As Rize felt Su Xiao's gaze upon her, her body stiffened. She stared at him intently, unable to look away.
At this moment, Su Xiao's sword, Dragon Slayer, was deeply embedded in Yamori's head, piercing through his eye socket and exiting the back of his skull.
Even so, Yamori wasn't dead yet, showcasing the incredible vitality of the Rinkaku ghouls.
With his kagune severed and one arm cut off, Yamori had lost most of his combat ability, making it easy for Su Xiao to finish him off with a thrust through the head.
"No... impossible... how can a human be this strong?" Yamori's body convulsed as his brain damage caused his thoughts to blur.
Su Xiao gripped his sword and pulled it horizontally.
A gruesome scene unfolded as Dragon Slayer cleaved through Yamori's skull, exiting through his temple.
Yamori's half-severed head dropped to the ground, black and red fluids spilling from his eye socket. It was a horrifying sight.
Being stabbed through the head and being cleaved open are two different things. Although Yamori's vitality was remarkable, without eating human flesh soon, he would be beyond saving.
Su Xiao had some understanding of ghoul vitality. In the original story, the "Gourmet" Tsukiyama survived even after having half his head blown off by Touka. He miraculously recovered by eating his own flesh.
The blade flashed again, and Yamori's head rolled onto the ground. His white mask, now stained with blood, shattered.
Su Xiao knew that Yamori was an important character in the original storyline, crucial to moving the plot forward.
Without Yamori, Kaneki's growth would have been much slower. But what did that matter to Su Xiao?
His goal wasn't to uphold the original story. He was here to complete his mission, grow stronger using the powers of the Reincarnation Paradise. He had no interest in kowtowing to the plot or its characters.
If Ken Kaneki were to show up stronger in the future, Su Xiao wouldn't hesitate to cut him down, either. As of now, Kaneki wasn't even worth the trouble of killing.
[You have killed S-Rank ghoul, Yamori (Yakumo Oomori).]
[Yamori is a key storyline character. You have gained 5.2% of the World's Origin. Current World's Origin: 5.2%.]
[Your talent, Soul Devourer, has been triggered. Your mana pool has permanently increased by 10 points. Current mana: 163 points.]
After killing Yamori, a green treasure chest floated above his body.
This green chest was only visible to Contractors, and the nearby Contractors gazed at it with greed. If it weren't for Su Xiao's presence, they would have swarmed the chest already.
"What? You want this treasure chest? If you do, come and take it." Su Xiao said with a smile.
He glanced at the Contractors, knowing full well that if it weren't for Rize trying to escape, he would have already cleared the field.
Rize had been planning to escape from the beginning, but Yamori died far too quickly. In just a few exchanges, Su Xiao had killed him with four strikes:
The first slash severed Yamori's kagune.
The second slash took off his arm.
The third pierced his head.
And the fourth finished with a decapitation.
Rize didn't even have a chance to run.
"We don't have any other intentions." Han Yu quickly spoke up, leading his group to retreat. The other Contractors followed suit.
Even Xiluo hesitated for a moment before withdrawing with Han Yu. Although she had traded with Su Xiao before, that didn't mean they had any real relationship. Su Xiao's ruthless combat style made it clear that he wasn't someone to show mercy.
The Contractors backed away to a safe distance, but they didn't leave entirely, continuing to observe the situation.
"Now, it's your turn." Su Xiao said, wiping off Dragon Slayer and eyeing Rize coldly.
Rize involuntarily took a step back. The notorious "Binge Eater" looked quite pitiful at this moment.
If Rize wiped the blood off her face, Su Xiao would undeniably look like a villain, terrorizing an innocent-looking "weak girl." But Su Xiao knew better. Rize might look beautiful, but she was a ghoul who ate humans without remorse.
"Don't come any closer! We don't have any grudges, right? How about you let me go?" Rize pleaded, trying her last option: negotiation.
Su Xiao stored the green chest dropped by Yamori and smiled at Rize.
"Let you go? What's in it for me?"
Rize hesitated for a moment. Her eyes filled with malice but eventually turned seductive as she tried to throw Su Xiao a flirtatious look.
The Contractors watching from afar were filled with bitterness. To them, Rize was a fearsome boss-level ghoul, but in front of Su Xiao, she had resorted to selling herself to survive. How unfair.
Unfair? They were only seeing Su Xiao's current strength. Back in the One Piece world, Su Xiao had been struggling to survive every step of the way.
Now that he had grown significantly stronger than his mere Level 2 ranking suggested, it made sense that he could easily dispatch an S-Rank ghoul like Yamori.
In Su Xiao's view, the world had never been fair. The only equalizer was death.
Su Xiao slowly walked toward Rize, interested in how she would react.
Rize hesitated but decided to meet him halfway, though she didn't retract her kagune.
Rize had confidence in her looks. She had used her beauty to deceive countless men in the past, who all met grisly fates as her meals.
Five meters.
Three meters.
One meter.
Su Xiao lifted his left hand and gently caressed Rize's cheek.
Behind Rize, her four red kagune tensed, glowing with crimson light as they prepared to strike.
"Die!" Rize screamed as her kagune lashed out like four hooks aiming at Su Xiao's back.
The sound of a blade piercing flesh rang out.
Su Xiao's long sword had already run through Rize's heart.
Rize's eyes widened, a mixture of cruelty, madness, and fear of death reflected in them.
"I knew it." Rize chuckled bitterly, staring at the sword that had pierced her.
"A man like you wouldn't be swayed by mere seduction."
As the pain from her burning Rc cells overtook her, Rize slumped.
Su Xiao placed his other hand on the sword's spine and pushed it further, slicing through Rize's chest and out from her underarm.
Blood splattered across the white tiles as Rize collapsed weakly against Su Xiao, her kagune fading away into the air.
From the start, there had been no desire in Su Xiao's eyes. Being tempted by a woman during a fight would have been beyond foolish.
Just then, a message from Reincarnation Paradise appeared before him.
[Warning: The Hunter is attempting to kill a key storyline character, Rize Kamishiro. Please extract her kagune before she dies to ensure the plot can continue.]
Su Xiao nodded. This was within his expectations.
Rize collapsed at his feet, gasping for breath as blood pooled around her on the white tiles.
Squatting down, Su Xiao hesitated, unsure of where exactly her kagune was located. Based on the original story, it should be near her kidneys.
So, Su Xiao made an incision on Rize's abdomen and began searching for her kagune's sac.
Rize groaned in pain, looking up at Su Xiao with terror in her eyes.
To her, this man might as well have been a monster. Was he torturing her before finishing her off?
"Stop!"
A female voice echoed from the dark corridor behind Su Xiao, and several figures emerged.
The one leading them was a short figure wrapped in bandages, wearing loose clothing and a hood. Because of the bandages, Su Xiao couldn't see her face clearly.
(End of Chapter)
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Translator's Note :- I am Not that familiar with a lot of the fictional worlds mentioned in the story. So if I make a mistake naming something please correct me by writing a paragraph comment on the mistake. Thank you.