Chapter 390
——What will happen when the hole is filled?
Yagen Toushirou, who had obtained a fake male identity that allowed him to move freely, pushed up his glasses and blended into the crowd to watch tonight's eye-catching oiran parade - what was eye-catching was not only the oiran herself, who was in the limelight amid various rumors, but also the identity of the guest that the oiran was to receive, which made many people look sideways.
"I knew it would be a good idea to let Edmund go over there - he's really good at attracting attention." Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled as he watched the live broadcast in the control room, and said to Dion who stayed in the store, "Has Lord Seimei's spell lost its effect? Will that ghost attack them openly on the street?"
"The first place to be attacked by the ghosts must be the store - after all, the parade team we prepared has a strong fragrance that is almost like it is soaked in the fragrance extract of wisteria flowers." Dion opened the paper sliding door and made eye contact with the short knife outside the door. "This is a provocation to the ghosts, and also a trap set for the ghosts."
"Because wisteria flowers are poisonous, she will give priority to non-toxic baits - here it comes."
The rose-red belt slid silently into the room through the gap in the building.
"Well...see you tomorrow, Master." Dion, who had used 'self-suggestion' to freeze his body into a female's, cut off the call and smiled as he let the ghost's belt suck him in.
"Knight Dion's spiritual base reaction has been weakened." Oda Nobunaga, who had just arrived at the tour area, stopped on the roof, adjusted his hat, and exchanged glances with Nobunaga. "Our battlefield is over there - Yakiri and Sozo go to the store to help. Chaldea has not added many members this time, so they may not be strong enough to protect ordinary people."
"…We will do it even without you telling us." Yakiri Hasebe said with a sour face, and he parted ways with Souzo Sawamonji and the two Oda Nobunaga.
While the two Oda Nobunaga were tracking Dion's spiritual reaction, the store that had been attacked by demons was as quiet as if nothing had happened - the ordinary shop owner and his wife who needed protection had been sent to the nearby Wisteria House by the only Demon Slayer Corps member on the scene, Shinobu Kocho; the few remaining combat members in the store were methodically "dismembering" the belt that had not yet been evacuated.
There was no need to cause much damage, and there was no need to even use the Nichirin Sword left in the shop - all that was needed was to annoy the attacked oni and make them want to come in person.
At the same time, the parade of courtesans on the bustling and noisy streets has also come to an end.
The courtesan was leading the distinguished guests back to the store - but all the people in the parade, covered by their gorgeous clothes, drew up their hidden weapons and prepared for battle.
"Found it! The Saber from France was taken underground here!" Lord Nobunaga, who was running ahead of Oda Nobunaga, used his height advantage to discover the battlefield they were about to face first. "Sure enough, this ghost didn't eat at Kyogakuya!!!"
"I'll lead the way." Oda Nobunaga decisively began to twist his spiritual base, changing from Archer to red-haired Avenger, and pointed his gun at the direction where Dion's spiritual base was reacting, "Bow! Back off! Disappear! The demons are coming, Oda Nobunaga is here!! All right! I will engrave my truth on you!"
"The path ahead of me is the endless corpses of gods, Buddhas, and all living beings... No one can stop me, Nobunaga—"
"Po Xun's transformation into the Demon King of the Three Thousand Worlds!"
The raging flames burst through the ground and crashed directly into the dining room built underground by the ghost.
"It's over." Lord Nobunaga sheathed the red-handled katana and let the broken belt fly in the hole underground.
“Why don’t you come and help save people!!!” Dion, who was tied up by the belt while awake, rushed around in the fire to rescue the prostitutes who were also sealed in the belt by the demons. He turned around and yelled at the two Oda Nobunaga, “By the way, is it really necessary to use the Avenger-level Noble Phantasm!?! Although it’s not the kind of fire that burned on Kama, the fire in Honnoji Temple is also difficult to extinguish as a supplementary concept of your Noble Phantasm, isn’t it!?!”
"Quiet, French." Oda Nobunaga passed through the endless flames and came to the clone left by the demon in the center of the hole to guard the food. "This clone... is frozen."
Dion was holding the unconscious girl in his arms, and the moment he heard Oda Nobunaga's voice, he sent a message in the Saber-class chat room.
"S.Cd: Okita! This ghost is afraid of fire!!!"
"…Are you afraid of fire?" The white-haired Western noble whispered to the pink-haired courtesan beside him.
"...That person's credibility is still acceptable." The pink-haired oiran answered her guest, watching the boy wearing a fox mask at the front of the team stop and open the curtain for the parade to enter. "I suggest you don't directly anger everyone who comes from that place because of what happened back then. Hmm? The situation in the store..."
"Can I cross the darkness, flowers and water without moving?"
The pitch-black darkness trapped the entire parade, along with the ghost that had just appeared in the store, into a barrier filled with red spider lilies.
"The flowers and water that separate the darkness."
——The ghost finally stepped into the trap carefully prepared for her.
"Water Breathing, Seventh Form, Shizuku Wave Stab!"
When the darkness receded, the pink-haired swordsman had already put on the light green feather robe of the Shinsengumi again, and fell into the sea of red flowers behind the demon like a floating cherry blossom petal.
“…That’s not right.” Ms. Okita, who was standing alone with the ghost back to back, frowned. “A guy who could be noticed by those Grands—even if the detection range was adjusted according to Muzan Muzan’s strength… they shouldn’t have noticed such a weak guy! There’s another ghost in Kyogoku’s house!? But…”
"This body is fire!"
The black flames instantly engulfed the sea of red flowers within the inherent barrier and burned fiercely on the water surface.
"The legend hidden in the mountain of the savior, the despair seen by the godless. If this thing is the flame of purification!"
"Stars, go to the shining "Paradis Chateau d'If"! ! "
"Come on, let's see which of us will burn out first!"
The inextinguishable flames of revenge burned fiercely on the pale flesh of the demon who had already lost his head. The black flames burned more vigorously under the nourishment of the demon's rage.
——No, no, no, no, there must be something wrong.
The fighting instincts of all the swordmen and servants present were alerting them madly.
——How could there be anyone other than that group of avengers who could remain unscathed in the flames of revenge!? !
——No, even an avenger will be burned by his own flames.
——Then why, even though his head was chopped off by the Sun Blade and he was swallowed by the endless black flames...
——Do they still feel that there is danger?
Edmond, who was standing in front of the ghosts, paused, and stabbed the head of the ghost that had not been ignited before with the sword that was also burning with black flames. Then, the ghosts that had not reacted until now made a sound for the first time, and they also found that the skin and flesh of the ghosts under the black flames changed for the first time.
The pale skin was burned, revealing the terrifying bright red muscle tissue.
According to the known information, the ghost's mimicry is not something that can be destroyed so easily - then it proves that the news from Dion on another battlefield is true.
"If we hadn't sneaked in with Lord Haruaki's Noble Phantasm, the Cave King's Noble Phantasm should have killed this demon." Standing in the distance, Yamanami Keisuke sighed, "Although our swords can't directly kill the demons in this world, the flames of Cave King and Lord Nobunaga that can burn everything to ashes can generally burn demons to death directly."
"There's nothing we can do. After all, we came here illegally. We can only abide by the rules of this world to deal with the problem." Kotobuki Toushirou calmly held his original body and looked at the battlefield on the other side that was almost like a statue. "...It's so annoying. This ghost - even the highest-level alarm in Chaldea is not as noisy as her."
"Is this a compliment?" Edmund, who had suddenly returned to the crowd, asked Kotobuki Toushirou.
"Why are you back?" Saito frowned and looked at Edmund who had transformed back into the Green Cape spirit base state.
"Prepare to evacuate or protect the people in Youguo." Edmund answered them, "Look, the female ghost has called out another ghost - I guess you all know how to deal with this kind of thing. But the spiritual base of Pan-Human History Okita can't hold on - on the one hand, he opened the inherent barrier to separate the battlefield and the flower street, and on the other hand, he had to use the scabbard to repair his damaged spiritual base..."
"He doesn't have enough magic power anymore - no matter if it's broken by the demons or he removes it himself, there's no way to avoid the battlefield returning to the Flower Street in the future."
"Let them handle the frontline battles, and we will protect the ordinary people in this world."
"learn."
When the other ghost appeared, not only did Edmund return to the other side's main force, but Miss Okita also jumped to Okita-kun's side. Edmund could see the problem, so of course Miss Okita, as the same person, could see it as well.
"Release or continue?" Ms. Okita asked Mr. Okita, "If I try hard, I can chop off the heads of two ghosts in one go—"
"Put it on a little longer." Okita-kun replied to Miss Okita with a smile, "That was a bad idea. I should have let Emiya-kun give you the scabbard at that time. However, I have an idea - can you listen to me for a moment, Sakura?"
The green-haired ghost put the head that had fallen to the ground and was burned beyond recognition by the black flames back on the headless body, gently trying to extinguish the blazing black flames, and wiped the tears of the crying white-haired ghost and healed the wound - but the fire of revenge would only continue to spread and could never be extinguished.
Then the black flame also climbed onto the green-haired ghost's body.
“Right now.”
When the green-haired demon burst out with a strong murderous intent, the inherent barrier shattered and dissipated - the others rushed to evacuate ordinary people, while Okita-kun and Okita-san landed on the eaves and aimed their different colored Nichirin swords at the brother and sister who had already turned into evil spirits and were floating in the air and had not yet landed.
"Water Breathing: Form of Nothingness."
"Flower Breathing: Form of Nothingness."
"The flowers and water that separate the darkness."
The blue water and the pink cherry blossoms cut the ghost's neck at the same time.
“This is it – it’s over!!”