Chapter 236: Natsuba Yosuke, Dead!
Natsuba Yosuke’s mind was in a turmoil, as if someone had reached in with their hand and stirred it.
The scene before him was no longer just unbelievable.
But had completely surpassed Natsuba Yosuke’s understanding.
Everyone was wrong!
Even Natsuba Yosuke’s father was wrong!!
Natsuba Hanae was not some newcomer to Summer Harvest Mountain, but was the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain herself!
If Natsuba Yosuke had known this earlier…
Then everything would have an answer.
Why Natsuba Genryū had thought Natsuba Hanae’s divinity had disappeared, but Natsuba Hanae still possessed power.
The root cause was that this power was Natsuba Hanae’s own.
To use a power she had mastered, how could it be exhausted?
But even Natsuba Yosuke’s father hadn’t seen this. What level had Natsuba Hanae’s power reached?
Thinking of this, a chill ran through Natsuba Yosuke’s body. His hands and feet went cold, as if he had lost all his body heat in an instant.
Not only that, but Natsuba Hanae was a member of Summer Harvest Mountain.
Just this one point had made Natsuba Hanae’s image undergo a huge reversal. That always-obedient, gentle piece of goods had actually joined Summer Harvest Mountain without a sound.
It was already stunning.
But Natsuba Hanae hadn’t just joined Summer Harvest Mountain, she was its master.
Natsuba Hanae was the one Natsuba Yosuke had seen in the vast forest, the one who had displayed the immense power of the crimson vertical pupil, the one who had made Natsuba Yosuke unable to help but kneel.
Natsuba Hanae was the one who had killed Natsuba Taiga, the one who had made the Kujō head flee in a pathetic state.
And recently, Natsuba Hanae had even led her subordinates to completely annihilate the entire Kujō family, and had made the Kujō family completely disappear from this land.
After all, the Kujō family was one of the four major conglomerates, an existence on par with the Natsuba family.
Natsuba Yosuke thought of himself just now, still talking eloquently, preparing to use his words to recruit Natsuba Hanae, to have her betray Summer Harvest Mountain and return to the Natsuba family.
And Natsuba Yosuke had even said a bunch of bad things about the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain. He felt he was ridiculous.
Natsuba Hanae was the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain. How could she attack herself, kill herself?
Probably in Natsuba Hanae’s eyes, all the schemes Natsuba Yosuke had made just now were just a clown jumping around.
Thinking of the exquisite and gentle girl before him, who had always been obedient and well-behaved…
And then thinking of Natsuba Hanae’s true identity as the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain, a sense of strange absurdity filled Natsuba Yosuke’s heart and boiled.
If not for seeing it with his own eyes, how could he believe it?
After all, in Natsuba Yosuke’s impression, Natsuba Hanae had always been an ordinary person. And now she had become a supernatural user he looked up to.
To be able to be unseen by his father, to be able to annihilate the Kujō family, Natsuba Hanae was at least a peak A-rank existence.
What was the difference between this and believing he was a god?
And what was even more chilling…
Was Mizuō Morishige’s submission.
If, even if Natsuba Hanae were a peak A-rank, but Mizuō Morishige was on Natsuba Yosuke’s side, with that peak B-rank ability to withstand an A-rank’s defense…
Then an A-rank Mizuō Morishige could barely withstand one of Natsuba Hanae’s attacks.
Natsuba Yosuke still had a chance to escape.
But he had not expected that Mizuō Morishige had also betrayed the Natsuba conglomerate.
This time, all of Natsuba Yosuke’s escape routes were almost cut off.
Natsuba Yosuke’s pale golden pupils couldn’t help but become dim and lusterless.
But perhaps he could still take a gamble.
Natsuba Yosuke gritted his teeth, his pupils fixed on Natsuba Hanae, a look of desperation in his eyes.
And seeing Natsuba Yosuke like this, Natsuba Hanae’s lips curled slightly.
A look of amusement appeared in Natsuba Hanae’s red, glass-like beautiful eyes.
And she said softly,
“Brother, what’s with that expression?”
“I think what you said just now was very right. The Master of Summer Harvest Mountain killed Natsuba Kouryu and Natsuba Taiga, and clearly wants to exterminate our Natsuba direct lineage.”
“Perhaps after she kills Natsuba Yosuke, she’ll come after me and Rinrei.”
“Thinking about it is really terrifying.”
“What should we do? Or……… ”
“I’d better go back to the Natsuba conglomerate.”
Natsuba Hanae walked and talked. After a while, she had come before Natsuba Yosuke, and looked at her arrogant brother, who had been so glamorous a few hours ago, with great interest.
And now, his pathetic, blood-stained state was his appearance.
Only that pair of pale golden pupils, after dimming, had been rekindled, filled with a madness of mutual destruction.
This made Natsuba Hanae look at Natsuba Yosuke with a bit of admiration.
At the same time, the faint smile on her lips deepened.
It was precisely because of this resistance that it was more interesting. If Natsuba Yosuke had just given up and surrendered, then the fun would have been lost.
After this behavior towards Natsuba Yosuke…
Just now in the room, Natsuba Hanae had cut off one of Natsuba Yosuke’s arms.
The divinity of Susanoo that had been attracted by this had given Natsuba Hanae a lot of reference value.
A severed limb was undoubtedly a serious injury.
But Susanoo, as a peak god, even if it was It’s unconscious divinity, normally, should have been able to make Natsuba Hanae use the power of a god to defend herself.
But once a god’s aura erupted in the Natsuba conglomerate, it was bound to trigger Susanoo’s further awakening.
As a formerly powerful peak god, how could It allow an unknown god to be in It’s sleeping place?
Natsuba Hanae had originally wanted to test Susanoo like this.
But what Natsuba Hanae had not expected was that the divinity that had attacked her only required the supernatural power of a peak A-rank to solve.
This was not in line with common sense.
Could it be…
Was Natsuba Hanae’s Natsuba bloodline at work?
At the same time, during this period, to prepare for battle with Susanoo, Natsuba Hanae had been doing her best to enhance her own combat power.
And the Half-Hell-level Otherside, Summer Harvest Mountain, was clearly also one of her trump cards.
But what puzzled Natsuba Hanae was…
Normally, whether it was various conditions, Summer Harvest Mountain had met the requirements for advancing to a Hell-level Otherside.
However, there was a diaphragm.
As if it were a forced, forbidden thing to allow a new Hell-level Otherside to appear on this land, no matter what, Natsuba Hanae could not upgrade Summer Harvest Mountain.
Natsuba Hanae could only put it aside for the time being.
When she reached a higher level, perhaps she could glimpse the mysteries within.
After all, with Natsuba Hanae’s current rank, she could already vaguely feel it.
Once a Half-Hell-level Otherside advanced to a Hell-level Otherside, the Otherside would undergo a dramatic change.
“Natsuba Hanae!!!”
As Natsuba Hanae was deep in thought, a hysterical roar pulled her back to reality.
She saw that Natsuba Yosuke’s eyes were filled with madness, and he shouted,
“I didn’t expect you to hide so deeply!”
“To have actually tricked the entire Natsuba conglomerate, and even to have made the heads of the two major branches your subordinates.”
“But do you really think everything is under your control?!”
As soon as he finished speaking…
Natsuba Yosuke gritted his teeth, and the veins on his body bulged, and they wriggled under his skin like earthworms.
Then, wisps of black smoke emerged from Natsuba Yosuke’s body.
And his left hand was particularly abundant.
And Natsuba Yosuke shouted,
“To harm me will result in an attack from the divinity of the Natsuba family’s god.”
“In that case, I might as well self-harm and use an explosion to destroy my entire hand, and take a gamble with me. The divinity of the Natsuba family, will it attack you or not!”
“I’ve already sensed that divinity has a certain self-consciousness.”
“If I have a strong hatred for you, will the divinity think that you’ve harmed me?!”
“Not only that.”
“My left hand is just the beginning.”
“Even if it means paying with my life, and self-destructing my flesh and blood, I will keep you here.”
“Do you dare to bet on this possibility with me!”
Natsuba Yosuke’s mind was now on the verge of madness.
But this thought was indeed the only hope of survival he had found from despair.
And Natsuba Hanae, hearing this, was slightly taken aback.
She had not expected Natsuba Yosuke to bring her a surprise time and time again.
In this predicament, to find an opportunity time and time again.
And he had even hit some points.
Susanoo’s previous unconscious divinity would naturally not use a direct descendant’s hatred to find an enemy. But after a small part of It’s consciousness had revived…
Natsuba Yosuke’s statement was indeed very likely to happen.
Once it did, to face the even more powerful divinity of Susanoo, Natsuba Hanae would have to erupt with the combat power of a god.
This would greatly stimulate Susanoo’s awakening.
And would lead to a battle with Susanoo in advance.
It had to be said that in a sense, Natsuba Yosuke’s statement had accurately hit her vital point.
But…
“Swish—!”
A sound like the wind.
An index finger, with blood on it, flew from Natsuba Yosuke’s eye.
Natsuba Yosuke’s pale golden pupils trembled.
And he took his left hand to his eye.
Natsuba Yosuke saw that his originally five-fingered left hand was now missing a finger.
The delayed, intense pain instantly came. Natsuba Yosuke let out a tragic scream.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah——————!”
In the next moment, a majestic divinity, like a thunderbolt, instantly came.
And behind Natsuba Hanae, a wisp of deathly stillness Sanctuary Flame flew out, and it instantly fought with the divinity.
“Possibility?”
Natsuba Hanae murmured.
Her red, glass-like beautiful eyes, as if dyed with a brilliant color, swirled.
“I don’t disbelieve in possibility.”
“I only know that in my hands, you have no possibility, brother.”
“Since you wanted to learn from those two dead brothers before, then you should also taste the pain they felt when they died.”
In the next moment…
The Sanctuary Flame, filled with a deathly stillness, instantly burned on Natsuba Yosuke’s severed finger.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah————!”
A scream that was even more tragic than before came. Natsuba Yosuke rolled on the ground in pain.
But the surrounding divinity from Susanoo was very scarce.
Because the Sanctuary Flame would not cause a serious injury at once.
But like a maggot on a bone, it would eat away at a person’s life essence, wisp by wisp. If Natsuba Hanae hadn’t increased the dosage…
Just this little bit of Sanctuary Flame would have lasted until Natsuba Yosuke was in his fifties, and he wouldn’t have been able to intervene and make it disappear. Even divinity could only alleviate it.
This was the tyranny of the Sanctuary Flame.
In this state, not to mention concentrating and using his ability to self-destruct…
It was even difficult to have any other thoughts.
Natsuba Yosuke’s mind was filled with pain.
His rank was only C-rank. If he were like Natsuba Kouryu, and was at A-rank, his resistance might be stronger.
But when Natsuba Hanae had acted against Natsuba Kouryu, she had only been an A-rank. And now, she was a high-level god. The enhancement of the Sanctuary Flame was a world of difference.
To let Natsuba Yosuke feel pain was a two-dimensional foil-like blow.
However, just to hear Natsuba Yosuke’s tragic screams…
For Natsuba Hanae, it was far from enough.
What Natsuba Hanae wanted to see was that usually calm face of Natsuba Genryū, showing a twisted and painful expression.
Having lost all his sons, what kind of twisted expression would Natsuba Genryū have? Natsuba Hanae wanted to witness it and taste it.
Thinking of this…
A gentle curve appeared on Natsuba Hanae’s lips.
And she said softly,
“Tanishi.”
“Which branch is on patrol in the Natsuba main residence today?”
Hearing this, Chikari Tanishi immediately said,
“It’s the Chikari and Kuchiki branches, Second Miss.”
Hearing Chikari Tanishi’s words, Natsuba Hanae nodded.
“In that case, it won’t take much effort.”
If the Kyōjū branch were on patrol, Natsuba Hanae would have to use some means. But now they were all her own people, so there was no need. She just needed to say a word.
“Tanishi, make an announcement.”
“Have someone in my direction to the south gate, and remove anyone who is not one of us.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Chikari Tanishi, after hearing, quickly walked out.
And Natsuba Hanae said again,
“Morishige, take my brother and let’s go to the south gate.”
Hearing this, Mizuō Morishige picked up Natsuba Yosuke, who was doubled over in pain, and said respectfully,
“Yes.”
And so, Natsuba Hanae walked in front.
And Mizuō Morishige followed closely behind Natsuba Hanae.
Natsuba Yosuke, in extreme pain, it seemed that the Nightmare-level supernatural being’s leather armor also had a slight protective ability for his spirit.
And it allowed him, even so, to have a wisp of a clear consciousness.
And Natsuba Yosuke prepared to use this wisp of clarity to call for help from others.
Natsuba Yosuke did not believe that in the vast Natsuba conglomerate, there was no one to save him.
However, it was precisely because of this wisp of clarity that Natsuba Yosuke saw despair.
Along the way, Natsuba Yosuke saw members of the Chikari and Mizuō branches all kneel and salute. Even Mizuō Rin was among them.
Natsuba Yosuke’s painful wails seemed to have no sound in their eyes.
And when the head of the Kuchiki branch appeared during their patrol, Natsuba Yosuke was full of hope.
Although she was a B-rank, her hiding ability was incredibly strong. Perhaps there was hope that she could help him leave.
But she had also knelt and saluted.
And with a single word, she had said “Mom.”
Natsuba Yosuke was immediately ashen-faced. Clearly, she was also a member of Summer Harvest Mountain.
Until Natsuba Yosuke was brought to the east gate.
And had left the range of the Natsuba main residence.
“Swish—!”
A low sound, like a mosquito, was heard. A crimson feather fell to the ground, and blood sprayed.
Natsuba Yosuke’s consciousness instantly fell into darkness.
This darkness, as deep as his despair, was endless.
