Chapter 407: In the Name of the Tendo Family, Open Fire on Scorpio!

When Tenkō Chikunojō was packing up and evacuating Tokyo, several jeeps arrived at Heaven's Ladder in the night.

"Stop, which unit are you from?"

Soldiers guarding near Heaven's Ladder, standing before a makeshift defensive line, raised their hands to stop the approaching military jeep and questioned the people inside.

"I am a platoon leader under the Third Imperial Guard Division; this is my identification."

Baoxie Zhuoren forced the door open, got out, and handed his identification to the soldier in front of him.

"Lieutenant Baoxie, you've come over here—do you have some mission?"

After checking the identification and confirming there were no problems, the soldier, who was only a private, saluted the man, returned the identification, and then politely asked.

"I am here to hand over the duty of guarding Heaven's Ladder."

Baoxie Zhuoren took back his identification and replied.

Hearing this, the soldier was somewhat surprised.

Guarding Heaven's Ladder was no easy mission.

This place was outside the Safe Zone; although some Varanium metal blocks had been transported over and a temporary defensive line set up, some Gastrea still occasionally slipped through.

A moment's carelessness, and those stationed here could be dragged away and eaten by Gastrea.

"But we haven't received any transfer orders."

Meanwhile, the soldier on the other side said at this time.

"Maybe it's delayed; this is my transfer order document."

Baoxie Zhuoren took out a document from the car and handed it over; just as the soldier was about to take it to look, a knife emerged from the document and stabbed directly into his throat.

"Ugh~"

The soldier widened his eyes, completely dazed, not understanding why the person before him suddenly attacked him, and looking at Baoxie Zhuoren in front of him, he collapsed.

Seeing this change, the guard soldier on the other side prepared to draw his gun, but the next moment, with a light 'biu~' sound, he was also shot dead by a silenced pistol inside the car.

Baoxie Zhuoren drew the pistol at his waist, while a group of fully armed soldiers got out of the jeep; these people directly entered the interior of Heaven's Ladder.

Since no major commotion had been caused, the guard squad stationed inside Heaven's Ladder had no guard against anyone attacking.

After Baoxie Zhuoren led the team to break in and they were pointed at with guns first, they directly lost the ability to resist.

"Are you spies from somewhere else?"

The guard officer, with his hands and feet tied, wanted to extract some information from Baoxie Zhuoren, who had subdued them.

"Spies? No, we are not spies; we are people of the Tendo Family. This time, by order of the head of the Tendo Family, we are to eliminate the Scorpio of the Old Port District."

Baoxie Zhuoren was very willing to reveal the 'Emissary' behind him; this was his repayment for the five million compensation fee given by the Tendo Family.

The Tendo Family dared to use five million to humiliate him; then he would borrow the name of the Tendo Family to properly stir up big trouble for the Tendo Family.

"You're crazy; the Holy Son of Heaven has issued an order prohibiting us from attacking the Scorpio of the Old Port District."

"Haha, we are not people of the Holy Son of Heaven; that Holy Son of Heaven is just a good-looking slut, weak and incompetent toward Gastrea, but the Tendo Family is different; we will eliminate Gastrea, eliminate Scorpio!"

Mentioning the Holy Son of Heaven, Baoxie Zhuoren felt a surge of fire in his stomach; wasn't he just leaking information to the Tendo Family? There had been people who did such things before, but why did it have to be him? He was directly removed from his position, given no chance at all.

"The intelligent operating system of Heaven's Ladder is not here; it's on the Safe Zone side. You coming here to control us is useless."

The officer guarding Heaven's Ladder also felt that the Holy Son of Heaven's order not to fire at Scorpio was somewhat problematic, but now he was more worried that these people from the Tendo Family faction who had come here and controlled them would act recklessly.

"The intelligent operating system is not here, but isn't there still a manual operating system here?"

Baoxie Zhuoren said, then opened the control system of Heaven's Ladder in front of him.

"Are you crazy? Without the assistance of the intelligent operating system, relying solely on manual human operation to aim at a target over fifty kilometers away—hitting it is one thing, but what if you miss and anger Scorpio? What do we do then?"

The guard officer questioned him.

【What to do? The Tendo Family and the Holy Son of Heaven are both no good; I'd rather see both sides perish together...】

Baoxie Zhuoren thought in his heart, while on his face he responded with a determined posture: "If not successful, then become benevolent; this is all for Tokyo!"

"For Tokyo!"

A group of soldiers shouted along, and they were all people Baoxie Zhuoren had deceived from the army in the name of the Tendo Family to do this—people who hated Gastrea and hated the Cursed Children.

And this one shot, whether it succeeded or not, didn't matter; his purpose was to provoke Scorpio, to provoke that Monster Boy who could eliminate the Third Naval Fleet in an instant...

After firing this shot, he would immediately run away; his retreat was all prepared, taking a plane to Osaka, and then joining the Five Phoenix Society with this achievement.

Baoxie Zhuoren thought very well; Heaven's Ladder activated.

And since Scorpio was staying in the Old Port District, the power supply here had never been interrupted.

In other words, as long as the Varanium bullets were filled in, they could fire.

The ultra-high magnification scope opened.

On the screen in front of him, the figure of Scorpio over fifty kilometers away appeared.

Baoxie Zhuoren sat at the manual operation console, holding the joystick, somewhat nonchalantly beginning to aim.

Old Port District, Broly sat on Scorpio's head.

These days he had stayed by Scorpio's side, preventing Scorpio from possibly running over to the Safe Zone side.

Suddenly, he felt a faint sense of threat.

This feeling was like when an ordinary person closes their eyes and something sharp is held before their brow, waved back and forth.

Broly frowned, looking toward the direction that gave him this feeling; and with Scorpio's height, he, sitting on Scorpio's head, easily saw the building appearance of the Super Electromagnetic Cannon in the distance.

Heaven's Ladder began to glow; the long cannon barrel lit up section by section, not slowly, and when it lit up to the tail end.

"Boom~"

The Varanium cannon shell, accelerated to sub-light speed and theoretically possessing 5% light speed, was directly fired out.

A distance of over fifty kilometers, before 5% light speed, was crossed in an instant.

However, before it could strike the mountain-like body of Scorpio, the searing metal shell was intercepted in advance, bursting like a firework blooming at extreme speed above the moonlit forest.

"Bang bang bang~"

Debris scattered across the ground, triggering a series of considerable explosions.

Following closely was a wave of hot wind pressure.

Feeling the searing pain in his hands, Broly remained expressionless.

His figure disappeared in the air.

Instead, he flew toward the direction of Heaven's Ladder at extreme speed, following the trajectory left in the air by the Super Electromagnetic Cannon shell.

"What's going on? Why did the shell explode early?"

Even with technological assistance, ordinary people find it hard to witness a Saiyan blocking a Super Electromagnetic Cannon shell.

Those inside the Heaven's Ladder building could only see the light shell fired, suddenly exploding in midair before it struck Scorpio.

"Recharge, load a new shell, fire again."

Baoyezhuo Ren didn't mind; Heaven's Ladder had never been used since it was manufactured.

Now that it's actually being used, it's normal for some glitches to appear.

The man looked at Scorpio on the screen, who seemed unaffected by the explosions and still in a sleeping state, then gave orders to the people beside him.

But before anyone could respond, with a bang, Heaven's Ladder suddenly shook violently.

"What's happening? Just firing one shell, and Heaven's Ladder is going to collapse?"

Baoyezhuo Ren cursed in his heart.

Fortunately, the shaking only lasted for a while.

After Broly kicked the scorching cannon barrel bent, sensing an angry presence inside this large cannon barrel, he directly smashed through the thick building and burst into the control room.

"Is it you people using this thing to try to attack Scorpio?"

The invading Saiyan boy looked at the group inside and asked straightforwardly.

"Damn it, how did this monster appear here?"

Baoyezhuo Ren reacted and shouted at the soldiers he brought.

"Quick, open fire, kill him."

The soldiers hadn't figured out the situation yet, but subconsciously obeyed the order.

However, before they raised their muzzles and pulled the triggers, their bodies were crushed and destroyed like tofu.

"Ah~"

The soldier cut in half at the waist fell forward, and just as he was about to cry out in pain, a small foot stepped on his head, his voice abruptly silenced as his bursting skull exploded.

"Tell me, why attack Scorpio?"

"Wait, we're not on their side."

The officer guarding Heaven's Ladder reacted and hurriedly distanced himself from the one who fired the cannon.

"I can tell, so you tied-up ones are still alive."

Broly nodded and said seriously.

Aside from those tied up, among the untied ones, Broly only left one survivor.

As for the others, they had all been dealt with, though the method was somewhat violent, with people like rotten tomatoes violently hammered everywhere.

This made many of the tied-up soldiers who had reacted turn pale, show fear, and even start to retch.

"That someone by the Holy Son of Heaven's side, what's their name again? Tell me, why attack Scorpio?"

Broly casually pinched the incoming pistol bullet, then approached Baoyezhuo Ren.

The man plopped down on his butt, and his pants became wet at a visible speed.

"I'm telling you, can you let me go?"

Baoyezhuo Ren asked with a trembling voice; he had witnessed Broly's terrifying methods of eliminating the Navy Third Fleet, but seeing fleet destruction on a screen and actually facing a Saiyan boy eliminating humans were two different things.

"Let you go?"

Broly frowned and thought carefully, looking down at his already cut and bleeding palm; it was hard to imagine what would have happened if that shell just now hadn't been intercepted by him, but had actually struck Scorpio.

But one thing was certain: he was now angry, angry because Scorpio had almost been harmed, and he hadn't experienced this feeling for a long time.

Broly wasn't a Saiyan who liked deceiving others, so he chose to tell the truth: "Sorry, I won't let anyone who harms my wife go, but if you confess honestly, I'll give you a quick death."

"Hah, we're going to die anyway, so why should I say anything?"

Baoyezhuo Ren still wanted to fight for his life.

But...

"Extreme Pain Finger!"

When Broly learned the Extreme Bliss Finger, he had seen the original assassination fist technique of finger-point acupuncture.

And this fist technique had both assassination and torture parts.

Given Darkness's peculiar tastes, Broly had also dabbled in the torture part.

Of course, this was the first time he used it without adjusting the pain effect on someone other than his wife.

At first, Baoyezhuo Ren could still cry out, but once his limb muscles spasmed until hard as stone, he couldn't even make a sound.

Only his wide-open eyes, gaping mouth, and the difficult breathing of a fish surfacing could show what pain this man was enduring.

"Muscle spasms are just ordinary pain; there's worse pain that can make you want to dig out the hurting place. Want to try?"

One minute later, Broly lifted the effect of the Extreme Pain Finger and began asking.

"It was the Tendo Family who ordered me to do it..."

Baoyezhuo Ren deeply regretted why he had been so petty, trying to take revenge on the Tendo Family, and why he chose to attack Scorpio, choosing this way of provoking the Saiyan boy.

But this world has no Regret Medicine; not wanting to endure that torture again, he decisively confessed the Tendo Family as the 'mastermind behind the scenes.'

"The Tendo Family, huh..."

Broly nodded, just as he raised his hand, preparing to give this person a quick death.

"Ring-ring-ring~"

In his pocket, the cell phone Tenkō Kisara had given him before leaving in the evening started ringing.

"Broly, where are you right now?"

The moment it connected, his own president's inquiring voice came through.

When the Heaven's Ladder fired its shells, Tenkō Kisara was reporting to the Holy Son of Heaven about Hiruko Kagetane's refusal.

And after the Heaven's Ladder shells were fired, the Holy Son of Heaven's side soon received the news.

Worried about Broly's situation, Tenkō Kisara quickly called.

"Scorpio is fine, I caught the shell fired by the Heaven's Ladder, I'm currently at the shell launch site dealing with the attacker."

Broly told the truth.

"Ah, you caught the shell fired by the Heaven's Ladder?

Uh no, that's wrong, who is the attacker?"

On the other end of the receiver, the Young Holy Emperor asked.

"It's that guard I saw by your side before, I don't know what his name is."

"My name is Hoshiki Takuto."

The youth, tears streaming down his face, spoke with difficulty; because he heard a familiar voice in the call, he ignited a hope to live.

"Holy Son of Heaven-sama, save me~"

"Broly, this matter was absolutely not at my instruction." The Holy Son of Heaven was somewhat shocked by the attacker's identity, but still hurriedly clarified, then questioned: "Hoshiki Takuto, why did you attack Scorpio?"

"It was the Tendo Family's orders, they... gave me... five hundred million!"

Hoshiki Takuto said through gritted teeth.

"Have you understood everything? Once you've understood, I'll send this person on their way, then come over to the Safe Zone side and send the Tendo Family on their way."

The other end of the phone fell silent, Broly couldn't help but urge them.

"Broly..."

"Hm?"

"I have an impertinent request."

"What?"

"Can you bring Hoshiki Takuto back alive?"

"Why?"

The Saiyan boy's voice suddenly turned cold.

"Don't misunderstand, I don't want to protect him, but rather through his accusation, use a fair and aboveboard way to remove the Tendo Family's long-standing influence in the Tokyo Safe Zone political arena."

The Young Holy Emperor hurriedly explained.

"I don't understand, why go to such extra trouble, the Tendo Family is also going to be eliminated by me."

Broly's voice warmed a bit, but he didn't understand why the Holy Son of Heaven would make this kind of request.

"Resolving it with pure violence, and resolving it with a rule-abiding way, the influence caused is not the same."

"Is this very important to you?"

"Mhm."

"You're not deceiving me into letting this person go, are you?"

Broly was somewhat doubtful.

"Attacking Scorpio, which could cause a great extinction in the Tokyo area, this is already a crime against humanity, I guarantee it will be the death penalty, if you're not at ease, when the time comes, I can let you come personally execute him."

The Young Holy Emperor guaranteed.

"Then okay."

Broly agreed.

"Phew~"

Hoshiki Takuto let out a long breath; although he would still have to die afterwards, immediate execution of the death penalty and a suspended death sentence still have a difference.

And as long as he's alive, there's still hope; if he can push all the blame onto the Tendo Family, maybe...

"Ah!"

Before this person could finish thinking, his body was struck by Broly's Extreme Pain Finger again, and his whole body convulsed once more.

"Wh-why..."

He asked with difficulty.

"Capital punishment can be temporarily spared, but living punishment cannot be escaped."

Hoshiki Takuto: "..."

This fucking thing, might as well just die directly!

The feeling of wishing for death, as if the next moment he would die from the pain.

But Broly had already promised the Holy Son of Heaven to bring the other party back alive.

So, Broly added his own Qi into the Extreme Pain Finger, focusing on protecting life safety.

"I'll say it, I'll say everything, please don't torture me anymore."

Brought to the Holy Residence, Hoshiki Takuto, relieved of Broly's version of a death warrant, cried out to the Young Holy Emperor.

However, after this person caught his breath, he didn't tell the truth, but while recounting the whole process of attacking Scorpio, he portrayed himself as someone blinded by greed.

To summarize, that is: he who took money to do the Scorpio attack is indeed unforgivable, but the mastermind is the Tendo Family, that family is the true instigator behind the attack on Scorpio.

"Fine, I'll go help you all capture the people of the Tendo Family now; when we deal with this person, we'll take care of the masterminds behind him at the same time."

"Broly, do you know where the Tendo Family is?"

The Saiyan boy, hurrying to prepare to go out, was stopped by Tenkō Kisara.

"Uh, he knows."

Broly reacted, pointing at the man and saying.

"I can lead the way."

The man licked his face and hurriedly said.

"Not needed, I know the Tendo Family better; you restore this guy to how he looked just now, and I'll directly take you there to capture people."

Hearing this, the man scrambled to his feet, wanting to flee.

But it was useless; Broly flashed to the person's front in an instant.

"Damn it……"

The man's words choked in his throat, staring with eyes already bloodshot, and he fell straight down.

(Chapter End)