Chapter 54
"Manipulate plants? What an interesting ability......"
In a dimly lit room with only a faint flame, a handsome young man with hair as thick as algae stared at the motionless girl in front of him, his eyes unfocused. However, the eyes of the girl in front of him were even more hollow, as if they were completely soulless.
"What's your name?"
"Empty strip...... Q Na ......"
The man frowned slightly, not because the girl's name was strange, but because he realized that she had turned on self-protection as if she had reflexively. He had already noticed this girl before, she was very attached to Sesshomaru, and he also cared about his cousin in the city in the mirror, although he was very vigilant, but the non-demonic Kanna still managed to deceive her and suck her soul.
But it doesn't matter, without a soul, he's just a puppet.
"I'm Naraku, and you're at my disposal."
Naraku slowly stretched out his finger, and he said coldly to the girl.
"Go kill Inuyasha and bring the Jade of the Four Souls."
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On the other hand.
Kagome and her party finally settled in the village. It's been more than two days, and Jona hasn't been found. Now their biggest concern is not anything else, but whether something has happened to Jona, because no one can convince themselves that Jona will leave the mountain bike and go by herself, she must have had some accident. Her aura disappeared by the river, and there was no demonic aura left.
"Let's spend the night here, it's still far from Okazaki, let's find Miss Jona while we go."
The mage looked a little worried and said that he blamed himself a little for this, he should not be suspicious of others because of the prejudice of common sense, and that would not have allowed Miss Jona to leave the team and guide her to disappear now.
"Hmm...... I don't know what happened to her, and if something happens, I really don't know what to do. β
Kagome sighed as well, she had already quarreled with Inuyasha over the matter, but Inuyasha didn't have the slightest intention of reflecting on it, and insisted that she was just asking normal questions.
"Who knew that guy was so cautious and ran away."
"Stupid Inuyasha! She's a girl! It must be unbearable to be suspected by so many people! β
Kagome angrily punched Inuyasha again, and Inuyasha howled in dissatisfaction, and had to mumble weakly, "I'm not sure she must have had an accident...... Isn't that guy going to look for Sesshomaru, so he'll look for it in the direction of the western country......"
"It's better to be ...... like this" Kagome's mood was low due to worry, and although she knew that she might be fooling herself, she would still hold on to her most optimistic thoughts until Jona's whereabouts were confirmed.
Like everyone else in this era, the people in this village were not very friendly, and when they saw Inuyasha's yokai characteristics, they avoided it, and every house closed their doors tightly. However, the monks in the temple were willing to accept them for the night, and after washing and eating, Kagome, who was lying in the monk's room, put Jona's matter on the back burner for a while, and began to think about Naraku's problem.
I don't know when I will be able to collect all the fragments of the Jade of the Four Souls......
Met so many youkai, so many victims, even Sango's younger brother...... But as long as Naraku is defeated, a qiΔ can be solved safely.
And, there is also the bellflower......
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I thought the night would be spent peacefully, but in the middle of the night, when Kagome was about to fall asleep, she suddenly felt light, as if someone had lifted her up.
Kagome suddenly woke up, thinking it was a prank, and was about to complain about "don't make trouble with Inuyasha", but when she opened her eyes, she found that the person holding her was actually the age leader of the demon wolf clan in animal skin, Steelfang.
"Huh?! Hey! Steel Tooth Jun?! β
Kagome was taken aback and immediately struggled, "What are you doing here?!" Put me down! β
"Yo Kagome! Long time no see! Seeing how hard Kagome was struggling, Steel Fang greeted her without minding at all, and then slashed at him from a white shadow that suddenly appeared behind him.
"Hey, skinny wolf! Put down Kagome! β
"Ha, it's a stinky dog." Steel Fang hugged Kagome and quickly walked around to Inuyasha who was catching up, and showed his fangs to him with a provocative meaning, "Kagome is Uncle Ben's woman, of course Uncle Ben wants to take her." β
"What?! She's not yours! Warn you to let her go, or I'll cut you! β
"Ha come and try!" Steel Fang flailed his fist.
"Don't make trouble with two people!" Kagome struggled a few times, angrily stopped the two of them, and pushed the steel teeth away and jumped out of his arms. Steeltooth was very persistent with Kagome after falling in love at first sight, although this kind of thing happened more than once, but she still knew that Steeltooth would not appear in the middle of the night because of this kind of thing. So after adjusting the situation, she politely asked Steeltooth, "Why did Steeltooth-kun suddenly appear here?" β
"When I heard that the woman who killed my wolves was with you, I hastened after you. But when I saw Kagome, I couldn't help but want to take you with me. β
Steel Fang cupped his chest as he spoke, sniffing with his nose and began to look around.
"Kill your wolves...... Do you mean Jona? Kagome suddenly showed a surprised expression, and hurriedly asked Steelfang, "Have you seen Jona?" β
"Nope! Didn't you hear that the stinky woman was with you? Steel Fang clenched his fists, with a fierce look, "Lao Tzu is going to kill her, she has killed many people in our demon wolf clan, how can she be worthy of the dead wolves if she doesn't take revenge?" What about the woman? Why didn't you see her? β
"Did Jona kill the people of your demon wolf clan......" Kagome was stunned, but as if she had thought of something, she explained understandingly, "We haven't heard of this matter, and she disappeared two days ago, could it be that she was controlled by Naro" ......"
"Huh? Don't be stupid! Steelfang angrily hammered down the tree, "That was a few months ago!" β
"A few months ago?!"
Even Kagome was stunned when she heard what Steelfang said. On the one hand, she didn't think that Jona would have a conflict with the demon wolf clan, and on the other hand, she also felt that Jona would not kill lightly, those wolves of the demon wolf clan could turn into human form, why would Jona kill them......
"Steeltooth-kun, what does the girl you said look like who killed a lot of people in the Demon Wolf Clan?" Kagome thought for a moment and asked uneasily, "Could it be just a misunderstanding?" β
"The wolves who came back alive say it's a woman who wears this strange dress like Kagome!" Steel Fang was furious, "And there was still Sesshomaru at that time...... He also protected the woman! Otherwise, we would have bitten her to death! β
"Sesshomaru actually protected her?!" Inuyasha's eyes widened when he heard this, "Is there a mistake! Wait a minute! That guy really belongs to Sesshomaru's gang! β
"That's not the point!" Kagome stopped Inuyasha, still a little shocked by what Steelfang had said. I didn't expect that what Jona said was true, and Sesshomaru really protected her...... That person will have that side too.
"Why would Jona kill you demon wolf people?" Still a little unsure, Kagome asked Steelfang, "Is there any reason?" β
"Who knows! The wolves of our demon wolf clan were going to forage for food in the human village, but when they passed through the mountains, most of them were killed by the monster plants that she didn't know how to make! β
"That's steel teeth, you're not okay!" Kagome couldn't help frowning, "What do you want to do in a human village?!" β
"Probably a few kids or something." Steel Fang scratched his head.
"......" Kagome suddenly fell silent, looked at him speechlessly, and didn't even feel the mood to scold him.
"Anyway, Jona isn't with us right now." Kagome said, "Forget it, don't seek revenge on Jona, from the standpoint of humanity, this matter is your fault first." β
"Hmph, you can't just forget about killing our wolves! Kagome, don't get involved in this! β
Steel Fang rubbed his nose with his fingers angrily, but at this moment, as if he felt something, his face suddenly changed, and he picked up Kagome and jumped away, and where they were standing, a Demon Flower broke out of the ground.
"What's going on?!"
Inuyasha didn't bother to snatch Kagome back from the steel fangs, and immediately pulled out the iron fangs, and at the same time, a sharp wind blew towards them, and everyone struggled to avoid it, and the demonic wind blade cut off several pine trees in the temple.
"Uh-huh...... Long time no see, Inuyasha. β
A cold voice rang out from the air, and when everyone heard the sound, they immediately looked up and saw Naraku's split, Kagura, sneering and sitting on a large feather looking at them.
And what is even more unexpected is that the person standing next to her is the same Jona, who has disappeared for more than two days!
"Jona?! Are you okay?! β
Kagome was overjoyed when she saw Jona, and she was about to catch up when Inuyasha grabbed her arm and blocked her.
"That guy doesn't look right!"
Inuyasha stared vigilantly at Kagura in the air, the woman looking very smug and shaking her fan, while Jona next to her had a very hollow gaze, and her usual appearance was almost like two people.
ββ¦β¦ Jona? β
Kagome, of course, understood what it meant for Jona and Kagura to appear together, but she didn't give up and tentatively called out her name.
"Hee...... It's useless, this kid is Naraku's puppet now. β
Kagura's equally empty red eyes shone with a cruel light, and she stood on a large feather with the same attitude as if she were watching the excitement.
"What did you do to Jona?!" Kagome yelled at Kagura, "Give Jona back." β
"That's a question, I'm going to ask Naraku." Kagura raised her chin, "He also gave you a big gift, oh, this child's body, there are also fragments of the Jade of the Four Souls. β
"What?!"
"You'll find out in a moment."
Kagura covered her lips, and as her words fell, Jona suddenly jumped out of the air, and Steel Tooth was about to pounce on them, only to find that large Demon Flowers began to break through the ground from under their feet.
"What's going on?! Tut! β
Steel Fang tore open two Demon Flowers that were rolling towards him, trying to break Jona's neck, but found that two more flowers were rushing towards Kagome, and he had to give up after a snort and return to save Kagome, but Inuyasha cut it off before she could do so. Screams rang out in the temple, Coral waved and flew bones to interrupt the demon plants that pounced on the panicked monks, Maitreya opened the wind cave, but the situation did not improve, the flowers that could eat people kept appearing like fungi, and the girl who made this qiΔ was standing surrounded by demon flowers, and no one could get close.
"How is that possible...... Doesn't it mean that these Demon Realm Flowers have almost no eyesight? β
Why are they still attacking monks and temples? Kagome was almost in a hurry in shock, her demon-breaking arrows were almost useless, and in addition, the surrounding plants gradually began to demonize, and the trees that were originally just ordinary trees also turned into a bunch of man-eating strange flowers, and miasma began to form around them, becoming like a real demon world.
"Stop, Jona!!"
As everyone kept fighting against the Demon Plants one after another, Kagome let out a shout with all her might. However, the girl who was constantly releasing the energy of the stand-in in the magic flower to "plant" didn't seem to hear any sound, and looked down at this qiΔ kagura in the air and shook to avoid a "Jack's pea vine", and couldn't help but have a cold sweat sticking out of the corner of her forehead.
"It's dangerous...... If you stay any longer, you may also be implicated, so let's go first. β
Kagura immediately flew away, and in just a few minutes, the area of the forest was getting bigger and bigger, and it was soon threatening the village. Inuyasha finally couldn't hold it anymore and gripped the Iron Broken Fangs and prepared to attack Jona in the core of these demon flowers.
"What are you going to do Inuyasha?!" Kagome screamed.
"If you don't knock that guy down, the killing area will be even bigger!"
"She's just been controlled by Nailuo!" Kagome couldn't help but remind Inuyasha, "Don't hurt her!" β
"It's impossible! Wind Wounds! β
Inuyasha threw out a wind wound almost without saying a word, but after the powerful sword qi slashed through the outer layer of buds, revealing Joanna who was standing numbly inside, but the petals grew together with a rapid growth that was visible to the naked eye, firmly restoring its original appearance.
"How is that possible?!"
Inuyasha was shocked, and at this moment Steel Fang rushed forward at a rapid speed, and yelled at Inuyasha, "One more time! I was fast enough to rush in and break the woman's neck! β
"No, you can't use Steel Tooth!"
"Just take off the Jade of the Four Souls on her body!"
"Wait a minuteβthe fragment is in Jona's stomach, and if it is dug up, she'll die tooβ!!"
Kagome hurriedly screamed, she saw the flickering jade light of the Four Souls in Jona's body, but Inuyasha ignored her, and once again unleashed the wind wound, and after severing the surface of the bud again, the steel teeth rushed at the numb girl with thunderous speed, stabbing her in the abdomen with one claw, digging out a shiny piece of something from it.
"This is it!"
Those crazy demon plants stopped growing out of control in an instant, and when Steel Fang excitedly wanted to drag the girl out of the bud, he suddenly had goosebumps on his body, and he felt a terrible demonic aura approaching from not far away.
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Almost instinctively, he let go of Jona and dodged back, and at this moment, a blue dragon-like energy suddenly fell from the sky, and the wave of air overturned the trees and rocks, directly blowing up a large crater where he was standing.
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Steel Tooth suddenly oozed cold sweat, his body began to tremble involuntarily, he looked up in horror, and saw a silver-haired youkai standing high in the air, exuding a demonic aura that made him tremble. It was a feeling he had never experienced before, a kind of intuition that the beast would naturally understand that it was an opponent that should not be provoked.
Kagome's eyes widened, and she stared into the air in disbelief.
"Killing...... Pill......? β
The silver youkai didn't respond to anyone. His figure turned his back to the moonlight, and his temperament was not as quiet and noble as mortal, but with those amber eyes, he looked down indifferently.
"What a commotion, here."