3 The king is back!
Blasting towards the source of the scream at full speed, Minato arrived after a few seconds only for his pupils to widen in shock at the current scene, while blood splashed onto his being.
Right before him was a rather large and grotesque humanoid creature with dark grey scaly skin, a long tongue that lapped the blood around its jaw, and a face hat resembled a man, the difference being the pupiless eyes, the long canines and long ears.
In its large hands were the mangled corpses of two figures, that had been feasted on and disfigured beyond recognition.
A large pool of blood flowed incessantly from the wounds of the corpses, two figures whom Minato instantly recognised by the fabrics they wore.
"Mom?"
"Hanami?"
His heart immediately shuddered as the tears flowed down his cheeks, as realisation dawned on him.
In a span of a few moments, his mother and sister had been killed in one of the most brutal ways possible, and he had been powerless to prevent it- hell he had not even been aware when it had even happened.
"I'll kill you!!!"
He burst out angrily, grabbing a wooden stake from the floor and rushed towards the devilish creature who had now even noticed his presence.
*BANG!*
Letting out a bloodthirsty smirk, the devilish figure smashed the corpse of his own mother right into his face and hurled the body of the poor boy through the air, as he crashed into the ground and puked out blood pathetically.
"I wasn't wrong about that energy signature it really is here!! And it seems to be hidden within your body!!"
Walking out of the now destroyed dojo with heavy steps, the devil looked towards Minato and cheered happily, while the mangled corpses in its hands dangled about.
Wiping the trickle of blood that flowed out of his nose Minato arose angrily, and blasted forward once more, with his fists cocked backwards and then he smashed it forward at his full strength.
*BANG!*
Simply stretching out its arms, the demon grabbed onto Minato's fists and repeatedly smashed his figure into the ground, as if he was nothing but a waste.
His pupils dilated, his body shivered and his mouth widened as blood burst out of his mouth, followed by a painful roar.
His bones creaked and shattered, however the demon was not done with him yet.
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
Proceeding to repeatedly smash his body into the hard ground, as many times as possible, all that was left of his previously vigorous body was now a badly mangled and bloodied figure who was barely conscious.
"Now that I've been able to retrieve the energy source, the Lord would be proud of my achievements and would reward me greatly!!
Hahaha!! I would grow stronger and stronger than ever before and all would bow before me!"
The demon roared out in ecstasy, as it grabbed onto Minato's semi conscious figure and lifted him up as if reeling in its victory.
'Mom, Hanami….I'm sorry. I was not able to protect you like dad told me to..I don't want to die…I'm scared. Someone help..'
Minato's consciousness stirred up as he felt his soul slowly descend into the cold and dark embrace of death.
He was scared and regretful. Scared of not being able to see the light again, and regretful for not being able to live out his deceased father's expectations of him.
'Someone help…Please help..'
He begged as he felt his consciousness descend deeper and deeper into the abyss.
However right as he felt like all hope was lost and was about accepting his fate, a glowing red light suddenly illuminated the darkness, as the vague figure in the likeness of a man materialised.
"How weak and pathetic…"
The figure spoke with scorn as two reddish gems suddenly shone towards Minato's soul.
"Even with all that locked up potential you still fell like the pathetic worm you are…"
Another round of scorn reverberated, as the two reddish gems shone even brighter.
"But don't worry, since you need help, I'll help you out. I'll kill that piece of trash out there for you, avenging your family, and in the return, you'll give me your body."
The figure allowed his words to sink in for a while, as Minato's soul simply sighed.
Without the mysterious person's intervention, he would surely lose his life, however at least if he could take down the scum that killed his mom and sister he believed that he would at least be able to hold his head up high in the afterlife when he met his family.
"I accept…"
"Good.."
With but a sigh, he accepted the deal and in the net moment, he fully lost consciousness.
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Meanwhile in the real world, the demon still held onto Minato's figure in its arms, celebrating its victory, until its senses picked up a subtle and sudden change in the atmosphere.
The winds turned chilly for a moment and right in that moment, an overwhelmingly powerful and seemingly infinite energy burst out of the badly mangled body which reeked the essence of the evil itself.
*BANG!*
The demon was hurled back by the burst of wine coloured energy wave, as its body crashed into a wall behind.
After hovering in the air for a while, Minato's body slowly descended onto the ground, as the accumulated wounds and injuries on his body began to disappear at an extremely fast pace, visible to the naked eye.
"You vermin!!!"
The demon roared out in fury, and rushed towards Minato's figure, completely unaware of the subtle changes that were occurring around his body.
On his bare upper body, two pairs of tattoos, dark black bands formed on his wrists and forearms, before two circular tattoos formed on his shoulders with a dot in each. Two segmented curved lines also materialised on either sides of his chest, while two lines also materialised on his stomach.
The demon who was now a few meters away from Minato's body raised its large arms and smashed it down with immense force, wanting to completely dismantle his body, however right in that moment his right fist suddenly clenched and his left arm clawed outwards.
*SLASH!*
Almost instantaneously the figure of the demon that was charging almost blindly without reservations suddenly halted about a meter from Minato's body.
Blood suddenly burst out from its body, and it was suddenly cleaved into five parts by an unknown and invisible force which went on even further to level almost all the trees around.
Another two pairs of eyes suddenly materialised beneath Minato's aqua blue eyes and snapped open, revealing reddish gem like irises that glowed in contrast to his blue ones, while another set of tattoos materialised on either side of his face.
"Hahahaha!"
A uncanny laughter suddenly burst out, amidst the blood rain, while Minato turned around with a twisted expression.
"The light feels best in the flesh…"
He roared out and stood with outstretched arms, bathed in the moonlight.
"Women and children crawling everywhere like maggots! Marvellous!! It'll be a feast!"
He laughed like a madman, while two canines grew out from his teeth, adding a frightening factor to his already scary and outright feral look.
"Hehehe. I fulfilled my end of the vow brat. I avenged you and your family. Now your body is mine to do whatever I want. The world would once more know the glorious name of Ryoumen Sukuna!!"
Letting out a laugh, his body suddenly exploded forth with breakneck speed that was nearly untraceable by the naked eye.
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Meanwhile, seated within a small dojo, a handsome pale skinned man with slightly long dark hair sipped wine while dressed in a black suit and white pants, while a couple of figures grovelled at his feet.
Right then and there, as if sensing an extremely terrifying thing, his body shuddered, as the wine cup fell from his hands unconsciously while he raised his head into the distance, while a gleam of worry flashed past his dark black eyes.
