Chapter 40 Fragmentation
He turned his head and glanced at Shinobu Kocho. Because Shinobu liked to cut herself and release her thin blood to attract demons during battles, Busui often went to the Butterfly House to heal himself. After a few visits, he naturally recognized Shinobu Kocho.
"Hey, kid, I'm a pillar just like your sister now, so show me some respect!"
"Humph!"
Facing the ferocious look of Fuzugawa, Shinobu Kocho remained unmoved. Even if the other party was a Pillar, he could not harass her sister!
Seeing the two of them were about to quarrel like children, Kanae was quite helpless. She first touched Shinobu's head not to make him angry, and then spoke solemnly to Fushigi Miya.
"It's just the two of us. Don't attack Mr. Sekiro without permission unless your life is in danger!"
"Tsk..."
Although a little unhappy, Butei Kawai chose to believe Kanae's decision. He turned around and walked to the place where he had inserted the Nichirin Sword into the ground before and pulled it out.
The handle of the knife had completely turned into charcoal, and the blade was covered with dense cracks due to the high temperature. A lot of iron chips fell off with a slight flick.
"Tsk, I have to deal with those people from the Sword Forging Village again. What a hassle!"
He felt a headache when he thought about the swordsmiths constantly questioning him why he didn't take good care of the sword.
He turned around and looked at Kanae with some worry. Deep in his ferocious and bloodshot eyes was an urgent worry. He had fought with wolves before, and that kind of power was not something that ordinary people could deal with.
On the other side, the Butterfly Sisters approached the wolf little by little, with the sharp blades in their hands already put back to their waists, trying to awaken the wolf's rationality without using force.
But Wolf already had a knife in his hand, looking at the two of them with cold and murderous eyes. The next moment, he swung his arm and led Kudamaru to chop towards Kanae's neck!
In an emergency, Shinobu Kocho shouted loudly.
"Sekiro!"
The moment the sound reached the wolf's ears, the right arm that was swinging Ugamaru was blocked by the left arm with the prosthetic arm!
The sharp blade stopped in front of Kanae's eyes, but Kanae's determined eyes remained unchanged until the wolf was awakened!
At this time, Wolf was looking at the prosthetic hand in his right hand, and the clear and loud voice of Shinobu Kocho kept echoing in his ears.
"Sekiro."
A picture flashed in my mind. It was a thin but tall white-haired old man sitting on the tatami, reaching out to take the wine that I handed to him.
He sniffed carefully and a strange fruity fragrance came to his nose. The old man's eyes brightened a little at the aroma of the wine.
"Oh, Sekiro! Very clever! Isn't this the ape wine?"
As he said this, he drank it in one gulp. The spicy wine flowed from his throat into his stomach. He immediately felt a burning sensation. He exhaled a long breath of the wine and said happily to the wolf.
“Ha! This is what it feels like to be so hot it can spit fire!”
Seeing that the wolf was not interested in the taste of the wine, the old man took another sip, thought for a moment, looked into the wolf's eyes, and said in a deep voice.
"Do you know the other name of this wine?"
"...have no idea."
When the old man saw the wolf replying he knew that he was interested and he continued speaking along the lines of what the wolf was saying.
"I do not know…"
"This wine is also called Shura wine."
At this point, the old man's cloudy eyes revealed a look of reminiscence. After taking a sip of strong liquor, he told the wolf about the past.
"Once upon a time, I..."
"I have killed Shura... No, I have killed someone who looks like Shura."
Shura?
The wolf had never heard of this word before, but when it came out of the old man's mouth, for some reason the wolf felt deeply that this word had a great deal to do with him.
"What on earth is that..."
Before the wolf finished asking the question, the old man answered it first.
"Those who continue to kill will eventually become Shura."
"I don't even know why I killed myself..."
"I will forget everything, but my heart is trapped by the pleasure of killing."
After saying that, the old man's cloudy eyes became sharp and he stared straight at the wolf, which brought him great pressure.
"There is also a shadow of Shura in your eyes."
Hearing this, the wolf couldn't help but be stunned. Will I also become a monster that kills monsters for no reason...? Not knowing how to respond to the old man's words, the wolf could only remain silent.
The old man's sharp eyes at this moment had almost condensed into a murderous intent that stung the wolf's eyes, but the wolf knew clearly that this murderous intent was not directed at himself, but at the guy hidden in his heart.
"Be careful not to end up in a situation where I have to do something about it."
"Remember this for me."
The continuous images suddenly stopped, and then came a series of intermittent images...
On the castle tower, as the sun sets, the old man's roar is deafening.
“I didn’t expect to have to…”
"Kill Shura!!"
Afterwards, he fell into Shura and started a fierce life-and-death battle with the old man. Every time the swords collided, the picture would flicker and jump again. By the end of the battle, he had no idea how many times he had died, and he was resurrected several times with the power of Dragon's Yin.
At the very end, the exhausted old man was seized by the ninja who could resurrect infinitely and was killed with one sword!
Before he died, the old man's voice was heard with regret and apology.
"Sekiro..."
"I couldn't... kill you..."
! !
The fragment disappeared from his mind at this moment, and the wolf's eyes, which were filled with murderous intent, regained clarity for a moment.
"Lord Isshin..."
The Butterfly Sisters facing the wolf immediately smiled excitedly, while Busei behind them had an expression of disbelief.
"Huh? It really works... This bastard is really a weird guy!"
Beimingyu, who was somewhat charred by the flames, was still twirling his Buddhist beads.
"Amitabha..."
Then a line of hot tears flowed, as if they were happy that the wolf had regained his sanity.
But the four of them underestimated Shura's terror...
How could Shura, who was consumed by the desire to kill, be awakened so easily and completely? At this moment, the wolf could only slightly stop his actions!
Just when the Butterfly Sisters relaxed their vigilance, Kusabumaru reached out from under Shura and stabbed straight at Kanae!
! !
By the time Busui River and Beiming Island discovered it, it was too late. The unpleasant sound of the blade piercing the flesh had already been heard.
Kanae looked down in horror, not because she was stabbed, but because when Shura stabbed her, Shinobu Kocho dodged and blocked the knife for her!
"hateful!!"
Busei's figure crossed the battlefield and arrived in front of the wolf almost instantly, and at this moment, Beimingyu suddenly crushed the Buddhist beads in his hand, his forehead veins bulged, and the invisible aura inflated the green-gray haori!
Shura's cold eyes were also blinded by the warm blood of Shinobu Kocho. Feeling the warmth, his left prosthetic hand trembled wildly, and he stiffly peeled off his right hand that was holding Kusabumaru. At this moment, Busei also came to Shura.
"You bastard!"
He swung his iron fist, creating a gust of wind and hitting Shura hard on the side of the face!
"Boom!"
After being punched, Shura tilted his head and lowered it, standing there like a frozen machine, unable to move.
When he hit the wolf in the face just now, Busei heard a shattering sound coming from its mouth. It was not Shura's teeth that were broken by him, but something else in Shura's mouth that was broken.
Fuzugawa wasn't quite sure what had broken, but if he had to say...
It sounded more like the sound of a candy bar breaking.
At this moment, the wolf had his eyes closed, as if he was sinking in the sea, with only a hint of sweetness spreading on the tip of his tongue.
Suddenly, a dim calling voice sounded in the wolf's ears.
"Mr. Wolf!"