I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 414-415: Oda Nobunaga, Times Have Changed

"The Self-Defense Forces aren't entirely a bunch of good-for-nothings; their artillery firepower is formidable, and they're quite capable fighters!"

"No, it's the monsters in the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons who are all show and no substance, they're just small fry. I could chase a whole bunch of them away with my bare hands."

"Where are they firing again? It's like a battlefield!"

Exclamations of amazement echoed continuously in thousands of households across Japan.

Japan observes a public holiday of about a week around Obon, during which people can pay respects to deceased relatives and reunite with living family members.

At this time of year, major cities like Tokyo experience a significant surge in people returning home, a phenomenon often referred to as Japan's mini-Spring Festival travel rush.

The Japanese government's announcement of the Kyoto Night Parade of One Hundred Demons naturally made countless people staying at home eager to witness the spectacle. However, ordinary people wouldn't be so crazy as to risk their lives to travel to Kyoto to watch the event live.

Fortunately, there were quite a few daring content creators who were willing to risk their lives for money to personally visit Kyoto, allowing them to catch a glimpse of the spectacular Night Parade of One Hundred Demons and quench their thirst for knowledge.

The Self-Defense Forces' battle against the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons may sound like a B-movie, but the scene of the demons dancing wildly and the intense bombardment are something that even Hollywood blockbusters with millions of special effects can hardly match.

It made them feel as if they had drunk a whole bottle of ice-cold soda on a sweltering summer day, a chill running straight to the top of their head, and their scalp tingling.

The Japanese government quickly took notice of the live streams appearing on various overseas platforms.

Even if you wanted to ban them outright, these content creators are cunning enough to stream on foreign platforms, making it impossible to enforce the ban.

Moreover, the situation is now very favorable. The Self-Defense Forces are displaying their might, wiping out the evil forces as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, which can restore the confidence of capital and the people in the Japanese government.

So they simply let it be.

As the first content creator to capture the Hyakki Yagyō (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons), Tenkai Katori naturally reaped a huge boost in viewership, with her livestream audience surpassing five million.

However, after the Self-Defense Forces bombarded the Hyakki Yagyō (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons) so thoroughly that everyone was thrown into chaos, there was nothing left to see.

Outside of the Zhongjing area, fierce battles raged, and viewers naturally abandoned the streams and went to other live broadcast rooms.

The number of views dropped below one million in the blink of an eye.

Kaori Tenkai's pretty face was contorted with hatred, her teeth clenched tightly.

That's ridiculous! On her platform alone, there are seven or eight live streams broadcasting the Hyakki Yagyō (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons) from Kyoto.

And the Self-Defense Forces, they've always been cowards, why are they so brave today? Can't they go toe-to-toe with the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, fight three hundred rounds, and give themselves something to be afraid of?

However, she absolutely did not have the courage to run out of the apartment to shoot firsthand footage.

Katori Amami has already risked her life to venture deep into the heart of Kyoto; standing on the edge of a cliff, taking another big step forward would be tantamount to suicide.

"Boom!"

Just as Amami Kaori was racking her brains trying to figure out how to keep the audience entertained, a deafening explosion suddenly came from not far behind her, startling her.

What's wrong?

This is even bigger than the previous drone bombing spree. Has the Self-Defense Force gone so far as to prepare to bombard Kyoto with missiles?

The live stream's popularity surged immediately.

The sponsor, [The Strongest Name of Uchiha is Real], immediately posted a comment:

"My apartment building faces Honnoji Temple directly to the east! Katori-chan, go check it out!"

The live stream audience suddenly became incredibly excited, clamoring for Tenkai to go and film the famous Honnoji Temple.

Tenkai Kaori's heart skipped a beat, and she knew in her heart that something was wrong, but she couldn't go against the will of the people.

It's just a quick photo, nothing bad should happen.

She mustered her courage and went around to the other side of the guest room, pulled back a corner of the tightly drawn curtains, and pointed the camera outwards.

Honnoji Temple was originally an unremarkable little temple of the Hoke sect, but it became famous throughout the world because of the Honnoji Incident, in which Oda Nobunaga died.

"Beep beep beep".

The flames roared and burned unchecked on the ruins of Honnoji Temple.

A skeletal warhorse, two meters tall at the shoulder and covered in white bones, stands before the ruins.

On its back sat a tall warrior wearing tattered armor, now reduced to nothing but bones, his eye sockets glowing with fire.

The man and his horse were enveloped in crimson flames, like knights from hell, majestic and extraordinary.

The skeleton warrior pulled half a katana from between his ribs and slashed downwards.

"Neigh-neigh—!"

The skeletal warhorse reared up and let out a chilling neigh.

From the ground rose mounds, from which hundreds of skeleton foot soldiers crawled out, dressed in tattered armor and carrying a jumble of firearms, arrows, and broken swords and spears.

Interspersed among them were an equal number of translucent, ghostly soldiers with flickering, eerie blue phosphorescent flames.

"Burn down Honnoji Temple!"

"It's the Sixth Demon King, Oda Nobunaga!"

"Even Oda Nobunaga has joined the Hyakki Yagyō (Night Parade of One Hundred Demons)? This trip was definitely worth it!"

The live stream chat exploded instantly, with the number of viewers soaring.

This was a figure from the Warring States period who was just one step away from unifying the world; he was a famous person known to everyone in Japan.

Oda Nobunaga's body was lost in the Honnoji Incident, but it reappeared in Kyoto five hundred years later, giving people an epic feeling of witnessing the changing times of history.

Countless viewers called their friends and family, and the news spread like wildfire, almost crashing Tenkai Katori's live stream.

However, amidst the overwhelming barrage of comments, there were also dissenting opinions.

"Although the skeleton general is riding a horse, he is estimated to be at least 2 meters tall, while Oda Nobunaga is described in historical records as a short man of only 1.6 meters."

"The armor on its body was almost completely rotten, making it impossible to tell whether it was from the Heian period or the Sengoku period."

"The foot soldiers and demon soldiers who marched the dead were armed differently, unlike the armies of the Sengoku period. Without the Oda clan crest, how can one be certain it was Oda Nobunaga?"

Although these analyses sound plausible, the reveling mob either completely ignores them or simply doesn't care.

Appearing at the burning Honnoji Temple, commanding an army of skeleton foot soldiers and ghost soldiers, who else could it be but the Sixth Heaven Demon King Oda Nobunaga?

The close connection between Oda Nobunaga and Honnoji Temple makes most Japanese people reflexively associate them in that direction.

The skeleton warrior raised his katana and swung it forward.

The legion of the dead, composed of skeleton foot soldiers and ghostly soldiers, set off in a grand procession.

Although it's unclear whether the march of the dead counts as a parade of a hundred ghosts, the sheer scale of it was unmatched by the previous group of miscellaneous monsters.

To live, be a hero; to die, be a ghost among heroes!

Amami Kaori was so nervous that she held her breath, afraid of attracting the attention of the dead army, but she couldn't bear to give up the huge amount of traffic she was getting, so she could only stubbornly stay outside the window and keep filming.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh."

Just then, dozens of black dots resembling birds suddenly appeared on one side of the sky.

It was the drone swarm that previously defeated the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons!

Hundreds of meters away, the drone swarm couldn't wait to open fire, and a hail of bullets poured down from the sky, leaving long trails of fire.

"Da da da—!"

The ground was instantly filled with smoke and dust, making it impossible to see.

The Self-Defense Forces' tactics are clear: to remotely control swarms of drones, preemptively strike, and clear out and harvest a wave of enemies.

Under this powerful attack, dozens of skeletal foot soldiers were shattered by bullets, turning into fragments and debris.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Of course, some skeletons did try to fight back, but their weak arrows and lead bullets couldn't even touch the drone swarm.

It was called a musket, but it was actually just a matchlock gun.

This thing can only fire one or two shots per minute. In terms of firepower and accuracy, it is five hundred years behind modern high-tech weapons.

After the drone swarm swept through again, only a handful of foot soldiers remained standing in the march of the dead.

Watching the skeleton foot soldiers being repeatedly destroyed by the drones, utterly powerless to fight back, their resistance so laughable, filled the viewers in the live stream with a strange sense of superiority.

Even extraordinary monsters are nothing special!

Although in ancient times, the parade of a hundred ghosts and the march of the dead may have been terrifying, human society is not static. With the rapid development of modern times, human technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, and human armed forces are unprecedentedly powerful. The demons and monsters that once threatened humanity may now only be relegated to the realm of strange tales and jokes.

"Lord Nobunaga, times have changed!"

"Drones are far more effective than the 'national ruins' you imported from the southern barbarians!"

The viewers in the live stream chatted and laughed, offering their opinions without any sign of tension.

"Neigh-neigh—!"

The steed beneath the skeleton knight pawed the ground furiously with its right hooves, then suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a long, crimson flame into the sky.

"boom!"

Several drones were immediately shot down, their explosives detonating into brilliant bursts of fireworks.

However, the remaining drones, disregarding their own safety, broke into smaller groups and surrounded the Skeleton Knight from all directions.

"Destroy Oda Nobunaga!"

Anyway, the people were all operating the equipment from 10,000 meters away, so their lives were not in danger.

As for the skeleton being suspected to be the remains of Oda Nobunaga, so what? Our Self-Defense Forces are not historians and have no obligation to be responsible for Oda Nobunaga's remains.

Since it dares to appear in Kyoto, where a hundred demons parade, we have no choice but to completely eliminate it!

The skeletal warhorse repeatedly spewed fireballs, occasionally shooting down a drone.

As expected of an elite monster in the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, its combat power is quite formidable.

However, there were simply too many drones, and the enemy was outnumbered. Several drones broke through to the top of the Skeleton Knight's skies and dropped the miniature missiles they were carrying.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Explosions echoed one after another, and flashes of light and shadow intertwined.

Judging by this situation, even an armored vehicle would be blown to pieces here.

When the dust and smoke cleared, the skeleton knight had vanished without a trace, leaving only a pile of broken bones in the radioactive crater from the explosion.

"No way, the famous Oda Nobunaga was just killed like that?"

"That's it? That's it? I was hoping to see Oda Nobunaga fight Uchiha Captain!"

The Japanese viewers in the live stream were all stunned and speechless.

Especially for enthusiasts of the Warring States period, this is unacceptable.

After all, with Oda Nobunaga's immense fame, he would be an SSR character in any mobile game, enough to serve as a behind-the-scenes boss or a great demon king.

The onlookers, always eager for a good show, were all hoping that the Skeleton Knight would deliver a spectacular performance and wreak havoc on the battlefield.

However, its performance is only slightly better than that of common monsters and skeletons, barely qualifying it as an elite monster.

"Who said it was Oda Nobunaga? There's no way Oda Nobunaga could be this weak!"

"Didn't some viewers already explain in the comments that the skeleton general's height doesn't match? This isn't Oda Nobunaga at all!"

Because the Skeleton Knight's performance was so poor, after a brief discussion in the live stream, it was unanimously decided to remove its Oda Nobunaga endorsement.

"It's not over yet! Look at those ghost soldiers!"

The drone swarm's barrage did indeed pulverize the physical skeleton knights and skeletal foot soldiers, but it did nothing to harm the ghostly soldiers.

Even though they had lost their leader, the large number of ghostly soldiers continued their march rigidly and inflexibly, like puppets following orders.

The cars parked on the road could not stop them at all; they were passed by as if they were nothing.

"Physical attacks are indeed ineffective against ghosts..."

"Will sprinkling salt drive them away?"

"How many years has it been? Don't you ever read the Supernatural Police Department's educational materials? The only way to eliminate evil spirits and other such strange beings is with supernatural powers!"

The viewers in the live stream were naturally helpless against the remaining ghost soldiers.

"Huff! Huff!"

Just then, a black armed helicopter sped towards the advancing army of ghost soldiers through the night.

As the helicopter approached the ground, the strong wind it generated whipped up debris on the ground, but the hundreds of ghostly blue soldiers paid no attention and remained completely unaffected.

Through the helicopter door, a face that was unremarkable but seemed to belong to a kind-hearted person was revealed.

See you in "The Soul Reaper"!

In the live stream, Tenkai Katori immediately recognized this Twelve Divine Generals.

The fierce wind tousled his black hair as Dr. Satomi stared solemnly at the silent, advancing army of ghostly soldiers below.

"So many..."

Dr. Satomi frowned, then closed his eyes and prayed to Taisanfukun for a moment:

"Lord of Mount Tai, grant me strength!"

As he spoke, Dr. Satomi pointed his right hand downwards and then took off the necklace hanging on it with his other hand.

In the palm of his right hand was a black hole the size of a thumb, dark and deep, as if even a soul could be sucked into it.

Suddenly, a strong suction force swept out and spread from the black hole in the palm.

Dark Release: Absorption Hole!

The howling airflow rapidly converged towards the hole in Dr. Satomi's palm, drawing in the blue-purple ghost soldiers as they were sucked into the storm.

Like a whirlwind sweeping away clouds, in just a dozen seconds, hundreds of ghostly soldiers were greedily swallowed up by the black hole in Dr. Satomi's palm.

"Minister Uchiha, the massacre of the dead at Honnoji Temple has been quelled."

Having completed his mission, Dr. Satomi immediately put the necklace back on his right palm, sealing the wind point in his palm, his face full of exhaustion.

"what?"

The scattered fragments and bones on the ground melted into a viscous black liquid in an instant, faintly forming mysterious and profound patterns like an array.

(End of this chapter)