I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 113-115 I'm Not a Monster Anymore

"Wow, that's amazing. This speed and strength have far surpassed the limits of the human body. You should be considered a superhuman by now."

Higuchi Orochi lay sprawled on the ground, its upper body clawing at the earth with its hands, crawling from inside the side hall to the outside, leaving a long trail of blood.

This is a scene straight out of a horror movie or a nightmare.

Suddenly, countless white snakes emerged from the lower half of Higuchi Orochi's body, connecting with the upper half and piecing the two mutilated bodies together.

"In the moonlit night, the taste of revenge was not bad, even if it was only for a brief moment."

Higuchi Orochi twisted its body, its body moving with a supple, boneless motion.

"Isn't there anything you want to talk about before your long-lost, reunited father's killer?" The white scales on Higuchi Orochi's body rubbed against each other as he twisted his body, making a rustling sound.

"Tsukimi, I still have many questions I want to ask you. For example, how did you manage to control the power of your magic and avoid being consumed by it?"

"I have nothing to say to you."

On Inaba's cool and aloof face, a murderous intent was revealed as she spoke coldly.

"With Buddha as my witness, before my parents' gravestones, I will personally slay you!"

"So your parents are buried in the Gokokuji Cemetery. What a perfect stage for revenge! It's truly touching. It's just a pity, Tsukimi, you can't do it." Higuchi Orochi stuck out his crimson tongue, licked his palm, and then grabbed at Tsukimi Inaba.

A giant gray python, as thick as a bucket, emerged from her sleeve and appeared to coil around Tsukimi Inaba from mid-air, ready to ensnare her.

Tsukimi Inaba gripped the nodachi with both hands, its blade gleaming with a faint blue light. She sliced ​​the giant python in two from its mouth and moved with incredible speed toward Higuchi Orochi.

With a flick of his hand, Higuchi no Orochi detached the giant python from his arm. At the same time, its body quickly retreated backward, returning to the hall once more. With a swift movement of its hands, the hall doors closed again, blocking Tsukimi no Inaba's view.

Tsukimi Inaba moved with the lightness of a swallow, poised to burst through the temple doors and rush into the Buddhist shrine.

But just as she was about to reach the temple gate, the vein in the white of Tsukimi Inaba's right eye twitched, and she lightly touched the ground like a swallow skimming across the water, leaping into the air and landing on the roof.

"boom--"

Bullets rained down from inside the hall, blasting the main gate to smithereens.

Higuchi Orochi's mouth split open to the back of its head as if it had been dislocated, and the barrel of a Gatling gun was still flashing.

"Da da da!"

If Tsukimi Inaba had charged in from the front, she would have been riddled with bullets by the Gatling guns by now.

However, Tsukimi no Inaba, as if she had foreseen the future, jumped onto the eaves of the side hall from behind the temple gate.

Is it because of that eerie white eye?

X-ray vision is the special ability possessed by that eerie white eye.

Just as Higuchi Orochi was thinking this, he heard a series of clattering sounds from the roof above him, like a ping-pong table ball breaking. Tsukimi Inaba was moving rapidly on the roof.

Where will it come from?

The most dangerous moment is the brief instant between jumping out of the eaves and landing, when there is nowhere to hide in mid-air!

The roof beams began to tremble violently, and Higuchi Orochi was surprised to see the entire roof collapse, with countless bricks and rubble falling from above.

A crescent-shaped sword aura slashed down from the sky.

The side hall of Huguo Temple is collapsing from the roof down!

The commotion had already attracted the attention of the monks at Huguo Temple. By the time they arrived at the side hall, all they saw was a ruin.

Only half of the side hall remains. The Buddha statues inside, along with the eaves above, are still relatively intact, while the front half of the side hall has completely collapsed.

"What is that?" a sharp-eyed young novice monk exclaimed.

The people in the temple looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall woman with snow-white hair standing at the feet of the Buddha statue. Her posture was so strangely beautiful.

A crown-like horn emerged from between her long silver hair, and two new arms grew from her back, one of which still held a sword hilt, the nodachi on it already broken.

This is the new power that Tsukimi Inaba gained after becoming familiar with the second curse seal; with just a casual strike, she destroyed half of the Buddhist temple.

Even the knife couldn't withstand the reaction force of the high-speed slash and broke on the spot.

What kind of demon is this? Could it be a demon that was suppressed under the Huguo Temple and escaped, destroying the Buddhist temple in a fit of rage?

The monks looked at each other in disbelief, but they were just ordinary monks at Huguo Temple, and they had no idea what secrets this temple held.

Those who are even slightly smarter have already sensed the danger and started to back away, or have taken out their phones to call the police.

"Snakes! So many snakes! Run!"

After several panicked shouts, the monks were horrified to see countless spotted gray venomous snakes emerge from beneath the ruins of the side hall. Their sheer number was terrifying, enough to send chills down one's spine at a glance.

At this point, the monks dared not stay any longer and fled in panic.

Countless small snakes piled up together, forming a thick snake tide like a wall, and rushed towards Tsukimi Inaba.

Tsukimi Inaba frowned. Her swordsmanship was of little use against such a horde of snakes, not to mention that in her current state, ordinary steel weapons would not be able to withstand her full-force swing and would break halfway through.

She gritted her teeth and used the Wind Release technique, which she was not yet familiar with.

Tsukimi Inaba swung her third arm forward, and a gust of wind howled out of her hand, blowing away the surging tide of snakes, along with the rubble and debris on the ground!

Just then, two pythons as thick as buckets suddenly emerged from under Tsukimi Inaba's feet and wrapped themselves tightly around Tsukimi!

One of the pythons opened its mouth, and the large, slimy Higuchi snake slid out and landed on the ground.

"As the savior of the monsters, I have to shoulder the heavy responsibility alone and build an organization to fight against human society. It is really too tiring. For so many years, I have been walking on thin ice, afraid that I might accidentally reveal something and cause the organization to be uprooted."

"My meticulously planned schemes are always shattered by unexpected events. The arrival of superhumans has dashed my dream of ruling this country. In this world that is too harsh on those who are different, I am increasingly realizing that there are limits to being a monster, so I will stop being a monster! I will live in this world as a human."

"Tsukimi, your eyes, your swordsmanship, your body—all of this will soon become mine, Higuchi Orochi's!"

(End of this chapter)