- The Reincarnation World Where Only I Know the Storyline
- RWWOKS Chapter 37
Chapter 37: The Ultimate Shikigami Summoning
As the group approached the royal chambers, their pace began to slow. The problem was simple: the enemy’s firepower was overwhelming. In the narrow corridor, anyone who charged ahead would be torn to shreds by a hail of bullets.
After a quick glance, Fang Bo said in a low voice, “This corridor is about thirty meters long. We need to figure out how to get across.”
Everyone exchanged glances, but no one spoke up. Even Paul, who usually obeyed Fang Bo without question, remained silent. With such intense gunfire, charging through would cost at least two lives. Who among them was willing to sacrifice themselves?
After a moment of tense silence, Fang Bo turned to the other reincarnator. “I can withstand the cannon fire. Can you break their formation quickly?”
Ryuno understood what he meant and, after a brief hesitation, nodded firmly. They had reached this point, and there was no need to hold back now. This side quest was clearly a high-level one, with rewards likely to be exceptional. Even if it meant revealing her trump card, Ryuno had to take the gamble.
“Alright, I’ll go first.” Fang Bo activated the summoning skill tied to his silver-tier storyline equipment.
With golden lightning crackling around them, the three giants appeared under the moonlight. Charging through the barrage of bullets, the quickest of the three, the “Crawler,” sprinted ahead on all fours. It even used its leaping ability to scale the walls briefly, forcing the guards to adjust their aim and slow down their rate of fire.
The Crawler’s fragile body wouldn’t last long, but the “Big Head” giant followed closely behind. However, it only managed a few steps before it was riddled with bullets, reduced to a pile of flesh.
By now, they had crossed halfway through the corridor. Seeing that Fang Bo was truly holding off the gunfire, Ryuno gritted her teeth and rushed forward.
Seconds later, Paul joined them in the hallway, betting his life on this charge.
Inside the corridor, the “Fat Giant” pushed forward with its thick health pool, though it looked like it wouldn’t last much longer. Fang Bo clenched his teeth and placed his hand on the giant’s body, activating the healing skill *Heal*, burning his own health to restore the giant.
The moment the skill took effect, an unbearable wave of pain washed over him, as if he were being shot repeatedly by a barrage of bullets. Every second was an excruciating reminder of his body being torn apart, but Fang Bo had no choice. He had to endure the pain his summoned creature felt.
“No wonder no one wants to learn this skill,” Fang Bo muttered through gritted teeth. The skill’s high pain threshold must have been why it had gone unsold despite being a B-tier skill.
Once the mission was over, Fang Bo swore to unlock the additional effects of *Heal*, or else all this suffering would have been for nothing.
With their health bars combined, Fang Bo and the giant barely managed to survive the enemy’s concentrated fire. As he pushed forward, he noticed the enemy’s gunfire was weakening.
“This is our chance,” Ryuno thought, recognizing the moment to act.
Without hesitation, she summoned one of her shikigami with a powerful summoning circle.
*Shikigami Summoning: Ubume!*
A strange, bird-like creature materialized, its body resembling that of a woman but with sharp wings, a beak, and flowing robes. The most striking feature was the parasol sword it wielded.
Without needing orders, the shikigami understood Ryuno’s intentions and darted toward the enemy in a flash, its sword releasing a flurry of strikes. Blood sprayed from the riflemen, each one struck down by the shikigami’s precise attacks.
Its speed reminded Fang Bo of Kuro, the former captain of the Black Cat Pirates, though the Ubume’s attacks weren’t as lethal. It only injured the soldiers instead of killing them.
“Paul!” Fang Bo called.
“Leave it to me.”
Paul, armed with his epic sword, leaped forward and began mercilessly cutting down the wounded soldiers. With every kill, Paul’s movements grew faster, a unique trait granted by the epic sword.
“We made it through.” One of the pirates sighed in relief, still shaken by the intensity of the fight. To him, clearing out these riflemen meant the battle was nearly won. All that was left was to capture the royal heir and end the war.
His relief proved premature. Before anyone could react, a foreign object whizzed through the air.
*Boom!*
A violent explosion echoed through the corridor, and the pirate was instantly charred beyond recognition, dead before he hit the ground.
“Damn it!” Ryuno cursed, throwing a charm in the direction of the attack, seeking revenge for her fallen comrade. To her shock, she saw the attacker flick a ball of… nose-pickings?
The assailant, a man who looked like a rock singer, continued picking his nose with utter indifference, an act that was both revolting and taunting.
Seeing someone so casually defeat her ally, Ryuno’s face darkened. She summoned her second shikigami, *Akashita*.
[TN: All Ryuno Summon is from mobile game ‘Onmyoji’]
Fang Bo, observing the exchange, realized something new about Ryuno. She wasn’t just using the NPCs as pawns; she genuinely cared about the characters she fought alongside.
As for the man who had just appeared, Fang Bo recognized him. He was Mr. 5, an officer of Baroque Works, with the ability to turn any part of his body into explosives, even his nose-pickings.
Though not particularly strong in direct combat, Mr. 5’s explosive powers were dangerous. Every part of his body could detonate, and even the smallest thing, like a breath of air, could become a bomb. For anyone fighting him up close, the risk was extremely high.
“Baroque Works? What are they doing here?” Fang Bo’s head began to throb. Baroque Works agents usually operated in pairs. If Mr. 5 was here, it meant his partner was likely close by.
While Ryuno and her shikigami overwhelmed Mr. 5, Fang Bo’s attention shifted to the entrance of the royal chambers, where a beautiful woman emerged.
She was dressed in a yellow dress adorned with lemon slices, holding a blue and yellow parasol. With short, mint-colored hair and a sweet but arrogant expression, she was unmistakable.
“Ya-haha! Mr. 5, you’re looking pretty pathetic out there,” she taunted.
This woman was Mikita, better known as Miss Valentine, a top officer in Baroque Works. Though she was Mr. 5’s partner, she likely outranked him.
Her Devil Fruit power, the *Kilo-Kilo Fruit*, allowed her to change her weight at will, anywhere from 1 kg to 10,000 kg. She could float like a feather or crush her enemies with ten tons of force.
“She’s going to be a pain to deal with,” Fang Bo muttered, scanning her stats, but all her attributes were concealed.
Even though he couldn’t gauge her abilities directly, Fang Bo knew her well. Her 7.5 million Beli bounty was actually lower than Jango’s, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t dangerous. Miss Valentine had been defeated by Nami and Vivi together, showing she wasn’t invincible.
With a well-timed strategy, her Devil Fruit ability could easily be countered.
Standing on the shoulder of his giant, Fang Bo launched himself into the air, firing his Blackstar as he soared toward Miss Valentine. Each shot whizzed by her, missing its mark.
“Ya-haha! It’s no use, silly! You can’t hit a feather with bullets!” She laughed mockingly.
By reducing her weight to almost nothing, the bullets’ impact couldn’t harm her; they just bounced off.
“A feather, huh?” Fang Bo passed by her midair, seemingly indifferent to turning his back on her.
Just as Miss Valentine hesitated, wondering if she should attack, a sudden gust of wind caught her off guard, knocking her out of the sky.
It was Fang Bo’s gas propulsion system, used not for travel but as a weapon.
Completely unprepared, Miss Valentine plummeted to the ground.
Being as light as a feather meant she wouldn’t be injured by the fall, but it was enough to send her directly into the waiting arms of the “Big Head” giant.
While he couldn’t grab her during a fight, catching her after she fell? No problem at all.
The moment the giant wrapped its arms around her, its mouth opened wide and bit down on her chest.
Whether it was intentional or not, Fang Bo couldn’t say, but the humiliation was enough to drive Miss Valentine mad. She instantly increased her weight to the maximum.
At 10,000 kg, the giant was flattened into a pancake.
Though she weighed ten tons, Miss Valentine could still move as lightly as before, as her body didn’t suffer from the pressure of her own weight.
Unfortunately for her, the floor beneath her feet wasn’t so sturdy.
*Crack!*
A single bullet from Fang Bo’s gun shattered the weakened floor, sending Miss Valentine plummeting into the chamber below.
If she hit the ground at her current weight, it would be like falling from a hundred meters up. Desperate, she reduced her weight to avoid being crushed.
In that brief moment of vulnerability, Fang Bo activated his maneuver gear, diving after her like a hawk hunting its prey.