Turning back, Du Qianqian led the charge into the nutrient paste production workshop.
The Chainsaw Angel Gang’s defenses were separate from the food company’s production line, and due to the alarming explosions and alarms, most of the staff had already stopped working.
They gathered together, anxiously asking the workshop foreman for ideas.
The foreman had no solution either. With one hand, he waved vigorously at them, signaling them not to panic, while the other hand pressed on the communication implant on his forehead. He tried to contact the members of the Chainsaw Angel Gang to inquire about the situation but couldn’t get through. All he could do was worry, his temples flashing red lights, like a large crab waving two pincers, extremely awkward. He had no choice but to urge the employees around him to return to their workstations.
"Don’t just stand there!" he shouted, "Do you really think there’s an enemy that the Chainsaw Angels can’t beat? The Chainsaw Angels are invincible!"
This workshop was responsible for the preliminary processing of the nutrient paste, belonging to the upstream stage of the production process.
At the large inlet, several workers dumped bags of raw materials into the mixing crusher, which preliminarily cut and mashed the materials, and behind it was a heavy metal mixer, cylindrical in shape, used to further crush the materials and thicken them.
After two processing steps, the mixture was poured into the large sedimentation pool in the center of the workshop, which was already brimming full, presenting a dark yellow appearance, looking like yellow mud, with the original materials indistinguishable. Two workers took turns pouring food additives into it to mask the smell and create the perfect uniform taste of the nutrient paste, which was tasteless, without any flavor.
As soon as Du Qianqian came in, the workshop foreman recognized her disguised appearance.
"Toshi Yumoto!" he shouted nervously, "What happened? Are there enemies? Why are you here?"
"Come here!" Du Qianqian beckoned to him, "It’s serious!"
"This damn..." The foreman quickly walked towards Du Qianqian.
Du Qianqian sneered and pulled out a pistol, neatly shooting him. The foreman fell to the ground.
"Foreman!" Everyone else was terrified out of their wits.
"Get the hell out!" Du Qianqian fired a warning shot, and the employees panicked. Fear spread rapidly, and they scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing from another exit of the workshop.
"Quick!" Shallow Dream was extremely anxious. She knew 102 was bearing the greatest pressure for everyone.
Mizuiro Yoshioka mobilized all her Magic Power, summoning Ink Beasts one after another, which pounced on the sedimentation pool in the center of the workshop, where 10 tons of nutrient paste raw materials had already accumulated.
The Ink Beasts covered the large pool of raw materials, devouring them madly and attacking each other like breeding gu, with the weaker Ink Beasts quickly crushed, and the stronger and more ferocious ones consuming the most resources. Their bodies rapidly swelled, they beat each other, ink splattering everywhere.
"Roar—" Amidst the fast-paced devouring and evolution, finally, one massive Ink Beast merged with its kin and monopolized the staggering amount of organic material, converting it into energy for its growth.
When it leaped out of the dry material pool, this Ink Beast had grown nearly 5 meters tall! It was furious like fire, dark as night.
In appearance, it closely resembled Mizuiro Yoshioka’s concept of the most powerful creature—the Monster King, the rumored leader of all monsters, with a massive horn, a black face with fangs, and four limbs, each ending in a claw of formidable size. Ink constituted its form, not entirely liquid, but highly condensed into a solid entity.
Mizuiro Yoshioka swallowed hard, she hadn’t expected such a massive monster to emerge.
This was the limit of her ink Magic Power!
"The corridor is too narrow!" Du Qianqian looked toward the workshop exit, "It can’t squeeze through there!"
"Aren’t the walls very weak?" Mizuiro Yoshioka climbed onto the back of the Black Ink Behemoth, pulling up Du Qianqian and Shallow Dream with her.
Mizuiro Yoshioka directed the Black Ink Behemoth, making it charge directly to the Chainsaw Angels’ factory zone, smashing through any obstacles it encountered on its path, with ink splashing, and bricks and steel structures deforming under its crushing force as it barreled forward.
fought with all her might, the clash with the Chainsaw Angels was fierce, the Gunlance fired continuously, launching all the grenades, and the explosions were non-stop, destroying much of the factory’s structure.
This also paved the way for the Black Ink Behemoth to move directly towards the Chainsaw Angels!
At that moment, gunfire also kept coming from outside the factory.
"Katsuragi Gang’s people are here!" Mizuiro Yoshioka looked toward the source of the sound.
"They’re taking some of the pressure off us." Du Qianqian looked around the hallway.
The rest of the Chainsaw Angel Gang’s members were hurriedly rushing to the outer defense line, attempting to stop the Katsuragi Gang’s advance, and thus did not come to intercept Mizuiro Yoshioka’s group.
"Roar!" The Black Ink Behemoth powerfully broke through a wall, finally bringing them into the main battlefield.
Mizuiro Yoshioka held her breath, Shallow Dream covered her eyes with her hands in fright.
The glowing Chainsaw Angel had now entered her most powerful, most unrestrained form, her chainsaw wrapped in pale flames, leaving astonishing wounds on 102 with every attack.
was at a disadvantage, only able to fend off the Chainsaw Angel temporarily by spewing fire, but as soon as the fuel for the Gunlance ran out, she spun back, resumed the frenzied sawing of 102.
"Roar!" The Black Ink Behemoth let out a strange cry.
"What?" The Chainsaw Angel turned around only to see an unprecedentedly gigantic black monster, from which three armored witches leaped down.
"...so frightening..." Du Qianqian saw the Chainsaw Angel’s dazzling presence at that moment, almost blinded by the white light emanating from her.