The Raven Dark Hero 112

Chapter 112 : The One who will Ruin The Country

TL:SummerPeanut

The members of Kuroyume Numbers, who had gathered at the Roppongi Hills rooftop from other locations, saw an unbelievable situation there…….

“No way…… Chronos is……”

Jiren was staring at Chronos' right leg, from the knee down…… lying on the ground with a look of disbelief on his face.

“Someone who's good enough to take down Chronos-sensei is in Kagerou? That's impossible…… He must have used some kind of underhanded trick!”

Even Vendetta who usually does not show her emotions had an expression of mixed anger and sadness on her face. That's how big Chronos's presence was for Kuroyume.

“No, if it's Kagerou's top, Kirisame...Maybe he can defeat Chronos. Rather, it's the only thing I can think of.”

“Kirisame? That guy, he’s rarely out in the open. Does he really have that much power?”

“……The boss once told me before that Kirisame would rarely come out in the open, but if I do encounter him, do not engage with him.”

He is so powerful that Kiryu is wary of him. Even then as long as you're a member of Kuroyume, you're probably not going to be able to keep your mouth shut if Chronos is killed.

“……UOOOOOH! After Gori, even Chronos-sensei…… unforgivable… I'll never forgive them!!”

Crow hit the ground with tears streaming down his face.

“Teacher…… We haven't done anything to repay you yet……”

Kirara also wiped the tears from her cheeks.

“Old man Chronos…… I hope you’ll at least ascend up there.”

Seven was also grieving over the death of Chronos with a mysterious look on his face.

“Despite our efforts, bombs exploded in three places, and we failed to impress the NDF that we weren't the main culprit in all of this. ……Good grief, if only the boss was here to help us.”

In the absence of Kiryu, Bright and Evil, Jiren felt responsible for the fact that they were completely outplayed.

(If Boss and Bright had been here, maybe none of this would have happened. If Evil had been here, he might have been able to read their intentions and figure out the best way to deal with them. ……damn it, what the hell have I been doing sitting on the number two position for so long for?)

“……Kagerou, we're going to annihilate every last one of them.”

Jiren said in a chilling voice, Crowd agreed with him.

“Damn right we will! That Kobe guy killed Gori, I will kill him!”

All the Numbers in the room vow to the dead Chronos that they would destroy Kagerou in earnest.

……Suddenly, a circle appeared on the ground.

The people who know that this circle is the gift of Chronos looked at each other.

“Hey, that’s, Chronos's......”

“Right. It's a portal to the subspace of Chronos's world dimension. So that means……”

The gift was activated. That means that Chronos is alive.

“Really!? I’m so glad~! Teacher, come on, show yourself!”

However, no matter how long they waited, there was no sign of Chronos coming out of subspace. Jiren thought that Chronos must be in a situation where he can't move.

“……I will enter. Perhaps, Chronos is in a state where he can’t move.”

“Eh? I thought Chronos-sensei's subspace is only accessible to him……”

“No. If I can get my whole body firmly inside the circle, I should be able to get there.”

As Jiren said, you can enter the subspace even if you are not Chronos himself. However, if the body accidentally touches the outside of the circle, only that part will remain…… In other words, it would be cut off.

“Well then, here goes.”

Jiren was sucked into the circle as his body went vertical and slipped into the circle.

Inside the subspace, it was dim and the air was thin. And in front of him was Chronos that was covered in wounds all over his body and had lost his right leg.

“Y-yo, Jiren. I made a bad move……”

“Chronos! Are you alright!?”

Jiren immediately picked up Chronos. The wound was bad but he must have done some first aid himself. If he was treated immediately, he would not be in any danger of death.

“I knew it, is it Kirisame?”

“……Yeah. It's frustrating, but I can understand Kiryu's caution towards him. You shouldn't fight him unless you're absolutely sure you can win.”

If they lost, they would just be adding to Kirisame’s army unnecessarily. That was also the reason why Kiryu had told Jiren not to fight Kirisame before.

“I was able to escape into this subspace with my life. I lost a leg in the process but I managed to prevent giving away my shadow.”

“The shadow?”

Chronos had escaped into subspace and was looking at the surface ground. There, he saw that Kirisame had left, staring ruefully at Chronos's right leg and looking overtly depressed.

Kirisame's gift, Shadow Deed, could not turn a living person into a shadow. It cannot pull out a shadow if the body is still alive, even if it is a part that has been separated from the body.

But as long as you are dead, it is possible to pull out a shadow, even from only a part of your body. Of course, a finger is too small, but if it is as big as a foot from the knee down, it is possible.

Chronos told Jiren about Kirisame's gift that he is aware of. Jiren more than understand the reason to be wary of Kirisame’s unusual gift, which was capable of bringing back shadows pulled from the dead as soldiers.

“The shadowy army he used for his gift included Onoda and…… Even Rosia was there.”

“Why would Rosia!? It was Onoda who killed Rosia, wasn't it? Kirisame wasn't a member of the Kagerou at that time!”

Five years ago, Jiren had participated in the decisive battle as a Numbers. So he knew that Kirisame was not a member of Kagerou at that point.

“Even if he didn't kill them himself, he could probably extract the shadows from their bodies. I don't know how he got in touch with Onoda's or Rosia's bodies, though.”

Rosia's body had been buried with great care by Kuroyume, and Onoda's body had been disposed of by Kuroyume. It was inconceivable that anyone other than the members of Kuroyume would have access to the two bodies, let alone Kirisame, an outsider.

“……Could it be, there’s a Kagerou’s spy among us?”

“I don't like to think about it, but I suppose it's not unlikely. Well, it's about to get dangerous for me. Let me out on top.”

Carrying Chronos, who was too badly injured to stand up by himself, Jiren jumped out of the circle.

Vendetta, Crow, Kirara, and Seven were delighted to see Chronos return to life.

“In any case, I’m glad you’re alive, Chronos.”

“Sorry. Good grief, I've shown my disciples a pathetic side of mine.”

Five hours had passed since the broadcast by Kagerou. As a result, two explosions were prevented, one explosion was prevented by the NDF, and three explosions were set off.

Looking at the results, it can be said that the Kuroyume side was unable to stop Kagerou’s movements.

“What's done is done. Bright, Evil, and the others will have returned by now. I've told them to wait for us at headquarters when they get back, so we'll go back to headquarters and plan our future countermeasures.”

As the Numbers were about to return to the headquarters, the ringtone of Jiren's black dream device rang out.

“What is it, Line……”

“No time to explain, I just sent the video to your terminal, so check it out, quick!”

From the panicked tone of the line on the phone, Jiren expected that there would be more trouble.

Then, everyone present checked the video that had been sent to the terminal.

The video was a live broadcast of a female reporter excitedly ranting in front of the National Assembly building.

『This is in front of the National Assembly Building! According to the information that has just come in, a man claiming to be Bright from Kuroyume has broken into the conference room where an emergency meeting on the Kuroyume bombing was being held, and has killed over a dozen high-ranking government officials, including the Prime Minister!』

“…………What?”

They all continued to watch the video, unable to grasp the situation.

『According to the surveillance video, a jet-black man suddenly appeared in the middle of the meeting and killed the Prime Minister. Then, in a wide-ranging attack, he killed dozens of members of the National Assembly. Finally, he muttered something to the surveillance camera and disappeared again. His voice couldn’t be heard but it is possible to make out what he said by the shape of his mouth.』

Since they were not allowed to broadcast the images of people being killed on TV, they could only imagine the situation from the reporter's voice.

Jiren hurriedly called the headquarters for confirmation. The other members were staring at the video with bated breath.

『This is what Bright was assumed to be saying. My name is Darkflash Bright, the light within darkness. I am the one who will ruin this country……』

“……What the hell? Evil and Teaser are back, but Bright isn’t? What the hell is going on!? In any case, I'm on my way to you right now!”

When Jiren hung up the phone roughly, the other members looked at him anxiously.

“……I just don’t get it. At any rate, we need to head towards the headquarters immediately. I want everyone to gather in one place. ……Let’s go.”

Jiren threw up the transfer stone right above him. Then light poured down, and in an instant, everyone was transported from the spot to the headquarters of Kuroyume.

In the headquarters conference room, Evil and Teaser that had returned and Line were waiting for Jiren and the others.

Chronos was badly injured and went straight to the infirmary.

“What is the meaning of this, Evil! Where the hell is Bright!?”

When questioned by Jiren, Evil kept his head down……and muttered quietly.

“Bright is…… retiring from Kuroyume……”

Author’s Note:

※From Ichijinsha,『The Raven Dark Hero~ I Longed to Be a Hero but Due to This and That I Became the Last Boss~?!』is now on sale to rave reviews! If you haven't read it yet, please do! Please read it!

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