Apocalypse: I Have A Multiplier System - Chapter 477

Chapter 477: Chapter 477: Power
A beat.

Su Jiyai stared at him, expression unreadable. Her voice was quiet, but firm. “Do you know what she did to me?”

Admiral Ru nodded once. “I do. I read the full report. And I… I’m not proud.”

“She tried to kill my loved one,” Su Jiyai said, each word sharp and controlled. “My aunt’s son, she had tortured him, made him all skin and bones, and even carried out tortures on him, and now…you want her to be free?”

Admiral Ru didn’t look away. His jaw tightened, and for a moment, he said nothing.

Then, in a softer voice, he replied, “No. I don’t want her to be free… not like that.”

Su Jiyai blinked. Her arms loosened just slightly.

He continued, “I’m asking if there’s another way. A middle ground. One where justice is served—but mercy isn’t forgotten.”

She stared at him, her face unreadable.

“I won’t insult you by pretending I didn’t know what kind of person she had become. I did. But… I kept hoping she’d change. That there was still something human left in her.”

His voice dropped to almost a whisper. “She’s my sister. I didn’t want to lose her, too.”

The room fell quiet again.

“And she attacked my nephew. So no. I will not release her.” Su Jiyai said with a bright smile.

Admiral Ru stiffened. The warmth in his voice faded, but he kept his expression carefully blank.

“I see,” he said slowly. “Then… is there really no room for compromise?”

Su Jiyai leaned back slightly, arms crossed once again. Her smile didn’t reach her eyes.

“Sure there is,” she said lightly. “I’ll give her back.”

Admiral Ru blinked. “…You will?”

“After twenty years,” Su Jiyai said sweetly.

“Twenty years of the same treatment she gave my family. Starvation. Pain. Isolation. Let’s see if she’s still proud by the end of it.”

The admiral’s fingers clenched at his sides. He opened his mouth, then closed it again, struggling to keep calm.

“You call that justice?” he finally asked, voice low and tense.

Su Jiyai tilted her head, her smile sharper now.

“That’s more mercy than she gave anyone else. I could’ve just ended her. I still can.”

Admiral Ru’s face twitched. The mask cracked—just a little.

“You’re making a mistake,” he said flatly. “You think you’re in control now, but you’re not untouchable. No one is.”

Su Jiyai’s expression didn’t change. She stepped forward, just enough to shrink the distance between them.

“Are you threatening me, Admiral?” Her voice was still calm, but the cold edge in it was unmistakable.

“I’m reminding you that politics are like tides,” Admiral Ru said, dropping the helpless act entirely. His tone turned sharper, colder.

“They shift. And when they do, people who stand too tall are the first to drown.”

Su Jiyai laughed—light, short, and mocking.

“Then let the tides come. I’ve swum through worse than you.”

She turned her back on him without hesitation.

“You have your answer. The next time you want to play the grieving brother, try someone else. I’m not buying it.”

Admiral Ru’s voice dropped to a chilling whisper. “You’ll regret this.”

Su Jiyai paused at the door, then looked over her shoulder, eyes gleaming.

“I already regret not going harder on her. But thanks for confirming—there’s nothing human left in either of you.”

A beat passed after Su Jiyai’s final words.

Then—

A sudden pulse of energy surged from Admiral Ru’s hand.

Silent. Precise. Deadly.

A shimmering blade of compressed air, almost invisible to the naked eye, tore across the room toward her back.

It sliced through the air with a sound no louder than a breath.

But Su Jiyai moved.

In one smooth twist, she spun on her heel. Her fingers flicked upward, and a barrier of red flame ignited around her.

The air blade collided with the fire shield and exploded in a shockwave of steam and sparks.

Su Jiyai took one step back, her face unreadable.

The heat around her crackled, the temperature in the room rising by several degrees in seconds.

“You just tried to kill me,” she said softly.

Admiral Ru didn’t bother denying it. His eyes glowed faintly now, a sign of the psychic energy coursing through him. Calm, cold, and controlled.

“You insulted my family. I warned you. You made your choice.”

Su Jiyai didn’t blink. “So did you.”

In a heartbeat, she moved.

The floor cracked beneath her feet as she surged forward, flames swirling around her arms like living snakes.

She drove a punch toward his chest, but Admiral Ru vanished just before it connected, teleporting a few meters to the left.

The spot he’d stood in erupted in fire, the heat so intense the wall behind it melted into slag.

“You’re faster than I thought,” Su Jiyai said, eyes narrowing. “But not fast enough.”

Admiral Ru raised both hands. Energy surged from his palms, forming a storm of shimmering blades.

With a flick of his fingers, he sent them flying at her—dozens, razor-sharp, precise.

Su Jiyai didn’t flinch.

Her flames exploded outward in a wave, turning half the incoming blades into molten metal mid-air.

The others she dodged with fluid, dancer-like grace, closing the gap between them in seconds.

Admiral Ru stepped back, throwing up a shield of condensed air just in time to block her second punch.

It cracked under the pressure, and he slid backward, boots leaving scorch marks on the floor.

Admiral Ru straightened his posture, chest heaving slightly from the force of her last strike. Despite the power clash, his lips curled into a smug smile.

“You think you can win this?” he said, voice steady but laced with arrogance.

“You’re still a child playing with fire. I’ve cultivated my superpowers for over twenty years more than you. You’re out of your depth.”

Su Jiyai didn’t respond at first. Her gaze held steady, glowing faintly with the crimson light of her superpower.

“You’ve spent twenty years hiding behind titles and bloodlines,” she replied. Her voice was quiet, but it echoed in the room like a drumbeat.

“What a waste of time.”

Without another word, she vanished from view.

Admiral Ru’s eyes widened. For the first time, true surprise flickered across his face. He raised his hand instinctively—but too late.

Strike One.

Su Jiyai appeared behind him, fire gathered into a tight spiral around her fist. She drove it into his side with a concussive force that sent him skidding across the room, slamming through a reinforced pillar.

Admiral Ru snarled, blood on his lips. He raised both arms, summoning a vortex of psychic energy, twisting the air itself to hurl spears of kinetic force toward her.

Strike Two.

She reappeared above him, spinning midair. A concentrated orb of fire formed in her palm, and with a sharp cry, she slammed it downward.

The explosion rocked the chamber. The floor beneath Admiral Ru shattered like glass. He collapsed to one knee, his coat scorched, skin blistered along one arm.

The third strike came soon. Her hand burned white-hot as she drove it straight into Admiral Ru’s chest.

Admiral Ru groaned, coughing violently, his breath coming in ragged bursts.

“You won’t… get away with this,” he wheezed.

Su Jiyai crouched beside him, placing two fingers under his chin to lift his face.

“I already have.”

“You like politics, right?” she murmured. “Then here’s the new game: you attacked the ninth official member of the alliance. You broke every rule of engagement. The cameras are already recording. Your career’s done. Your name? Scorched.”

His eyes widened in horror.

Su Jiyai stood, brushing dust from her clothes.

“Oh, and don’t worry about your sister. She’ll live.”

She turned away, pausing only once.

“For the next twenty years, she’ll live. I will kill her after that.” Her tone was nonchalant.

“You old b*tch! You don’t know what you are dealing with!” Admiral Ru shouted in anger.

Su Jiyai smiled,

“Oh? Maybe…but my master has given me some hints of what I am dealing with. Your sister…she was a pawn, right? Ah…what a pity! She was destined to die the moment she fell into my hands. ”

“What do you mean? What pawns?” Admiral Ru pretended to act surprised, but Su Jiyai sensed the malice in his eyes.

The moment she said the words, he would kill her.

But unfortunately…Admiral Ru was late in killing her.

She was now at level 20. No one can threaten her.

And even if they can defeat her, she has many powers and weapons.

Cultivation, superpower, and even SSS-Rank equipment.

Not only Pawns, but she was confident in taking down all the Devils.

She had dealt with the general of the first lab she had blown up. Before she couldn’t directly defeat the general. But now? She could kill 10 such generals with a wave of her hand.

That was the power she holds.

So she leaned toward him and said in a mocking voice,

“Devil’s of course.”

‘Go…be angry and inform all the Devils. I will deal with them.’