I Became a National ‘Disaster’ Level Monster

Chapter 95: I Just Wanted an Apology

Today, there was an important announcement at the ballroom where key figures from around the world had gathered.

To obtain permission beforehand, he had visited the current head of the family.

But who would have thought that such chaos would ensue in that brief moment?

“Is this all because of a lack of ‘strength’…?”

Upon hearing the absurd news that a monster had appeared within the family’s territory, Katsuo immediately headed to the ballroom.

And there, he witnessed it.

A being with a different level of strength, swiftly leaving the territory while feigning a clash with Inari, the fourth guardian beast of the Kitsune family.

Just watching from afar caused cold sweat to run down his body.

Even when he faced Kurumi’s Amaterasu, his heart hadn’t pounded this much; he had almost suffocated from the inability to breathe.

A monster with such an overwhelming and absurd power.

‘As expected… it’s not safe.’

The world is vast.

And there are so many strong beings.

That’s why, even in this situation, Katsuo thought that the true succession ceremony must be held as soon as possible.

So, when reporters flocked to him moments later, he disclosed the family’s matters, which he would have originally only hinted at to key figures of each country.

“I will say this only once.”

He revealed everything.

“In three days, a new head of the Kitsune family will be decided.”

“Wh-what?!”

“Is… is that true?”

“Yes, it’s true. The reason the Kitsune family couldn’t perfectly protect the key figures from each country during this incident was because we lacked the strength. This has already been approved by the current head of the family, so next time, we will greet you as stronger members of the Kitsune family.”

The confusion caused by the terrorist acts of the fallen hunter families was short-lived.

With Katsuo’s bombshell announcement, the reporters’ interest quickly shifted to the new head of the family.

This news was shocking not only to the entire Japanese population watching the news but to the entire world related to hunters.

At the same time.

“A new head of the family…”

The new head of the Kitsune family.

Although everyone seemed intrigued by the numerous articles with that title.

“Shh…”

“Whew…”

“Finally…”

“……”

The direct descendants of the family, who knew just how brutal and cruel the method of selecting the new head would be, had different reactions.

“Just survive…”

Sakura closed her eyes tightly and prayed.

“Damn it, damn it, damn it!”

Rokyu cursed, thinking about the impending death of a family member.

“Shh, whew…”

Asuna, as always, took deep breaths before practice in the dojo.

“……”

Katsuo sat alone in meditation inside the tatami room.

“Are you going to do it? The head selection ceremony?”

“Shin-woo?!”

Kurumi, who couldn’t just stand by after gaining strength, was about to leave the palace to visit the current head when it happened.

The morning after the ballroom attack.

Shin-woo, as if he had read Kurumi’s mind, had woken up even earlier than she did.

The main storyline of the Japan map in *Hunters’ Blood*.

The themed dungeon—Kitsune Family Episode—was divided into three parts, and with the first part, the Ballroom Attack, cleared, only two parts remained.

They were the Head Selection Ceremony and the Amaterasu Rampage, but.

‘There’s no way Amaterasu will go on a rampage.’

So, practically, unlike the original, the only remaining story in the Kitsune Family episode was the Head Selection Ceremony part, which had given me the biggest shock.

“From the moment you talked with Princess Asuna, you’ve had a troubled look on your face.”

“Huh, huh?! I-I did?”

“Yes. You looked really troubled.”

“I see… It even showed on my face…”

Of course, that was a lie.

Princess Kurumi only showed her usual bright smile and never made such an expression.

It was just that I could tell because people have instincts.

“You’re trying to become the head of the family to protect Princess Asuna, right?”

“…Yes.”

“Then, that means you’ll have to kill your other siblings for her. Can you really do that?”

“It’s not about whether I can… I have to.”

Princess Kurumi answered my question with a determined voice.

But I could see it.

In her eyes.

That all she had was the ‘determination’ to kill, not the actual resolve to do it.

‘I can’t let this princess enter the head selection ceremony.’

The abyss within me was filled with a resolve that allowed me to kill thousands of people and still function normally, a resolve paid for by my soul.

Thanks to having a monster half inside me, I easily obtained that mindset.

People like me, including the Monster Group members, had such a ‘pitch-black resolve,’ so we could kill people, justify it, and still walk around just fine.

But the princess’s resolve was just an ordinary one.

Like a candle in the wind, it was only precarious.

I could immediately tell by looking into her still clear and innocent eyes, despite her talk of killing.

If I let Princess Kurumi enter the head selection ceremony as she was now, she would no longer be able to smile as she once did.

I knew all too well that she would gradually go mad, carrying the weight of her two brothers’ and one sister’s deaths as the head of the family.

“Princess Kurumi. You’re doing this to protect Princess Asuna.”

“…Yes.”

“May I ask why?”

I first asked for the reason.

Like a gentle adult soothing a child.

And just as no one in the world really wants to kill someone.

“…When I was little, I grew up alone without any family.”

“Yes.”

“And it was the people of this family who offered me as a sacrifice to Amaterasu and tormented me all my life.”

“Yes.”

“But among them, there were only two people who didn’t touch me.”

This was a forgotten story, even in the original.

However, I listened attentively until the end.

“Those two were Asuna and Katsuo.”

“I see.”

“Katsuo was probably busy with various education as the family’s firstborn. But Asuna was different. Every time she looked down at me, being bullied, she would always purse her lips as if she wanted to say something.”

A conversation with an illegitimate child was not allowed.

If there was a child who did, they would be buried and treated the same as her.

Thus, under the watchful eyes of the elders, Kurumi never had a conversation with anyone during her childhood.

But she always saw it in Asuna’s lips.

“She always mouthed the words to me. ‘I’m sorry’…”

“……”

“Although she was just a bystander and wasn’t particularly close to me, she was still the only family member who cared about me. So, I don’t want to see Asuna die.”

In short, she wanted to kill all her other family members to protect her younger sister.

However, this conversation made one thing even clearer.

Princess Kurumi should not enter the head selection ceremony.

Specifically, if she entered in her current state, it would be a disaster.

“You’re saying you’ll become the head of the family for Princess Asuna?”

“Yes.”

“Then, can you really kill all the other family members who tormented you for her?”

“…! Y-yes!”

“That’s a lie.”

“?!”

“Don’t lie. It’s clear you’ll regret it for the rest of your life after you’ve done it.”

Princess Kurumi opened her mouth to respond but then closed it.

Because she knew that too.

But since she had no other option, she still planned to participate in the head selection ceremony.

However, this world was no longer a game made of choices.

“What if…”

“…?”

“What if there was a much harder and roundabout way, but a way to win the head selection ceremony without killing a single person?”

“Yes? Such a way…”

“There is. Well, to be precise, I’m planning to make one…”

This was a route born purely out of my imagination as a veteran of the original game who wanted to somehow save Asuna.

In other words, it wasn’t a perfect strategy.

More than anything, Princess Kurumi might not even…

“Let’s do it.”

“…Pardon?”

“Let’s try your way right now, Shin-woo.”

I had been worried that her sense of duty and desire for revenge would make her not listen to me at all, but.

“Shin-woo. Although my family tormented me to death during my childhood, I still don’t want to kill them if possible.”

“Princess…”

“What I want isn’t their ‘slaughter,’ but their ‘apology.'”

“…!”

Looking at me with her still innocent eyes, the princess spoke.

“I want to see the three of them kneel before me and beg for forgiveness. Not kill them, but forgive them myself.”

Though they were hateful and like arch-enemies, they were still family, so she wanted to end it there.

“Bring me more alcohol!”

Honestly, it was a feeling I couldn’t understand.

But if it meant that Princess Kurumi could remain as she was now.

“Yes, I will do my best to help you achieve that.”

I smiled and responded to the princess.

And three days later.

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**Kitsune Katsuo (Bye)**

**Kitsune Asuna VS Kitsune Sakura**

**Kitsune Rokyu VS Kitsune Kurumi**

In the underground arena, built beneath the Kitsune family’s territory and used for generations for the head selection ceremony, the signal for the siblings’

slaughter had finally been given.