Chapter 135 - "Found the Blue Spider Lily"

Creak... Bang!

The people in the courtyard were stunned as they watched the Butterfly Mansion's door close again.

"What just happened..."

Shinazugawa Sanemi stood still, blinking his eyes: "Kamado...!"

He was startled.

He keenly perceived the emotions in Tanjuro's eyes just now, which gradually turned from surprise to understanding and sympathy.

His pupils shrank, and he quickly reached out his hand, unconsciously stepping forward and shouting:

"...No! No! You misunderstood!!"

Shinazugawa quickly ran towards the door:

"Wait——!!"

On the side.

Iguro Obanai, holding a makeup brush, was stiff in place, his face turning white and black for a moment.

He slowly exhaled, hoping in his heart at this moment--Kanroji wouldn't appear at this time.

Kocho Shinobu and Kanzaki Aoi stood together, both of them observing everything happening in the courtyard with interest.

On the other side of the courtyard.

"...Hmm, you do look good."

Uzui Tengen bent over, holding Inosuke, with one hand on his chin, squinting his eyes to carefully examine the other's appearance.

"Hey! You muscle monster! Let go of me!!"

Inosuke was waving his fists in mid-air, his neck was pinched and lifted, his eyes glaring fiercely at Uzui Tengen behind him:

"Bastard!!"

On the side.

"Eh... he is boy... but he has a girl face.." Agatsuma Zenitsu stood in place, covering his swollen face, muttering to himself:

"How strange..."

He stared at Inosuke's face.

Then he looked down at the other's exposed upper body in a daze.

After seeing the strong upper body that belonged to a male.

The blush quickly faded from his cheeks.

"Uh!" Zenitsu's face turned pale and nauseous instantly, he covered his mouth with one hand.

He quickly ran to the side away from Inosuke's position, leaning against a tree, bending over with a pale face and retching.

At this moment.

The sound of the wooden door closing heavily came from behind.

"Hmm?"

Uzui Tengen heard the sound coming from behind, he didn't care about Inosuke's fuss, just pinched his neck with his fingers.

He turned his head slightly, looked in the direction of the door, and a look of excitement appeared on his face:

"Is he back?"

He turned around, holding Inosuke, and walked towards the door.

Inosuke struggled for a while, realizing that he was completely pinched.

His face stiffened, and he gradually gave up struggling.

...

Behind everyone.

Inside the Butterfly Mansion.

"What should I do, Dad, Tecchin-san must be super angry now!"

Muichiro worriedly sighed: "The heirloom dolls have all been moved back by us!"

He spread his hands, then covered his head with a big headache.

"Ah... there is nothing we can do." Tadaichiro also shook his head in distress, he was never good at interpersonal communication: "...we'll ask Tsugikuni-san later."

The father and son looked at each other, both seeing the helplessness and guilt in each other's eyes.

The Tokito family was worrying about how to explain to the blacksmith village, they just happened to see the courtyard from the corridor.

Yuichiro was on the side of the two, he didn't speak.

He just glanced at the people in the courtyard through the window as he passed the corridor, after seeing the current image of everyone...

!

He suddenly froze in place, the corners of his eyebrows couldn't stop trembling.

He squeezed out such syllables stiffly from the corner of his mouth:

"...what are they doing, it's disgusting."

...

...

Soon.

Tanjuro was dragged back by Shinazugawa's soft and hard foam.

"In short... that's it."

As Shinazugawa explained anxiously while wiping the sweat from his forehead...

"..."

Tanjuro sat under the eaves, his gaze swept around the people surrounding him, he slightly opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

But he felt it wasn't quite right, and finally kept silent again.

—Do we really need to go this far to deal with Doma...

—I always feel that there is a more effortless method...

Looking at the hopeful and eager to understand eyes cast at him by several people.

Helplessly, Tanjuro stiffly nodded his head, he blinked quickly, and unnaturally lowered his head:

"...I roughly understand."

Upon hearing this.

"Huh..." Shinazugawa let out a heavy sigh, he drooped his arms, shaking his head helplessly.

At this moment.

Clap clap!

"Cough cough!"

Uzui Tengen stood in the middle of the courtyard, he clapped his hands twice, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

He coughed softly, his eyes sharp, and his fingers flicked slightly:

"Everyone, listen to my gorgeous words."

Swipe!

Uzui stretched out his hand, pointed sharply at Shinazugawa:

"From now on, you are called Yoko."

His arm moved, pointing to the made-up Iguro Obanai on the side:

"You are Baba."

Then, he picked up Inosuke, who had been forcibly dressed in a kimono:

"This guy is Iko."

Uzui Tengen put his hands on his hips, full of confidence:

"This operation, I will definitely lead you to complete it perfectly!"

Upon hearing this.

—?!

Iguro Obanai's eyebrows jumped, he looked at Uzui with a bit of dissatisfaction:

"...your taste in naming is quite bad."

At this moment.

Shinazugawa Sanemi waved his hand, his voice immediately drowned out the others:

"Well!"

"It's about time!"

He took a step forward, his thumb pointing at himself, with a heroic demeanor:

"Since we're ready, let's set off!"

Shinazugawa's mouth curled up, a fierce light flashed in his ferocious eyes:

"Become the strongest believer!"

...

The sound echoed in the courtyard, gradually quieting down.

The bald believer was hanging his head, he felt something was wrong, and quickly raised his head to look around.

Shinazugawa, who shouted out the slogan loudly, twisted his head, his pupils shrank to a point, and stared fiercely at him.

Seeing the Hashiras were staring at him, he shivered all over.

He hurriedly stood up from the ground, his voice trembling:

"I understand, I understand."

He turned around, slightly bowed, without the arrogance he had when he first met Kanzaki Aoi:

"I will lead the way for you."

"Everyone, remember, if we want to see the church leader directly and quickly, we need a reason."

The bald believer's eyes dodged, he slightly turned his head, looking at the people behind him:

"When we get to the church, we just have to say—"

His voice suddenly became low:

"——I've found the Blue Spider Lily."

"That's enough."

Behind him.

Uzui Tengen was frowning, unable to help but look at Shinazugawa.

This guy will definitely ruin the plan, I need to think of a solution...

Thinking about it, his gaze aimlessly glanced around the courtyard.

Suddenly.

"...Hmm?" He saw, not far away, the Tokito brothers who were practicing with a six-armed puppet.

His eyes lit up.

——These two are much stronger than Shinazugawa!

...

On the road.

Because the target is almost certainly the Upper Rank One.

The number of people in this operation is particularly large.

Tanjuro followed behind everyone, looking forward.

Wind, snake, insect, sound.

Just the number of Hashira, there are four. 

His gaze turned to Kanao next to Kocho Shinobu.

The adopted daughter of the Insect Hashira is also here.

And——

He slowly turned his head and looked at Uzui Tengen, who had a smirk on his face.

"Why do we have to participate in this mission?!" Both Tokito Yuichiro and Muichiro turned pale.

The two brothers were being skillfully carried on the shoulders of Uzui, one on each side, and kept moving forward.

...

...

Meanwhile.

Tamayo's residence.

First floor.

Warm light filled the room, tiny mosquitoes flew around the oil lamp.

"Tamayo-sama."

Patter.

Yushiro spoke respectfully, he gently placed the tea tray on the table, turned his head to look at Tamayo, who was seriously writing something:

"The last potion..."

"Hmm." Tamayo didn't turn her head, the candlelight reflected on her fair side face, her long eyelashes drooped, her tone was gentle:

"After repeated experiments, it can be confirmed."

"The effect is basically the same as when I first smelled Kamado-san's blood and fainted."

Upon hearing this.

Yushiro's body stiffened for a moment, his forehead was clearly sweating nervously, he sat next to Tamayo somewhat uneasily:

"...So, those are not illusions..."

His purple pupils shrank, his pale hands couldn't help but tremble:

"What I saw... is real..."

As the ghost closest to Tamayo, Yushiro volunteered to try the effect of the potion as soon as it was developed.

"Yushiro."

Tamayo stopped what she was writing, she turned her head and interrupted the increasingly frightened Yushiro.

Her misty purple eyes looked at Yushiro, she stared for a long time, until his emotions calmed down.

Only then did she slowly exhale, her eyes drooping somewhat helplessly:

"...I'm sorry, I don't know what you saw."

"Whether those are illusions or not, I can't say for sure now."

She clenched the corner of her clothes somewhat guiltily:

"I'm sorry..."

The first ghost to try the potion was Tamayo herself.

But because it was only effective the first time, she, who had once seen her daughter and husband through Tanjuro's blood, couldn't see anything this time.

Tamayo looked at Yushiro with worried expression.

Yushiro had been in a state of high tension and sensitivity after the experiment, even speaking softly could scare him.

Tamayo asked him what he had seen, but the memory could only make him more afraid.

In the end, she could only give up helplessly.

The successful development of the potion was thanks to Tsugikuni Michikatsu's willingness to try the potion.

And afterwards, he openly said that he had seen his former younger brother, and seemed to have had a bout with him.

"...I'm sorry, Tamayo-sama, I lost my composure."

Yushiro's emotions gradually calmed down, he came back to his senses, looking at Tamayo who was blaming herself in front of him, his heart ached.

Lowering his head, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, his expression distressed.

After struggling for a while, he sighed and said in a deep voice:

"...I'll take my leave first."

Having said that, he slowly stood up, his retreating figure somewhat desolate, he staggered a step, pushed open the door and walked out of the room.

Creak——

Outside the door.

In the corridor.

Yushiro, as if he had let out a sigh of relief, suddenly lost all his strength, heavily leaning against the wall, his purple eyes lifted.

His gaze was dull, looking at the electric light on the ceiling of the corridor.

The dim light reflected in his mirror-like pupils, flickering faintly.

His mind involuntarily recalled.

After trying the drug.

In a daze, Yushiro saw——

——Tamayo, standing in the sunlight.

——Turning her head, slowly looking at him.

——And in the slowly surprised eyes, turning into ashes.

In the memory, Yushiro's memory was somewhat blurred, he frowned.

No.

Standing in the sunlight, not only Tamayo.

Accompanying her was the six-eyed sword demon.

And a tattooed, pink-eyelashed guy he didn't recognize.

Continuously recalling the content he saw that time, Yushiro fell into deep doubt about himself, he involuntarily took a deep breath.

Then he lowered his head and slowly sighed:

"...What is this..."

"The guy I don't recognize appeared."

Yushiro gently shook his head, he comforted himself in a self-mocking tone:

"A prophetic dream."

"How could there be such a thing... it's a stupid illusion..."

Just as Yushiro was immersed in his own mind.

Bang!!

Outside the mansion, a dull sound suddenly came!

Hearing the sound, Yushiro suddenly shivered, he instinctively raised his head.

He quickly walked out of the corridor, looking towards the direction of the open mansion door.

For the convenience of traveling together, the entire mansion's courtyard was equipped with a sunshade shed.

And at this moment.

Hiss——!!

Tsugikuni Michikatsu who is emitting smoke, is enduring even more intense roasting in the scorching than Akaza.

Yushiro walked out of the mansion, he stood under the eaves.

He glanced at the setting sun in the distance with some hesitation, twitched the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help but say to the courtyard:

"...The sun is almost setting now, there's no need to be so anxious."

——He actually came back directly under the afterglow of the setting sun.

Plop.

Tsugikuni Michikatsu's burnt and gradually regenerating fingers gripped the edge of the pit, he struggled to climb up.

Yushiro stared at the burnt wounds on Tsugikuni Michikatsu's body, thinking in his heart.

——Is it time to say [As expected of Upper Rank One]?

While thinking like this, Yushiro's gaze moved to the pit, the remaining figure that was burnt all over.

Creak...

The unconscious figure in the pit quickly regenerated from the burns.

Revealing the criminal tattoo stripes on his skin.

Yushiro's pupils suddenly shrank, he suddenly moved his gaze, looking at the other's eyes.

Pink eyelashes came into view.

——Exactly the same as the guy he didn't recognize in his illusion!

He was taken aback, staggered back two steps.

Unbelievingly blinking his eyes, his body wanted to collapse on the ground for a moment.

He muttered in a daze:

"...Now... it really became a prophetic dream..."

Tsugikuni Michikatsu's expression was calm, he stood up, not caring about Yushiro's reaction.

"Akaza..." He turned his head back and looked at Akaza lying in the pit, his tone without any surprise:

"Do you want to drag me to death with you..."

He turned around, his upper body was bare due to the burnt feathers, revealing his muscular physique, his six eyes wide open.

His pupils moved down, staring at Akaza, but his tone subtly contained a hint of admiration:

"Your strength has increased..."

Just now, when Tsugikuni Michikatsu was in a house not far away, preparing to set off when the sun went down.

Akaza, who was in a coma, suddenly woke up and attacked him like a madman.

Various [Destructive Death] attacks that exceeded his previous strength were continuously launched, forcibly pulling Tsugikuni Michikatsu out of the sun-shielding wooden house.

With no other choice, Tsugikuni Michikatsu had to knock Akaza out again.

Fortunately, the sun at the end of dusk wasn't too scorching for the demons, so he barely managed to reach Tamayo's residence.

(End of the chapter)

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