{300 Power Stones bonus chapter }
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"If it weren't for running into that guy," Jason snarled viciously,
"I could've killed trash like you two without breaking a sweat."
"That guy?"
Kureo Mado instantly caught on to those words.
"You mean the one who beat you into this sorry state?"
"Who was it?" Mado pressed, clearly trying to squeeze useful information out of him.
"A human?" Jason laughed hoarsely.
"That thing… I'm not even sure it still counts as human."
As he spoke, two of Jason's kagune lashed out relentlessly toward Mado and Amon.
Mado's briefcase snapped open, transforming into a gleaming blade. With swift, practiced swings, he clashed again and again with Jason's kagune.
Beside him, Amon wielded his personal Quinque Koukaku: Dōjima both hands gripping it tightly as arcs of electricity crackled along its surface, radiating a formidable presence.
Jason truly lived up to his S-class reputation.
Even while heavily injured, he still managed to hold his own against the two investigators at once.
This won't do, Jason thought grimly.
What if that monster catches up?
I have to end this fast.
Boom! Boom!
The three collided once more.
Jason slammed his foot into the ground.
Crack crack crack!
The asphalt instantly fractured like glass.
One kagune plunged into the earth with a thunderous impact, wrenching up a massive boulder weighing over a thousand kilograms. With a savage roar, Jason hurled it straight at Mado.
The attack came out of nowhere.
Mado had no time to dodge.
Light flared along his blade as it split apart mid-swing one became three, then four, unfolding like the ribs of an umbrella.
The rotating blades spun wildly, forming a drill-like vortex.
The boulder slammed straight into it.
Screeeeech !
The grating sound was unbearable.
Boom!
The massive rock exploded into fragments.
Using that brief moment of obstruction, Jason pivoted sharply and charged toward Amon instead.
As he closed in, both of his scaled kagune descended like twin dragons from the sky, smashing down toward Amon's head.
Amon's pupils shrank.
He had only just become a First-Class Investigator. The gap between him and an S-class ghoul was enormous.
Facing Jason's all-out assault, there was no room to retreat.
He could only grit his teeth and block head-on.
"Die, brat!"
Bang!
Amon felt an overwhelming force crash through Dōjima.
His legs buckled.
He dropped to one knee, the staff pressed brutally into his shoulder.
A barbed kagune slashed across his shoulder
Rip!
Flesh tore open in an instant.
The second kagune whipped around and struck, sending Dōjima flying from his grasp.
For an investigator, losing one's weapon meant losing ninety percent of their combat power.
Now, Amon stood utterly defenseless.
"Heh… I'll kill one first," Jason sneered.
Both kagune stabbed straight toward Amon's chest.
Is this… the end?
Amon's eyes burned with unwillingness but there was nothing he could do.
"Amon!"
From afar, Mado cried out in alarm.
He had never expected Jason who looked like a reckless brute to possess such cunning battle instincts. That feint had fooled him completely.
Seeing Amon on the brink of death, Mado sprinted desperately toward him.
Please… let me make it in time.
Though they hadn't worked together for long, Mado genuinely liked this earnest, upright young man.
If Amon died before his eyes…
Even someone as hardened to death as Mado would never forgive himself.
Jason noticed Mado rushing over and curled his lips into a sinister smile.
Something felt wrong.
Amon glanced at Mado, suddenly understanding everything.
"Senior Mado, don't come over here!" he screamed hoarsely.
Too late.
Mado was already within five meters, more than enough range.
With a shrill whistle, the kagune that had been aimed at Amon suddenly changed direction, lashing toward Mado instead.
"What ?!"
Mado's pupils shrank.
He raised his umbrella-shaped Quinque instinctively.
Boom!
The Quinque shattered under the impact.
The kagune continued unimpeded, slamming brutally into Mado's chest.
Crack crack crack!
Bones shattered in rapid succession.
Mado's body was hurled dozens of meters away, smashing into the ground like he'd been hit by a speeding truck.
"Pff !"
He tried to rise, but a mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips.
"Damn beast… so damn cunning…"
"This time… I miscalculated…"
A human body simply couldn't compare to a ghoul's.
And Jason had poured everything into that strike.
One blow was enough to leave Mado fatally wounded.
"Senior Mado!"
Amon scrambled to his feet, shouting in despair.
"You're noisy, insect."
Jason kicked Amon hard in the stomach, sending him flying more than ten meters away.
Then he walked calmly toward Mado.
Standing over him, Jason retrieved the pliers from Mado's left hand.
"If I weren't worried about that guy catching up," he muttered,
"I'd have taken my time playing with you."
"But now…"
"You die."
One kagune rose high
Then stabbed down with all its might.
Splurt.
Mado's body was pierced clean through.
With wounds that severe, all life drained away completely.
After finishing him off, Jason adjusted his bow tie and turned toward Amon.
Amon lay on the ground, tears streaming down his face.
"…Senior Mado…"
"Heh," Jason chuckled softly.
"I'm a nice guy. I'll let you die together."
The kagune gleamed coldly as it descended
Ready to end him.
Then
A familiar, devilish voice echoed from nearby:
"Kill him… and you'll die too."
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