Chapter 153 Speaking out for the people, nearly losing his hand and dying...

[Calm down! False Soul! Calm down!! Do you want to die?? Don't hit her! Balzeb is alright, talk to her properly! Don't lay a hand on her!]

Upon seeing that familiar purple figure, Orobas in his mind was nearly scared to death again.

[Think about our promise! Didn't you say you'd throw me back to the island? Are you going to break your promise!?]

"Barzebu...die!!!"

Boundless rage had taken over Mainkun's body. He suddenly raised his hand, and thousands of spears solidified in the air. With another wave of his hand, a black rainstorm descended upon the bright city.

And all the spearheads pointed to one point—General Thunder!

"Intruders! Protect the General!"

The bow-wielding tengu roared, but the demonic wrath of the god, the lightning puppet, ignored them and raised its naginata to the sky.

"The rude one."

"He deserves divine punishment!"

With a cracking sound, thousands of spears shattered, and the puppet general teleported into the air, delivering a circular slash to Mainkuen's chest!

Clang! A black mist shield blocked the attack. Mainkun pressed his ear against the shield, baring his canine teeth in a show of defiance.

"The unreasonable one... hahaha... the unreasonable one deserves divine punishment..."

"Then Balzeb! Tell me! What punishment should the incompetent receive?!"

Mainkuhn recalled Vizier's warning to him.

"Be cautious of excessive contact with crowds, wise king, for when the collective desires converge, you will lose your own judgment and unconsciously become an agent of the people's wishes."

Elheisen, my guiding light, your words are always right, your opinions always faithful, and I should heed them as a hound listens attentively to its master's whistle.

But what's wrong with becoming an advocate for the people's wishes? Surely someone should receive those sorrowful pains and ignored desires! God, God... God! Do you want me to be as blind as you were back then?!

General Lei Dian slashed several times, but seeing that he had not truly harmed him, a ripple of unease arose in Ji Qiao's heart.

"State your name, warrior, consumed by hatred and resentment."

"Your tombstone should not be blank."

"Hahaha, are you asking who I am? Okay! I'll tell you then!"

Mainkun sits high in the blue sky, overlooking this bustling city.

The crowd panicked and squeezed out of the houses, looking up at the sky in bewilderment, whispering among themselves, seemingly wondering why Mainkuhn hadn't been struck dead yet.

Tengu and his warriors stood guard in front of the people, bows drawn and arrows at the ready, reminding the civilians to keep their distance and be careful.

Ha! What a harmonious scene! It makes Hikimura seem like a mere illusion!

“Barzeb, I’m telling you.”

Mainkun suppressed his weak gasps for breath, his expression pained and almost manic.

"I am the ceaseless rain of Hachiyun Island... I am a homeless wanderer..."

"I am the scourge, I am war, I am the broken right eye of an infant..."

"I am the karmic obstacle that arises in places beyond your sight! Balzeb!!"

"Completely incomprehensible."

Faced with the roar, the puppet general merely raised his hand indifferently, drew his sword, and slashed at his neck, delivering dozens of blows in an instant.

“You will pay with your life for offending the divine power.”

"Cough, cough!"

Mainkun managed to block the attack with difficulty, but his high spirits couldn't compensate for the huge difference in strength. After the intense outburst, he quickly showed signs of fatigue due to physical exhaustion.

But Mainkuhn never considered running away; cats are creatures that don't back down easily.

"You should be glad, Balzeb, that killing you wasn't my goal, otherwise I would have hung my fangs on your throat even in death..."

The pale-faced king, his sharp vertical pupils scanning the area below, suddenly plummeted downwards!

"Kujo Takayuki-sama!!"

Hidden among the samurai, the head of the Kujo family was grabbed by the black mist and instantly exploded into a pool of mangled flesh and blood.

"Master of the house!!!"

"Murder! Murder!"

"General Thunder and Lightning".

Amidst screams, Mainkuhn tilted his head back at the doll, his demeanor both reserved and domineering.

"Repeale the Eye Hunting Order and the Isolation Order, or prepare to collect the corpses of your subordinates."

Mainkun, who believed in the harmonious relationship between ruler and subject, thought that even the most ruthless leader would pause for a moment and consider the prisoner's words in such a situation.

Yes, thinking back, Mainkun never thought he could defeat General Thunder.

All he risked his life for was a change of heart from the gods, and all the dangerous things he did were just to force her to look down on the country under her rule.

[Show me the state of your country! You bastard! Show me!]

"I see, I understand now."

The puppet general lowered her eyes, looking at the corpse of the head of the Kujo family and the cat that threatened her. The core of logic began to operate, and her pupils shone brightly with purple light.

"You are a traitor who attempts to overthrow the divine decree."

"You are my eternal enemy."

What...are you saying?

Mainkuhn couldn't understand how he could get such an absurd answer. He took a few quick steps, and the black mist grabbed Kansei Magistrate Hiiragi Shinsuke, who was turning to escape.

"You have absolutely no regard for the lives of your subjects?! Cease your decrees, or I will kill him!"

"Then I will use your blood to personally pay tribute to the eternal sacrifice."

"General! Wait! I don't want to die, General—"

The puppet general raised his arm without batting an eye, ignoring the screams of his followers and the incredulous look on Mainkuen's face.

"Eternity? Just for this??"

A sudden wave of terror, enough to make a cat's fur stand on end, washed over Mainkuen, followed by a locking-on pressure.

"Those who offend, please remember this with your lives: this is a single, thoughtless strike."

The naginata descended slowly, heavy and unavoidable, like a scythe reaping lives.

Run! Run!

The beast's instincts screamed a warning, but Mainkuhn could only stand there, staring with pupils shrunken to pinpoints at the murder weapon that would take his life.

elder brother……

[Damn it! This isn't Balzebub at all! Get out of the way!]

An ancient roar exploded in his mind, and Mainkun broke free from the locked state, instinctively retreating backward—

"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!"

As Feng Xing let out his final scream, Mainkun also groaned. He felt a lightness in his forearm and a lightness on his head, as if something important had fallen to the ground along with the crown.

What is it?

Mainkuhn looked down and saw a hand with sharp nails lying on the ground, its broken ends charred black.

Whose hand is that? It's so ugly.

Tick-tock.

Blood plasma, crackling with lightning, flowed down, scorching the stone floor.

In the midst of unspeakable agony, Mainkuhn understood everything.

It was my hand.

"Eee...uh...ahhhhh!"

Physiological tears instantly filled his eyes. Mainkuen struggled to keep from bending over, staring at the terrifying god before him, his peripheral vision searching for the crown.

I have to get it back... that's more important than my hand...

“Offender, I sense the presence of Orobas within you. Why is that?”

Where is it? Where did it roll to? No, no, no, it can't be lost!

"No answer? Fine."

The puppet general slowly assumed his stance once more.

"It's just another strike."

Where? Where? Where? Found it!

Mainkun clutched the severed arm, looking in horror at the last surviving magistrate, Ayato Kamisato, the magistrate of the yamen.

"Could you put the crown you found back on my head? I don't have my hands free right now..."

"Please..."

Ayato Kamisato stared at the god behind him, who was holding a naginata, and then looked at his suddenly clear, childlike, expectant vertical pupils. The roars in the air still echoed in his ears.

"……good."

His servants lifted up their hands and gently placed the crown on the head of the defeated king.

"It's worn over the ears, that way it'll be more secure."

"Thanks."

Wang Hui gave a blood-stained smile, seemingly extremely relaxed, or perhaps simply powerless.

"Is something inanimate more valuable than your life? I can't understand it."

He watched emotionlessly as the young man's body trembled slightly from the pain, and the second, thoughtless strike was already poised to be unleashed.

"Goodbye, nameless one...?"

A strange fluctuation, unseen for five hundred years, suddenly made her stop her attack, halting her momentum.

"Are you going to take over my body? No, just to see how Orobas is doing?... Well, it seems your mindset remains unchanged."

The puppet closes its eyes, awaiting the appearance of the true god.

[False Soul! Seize the opportunity I've given you! Run! Run!]

Orobas immediately roared in the cat's mind, but he was horrified to sense that Mainkun swayed a few times in place, and the life force in his body was showing signs of dissipating.

[What's wrong with you? A person can survive having their arm cut off, you impure bastard! How can you be more fragile than a human!]

[...]

Mainkun covered his arm and did not answer; blood trickled from between his fingers and showed no sign of stopping.

[Is the Strait of Fontainebleau now large enough to hold the world-destroying sea?]

Whether it's enough or not, it seems the time for this one-time use of the sex doll is coming to an end.

"Thor..."

"Open your eyes and look at your people..."

This was Mainkuhn's last conscious statement.

Instead of mentioning his unfulfilled ambitions or his long-lost family, he talked about foreigners who had nothing to do with him.

[Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Someone come quick, help me, you idiots over there! Are you dead?! Move a muscle, holy crap! Who do you think he became this miserable for, holy crap?!]

[Barzebu, you're fucking insane! Why let a hypocrite govern the country, you idiot! You even slaughtered those obviously good kids! I'd be so wronged to die at your hands!]

Even the title of "I" was no longer applicable. Orobas was in a panic. Just when he was forced to consider whether to scatter Mainkun's consciousness and run away with his body, a glimmer of hope finally appeared.

"The wind moves with the clouds! The clouds conceal the cries of wild geese!"

"Walk!"

"Meow!"

A ronin samurai's bandaged hand and a boy's cat-like hand suddenly grabbed Mainkuen by the back of the neck and retreated swiftly with the wind at their feet.

At that moment, the puppet general opened his eyes with a slightly bewildered look, revealing a human-like liveliness.

"!!"

Ayato Kamisato noticed this difference and immediately stepped forward, blocking the god's probing gaze with his body.

"Lord Oogami! Please grant me the authority to conduct a proper investigation into the source of this turmoil and the truth about Hishiku Village!"

"Who are you?"

"Kamisato Ayato, currently the only magistrate."

He emphasized the word "unique".

"allow."

Lei didn't care much about these things. She just swept the broken claw on the ground again and again. Not seeing any snake scales, she closed her eyes again in extreme laziness, wanting to return to that peaceful and inseparable sanctuary.

"Issue an arrest warrant and pursue the suspect with all our might."

"Yes... General, if I find out the truth, would you be willing to hear it with your own ears?"

“No.” Shadow replied without hesitation.

"Don't you want to know why someone, knowing Thor's formidable reputation, would still risk their life to swing their sword at you?"

“…No.” She paused. “Just give the memorial to General Lei Dian as usual… He will annotate it as usual.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I've gone to draft the arrest warrant." How stubborn!

Ayato Kamisato stood amidst the blood of the half-demon, outwardly responding as if nothing had happened, but secretly immediately gave orders to his retainers.

"Give them your full support and get them out of Inazuma as quickly as possible!"

"Lord Kamisato! If other magistrates discover that we are helping wanted criminals..."

"Don't you understand?"

A glint of wisdom and ambition flashed in the young patriarch's eyes.

"Do whatever you want without too much worry, because the company already has a monopoly."

"The plan has changed. Let me think about how to help Inazuma return to a peaceful life as soon as possible... and what about that cat-eared young man..."

*

"Wild Wanderer! Wild Wanderer! What do we do? The bleeding won't stop!"

Mainkuhn always felt a faint crying sound in his ear, but he couldn't hear it clearly.

"It must be because you didn't tie it tight enough. Move aside, ugh—"

! ! !ah--

Mainkun sensed someone's foot stomping fiercely on his forearm for leverage, and the bandages were tightly wrapped around the stump, with a force so great that they could almost crush rocks.

"It's still bleeding...it won't stop."

"Damn it! Does he have a blood clotting disorder?! I'll wrap it up again!"

Stop tying me up, it hurts so much, the bed is shaking so much, it's so cold, the thunder is so loud…

The thunder is so loud...

...

Sometimes I was lucid, sometimes confused, and sometimes I couldn’t even tell if I was at the bottom of the sea or in the clouds, until a loud shout pierced through the dark clouds.

"Captain Beidou! Look! There's a stranded, lone ship over there!"

The sky finally cleared up.