Chapter 10
The Fox Demon and the Swordsman

“Woo woo woo——"

After Koizumi called the police, the Metropolitan Police Department arrived quickly.

One police car after another stopped in front of the Marutsugu house, and dozens of officers got out.

“Hurry, surround the area.”

Megure, as the commander, was confident.

In his opinion, even the most vicious criminals would not dare to resist in the face of the Metropolitan Police Department's encirclement.

Until...

BOOM!!

The front door of the Marutsugu house was directly blown open.

A blood-red monster, covered in a Tailed Beast coat, emerged, ready to devour people.

O(≧▽≦)O

Megure widened his eyes, unable to believe what he was seeing.

And the officers behind him, their bodies stiffened, feeling like they were facing a man-eating demon.

“Fire!”

Among the officers, the dashing policewoman, Sato Miwako, shouted in a deep voice, pulling the trigger first.

Bang bang—

One after another, brass bullets shot out from the gun chamber, hitting the terrifying monster.

However, after passing through the thin layer of Tailed Beast coat, the bullets got stuck in the blood-red muscles that were bulging outwards, lacking skin.

“How is that possible?!”

The officers of the Investigation Department exclaimed.

At this moment, the monster, which was Marutsugu Jiro in disguise, charged forward, directly flipping over ten officers and several police cars, letting out a ferocious roar.

“Is today April Fool’s Day?!”

Heiwa Kaito, who had come to scout the area beforehand, stood on the roof of a building, helplessly raised his hand to cover his forehead, feeling a bit guilty.

He had figured it out.

The monster roaring at the moon was Marutsugu Jiro, the one who bought the Demon Sword, Oni-giri, and the Killing Stone.

He knew there was something wrong with those two items, but unfortunately, he was a step late.

CLANG!

At that moment, the swordsman holding Oni-giri jumped up, his sharp sword arc even blocking out the moonlight.

“So cool.”

Sonoko, who had just woken up, saw this scene, her eyes sparkling, and she started to fall in love again.

But when she saw the swordsman’s face, a plain middle-aged man, she immediately made a disappointed “Whoa” sound.

“......”

Tsukahara Yosuke felt offended.

After slashing the demon away with a single sword, he landed on the ground, panting heavily, feeling that the special energy within him was almost depleted.

And during the fight, he was grazed, with several deep wounds on his chest, visible to the bone.

His physical condition was no longer sufficient for him to continue fighting.

“Heh heh—”

The demon, Marutsugu Jiro, seemed to notice this as well, circling Tsukahara Yosuke slowly.

“Am I really not cut out to be a hero?”

Tsukahara Yosuke smiled wryly in his heart, tightly gripping Oni-giri in his hand, ready to fight to the death.

But at this moment.

Oni-giri began to vibrate slightly, a red light flashing from the blade.

“This is?!”

Tsukahara Yosuke was slightly stunned for a moment, and was seized by the opportunity by the demon, Marutsugu Jiro.

The blood-red figure moved like lightning, suddenly pounced on Tsukahara Yosuke, and the sharp claws that grew from its fingers deeply dug into Tsukahara Yosuke's shoulder blades.

“Ah!!”

Tsukahara Yosuke cried out in pain, gritting his teeth and raising Oni-giri horizontally, preventing the monster's blood-red mouth from approaching.

“Quick, the swordsman is about to collapse!”

Megure knew the seriousness of the situation, although he recognized Tsukahara Yosuke's fugitive identity, he still organized the uninjured officers to aim at the monster and fire together.

Bang bang—

One after another, bullets embedded themselves in the blood-red muscles, only to be squeezed out by the wriggling muscles.

“You guys get out of the way.”

Sato Miwako gritted her teeth, driving a police car and speeding towards the monster.

BOOM!!

The monster was knocked flying several meters away.

As if angered by the Metropolitan Police Department's actions, the blood-red energy on its body became even denser, and a tail even sprouted from its back.

It looked like a demonic fox.

“Heh heh—”

It began to chase Sato Miwako’s police car, and by the way, to kill those who attacked it.

Seeing this, Megure was sweating profusely, ran over to help the injured Tsukahara Yosuke up, and said urgently:

“Mr. Tsukahara, can you continue fighting?”

“I......”

Tsukahara Yosuke's eyes were blank.

His consciousness, at this moment, seemed to be sucked into the demon sword.

In the midst of dark and gloomy mountains, there was a magnificent palace, a red-haired young man in black clothes sat sideways on the throne, holding a huge wine gourd in his hand.

“Descendant of Tsukahara Bokuden, do you want to borrow my power?”

The red-haired youth looked at him with a slant, his handsome, demon-like face with a hint of playful smile.

“You are......”

Seeing the iconic wine gourd, Tsukahara Yosuke vaguely guessed the other party's identity, his expression disbelief.

“If you don’t speak, I’ll take it as you agree.”

The red-haired youth stood up from the throne, his figure suddenly enlarged, like a ghost who was eager to break free.

BOOM!!

Tsukahara Yosuke felt his vision go dark, and he lost control of his body.

In the astonished gazes of Megure, Koizumi, Mouri Kogoro, and others, this swordsman named Tsukahara Yosuke, holding the demon sword, his body surrounded by scarlet blood mist.

He looked more like a demon than the demon itself.

⊙﹏⊙

Sonoko felt like she was getting dizzy again.

“Ran, what… what’s going on?” She said with a mournful face, “I’m not dreaming, am I?!”

“Probably not.”

Koizumi was a little uncertain, pulling Conan and Sonoko back further.

“Oh, in this era, I can actually see a girl with such abundant spiritual energy.”

Tsukahara Yosuke, who was possessed, seemed to have become a different person, looked at Koizumi’s direction with interest, then raised Oni-giri in his hand, and sighed:

“Old buddy, we meet again, I wonder how long you can hold me this time?”

As soon as he finished speaking.

He swung his sword down, and scarlet sword energy shot up into the sky.

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