I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 248 and 249: The Prelude to the Extraordinary Era

Naruto Uchiha's sealing technique was finally broken by the erosion of Orochi Higuchi, who was hidden within the curse seal.

The jet-black serpentine curse mark had spread from the back of her neck to Tsukimi Inaba's face, crawling all over her snow-white skin like a corrupted tattoo.

Cursed Seal One!

A powerful burst of chakra suddenly erupted from Tsukimi Inaba's petite body. She struggled to open a small gap in the umbilical cord bindings, gaining a rare chance to catch her breath, and clapped her hands together.

Wind Release: Gale Palm!

The wind-style chakra was compressed and transformed, generating a violent gale from its hand. The gale loosened the umbilical cord wrapped around its body, allowing Tsukimi Inaba to break free and jump away.

"It was the voice of the White-Scaled Serpent Demon. I knew I wasn't imagining things last night. That monster is still haunting us."

Having broken free of the umbilical cord in the Cursed Seal One state, Tsukimi Riha's blindfold had fallen off at some point, and her two eyes, one black and one white, were staring intently at the umbilical cord that was being slowly pulled back.

In the past, every time Tsukimi Inaba used the Cursed Seal, she was squeezing out her life force. However, after taking the Awakening Pill and being resurrected from the coffin, she was able to enter the Cursed Seal One with ease.

However, after Uchiha Naruto used the Evil Sealing Seal on her, she never entered this state again.

Although the cursed seal state is incredibly powerful, it also consumes a tremendous amount of stamina and chakra, so a swift victory is necessary.

"Wow!"

After the umbilical cord completely retracted between the evil spirit's legs, a chilling cry of a newborn baby rang out from the incomplete evil spirit's abdominal cavity.

A short, dark, baby-like arm tore open the evil spirit's swollen belly, revealing a black head with two dark, hollow eyes staring at Tsukimi Inaba.

Is this ghost baby the real culprit?

Tsukimi Inaba gripped the hilt of her katana tightly, her expression hardening, and the snake-shaped curse mark on her face writhed even more violently.

After the ghost baby crawled out of the evil spirit's belly, the big-bellied evil spirit vanished.

"Wow!"

The ghost baby stared at Tsukimi Inaba with emotionless eyes for a moment, then with incredible speed, it crawled up on the ground, leaped up, and pounced on Tsukimi Inaba.

"Clang!"

Tsukimi no Inaba's expression was cold and aloof. She immediately drew her sword and slashed out.

The ghost baby's cheeks split open, its mouth opened exaggeratedly, and a tongue as thick as an arm, disproportionate to its body, protruded from its mouth, which was covered with closed mouths!

So it wasn't the umbilical cord, but the tongue?

Tsukimi Inaba turned the blade, its edge gleaming with a faint blue light, and with a backhand slash, cut the tongue.

A mouth full of sharp teeth split open on the tongue and bit down on the knife, making a cracking sound!

It's so hard.

Tsukimi Inaba's slash only cut halfway in; it failed to sever the demon infant's tongue completely.

"Coo coo coo!"

The ghost infant that fell to the ground retrieved its tongue, which had been cut off in half. After letting out a few strange cries, it simultaneously spat out more than a dozen tongues with mouths, baring their teeth and claws in the air, dripping drops of saliva as their mouths opened and closed.

"this……"

As Tsukimi-sato Inaba witnessed this terrifying and horrifying scene, her expression subtly changed.

She could actually sense a strong appetite from the ghost baby's dozen or so tongues that seemed to be alive and writhing.

These disgusting tongues are extremely dangerous!

Inaba was on high alert, but the demon baby's dozen or so tongues did not launch a surprise attack on her. One of them shook its head a few times, then seemed to have found its target and suddenly shot out into a wall.

The wall was completely unharmed, and the pale white tongue, like an illusory substance, pierced straight through the wall!

"Ah, no! Help!"

A series of rapid screams suddenly erupted from behind the wall.

Instinctively, Tsukimi Inaba channeled her chakra into the Byakugan in her right eye socket, her vision penetrating the wall. Behind the wall, she saw a man hiding in a closet, whose body was drained dry by his tongue in just a few seconds.

At the same time, the chilling and malevolent aura within the ghost infant suddenly intensified.

The other tongues also began to lengthen, penetrating the walls and exploring other parts of the thirteenth floor of the mall.

This ghost infant wants to drain the life force of the other survivors on the thirteenth floor. As their strength diminishes, the ghost infant will become increasingly difficult to deal with.

There's not much time to hesitate!

Tsukimi Inaba's expression was calm and serene. She exhaled as if she had made up her mind. The snake-shaped curse mark on her face continued to spread and merge, turning her snow-white skin grayish-white.

"Hiss hiss hiss, that's right, that's it... Tsukimi, you need power..."

The nauseatingly hoarse voice of the White-Scaled Serpent Demon lingered in her ears again.

"Now that nothing is in my way, let me unleash my full power."

"shut up!"

Tsukimi Rihime's face showed pain.

"Aaaaaaah!"

Tsukimi Inaba's black hair turned white, a pair of horns sprouted, and her petite loli figure became graceful and upright, transforming into a mature woman with a prominent bust and buttocks. Most strangely, two arms grew from her back.

Cursed Seal Two!

Upon entering the second stage of the cursed seal, the hair and skin color changed, and horns and a third and fourth arm even grew. The current form was more like a demon than a human.

"Bang!"

Tsukimi Inaba stomped heavily on the ground and leaped up like a cannonball. The floor couldn't withstand the pressure and burst open, sending fragments flying everywhere.

The ghost baby spat out more than a dozen pale tongues with mouths, which immediately lunged at Tsukimi Inaba.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Inaba, under the influence of Cursed Seal 2, had two arms that grew from her back and frantically clawed at the air. The blue light wove into a net, tearing off the tongues that were wrapping around her!

"Clang!"

Yunyao!

The pill-shaped stream master Yun Yao, who was a renowned master of the sect, was so fast that even the naked eye of an ordinary person could not catch it. It is said that the masters of the sect could even cut a water droplet under the eaves three times before it fell to the ground.

Just like when Inaba Tsukimi cut Type B-16 into four pieces in an instant.

This time, Yun Yao's strike, enhanced by the absolute power of the second curse seal, was a masterpiece of unparalleled skill!

A streak of azure sword light flashed past, shattering everything in front of Inaba Tsukimi—the walls, load-bearing walls, and even the tempered glass on the thirteenth floor of the mall. The sword light sliced ​​through everything and disappeared directly into the sky.

The leaden clouds that shrouded Sapporo seemed to have been sliced ​​open by this sword.

Strands of light fell through the faint, indistinct openings in the sky, but then dark clouds rolled in and covered the sky again.

…………

[Kill complete, calculating reward]

【Ninjade*200】

[Illusion: The Right Technique]

[Illusion: The Fox's Mind Technique]

【Chaos in the Demon Realm LV1】

…………

Due to the immense strain from the Byakugan and Cursed Seal 2, after unleashing a single sword strike, Tsukimi Inaba finally succumbed to the strain and collapsed to the ground.

"Huff, huff huff huff—"

Inaba's face was deathly pale, her forehead covered in fine beads of sweat, but a faint smile appeared on her lips.

In her perception, the ghost infant had vanished into thin air. She had not only saved most of the survivors on the thirteenth floor, but also fulfilled her one-month promise with Naruto Uchiha.

In that case, I can...

But at that moment, a large white lump of flesh suddenly rose from the curse mark on the back of her neck. The surface of the lump of flesh wriggled a few times and then transformed into a face covered with white snake scales, with narrow snake eyes filled with the coldness of a cold-blooded animal.

"Waaah..."

Tsukimi Inaba's expression changed drastically; she bit her lower lip and let out a few sobs.

"Hahahaha!"

Growing on the back of Inaba's neck in Tsukimi, its serpentine head emitted a long, protruding tongue.

"Tsukimi, I've been waiting for this moment! Not only has that annoying seal been broken, but the spiritual power you used to suppress me has also been exhausted. Now I can be resurrected."

The voice was clearly audible; it was not the babbling I had heard in my dreams or hallucinations before!

It's the white-scaled snake demon who killed her own parents!

"Ugh..."

Even someone as resilient as Tsukimi no Inaba couldn't withstand the pain that felt like her soul was being ripped from her body.

Meanwhile, the white, scaly growth on the back of her neck was expanding at a visible rate. A dozen seconds later, a snake-headed, human-bodied monster with slick mucus dripping from its body and white snake scales on its face was peeled off from Tsukimi Inaba's neck.

"Hiss hiss hiss hahaha, praise to the crimson moon! I, Higuchi Orochi, have been resurrected once more!"

Higuchi Orochi flicked out its bright red tongue, its vertical pupils flashing an eerie scarlet, raised its hands, and laughed maniacally.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

The curse mark on the back of Tsukimi Inaba's neck also disappeared. The resurrection of Higuchi Orochi drained the last bit of strength and chakra from Tsukimi Inaba's body. Her eyelids were as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and it would be natural for her to faint in the next second.

Even so, Tsukimi Inaba stubbornly refused to let herself faint.

After laughing wildly for a while, Higuchi Orochi lowered his head, looked at Tsukimi Riinaba at his feet, smiled coldly, and then stretched out his palm.

A thick white python swooped down, bound Tsukimi Riha, and lifted her into the air.

"Should I say it's been a long time, Tsukimi?"

Higuchi Orochi revealed a sinister smile and said:

"But it's not exactly a long-awaited reunion, since for the past two weeks my soul has been hiding within the cursed seal in your body. I never imagined the cursed seal could serve as a backup plan for resurrection. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to escape the pursuit of the superhumans."

Inaba remained silent, her black left eye fixedly staring at it with deep-seated hatred.

"Hehehe, don't stare at me with that terrifying look. Although I killed your parents and gouged out your right eye, you also slashed me several times and killed my lovely subordinates. Shouldn't we be even?" Higuchi Orochi laughed with a hint of madness.

"How about we reconcile?"

Are you kidding me!

Tsukimi Inaba's eyes were icy cold. Although she was so exhausted that she couldn't even move her little finger, her killing intent grew even more intense.

Higuchi Orochi, however, remained oblivious, seemingly having been trapped within the cursed seal for too long, and continued to ramble on and on:

"Tsukimi, are you still afraid that I'll covet your body? Don't worry, I have absolutely no interest in you right now."

The python coiled around Higuchi's arm recoiled, pulling Tsukimi Inaba close and seizing her by the throat:

"I was incredibly foolish before. Because of the power of humanity, I was blinded by greed and wanted to take over human bodies and infiltrate human society."

"I no longer need a human body. While I was asleep, I received a divine revelation from the Crimson Moon. Hehehehehe, I'm gradually understanding everything!"

Higuchi Orochi's expression grew increasingly frenzied, and the hand gripping Tsukimi Inaba's neck tightened unconsciously, its claws even piercing her skin and drawing blood.

"Daylight will fade, night will fall, the age of humanity has ended, and the age of the extraordinary will begin! Not only this country, but the entire world will become a demonic realm teeming with monsters and ghosts!"

Higuchi Daisori made an exaggerated expression and announced in an aria-like voice.

Tsukimi's face flushed slightly from holding her breath, but her eyes revealed undisguised contempt and sarcasm.

This monster has gone mad!

"Ah, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have used so much force. After all, you're just a weak human, and I might have accidentally snapped your neck."

Higuchi Orochi suddenly looked apologetic, patted his head with one hand, loosened his grip slightly, and became as polite as a different person, bowing in apology.

"Ms. Tsukimi, because I am hidden within the cursed seal, my senses of the outside world are also blocked, so I have a few questions for you."

"Who were those two extraordinary individuals with Sharingan that night?"

Tsukimi Inaba gave a cold laugh, then suddenly closed her eyes and remained silent.

Higuchi Orochi suddenly flew into a rage, roughly prying open Tsukimi Inaba's mouth with his hands, and yelled:

"Why won't you say anything?! Why won't you say anything?!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I lost my composure again."

Higuchi Orochi is now completely insane and mentally unstable.

"If you won't tell me, then forget it. But the things I entrusted to you should be returned to their rightful owner."

Higuchi licked its eyes with its tongue, then reached out and touched Tsukimi Inaba's right eye, preparing to gouge out the white eye.

Just then, a flash of cold light appeared, and Higuchi Orochi's hand was severed once again!

"what!"

Uchiha Itachi, dressed in a black robe with red clouds, held a kunai and looked at it calmly.

His enchanting crimson eyes were no longer like they had been that night, with three black tomoe swirling around the pupils; instead, they resembled a black triangular windmill.

"Sparashi..."

(End of this chapter)