“I just have to take the naginata, bow, and… The katana from the kid in the back, right?”
“Yes. And I assume this goes without saying, but…”
“Don’t forget to catch the half loong? Yeah, that’s why I didn’t say it, it’s obvious.”
Zaraki cracked his knuckles as he approached the miko
Instinctual alarm bells rang as he drew closer, and Raiha yelled towards Yui behind her.
“Yui, stay away from us!”
“Good call. Or she’d get caught in the fight and die.”
Zaraki contrasted the miko’s urgency with a calm smile.
He stopped not too close but not far away, and stared at Raiha.
“Don’t look so scared. I told you, we’re the same. Let’s be friends…!!”
“I refuse…!”
“Don’t lump yourself with Raiha, criminal! Raiha isn’t like you!”
Zaraki cackled, and smiled while making fun of Raiha.
But after declaring that mere humans like Setsuna and Sakura, along with the half loong Raiha, were inferior beings, he continued.
“You kept trying your hardest to keep your loong power locked away after going berserk five years ago, right? You’re an incredible idiot for becoming half loong and not throwing that power around.”
“Quiet! You don’t have the right to mock Raiha after using that power to kill innocent people!”
“Hey hey, the hell are you saying? Don’t you use your powers all you want?”
Zaraki looked exasperated, as if mocking Setsuna from the bottom of his heart.
He looked at them with sharp eyes, and spoke plainly.
“You used the eye of a loong to heal your disease and hid that fact, both because you’re a lady from a nice family, right? Am I wrong? I’m not, am I?”
“That’s…!!”
“It’s the difference between violence and influence, but we’re all the same! No… You’re more wicked. You killed that swordsman five years ago, and now you’re exposing his daughter to danger again!!”
“Eh…? Killed five years ago…!?”
Yui was shocked to learn Raiha was half loong, but received an even more shocking truth.
She was stunned after learning who killed her father, and Raiha turned to Yui to speak as if mustering up the strength to do so.
“…I’m sorry Yui. I should have told you sooner…!”
“Then you really…!?”
“Hahahahaha! What, you’re feeling guilty? You stopped being human a long time ago, and you’re fretting over killing a human? Wha!?”
Zaraki laughed loudly and mockingly, speaking to the girl who was suffering.
He spread his arms, and as his fighting spirit swelled… His madness exploded and he howled.
“You’re a real idiot! If you abandoned what makes you human you wouldn’t have to worry about that one bit! We’re above humans! We can do what we want with their lives!!”
“No! I, I… Uuh!?”
The swelling magic energy created an impact similar to an explosion.
They all had to lower their heads, and once they raised them, they saw Zaraki had transformed in the center of this blast.
“Real idiot…! If you just accepted you’re not human, you could’ve gained this wonderful power…!!”
It was as if violence had been given a form.
He had giant horns and claws, gray scales covering his whole body, and deep black eyes.
Zaraki was already large and inhumanly strong… But once the immense power of a loong was added, it felt he had the power to twist down any being.
His body was covered in a raging tornado as he showed off his form that surpassed humans, and spoke.
“This is my loong form… Not half loong or monster armor beast, a power that surpasses both. You’re lucky… Because you’re going to be experiencing its overwhelming power firsthand!!”
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