Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Prologue
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An organization had been wiped out.
It was a new organization, only two years old, but in that short span of time, it had grown its power immensely, becoming a force that could not be ignored.
Its influence was so immense it sent ripples throughout the city.
Its incredible potential and growth rate had even caught the attention of other organizations and Fixers.
Known as the supernova of the criminal underworld, this formidable organization was finished overnight.
“Ugh…!”
The building was a wreck, utterly destroyed.
His subordinates were dead.
The organization's boss clutched his wounds, gasping for breath.
He couldn't comprehend the nightmarish scene before him.
Just yesterday, they had fought and defeated another organization. Just a few hours ago, they had been raising their glasses in celebration.
But! Why!
The wounded boss coughed violently, spitting up blood.
What a terrifying monster.
All his men had been slaughtered at the hands of a single person.
The way they dispatched his subordinates so easily, so mercilessly, was like watching the Grim Reaper harvest souls.
Who in the world could it be?
Someone was walking through the shattered debris.
Faintly emanating a sinister, foreboding black aura.
Heavy footsteps echoed, and a chilling cold wrapped around his dying body.
The boss gasped.
Even with his blurry vision, he could clearly identify the intruder.
An intruder armed with massive armor, a helmet, and a skull mask.
They were well over two meters tall, with a colossal frame.
Horrifying as a demon from the Bible, it was as if death and fear had taken form and descended upon the world.
These were traits no one living in the city could fail to recognize.
He knew the rumors all too well.
The Grim Reaper, one of the Four Great Organizations that stood at the pinnacle of the criminal underworld.
A monster known as the strongest, despite being an organization composed of just one person.
The most dangerous and unhinged being, one that everyone avoided.
“Ahahaha, so this is why we stood no chance. *Cough, cough*… Tell me one last thing. Why did you attack us? We never encroached on your territory. So why… Ugh, *cough, cough*!”
No one knew the Grim Reaper’s motives.
It didn't expand its influence like other organizations.
It simply appeared and disappeared without warning. The problem was that wherever the Grim Reaper showed up, disaster followed, leaving immense damage in its wake.
Why would such a being target him?
He wanted to know the reason, at least before he died.
“Hah, hah…”
As two blue lights flickered like will-o'-the-wisps and looked down at him, the boss’s breathing grew more ragged.
The pressure was immense.
Death stood before him.
*Scrape, scrape.*
The Grim Reaper began to write on the floor with its sword.
[...C...e.]
“…What?”
[Cake.]
For a moment, the boss thought his eyes were deceiving him. There was no way a creature that looked like that would write a word so out of place.
[Cake.]
The Grim Reaper pointed to the word it had written with its sword.
The organization's boss stared up at the Grim Reaper, his expression blank.
[Because of you, I couldn't eat the cake I wanted. This is me taking it out on you.]
“…”
The boss’s mind went blank with shock.
His expression slowly stiffened, like a malfunctioning machine grinding to a halt.
It wiped out his organization for such a stupid reason?!
He wanted to scream, *Bullshit!*, but his lips wouldn't move.
He could only remain still, like a terrified child.
He couldn't tear his pale gaze away from the Grim Reaper.
As if its business was done, the Grim Reaper turned to leave.
The dying boss couldn't even muster any resentment in the face of such terror before he breathed his last.
And so, the rumor that the Grim Reaper had annihilated another organization spread quickly.
One of the other Four Great Organizations was dumbfounded.
“That crazy bastard. Would it kill them to lie low for a while?”
The city's mayor was in a frenzy.
“Quickly! Hurry! Organize the data and report to each department immediately.”
The Fixers trembled with a mixture of fear and curiosity.
“Is it true? The Grim Reaper really made a move again?”
“Every time it moves, it brings death.”
The entire city was in an uproar.
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In a squalid place littered with debris, large and small.
Amidst it all stood a single building, relatively intact, though even it was cracked.
Inside, broken and worn-out objects, no better than trash, were neatly arranged.
The Grim Reaper was inside.
The armor, helmet, and mask the Grim Reaper wore dissipated into mist and vanished.
And in its place, a petite, white-haired girl appeared, less than half the Grim Reaper's size.
*‘Finally, I feel better. If they wanted to fight, they should’ve just fought each other. Why did they have to mess with an innocent cake shop and stop me from getting my cake?’*
That young girl, who looked like she should be chattering excitedly and studying in an elementary school classroom.
*‘It would be nice if everyone would just follow my example and behave.’*
This was the true form of the Grim Reaper that had the world in an uproar.