Chapter 203: Is Chikari Makoto Still Human?
“Kamishiro Hime?!” x2
Kamishiro Naraku’s pupils constricted, and he said with surprise.
At the same time, Kujō Sujin and Kamishiro Naraku in his chest were both shocked.
Kamishiro Naraku had never expected Kamishiro Hime to be here.
As a former member of the imperial family, he of course knew that although the heir to the Kamishiro imperial family could act completely independently…
But in reality, they were mostly confined to Kyoto.
Kyoto controlled the other cities, and there were often countless matters waiting for the imperial family’s heir to decide. Basically, there was no time to go to other cities.
And the facts were indeed so.
And Kamishiro Hime’s solution was…
To throw these matters to her grandfather. Her grandfather was seriously injured and recovering. He was idle anyway, so he might as well make these decisions.
Compared to herself, who had just taken over, her grandfather was an old hand, and was even more proficient.
And facing this granddaughter who had broken through to A-rank at such a young age and had a limitless future…
What could Kamishiro Hime’s grandfather do?
Of course, he chose to dote on her.
Of course, Kamishiro Naraku’s shock was not just this.
What he was more puzzled about was, how did Kamishiro Hime get here?!
Could it be that the Kamishiro imperial family had a unique method to find out that he hadn’t died, and had sent Kamishiro Hime to kill him?
Or was it that Kamishiro Hime had some connection, some cooperation with Summer Harvest Mountain, and was here to participate in this operation?
Or even…
Just a coincidence?
However, Kamishiro Naraku quickly thought of Chikari Makoto’s earlier “Sister Hime, help me.”
Just from this one sentence…
It showed that Chikari Makoto and Kamishiro Hime knew each other, and to call her “Sister Hime” so intimately, their relationship was evident.
He was more inclined to the second possibility.
It was highly likely that when he had attacked Kyoto, the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain had acted and killed him, thus resolving the crisis.
Kamishiro Hime, to thank Summer Harvest Mountain, had reached some kind of cooperation, to repay that favor.
Now, it was time for her to repay it.
And although Kujō Sujin and Kamishiro Naraku’s thoughts were somewhat different, they were basically the same.
Kamishiro Hime’s appearance was completely unexpected.
And she possessed an extremely dangerous ability, even at the forefront, the “All-Encompassing.” Even at the same early A-rank, her strength was superior to his own.
Not only that, but the foundation of the Kamishiro imperial family was quite deep.
And with Chikari Makoto’s previous cry for help, it directly showed that Kamishiro Hime’s trip here was with Chikari Makoto.
The original plan for Chikari Makoto and Kuchiki Mei to work together against him, he was already in danger.
And with the addition of such a troublesome Kamishiro Hime…
Even if he and Kamishiro Naraku were to act together, under the attack of the three, they would likely be no match.
The situation had become extremely bad.
Kujō Sujin immediately said,
“Kamishiro Naraku!”
“Quickly, retreat to the core area of the main residence! Don’t waste time here!”
And Kamishiro Naraku, regardless, did not hear Kujō Sujin’s words.
He had other plans.
He wanted to make the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain feel pain!
He wanted to kill Chikari Makoto!
Chikari Makoto was already very close to him, and his sharp, black bone spike had reached her.
Of course, besides this reason…
Kamishiro Naraku had another reason.
If he didn’t kill Chikari Makoto now, a B-rank critical point at such a young age, her future achievements would be at least early A-rank.
Did he want to wait for her to come back for revenge?
Moreover, so what if Kamishiro Hime was close? He would kill Chikari Makoto and then retreat to the core area. It wouldn’t be too late.
Even if Kamishiro Hime’s “All-Encompassing” ability was powerful, and with the deep foundation of the Kamishiro imperial family…
But as long as he wanted to run, at the same rank, with only Kamishiro Hime alone, even she couldn’t stop him.
As for Kujō Sujin’s words…
He had never taken them to heart. In fact, Kujō Sujin himself was not worth mentioning to him.
Since he had been the leader of the Blissful Truth religion and had established a transaction with Kujō Sujin, Kamishiro Naraku had never taken him seriously.
In his view, the Kujō family was quite pathetic.
The higher-ups were completely corrupted by their immense wealth. The choice of the family head was just picking the tallest among the short.
And they had chosen a character like Kujō Sujin.
Kamishiro Naraku naturally had some evaluations of Kujō Sujin.
Perhaps, among the small and medium-sized forces, he was a qualified leader.
But in a top-tier force, a top-tier conglomerate, he was a bit unworthy.
Whether in strength or strategy, he was several steps behind.
This point, in the previous confrontation between Kujō Sujin and Natsuba Genryū, Kamishiro Naraku had seen it very clearly.
In the cooperation between the Kujō and Natsuba conglomerates, Natsuba Genryū had used force to make Kujō Sujin a subordinate. It seemed that Kujō Sujin had no solution at that time.
After all, Natsuba Genryū was a peak A-rank, and in his youth, he had even been a peak A-rank.
But…
If Kamishiro Naraku had been the head of the family, he would never have gone to the Natsuba main residence for a meeting.
The confrontation with Summer Harvest Mountain was something the Natsuba family had sought out the Kujō family for. The Kujō family had the initiative. But he hadn’t expected that idiot Kujō Sujin to be so eager to use the divine artifact Calamity and Fortune to absorb the power of the Natsuba god.
And had been blinded by it.
This was ultimately a problem of limited ability.
The so-called decisions of Kujō Sujin, it was right to look at them in reverse.
In Kamishiro Naraku’s pitch-black, inky eyes, a hint of a crazy, twisted color appeared.
He fiercely stabbed his right hand, which had transformed into a spike, at Chikari Makoto’s head.
And shouted loudly,
“Help?”
“No one can save you, not even Kamishiro Hime.”
“At such a close distance, even an A-rank All-Encompassing ability has no means to save you!”
“Die!!!”
His lips curled into a sinister grin, and a look of extreme excitement appeared on his face.
The sharp spike, like a drill that could pierce the sky, began to spin continuously.
In the previous battle, he had sensed that Chikari Makoto’s maid uniform had a certain defensive property. But in the face of his enhanced attack, that bit of defense was simply no match.
He had already seen Chikari Makoto’s head being completely exploded by his spike, and her blood splattering all over the ground, her becoming a headless corpse.
In fact, the angry expression of the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain had also faintly appeared in his mind.
The moment the black spike reached Chikari Makoto’s forehead, Kamishiro Naraku’s black eyes widened, and his anticipation was immense.
In an instant…
A fierce wind howled, and it rustled.
Although Kamishiro Hime was still quite a distance away from him, the spike seemed to be held back by an invisible hand, and couldn’t advance an inch.
“?!!!”
Kamishiro Naraku was incredulous. There was clearly nothing in front of him, and Chikari Makoto had not exuded any power fluctuation.
Why couldn’t his spike continue to advance and pierce her head?!
Until a gentle breeze blew on Kamishiro Naraku’s face…
He was slightly taken aback, and then instantly understood.
“It’s the wind.”
“The wind blocked my attack this time.”
“But how is that possible?!”
The ability to control the wind, among all present, besides Kamishiro Hime’s All-Encompassing, which possessed multiple attributes…
And the wind was indeed the attribute she was best at.
But even so, this was completely against common sense.
When Kamishiro Naraku was in the imperial family, due to his longing for the All-Encompassing ability, he had specifically learned about it.
All-Encompassing could absorb an ability he had had contact with, and as long as he didn’t change it, he could have it forever.
In fact, based on the improvement of the All-Encompassing rank, the absorbed ability could also be improved, and its power could also be greatly increased.
But!
The ability absorbed by All-Encompassing could absolutely not possess such a fine control.
If Kamishiro Hime used her wind ability to lift the ground and stir up the weather…
A hurricane of fierce wind would attack him and Chikari Makoto at the same time, and would injure and tear them apart at the same time. This was within Kamishiro Naraku’s understanding.
Because an A-rank All-Encompassing, with Kamishiro Hime’s outstanding talent, and with her full strength, did indeed possess this destructive power.
But how could such a fine control be used by an All-Encompassing ability that had absorbed another’s ability? This was like a pirate version being many times better than the original.
A genuine wind ability, to be able to achieve this level of control, would have to be at least an extremely dangerous ability!
If that was the case, then other abilities would have no reason to exist. And All-Encompassing should be above an extremely dangerous ability, and be in a class of its own.
Kamishiro Naraku’s mind was in a state of chaos.
But in an instant, he recovered his composure again. He made a judgment.
“Even so, Kamishiro Hime, you can’t stop Chikari Makoto’s death!”
A wisp of the Old God’s divinity began to frantically gather in Kamishiro Naraku’s spike. Even if he consumed his own meager divinity…
Kamishiro Naraku also had to completely kill Chikari Makoto.
Seeing this, Kamishiro Hime’s face changed slightly. Her pure white eyes, which possessed the All-Encompassing ability, their true existence was a derivative of Amaterasu’s bloodline. Although she had not yet reached the demigod realm, she could vaguely sense the existence of divinity.
That ethereal, yet extremely powerful force, was not something those winds could block.
However, just then…
The crimson vertical pupil, which was enveloping the Kujō family, its gaze shifted slightly. Its red, glass-like pupils swirled, and like a hazy mist, it spread and overflowed.
From staring at the underground of the core area, it turned to the black spike where Chikari Makoto was for a second.
The wisp of divinity that Kamishiro Naraku had painstakingly mastered was instantly neutralized.
And the crimson vertical pupil, as if it had done an insignificant thing, after a glance, it once again focused its gaze on the underground of the core area of the Kujō main residence, as if seeing through the fluctuation of space, and directly staring at the sleeping Ebisu somewhere.
And Kamishiro Naraku was directly stunned.
That wisp of divinity he had painstakingly condensed?!
How was it instantly neutralized?!
But Kamishiro Naraku was stunned, but time was still turning normally.
Kamishiro Hime’s speed was exceptionally fast. With just a flash of white light, and a sweep of the cyan wind…
She was at Kamishiro Naraku’s front left.
Facing the black spike, she waved her fan forward.
A fierce wind immediately came from all directions and sent Kamishiro Naraku flying.
Then, when Kamishiro Naraku was unable to use any force in mid-air…
Kamishiro Hime’s left palm gathered a large amount of rotating fierce wind, and transformed into a cyan wind blade, and threw it.
The target was Kamishiro Naraku.
Kamishiro Naraku did his best to dodge by mobilizing the air with his supernatural power. However, it was not as fast as the wind blade. His left arm was cut in the middle, and black blood immediately sprayed out.
And the severed left arm fell to the ground, and transformed into a constantly writhing tentacle.
And after a few twitches, it turned to ashes.
Kamishiro Naraku barely adjusted his body, and stumbled. After he had stood firm, a large amount of black sludge immediately filled his left palm, and a new tentacle extended out, and then transformed into the shape of an arm.
Besides his brain, all of Kamishiro Naraku’s body, even every drop of his blood, had a supernatural being’s existence.
In a sense, his regenerative ability was much stronger than Kujō Sujin’s.
However, Kamishiro Naraku’s body used the strongest supernatural beings. And the new left arm he had just used was only at peak B-rank in strength.
It was much worse than the previous B-rank critical point.
For him, this was a considerable weakening. His black eyes looked at Kamishiro Hime, and a hint of ruthlessness appeared in them.
If the one he hated the most was the Master of Summer Harvest Mountain…
Then Kamishiro Hime could definitely rank second.
Kamishiro Hime, with her All-Encompassing ability and excellent talent, for him, who had a normal fusion ability and extremely poor talent, it was a disaster.
His existence itself was like a joke.
At the same time, Kamishiro Hime would not pay attention to what Kamishiro Naraku was thinking.
Honestly, her mother killing Kamishiro Naraku, she actually had a little regret. Because his existence was a stain on the Kamishiro imperial family.
He had to be completely killed by the imperial family to clear the stain.
And now, the opportunity had returned to her.
Not only that…
Kamishiro Naraku was an A-rank!
Her mother had said that killing an A-rank in the Kujō main residence could get her a wish. Kamishiro Naraku was now in the Kujō main residence, so he clearly met the standard.
To enjoy her mother’s more intimate actions than a hug, she had to go all out.
Kamishiro Hime waved her hand, and countless wind blades tore the baby-headed tentacle monster to shreds. Chikari Makoto did a somersault and landed on the ground.
Then, Kamishiro Hime said,
“Makoto, Kamishiro Naraku is for me.”
“You go and help Kuchiki Mei.”
Hearing this, Chikari Makoto looked at Kuchiki Mei, who was fighting a fierce battle with the rabbit, and a thoughtful look appeared in her gleaming golden beautiful eyes.
She faced Kamishiro Hime, and a friendly smile appeared on her pink lips.
“Sister Hime, Kamishiro Naraku’s body actually has another hidden A-rank. You shouldn’t be fooled by him.”
“As long as you give me some time, I can use the Golden Feather to recover a part of my supernatural power, and have the combat power to fight a normal A-rank. I can definitely help you.”
“So, how about we each take one A-rank?”
“To prevent anyone from betraying, let’s form an alliance and reach a formal cooperation!”
“The name of the team will be…”
“———The Senmei team!”
Not far away, the keen-sensed Kuchiki Mei looked back at Chikari Makoto, speechless.
Is Chikari Makoto still human?
