughly conquering Yuzuki, Rei was diligently goofing off at the academy.
Hansung Academy's middle school division mainly trained reinforcement-type Hunters, so physical training was the core curriculum.
As a student in Class A, Rei naturally drew everyone's attention—regardless of gender—thanks to her striking looks and abilities.
With her perfect silver-haired beauty reminiscent of Yoo Eun-ha and promising future, plus exceptional physical prowess, it was only natural she stood out.
Classes involved team battles, practice matches, physical tests, and more. Rei's favorites were one-on-one combat and team fights.
"Uwahoo!"
"Gah! Rei the berserker!"
Wherever Rei went, devastation followed, and no one could stop her.
Ryu-ah, the dwarf's daughter who'd become friends with her, and Lee Heung-soon—who got teased as a beggar daily but still let Rei "pocket her"—were deep in thought.
"Her strength is beyond imagination."
"Yeah. Pretty face, rich family, hot parents, strong as hell—what's she lacking? Oh, personality."
Not a single flaw.
"She drools sometimes, which is kinda suspicious."
"Her eyes when she drools look like she's staring at something delicious."
"Come to think of it, some boys have been confessing to her lately."
"Weirdly, Rei didn't seem interested."
The two girls had witnessed those confession scenes.
—Rei! Date me with marriage in mind!
—No thx.
—Rei! My family's a mega corp! I'll make you happy!
—My dad's tight with Cheonsan Group.
—Rei, I'm smitten! Go out with me!
—Weakling trying to show off?
Handsome guys, rich guys, strong guys.
All got chased off by Rei.
As Rei approached the two girls after workout, they immediately asked about her type.
"Hm, my ideal? Uh... no, my dad?"
"Huh?"
"Yeah, if it's that dad, I get it."
"My dream is to sneak a taste while Dad's sleeping."
Taste Dad?
For a moment, Ryu-ah and Heung-soon wondered if that was even Korean.
Who eats their dad? What kind of kid says that?
"Sometimes I just can't understand your head."
"Eating is passive for you guys!"
Indeed. Rei's ultimate dream was to eat Yoo Eun-ha, but she also wanted to be lovers with Ryu-ah and Lee Heung-soon.
Just like Dad and his other women.
"That meaning scares me now. Rei, listen—even if there's a lot to tackle, normally married couples don't love or sleep with anyone besides husband and wife."
Ryu-ah explained as her dwarf dad had taught her, but Rei shook her head.
"Dad has lots of women?"
"Uh. Yeah? For real?"
Of course. At least ten right now.
Even mother-daughter pairs like Elise and Rosemary.
Rei had big dreams. Someday, like her father-mother Yoo Eun-ha, she'd embrace many women.
Opening the era of mother-daughter conquests across two generations.
For now, she decided to show these clueless lambs how amazing Dad was.
"Mom approves!"
Officially mom-approved affairs! Just that proves Dad's no ordinary guy, she bragged.
"Even officially?"
Ryu-ah and Heung-soon were shocked.
Having grown up in normal families, they couldn't grasp Rei's household.
Not that it was normal to begin with—a daughter wanting to eat her dad.
"It'd be great if Heung-soon's mom became Dad's woman too. She's totally his type."
"Why's my mom coming up?"
Why? Because Dad's got his eye on her.
'Hmm, should I set the stage a bit?'
If she pulled her friend Heung-soon to her side, wouldn't it make it easier for Dad to get Heung-soon's mom?