I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapter 80-081 Yun Yao

"Awooo—!"

The giant wolf looked up at the moon, which was now so faint it was barely visible, and let out a long, chilling howl.

Then, it stomped heavily on the ground with all four feet, leaped into the air, and its huge body began to spin, crashing down from above like a tornado.

"Tornado!"

Tsukimi Riha moved like a rabbit, leaping up and flashing past.

A trench more than one meter deep and ten meters long was drilled directly into the ground!

"It's no use. I've memorized your scent. The spin will only get faster and faster. My tooth tornado can blow through buildings. If a human is even slightly grazed, he'll be minced into meat."

Before the words were even finished, the tornado had already changed direction in the air and rushed towards Tsukimi Inaba.

The black curse mark on her face had already covered Tsukimi Riha's right cheek. This time, she could only barely dodge it. She slashed at the tornado with her nodachi, but the blade was shredded into pieces as soon as it touched the whirlwind outside.

Inaba's hands, which were holding the sword, were also split open. Her arms were torn open due to the powerful rotating impact. Her left arm was also broken, with white bone fragments exposed at the joint wound, and bright red blood was flowing out. This arm was now useless.

"I almost impulsively minced you into mincemeat, but the teacher told me to bring your head back intact."

Inukai released the whirlwind-like state he had been in, and the two-meter-tall giant wolf looked down at the petite girl.

"Human swordsmanship, to put it bluntly, is only for dealing with enemies who are also human. Once you become such a behemoth, your swordsmanship, which you're so proud of, becomes useless. Besides, now you can't even wield a sword, can you?"

Blood began to gush from Inaba's mouth and nose again, revealing her pale, translucent skin. Her face was covered with black snake-shaped curse marks, and her arms were torn and bleeding.

It's like a porcelain doll that was accidentally swept off the table. Although it hasn't been smashed to pieces yet, its surface is already full of cracks, and it will shatter into pieces with the slightest touch.

"It's painful, isn't it!? You'll be free soon, and I'll swallow you whole from the neck down."

The giant wolf tilted its head and opened its mouth as wide as it could, but it looked more like the mouth of a dislocated snake than a wolf's. The sharp teeth in its mouth were covered with a bluish halo.

"I am a swordsman of the Pill Manifestation School."

Tsukimi Inaba picked up a sheathed nodachi from the ground, used it as a base to support her swaying body, and stood up.

Then, with his only remaining right hand, he gripped the scabbard, tilted the nodachi at his waist, and assumed a starting stance for iaido.

A regular katana is only about 1.2 meters long, while a nodachi is 1.5 meters long, making it much more difficult to draw with iaido.

Even tall, adult male swordsmen wouldn't choose a nodachi for iaido, let alone short women.

However, the longer the weapon, the faster the blade will reach the opponent. If one can master the use of a nodachi for iaido, the power and speed will reach an incredible level.

With only one hand left, unable even to draw his sword, he says this on the verge of death—does he want to die as a swordsman? Humans are so boring.

"Is this your last words? What a shame, the teacher has already banned us from watching sword and spear movies!"

The giant wolf opened its jaws, ready to pounce and swallow Tsukimi Inaba's body whole.

With a crisp "click," the sword was drawn.

In an instant, a sword aura as bright as moonlight slashed across the giant wolf's body, causing it to lunge forward a few steps before standing motionless in a daze.

The sword energy flew through the air for dozens of meters, and in Nakano Park, a small concrete house began to shift from the middle to the top of an invisible line, and the upper part began to slide down under the influence of gravity.

The giant wolf's body split in two starting from its muzzle, collapsing with a crash. The eyes in the two halves of its head, now lying on the ground, still flickered with confusion.

What is that?

"This is the Iaijutsu of the Pill Manifestation Stream, Yunyao."

The black curse mark on Inaba's face had blended together, turning her entire body skin grayish-white, with only her lips remaining a strange, deep blue.

Her once thick, black hair had turned silver, and her petite figure had become tall and full, exceeding 1.7 meters in height. An arm nearly two meters long grew out from her left neck.

The third arm held a one-and-a-half-meter-long nodachi, from which the fierce iaido strike had come.

The Iaijutsu of the Yakumaru-ryu school, Yunyao, is praised as "slashing as soon as it's drawn." Nakamura Hanjiro, a famous master of the school, is said to be able to slash a water droplet three times before it falls to the ground.

The pill appeared naturally, and Yun Yao, a master of the highest level, moved so fast that the naked eye of an ordinary person could not even perceive it.

The Cloud Blade used by Inaba Tsukimi under the blessing of the curse seal has reached a transcendent level, and can now be called a demonic sword, surpassing all sword masters and sword saints throughout history.

With a clang, the nodachi fell to the ground.

Inaba's transformation didn't last long, less than a second, before her third arm retracted, her skin and hair returned to normal, and the curse mark on her face retreated to the back of her neck.

"cough!"

Inaba's body crashed heavily to the ground, this time bleeding profusely not only from her mouth and nose, but from all over her body.

"It seems... it's a draw... I... smell... the scent of death... in you too..."

The monster's vitality was truly terrifying. Even after being cut in two, its internal organs, exposed to the air, continued to wriggle, and it did not die completely for a time.

It seems this is the end of it.

This power, cursed by the monster, used to cause excruciating pain in my limbs and bones, as if being ripped apart by knives, even with just a little use, requiring medication to fall asleep.

But now I have no feeling in my little finger at all. It's not cold, numb, or stiff. Instead, it feels a bit like the lazy, comfortable feeling of being held in my mother's arms when I was a child.

Perhaps it was a final burst of energy before death?

Tsukimi Inaba lay serenely on the grass, her empty left eye gazing at the sky.

Three years ago, he should have died in that attack along with his parents, but in the end, he was the only one who survived.

Although he started learning swordsmanship under the guise of revenge and shamelessly clung to life, in the end he didn't even get to see his enemy's face properly, which was a real failure.

However, she has already purchased a small plot of land in the Huguosi Cemetery next to her parents' tombstones. It is a quiet place to sleep at night, and in spring she can also see cherry blossoms.

Oh, by the way, the cherry blossoms at Huguosi Cemetery weren't completely gone yet last night...

I even fantasized that I could hold on until the flowers withered, but in the end, I died much earlier...

There's also my suicide note. I kept it in my shoulder bag, and it should be in the hands of the Uchiha clan now. I hope he finds it soon.

Tsukimi Inaba's mind raced with thoughts, but her left eye, which was already unfocused, gradually dimmed.

fire!

Suddenly, a flame flickered in Inaba's left eye.

A ball of fire descended from the sky, igniting the black dog monster, which was not quite dead yet, into a torch. Another ball of flame flew through the air, turning the chameleon monster, which was pinned to a tree and unable to move, into ashes.

Two crimson moons appeared in the void, with three black magatama rotating within each blood moon.

"I can't save you, but I can give you a sweet dream before I die."

"In your final moments, do you have any last wishes?"

(End of this chapter)