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29.76% Martial God Regressed to Level 2 / Chapter 167: Chapter 167

บท 167: Chapter 167

A few moments prior…

After Shizuru teleported away, she watched the Sword King's hostage drama until she received a call from the prime minister.

[Shizuru, what are you going to do…? I'll go with whatever you say.]

She'd put Enchantment and Obedience on him, so of course he was little more than a slave.

Shizuru sighed. "Haa… Just wait a moment. I'll prepare and head over."

[It will be dangerous if you go by yourself!]

"I have a plan. Just buy me some time."

[Understood!]

Beep-

'I won't be able to use Enchantment again,' she thought after she ended the call. The ability relied largely on sight, so there could've been a chance if the Sword King hadn't blinded himself.

'I have to give up on the Sword King,' she concluded. He was a unique player, but the world was vast, and there were others with SSS-rank Gifts she could exploit, even if they weren't JiHan or the Sword King.

There was the USA's Baron, who had 'Two Status Windows', Heavenly Demon Wang Lin, and others, so she still had top-tier options. She was planning to lay low for a while before starting to Enchant such individuals again, but…

'This situation is a problem.'

The Sword King was holding members of the Japanese team as hostages, and it seemed like he was ready to kill them if she didn't show up. She didn't care much for them as individuals, but…

'Our country won't be able to maintain its ranking on Battle Net if they die.'

Shizuru frowned. Those useless idiots were being held hostage because they couldn't defeat the Sword King.

'I should have set up my center of operations in the USA.' She'd done it from Japan because it was her home country, but she would've started from the USA instead if she'd known Japan's players were so incompetent.

Shizuru bit her lip. 'For now, let's go there and die…'

She headed down to her basement, which was equipped with all sorts of security systems.

Beep. Beep-

[Fingerprint Recognition: Successful.]

[Facial Recognition: Failed.]

"Ah." The Sword King had destroyed her face. She took out a mirror from her bag and took a look to see a perfectly normal face looking back at her that would be considered neither pretty nor ugly.

"Ugh, how disgusting," she said when she saw her original appearance. "Edit."

She changed her face again.

[Facial Recognition: Successful.]

After she finished going through the security systems, she entered a room with dozens of monitors and a massive supercomputer humming in what looked to be a big server control room.

In the center of all of it, a glass chamber held a person who looked to be identical to her.

"Every time I make a copy… she dies." Shizuru lamented as she opened the top of the glass chamber.

"Hey, go out there quickly and die," she said.

Swoosh-

Shizuru's copy stood up within the chamber.

'At least I should be able to release Obsession after she dies.' Maybe he would think something was off, but he wouldn't be able to find her secret hideout.

'Let's hide here for a while,' she thought as she monitored the Sword King's stream. Then, when the copy she'd sent was pierced by the Hundred Swords on the Sword King's steam…

'Done.' She smiled. 'Let's release Obsession now.' She hoped the Sword King would think she was dead after Obsession faded and she died in front of him.

She believed it to be the perfect plan and extended her hand to release the abnormal status.

"Huh…" she mumbled after an unexpected message appeared.

[Gan Jiang and Mo Ye's special ability, 'The One Who Refuses,' has activated.]

[The target refuses to be released from 'Obsession'.]

['Obsession' is maintained.]

"There's no way…" Shizuru's expression stiffened.

Stab-!

The Sword King's Hundred Swords pierced her clone's body before she could get close, and the world's most beautiful woman appeared to die a terrible death, buried by swords.

"It isn't enough," the Sword King said. His swords didn't stop there and continued to violently rip Shizuru's copy apart.

- Ugh… This is disgusting;

- I thought I'd gotten used to these things on Battle Net, but this is a bit…

- The Sword King killed someone! The Battle Net Administration should immediately revoke the Sword King's player rights!

- Revoke what? This is legitimate revenge!

- Ah, but now we won't be able to see Shizuru anymore… That's a shame.

- A shame? It's a relief, hahaha. She really died a horrible death.

- Was that the real Shizuru?

People were discussing Shizuru's death on the Sword King's Battle Tube.

"So easy… I can't believe it." He couldn't bring himself to believe that she'd died so easily.

"Sword King! Please, release the hostages! Isn't your revenge done?"

"Wait."

[Abnormal Status 'Obsession' has been released.]

"She really died…?" She wasn't the type of woman to sacrifice herself for the sake of some hostage Japanese players.

'Did I kill Shizuru before she could try anything…?'

Thanks to the message, the Sword King couldn't help but think that she was dead.

Then…

[You can resist the Abnormal Status 'Obsession' with the Trait 'The One Who Refuses.']

[Will you resist?]

A chilling smile appeared on the Sword King's face. Yes. There was no way she'd die so easily.

"I refuse."

[The abnormal status 'Obsession' has been maintained.]

[The target of Obsession is 'Ito Shizuru'.]

"Shizuru, did you think things would end with you sending a copy and hiding? Your abnormal status is still affecting me."

"What does that mean…?!" A Japanese staff member yelled. "A copy? That's ridiculous! Release the hostages right now!"

"Fufu…"

Swoosh-

Swords gathered under the Sword King's feet as he used his trademark 'Twin Sword Flight' and floated into the air. His Sword Prisons with the 20 hostages floated behind him.

"Wh-where are you going?!" The Japanese Defense Force Commander yelled. "Why the hostages…?!"

"I will release everyone other than these 20, who I'll take them with me."

"Wh-what…? Th-that isn't what we agreed on!"

"I'll release them after Shizuru truly dies."

"You bastard…! I won't let that happen! Fire!" The commander angrily shouted.

"If you don't mind them dying, then do what you want."

The 20 Sword Prisons were floating around the Sword King, so it was obvious that any gunfire would kill them before reaching him.

"Ugh…" In the end, the commander couldn't stop the Sword King from flying away.

Whoosh-!

The Sword King instantly disappeared into the horizon, along with the 20 hostages.

The commander was surprised at the terrifying speed. 'Maybe this is the best outcome…' he thought. They'd prepared guns and ammunition designed for great players, but the casualties would have been immense if they'd engaged in an all-out battle.

"We're entering the Battle Net Center," a subordinate said, and the commander turned his eyes from the sky. He needed to take care of the remaining hostages and entered the Battle Net Center along with his underlings.

At Japan's Haneda Airport…

"So we've landed."

"It was my first time in a cargo hold…"

JiHan had managed to infiltrate Japan thanks to stowing away in a cargo hold with Akari.

"I'll explain the route from Haneda Airport. I will become a spirit, and you will turn into a shadow to sneak out…" She was about to explain the route to JiHan based on the information she'd researched before boarding the plane.

"Why sneak? Let's just go," he said.

"R-really?"

"Yes. Once we join my brother-in-law, everyone will know we're here."

"But still…"

"Let's go."

As soon as the cargo door opened, JiHan stepped out with Akari.

"Wh-what…?!"

"It… it's Sung JiHan!"

The airport employees were surprised to see him exit the cargo hold, but JiHan ignored them and used his skill.

"Thundercloud Summon."

A bright yellow cloud appeared above him, and intense currents of lightning sparked through it.

BZZT-

"Come," he said as he climbed onto it and reached out to Akari.

Whoosh-

"Won't I get electrocuted?" she asked.

"It doesn't harm those I explicitly allow."

"Understood." She jumped onto the cloud, and her eyes widened in surprise. Just as JiHan had said, the electricity flowing through the cloud left her unharmed.

"Where's my brother-in-law?" he asked.

"Right… He's currently on the way to Shizuru's residence."

"We'll just join him there. Give me directions."

"You just have to go that way."

Whir-!

The cloud swiftly flew in the direction Akari was indicating.

"Th-this way…!" an airport staff member called out to the police. "Ah. He's gone…"

They were just in time to see JiHan fly away. Shortly after, news of his arrival in Japan spread through both Korea and the country in question.

- Sung JiHan went to Japan?

- LOL, really? He skipped the POTG interview, but when did he go?

- I heard he popped out of the cargo hold.

- Crazy, hahaha.

- Isn't it too dangerous?

- If Sung JiHan and the Sword King join forces, Japan will probably be the one in trouble.

- For real.

The Koreans shelved their worries about the Sword King upon hearing that Sung JiHan had arrived in Japan.

- What, Sung JiHan… It hasn't been that long since the match ended. How did he already get here?

- Let's use this chance to kill both! What are the defense forces doing?

- I think the special unit would get wiped out…

- We should complain to the Battle Net Administration Office and get both disqualified!!

- Is complaining Japan's only hope?

- Good. Let's send JiHan to jail for illegal entry and execute the Sword King for murder.

- But who's going to catch them?

Japanese netizens quickly realized the hopelessness of the situation. With both the Sword King and JiHan joining forces, who could stop them? Even if Japan's forces went against them, the outcome seemed bleak.

- Just yesterday, we were celebrating being 1st in the League, having secured the Champions League…

- This is a bad dream, right…?

- Shizuru's residence collapsed.

Some Japanese viewers went to Shizuru's channel and laughed while watching Shizuru's house fall apart.

- You should have cast Enchantment properly.

- Why didn't you seduce JiHan?

- Thanks to this, we will finish last next season.

Amid all the chaos, JiHan arrived atop his thundercloud.

Swoosh-!

"Haa… Haa… It's here." Akari struggled to catch her breath.

"Ah. I see the Sword King throwing swords over there."

BOOM-!

The Sword King was bombarding Shizuru's house with his swords, intent on not leaving a single pillar standing, and JiHan approached him atop the thundercloud.

"Brother-in-law, I'm here," he said.

Since the Sword King had returned to his senses, JiHan reverted to being respectful toward him.

The Sword King was surprised to hear his voice. "JiHan…? How did you come so fast…?"

"I have my ways," JiHan lightly replied, then he took out the World Tree's leaf from his inventory.

"First, please eat this."


บท 168: Chapter 168

"Is this… a leaf?" the Sword King asked.

"Yes, it's an item that cures abnormal statuses."

The Sword King fiddled with the leaf and shook his head. "Then I can't eat it now. I need to maintain this abnormal status."

"Which one is it?"

"It's 'Obsession'. It's how I knew Shizuru was still alive. On top of that…" The Sword King pointed at Shizuru's ruined residence. "'Obsession' is probably what led me here in the first place."

"What do you mean?" JiHan asked.

"How else could a blind man such as myself have found her mansion so accurately?"

"Ah… So you think it was due to 'Obsession'?"

The Sword King nodded. "Everywhere else I look is fine, but looking this way fills me with rage, and I only realized it was Shizuru's house after we got here."

Obsession turned out to be the worst possible outcome for Shizuru.

JiHan put the leaf back into his inventory. "Let's get rid of Shizuru."

"Thanks for caring."

Swoosh-

"Let's get down there." The Sword King descended toward the devastated building and landed first.

Shizuru's employees and servants trembled in fear.

"Ugh…"

"What's going on…?"

Though the house was almost entirely destroyed, the dozens of employees working there appeared to be unharmed.

"Are they okay?" JiHan asked.

"They're fine," the Sword King replied.

"Good. Ordinary citizens shouldn't get hurt…"

Everyone was safe due to the Sword King using some of his swords to protect the people as he destroyed the building.

"Shizuru isn't here… Leave," the Sword King commanded.

As soon as he told them to leave, everyone evacuated in moments.

"Th-thank you!" someone yelled.

"Let's go…!"

"U-ugh… I… I thought I was going to die!"

JiHan, who'd gotten down from his thundercloud, watched them leave. "Akari, is there a hiding place here? Even though we destroyed it all, I can't sense Shizuru anywhere."

"I remember she used to conduct experiments underground… That's where she tried to turn me into one of her copies."

"Good, guide us."

"Understood." Akari, who'd once been Edited into one of Shizuru's copies, led the way, and they soon arrived at Shizuru's underground hideout.

"There are multiple security measures in place," Akari said in dismay as she looked at the massive door blocking the way.

"We just have to break it," the Sword King said.

"Yes, that's the simplest way," JiHan agreed. No matter the door's strength, it wouldn't be strong enough to stop two of the world's top Warriors.

BOOM-!

Right after they broke the door, they saw Shizuru standing defensively with the Aegis shield up on the other side.

"Wasn't that my sister's?" JiHan asked.

"I'm sorry. I wasn't in my right mind when I gave it away," the Sword King explained.

"Haa… Let's get it back."

"Yes. I'll take that woman's head."

Upon hearing them, Shizuru, who was on the other side, shouted, "Wait! Let's talk!"

"Shut up."

Swoosh-!

The Sword King launched every one of his swords at her at the same time, but…

BOOM-!

"It won't be so easy to break through this time. I've Edited Aegis."

"How annoying…" The Sword King's tone dripped with killing intent.

Just how versatile was her 'Edit' Gift?

"JiHan, my Edit Gift is SSS-rank. What do you think of it?"

"It's ridiculous."

"Fufu… I'll use it to help you guys," she said.

"What…?"

Shizuru smiled at JiHan. "In exchange, please forgive me, just this once."

"Do you seriously believe I could forgive you?"

"Although we started on the wrong foot, in truth… nobody got hurt, right?"

"Nobody got hurt…?"

"That's right. You're fine, and your nephew is also doing well. Ah, okay, the Sword King lost his eyes, but I can fix them with my Gift." Shizuru kept talking. "With your strength and my Support Gift combined, no force in the world could threaten us. We've been enemies so far, but we can become the strongest of allies if we just change our mindsets a little."

Shizuru gave him a seductive look, and JiHan was awestruck by the sheer audacity of her attempt. 'Is she trying to Enchant me right now?'

Her Gift was certainly convenient, and she could be useful when the Tutorial Season ended, but…

'I just have to work harder.'

"Let's get rid of her," JiHan said.

"Good. I've been waiting for you to say that," the Sword King said, and he sent another barrage of swords down on the Aegis shield. Although the shield had been reinforced, cracks appeared beneath the Sword King's onslaught.

"How unfortunate… Fufu." Shizuru watched with a relaxed expression. "Let's never see each other again." She took out another teleportation necklace.

"You won't escape!" the Sword King screamed as he attacked even more furiously than before.

Flash-!

Unfortunately, Shizuru vanished just before her shield broke, and the nearby supercomputer started to explode at the same time.

BOOM! BOOM-!

The explosions were so strong that the breakdown must have been orchestrated with Shizuru's Gift, but she wasn't after the two Warriors.

"The Sword Prisons… are going to melt!"

She was after the Sword King's hostages. She'd realized that special forces weren't able to intervene due to the hostages, so she was determined to remove them.

"This fire… It isn't easy to stop…!"

"Let me help."

The flames, which seemed to have been optimized for use against the Sword King's abilities, refused to go out, but the flames died down as soon as JiHan stepped in.

"I didn't think she'd try to kill the hostages.'

"Special forces would be able to intervene if the hostages were gone, so she was probably after that.

The casualties would be immense if JiHan and the Sword King had to fight a full-on battle against Japanese forces, and it also helped her make her escape.

"She only thinks of herself."

"If she could choose between a million people surviving or herself, she's the type of person who'd choose herself," Akari said as she gritted her teeth.

The Sword King nodded. "Yes. She's that kind of woman. We have to eliminate her. Brother-in-law, I'm sorry, but could you go back first? I'll follow you soon." He didn't intend to return to Korea until Shizuru was eliminated and gave JiHan an apologetic look.

"No. I will help. We need to eradicate the problem at its root."

"Shouldn't you be leveling up…? Isn't this an important period for you?"

"I can rest a bit." JiHan was planning to stay in Platinum until December anyway, so he had time to focus on killing Shizuru.

"What about the Korean team?"

"We can't go to the Champions League this season anyway thanks to a certain someone."

"Cough, right… but what about Sae-ah?"

"YeonJu is taking care of her. Don't worry."

"YeonJu… Then she's going to be okay."

The Sword King knew YeonJu. She'd been his fellow team member, after all.

"Good. Then let's make sure to eliminate Shizuru."

"Okay."

"Then…' The Sword King left the underground hideout and looked around before turning to the west. "She's over there."

"How do you know?"

"When I look in that direction, I can't help but feel an intense surge of anger."

The abnormal status, 'Obsession', kept guiding him toward her. Not even her teleportation could escape from it.

"Let's go." The Sword King set off first.

A week passed.

- Where are JiHan and the Sword King? They haven't turned on Battle Tube, so we have no clue.

- I don't know. Last time, they were spotted in Nagoya, but now, nobody knows.

- They only have three hostages now…

- Yes, the rest were released. They're a nuisance during chases.

They were moving so secretly that there were only internet rumors regarding their whereabouts, and nobody knew for sure, but the Sword King's Hundred Swords was spotted from time to time.

- Ah, the Hundred Swords have shown up in Osaka!

- He was bombarding an area with swords before suddenly stopping.

- Did Shizuru escape again?

- How does she manage to escape every single time? Hahaha.

- Does she have unlimited teleports?

A hotel in Hiroshima…

Shizuru, who'd reverted to her ordinary face, shouted as she angrily read the comments. "These crazy bastards…! How far are they going to follow me?"

Didn't they have anything else to do? Wasn't that too much?

Shizuru bit her nails. "I'll be in danger at this rate…"

Her teleportation necklace was originally made to only move short distances, but she'd Edited it to escape from the Sword King. Unfortunately, such a modification was far from free.

Shizuru had used several Akashic pages and used most of her Edit Gift, and that was only to escape once. She'd already used it 30 times that week, so…

"If I escape again… I'll have to release the rest of my Enchantments…"

More than 70% of her Enchantments on Japan's influential figures were already gone, and all she had left were the most important ones, including the prime minister.

That's when the prime minister called her.

- Shizuru… Are you okay?

"What the heck are the special forces doing? Why haven't they deployed yet?"

- They did deploy, but the opponents were too evasive… It's hard to pursue them, and there are still three hostages in their hands… so we can't attack recklessly.

"Three?! You can just ignore three people and push forward!"

- But those three are the most important players…

"Ha, I have the highest-ranking Gift in Japan, not those SS-ranks! You should have been protecting me, but you're letting these ruffians fly around chasing me like this?"

- I… I'm sorry.

"Do something about it!"

Shizuru lost her usually calm composure, tired from the constant escapes. Her Akashic pages were slowly being used up, and she felt her influence crumbling.

"Do I have to leave the country?" She fiddled with her teleport necklace. Using it to teleport around Japan seemed useless. The Sword King continued to chase her, after all.

'Yes… I should concentrate all my power and head to the USA. I still have plenty of GP.' She needed to cross the ocean to escape from the Sword King's damned 'Obsession'.

As soon as she tried using the teleport necklace to go overseas…

'Can I not modify it to go that far?' The Pacific Ocean was too vast. Even if she invested everything she had, the necklace couldn't be Edited to that extent. It was only intended to be used over short distances to begin with, so the effects weren't very good compared to how much she had to invest.

'I think I can at least make it to Guam…' If she made it to Guam, she could take a flight to the USA from there.

'Edit.' Soon after she started…

Crash-!

A sword flew through her hotel window. The Sword King was getting even better at tracking her location.

"Come on…! Teleport!" She hastily tried to use the necklace, but she ended up in the middle of the ocean instead.

Splash-!

"Ugh… I… Can't die…!" Maybe she'd failed to set a proper landing spot because she was in too much of a hurry. She clenched her jaw as salty water splashed into her mouth.

She couldn't possibly let herself die after everything she'd struggled through.

'I'll somehow… Survive…!' She desperately struggled against the surging waves and used every item at her disposal. If she could just get out of the water, she'd be okay.

"Haaa… Haaa…" Finally, she managed to find solid ground, and her efforts paid off despite the original misplaced teleport.

"Heh… hehe…"

She'd succeeded. Since she was out of the water, she could find a way to survive. If she just waited a bit, her Edit Gift would recover, and she could use it to get to the USA.

Despite the hope filling her heart…

"So this is where you were."

The voice she least wanted to hear reached her ears.


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