“Damn it.”
The moment Sato Miwako saw the Death Worm, she knew things were serious.
She threw Shiratori Jinsaburo away with force, and a blood-red Tailed Beast cloak appeared on her body.
“How is this possible?!”
Shiratori was completely stunned. Was he the only normal person on this entire mud-head mountain?
“Shiratori, quickly contact the Metropolitan Police Department and evacuate the nearby residents.”
Sato Miwako was already fighting the giant beast resembling the Death Worm.
In her Tailed Beast Chakra state, she displayed superhuman speed and strength, leaping agilely through the forest, constantly harassing the giant beast.
Standing on top of the Death Worm was the abbot of the Sandai Temple. Its massive body rampaged through the forest like a terrestrial dragon.
Rumble——
With such earth-shaking battles, Shiratori knew he couldn't help. He gritted his teeth, got up from the ground, and ran towards the police car.
...
Due to poor signal on the mountain, Shiratori left his cell phone in the car.
However, to his surprise, when he reached the parking spot, there was a young novice monk there, attempting to start the police car stealthily.
“Don't move!”
Shiratori immediately drew his gun.
“Ah.”
The young novice monk was startled and quickly raised his hands, hurriedly saying: “Police officer, I'm not with the abbot. He killed two of my senior brothers, and I was scared and hid by the waterfall in the back mountain.”
Hearing this, Shiratori carefully examined the young novice monk with freckles and a round face, frowning: “Tell me the whole story. Why did your abbot become like this? And what's with that demonic beast?!”
“I, I don't really know either.”
Shunen hesitated for a moment, “I only know that there was an earthquake last night, and the temple was damaged.”
“Then, while repairing the temple, Senior Brother Mokunen discovered a large secret room beneath our temple, connected to the underground river of this mountain range.”
“What?!”
Shiratori's pupils constricted slightly when he heard this, and he pursued: “What happened next? What was inside the secret room?”
“There was a strange statue and a bronze box.” Shunen whispered, “The abbot thought there were treasures in the bronze box, so he took it to his own room.”
“Then, in the middle of the night, I heard the screams of my senior brothers…”
…
“Caw caw—— ”
A few crows circled in the sky above the Mud-Head Mountain. Gu Jue, located in the psychological clinic, withdrew his gaze, shook his head and smiled:
“This young novice monk is quite good at telling ghost stories.”
The truth was that he bestowed the [Heavenly Curse Mark] upon the Sandai Temple abbot. The giant beast resembling the Death Worm was the effect of the Soul-Soul Fruit.
As a famous Devil Fruit from One Piece, the Soul-Soul Fruit can steal other people's souls and lifespans.
Then, by infusing souls, it can turn objects or animals into Homies possessing human thoughts and powerful abilities.
Well, this was a quite powerful ability.
After obtaining it, Gu Jue spent one thousand Wish Points to upgrade it to level two, then transformed into a Mist Tengu and harvested some evil souls in the Tokyo area.
That was why Shiratori Jinsaburo felt that Tokyo was experiencing frequent incidents.
“However, the effect is great.”
Glancing at the system panel, where Wish Points had increased by another ten thousand, Gu Jue didn’t choose to draw a Lucky Package. He upgraded the Soul-Soul Fruit to level three.
Boom!!
Instantly, he felt his soul becoming much stronger and tougher, capable of infusing dead objects with souls.
“Not bad.”
He casually took out the three-ship Admiral katana he drew last time, infusing most of the souls he had harvested into it.
Buzz buzz——
The katana’s blade vibrated slightly. Under Gu Jue’s will, it gradually became exactly like the demon blade, “Oni-Kiri.”
At the same time, it awakened its own soul, along with various abilities related to swords.
“This is the real ‘Oni-Kiri’”.
He lightly touched the blade with his hand, smiled, gave it a false memory, and sheathed it.
…
“Woo woo—— ”
One police car after another passed in front of the Mifa Central Hospital.
The hospital staff curiously discussed.
“Do you guys know what's going on? Why has the Metropolitan Police Department been deploying on a large scale all this time?!”
“I heard it’s ghosts killing people. A lot of vicious people have died.”
“This is a good thing.”
The staff members were increasingly excited. When an elderly man with a tall stature, thick eyebrows, and a long beard, entered the hospital with a little girl, they couldn’t help but raise their eyebrows upon hearing these words.
“Grandpa Ochiai, are there really ghosts?”
The little girl looked up curiously and asked.
“Maybe there are.”
Ochiai smiled and patted the little girl’s head, leading her to the intensive care unit on the twelfth floor of the hospital.
There were two Public Security personnel in black suits at the entrance of the intensive care unit. After carefully verifying their identities, they let Ochiai and the little girl in.
“Daddy.”
As soon as the little girl entered the room, she saw Tsukahara Yōsuke lying unconscious on the bed, and her eyes turned red.
“Aiko, don't cry. Your father is a good man.”
Ochiai gently patted the little girl’s head, his gaze fixed on Tsukahara Yōsuke on the bed, sighing in his heart.
This nephew of his had an introverted personality, but he ended up accomplishing such a great feat.
Did “Oni-Kiri” originally have this kind of power?
“Mr. Ochiai.”
At this time, Shin'ichi Kudō, pushing a medical cart, walked in, with a hint of tension in his expression.
“Dr. Shin’ichi, what’s the matter?” Ochiai glanced at him.
“It’s… It’s like this.”
Shin'ichi Kudō swallowed his saliva, took out a wooden box from under the medical cart, opened it, and said: “A woman asked me to give this to you.”
“She also told me to tell you that there are demons appearing in the Tokyo suburbs. This is the time for Mr. Ochiai to restore the family's glory.”
Looking at the demon blade, “Oni-Kiri,” inside the wooden box, Ochiai fell silent.
…