Rumble——! ! !
Only then did the energy gathered at Borsalino's fingertips erupt with a roar.
If the laser beam that Borsalino previously released by gathering energy from his fingertips was powerful but didn't seem particularly imposing, then the laser beam that Borsalino releases from his fingertips after his Devil Fruit ability has evolved is no longer just a beam of light.
Its power and visual effects are almost on par with the light cannons of the Type-Moon universe.
Chapter 37: Progress of Research on Dangerous Containment Items
A dazzling light shone forth, and the entire Night Raid base was reduced to ashes by this single blow.
Although Borsalino deliberately missed the attack, the effect was still terrifying enough.
A sinkhole with a diameter of 500 meters and a depth of more than 10 meters appeared on the ground, and everything within its range had disappeared.
"As expected, the evolved Glint-Glint Fruit is even more powerful."
In the real world, Takahashi Yu, watching this scene from Borsalino's perspective, nodded in satisfaction.
Before his Devil Fruit power evolved, Borsalino was already incredibly strong. After evolving, even his current powerful attacks are only equivalent to a laser beam with a slightly longer charging time. It's hard to imagine just how much Borsalino's original signature moves, such as the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi and the Yasakani no Magatama, have been enhanced in power.
"Let's stop here for tonight and go back to the capital."
All that could be heard was Takahashi Yu giving Borsalino a command.
Although the Night Raid members have escaped, they are still under Borsalino's Observation Haki. If Takahashi Yu wanted, he could easily have Borsalino chase after them.
At Borsalino's speed, even if the night raiders split into two groups to escape, it would be useless; they would be caught up in an instant.
However, Takahashi Yu has already achieved his goal tonight, and he doesn't plan to arrest the Night Raid members right now.
The reason Borsalino was sent to Night Raid tonight was twofold: firstly, to test the power of the evolved fruit, and secondly, to give Night Raid a warning.
In the original work, although all members of Night Raid were strong as Teigu users, most of them had some mental issues until they encountered Esdeath.
In Takahashi Yu's words, it was a bit too easy. Although most members were vigilant enough when carrying out missions, they did not have a great sense of crisis. This was because before Esdeath's return, Night Raid had encountered too few truly powerful enemies and lacked a certain understanding of the world's top combat power.
Even after Esdeath's return, apart from Najenda, who had previously interacted with Esdeath, and a few other members, the rest of the Night Raid members clearly did not take her seriously enough. Leone even considered the possibility of assassinating Esdeath alone, but after encountering Esdeath on the street, she sensed the danger Esdeath posed by her Teigu Beast King transformation and gave up.
Even so, the fact that the renowned Esdeath almost managed to fish her out is enough to prove that Night Raid has problems in this regard.
Therefore, Takahashi Yu sent Borsalino to the Night Raid base tonight to let the Night Raid members know the strength of this world's top combat force in advance. At the same time, it was also to send a signal to Night Raid: the Imperial City is not without strong people, so don't be too arrogant in normal times, in order to prevent Night Raid from suffering casualties before Takahashi Yu launches his operation in this world.
Clearly, the fact that Night Raid proactively abandoned their base and retreated tonight shows that they have realized the gap in strength. With Borsalino in charge of the capital, Night Raid's future operations will inevitably become extremely cautious.
And so, Borsalino, who had been suspended in mid-air, turned around and returned to the capital.
.......
The next day, in the real world.
After finishing her day of school as usual, Takahashi Yu left the student council and went directly to the shelter.
Ainz Ooal Gown is currently still a ruthless monster-slaying machine in the Sublime World. It is said that in just a few days, all the monsters near Axel have been wiped out, causing the Adventurers' Guild to have an extremely scarce number of subjugation requests. This has led to some complaints from adventurers, since there are only so many requests. Ainz Ooal Gown alone has cleared out 90% of the original subjugation requests, making the competition for the remaining requests even more intense.
However, at the same time, these adventurers also became increasingly in awe of Ainz, who was using the alias Momo. To complete a large number of raiding quests by himself required not only strength, but also efficiency and rich experience.
Ainz Ooal Gown is already subtly becoming the strongest adventurer in Axel, according to the adventurers.
In the real world, with Merlin in charge and Takahashi Yu completely in control of the conglomerate, he no longer needs to spend time every day intimidating those scheming executives. He can now focus entirely on the organization's development to deal with future unforeseen disasters.
Upon arriving at the shelter, Takahashi Yu headed straight for the research department.
"Hello, Director."
"Thank you for your hard work, Director."
Along the way, staff members greeted Takahashi Yu from time to time, their eyes revealing their admiration for her.
After all, in the eyes of the members of these shelters, Takahashi Yu is not only incredibly powerful, able to easily deal with abnormal disasters that ordinary people cannot handle, but also able to establish an organization to contain and study those terrifying monsters, protecting ordinary people so that they can live under relatively normal common sense and understanding. In the future, he will surely become a savior-like existence.
As members of the organization, they also share in this honor.
Takahashi Yu felt a little strange about the atmosphere, but she didn't say anything. The staff at the shelter all felt a sense of belonging to the shelter, which was exactly what Takahashi Yu had hoped for.
"What is the progress of research on dangerous species?"
Upon entering the research institute, Takahashi Yu asked a group of researchers.
"Regarding the research on the containment object codenamed [Hazardous Species], the utilization of its skeleton and the enhancement of weapons have been initially perfected. The melee weapons fused with the skeleton of the Special Grade Hazardous Species have increased in average destructive power and durability by more than 4.5 times. The special ammunition fused with the bone powder of the First Grade Hazardous Species has increased in average penetration power by 0.5 times. It is estimated that if the Special Grade Hazardous Species is used as raw material, it can be increased by more than 2 times."
Chapter 38: Special Forces Established, Yukino Yukinoshita
"very good."
Upon hearing this, Takahashi Yu nodded.
Currently, there isn't much raw material available for extremely dangerous items. If it's only used for enhancing melee weapons, it's enough for mass production. However, it's insufficient for enhancing consumables like ammunition.
Therefore, we have no choice but to settle for second best and temporarily use the first-level dangerous type.
It's not that Borsalino's side isn't strong enough. In fact, compared to Borsalino's strength, both Special-class and Level 1 Hazard Species are about the same. The main reason is that there are far fewer Special-class Hazard Species than Level 1 Hazard Species.
"So, what is the situation regarding the training of special operations forces?"
Thinking of this, Takahashi Yu turned to ask.
Special forces are super soldiers whose bodies far surpass those of normal humans. They are created by extracting large amounts of high-quality nutrients from the flesh and blood of extremely dangerous species every day at the internment camp, and then strengthening their bodies through high-intensity training.
With immense strength and the ability to scale walls and roofs, this special forces unit, equipped with specialized weapons, should be able to handle some common anomalies on its own. To a certain extent, it could alleviate manpower shortages in the event of large-scale anomalies, and at the same time, it could take over from Takahashi Yu in handling less dangerous anomalies in daily life.
"With daily injections of special nutritional supplements and a customized training program, the special operations force has now reached a preliminary scale, with approximately 1,200 members or more."
As they spoke, the researchers in the research department pulled up a video on the large screen in the research room.
In the video, members of the special forces wearing special combat uniforms quickly navigate through various complex obstacles on the training ground. The speedometer next to them reads 100 meters in 4 seconds, or 25 meters per second.
Next was a jumping ability test, in which special forces members in the video easily leaped over obstacles several meters high.
Then came the climbing ability test, the endurance test, and the impact resistance test...
Up until the final strength test, the special forces member in the video punched with a force of 756 kilograms, which is equivalent to a normal force of 0.75 tons.
With such physical attributes, coupled with the weapons provided by the containment facility, the special forces' strength was more than enough to meet Takahashi Yu's expectations.
"Very good, well done."
He praised everyone with satisfaction, and now Takahashi Yu no longer needed to personally make a trip for even a simple anomaly, as he had done before.
......
Chiba Prefecture, Sobu High School.
After school, Yukino Yukinoshita got into the car driven by her chauffeur and headed home.
As they drove down a street, Yukino looked out the window and saw a skyscraper towering in the distance.
That's the headquarters of Umbrella Corporation, a large biomedical company that has recently emerged in Chiba City. Thanks to its cooperation with several local forces in Chiba City and the excellent effects of its products, it has already joined the ranks of top-tier companies in less than half a month since its establishment.
As far as Yukino Yukinoshita knows, her mother, Mrs. Yukinoshita, also has a deep collaboration with this company. The company headquarters building appears to have been a gift from a real estate company under the Yukinoshita family.
Yukino Yukinoshita had no interest in knowing about these things, so she didn't know much about them.
Back home, Yukino Yukinoshita pushed open the door.
"I am back."
The calm voice did not cause much of a stir in the house. Due to her growing dissatisfaction with her mother, Yukino Yukinoshita's relationship with her family has gradually become strained, and now she doesn't even want to go back to her home anymore.
"Oh, Yukino's back! Did you miss your big sister?"
Since Yukino's father had not yet returned and her mother was out on business, only Yukino Yukinoshita and her older sister Yukinoshita Haruno were at home.
When her older sister, who was approaching with a nasty smile, approached her, Yukino Yukinoshita almost instinctively took two steps back to create distance between them.
It's not that her older sister is so scary. In fact, Haruno has a beauty that is no less than Yukino's, and a more perfect figure than Yukino. She is polite, well-versed in social etiquette, and is a beautiful girl that most people would feel friendly at first glance.
However, Yukino is very distant from her seemingly sunny but actually cunning and devilish older sister.
From a young age, Yukino Yukinoshita lived in her older sister's shadow. Her favorite toys were broken by her sister, and she was always used as a comparison at home, always the one being highlighted. Although they were sisters, there was always conflict between them, as if they were deliberately targeting each other.
In such an environment, if the two hadn't been sisters, this estrangement would probably have turned into hatred long ago after sixteen years of being classmates.
"Yukino is already avoiding her older sister. Has she really entered her rebellious phase? I never thought I'd be disliked by my younger sister... *sobs*..."
Looking at her older sister, who had lowered her head after being avoided in the hug and seemed genuinely heartbroken, Yukino's expression remained indifferent.
Yukino Yukinoshita, as the older sister, would tease her in various ways every night after school, so she didn't believe her sister's acting skills at all. Besides, who would actually say the word "sob" when they were crying?
Chapter 39: Yukino's Curiosity, Umbrella Corporation's Blue Potion
Chapter 39: Yukino's Curiosity, Umbrella Corporation's Blue Potion
However, just as the door opened and the other person came to greet her, Yukino Yukinoshita keenly noticed that although Haruno's expression was smiling, her face showed deep fatigue.
Considering it was already evening, and that Yukino was still dressed formally at home, Yukino hesitated for a moment before unusually asking, "Are you going out to work later?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Nai was also stunned for a moment, then she stopped acting, rubbed her face wearily, and took a deep breath.
"Yes, I'm going to talk to the head of Umbrella Corporation later about further cooperation with the Yukinoshita family. Although my mother has already made arrangements with someone, I still need to go over and confirm it."
"Then I won't bother you any more."
Yukino gave Haruno a deep look, then walked past her and returned to her room.
Looking at Yukino's tightly closed door, Haruno shook her head helplessly, changed her shoes in the entryway, and went out of the house.
"I am leaving."
As expected, there was no response. Yukino Yukinoshita shook her head, called her driver, and drove her to the Umbrella Corporation headquarters building.
To be honest, Yukino Yukinoshita was not aware of the inside story as to why the Yukinoshita family suddenly decided to cooperate with Umbrella Corporation. She only knew that it was a decision made by her mother.
In the Yukinoshita family, Yukinoshita Haruno's mother holds the most power. Even her father, who is the head of the family, is just a puppet who follows orders. Therefore, Haruno is powerless to object to her mother's decision and can only obediently cooperate with the Umbrella Corporation according to her mother's wishes.
However, all the details of the cooperation were basically agreed upon in advance by the mother and Umbrella. Yang Nai's role in it was at most that of a tool to run errands. She had no right to ask about the details of the cooperation and only needed to sign the final document.
This was undoubtedly the most frustrating collaboration Yukinoshita had undertaken in all the years since she took over part of the family business, and she couldn't understand her mother's behavior either.
In terms of the content of the cooperation, Yukinoshita was at a huge disadvantage. They provided Umbrella with almost everything that was beneficial to them, including channels, publicity, real estate, human resources, material resources, and financial resources, while offering very few restrictions in return.
While it might not be a loss in the current situation, it certainly won't earn much either; it's practically like working for someone else for free.
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