Ch.103The Final Boss of the Upcoming Expansion Pack

That thing reshapes the world with every movement.

Just like humans can’t see ants, its mere movement was a disaster, and no earthquake-resistant design could withstand it—it simply trampled everything in its path.

A modern walking atomic bomb.

Worse than the nuclear bombs of World War II, it was Japan’s greatest and worst disaster. In the mid-to-late 20th century, with aid from the hunter superpowers—the United States, Russia, and China—they couldn’t defeat it but merely put it to sleep, sealing it away as a massive mountain.

Its name: Gojillia!

“First DLC for Hunter’s Blood! Coming soon in the Japan Expansion Pack—please pre-order now~!”

…That was the introduction I saw a week before being transported into the game, meaning I was pulled into this world before I could even play it.

In other words, this was the final boss of a new story that even I hadn’t experienced yet.

Rumble rumble.

“Oh! Light is coming from Lord Hosen’s body…!”

“Everyone, get out of here now!”

To think that the “worst plot twist on earth” mentioned in the expansion pack description would be this kind of disaster.

“Could that Gojillia be the one I’m thinking of?”

“You think that old man can control it? That’s bullshit!”

“He’s probably just trying to make it go berserk. In exchange, that old geezer is draining all the life force from his body!”

Lorensky and Katsuo immediately pulled away from Lord Hosen and exchanged glances with Katarina behind them before taking action.

“Everyone, hurry outside!”

“This place is about to collapse!”

Katarina and Katsuo quickly evacuated the servants.

Meanwhile, Lorensky tried firing flames from a distance at Lord Hosen, who was glowing increasingly white with explosive heat energy in one hand, but…

BOOM!

“…! That’s!”

Though his body turned to ash without a trace, Hosen’s soul created a pillar of light, continuing his desperate struggle.

[My physical body is already meaningless!]

“That voice…”

“Lord Hosen!”

[Create a new Kitsune family? Don’t make me laugh! A foolish family that won’t even commit honor killings among blood relatives! I’ll end it by my own hand as the current head!]

Even after losing his physical form, Hosen’s voice remained. Before his soul was completely sacrificed…

[Behold! And feel it! This is the world’s worst monster that can only appear when the head of one of the 10 Great Families offers their life!]

With a voice full of madness, he entered the belly of the massive monster “disguised” as a mountain covering Osaka, and…

“KRAAAAAAAAAAH!!”

The awakened creature’s roar completely collapsed the unstable ceiling of the underground arena.

***

The Japanese archipelago was facing its worst crisis since the nation’s founding.

“Ladies and gentlemen, can you see this monster? It’s absolutely unbelievable!”

A reporter in a helicopter was filming the mountain range right next to downtown Osaka.

The “sight” she showed through the camera plunged not just Japan but the entire world into shock.

“The size is simply unbelievable! The mountains… the mountains look like small hills in comparison! Gojillia has awakened, everyone!”

Meanwhile, watching the surrounding mountains turn into a sea of flames due to Gojillia’s revival…

“What can we do about that thing?”

“Sister, couldn’t you do something with Amaterasu?”

“I don’t know… this is maddening, really.”

Kurumi’s group had safely escaped from the collapsed underground arena.

As soon as they got outside, they broke into a cold sweat at the sight of the giant monster roaring as if it were right in front of them, despite being far away.

“Asuna, this isn’t a monster we can simply kill and be done with.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Even if we defeat it, the damage would be too great. If we fight it, the creature will naturally counterattack, and what happens if a monster of that size swings its tail even once?”

Gojillia was currently positioned in the mountain range right next to Osaka.

This meant that the moment combat began, even if they managed to defeat it, the house-sized monster could fall directly onto the city.

If that 1km-long creature fell, the people sheltering below would be crushed beyond recognition.

“I could kill it with Amaterasu. But if both Gojillia and Amaterasu go berserk…”

“Victory would come at the cost of erasing Osaka from Japan. Is that right, Princess?”

“…Yes, that’s correct, Mr. Lorensky.”

Asuna nodded in understanding after hearing Lorensky’s explanation.

And Kurumi, who possessed the power to kill Gojillia but couldn’t use it, wore the most serious expression among them.

‘If only we could lure it somewhere uninhabited, like the middle of the ocean…!’

While the Kitsune family members gathered around their troubled head to devise a strategy…

“Who exactly are you?”

A moment ago.

When the ceiling of the underground arena was collapsing.

Shinwoo, who had reluctantly decided to transform into a monster to protect people who hadn’t evacuated yet, witnessed something.

Someone who had hesitated briefly but then moved ahead of him.

“KRAAAAAAAAAAH!!”

Instead, Han Jaewon, surrounded by black lightning, transformed into a monster form similar to his own.

“I let it slide at the department store, but you’re a Kaijufication Hunter too, right?”

“Kaijufication Hunter…? Is that what people of this era call those with this ability?”

“What……?”

“Well, since you’re the ‘original’ saying it, I guess that’s what it is. Whatever.”

“No, no! That’s not what I meant! Are you also someone who’s been transported here? Did you, like me, press the hidden job code in Hunter’s Blood…?”

“Shinwoo. I don’t know what you’re talking about, but he’s not what you think he is.”

Unlike himself, the boy used pitch-black blades instead of fists, creating a hole in the collapsing ceiling with a single strike.

Just like at the department store before, it was still hard to believe even after seeing it.

So Shinwoo asked for a definitive answer, but…

“Sophia? Do you know who he is?”

“Ah, rather than knowing, it’s more like…”

“Mother. I’m about to return to the future anyway. If you really want to, you can reveal my identity to him now.”

“Oh, really?”

“W-wait… Mother?”

The two seemed unusually close.

And the word “Mother” that came so naturally from the blond boy’s mouth.

Shinwoo turned to Sophia with cold sweat on his forehead like a broken wind-up doll, and his “fiancée” blushed at his gaze.

“Um… Jaewon is our son from the future.”

“…What?”

“Sigh. You from 20 years ago really could make such stupid expressions.”

The truth was finally revealed.

It would be a lie… except he had already witnessed clear evidence (the monster transformation).

“M-my son?”

“Yes.”

“R-really…?”

“That’s what I said.”

Faced with this unexpected plot twist, Shinwoo was at a loss for words, his mouth opening and closing like a fish.

Meanwhile, watching Shinwoo…

“Ahem! Anyway, since the future is already determined like this… I’d like you to pay more attention to me now. Dad Jaewon.”

Despite the revival of East Asia’s strongest and worst monster that could swim from one destroyed country to the neighboring Korean Peninsula…

The bride-to-be was just giving her groom-to-be meaningful looks with a blushing face.

“Are they acting like this because it’s not their country?”

“…No, those two would probably act like this even if Seoul disappeared entirely. Probably…”

“Eek?! Isn’t that villain-level madness?”

“Shinwoo… so you’re already married in the future… sniff…”

The Villain’s Troupe’s assessment of the lovey-dovey couple who would behave this way even if Seoul were in this disaster was truly villainous.

And then…

“So, Lord Head, I think…”

“……”

“L-Lord Head?!”

“Sister? Why are you suddenly like this?”

“What’s wrong, Lord Head?”

Befitting the heirs of one of Japan’s 10 Great Families.

While they were seriously planning how to defeat the revived Gojillia with minimal casualties…

“Uweeeeeehhh!!”

“Sister?! Why are you suddenly throwing up when there’s no one around?”

“I-I lost… I admit defeat…!”

“We haven’t even fought Gojillia yet, what are you talking about?”

“Huuuuuuuuuuh!!”

“Sisteeeeer?!!”

Kurumi, who had overheard Han Jaewon’s identity from a distance, had her mind—previously focused on defeating Gojillia—instantly possessed by the spirit of a defeated heroine, turning the once-brilliant head of the 10 Great Families into…

“Doo… datta!”

“S-Sister…?”

“Doodattatta! Dooyoottaya!”

A fool who could only shout nonsense.

“Kurumi, what’s wrong with you?! Why are you suddenly acting like an idiot at such a critical time?”

“Doodatta, doodattatta!”

“Does Gojillia also have the ability to attack minds?”

“Is that why Sister became like this? Brother Rokyu.”

“I-I don’t know… but how else could a perfectly normal person suddenly change like this!”

Doodatta doodatta.

Doodatta doodatta doodatta.

“Doottaya doottaya!”