Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

None of the members of parliament in office that day, including the current prime minister, minister of state, and deputy minister, escaped the attack.

The Demon of Guns and its domain stand tall above Tokyo.

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583. The Death of Yuki Tsukumo

This is the most horrific and heinous case in the history of sorcery.

A special-grade cursed spirit named 'Gun Demon' appeared in the skies over Tokyo on the morning of November 2, 2018, and immediately began long-range strikes against various political areas.

In about fifteen seconds, he completely dismantled and killed all the government officials who were working in Kasumigaseki that day, with only a few members surviving.

Subsequent investigations into the Level 1 Warlock, Higashido Aoi, who fought against him, confirmed that he possessed a warlock screening mechanism that could automatically determine whether a bullet had killed its target.

According to the description by the sorcerer 'Tanaka Yuuki,' who is suspected to be the true form of the Gun Demon, his target is the High-Level Spell Control Department and all political entities connected to it.

He himself claims to be a subordinate of the special-grade imaginary spirit 'Crimson King'.

One hour and twenty-five minutes later, a multi-force joint operation, including the Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military, launched an attack on the Demon of Guns.

Its existence can not only be observed by non-sorcerers, but also seems to be affected by non-cursed tools.

But after one minute and twenty-three seconds of fighting, the combined forces were wiped out, with only 112 survivors.

Firearms and modern weaponry are insufficient to kill the demon of guns; in fact, the panic they cause amplifies it.

Its power has become even greater, and its domain has expanded to a radius of two kilometers, moving in sync with its actions.

The Demon of the Gun's domain is called 'Death Mark All-Out Attack'. Its effect is to mark all objects within the domain with a targeting mark, and all objects, whether inanimate or not, will suffer from the domain's guaranteed hit and kill effect.

The effects in other areas remain unknown.

Three hours after it appeared in the world, the Gun Demon stopped its destruction and remained silently suspended in the sky above Tokyo's Kabuki district.

It still exists here today.

The existence of the sorcery world is about to be exposed, and the high-ranking members of the sorcery community urgently convened a meeting.

The execution order against the Grandmaster Satoru Gojo remains unchanged.

At the same time, the highly skilled sorcerer Tsukumo Yuki was urgently summoned to defeat the Demon of the Spear.

The moment of life or death for the world of sorcery has arrived.

......

The bustling city streets were reduced to ruins, and a storm of bullets tore everything apart.

The smoke of battle lingers here forever, and blood, shattered corpses, and countless weapons litter the ground.

A shattered, never-setting sun illuminated this blood-red landscape.

This scene of war hell under the eternal sunset is a manifestation of the Demonic Realm of Guns.

"Hey, Mr. Tanaka, what type of woman do you like?"

Before the Gun Demon's statue-like, bowed and frozen posture, a tall, beautiful woman with long golden hair slowly floated into the air, perched on the Gun Demon's shoulder, and asked with a smile.

The only response she received was a deafening chorus of gunfire.

However, these attacks failed to harm her, or rather, the combined effect of the Demon of the Gun's domain and Death Mark was neutralized by the expansion of the domain created by her spell 'Star's Wrath'.

Once the spell was activated, it imbued all objects with imaginary mass. Under the influence of the neutralization field, the guaranteed hit effect was negated, allowing her to evade the first wave of attacks.

She didn't seem to intend to continue the fight, but instead started asking questions.

For example, what exactly is he? He's neither a cursed spirit nor a human. Who is the 'Crimson King' behind him, where is he, and what is his purpose?

Tanaka Yuki only answered the last of these questions.

"Kill all those who harm others." Tanaka Yuki stopped his attack and said in an almost deathly voice.

"The high-ranking officials of the sorcery, politicians, capitalists—all of these are causing the death of people in this country and the world who are struggling to live."

"I didn't realize Mr. Tanaka was such an anarchist!" Yuki Tsukumo exclaimed.

"But then the country will be left without anyone to govern it, and it will descend into chaos."

"It's alright," Yuuki said calmly.

"His Majesty will send all mankind into a beautiful dream without sorrow, and when they wake up, the world will be anew. And I am his apostle, I kill for my own sake."

"Hehe, Infinite Tsukuyomi? Your master is actually Uchiha Madara?" Yuki Tsukumo responded jokingly, using a character from a manga.

"If you don't want to stop me, please leave," Yuuki said calmly.

"It's time for me to move on. I can't find the whereabouts of the so-called high-ranking officials protected by the Tianyuan barrier, so I will go to Kyoto. I will destroy all the administrative institutions of the countries along the way and suppress all their armies."

He spoke with utter calmness about his almost terrifying goal.

"This will kill a lot of innocent people~~~"

"No, my restraints ensure that anyone who dies by my gun deserves to die."

"Ugh... Mr. Tanaka, you really are stubborn!" Yuki Tsukumo said in distress.

"Don't you think about your sister? I'm not trying to threaten you, but those rotten oranges probably won't let her get away with it."

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"It's alright," Yuuki said softly.

"His Majesty promised me that my sister, brother, father, and I would reunite on the other side of the dream."

"Could it be that your Majesty is really a demon from the Bible? Or perhaps..." Tsukumo Yuki was clearly trying to make conversation.

The ear-piercing gunshots rang out again, and Tsukumo Yuki, who hadn't gone far, was now identified as an enemy!

Seeing that the tactic of stalling for time could no longer continue, Yuki Tsukumo immediately shouted, and the next moment a certain spell engraved on her body was activated, instantly teleporting her and the Demon of the Gun out of the battlefield in Tokyo!

They appeared on an ocean, and the instant the transfer was complete, Tsukumo Yuki crossed her arms, each index finger wrapped around her middle finger, fully unleashing her domain.

"Domain Expansion - Zero Distance with Stars!"

In an instant, a closed barrier unfolded in this space, and it instantly began to fight against the domain of the Gun Demon. However, the outer shell of the closed domain quickly enclosed Tsukumo Yuki and Yuuki.

—The spell of the Grand Sorcerer Tsukumo Yuki is Star's Fury, which grants objects the illusion of mass. Its domain is a closed, infinitely extending, enormous cavity, resembling the hollowed-out core of a planet. Floating in the center of the domain is an extremely bright white sphere the size of a fist.

—The battle between domains is a contest of spell compatibility and total spell power, as well as the understanding of barrier spells. A stronger domain can cover a weaker domain. However, since the spell power could not match that of the Demon of the Gun, Yuki Tsukumo won the battle in this domain battle by relying on the superiority of spell compatibility and the 'assistance' of barrier spells.

"It seems my domain is superior!" Tsukumo Yuki smiled almost maniacally, but blood flowed from her seven orifices, covering her face. The gap between her curse power and this monster's was too great. Without Tengen's help, her domain was completely insufficient to cover the opponent. She had to finish the battle quickly before her domain collapsed!

This sphere within her domain is the result of the materialization of her technique; she gathers all the "imaginary quality used to bestow" into this space as the domain's "ammunition magazine."

—After activating the domain, Jiujiu's attacks no longer require the intermediate step of "hitting the target with a punch." Imaginary mass can be transformed into real mass and directly "written" into the target's spatial coordinates.

"Surgical Reversal: Density Direct Burial!!!"

With her hands clasped together, Tsukumo Yuki instantly imbued the body of the Gun Demon with terrifying mass—she knew that this being, which resembled a cursed spirit, did not have vital organs such as a heart, but its enormous size was naturally restrained by her domain.

Sure enough, in an instant, the Gun Demon's massive body couldn't even lift its hands. Even if it tilted the bullet, the terrifying gravity would immediately distort it and completely deflect the bullet's trajectory downwards.

In an instant, the Gun Demon's arms and torso began to collapse inwards. Its body, composed of steel and flesh, gradually shattered amidst terrifying screams, the inward collapse eventually shaping it into a 'sphere'.

Therefore, it was the ninety-nine yogis who won—

Her eyes widened as she stared at her abdomen, which had been blasted open with a huge, hollow hole, where the core of her magical power had been completely destroyed, along with her own spine.

When exactly did it happen? How exactly did it happen...?

The shattered body of the Gun Demon trembled as it raised a concealed weapon—an M82A1 sniper rifle, commonly known as the Barrett anti-armor sniper rifle!

At the same time, countless layers of red markings appeared on Yuki's body. Then, Yuuki, whose body was already four-fifths collapsed and destroyed, began his 'answer' in a deathly silent voice.

"My domain, 'Death Marks United,' continuously applies a targeting counter to enemies within its range; the more enemies there are, the greater the damage my bullets deal."

“Just now, I sacrificed the effect of my domain's ultimate attack by using the binding to double the stacking of the aiming counter. But you didn't notice that even though I was 'taken in' by you, my external domain did not disappear.”

"I am the Demon of the Gun, I am part of the domain!"

Yuki Tsukumo's body collapsed limply to the ground. Now that she was defeated, it was too late for her to say anything. She probably never thought that she would die here today. But isn't this what the death of a sorcerer is all about? Death is always sudden and not full of meaning. Death itself is meaning.

She let out a long sigh of relief. In fact, at this moment, she could have easily taken down the demon before her, but—why would she do that?

Was it all for those damned rotten oranges? Forget it, wasn't she originally there out of curiosity about this special existence? As for her fleeting defeat, there's nothing to resent.

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Was it all for those damned rotten oranges? Forget it, wasn't she originally there out of curiosity about this special existence? As for her fleeting defeat, there's nothing to resent.

"Honestly, didn't Toudou say you wouldn't kill good people? This makes me sound like a villain..." Tsukumo Yuki said with a hint of resentment.

“You tried to kill me, so my restraints won’t work on you… I’m sorry,” Yuuki said softly.

"But it seems you're going to die here with me..." Yuki Tsukumo said softly, gazing at the distant sky.

On the horizon, crimson from the shattered sunset, a tiny meteor tore through the clouds and appeared. Meanwhile, the ninety-nine Yuki, who already knew their plan from those rotten oranges, knew perfectly well what it was.

"It seems even demons can succumb to the unfathomable malice of humanity..."

Tsukumo Yuki's eyes completely lost their light, and the Gun Demon, which had also been destroyed and collapsed, seemed powerless to stop the incoming nuclear weapon.

"It doesn't matter," he said softly.

"I will return soon, and I will not be the last. Everything in this world will belong to Crimson..."

Intense, pure white, and the ultimate white light burst forth the moment it touched him.

The light dispelled everything and devoured his domain. Then, the light bloomed in perfect spheres in all directions, completely engulfing everything.

Then, the light faded, the smoke and dust dissipated, and the colossal beast composed of countless steel, bones, and flesh that had once stood above Tokyo vanished.

The high-ranking members of the Spellcasting faction breathed a long sigh of relief. This nuclear bomb was undoubtedly their masterpiece—or rather, it was something they had obtained through a deal with the US military.

The price they paid and the humiliation they suffered are undeniable, but as long as it allows them to survive at this moment, it is all worth it.

And just as they were celebrating their success, feeling that they had once again preserved their wealth and status—

Sizzle sizzle sizzle~~~~

Suddenly, television screens across Japan—no, it should be said that all over the world—fell with static.

Following this somewhat familiar scene was a deep red mark that made everyone feel physically uncomfortable, and then—

"I am Killer, the chosen apostle of death by the Crimson Lord."

Below the marker, a mechanical AI voiceover played, but its contents were chilling.