Chapter 20: Crime Lord
Yosuzume's POV
Hm.
If all my experience so far have taught me anything, humans find it preferable not to die. But I can't continuosly torture them either and as they are not bound to my commands like Duusu is, I need to make sure Mr. Shogi here understands that I am in charge.
…
In that case I'll just blast everyone around him! He will be so concerned about his own life that he'll just comply and if not, I'll target his family. It's perfect. Now, there's another matter I'll need my slave to look into.
Yosuzume: Sl-
Hold up! Aoi! Don't you remember how it was like with all those hardened yakuza and gang members? They didn't take kindly to you calling them slaves, so that just means I'll have to persuade him this arrangement is worth staying in. Else, he'll kill himself and then I will have to find another target, no that that's going to be a problem since there are plenty more… is what would've been the case-
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No! Get yourself together. Now's not the time.
Yosuzume: Assistant!
Shogi: It's Shogi.
Yosuzume: Whatever. Have SAL look into why these vines have been spreading.
Shogi: I can't do that. That command is too vague
Yosuzume: Too vague?
Shogi: Well I could give it a shot, but my hands are busy right now. I'm driving. Just give me another 17 more-
Yosuzume: Just say the commands! SAL is voice activated in addition to being controllable on your smartphone, you know that.
Shogi: Can SAL verbally tell me my- I mean, our results?
I've introduced myself as the Queen of Spades for Mr. Shogi. Can't have him, a mook, calling me by my personal alias. That could draw attention.
..Ah. Since Mr. Shogi is driving right now, perhaps it won't do for him to follow my orders right now?
Shogi: It's a no go. Just wait until I get home and then I'll follow through.
Yosuzume: If that's what's needed, I'll wait. But hurry.
Shogi: Why? Are you-
Yosuzume: It's none of your business! Just get to your home and do what I say.
I've given the bug 17 minutes. That should be generous enough from me. In the mean time, I will see about this source of infection.
17 minutes later…
!7 minutes are up. I could contact Mr. Shogi again, but I highly doubt he'll have anything new or useful. Still, when the bug has become of use, I will mentally speak with him again. Now, what do I see here? All weeds need to start somewhere, all plants have roots so if I-
?
Is that clapping I hear?
Looking down below I see a young lady with platinum blond hair and red eyes.
?: "Well isn't this a lovely sight."
This girl must some chuunibou. I'll just put a simple bullet to her-
?
Why is she-
Oh shit!
Whew. That was a close one. I almost got knocked out of the sky by one of those v-i-n..
Yosuzume: "You're the progenitor of these vines."
The young lady raises an eyebrow. I can't read her expression.
Yosuzume: "Either that or you at least have the ability to control them."
Platinum blond haired lady: "Hmph. You're a smart one if ever. A smart little drot. To think those little bitches at the Society would send one of their drones to finish me off. Heh. It's about time too. What's this supposed to be, the work of Reina?"
Wha-?!
Yosuzume: "How do you know about the Advanced Sciences Society?"
Platinum blond haired lady: "Simple. I used to be employed by those losers. Heh, well we eventually had our falling out but before I left, I made sure to hijack one of their bases."
Yosuzume: "I see."
Platinum blond haired lady: "When that prissy little Vice Director, or the current Director I should say, made the fatal error of outing me out from the Society, I decided I needed to go show them what's what. So I had my goons go to their relatives and laced their skulls with cyanide. Geh hahaha! What a fuck! It was a sight to behold seeing their blood ooze out of their skins. I almost shivered when I heard about it. If only I could've been there to see their anguished faces."
…
The only reason why I'm letting her talk is because she might have useful information. I could try firing at her again, but there's a chance that without her controlling the vines, they may act on their own accord. If they're being controlled then-
Platinum blond haired lady: "Yosuzume is it?"
?
That's strange. I never told anyone of my moniker I'm using right now. How could she have found out?
..or was that just a wild guess?
…
I'll just see what happens.
Platinum blond haired lady: "What a pretty little brooch you have there. Is that what they call a Miraculous?"
!
Yosuzume: "You. How do you know about the-"
Platinum blond haired lady: "Heheh. Looks like the kid was right. A Miraculous holder is dwelling nearby, one with immense supernatural powers. Now…"
I fire my high bore laser emitter. A vine blocks my attack and I'm forced to dodge the vines as they try and grapple at me.
Platinum blond haired lady: "Kyahaha! Once I take your Miraculous from your remains, I'll put it to good use."
I weave out of the way of another vine as it attempts to strike me.
Platinum blond haired lady: "Now be a sweet little robot. And let me fucking kill you!"
Boss: Ex-A.S.S member
BGM: Sonia Manyu
The platinum blond haired lady raises a hand.
A large vine whips up and attempts to grab Yosuzume by the heels!
Yosuzume manages to dodge in t-
Yosuzume: !
Platinum blond haired lady: "Gyahahaha!"
2 more large vines follow up and attempt to strike at the flying Yosuzume who only barely manages to get out of the way in time.
The platinum blond haired lady snaps her fingers.
4 armed yakuza are brought into the fight tightly wrapped up in thorny vines. The thorns are digging into their skins causing them to bleed.
Platinum blond haired lady: "You. Shoot that hunk of metal out of the sky."
Yakuza 1 fires their uzi at Yosuzume.
Yakuza 1 misses.
Yakuza 2 fires their uzi at Yosuzume.
Yosuzume dodges with ease.
Yakuza 3 is trembling.
Yakuza 4 fires their uzi at Yosuzume.
A direct hit!
…
But because this yakuza is not a super or because their class level is not high enough, their attack does no damage. In fact, none of these yakuza who were brought over manage to do any harm despite occasionally managing to hit Yosuzume. The platinum blond haired lady yawns as she begins to slowly close her hand. As she does so, the thorny vines which ensnare her minions begin to slowly squeeze at them.
Yakuza 1: "B-boss!"
Platinum blond haired lady: "I'm getting bored now. Entertain me with your screams."
The platinum blond haired lady sudden closes her hand. As she does so, all 4 yakuza members scream.
Yosuzume fire her M61 vulcan at the platinum blond haired lady.
A large vine simply swats her barrage of bullets away.
Platinum blond haired lady: "Gyahahaha! Oh that's rich. That's really fucking rich."
The platinum blond haired lady whistles and 12 street gang members come charging in armed with heavy assault rifles, grenades..
?
Is that a-
Yosuzume barely has any time to process what sort of weapon that man is carrying as a beam of light blasts out of it. In a shock, Yosuzume manages to dodge it instinctively.
Brrzt
Brrzt
2 more shots are fired.
Yosuzume: "Technology from the Society?"
Brrzt
Yosuzume is hit!
But the energy blast does no damage
Street gang member 1: "Y-y-y-y yo boss. I don't think-"
Platinum blond haired lady: "And where do you folks think you're running off to?"
A couple of the gang members are attempting to flee. By simply raising a finger, the platinum blond haired girl has several of her fleeing minions pierced by a thin vine. Her lips are curved upwards, her eyes narrowed.
Street gang member 3: "St-st-st-stop."
A thin vine grabs a couple of street gang members and begins hurling them at Yosuzume.
…
Yosuzume: "I don't get it."
Yosuzume casually dodges a thrown street gang member.
Yosuzume: "Why did you even bother calling forth these trash? Don't you see? It's a waste of time and resources."
Yosuzume casually dodges another thrown street gang member.
Yosuzume: "What are you supposed to be, some kind of crime lord?"
Platinum blond haired lady: "Kyahahaha! You got that right. I'm a crime lord, but not just any crime lord."
Yosuzume: "I see. So that explains where all these goons are coming from."
More and more street gang members are being thrown. Some yakuza members are forced to fire upon Yosuzume. None of their attacks do any damage.
Yosuzume: "After getting kicked out of the Advanced Sciences Society, you went and formed a gang. Or perhaps you formed one either before or during your tenure at the Society. There's just one thing I don't get. Why are you having them attack me when it's obvious they do no damage and can't even serve as a distraction?"
Platinum blond haired lady: "Why? I'll tell you why you metallic hunk. Because I can and it's fun."
I raise an eyebrow.
Yosuzume: "Fun?"
Platinum blond haired lady: "Wha-! Don't tell me you don't what real fun is, ya prissy butch. So what if I'm wasting these men in droves?"
I shake my head.
Yosuzume: "I don't understand you at all."
I deploy 3 cyro rockets. As expected, her vines intercept but that was what I was expecting.
Platinum blond haired lady: "Hu?
Cyro rounds are able to either freeze or reduce the agility of those who are hit by hit. Even if these vines ares supernatural, which they most certainly are, I can at the least make them sluggish if not freeze them outright. And while they're frozen-
.. or in this case reduced in speed, I can follow through!
A couple of vines have had their AGi reduced to 35%
Yosuzume loads 15 shrapnel rounds into her M61 Vulcan and fires at the Platinum blond haired lady.
But it has no effect.
Platinum blond haired lady: "Aha. Hahaha. Gyahahaha! What was that? Was that all you got? That didn't even hurt at all. What a fucking joke."
Yosuzume: "I see."
Since she's just as invulnerable as these vines, that just means I need to take a strategic retreat.
Platinum blond haired lady: "Hey hey! Where do you think you're going? You're not running off on me, ya cuck loving prissy coward! C'mon! Stay here and let me kill you! Eh ha. Ha ha ha Ha ha!"
Since I can't even harm her, there's no point in fighting, hence why I'm fleeing as far as I can.