I Become a Mafia in the Academy

Chapter 73

Before arriving at the factory complex, I was recalling the situation in the game and had a brief conversation with Parnello.

'Parnello, my father said the reason the two of us are moving is to keep Calione from being exposed to the Villain Alliance, right?'

'Yes, there's no benefit to Calione in revealing that we've planted spies there.'

In other words, this mission was solely focused on 'rescue.'

If the plan went as intended, we could secure Ratte and escape immediately.

However, for some reason, I kept feeling that this rescue mission might be a trap.

'What if it really is their trap? In that case, our identity could be revealed, couldn't it?'

'Certainly, there's that possibility. In that case... shouldn't we annihilate them?'

'Annihilate?'

'Yes. Just in case, Father left something special with me, and hearing your words, I think it's best to give it to you now.'

Parnello said that and handed me a flare gun shaped like an orange revolver.

'Anyway, as soon as we enter the complex, communication will be cut off, so it will be difficult for them to leak information about us to the outside. So, all we have to do is make sure they can't leave with the information.'

'Is that when we need this?'

'Yes. The twelve hitmen from Calione, scheduled to arrive by the follow-up helicopter, are originally meant to ensure no enemies escape the factory complex... but if you set this off, all the hitmen will gather there.'

In other words, it was a device to gather them in one place by giving up the surrounding encirclement, to be used only when necessary.

'Let's do that.'

That was the flare gun I had received and now held in my hand.

With this, all the hitmen surrounding the area would rush towards this place.

"What the hell did you do!"

Blanca, slowly regaining her sight, cries out while shedding tears.

"Nothing, really."

Saying that, I glanced up at Ratte on the upper floor.

Ratte had cut the ropes binding him using his ability to control rats while he was fully focused on fighting me.

From the start, the reason I engaged in his unnecessary conversation and frontal combat was because of this.

To make him focus all his attention here.

I had carefully signaled to her using Calione's hand signals, asking her to cut the thread on the wall at an angle where she could see it.

And the result was the explosion just now.

"Damn bastard! You Calione guys always do this! Right──."

────!!

At that moment, Blanca's body was pushed back, and a purple flash burst from her shoulder.

Though it was blocked by the aura enveloping her entire body and couldn't inflict any wounds, the impact was transmitted to her as it was.

"Who the hell casts magic while someone is talking...!"

────!!

Another flash erupts.

This time, her body tilted back significantly, but only her surface was slightly scorched. It didn't look like much of a wound.

"...You think this kind of magic will affect me?"

"Ah, just in case, I prepared a bit more."

Spinning my body, I swung my fist and completely destroyed the wall behind me.

Then, men in black suits appeared simultaneously from behind it.

Each of them had heavy weaponry and magic being cast in their hands.

"Take care of it."

In an instant, a tremendous barrage of gunfire enveloped the surroundings and started shooting at her.

Although it couldn't wound her, it was enough firepower to make her hesitate.

While she was faltering, I slowly gathered the aura that had been raging wildly.

"Young Master, are you alright?"

The leader of the follow-up unit, who approached, glanced at Blanca while speaking to me.

He was a member of the organization who had worked with me under the name 'Eagle' at Incheon Port in the past and had just sniped at Blanca using magic.

"Yes, so far. What about the enemies around us?"

"All visible enemies have been killed as we tightened the encirclement. Jackal is currently confronting Parnello."

In other words, the only one who could threaten us now was Blanca in front of us.

"First, secure Ratte and arrange for treatment from the rear. Then, provide backup from behind according to the Awakened One manual."

"Yes, Young Master."

The man nodded without hesitation and answered my command.

Soon after, he relayed orders to the surrounding members and slowly stepped back.

"Cease fire!!"

As the man shouted, I rushed at Blanca and threw a punch.

-Boom!

A sound so loud it's hard to believe it came from the collision of two people echoes.

"It's the second round."

"I didn't expect you to call others. Aren't you ashamed...?!"

"Why would I be ashamed? If it's my power, then it's my power."

Blanca, holding my hand, tried to break my right arm by swinging her left arm.

However, her body staggered again due to a sniper rifle shot from afar, and taking advantage of that moment, I amplified the aura at the point of contact between her palm and my fist, generating a repulsive force.

"If lineage and power are my strength, then they are my strength."

"Damn bastards...!"

"Do you have time to look around?"

As the repulsive force grew stronger, Blanca tried to push me away to keep her distance.

But her head was knocked back by another sniper shot.

Taking advantage of that moment, I leaped at her and drove my knee into her chin.

"Ugh...!"

"The dogfight starts now."

As she fell to the ground, I stomped down on her head, but she rolled to the side to dodge.

"Really! Don't you have any honor?!"

"Honor? Oh, I left it in the room before coming here. Thanks for reminding me."

"This brat!"

As she tried to get up, I kicked her again, and she rolled disgracefully on the ground.

"Your aura looks like a beast, so you roll well."

"...The brat who was getting beaten by me just now!"

"Did it look that way? If you feel wronged, why don't you call your comrades too? Oh, are the rest stuck in jail and can't escape?"

"...I'll kill you."

Whether my provocation worked or not, her playful tone and smile were gone, and she stared at me coldly.

But...

"It's too late for that."

─────! ─────! ─────!

It wasn't just ordinary rifles; anti-tank sniper rifles, sounding like thunder, kept interrupting her.

If we keep attacking with support like this, we'll soon overpower her.

As I approached to deliver the final blow...

The aura covering Blanca's body, shaped like white fur, burst out in a dazzling white light.

Instinctively, I covered my eyes and swung my arm to deflect the incoming attack.

A creaking sound came from my sleeve.

"I swung it with the intention of cutting it off..."

She approached at a speed that even the support team behind couldn't react to, swinging her aura-formed claws to slash at my arm.

"...It progressed faster than I expected."

F fortunately, she didn't manage to cut through the clothes, but the fabric was damaged.

Considering that even a unique grade armor was torn by a single swipe, it meant her physical abilities had dramatically increased.

That was the appearance of her second phase, as seen in the game.

"You seem quite surprised by the look on your face?"

Blanca spoke while slightly moving her head.

At the same time, bullets hit her back, and fragments flew up.

"Looks like you're in a hurry. Using that already, huh?"

With senses sharp enough to dodge bullets flying faster than the speed of sound, I couldn't even begin to guess how much her physical abilities had improved.

Her appearance had further transformed to be more animal-like, and her senses had also greatly changed.

"...I didn't want to use this if possible, but since you've already played all your cards, it doesn't matter."

In the game, it was said that it wasn't used often because of the strong recoil after using it.

With abilities like that, I thought it would be worth it.

"Ah, right."

She slowly approached me.

"Do you know?"

A ceiling full of achromatic colors.

From the hole in the center of it, moonlight began to pour down.

As if illuminating an aria on stage, Blanca, standing at the center of the spotlight provided by the night, exuded an atmosphere that felt noble as she slowly stretched her hand towards the sky.

"I've never said I was alone."

Moonlight started pouring down on her head. Like a religious person receiving a baptism, Blanca silently accepted the moonlight.

Her hair, which was as white as snow, gradually took on a mystical glow that was almost dreamlike, and finally, the moonlight that touched the ground began to slowly gather and take shape.

It was a wolf.

"Wolves are originally pack hunters, after all."

When the moonlight finally formed the shape of a wolf.

-Awooooooooo!!

Dozens of wolves began to howl in unison.

In response, Blanca also let out a howl.

It was a signal indicating that she had fully entered her second phase.

[Support the Young Master immediately!]

With the appearance of the wolves ready to charge at me at any moment, the voice of the support team came through the earpiece, and at the same time, countless bullets began to rain down inside the building.

However, Blanca's wolves effortlessly dodged the numerous attacks, moving with the same leisurely stride as wolves strolling through a forest.

"Do you think you can catch my children with such toys?"

As if mocking the sight, Blanca, who had leaned forward for quadrupedal movement, bared her teeth along with the wolves surrounding me, ready to attack at any moment.

"Even if the leader loses an arm or a leg, they probably won't mind. Well, this is the end. Calione's rookie Young Master."

Blanca, who had pulled her body back as if ready to leap at any moment, slowly spoke to the wolves.

"──Bite."

A storm began to rage.

Like a pack of wolves chasing prey, the relentless movement of the creatures climbing the walls was exhausting my brain just to focus on them.

When I thought an attack was coming and tried to defend, they would retreat, and when I tried to keep one at bay, another would attack, creating a tense situation.

I...

"Thank you."

"...What?"

I couldn't help but smirk.

"Actually, I was waiting for you to summon the wolves."

So I could see these messages right in front of my eyes.

[The number of enemies has increased rapidly.]

[Bloodline Ability: [Calione] is enhanced!]

A red storm rose from my body, engulfing the surroundings.

With the newly acquired [Hunter of Villains] and [DisPater], the size of my aura increased even more.

Just moments ago, the building was full of only white afterimages due to the wolves' movements, but now, my aura had painted over it, dyeing the surroundings a vivid red.

"What is this...?"

She flinched and trembled at the unfamiliar sight.

The moon turned red, and the wolves formed from moonlight began to collapse one by one, writhing in pain.

[Bloodline Ability: [Calione] dominates [Moon Wolf].]

[Domination successful!]

[[Moon Wolf] transforms into [Red Wolf].]

[[Red Wolf]'s control has been transferred.]

"My secret move."

The attribute of my aura that I discovered through battles with the 'Ranger Club' was domination.

And so far, I had used that aura to enhance my body or dominate equipment, making it even stronger.

But Vito Calione, whom I saw in the game, was different.

Vito Calione's red aura dominated the surrounding air, the earth, and the space itself.

Just being in the same space made it hard to breathe and slowed down the entire body. That was an absolute power that could even dominate something without a physical form.

So, could I use my aura in the same way? That was the idea that started this plan.

And Blanca was the perfect target for this experiment.

Once phase 2 started, the pattern of summoning Moon Wolves with aura was all too familiar to me.

Using Calione's firepower, I shaved off as much of her aura as possible, cornered her in a tight space, and then maximized the power of [Bloodline: Calione] to envelop and dominate the weakened summoned creatures.

The result was a resounding success.

"Come here."

When I whistled, the wolves naturally ran over and started rubbing their faces against my legs.

In the game, these guys were quite a hassle to catch, but seeing them like this, they look cute.

"Ah...!"

Blanca just stared at the scene in a daze, completely dumbfounded.

"Are you sure you want to just stand there?"

I said with a grin, pointing at her with my index finger.

"Bite."

Blanca's face was painted with despair.