Hayasaka's eyes widened immediately, her grip tightening on her phone. A Hellhound burning with pitch-black flames?
After a while, Hayasaka looked dazed. She had expected a mess of financial interception, theft of classified information, public opinion storms, legal sanctions, and so on.
But the result... was actually a direct dimensional strike using supernatural means?!
Meanwhile, at the Shinomiya main house. Thump! Thump!! The entire Shinomiya Family residence began to tremble!!
"What's happening?!" One of the Shinomiya Family members looked alarmed. "Is there another earthquake?" others couldn't help but guess.
But! Soon, a wave of heat came rushing forward!
"Roar—" A deafening roar instantly shattered the silence of the Shinomiya Family!
"!" Almost everyone was shocked, then looked in the direction from which the roar came! The next second! A Hellhound, wreathed in black flames, with a body as large as a small building, and three heads, as if it had come from hell, burst into everyone's sight!!
Gulp! Someone's swallowing sound seemed to ignite a fuse!
"A-a monster!!" "A monster!! A monster is invading!!" Suddenly, the entire Shinomiya Family erupted into chaos!!
They screamed in terror while trying to flee in a panic! But! Just as they wanted to leave through the side gate. Hum— A transparent barrier instantly enveloped the entire Shinomiya Family residence!!
Bang! Someone ran straight into the transparent barrier and then fell flat on the ground!!
"It hurts!" He cried out in pain, then felt the ground trembling and hurriedly crawled toward the gate. But! "Damn it!" "Why can't we get out!!"
He slammed his hands against the air, yet it felt as if he were hitting a hard, invisible wall!! And there were quite a few others in a similar situation!!
They couldn't get out!! They realized this problem in their hearts, then looked at the Hellhound that seemed to have come from hell. Despair instantly spread in their hearts!!
On the other side. "Head of the family, it's bad!!" Somiya Yanan, who was relying on a ventilator to stay alive, was suddenly startled awake.
After a while, an elderly man with a sallow complexion and medium-length hair sat in a side seat, leaning on a cane. He still had the ventilator tube hanging from his nose; the way he looked, just sitting there seemed to have exhausted all his strength. This person was the supreme commander of the Shinomiya Family. Somiya Yanan.
But... despite sitting on immense wealth and being the head of one of the top families in all of Japan, at this moment, he had no dignity to speak of. The beads of sweat occasionally trickling down his forehead signaled the lack of tranquility in his heart.
And behind him, the members of the Shinomiya Family hung their heads, trembling. The entire Shinomiya Family was as silent as cicadas in winter!!
And the reason for all of this was simply because of the woman who had swaggered in through the front gate of the Shinomiya Family!! And... "Roar—" Outside, that Hellhound, wreathed in hellfire, whose very breath made one feel as if they were in a sea of fire!!
"Lynn Group, you should have an impression of them, right?" Yukinoshita Haruno sat in the main seat, looking leisurely and carefree.
Somiya Yanan's heart tightened. Wasn't this... that company that had just risen to prominence? Moreover... because this company's industries were extremely rare, it had attracted the covetous eyes of many people. The Shinomiya Family was no exception!! But...
He had never expected that the actual master would come knocking on his door!
And in such a bizarre manner, no less!!
"My apologies, the Shinomiya Family has offended you in the past!"
Somiya Yanan was the first to bow his head. Even though he was already terminally ill, he was extremely tactful and performed a standard dogeza!
...
If he had known that the Lynn Group's assets involved supernatural figures, he would have never harbored any thoughts of meddling with them!
After all...
No matter how powerful the Shinomiya Family was, they were ultimately just an ordinary human clan.
Besides...
That Hellhound wasn't just for show!
Behind him, seeing their family head kneel, the other members of the Shinomiya Family also fell into dogeza one after another.
Yukinoshita Haruno paused for a moment.
She hadn't expected the leader of such a massive wealth machine like the Shinomiya to be so tactful.
Yukinoshita Yukino, who had originally wanted to make a big scene, suddenly felt bored.
She waved her hand, looking as if she could no longer muster any interest, and said, "I'm not a bad woman either."
"I'll give you one day to prepare the transfer contracts for all of the Shinomiya Family's assets."
With those words, Yukinoshita Haruno stood up. "From today onward, the Shinomiya Family is a subsidiary family under the Lynn Group."
"!"
Somiya Yanan and the other family members abruptly raised their heads!
"The family..."
"All assets?"
Somiya Yanan's voice trembled slightly.
With just a single sentence, the immensely glorious Shinomiya Family was to become someone else's vassal?
"What..."
Yukinoshita Haruno's voice turned cold. "Are you unsatisfied?"
As soon as she spoke,
Boom!!
The Hellfire on Cerberus immediately flared up!
A wave of heat swept through the entire Shinomiya Family residence!
The oncoming heatwave even distorted the air!
Seeing the hellish scene before him, Somiya Yanan's eyes filled with horror.
Suddenly!
"Aaaagh!!"
Several family members writhed, their faces contorted in agony as they let out painful screams!!
Even Somiya Yanan shuddered, feeling a slight stinging pain all over his body.
The rest of the people frowned, their faces showing pain, as if they could vaguely feel their souls throbbing with agony.
Somiya Yanan gritted his teeth and hurriedly said, "My Lady, the Shinomiya Family is willing to become your vassal!"
With just a simple display of power, Somiya Yanan was instantly forced to face reality!
Furthermore,
that Cerberus outside was simply not something the Shinomiya Family could contend with!
Yukinoshita Haruno said expressionlessly, "This is the karmic fire of hell. Only those who are deeply sinful cannot withstand its roasting."
"I will have the karmic fire test every single member of the Shinomiya Family."
"Only those who survive the roasting of the karmic fire are qualified to live."
Somiya Yanan: "!"
"Ah, that's right."
Yukinoshita Haruno suddenly tapped her head, then said with a half-smile, "I originally wanted to compete fairly with your Shinomiya Family using normal business methods."
"But..."
"who told you to raise such a good daughter?"
Somiya Yanan's eyes instantly widened in shock.