A Demon King Through The Worlds

After signaling to calm Ryoko and Hinami, Lucian turned his attention to the quinque in Mado's hands.

'It's an interesting combination of technology and biology,' he thought, watching the cells that should have died long ago still active and moving under the stimulus of artificial electrical signals.

Although the spine-like tentacle no longer possessed the same flexibility, it was still remarkable that CCG technology was capable of this.

"Mado Kureo... an able investigator who was present in the fight against the Owl, I have long admired his name." Although Lucian's words sounded like compliments, they contained a visible derision.

Hearing these words, the others might not understand the reason for the mockery, but Mado understood and soon an intense anger arose in his heart.

After all, it was in the fight against the Owl that his wife died and since then, he has harbored great hatred for ghouls.

And since that day, his goal is to kill the Owl.

Controlling his anger, Mado returned the taunt, "You seem to know a lot, aren't you afraid of the endless chase that will happen after you have appeared without a mask?"

"Not at all, actually, I'm looking forward to it. But I must say that you are more of a coward than I initially thought, if you don't even have the courage to attack me, how will you fight the Owl?"

Seeing that his initial provocation failed, Lucian continued.

If the enemy is calm, irritate him.

An angry opponent makes mistakes and exposes his flaws and Lucian much prefers to deal with those who are full of flaws.

'I have experienced on my own how anger clouds thoughts...' He thought helplessly, a bit of self-pity surging in his mind, though he quickly brushed her aside.

On the other hand, he is really looking forward to the CCG's pursuit, after all, none of them can kill him and they would only be giving him quinques.

Although Lucian would probably make sure that his face was not disclosed.

Even if he was anxious, he knows that it would cause a lot of problems, either in his daily life or for Anteiku.

Thus, he would end up hiding for a while longer.

'Prudence first.'

Prudence generates security and comfort and this is undeniable, so Lucian seeks to remain prudent as much as possible.

However, Mado was not following the same philosophy and being attacked right at his weak point again, he was almost losing control.

In fact, his personality is already unstable even when he is calm, so it was not complicated to make him lose his temper.

Swinging the quinque fueguchi one, the spine rushed towards Lucian making a whip motion vertically.

Unfortunately for him, Lucian is even faster than the dreaded Owl.

Then he was able to dodge easily, while still taking it along with Hinami, who had been completely shocked to see the quinque made with her father's kagune.

"With that speed you won't be able to touch even a strand of my hair," Lucian sneered, looking at the destruction done on the ground.

"And I think this will come out of the CCG's pocket."

"Damn! That's why I hate ghouls!" Mado screamed, not even he knew what he was referring to, however, he still needed to vent his anger.

"Amon, let's retreat!"

"But..." Hearing these words, Amon still hesitated, like a novice his ability to notice danger was not yet as keen as Mado's, who realized that his opponent is far beyond what they could handle.

"Without 'buts', the enemy is too powerful for all of us. According to his words, he must be an acquaintance of the Owl and probably possesses a similar level of power." Mado explained, pulling Amon as he spoke.

"oh, I must admit that your senses are very powerful, but I didn't say you could run away," Lucian said, instantly blocking their retreat route.

Seeing this, Mado could only raise his quinque again, ready for combat.

 "You know, it won't be hard to kill you all, I won't even sweat, but I'm very kind and I'll leave your students alive Mado." Lucian smiled, raising his claw-like hand.

And in the best anime style, he appeared behind Mado with a head in his hands, meanwhile, Mado's body felt lifeless to the ground.

Amon and the two unnamed extras reacted with intense surprise upon seeing this scene.

'Mado Kureo, first-class investigator, someone who has the same level as a special class investigator, also being our mentor and superior — He just died like that??!'

Both shock and fear took over their minds, both because they saw the ease with which Lucian had eliminated the strongest among them, and because they knew they would be next.

… Or at least they think so.

A white mask made of bones began to cover his face, so Lucian turned to Amon and the two extras and said:

"You can go if you don't remember our faces."

Dropping these words, he also put masks on Ryoko and Hinami's faces.

His crimson eyes stared menacingly at the investigators, the meaning of his words was obvious.

— Shut your beak or you'll die.

"Don't think that a threat like this will stop us from hunting you," Amon snapped, his sense of justice as resolute as ever.

"Meh, as you can see, I'm not too afraid of persecution from the CCG. To even stand a chance against me, it would have to be a full-scale operation, and even that wouldn't mean my death. However, I'm not just threatening you, I'm threatening much more.

If they talk about my face to the CCG, I will kill your friends and family, I will kill Mado's daughter, I will kill many 'innocents' who work in the CCG office, of course, I will also release those who are imprisoned in the cochlea... In fact, I heard that an acquaintance of yours is there."

Again, Amon was surprised by Lucian's words, after all, this was a secret he had been keeping deep in his heart for a long time.

The fact that his "father" was a ghoul who devoured the children of the orphanage.

"How do you know that?" He blurted out shaky words as the pain he was hiding was revealed.

A powerful enemy is scary, but even scarier than that is the enemy knowing your deepest secrets.

"I know many things, my dear enemy." Finishing the conversation, Lucian turned around, leaving with Ryoko and Hinami, whom he carried in his arms, as her physical capacity was not yet high enough to move at high speed on her own.

Thus, Amon and the two extras stayed behind, accompanied only by the corpse of their mentor who had passed away in front of their eyes.