Kozuki Oden, Kikyo, Himura Kenshin, the devil’s peek!

During this time, Kozuki Oden was Source One's most important experiment.

Unlike the feeling when summoning cards, which is like directly obtaining the finished product, now it's like raising a pet, watching him grow step by step. This feeling is quite complex.

Kuchinawa walked slowly into the dark cave, and after feeding certain herbs, he prepared to leave.

With a hoarse voice, Kozuki Oden said, "You seem busy lately?"

Although Kuchinawa used to leave after preparing herbs for him, she didn't leave immediately.

"A wounded warrior has arrived in the village, and I need to treat him." Kuchinawa still had that appearance, seemingly mixed with faint sorrow. She gently gathered the package in her hands.

She glanced back at Oden, her eyes filled with a hint of pity.

"You might have to spend your time here for a while."

Kozuki Oden remained silent. Since he didn't speak, Kuchinawa left completely.

At this moment, Kozuki Oden's heart was twisted with a strange emotion. He didn't know why, but despite thinking he wouldn't care about humans anymore, every time he saw her saintly appearance while she fed him over the past year, his heart would beat unusually.

There was always an extremely ugly thought in his heart: What if this saintly Kuchinawa appeared before him with a lascivious expression and submitted to him? How joyful would that be?!

His inner desire twisted him; he wanted Kuchinawa to become his possession!

So, he struggled to stand up.

He had regained some strength by now, although far from before. Even though he was still far weaker than his initial state before merging with residual debris of Waves, he was already quite strong.

However, he hadn't acted rashly because he could tell Kuchinawa was a strong woman, and he couldn't expose himself just for her herbs.

But now that he had recovered a lot, although he still felt the burning sensation all over his body, as if he were still being punished in the flaming capital, making every step extremely difficult, he still had to stand up. He wanted to see who that warrior was!

The injured warrior who had come had taken away his Kuchinawa!

That's what Kozuki Oden thought.

Before the arrival of that warrior, Kuchinawa only needed to take care of herself every day and would talk to him more. But after that warrior arrived, Kuchinawa spent less and less time with him!

So, he wanted to see who that warrior was, and then...

Kill him!

Kozuki Oden was now covered in bandages from head to toe, resembling a mummy, even while walking. He was in a rather special state at the moment.

He was both alive and a shadow. It wasn't evident when he was in the cave, but once he left and the sunlight shone on him, it would be apparent that he didn't cast a shadow at all.

His difficulty in recovering his strength was due to this state. Normally, he could only turn people into his Shadow Corps after death, but he wasn't dead, making the process extremely difficult.

For the past year, he had been slowly merging with his own shadow. Only a small part had merged in this year, so it could be imagined that he would spend most of his time in this process in the future.

He walked with difficulty towards the small mountain village ahead, which served as his hideout. It was naturally very remote, and he had already investigated the surrounding terrain, knowing where the only village nearby was.

The people there were originally intended to be his backup food, but unexpectedly, he encountered Kuchinawa.

After arriving at the mountain village, he searched for Kuchinawa's aura and eventually arrived at a shrine almost located outside the village.

Before he reached the shrine, he noticed it was somewhat dilapidated, and voices could be heard from inside. He peeked through the cracks and saw the people inside, and his pupils shrank in shock! His heart even surged with waves of horror!

Because the wounded warrior inside, the one Kuchinawa mentioned, was someone he actually knew!

It was unmistakably Himura Kenshin!

He found himself? He knew he wasn't dead yet? So, was he here to kill himself?

But soon, he realized things weren't like that at all!

"Have you decided to seal your sword?"

Kuchinawa asked softly.

Kenshin nodded. "Hyogo Boss found me the day before yesterday. He gave me this reverse-blade sword."

Kozuki Oden looked over and saw a special sword in Kenshin's hand.

The blade of the sword was on the back, making it impossible to kill with normal slashes.

Why did Kenshin want to use such a sword?

"Although I know this won't wash away the sins on me, at least seal the blade that would cause more killings."

Kenshin said softly. "Thanks to Miss Kuchinawa's guidance during this period, can I stay in this village for a while?"

...Kozuki Oden didn't listen to the rest of the conversation, because at this moment, he was astonished and filled with anger as he saw Kenshin's appearance. This anger turned into burning flames, scorching his soul!

Compared to this flame, what was the burning fire in the capital that tormented his body?

This guy Kenshin thought he could atone by sealing his sword?

It's ridiculous!

He hadn't died yet!

Kenshin had killed him twice, was he so easy to let it go?

Moreover, Kenshin even wanted to snatch his woman. His heart was filled with infinite ugly killing intent, and perhaps because his emotions were too agitated, or his killing intent was too obvious, Kenshin couldn't help but furrow his brows.

"Who's there?!"

Kenshin shouted lowly, and Kozuki Oden quickly hid.

Although he felt angry and jealous towards Kenshin, he also knew he wasn't Kenshin's match now.

Kenshin had killed him twice already, and he didn't want to be killed again, especially now that if he were to die again, he wouldn't be able to resurrect. And for some reason, he didn't want to expose his true self to Kuchinawa.

He hurriedly fled back to the cave, but the more he thought about it, the more infuriated and twisted he became. At this moment, his pitch-black eyes even turned somewhat reddish.

Kenshin wanted to stay in this village. If he truly wanted to hide here, then...

Kozuki Oden suddenly roared loudly. That guy Kenshin lived in guilt because he knew what he had done, but did he think he could live in peace just by sealing his sword?

How could it be that easy?!

And at this moment, Kozuki Oden sensed...

The gaze of demons!

Countless demons were watching!