Chapter 69: Gyokko Pot.
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Whoosh!
Gyokko was quickly shuttling through the forest, biting his teeth, his thoughts constantly running in his mind.
Kokushibo-dono is still alive...
And a human swordsman has mastered Moon Breathing...
And.
Muzan-sama did not respond!
Drip.
Gyokko stopped on a tree, his face was ashen, he slightly turned his head back.
"Don't run! Catfish head!!"
Yuichiro shouted loudly, he tried his best to run, but he had already been thrown far behind.
At this moment, the only one who could barely keep up with Gyokko's escape speed was Rengoku Shinjuro.
Suddenly.
A flash of inspiration crossed Gyokko's mind.
"... Kokushibo-dono." Gyokko furrowed his brows, he pondered in a deep voice, and suddenly an answer rose in his heart:
"Is this... Muzan-sama's new plan?"
His furrowed brows slowly relaxed, a joy that broke through the worry surged up in his heart.
That's right!
Gyokko's eyes lit up, he suddenly felt as if he understood the ins and outs.
Muzan-sama didn't pay attention to him —— because Muzan-sama doesn't need to explain to him when he does things!
And Kokushibo-dono, who is the Upper Rank One...
Wouldn't stoop to mingle with mere humans!
Reason —— there's only one!
It's all Muzan-sama's command!
So that's how it is!
Gyokko stopped on a tree, the panic on his face turned back into a triumphant smile, he grimaced and glanced back.
——It must be a new experiment plan to train human swordsmen and then turn them into demons!
The specific content is unclear, but it must be a very secret experiment.
For such an experiment, it's most appropriate for Muzan-sama to give it to Kokushibo, who is closest to him, to carry out!
I just stumbled upon the experimental site by accident.
Thinking this way, everything in Gyokko's brain seemed to be connected.
——As expected of me, so smart.
"Hee hee... I'm sorry... Kokushibo-dono!"
Gyokko's mouth corner lifted, he shouted towards the depths of the forest, one hand grabbed the tree, his head looked around, not caring about Shinjuro who was rushing towards him:
"I almost made your experimental subject into a pot, I deeply apologize..." his tone became sharp again:
"I'm leaving this area now."
Just as Gyokko glanced at Shinjuro who had caught up and was preparing to leave the area.
Click.
In the corner of his eye, Gyokko faintly caught a glimpse of a glint of a sword in the deep darkness of the forest.
Before he could react.
Whoosh!
A pale purple moon arc suddenly burst out from the forest behind him, almost brushing past Gyokko's stunned face.
Boom!!
The purple moon arc plowed the ground, leaving a deep trace on the ground, and the surrounding forest was a mess.
Gyokko was a bit stunned, the warm feeling of the moon arc brushing past his face still existed, blinking his eyes.
A sense of inexplicable confidence surged in his heart.
——He was even more convinced of his own thoughts!
With Kokushibo-dono's strength, it would be easy to kill him with one blow.
So—— Kokushibo-dono had no intention of killing him!
He just urged him to leave here quickly!
"I understand! Kokushibo-dono!"
Seeing this, Gyokko chuckled, casually wiped the tree stump with his sturdy fish scale arm, turning it into a lively jumping fish:
"You really are not polite at all."
Then, with a flick of his fishtail, he deviated from the original escape route and instead left in the opposite direction of the trench cut out by the moon arc.
While escaping, he occasionally let out a "shoo shoo" laugh.
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Behind Gyokko.
Deep in the forest.
Tsugikuni Michikatsu, who was watching the Tadaichiro father and son, slowly sheathed his sword, and he was silent.
Six pupils strangely glanced at the direction Gyokko left.
What is Gyokko...saying?
Strange guy...
Click.
He put the no longer hideous looking sword back into the scabbard, and once again closed the two pairs of eyes up and down.
——He drew his sword.
——Just to drive Gyokko towards the village of swordsmiths.
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Not long after.
Near the village of swordsmiths.
The swaying forest suddenly shook, as if something was swimming in it.
The next moment.
Rustle!
Gyokko suddenly burst out of the forest, he raised his arms high, and the corners of his mouth raised.
The amber pupils looked at the village of swordsmiths in front of him.
In the field of vision, everywhere is the ruins blown by the wind pressure.
"Not bad, not bad, Hantengu...huh?"
Just as Gyokko was laughing proudly, thinking that the task would be completed soon.
His sight suddenly saw.
On the street ruins.
Tanjuro jumped up.
——And the suddenly blooming dazzling thunder light.
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Thunder Return.
Boom——!!
At the moment when Tanjuro jumped into the air.
Bright thunder light suddenly tilted out from tin rod, turning into disorderly thunder spears rampantly!
Creak...
A wrinkled white paper man crawled out of Tanjuro's clothes, it struggled, fluttering and sticking to the Kusabimaru in Tanjuro's hand!
The next moment.
Buzz——
"Secret..." Tanjuro used his core strength, holding Kusabimaru in the air, his pupils reflected the gradually spreading thunder light.
The Kusabimaru in his hand clenched.
The whole person suddenly turned his body in the air, and the Kusabimaru in his hand rolled a circle in mid-air!
"Sakura Dance."
Whoosh!
With the large swing of Kusabimaru's sword in the air.
The thunder that had just burst out from the tin rod to all around was instantly attracted to Kusabimaru by an inexplicable force!
The thunder light that filled the field of vision was immediately wrapped around the sword!
The red and blue thunder light jumped on the sword of Kusabimaru, gradually turning into dazzling golden light!
"...What?!" Sekido, who raised his tin rod, was taken aback, he couldn't believe it and turned his head to look at the tin rod in his hand.
——My thunder!?
——Was it taken away?!
The next moment!
Sekido and Karaku were stunned because of the attracted thunder!
Whoosh——
Bits of cherry blossom petals, entwined with golden lightning, suddenly floated into the sight of the two demons.
Subconsciously, Sekido looked up.
Tanjuro's feet left the ground, he held up the Kusabimaru in his hand, golden thunder entwined around the Kusabimaru, forming a thunder spear several times longer than the sword itself!
The golden light illuminated the ruins around him, as well as Sekido's astonished expression.
Whoosh!
The Kusabimaru, carrying the thunder spear, traced an arc in mid-air with Tanjuro's movement.
Boom!!
The golden thunder instantly struck Sekido and Karaku's bodies!
"Puh-ah!!"
Sekido was suddenly infused with thunder, his vision was instantly filled with a bright light, and his body stiffened and trembled!
His astonished eyes were full of disbelief.
His own lightning, wouldn't harm him!
——What on earth is going on?!
"Cough-ah-ah-ah!!" Karaku on the side was even more horrified, his body was flickering with golden lightning, and his eyes incredulously looked at Sekido:
"Se... Se... Sekido..."
In front of the two who were temporarily incapacitated by the lightning.
Drip.
Tanjuro's toes touched the ground, he squatted down with the Kusabimaru in his hand to unload the force.
"Huh..." When he slowly stood up, his dark red feather weave had turned somewhat charred due to the high temperature of the lightning.
A bit of smoke was coming out of his body.
Similarly.
Crackle! Pop!
The Kusabimaru in his hand, also because of being entwined with lightning.
Had turned red and glowing.
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