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Chapter 112 The Legend of Tamamo-no-Mae

To onlookers, Inuyama He only seemed to be momentarily stunned.

But two or three seconds later.

The head of the Inuyama family staggered, as if waking from a nightmare, and stared at the girl in front of him with a look of utter disbelief.

"For a moment... it was alright."

Uchiha Hikaru licked his lips, his gaze indifferent: "But you can only reach the seventh rank right now?"

—Word of Power: Moment, an ability known for its "divine speed," can increase the caster's movement speed by a factor of 2. A seventh-level Moment is equivalent to 128 times the speed. When wielding a sword at this speed, the blade will disappear from the opponent's sight, leaving only a faint flash of air.

Compared to "Black Sun", "Moment" has a lower serial number, only 72, making it easier to analyze.

but……

"Easy" is the word for Uchiha Hikaru.

Inuyama He, on the other side, clearly did not think so.

After emerging from the Tsukuyomi space, the expression on his face was even more terrified than Uesugi Kotsushi's: "It's you...you're that one..."

In front of others, he couldn't say the words "Dragon King" directly.

"Shh-"

Uchiha Hikaru made a shushing gesture, then took a step forward: "Go back and practice more. When your 'Moment' reaches level nine, come and fight me again. If you can please me, I'll consider giving you a reward... By the way, your Tamamo-no-Mae club is pretty good. Do you have VIP cards? I'll go check it out when I have time."

"?"

Under Inuyama He's astonished gaze, Uchiha Hikaru boarded the elevator and went straight to Erii's floor.

"...We meet again, Ms. Hikari."

On the sofa outside the wooden room, Uesugi Kozuke's face was ashen: "I've already heard about you from Chisei and the others. Thank you for helping the Snake-Headed Eight Families expose Tachibana Masamune, the traitor... Is there anything we can do for you?"

Genjiro said something similar a few days ago.

However, he spoke in his capacity as the "young master".

Although Uesugi Koshi has not yet held a formal return ceremony, as someone who once served as the "patriarch," his words clearly carry different weight.

Three things.

Uchiha Hikaru held up three fingers, his tone light: "First, the serum samples and related research data, which I mentioned to Genjiro a long time ago, I need to see them as soon as possible; second, I need to meet all the members of the Snake Clan who possess high-level Word of Power, it won't take too long, just a minute or two for each person... Also, it won't cause any damage to their bodies, at most they'll be weak for a few days after they go back."

"..."

Uesugi Koshi and Genji looked at each other with somewhat strange expressions.

After all, they had both personally experienced that feeling of physical weakness. Although Uchiha Hikaru had mentioned it as a "side effect," it still felt a bit strange...

"These two points are fine, so what's next?"

"Third, I suspect you may be organizing a campaign against the Oni Clan soon, and I want to participate, especially in the campaign against the 'King General'."

Uchiha Hikaru hasn't figured out the principle of "Shadow Warrior" yet, nor does he know where Herzog's true form is hiding, but he can kill a few kings first.

She really didn't believe that "Shadow Warriors" could be mass-produced like 20,000 Misaka Sisters.

"There's a fourth one..."

"Wait, aren't there three things?" Genji was taken aback.

"Isn't it common knowledge that there are five of the Four Heavenly Kings?"

Uchiha Hikaru pushed two sheets of paper filled with manga artists' names and lists of various books and DVDs off the coffee table: "Don't worry, this is just a small favor for you. Help me buy a batch of things, and remember to make several copies of each item."

"Comic books... I didn't expect Ms. Hikari to have such a refined taste."

Uesugi glanced at it and then handed the paper to Genjiro. After all, he was an old man who didn't read comics, so the actual purchasing had to be left to the younger generation.

then……

Genjiro glanced through the list, then his gaze fell on a line of names of H-manga artists, and he fell into deep thought.

……

The next few days.

Uchiha Hikaru created several shadow clones to join the Snake Clan's Execution Bureau in tracking down the whereabouts of the Demon Clan.

Meanwhile, the main body stayed at Genji Heavy Industries, playing games with Erii for a few days and meeting several heads of the Snake-Headed Eight Families.

Genichiro Ryoma, the head of the Ryoma family, possesses the Word of Power "Thunder Pool," which allows him to control the electrical charge in the environment to release lightning or create a static barrier.

The Miyamoto family head's Word of Power is "Whirlpool," which involves controlling water flow to create whirlpool-shaped water walls or water blades for defense or to kill enemies.

Well... it can be roughly understood as the Dragon World version of "Lightning Release Armor" and "Hard Vortex Water Blade", which poses no difficulty for Uchiha Hikaru, who is proficient in the Five Elements Release Techniques.

However, the words of power used by Sakurai Nanami, the head of the Sakurai family, are quite interesting.

"Immortality" strengthens one's physical body to near the strength of titanium alloy, allowing one to punch through bulletproof steel plates. The effect is similar to Tsunade's superhuman strength, but the method of operation is slightly different, and theoretically even stronger, because it doesn't concentrate chakra into a single point, but rather strengthens the entire body.

Uchiha Hikaru expended a lot of his eye power before he could barely use chakra and ki to imitate the incantation. Afterwards, he slept for a whole day before regaining his energy.

Although Uesugi Koshi had issued a gag order to all clan heads beforehand, forbidding the disclosure of information about Uchiha Hikaru, rumors still circulated within the Snake Clan—

The most popular theory is that a bewitching "Tamamo-no-Mae" recently arrived at Genji Heavy Industries. Regardless of gender, anyone who sees her once will be mentally exhausted and unable to recover for several days.

Some say that the new head of the family actually fell for Sakurai Nanami, which displeased the other two heads of the family and led to a duel, ultimately resulting in Nanami being snatched away by the other family head...

—This latter statement isn't entirely unfounded. After all, Sakurai Nanami did have ambiguous relationships with the heads of the Sakurai and Miyamoto families, and she also had a relationship with the head of the Fuma family when she was young. In addition, her deceased ex-husband was the former head of the Sakurai family. Now, adding Uesugi Eshi into the mix doesn't sound too far-fetched...

……

Hikaru Uchiha had heard some of these rumors, but he didn't care.

Since she is already "the reincarnation of Yoriichi Tsugikuni", "Tsukuyomi", "a great humanoid demon", and "the incarnation of the White King", it doesn't matter if she has another title, "Tamamo-no-Mae".

Instead of worrying about these things, you might as well play a couple more games.

In 09, it was still the golden age of console games.

Erii's room contained discs of all sorts of mainstream games—Final Fantasy, Call of Duty… but this girl's favorite was Street Fighter IV. As a hybrid of Emperor-level beings, Erii's reflexes were astonishingly fast, even Uchiha Hikaru struggled to keep up until she activated her Sharingan, at which point the fight became a back-and-forth affair.

After finishing another round of Street Fighter IV, Uchiha Hikaru, wearing white socks, got up from in front of the TV, peeled two oranges, and handed one to Erii next to her. She saw the girl tug at her trouser leg and hold up her notebook: "Brother is here."

About half a minute later.

Genjiro, dressed in an executive bureau black trench coat, entered the wooden room: "Miss Hikari, we may have found the whereabouts of the King."

"Where?"

"The Osaka headquarters of the Demon Clan, a place called Gokurakukan."

(End of this chapter)