ALL NOVEL Chapter 99 - Don't Approach My Mother Any Further
Chapter 99: Don’t Approach My Mother Any Further
The mission handed down by the family elders was very simple.
Sever all the tendons of Rokyu, the second young master of the Kitsune family, who was known to be a bit of an idiot.
For the ninjas who usually took on all kinds of dirty work for the family, taking down someone like Young Master Rokyu was no different from a cat catching a fish.
But what in the world was happening now?
“Let’s fight!”
“Don’t step forward recklessly!”
“Civilians, if you can, please throw stones from the back!”
A blond-haired boy with a sword on his back.
The members of the Monster Group and their leader.
Even those who should have disappeared after being fired by the Beast Hunter, known as Asia’s rising stars.
The ninja chief just stared blankly at his subordinates, who were being taken down by them one after another.
“Chief!”
“Ninja units are being individually overpowered as they rush in one by one!”
“Individually overpowered…? Are you saying those guys are each equivalent to one of our ninja units?”
“Th-that is…!”
The Kitsune family’s ninja units were made up of orphans secretly brought from Japan, who were then rigorously trained from infancy.
Whether they had talent or not, they were forced to be injected with power, existing solely for the family’s loyalty and orders.
The babies who couldn’t survive the harsh training all died, so the ones still living as ninjas must have at least the combat power of a C-rank Hunter from the Hunter Association.
But now, they were being thoroughly beaten by civilians who didn’t even fight properly?
The reason was, of course, because of those guys.
“I hit them with the back of the sword, so they shouldn’t die.”
“Ugh…!”
“Leader, are you sure we can’t kill them?”
“Wolf! The moment we do, we’ll cross a river we shouldn’t!”
“…? Our combined bounty is almost 20 billion dollars, but is there still a river we haven’t crossed?”
“There is! And that’s the river of romance!”
“……”
“L-Leader! Mr. Wolf…! Please, protect me while fighting!”
“You two! I know you came to help, but could you at least protect the people while fighting?”
“Ah, well, because of the nature of our jobs, we’re not really cut out for guarding…”
“What do you mean, ‘jobs’? You’re criminals! And if you’re criminals, stay away from my Oppa!”
“Lady Ria. Lady Sophia. Let’s calm down and take care of them first.”
The newly formed dream team was almost wiping out the ninja unit that he had spent decades training.
On top of that, if they lost this fight, the dark side of the Kitsune family, which had been kept hidden, could be exposed.
‘At this point, I’ll at least complete the mission!’
Luckily, the chief managed to hide among the remaining ninja troops as he passed by his pathetic subordinates, who were falling one by one.
“Invisibility Technique – Shadow Step.”
He immediately leaped behind Rokyu, preparing to draw his sword…
Clang!
…when it happened.
“Who would have thought I’d see someone trying to stab a loved one in the back?”
“You…?!”
“Indeed, people of this era must have lived in peace. It seems they had so much leisure that they could even fight among their own kind.”
Han Jae-won, who had pulled out Arondight from his back, blocked the chief’s blade aimed at Rokyu’s wrist.
It was only then that Rokyu, realizing he had been followed, jumped back in surprise and looked at the blond boy who had saved him.
“Th-thank you! If it weren’t for you, I would have been in big trouble.”
“……”
“I’ll make sure to repay you later!”
However, Han Jae-won felt slightly regretful as he saw the brightly smiling Rokyu, whom he had just protected.
After all, that bastard…
He was like Cao Cao from the Three Kingdoms, who blushed in front of married women.
But.
“Jae-won, you did well!”
“Ah, yes. Mother!”
As his mother praised him, Han Jae-won’s face broke into a bright smile, not caring about anything else.
And then.
“Wh-what do you mean, ‘Mother’…?”
No way, Lady Sophia is younger than me.
But she already has a child that old?
Such a fact caused Rokyu’s mind to overload with confusion.
“Lady Sophia is married…? W-well, considering how beautiful she is… B-but still, that’s too much… Oh, unless in Korea they call younger brothers ‘son’?”
“Oh, that’s right! Young Master, in Korea, we always pour sauce over tangsuyuk! So, when you visit Korea, make sure to pour the sauce in front of everyone to create a good atmosphere~!”
“…Leader, is this really the time for jokes?”
By now, the ninja units around them were almost completely annihilated, thanks to Sophia, Ria, and especially Katarina and Okami.
In such a situation, Katarina was still cracking jokes with a cheerful tone.
Meanwhile, taking advantage of the situation, the ninja chief attempted another surprise attack.
“I’ve been watching you the entire time.”
“You…!”
“I remember everything you did from the moment you first appeared. As soon as my mother emerged from among the servants, you tried to kill her, didn’t you?”
Srrng.
“So now, I’ll be the one to kill you.”
“…!!”
As he looked at the blond boy who hadn’t taken his eyes off him, the ninja chief, in a do-or-die moment, made a few hand seals.
“Invisibility Technique – Shadow Clone Jutsu!”
Using his secret technique, which he had never shown to anyone, he instantly created a thousand ninja clones, surrounding Rokyu’s group, which originally numbered over a hundred.
“S-so many people suddenly…!”
“This is the secret technique of ninjutsu – Shadow Clone Jutsu.”
“W-what should we do…?”
“These aren’t illusions; each one seems to be a real entity.”
The servants, who had been fighting well until now, were now trembling in fear as they watched the ninja chief and his clones approach them.
The same went for Rokyu, as well as Ria, Sophia, and Dorothy, who were all breaking out in cold sweat, not knowing how to deal with them.
Only Katarina and Okami were leisurely watching Jae-won as they asked,
“Hey, young master. Need help?”
“If it’s too much, we can step in.”
But Jae-won shook his head.
“No need, just everyone get down.”
“…What?”
“Everyone, get down on the ground!!”
Jae-won, who had pulled his sword close to his side, took a large horizontal slashing stance.
It was a scene that made people doubt whether it would actually work against the enemies surrounding them from all sides.
“Everyone, do as Jae-won says and get down!”
“Lady Sophia…?”
“You too, young master! Everyone, get down quickly!”
At the cry of a mother who trusted her son, Rokyu’s people all obeyed and got down on the ground.
At that moment,
“It’s useless. I’ll finish you off.”
“The one who’s finished is you.”
As the ninja chief and his clones rushed in all at once, black smoke began to rise from Jae-won’s body.
“Partial monster transformation, power control at 30%…”
“Die!”
“Arondight – Over Buster!!”
Swoosh.
It was like a slash that cut through space, accompanied by the sound of wind and a flash of blue light, moving in an instant.
A gleam that seemed to hold the moonlight.
As the slash made a full circle around the mansion, not only were the charging ninja chiefs struck down…
“Guh…?!”
“The…”
“The mansion?!”
Within the Kitsune family’s territory.
All the buildings in Rokyu’s household, whether the mansion or the garden, were perfectly split in two, at the height of the sword user’s line of sight.
Clatter.
“It’s over.”
Regardless of which clone was the original body, if they all died, it didn’t matter.
The clones disappeared into smoke, leaving only the upper half of the ninja chief’s body lying in the yard, severed at the waist.
Seeing this, Jae-won quickly reabsorbed the black energy back into his body.
“Phew…”
He then sheathed the holy sword on his back and casually asked Cassandra as he stood up straight.
“So, since I killed him, I guess I’ve crossed the line?”
“Hmm… Well, considering that it was harder to subdue him without killing, let’s just say it couldn’t be helped.”
“Yeah, that doesn’t sound too bad.”
The ninja chief of the Kitsune family.
It was practically the same as assassinating the Minister of Defense of a country.
And yet, how could they be so calm after doing something like this?
Rokyu, feeling their presence as something far beyond his own, gulped nervously.
“I-I’ll vouch for you!”
“Huh?”
“You protected me and my people, so it’s only fair that I take responsibility and protect you in return!”
So what if they were members of the Monster Group, or if they had declared war on the Kitsune family?
He was already pledged to Kurumi.
So he would just stay by her side and fight alongside her.
And the fact that the family sent a ninja unit against him meant that he was already at odds with the family.
“Stay within the territory until the upcoming family head ceremony! That way, I can protect you.”
“…You’re letting monsters stay in the family’s territory. Can you handle that, young master?”
“I’ll manage, even if it’s difficult. So stay with us until Kurumi becomes the family head.”
Even though Katarina’s words were laced with teasing, Rokyu was serious.
Although his legs were trembling as if he were doing the geta dance, his resolve was firm.
“Enough, I’ll protect you, so don’t approach my mother any further.”
“Urgh…!”
“What do you mean, ‘urgh’?!”
Rokyu, looking like he was on the verge of tears as he watched Jae-won standing between him and Sophia.
Meanwhile, Katsuo, the next head of the Kitsune family, who was watching the scene with his keen eyesight from the rooftop of his family’s mansion, thought to himself.
“…Everything will be over soon.”
With an expressionless face, he quietly closed his eyes and then opened them again.
He simply looked up at the night sky in silence.