Chapter 35: What the Heart wants
Abyss threw Chizuru into a cage, "Play your cards right...You'll live to talk about it...maybe. Ahahahaha! Otherwise..." He turned to Satoko, pulled her out of the cage, and chained her onto a table, face-down.
"Wait...stop...ooff...what're you doing?!" Her clothes were ripped off by a Lizardman, before he started raping her. "Huaaaaahhh! Augh! Aaaaaahhhhh!"
Chizuru, and all the other captives were forced to watch in horror, as they were helpless to do anything about it, until Abyss pulled the Lizardman away, and threw the naked woman back into her prison. "This is what will happen to the ladies; having your dignity robbed from you by an animal. The men will be subject to brutality."
Shrine office:
The villagers were in a panic.
"What's going on?!"
"What are they?!"
Connor silenced all of them by slamming his fist into a table, "QUIIIIIEEEEET! Thank you!"
Ozaki started to speak now, "Ahem! Thank you, Connor. Listen up! These things refer to themselves as 'shiki.' And I call them that too. It's the name of the living dead that came from one of Seishin's novels. These shiki are behind almost all the deaths that started in summer and continue now. However, the thing truly responsible was that knight that took Chizuru Kirishiki away. Why he took her, I don't have the slightest clue, but it can't be good."
Masaki, "But, Toshio...these things killed my son. Doesn't that mean that if the knight kills the Kirishiki woman, that he's on our side?"
"And my grandson...?"
"My mother too...?"
"My grandmother as well...?"
"Connor, explain it to them."
"That knight's name is Nightmare. He is the personification of the sword he holds; Soul Edge, and it's will; the demon, Inferno. He has one purpose; to plague the world with evil and chaos. If he kills her, it will only increase his own power."
Hirosawa, "We should call the police!"
"The police?"
Ozaki, "And what are you going to say to the? 'The ever increasing number of vampires is becoming quite a problem for us.'? We'll be laughed out just mentioning the term 'vampire.' Not to mention, if you bring up an 'evil knight,'...It would make for such a nice conversation opener, especially considering none of you believed in the supernatural until tonight!"
"W-Well..."
"We've managed to restore Nao Yasumori. However, it cost us one of three vials of an antidote that Connor made; supplies were limited. Natsuno Yuuki, who's working on the inside, has the other two. We can easily restore the ones who had just risen by feeding them a cocktail of holy water and the blood of the first shiki that bit them, before they taste human blood. Anyone else must go. And then, there's the threat of Nightmare. He's almost completed his task of finding the missing pieces of his sword. The last one is in Connor's own sword, Soul Calibur. This is the only weapon that can actually harm the demonic knight. However, if he obtains the final shard, he'll become unstoppable."
"I forgot to mention..." Connor interrupted, "I happened to discover Nightmare might be expanding his menu of prey; I found both the remains of humans and shiki, all sliced and diced on the spot. Judging by the sheer brutality, this is possibly the most vicious of any incarnation of Nightmare there has ever been! He might also be the most powerful. We must tread carefully; if he's also a shiki, he will have all their abilities, and amplify them, but without any of the weaknesses. He might be outside during the day to kill anyone."
Kanemasa:
Seishin was given a platter by Sunako, but he barely ate anything.
"It's getting cold." Even though Sunako was sucking his blood, she still showed her concern.
"Yes."
Then Tatsumi came in.
"Sunako."
"What is it, Tatsumi!?"
"They got Chizuru."
That got to her, as it meant that the villagers found out. "Tell me everything."
"That doctor, Ozaki did it. He brought Chizuru to the shrine and he may have killed her in front of the villagers. Probably to prove to them that we exist. What do we do? I think we should leave the village."
"We can't do that. Do you think we can leave with this many companions? There's nowhere outside of the village for them to hide."
"You're right."
Seishin realized to himself, "I see. Toshio managed to alert the villagers."
"For now, eliminate Ozaki. Remove the leader and the mob will disperse on its own. After that, we can attack the villagers and reduce their numbers. Tell those who go on the attack to go for the jugular."
"Understood."
"Block off the village's contact with the outside world."
"Very well."
As soon as Tatsumi left...
"Chizuru...It must have hurt. To be hated, to be rejected..."
"Sunako."
She turned around, "Perhaps we should have killed your friend."
"You should run away. Toshio will..."
"No! We're almost there. The village is almost dead."
Yamairi:
Megumi was still in grief over Natsuno being cremated.
That is, until...
"What's wrong, Megumi?" A familiar voice said right behind her. "You seem sad. I don't wanna see that look on your face anymore."
She turned, and saw Natsuno - he was alive.
"Natsuno!"
She rushed up, and embraced him. Tears of joy were pouring out of her eyes.
Yes, that just happened; you probably weren't expecting anything like this, especially an actual rape scene. Just want to show how cruel the villains actually are.
There is always a silver lining, though. This one's was the reunion of Natsuno and Megumi.
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