Owari no Seraph – Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe v4c3

Title: It’s still the Hiragi House

Disclaimer: This is a fan-made translation from Chinese translations! Please go easy and enlighten us on any mistakes or deviations from the original light novel. All credit goes to the original author and illustrators. - Hyaka and Kuro Shion

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When it was slightly earlier,

“Then~ then, what should be the right strategy to undertake?”

Shinya Hiragi had already dispatched an army of soldiers in the campus of First Shibuya High.

When he arrived, the war was nearing it’s end.

Because Guren had nearly eliminated all the enemies.

Therefore, all Shinya did when he arrived was protecting the students of and capturing a few soldiers from the Hyakuya Sect.

Because of all that happened, the school had become empty.

When the school was scanned with a thermo detector, the student’s classrooms were almost empty.

There were only three people left.

Two were on the rooftop.

If one trusted the thermo detector, then that would all.

There was no way to ascertain if Mito, Goshi, Sayuri and Shigure were dead or alive.

However, that is not something I should care about anymore.

Guren said he wanted to protect his comrades. That fellow gave up his humanity to protect his comrades.

Then my job will be to deal with other things.

By the way, this school was different. Everything in the surroundings of Shibuya were, in general, made to be advantageous to .

Afterall, Shibuya was where the headquarters of was located. Therefore,

“If we are easily defeated here, everyone will turn to the Hyakuya Sect.”

However, it was unsure how the situation in the rest of Japan was. If such large scale killings could take place in Shibuya, then there was no doubt that this was a full-blown war.

News of the war happening could not be covered up anymore.

All the different political organizations across Japan were engaged in heated discussions.

Due to a variety of different reason, both the Hyakuya Sect and had equal probabilities of winning.

But looking at things from a general perspective, aren’t we losing? Shinya thought.

After all, the Hyakuya Sect was on a larger scale. They had more followers. Even though both organizations had funds donated by the inner parties of Japan, the Hyakuya Sect still had a bigger budget.

If this became a prolonged war, they would be pressured by the Japanese government and foreign organizations. That could benefit the Hyakuya Sect more.

Even though that was the case, victory and defeat could not be decided immediately.

It would become a long-winded, violent and blood-filled war.

Until one side admitted defeat, the war would not stop.

Furthermore, this was a war among the numerous devoted followers of the different religious organizations.

Which side was justice, which side was stronger, it didn’t matter.

It was just that fresh blood was flowing.

On top of that, the higher-ups of both organizations should know this. Therefore,

“…….If they are not stupid, they would surely reconcile when a certain level is reached.”

But if this could be achieved, then religious wars which went down in history would not have dragged for so long. As such, he did not know what would happen from now on.

Shinya looked up at the night sky.

It was going to be past 11pm soon. There was still an hour left till the end of the day.

“In the end, the war is unable to end by today…..”

If this situation continues, sorcery organizations from other countries would butt in. Even though the stronghold of both the Hyakuya Sect and were situated in Japan, they were, nonetheless, considered sizable organizations in the world. As such, there existed many other organizations and countries which despised them.

“Anyway~, such colossal problems have nothing to do with me.”

Saying that, Shinya directed his gaze from the night sky back to the classrooms.

There should be a monster, which eliminated the entire attack squad sent by the Hyakuya Sect, in the school compound right now.

Shinya was making preparations to seal that monster. In the past, he had managed to successfully bind a vampire. By mimicking what happened at that time, he prepared the largest equipment which made use of binding curses.

Even though he was a little late due to the preparation of this equipment, that was indeed the right choice.

The battle here had ended.

So the remaining task left to be accomplished would be,

“……Subdue the Oni.”

Shinya muttered.

He came here to save a comrade who became an Oni.

He looked at the screen of the thermo detector. The source of the heat was from the area around the audio-visual room.

There was only one entity there, giving off the amount of heat a normal human won’t be able to.

Perhaps it was an Oni.

Or Guren.

With that, Shinya ordered the soldier who were preparing to fire the shell.

“Aim at the audio-visual room on the 2nd floor.”

The soldiers responded immediately. Everyone here were elites under the control of Kureto.

Sorcerers from the best special operations squad of seemed to be present. All of them were very powerful. Many of whom had power comparable to that of Shinya’s– there might even be some who are stronger than him.

There’s a total of five hundred people.

All of whom swore absolute loyalty to the Hiragi House. All of whom willing to lay down their lives without hesitation should Kureto issue the command.

One of them spoke.

“Shinya-sama. The preparations are complete.”

The shell was aimed at the audio-visual room.

The rest of the shells, in order to seal the remaining windows, were already aimed at the windows before the command was issued. They were indeed the elite.

These elites are currently obeying my orders. They are probably doing this because this is the right course of action anyway.

Shinya held a certain amount fear with regards to this.

It could be inferred, from the behavior of these soldiers, that the Hiragi House possessed unimaginable power. It had nothing to do with the strength of one person. Even if one person became strong– became an Oni, the world still could not be shaken.

No matter how strong a single person became, it was useless.

Mahiru should understand this too. She was very intelligent and was born as the centre of the Hiragi House.

Why organizations?

Why humans?

She should be long aware of it.

Even though she became an Oni, she still could not obtain the things she craved for. Then, what exactly was she planning?

“……Ah ah, so annoying. It’s so scary no one wants to be involved.”

Muttering casually, Shinya looked up towards the audio-visual room.

Perhaps this war was instigated by Mahiru. She might have manipulated the Hyakuya Sect and , forcefully initiating the war.

However, after all these, what was Mahiru aiming for?

What was she preparing?

For someone who plays such a minor role here, I already have no idea. Exactly what kind of darkness lurks in her heart?

Compared to her, Guren’s reason for becoming an Oni appeared rather naive and cute.

To save his comrades.

That’s what that fellow said.

To save his friends.

He became an Oni.

“……….”

No matter what, he is an idiot. A big idiot. A pitiful idiot.

However, it was exactly because of that, in this world brimming with darkness,

“……It is a must to have someone like him.”

Shinya whispered.

“There is value in saving your comrades.”

He looked at the thermo detector. There were indeed 3 people in the audio-visual room.

It could be coming from Guren, he didn’t kill the other two. He was totally capable of killing them immediately, but he stopped.

In other words, the two others there were,

“…..his comrades.”

It must be Goshi, Mito, Sayuri or Shigure.

It that was the case, the school cannot be sealed yet.

Just then, a person moved. One person saved the other and rushed out.

Shinya immediately put his hand up.

If those who escaped are the soldiers of the Hyakuya Sect, firing would take place at once. Sealing the enemies in the school would be a better plan.

However, just like how he predicted, those who escaped through the windows of the audio-visual room were his comrades.

Goshi, who was carrying Mito, dashed out.

Tagging closely behind, Guren raised his sword and chased after Goshi.

Guren seemed to be in a state in which he had lost his rationality.

Preparing to slaughter Goshi and Mito.

“……. Damn.”

Shinya hissed.

Assessing when the shots should be fired.

If he were to fire now, Goshi and Mito would be trapped in the school as well. Seeing how things would progress, the two of them might be killed. There was a pressing need to allow them to escape.

However, if the shots were not fired now, Guren would escape too. Plans would change should that happen.

If he was not sealed here, he would become the enemy of the entire world.

Guren would probably kill more. It had nothing to do with the goals of the Hyakuya Sect or ; he would be on a killing spree.

Kill, kill, kill even more, either way Guren would be killed in the end.

Humans were not that weak.

Even though they fear Onis, there was just one Oni running around.

If there was only one Oni, humans would be able to eliminate it once they put their mind to it.

This had already been proven in history.

Humans once sacrificed their lives to suppress those possessed by Onis, such accounts were numerous.

There were even accounts of successful killings of vampires, who possessed overwhelming power.

That was why Guren would definitely be killed.

If the Hyakuya Sect put their mind to it.

If put their mind to it.

Even if it cost the lives of an uncountable number of people, Guren and Mahiru would still be killed.

All the more reason to seal him here.

Shinya was here to render all the assistance that he could. To stop Guren. To protect his comrades. He revealed everything he knew to  to come here.

Just like how Guren gave up his humanity, he gave up his selfish desires.

Thus,

“…..Please stop, Guren.”

Shinya whispered.

“……Please wake up. If you became an Oni to save your comrades, then you should be able to stop.”

He said this out of the blue.

A soldier beside spoke.

“Shinya-sama, please give the command.”

In other words, it was time to fire the shells. He felt the same way.

Now should not be the time to worry about Goshi and Mito’s lives. Even if he did not worry about their lives, many others had already died. As of now, the value of Goshi and Mito’s lives in this world was too insignificant.

However, Shinya ignored the soldier’s words and stared at the audio-visual room.

“….You are able to wake up. I know that. If not, there will be no point in coming here to save your comrades.”      

Goshi shouted as he tried to escape from Guren.

“GUREN! I……BELIEVE YOU ARE MY COMRADE……YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON! THAT’S WHY, PLEASE STOP! LET’S WORK HARD TOGETHER!”

What he said was so naive it could make person cringe.

Comrade.

Good person.

Work hard together.

If Guren were to stop after hearing these words, then he would truly be an idiot.

“……..”

However, Guren did stop.

Even though it was only for a moment, he really stopped.

Indeed, he is a genuine idiot who is so vacuous one could get embarrassed by his stupidity.   (Note: Omg Shinya that is not what you should think about now)

After that, Shinya said to that idiot,

“Alright.”

He nodded.

And waved.

Immediately,

“Fire!”

he shouted.

Goshi and Mito longer faced the danger of being hit.

Hearing Shinya’s voice, Guren looked towards his direction.

Shinya looked up.

“…….”

At that moment, their eyes met.

Guren’s eyes were pleading for help. As if pleading for someone to kill him.

That might be subjective; perhaps it’s because I want to believe that Guren is thinking this way.

Nonetheless, Shinya definitely saw it that way. Therefore, he spoke,

“Ha, you better not think you can die so peacefully after sleeping with my fiancee. I will forcefully get you to safety. After that, I will not let anyone else kill you apart from me. If not, my entire life will become a failure.”

Guren cut the shell open with his sword. Talismans started to pour out. Perhaps coming into contact with that would bind him directly. However, Guren adroitly responded to that.

He backed off, no longer able to be seen.

But Shinya did not slow down the firing.

Talismans were affixed onto all the windows and walls, creating many layers, sealing the Oni in the school.

It didn’t take much time to cover the entire school with talismans. The preparations were complete. The talismans created a boundary immediately, preventing anyone from coming out. The boundary extended vertically upwards; so as long as one couldn’t fly, there would be no escape.

The soldiers immediately moved into action. Very outstanding indeed. Once the command was given, they would do an excellent job at completing the task.

His phone started ringing. Shinya picked it up.

“Ah, I can finally speak to you~”

A middle-aged man’s voice sounded from the other side.

The caller was Sakae Ichinose– the Head of the Ichinose House. The man who ruled over .

Guren’s father.

He asked cautiously.

“…..Is there anyone eavesdropping?”

Shinya replied normally.

“Everyone is listening. Any problem with that?”

“…….”

“I guess you have no choice. Your son is in great danger. So, regarding which side, your organization or your son’s life, is more important, you have probably already decided? After all, you are calling me now.”

Sakae was silent for a short while.

“……..How is my son’s situation?”

Shinya looked at the school and recalled Guren’s appearance when he attacked Goshi and Mito.

“It’s quite bad. He became an Oni. He’s currently on a rampage, destroying everything in his trail.”

“…..According the information you released to me, my son has already sold himself to the .”

“Yeah.”

“If this is exposed. We……. will be in great danger. We’ll be destroyed.”

“Maybe. So?”

“If that really happens, I can’t understand what your merit will be. According to what was said, you wanted to save my son…… to save Guren. That’s why you told me to reveal all information I had. But, why do this? Even though you are a Hiragi, you are an adopted son. If you are known to have meddled in this matter, you will be killed too.”

“Maybe.”

“Then why….why is it that you want to save Guren?”

Shinya answered plainly.

“Because we are friends?”

“…….”

“Just joking. I understand that you can’t trust me. You are also paranoid, wondering if this is a trap. But we don’t have for this. The situation worsened instantaneously. Your son and me— had a little bit of competition over this girl. We did a variety of experiments to try and save her. But to no avail. We were a little peeved and were forced into a dead end. What a pain, being his father, you could at least teach him how to treat girls.”

“……”

Sakae did not reply.

However, Shinya didn’t care.

“Well, that child is quite scary.”

Sakae’s voice trembled.

“Is it Mahiru Hiragi-sama……?”

His voice betrayed hatred. Perhaps to Sakae, he got the impression that a little brat with Hiragi blood played around with his important child, bringing harm to him.

This was heard from Mahiru. It should be during their childhood. Guren and Mahiru were blamed for being too friendly with each other and received violent scoldings from the adults.

Shinya recalled Mahiru’s expression when she said this. Her expression when she thought and spoke of Guren. Guren, the boy who made her so happy despite the fact she had a poker face most of the time. What kind of guy was he? Shinya thought of things like this, things which he used to mind a lot.

“By my estimation, this war should be part of her plans too. This all-out war between the Hyakuya Sect and , all of it was instigated by her. Oh and those who are eavesdropping, are you listening? The one mainly responsible for this war is a woman called Mahiru Hiragi. Everyone is being controlled by her. If this boring war does not end, everything will be progressing in her favor.”

Of course no one replied.

Shinya continued.

“Well, for the time being, we’ll ignore this matter. So we have changed our battle strategy. To save Mahiru, we’ll publicly reveal the research Guren and I have been doing. Even though we hid it to protect her, we could no longer keep it under covers. She is not someone who could be controlled by us. Therefore, in order to entrust everything to the higher-ups of from now on, Sakae Ichinose– could you please hand over the research Guren is doing?”

He said everything at one go.

His speech was filled with lies.

The research done was not to save Mahiru.

Be it Guren or Shinya, it was merely for more power.

That was it.

They were craving for more power to change the current situation.

But not all were lies. Part of the reason to gain more power was indeed to save Mahiru.

For Guren, it was the finale of a childhood love.

For Shinya, it was to completely separate himself from the binds of his fiancee and look at his own feelings.

“……”

Or perhaps, this realization was not enough.

Both their realizations were not enough.

Mahiru was far ahead, continually moving forward.

Giving up her life.

Giving up the world she once resided in.

She had become an Oni.

In order to catch up with her, it was important that he gave up all his realizations.

Sakae seemed to have understood the situation.

“…..We will provide the information. The punishment for conducting research on forbidden curse, I’ll accept it all. So my son…..”

Shinya interrupted.

“Will be saved. Mail everything over to the designated postal address. I’m going to use all that information to save Guren.”

With that, he ended the call.

Almost immediately, his phone rang again. Shinya looked at the screen and accepted the call.

“Hello?”

“Are you joking? The Hyakuya Sect are spying on your mailbox too.”

It was Kureto.

Shinya smiled.

“Ah, Kureto-niisan. Don’t eavesdrop~”

“You must not reveal the research to the Hyakuya Sect….”

Shinya interrupted.

“They should already have it. Even if they don’t, Mahiru will pass them the research. After all, she belongs to the their camp. By my estimation, she should have passed the information to both the Hyakuya Sect and in order to make both sides continue the research. Afterwards, she’ll let both parties fight each other, bringing harm to both sides.”

Shinya stopped here.

Kureto had a sharp mind. Of course, he understood the entire situation.

This was a competition to determine which side was able to weaponize the first.

Mahiru was planning everything for this purpose.

To make the Hyakuya Sect and battle for more power. On one hand giving part of the research to both camps, on the other hand making both parties fight each other,

If they were at war, if there were enemies present, this research would progress quickly. Researchers who hesitated about conducting human experimentation would also break away from these moral binds due to the special situation.

This could instantly boost the progress of the forbidden curses, something which originally could not be completed,

The side which hesitated even a little would lose out.

The side which was late in researching the would lose out.

Or both sides would come to an agreement that they would not research on the .

Shinya asked.

“Ah, or could there be, peace…..”

Kureto immediately interrupted.

“Impossible.”

“So.”

“Indeed, the enemy is not the Hyakuya Sect. Even if we make sure no information gets leaked out, Mahiru will pass the information to them anyway.”

“Yeah.”

“In other words, there is a need to surpass Mahiru Hiragi with the speed of the research.”

“Indeed.”

In all honesty, there was no need to explain things this clearly. However, Kureto still chose to do so. It was indeed was meant for someone listening to this conversation.

Was it the Hyakuya Sect or Shinya Hiragi?

Kureto continued.

“If a single person could succeed over a group, that would only be at the beginning of the attacks. It is her miscalculation to feed us the information. We will win this battle. An Oni, no matter how powerful, would be helpless if there is only one of it.”

It was directed at Mahiru.

“You hear that, Shinya Hiragi? You are only one person. Only one. We humans will complete the research. Using the information you left us with, we are going to reconcile with the Hyakuya Sect.”

Kureto just said something unbelievable.

There’s no telling how much of it was true. But should it be true, the research might progress quickly even before Mahiru got to do so.

“Stop underestimating the humans. We, as a whole, will surely be able to complete curses even more advanced than what you could do.”

Mahiru did not reply. If it’s her, she could totally butt in, but she refrained from doing so. Perhaps, she was not even listening to this. Or the other possibility was that was within her predictions.

Kureto continued anyway.

“Shinya. I’m going to Aichi. The lchinose’s labs are there. There seem to be quite a few Oni test subjects constructed from Guren’s blood. I’m going to retrieve them.”

That should be the experiments Guren was conducting. Sakae said if that were to be exposed, which was operating under the Ichinose House would be eliminated. But it seemed as if it was already exposed a long time ago.

Shinya said.

“Then, I’ll seal this place until you successfully retrieve the experimental subjects?”

“Please do so.”

That, Kureto Hiragi, just told Shinya, ‘please do so’.

With that, the call ended.

At the same time, a car drove in from the school gate. It was a luxury model built by Japan’s largest manufacturer, complete with a V12 engine.

It was not the kind of car a normal car dealer would sell.

The car drove in and stopped behind Shinya. The back doors were opened. A man stepped out.

It was Kureto Hiragi, the man Shinya just had a conversation with.

Shinya smiled bitterly.

“Oh? Aren’t you going to Aichi?”

Kureto gave Shinya a cold stare.

“If I am not mistaken, I did not leave anything to you.”

“Since when did the lies start?”

In other words, everything was a lie.

Including reconciling with the Hyakuya Sect.

Including going to Aichi to get the experimental subjects. Even all the talk about letting Shinya to command in order to protect the school.

Kureto smiled.

“To start off, this is the heart of everything. It didn’t matter what bad things happen in which part of Japan, none of it really matters.  They happen all the time in our day-to-day lives. However, what happens here…..”

He looked up at the already sealed school.

The school with the Oni inside.

Kureto continued.

“This is the evolution of humans right? Completing the and weaponizing it, the entire landscape of the earth will change. Be it Japan or the world, all will become the possession of . That will be my job.”

Shinya sounded slightly irritated.

“Is Kureto-nii swallowed by power too? Exactly like how Mahiru predicted.”

Kureto replied.

“Revealing the information and reconciling with the Hyakuya Sect is true. This is to trigger Mahiru to reveal her plan. However, even if we reveal our information, we still have….”

“Guren?”

“Yeah. We have a real Oni. Because Mahiru is very adamant about Guren. She must have injected the most advanced Oni into him. If we managed to nurture that, then we would be one step ahead.”

Many cars drove in. Many researchers stepped out.

Shinya looked at them.

“….Mahiru must be watching all these now.”

“Yeah.”

“She didn’t attack. In other words, she was all part of her plan. She wants the research to progress.”

“Indeed. However, if we managed to progress far ahead of Mahiru’s prediction, we will be at the very forefront of everything.”

“But perhaps what is waiting at the front is destruction?”

Kureto smiled.

“……Destruction? Why? Because of uncontrollable power?”

“Well, yeah.”

“If humans were punished for chasing after power, then the world would ended a long time ago.”

That was true.

Humans learnt to utilise fire. But the world did not end.

Humans learnt to use petroleum. But the world did not end.

Humans learnt to use nuclear energy. But the world did not end.

Every time humans came into contact with something forbidden, huge progress was made. So perhaps, chasing after any kind of power, craving for any kind of forbidden power and weaponizing them would not bring about the end.

However, to me, these things don’t matter one bit.

Shinya said.

“….Anyway, I only have one wish. Under the condition of not killing him, get him back. Then let him wake up. That’s it.”

Hearing that, Kureto looked at him with suspicion in his eyes.

“What do you mean by that.”

Shinya giggled.

“Ah, that fellow had yet returned the porn magazines he lent from me~”       (note: LOL😂)

“………”

Kureto ignored him. Turning back, he started to issue commands to the troops.

“Guren-sama! Guren-sama!”

That was someone’s voice. A woman donning a white coat and without one of her hands yelled. She seemed to be a researcher of the Ichinose House.

Kureto had already positioned the researchers of near him.

Did he do that when he passed a message to saying that he wanted to speak to Sakae Ichinose? Or did he spy on long before that?

In order to save Guren, the manpower must not be dispersed. There was a need to direct all information to a certain place.

The plan had a smooth beginning. Kureto had taken action. All the research from was probably gathered here.

Since the situation had progressed to such an extent, I could no longer accomplish my selfish desires. It’s impossible to become strong on my own. If the Hiragi House have all power to themselves again, then the world will not have changed at all.

I will remain a dreg, an adopted son being chosen by the Hiragi House, forced to adhere to everything required of me.

To rub salt to my wound, another dreg had slept with my fiancee.

“……What a pain, what exactly am I doing~?”

Shinya looked forward as he said that with a smile.

Mito and Goshi, who were walking with support from the soldiers, noticed him.

“Shinya-sama!”

Goshi said.

A piece of clothing around Mito’s chest was torn off. Shinya saw that and frowned a little bit. He issued an order to a neighboring soldier.

“Get her a blouse or something like that.”

The soldier sprang into action immediately.

Goshi and Mito were covered in cuts and bruises.

Mito said.

“Shinya-sama…..Guren, Guren saved me…..”

She had cried.

Goshi looked around the surroundings and said.

“……Shinya-sama. It couldn’t be that Guren will be killed…..”

Shinya interrupted.

“Nope. It’s a an army here to salvage him.”

Instantaneously, their faces brightened. These two wanted to save Guren too. Even though they were with the Hiragi House, they still wanted to save that Oni.

Shinya did believe that that fellow had such charisma.

Even though his attitude was horrible, he was still an extremely upright idiot who became an Oni to rescue his comrades. It’s a little rare. A rather impressive individual.

He understood why Mahiru, who became an Oni, chose that guy.

Shinya continued.

Loud enough for Kureto to hear it too.

Loud enough for the other soldiers to hear it too.

“Of course we are going to save Guren. We, the Hiragi House, will never make no effort to save a loyal underling, who put his life on the line and warded off the Hyakuya Sect soldiers single-handedly.”

Afterwards, he looked at Kureto.

Kureto stared at him and said.

“We, the Hiragi House?”

Shinya smiled.

“Well, I still have the Hiragi name now.”

“Even though I don’t really care, you better be responsible for what you said. The commands for the raid team to capture Guren…..”

Shinya interrupted.

“Not capture. It’s save.”

“……”

Kureto glared at him sharply.     (note: well done Shinya)

“Don’t get too full of yourself.”

His voice was very soft.

But the surrounding atmosphere totally changed.

If Kureto becomes serious, I’ll probably be killed immediately. He’s better at close combat.

To top it off, everyone in school was Kureto’s subordinate.

Goshi and Mito became nervous.

Despite this, Shinya gave a light-hearted smile.

“I’m never too full of myself, Kureto-nii. I understand that Kureto-nii is scary. I understand that the Hiragi House is scary. I have decided be completely subservient. It’s not bad. Living my whole life as Kureto-nii’s subordinate is not bad.”

“Then….”

Shinya interrupted.

“But at least let me save a friend. I’m not recognized as an adopted son. Even my fiancee is gone. I have given up on my hopes too……. what will I be left with if I betrayed my friend?”

Kureto replied.

“Your life will shine by just being my subordinate.”

Were that his heartfelt words?

Shinya purposely shrugged.

Kureto approached slowly. Shinya might get killed.

He reached out and grabbed Shinya’s collar, pulling him close.

Kureto whispered near his ear.

“……If you value your life, then don’t rebel in front of others. I have decided to save Guren anyway. Because that guy had taken refuge in me.”

Shinya looked up at Kureto.

“Eh? Could it be that Guren called Kureto-nii before he became an Oni?”

Kureto backed off a little and smiled.

“……You think you’re the only one with entrusted with something?”

“…..Aren’t you the same Kureto-nii?”

Kureto laughed.

“No matter which path is taken, I am the ultimate winner.”

He commanded the soldiers behind.

It looked like something was injected into the nape of that researcher from the Ichinose House.

She gave an expression of shock on her face. But she immediately said,

“It, it doesn’t matter what I become! Guren-sama, Guren-sama please…..”

Just then, she fainted.

The researchers of surrounded her and carried her into a car.

Shinya watched the entire scene unfold.

“That was?”

Kureto replied.

“A guinea pig. Doesn’t matter. You guard this place for four hours. After that, I’ll settle everything.”

“Wow, that’s a rather precise number. Could it be that the Hiragi House had already used the research….”

Kureto smiled.

“What Mahiru is doing is originally something started by the Hiragi House. Mahiru is conducting experiments on forbidden curses? No. We started it first. We finally obtained the results.”

“Guren and Mahiru– the result of the two of them becoming Onis?”

Kureto nodded.

“Yeah. The research has officially continued. Come, it’s starting soon. We need to save Guren Ichinose first.”

Save—Even though he used this word, that bastard did not actually intend to save him.

He only wanted power.

Everyone only wanted power.

For this, they were not even human anymore.

Everyone had started to think this way.

Exactly how Mahiru had predicted.

Shinya looked at the Kureto’s disappearing silhouette.

“……..”

Before returning his gaze to the school.

Translator’s Comments:

K. Shion: Very touching chapter. SHINYA NEEDS A HUG I cannot emphasize this enough. Kureto is overflowing with crap as usual. I swear if Kureto was Pinocchio his nose can wrap around the earth more than 3 times.

Tags: owari no seraph owari no suffering owari no serafu owasera shinya hiragi hiiragi shinya gureshin guren ichinose ichinose guren mito jujo mito juujou norito goshi kureto hiragi kureto hiiragi

Chapter end