Kureto Hīragi

"But if you have no vision, no end goal, then you're better off dead. Anyone who sacrifices others for simple greed, with no vision... They're evil."

- Kureto to Kamina

Kureto Hīragi is one of the main antagonists of LOTM: Sword of Kings Spin-Off - Rise of the Blue Haired Heroine story. He is the Lieutenant General of the KnightWalker Funeral Parlor army and is expected to become the next leader of the Hīragi Family as well as the Moon Terminator Company Army. His goal is to exterminate all KnightWalkers in the world, and have the world under his control as a God by using the Tech of the End to make himself the new ruler of the world.

Appearance
Kureto is a tall, young man with short black hair and red eyes. He has thick eyebrows that zigzag up at the ends.He wears the standard MTC uniform which consists of a black tailcoat with red details including the shoulder epaulettes with gold trim, an aiguillette worn on the right shoulder with a crescent moon decoration, and two rows of gold buttons on the front. Along with that, he wears a pair of white gloves, an armband on his left arm, and a white web belt with a gold waist-plate. He also wears the uniform trousers with black shoes.

Personality
Arrogant and powerful, Kureto doesn't tolerate any disrespect from lower-rank families. He is manipulative, ruthless and treacherous (as Ibuki calls him a "monster"), and will not hesitate to abandon his comrades if he no longer finds them useful. In fact, he finds that being able to abandon your own friends as a 'strength'. He expects everyone to submit to him with absolute loyalty, and as such, is very confident with himself, his plans and his actions.

Kureto has an ambition of wiping out every KnightWalker on the planet and intends to rule the world, stating that he will turn it into a "war-free paradise." He plans to gather every surviving country and unite them as one, making France he center of all nations (i.e. world domination). Kamina comments this as "something a supervillain would make up.".

Despite his harsh personality, he possesses a sense of self-righteousness and sees anyone who is willing to sacrifice others for pure greed and with no goal as evil.

History
In his young age, in 2016, his family was slaughtered by KnightWalkers during the invasion of Austria. The invasion resulted in slavery for civilians who survived. Kureto was taken captive and suffered terrible physical and sexual abuse at the hands of the KnightWalkers in France. Left for dead on the streets of Paris, a rebel officer from KnightWalker Funeral Parlor found him and took pity on him. He was subsequently raised and trained by the rebels, and the young man proved to be a capable warrior. When Kureto managed to subjugate his Artificial Demon, he joined the Moon Terminator Company and devoted his life to put an end to war and humans sins.

He grew in favor of the Rebel leader, Darus, when he effortlessly murdered his enemies. Some years later, Darus requested Kureto to join the Hiragi family as he proved his value, Kureto accepted the offer and joined the Hiragi family. At some point, Kureto invaded Egypt to fight the KnightWalker Family that was occupying the country. During the battle, Kureto found the Seraph of the End,  and started to make experiments with children to test if they could survive the experiment with the Tech of the End. One day, Kureto tried to fuse the Seraph of the End with magi-tech, as a result, the Seraph of the End was corrupted and became the Tech of the End. The people fused with the Tech of the End would become Black Demons. At some point, Kureto slept with a rebel of KFP, Maria Jissele and they became lovers. Months later, Maria gave birth to his child, but Kureto used his own son in a experiment of the Tech of the End. As a result, the baby died and Maria left the KFP.

At some point, Kureto fought Ryuunosuke Uryuu in a death battle for the Tech of the End in Italy 7 years ago. However, Kureto lost the battle and Uryuu stole the Tech of the End from his hands. In the same year, Kureto saved Amber, a asian girl from traffickers in China and turned her into his secretary.