Saburo Arasaka was brimming with ambition. Technology was the primary productive force. Mastering the Cyber Biochemical Ninja · Experimental Model would vastly elevate his strength.
Arasaka Tech had far too few ninjas. After all, they weren't a ninja organization, lagging far behind Soukaiya and Zaibatsu Cinema. But now, that had changed.
The Cyber Biochemical Ninja was the key to victory! As for Adam Smasher? Let the clones endure a bit; better accommodations could be arranged later.
For the moment... he gazed at the powerless David and the agonized Lucy. Saburo Arasaka's marksmanship was impeccable; her abdominal gunshot wound wouldn't prove fatal in the short term.
"Disable this guy's hands and throw him off."
He issued the order.
The machine-like Cyber Biochemical Ninja blurred, activating its Sandevistan. In the next instant, it was before David, seizing his neck and hoisting him up.
A metal fist lashed out savagely, smashing into David's hands. The crisp crack of shattering bones rang out.
"Guwah—"
He had no strength to resist. The foe outclassed him in every way—strength, speed, even physique.
David grit his teeth against the pain, fixing Saburo Arasaka with a ferocious glare.
He was the true mastermind behind it all. This entire ordeal was his scheme, including David's hellish five-kilometer breakthrough—it was all part of his script.
Was this the gulf between a mega-corp and him? Even exerting himself to the utmost, he was merely a plaything...
"Miss Lucy, muster a stronger will to survive. You wouldn't want to watch David die by my hand, would you?"
Saburo Arasaka watched the Cyber Biochemical Ninja drag David step by step toward the rooftop's edge, preparing to hurl him off. He turned to Lucy.
Whether David lived or died mattered little; the crucial point was whether this torment sufficed to trigger her possession.
To leave nothing to chance, two more Adam Smasher clones materialized, encircling her to prevent escape once she became a ninja.
David's screams echoed, mingled with the nearing footsteps to the brink and the searing pain in her body. The dual agonies plunged Lucy into true hell.
She had always loathed mega-corps, loathed Arasaka, loathed these so-called elites...
Time dragged on, Lucy's consciousness fading. She vehemently rejected acquiring Death Ninja's Ninja Soul on Saburo Arasaka's terms—better death than granting his wish.
Yet she beheld it at last: David cast from the tower—the pent-up rage and killing intent exploded!
A mysterious aura emerged, whether the Kinkaku had opened or a rift to the beyond torn asunder. Guided by fate, Death Ninja finally took notice of the dying Lucy.
"Is it coming?!"
Saburo Arasaka sensed the aura—a force countless times mightier than the nameless Ninja Soul within him. The legendary Mythic-class ninja: Death Ninja's power!
Cherry blossoms drifted across the sky. Atop the hundreds-of-meters-high Arasaka Tower, vast petals bloomed.
This was Death Ninja's power. Legend held that she brought cherry blossoms to the mortal realm, symbols of death.
Lucy's wounds mended unseen, blood reversing into her body, transmuting to cherry-hued light. She swiftly comprehended Death Ninja's abilities.
'The power to command the concept of 'death'—that is my 'technique.' Specifically, potent telekinesis. How much you inherit is up to you.'
Death Ninja's Ninja Soul, sensing Lucy's fury, exchanged brief words post-possession. Rare even among the mightiest Ninja Souls.
Lucy felt the horrifying power surging within. She intuited that even David now was a mere child before her—one hand to slay.
Such might—this was a ninja? Hers bore a Mythic-class Ninja Soul; only the extent of inheritance remained unknown.
The profusion of cherry blossoms faded as swiftly as it arrived.
At the center stood Lucy, her garb largely unchanged save a cherry tint, augmented by a long scarf veiling part of her face.
"Domo, I am… Death Ninja desu."
"Domo, Death Ninja-san. I am Saburo Arasaka desu."
Lucy clasped her palms, greeting Saburo Arasaka. Her identity now: Death Ninja!
"Why do this, Saburo Arasaka! We could have talked normally—I would have helped you!"
Greetings yielded to combat! Craving power and seething killing intent granted her Death Ninja's Karate. Cherry light flared as she swung at Saburo Arasaka!
"Securing your aid is simple, but forging you into Death Ninja is not!"
"With such power, you understand! We and they are wholly distinct species—no need for petty love to sway you!"
"Only unbreakable will completes Ninja Soul possession. For mortals, such emotion is mere—hatred!"
"But not for ninjas! Your Mythic-class Ninja Soul ranks supreme worldwide. Together, the world is ours!"
Saburo Arasaka expounded grandly. Ninja and capitalist, he long ceased viewing ordinary folk as human!
Before him, the two fresh clones ignited Sandevistan, intercepting Lucy's strike and buying him time to persuade.
"Even in death, I won't aid you!"
Lucy's resolve was ironclad. She grasped Saburo Arasaka's scheme; refusal ensured her survival.
David's vital signs endured. As Death Ninja, her life sense was acute.
Thus, endless combat culminating in a plunge from Arasaka Tower—David persisted tenaciously. How could she yield?
Cherry light blazed anew—not Karate, but Ninjutsu: Cherry Blossom Reinforcement Technique! Imbuing 'Karate energy' onto objects for enhancement—Death Ninja's signature art.
Monofilament wire materialized in Lucy's grasp, aglow cherry under ninjutsu, glaring in battle.
The razor monowire sheared the clones midsection, detonations ensuing!
Clones proved rigid, unable to evade. Freshly possessed, yet Mythic Ninja Soul conferred such dominance.
As Lucy poised to press, her eyes locked with the sidelined Takemura. Crushing pressure bore down.
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