……

In a dark alley.

"Meow."

Chachamaru squatted in the corner in fear, and the moment it saw Tanjuro, it pounced happily.

As a result, I didn't expect such a powerful ghost to exist in this vicinity.

Also hit the backpack.

His eyes looked at the pink liquid that was flowing down from his back.

- It seems that there is a trouble.

The panicked vertical pupils were full of confusion.

Chachamaru shrank back uneasily, praying inwardly that Yushiro wouldn't blame himself.

Back, in a torn backpack.

Sand...

The envelope slowly uncovered and fell to the ground, revealing the words on it in the pale moonlight.

[Mr. Kamado]

[The potion was purified from your blood after experimentation.] ］

[It contains some kind of hallucinogenic component, and the images seen are different, and the main content varies from person to person]

[It can only be effected once per person or ghost.] ］

The author seems to have paused at this point, and there is a stranded mass of ink on the paper.

[Of the two potions, the labeled one is extremely high and no one has been willing to test it yet, so please use it with caution.] ］

Cha Cha Maru's eyes stayed on the street, the broken mouth of the test tube,

There, there's a little sticker.

Thunder flickered in the night sky like a sudden surge of ink, and oppressive dark clouds quickly gathered.

Not far away.

Trample.

Tomioka stopped, he looked ahead, and the damp breath almost hit his face.

At the moment when he saw the golden thunder flickering and falling.

- Master Scales.

He stood still.

- I read that right.

Then.

Not far away, a certain figure of Red Flame who was rushing forward noticed Tomioka's strangeness, and he slammed on his feet, twisting his ankles.

The direction of the sprint suddenly changed.

Swish!

Bang!

A huge force came from behind him, slamming into Tomioka's back.

！

Caught off guard, Tomioka threw his head up, staggered forward twice, and turned his head to look behind him in surprise.

"Tomioka!"

"Is it okay to call you that."

Purgatory Kyojuro poked his head out of his side with blazing eyes, and with a worried gaze, he patted Tomioka's shoulder with his palm:

"Suddenly stopped, it's okay!"

As he spoke, his brows sank slightly, as if he didn't give Tomioka a chance to speak at all, with a cheerful smile:

"Well, I can't catch up either, that ghost is running so fast!"

"The intelligence is right, it's really on the wind!"

smiled, looked at Tomioka, and straightened up slightly:

"Let's do it together!"

Tomioka stared at him for a moment.

Then he turned his head and went away.

“… Well. He nodded in a flat tone.

……

……

Ahead.

Tanjuro held the wedge pill and jumped high on the roof behind the Tsukiosa.

[Ba Zhilei]

Thundered!!

"Ray...?!"

In the suddenly shrunken golden pupils of the Zodiac Seat, under the light of the thunder, the figure of Tanjuro jumping in mid-air was reflected.

He jerked around, feeling the tingling sensation on his body.

- It's real thunder and lightning!

His eyes became solemn, and he glanced in the direction of Tanjuro.

"Can humans do this..."

Thunder and lightning sparkled in his eyes:

“… Incredible miracles. ”

There is no breath of blood magic.

Although it is not clear how this was done, it is clear that this level of lightning channeling has reached or even surpassed the blood ghost technique of the upper wind ghost.

At the same time, he also didn't understand why Tanjuro didn't want to become a ghost - obviously after becoming a ghost, such an ability would be even stronger.

- It's a shame to waste decades of human life.

Moreover, this kind of massive attack will obviously make the advantage of [Supreme Domain] have no fighting spirit disappear.

It's even like telling yourself openly that the real attack is here.

"Hahaha!"

And this also shows -

He raised his head suddenly, he laughed, and his eyes looked at the thunder in mid-air with great excitement:

"That's it!"

- The other side does not want to sneak attack, or win by despicable means!

Creak...

He clenched his fists suddenly, his face was illuminated by golden thunder, and the compass snowflake pattern under his feet was extremely dazzling at the moment, facing Ba Zhilei, and his tone was high:

"—Fight me with all your might!"

As for the previous warnings of the unmiserable adults, the Zodiac has long been forgotten.

Faced with a ghost hunter who could have killed the first of the strings, he had no reason not to fight.

Slammed on the ground, and the whole body was infused with energy.

Bang!!

The dust and mist burst out violently behind him, and he laughed hideously, turning into an afterimage and rushing towards Tanjuro!

Although it is not as vindictive, it can be vaguely felt.

This ghost hunter... Be stronger than yourself.

But it's better that way!

Eager to be strong, it is impossible to fight the weak all the time.

When he was still in the third wind, he dared to launch a bloody battle against Black Death Mou, and he would not be timid!

Only concentrate and fight with all your might.

- to become stronger!

Whoosh!

"Haha!" Tsunoza appeared in front of Tanjuro who was leaping in mid-air, his face burned by lightning, but with an exaggerated smile of excitement.

The charged fist had already broken through the air and swung out at a rapid pace.

Tanjuro lowered his eyes and stared at the Nishiwoza that was rapidly approaching.

"Hiss——!"

【Breath of the Sun】

Holding it high in his hand, the wedge pill wrapped in thunder and lightning slashed horizontally.

Swish!

The golden thunder enveloped the reddish wedge pill, and the light that burned to the extreme instantly slashed through the night sky!

[Round Dance]!

The pupils of the Zodiac tremble and move.

Really!

The compass didn't react at all!

His eyes were fixed on Tanjuro's blade.

Seeing the blade slashing horizontally, the corners of his mouth raised, he suddenly tightened his abdomen, lowered his head, and said in a high tone:

"I guessed it...!"

Swish!

Bowing his head, he suddenly dodged the thunderous slash, he withdrew his gaze towards the blade of the sword, and looked directly at Tanjuro:

"You'd better become a ghost! It's too bad for fighting! ”

"Jumping in mid-air, it's just that the human can't use more sword skills and moves..."

As he spoke, the eyes of the Zoza and Tanjuro met.

He clearly saw his own reflection in the other party's dark red mirror-like eyes.

There was no emotion in these calm eyes.

Whether it is murderous or vindictive, it does not exist.

That's right.

As he spoke, he was gradually stunned, and he was stunned.

- The so-called [selfless realm]

- I see.

Click.

Tsunoza was ducking his head and looking up at Tanjuro.

Then.

A black muzzle suddenly appeared in the middle of the field of vision.

He was stunned.

The thought in my heart had just risen for a moment.

What is this-

"Bang! Bang! ”

His words and thoughts came to an abrupt halt with two muffled sounds.

"Poof!" His pupils darkened, he lowered his head in surprise, and the remaining one eye looked at Tanjuro's other hand.

Click-

There, white smoke was emitting from the swarthy muzzle of the gun, and Tanjuro turned the revolver's bullet nest with one hand.

When! When!

Brass shells filled with smoke popped out and tumbled down the roof.

Smack.

A man and a ghost landed on the roof at the same time.

"What!" His eyes widened, he covered the wound that suddenly appeared in his left eye, and looked at the revolver in Tanjuro's hand.

Attack methods that I have never seen before...!

The next moment.

The two bullets were squeezed out by the regenerated eyeballs and fell to the roof with a click.

Woza was stunned for a moment.

Release the hand covering your left eye.

The vision is still a little darkened.

There were no wounds, no paralysis, it was like being beaten by an ordinary one.

Opposite side.

Swish!

The moment Tanjuro landed, a paper figure came out of his arms.

The dark mist filled the air, and the lightning that could not be waved still lingered around him.

He quickly flicked his left arm and tossed aside the revolver, which had run out of bullets, while switching his hands.

This revolver was an object sent by the hidden team member, Goto, after the mission, when he was on Yoshiwara Flower Street.

The letter also contained words such as "danger" and "safekeeping".

Bullets are also just ordinary and have no special effect on ghosts.

The purpose is just to make the highly mobile Zodiac seat a little stiff.

Click!

Tanjuro's shinobi hand that threw out the revolver and shook his left arm at the same time.

The folded Niklun machine gun was immediately drawn.

The sharp tip of the spear was also wrapped in thunder, taking advantage of the gap between the landing, and quickly slashed the air.

Wow!

Rush! Pierced into the abdomen of the Yakuza in front of him!

Poof!

"Ahem! Ho! He bowed his head and clenched the spear in his abdomen with both hands, the paralysis of the thunder and lightning making him a little overwhelmed.

Trembling, he clenched his fists.

Bang!

Slam it down, and hit the joints of the folding spear hard! The body of the gun suddenly broke!

Looking at the appearance of the gun body breaking violently, Tanjuro, who was holding the root of the gun, was stunned for a moment.

After the Zodiac gets a respite gap.

He hurriedly jumped twice, wrapped his ankle around the thunder and lightning, and landed on the roof not far away.

Raise your head, pull out the severed head of the abdomen and throw it on the ground.

Then he rearranged the posture of destruction and killing, and looked at Tanjuro with a solemn gaze.

- Seeing through your thoughts and actions in advance, and temporarily changing the way you fight!

Easily broke his own attack and repelled the results.

You have to become stronger in order to defeat him.

Woza's eyes narrowed slightly.

It's not like the ghost hunters you've met before.

Tanjuro's series of actions just now gave the other party the illusion that the other party could also take a needle.

- Luo Needle?

As if thinking of something, the idea of fighting in his heart gradually turned into a stronger desire.

He held his breath and began to concentrate on observing every part of Tanjuro's upper and lower parts.

Opposite side.

"It's broken..."

Tanjuro erected the severed gun, looked at the fracture, and slowly retracted it.

Then.

Trample.

The other side of the street.

A strong, monk-robed figure appeared, with a meteor hammer in his hand.

……

The Nest Seat, which has pursued the supreme realm for hundreds of years, has already touched the threshold of it.

Able to dodge attacks with its own body, the "compass needle" is like a free and extremely intentional work, and it is close to the transparent world.

Now.

His gaze was locked on Tanjuro.

Suddenly.

Uproar——!

A sudden wind came from my ears.

The body subconsciously shrugged, and there was a tingling sensation on the surface of the skin.

The compass at his feet told him that there was no one around him, or even on the surrounding streets.

But the ear told him:

Come on.

His eyes twitched, and he jerked his head to look at his side.

Move quickly under your feet and dodge quickly to the side!

Rumble!!

The huge meteor hammer was linked to the iron cable, and it slammed straight into the sky where the Zodiac had just stood.

Smoke and dust rose and rubble from the roof fell onto the streets.

The other side of the street.

When!

The chains quickly retracted, and the crash made a rustling of steel that echoed through the streets.

Whew...

"Amitabha..."Sadness Mingyu silently recited the Buddha's name, he pulled the chain, held the meteor hammer in his hand, and shook it again.

……

on the side of the street.

The broken tube glass is still there.

Smack.

"What's going on today?"

With his feet on the ground, he fell gently, and his bare soles unconsciously stepped on the broken glass.

He frowned tightly and looked in surprise in the direction of Sorrowful Mingyu.

- Didn't notice this guy coming.

He turned his head to look at Tanjuro on the other side.

"There's no vindictiveness," his gaze scanned back and forth between the two:

“… Both of them. ”

[Supreme Realm] again.

Human again.

One person can be said to be a special case, what about the two.

He straightened up slowly, the first time he felt so unfamiliar with the concept of "human".

Decades of hard work can really surpass his hundreds of years of unremitting pursuit... ?

My martial arts—

He bowed his head slightly, frowned tightly, clenched his fists, and felt a little shaken in his heart about the martial arts he had believed in for hundreds of years.

- Is it going astray?

Clenching his fists, he looked left and right, and found himself caught in the middle.

Grief Mingyu and Tanjuro glanced at each other.

The two men held their weapons and approached from both sides towards the nest that landed in the middle of the street.

A crisis called death seems to be looming around him.

"It's not over yet!"

He gritted his teeth, his breath became short, and he looked left and right at the two of them, and he couldn't take care of both sides at the same time because the compass needle was useless.

The lines of the compass spread underfoot, even if it didn't work.

- Breakthrough! Only now!

- Nest! Get stronger!

The green tendons burst out on his forehead, and his eyes quickly fixed on Tanjuro, constantly perceiving the difference between the other party and himself.

Under the highly concentrated attention of the upper string ghost, in the perception of the Zodiac Seat, the time around him seems to slow down!

Feet.

Next to the broken test tube, a few drops of crystal liquid hung out.

Wow...

Dots of evaporating pink gas, accompanied by illusory cherry blossom petals, float and rise.

As the rhythm of his breathing gradually became more and more intense, a wave of brain poured into his nasal cavity.

Meanwhile.

Uza stared at Tanjuro as his vision gradually changed.

In the blink of an eye, he seemed to see.

Tanjuro's left arm seemed to suddenly be transparent for a moment.

His eyes widened.

- This is it!

In addition to the excitement, I was about to grasp the feeling to reach this situation completely.

Smack.

An arm reached out from behind him and gently grabbed his arm.

Zo took a step forward, but couldn't move.

He looked back in confusion and looked behind him.

Then.

Wow –

A few illusory cherry blossoms suddenly appeared in the field of vision, obscuring the appearance of the person behind him.

With the blowing of the wind, it became more and more violent.

until the field of vision is pink.

“… What is it?! He shouted in surprise, waving his other arm and glaring around.

When the gaze is clear again.

All around, it is white.

Not far away, there seemed to be some behemoth entrenched.

(End of chapter)