Chapter 194: Mom, Can Taking My Daughter’s Things Be Called Stealing?
Hearing this, Hoshikawa Oto was the first to react.
Her crystalline eyes, as bright as stars, rippled, and she said softly,
“Kill the other Yamata no Orochi?”
In her eyes, her deep blue soul power erupted, and she looked at Xiao Bai.
Hoshikawa Oto could feel that the other’s soul color was very thin, like a blank piece of paper.
Of course, this didn’t mean that Xiao Bai’s soul strength was very weak.
But rather…
“Mother, if I’m not mistaken, our new sister has just been born.”
“Her soul is so pure it surprises me.”
In fact, without any resistance, Hoshikawa Oto had observed it with her soul power.
In the past, even if Hoshikawa Oto wanted to observe a brute like Chikari Makoto with her soul power, she would have met with some resistance before entering.
This was a person’s instinctive privacy defense.
Of course, Hoshikawa Oto also quickly noticed another point.
And that was Xiao Bai’s soul strength, which was exceptionally solid and vast. A rough observation showed that it was even stronger than Natsuba Rinrei’s.
And the solidity and vastness of the soul were closely related to the host’s own power.
This also meant that…
Hoshikawa Oto quickly thought of a point. She could barely hide the astonishment in her eyes, which were disguised with a stoic personality.
“This newborn sister, her supernatural ability level is A-rank?!!”
Some people, from birth to now, for more than a decade, were only at peak B-rank. And some people, just after being born, had reached the ceiling of combat power and had become A-rank.
What?
Yamata no Orochi was not a person, but a snake, a beast.
Hoshikawa Oto suddenly felt much better. But another beast immediately shouted.
Tamamo-no-Mae shot to her feet, her purple eyes constricting sharply.
“This is impossible! I can’t accept it!!”
“After I obtained my ability, from childhood to now, I’ve been cultivating nonstop, never slacking off. When others eat, I cultivate. When others sleep, I cultivate. When others play, I cultivate.”
“Until now, my supernatural ability level is only at peak B-rank. Why are you treating me like this?”
“We’re both beasts, so why is there such a big difference?!”
Beside Tamamo-no-Mae, Kamishiro Hime, the more she listened to Tamamo-no-Mae’s words, the darker her face became.
According to her personal account…
Since she had met Tamamo-no-Mae, she had never seen her seriously cultivate. Basically, when others were cultivating, Tamamo-no-Mae was eating, sleeping, and playing.
But what was most strange was that every time she saw Tamamo-no-Mae, her realm was always a little higher than her own.
As if she were constantly cultivating.
Until one time, Kamishiro Hime, after a period of hard, closed-door cultivation, saw Tamamo-no-Mae again, and her strength was on par with hers.
Only then did she use her “All-Encompassing” eyes to see the secret of Tamamo-no-Mae’s cultivation.
Each of Tamamo-no-Mae’s tails would automatically breathe in supernatural power and help her cultivate.
In other words, the more tails Tamamo-no-Mae had, the faster her supernatural power would grow.
She had achieved fully automated cultivation, without any effort, she could automatically raise her level.
With such a terrifying ability…
If Tamamo-no-Mae were to cultivate diligently, who knew how many years ago she would have reached A-rank? And now she was still so shamelessly shouting.
Kamishiro Hime blushed for her.
How could the other supernatural users, who had worked hard all their lives and had not even reached B-rank when they died, live?
Kamishiro Hime walked over and tugged at Tamamo-no-Mae’s sleeve, and said in a low voice,
“You should stop talking.”
“Sit down.”
Under Kamishiro Hime’s comfort, Tamamo-no-Mae finally sat down.
And Kamishiro Hime also returned to her original position.
At the same time, as one of the few with a big-picture view and who had seriously thought about Natsuba Hanae’s plan this time, Kamishiro Hime also quickly raised her own doubts.
“Mother, from what you mean, you don’t seem to plan to also deploy Xiao Bai to the battlefield against the Kujō family.”
“But for other purposes.”
“To use Xiao Bai to fight the real Yamata no Orochi.”
“But although Xiao Bai’s strength has reached A-rank, the gap to the divine realm is still too great.”
“Moreover, to fight on two fronts at the same time, it’s inevitable to be distracted. The enemy is very strong, and our personnel will be scattered. Isn’t this a bit improper?”
Hearing this, Natsuba Hanae nodded with satisfaction.
Among the daughters present, perhaps Kamishiro Hime was not the only one who had sensed her intentions, but she was the fastest to react.
And she had immediately voiced her doubts.
It could be said that now, among Natsuba Hanae’s daughters, there was no lack of combat power. What was lacking was precisely the role of a brain.
When Tamamo-no-Mae was not having an episode, she could be used.
But the truly reliable one was still Kamishiro Hime.
Of course, Kujō Mien, who had not yet arrived, was also such a character.
In that case, it could only be considered two and a half.
And for Kamishiro Hime’s doubts, Natsuba Hanae couldn’t help but show a faint smile. She said softly,
“Hime need not worry.”
“We only need to face the Kujō family with all our strength. As for Yamata no Orochi, just let Xiao Bai go alone.”
“There will be no other hidden dangers.”
Although what Kamishiro Hime said made a lot of sense, Natsuba Hanae had already made arrangements for Xiao Bai’s whereabouts.
To deploy Xiao Bai to the battlefield against the Kujō family would naturally greatly speed up the attack on the Kujō main residence, but in reality, there was no essential difference.
After all, against the Kujō family, the other battles were ultimately minor details.
What was truly decisive was the battle between Natsuba Hanae and Ebisu.
But if she sent Xiao Bai to deal with Yamata no Orochi, the situation would be completely different.
In fact, after Natsuba Hanae had purified Xiao Bai and had discovered that the Yamata no Orochi template could be given to her, she had had a bold idea.
No longer to use Xiao Bai as a guide.
An A-rank strength, to be used as a guide was too much of a waste.
But to use Xiao Bai as the key to killing and hunting Yamata no Orochi.
It sounded ridiculous, because although Xiao Bai was A-rank, compared to the divine realm of Yamata no Orochi, the gap was still very large.
But according to Natsuba Hanae’s calculations, this could become a reality.
Of course…
It just required a little bit of a dark conspiracy, and a little bit of a small calculation.
Xiao Bai’s original form, that is, the endless small black snakes, were all clones of Yamata no Orochi, a part of its power.
And Yamata no Orochi had just awakened and had separated these clones, which had cost it a lot of power.
It would surely reabsorb the nutrients that the clones had absorbed from the outside, along with the clones, into its body and turn them into power.
And this was Natsuba Hanae’s opportunity to interfere.
Although Xiao Bai had been uniquely crafted by Natsuba Hanae…
And had become her form…
But because Natsuba Hanae had not re-created Xiao Bai’s soul, but had purified it, the current Xiao Bai and the current Yamata no Orochi could be said to be two sides of the same person.
However, Xiao Bai was still a juvenile.
In other words, if Yamata no Orochi were to reabsorb its clones, as long as Xiao Bai mixed in, she could also re-enter its body without being affected.
However, unlike the other clones, Xiao Bai already had a self-consciousness.
Then…
What would happen then would be very interesting.
In one body, two consciousnesses, and their purposes and personalities were completely different. There would naturally be a conflict.
Normally, the one with the stronger consciousness and soul would gradually devour the weaker one.
But Xiao Bai, with the Yamata no Orochi template…
Although she hadn’t yet developed her own potential, in terms of consciousness and soul strength, and the essence of her power, she would not lose to the real Yamata no Orochi.
Not only that.
Because Xiao Bai’s purification was the primordial light of Amaterasu.
This wisp of divinity, integrated into Xiao Bai’s soul, might even have a certain intimidating effect on Yamata no Orochi.
This wisp of Amaterasu’s primordial light, even if Xiao Bai were to have an accident and the plan were to fail, could also protect herself.
Natsuba Hanae had almost made a foolproof plan.
And if Xiao Bai could seize a part of Yamata no Orochi’s power…
Then for her ultimate goal…
To kill Susanoo, it would also be of great help.
Whether from the imperial family’s archives or from what she had seen, Yamata no Orochi’s filthy power had caused Susanoo immense pain. In fact, it had taken it more than a thousand years, and it still hadn’t fully recovered.
In fact, Yamata no Orochi could even be resurrected through this method.
This power could be used as a bargaining chip to restrain Susanoo in the future.
However…
The special plan to kill Yamata no Orochi with Xiao Bai was not without its difficulties.
The biggest difficulty was…
———The color.
Natsuba Hanae’s red, glass-like beautiful eyes stared at the pure white, jade-like, crystal-clear, lustrous snake’s head in her palm.
And she couldn’t help but fall into a deep thought.
To mix into the black snakes with this pure white appearance, Natsuba Hanae could only bet that Yamata no Orochi was blind, and couldn’t see that Xiao Bai was strange.
The body, to a certain extent, would have a certain self-cleaning ability.
To apply paint or something, it would almost immediately be cleaned off by itself, and could not stay.
And with Xiao Bai’s physical strength, and her own rank, although she was A-rank, probably even a Nightmare-level supernatural being’s supernatural material, something like paint made from it…
Could not stay.
And to go and hunt a Hell-level supernatural being… it was more reliable to think about how to gang up on Yamata no Orochi.
But when Natsuba Hanae thought of a solution…
She suddenly saw someone, and her red, glass-like beautiful eyes suddenly shone with a bright light, dazzling and colorful.
“Hime.”
Hearing this, Kamishiro Hime subconsciously shivered, and a chill appeared.
Although her mother’s voice was still as soft and gentle as ever, for some reason, her intuition of the wind made her sense a hint of ill intent.
Could it be that her mother wouldn’t allow anyone to refute her, and was now going to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys?
Without waiting for Kamishiro Hime to think too much…
Natsuba Hanae said,
“Hime, give me the scale of Yamata no Orochi to use for a while. I’ll give it back to you when I’m done.”
Kamishiro Hime, hearing this, pursed her pink lips slightly.
Although the scale of Yamata no Orochi was very precious, in the Kamishiro imperial family, there were only two. It could withstand one attack from a mid-level god.
But if it was her mother who wanted to use it, she naturally didn’t need to hesitate.
Moreover, she was just using it for a while. She would get it back later.
Thinking of this, Kamishiro Hime nodded and said,
“Alright.”
With that, she took out the purplish-black scale. A fierce wind howled and blew the scale into Natsuba Hanae’s palm.
After carefully feeling this scale, a satisfied smile appeared on Natsuba Hanae’s lips.
As expected, it worked.
This scale was a product of Yamata no Orochi’s battle with Susanoo a thousand years ago.
Although its rank was not on par with a Hell-level supernatural material, because Yamata no Orochi was a peak evil god at that time, this scale also had a wisp of aura close to a Hell-level supernatural material.
This did not represent the weakness of Yamata no Orochi or a peak evil god.
But represented that Yamata no Orochi was very strong. After all, Yamata no Orochi’s massive, sky-blotting figure, its scales were as numerous as the stars in the sky, countless.
And just one of them had a wisp of a Hell-level supernatural material’s aura.
Normally, facing a high-rank, high-essence Xiao Bai, using just one scale was actually not enough.
But it just so happened that Xiao Bai and Yamata no Orochi were of the same origin.
It was barely usable.
With a thought from Natsuba Hanae, her crimson divinity pulled the aura of the purplish-black scale and guided it towards Xiao Bai.
And it merged into Xiao Bai’s body.
In the next moment, Xiao Bai seemed to have returned to its original state.
And transformed back into a small black snake. Its originally pure white, jade-like scales became a deep, filthy black, and the purple aura also disappeared.
Its aura suddenly dropped, from A-rank to around C-rank.
And having lost its inner power, the purplish-black scale instantly turned to dust and was carried away by the wind.
Kamishiro Hime: “…”
Seeing this, Kamishiro Hime widened her pure white beautiful eyes.
You said you were just going to use it for a while? Mother didn’t tell me that “use” was a one-time thing.
Her life-saving scale, her big, life-saving scale, how did it just disappear? Not even a speck of dust left.
Mother doesn’t play by the rules! She used a trick to steal my things.
And Natsuba Hanae hadn’t expected this result either.
She hadn’t expected the power contained in the purplish-black scale to be so little. She felt she hadn’t drawn much, and it was already exhausted.
Now…
She could only compensate Kamishiro Hime.
“Hime, what wish do you want me to grant?”
“Right, I’ll give you a feather. It can withstand one attack from a low-level god.”
The moment she heard this, Kamishiro Hime’s originally dazed expression suddenly shone with a bright light. She immediately said,
“If possible, I want Mother to stroke me again.”
Hearing Kamishiro Hime’s words, Natsuba Hanae had thought that Kamishiro Hime hadn’t heard her next compensatory words. She repeated,
“I can give you a feather that can withstand one attack from a low-level god…”
Before Natsuba Hanae could finish speaking…
Kamishiro Hime continued with firm determination,
“Mother, please stroke me again.”
A life-saving scale or something, doesn’t my grandfather still have one? I’ll just take it.
