Those words served as the signal.

Crimson and dark aura suddenly gushed out of Kang Jin-Ho, then he pounced on Nomura Ryoji.

'Ah...!'

Ryoji wasn't sure why he reacted this way. People would usually try to dodge or block if someone changed at them. However, Ryoji just stood there like an idiot and watched this scene unfold.

The figure of Kang Jin-Ho, with that dark crimson aura whipping around him like a cape, was so unrealistic and bone-chillingly frightening that Ryoji was paralyzed to the spot like a statue.

Even Kang Jin-Ho's previously-expressionless face had transformed. His expression, now distorted hideously with madness and bloodthirst, even stopped Ryoji's heart from beating momentarily.

The figurative 'demons' existed in this world. As a denizen of the world hidden in the shadows, Nomura Ryoji had plenty of chances to encounter such demons. He even maintained a deep connection with some of them, too.

However, this bastard was different. Different from the others with the modifier 'Demon-like'. This Kang Jin-Ho bastard was fundamentally different from all of them.

Those demonic people pretended to be evil and used their 'evilness' as a way to threaten and to make their lives easier. But Kang Jin-Ho wasn't like that. He was dyed to his core with evil.

So much so that Ryoji felt a deathly chill run down his spine after...