Chapter 64 Blood Butterfly: So the evening fire burns with me.

Chapter 64 Blood Butterfly: So the evening fire burns with me.

The black-haired girl who was confronting the ghost stood quietly among the squirming flesh and blood. Shuise and Linglan's expressions were full of disbelief, especially Linglan, whose eyes looked like they were about to break as she looked at Xuedie.

How is that possible?

You Yu could be considered calm. After all, the DM system told them at the beginning that there was a hidden devil among them. Along the way, he had guessed everyone, even himself. Fortunately, with Wonder's call of "detective", he confirmed that he was normal. After eliminating all impossible answers, the remaining one, no matter how outrageous it was, was true.

However, even You Yu, who had roughly guessed the truth, felt a sense of disbelief and trance when he saw this scene with his own eyes.

Devil... Which devil in disguise could she be? It can't be... the Demon King, right?

You Yu thought of the strong residual aura of the Demon King on Tian Kusun's scabbard, and suddenly shuddered.

"How is that possible?"

Saotome Rin muttered to herself.

Yeah, how is that possible? A friend who escaped from Yomiuri with her and Kagero during the Despair Incident 8 years ago, and who became each other's most important "anchors" in the world because they were both survivors of Yomiuri, a friend who kept her sword for 8 years in order to help her find Tono-kun, and a friend who rose all the way to the rank of Jonin in the Sun Metropolitan Police Department.

Although Xuedie did reveal some flaws, such as the fact that she could use soul particles without a soul weapon, but...

How is that possible?

How could a jonin from the Metropolitan Police Department be the helper of the soup master?

The candlelight in the paper lantern became dim because of the cold wind. Blood Butterfly stood still, and the ghost faces around him all stopped moving instantly.

"You talk too much."

The innocent and straightforward girl raised her head. Her red eyes under her hairstyle looked as scary as solidified blood.

The physical, deep, almost black pressure suddenly spread out, like the world's paintbrush, wantonly painting the surroundings. In an instant, the picture of the whole world seemed to have turned into black and white stripes and lines. It was far above the demon god level. The standing girl with blood-red eyes was no longer human. Everyone present seemed to see a huge monster rushing out from behind her, and the eight-headed blood snakes roared towards the sky, as if venting their anger at death.

"How dare humans..."

You Yu pressed his ears, but those noisy, fragmented, inhuman sounds with sharp roars of giant beasts still exploded in his mind, almost tearing his brain to pieces.

"Kill... the King?!"

"Hiss—repay, price—"

Accompanied by the shrieking sounds of millions of snakes, Youyu pressed his ears hard, but it was too late to guard against the sharp snake sounds. The wrath of fate made blood begin to flow from Youyu's ears. Fortunately, Linglan was very close to him, and her fingertips, with the light of vitality wrapped around them, pressed on Youyu's shoulder.

Her eyes lit up with a forest green light that reflected everything. She was half-kneeling on the ground. All the people present bent their lower bodies due to the terrifying pressure from the demon king, except for one person.

Wonder was still leaning against the wall with a bored look on his face, playing with the cards in his hand, and even performing a difficult flower cut with one hand.

"That guy...is not controlled by the Demon King's pressure."

With the help of Linglan's vitality, Youyu recovered. When he looked up, he saw the Phantom Thief standing among the people crawling on the ground and attracting hatred. He patted the ground unwillingly: "No, is this guy the Demon King himself?"

But now is not the time to joke. Xuedie is still standing there. The girl with blood-red pupils has turned into monster-like vertical pupils. Although it is not known how much of her inner self the Demon King of Muhuo occupies, it is no longer important. The word "Demon King" is enough to ignore all the values.

She stood between the ghost masks, gently removed the blood-red butterfly hair ornament that she had treasured so much from her hair, and sighed.

She seemed to see the shrine maiden standing in front of her again. All the squirming flesh and blood around her disappeared. She was still the little Tang Wei who chased after the shrine maiden and shouted "Sister, Sister" whenever she had free time 8 years ago, except that she was a little better at fighting than others.

In Huangquan Town eight years ago, her favorite and most anticipated thing was to follow the Shinto Chizuru and watch the shrine maidens collect the camellia flowers that bloom all year round because of the hot springs, and grind them into incense in front of the shrine, praying for the Tang Hongshan God believed in by the shrine maidens and all the people in Huangquan Town.

The young Blood Butterfly was unaware of what was happening in Huangquan Town, but she knew that the expression of the witch who provided her with a place to live was becoming sadder day by day. She wanted to help her share her worries and solve her problems, but all she got was a gentle rub on the head from the witch.

"It's okay, kid, don't worry. Nothing bad will happen... We will all survive."

The witch seemed to be chased by the invisible darkness behind her, and even her voice was trembling. Unfortunately, Blood Butterfly knew nothing at that time.

Until the disaster that happened 8 years ago, the Yamagumi and the soup owner turned against each other, the flames of hell burned the entire Huangquan Town, and the shrine's priestess turned into dry bones in the sea of ​​fire.

In the depths of the endless sea of ​​fire, Xuedie finally learned her real name.

Even the soup ingredient number of Yamagumi's daughter Saotome Rin is only 004. So what is the most important soup ingredient for the soup master Enrochi?

It was she, 001, who had been wandering in Huangquan Town since she had her memories.

Soup ingredient 001, the first experimental sample made by Soup Master Yuan Luzhi, is a fusion of the devil's consciousness and human beings hosted in the Ame Murasakibara Sword. Her life itself proves that the original blood butterfly's life has passed away.

The witch of Huangquan Town obviously knew all this, so she gave her the blood butterfly hair ornament, hoping that she would never return to her "snake" side.

What a pity, what a pity…

"I'm sorry, Chizuru, but unfortunately I can't just disguise myself as a butterfly."

Xuedie had a complicated expression. She crushed the butterfly in her hand. The butterfly hair accessory was born in her hand bathed in the blood-red evening fire and turned into a weird red spider lily.

Butterflies will perch on flowers, but only the witch doesn't care. This flower is the ominous red spider lily. However, the witch has left long ago, and the witch in this timeline will not die as long as she regains her cognition as the "Dusk Fire Demon King".

It doesn’t matter. This is her second time back to Huangquan Town, and she should have a clear understanding of her identity.

There was no emotion in Xuedie's eyes. She just walked forward in the direction of Yuanluzhi. Her raised hair brushed past Saotome Rin, who was closest to her. Her blood-red eyes were brighter than fire.

The reflected "flame" burned in Saotome Rin's eyes.

She seemed to have returned to the Yellow Spring Town that was made up of despair eight years ago. The sudden attack by the soup owner and her father who knew the truth went crazy and told her to run away like crazy, but she chose to rush towards Yuan Luzhi who was no longer human, and held down his snake-like body.

"Xiao Lin! Run! Get out of here! It's Daddy's fault for letting this lunatic succeed, but Daddy won't make the same mistake again—"

The former patriarch of the Yamagumi was roaring in the hot spring, his samurai sword and a snake made of flesh and blood entangled together. Around him were countless blood cocoons where the soup ingredients lived, one of which was his own daughter. The former patriarch had never dreamed that Enryuchi would be so crazy. After discovering what was behind the "rich" hot spring, the former patriarch just wanted to kill the so-called "scientist" who deceived him with sweet words.

"But Dad—"

Saotome Rin was peeled off from the blood cocoon by her father. Fortunately, not long after she was made into a blood cocoon for soup by Enrochi, her father discovered her disappearance, so her limbs were still strong compared to the other people in the blood cocoon who were all deeply unconscious. However, she was still too scared to speak when she saw her father wrestling with those terrifying tentacles.

"Hurry up! Lin! Listen! Follow the sacred path and don't look back. The mountain god of Tanghong Mountain will protect us. Lin, go find the uncles and aunts from the Metropolitan Police Department. If they come, Dad won't have to work so hard."

Before the flames enveloped the entire mountain, Saotome Rin's last impression of her father was a smile.

A smile that can be described as relaxed.

"Be obedient, okay?"

Saotome Rin has been an obedient child since she was young, so she turned her back and ran towards Huangquan Town desperately. The moment she ran down the mountain, a violent explosion sounded behind her, covering the entire sky of Tanghong Mountain like fireworks. The former patriarch was afraid that he could not kill Yuan Luzhi who had turned into a monster, and he even remembered to bring some modern weapons researched by the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau.

For example, a giant bomb that acts at the soul particle level.

Saotome Rin didn't even have time to cry. She heard a loud explosion, but she didn't dare to think about what it meant. She just rushed towards the only tram station in Huangquan Town, but when passing by Huangquan Town, she saw the real Shura Hell.

All the people died in the burning sea of ​​fire. Saotome Rin rushed over in a daze. In the sea of ​​corpses and blood, she saw Yangyan and Xuedie, who also escaped as soup ingredients.

That was the friend she would keep for the rest of her life.

The destruction of her hometown and the death of her father made her return to the newly built tourist attraction, Tang Hong Taisha, after escaping from Huangquan Town. She stood in front of the new shrine and prayed, making up her mind. Saotome Rin even remembered the oath she had made at that time.

"I will inherit my father's family business. I will become the master of the □□. At that time, the darkness in my heart will be on par with the darkness surrounding the countless lights in the shrine!"

Since then, she has completely hidden herself, found clues that the soup master was not dead, and began to track the traces of the demon apostles until now.

But now... now, she was told that the blood butterfly that had supported her until now was actually the host of the demon king on the side of the demon apostles.

How is she going to accept it?

"...8 years ago, someone burned everything here with fire. Was it you or Huo Gu... Tell me, Blood Butterfly!"

"Our enemies are obviously those crazy demon apostles, aren't they? Why...why did you stand on the side of Yuan Luzhi? I couldn't find any trace of the damn demon apostles until recently. I found some clues. This is also your work, right?"

Saotome Rin's emotions became visibly agitated. "Even the data in the archives were destroyed by you, right?"

“Both.”

Xuedie said coldly. She did not directly answer Saotome Rin's question, but declared in a decisive tone: "I lit the fire and killed those poor people who had already become soup ingredients and could not be reversed, because this is the ending that this town deserves."

"But you only had a wooden sword at the time."

Huo Gu exclaimed in shock.

Blood Butterfly looked at Huo Gu with a terrifying gaze. At that moment, even Amy went against her instinct as a familiar and shrank behind Huo Gu: "Yeah, I don't need that Ama-Kume. As long as I'm here, any sword is a demon sword."

Huo Gu laughed dryly twice, his legs softened and he knelt on the ground: "Haha, I said my flames are not that powerful. They can burn the entire Huangquan Town with the wind. It turns out that it was the Demon King who took action."

Amy unhappily set her host's hair on fire.

It's so stupid and kind of embarrassing.

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