CH 6.15

After my body became able to move, I first touched Futaba and sent her magic power to make her internal organs move, since they almost stopped, back to normal.

This should be good enough to not leave any aftereffects.

It is strange that the symptoms are less severe than mine who’s resisting with magic power.

Next, I released the magic store in my sword.

The sword of light that extended from the hilt sliced through the thick transparent wall and barrier.

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The lower body of the sliced chief fell to the ground while the upper half was supported by countless of tentacles extending from where he was cut.

He looks like the imaginary martian from the painting.

「That’s what you get when you wield power beyond you can control.」

「Gugugu…..however, you won’t be able to break this reinforced acrylic!」

When I took a step toward the protective wall, my foot passed through the acrylic as if there was nothing there.

The acrylic was evaporating from the heat on my body.

I melted my way through the acrylic wall as I approached the chief.

「Wh-what’s with that power?…..don’t come! Stay awayyyy!」

The chief swung a tentacle extending from the arm that was cut off by Susanoo toward me.

The tentacles, however, evaporate just before they touch my body.

「That’s should be superheat…..however, I don’t feel any heat leaving from the surface of your body!?」

「Are you an idiot? If I let out heat outside, Futaba will feel it too. She’s your precious hostage for Susanoo, the subject of your experiments, right?」

The chief’s face slightly contorted when I said that.

「No, that’s not it!」

Just by his reaction, he was already admitting it.

I nullified all the spells that the chief casted on me and slash away his tentacles one by one.

「W-what’s with this power? I see, you bastard is a synthetic variant too, aren’t you!」

「Do you even believe what you are saying?」

「How can a human wield that kind of power! Hiii! Don’t come any closer!」

「Now I wonder, where’s that pompous attitude of yours from a moment ago?」

「I-I’m sorry! I’ll let your little sister go! So please, spare my life!」

You still dare to beg for your life given your current state?

He seemed to have understood that without special abilities, it would be impossible to compete against me.

「You tried to kill Futaba just now, didn’t you?」

「I didn’t! It’s true! That girl’s very important—」

He immediately shut his mouth but it was already too late.

「Say it again. Say it and I’ll spare your life.」

「R-really?」

「I won’t just change my mind.」

I thrust my index finger into his forehead.

I also stabbed him in the shoulder with my sword to threaten him.

「Gyaaa! U-understood! I’ll say it, I’ll say it! I’ll never touch your little sister again!」

「What about surveillance?」

「There will be no surveillance! I will make sure that all my men will know what to do!」

「Not just my little sister. Me and everyone around me included. Swear to me that you will not sell any information about me and Futaba to any politician.」

「I will! I promise!」

「Alright, the contract’s done.」

As the frightened chief said that, a magic circle was deployed from my finger to his forehead and was sucked into his wrinkled forehead.

The contract is now complete.

「If you try to break the contract, your head will blow off. This is not a threat. Do you understand?」

「U-understood!」

When I saw the chief respond, I hit him on the head.

Then, immediately cast a condition preservation spell on his cut and threw him into the liquid where Susanoo’s head was.

「B-bastard!」

「What? Do you think you can complain? You should be thankful I’m letting you live.」

「Gugugu……」

The chief’s face distorted in frustration but considering the way he treated Futaba, I’m already being too lenient.

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Contracts should be made after you have established an advantageous position.

The first thing to do is to beat up the other party and make it look as if you have made a few concessions or that they can’t survive without you.

It’s like playing a game where you have to catch monsters in balls and make them fight. You have to hurt it until it is about to die in order to make it obey you.

This is what they did to me in my black company years.

I didn’t want to be used like that though.

「I’m going to have to renew that spell around your head regularly or you’re going to die. You’d better watch out.」

「That…..is…….」

That’s it.

I am prepared to kill him if the contract doesn’t work out but this is better for Futaba’s safety.

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Now, all that’s left is Susanoo.