Transformed into the leader of an esoteric sect in Japan

Kurosawa Shizuki braced herself on the ground with both hands, using her waist to spin her body, her skirt fluttering, her legs tracing a perfect circle around her.

Virtual Blade Style: Peony! Spinning Kick!

Thump, thump, thump, thump! A series of kicks struck the chests of all the thugs who had surrounded them, sending them flying into the air.

The second layer of the human wall has been breached!

Kurosawa Shizuki leaped up and grabbed a thug who had lost consciousness from a kick in mid-air. Kurosawa Shizuki used her hands to support the thug and used his body as a shield to charge towards the last wall of people!

The enemies fell down in a flurry, like bowling pins.

Clang, clang, clang! She discarded her human shield and used her hands to parry and block attacks from all directions. Whether it was a hand strike or a foot kick, everything in her way was sent flying into the air without a single round.

The third layer of the human wall consisted of only four or five people guarding Shan Nei, and they were all armed with real weapons!

The short, wakizashi-sized katana gleamed with a cold light.

The stun gun was making a hissing sound.

Some people even pulled out swords that were about the length of their arms.

Kurosawa Shizuki didn't even take a deep breath and continued charging!

Dodge, deflect, parry, no-knife attack, knee strike!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Seven or eight flashes of cold light passed by, and then all the weapons were broken in half by Kurosawa Shizuki's sword-snatching counterattack technique!

Walking on the edge of a blade, Kurosawa Shizuki felt no tension. On the contrary, she became increasingly excited. The series of battles gave her an indescribable, morbid pleasure!

A demon seemed to be screaming in her heart: This is not enough! More battles, more killing, more death! Only in this way can the supreme being be pleased!

Unbeknownst to Kurosawa Shizuki, the translucent black substance had silently flowed across her entire body, forming a translucent armor that covered her!

Before anyone knew it, almost all the charging thugs had fallen at Kurosawa Shizuki's feet, and the area less than ten steps from the mountain had fallen into a vacuum.

The incantations within the mountain seemed to have stopped, and the thugs, who had been driven to madness by the rampage, seemed to have their blood boil in the crushing battle. Their gazes toward Kurosawa Shizuki were now filled with fear and awe. They began to retreat, their courage dissipating, because the leaders of the charge had all been defeated.

It's just her and Yamauchi Yuki!

P.S., writing the battle scenes in this chapter was quite difficult. I wonder if I've captured the visuals well? I said I wanted to simplify the battles, but I inexplicably had a lot of fun writing them.

Section 35 Chapter Thirty-Five: The Decisive Battle

Step over countless fallen minions and charge toward the final enemy!

However, halfway through the sprint, Shizuki Kurosawa had to stop.

Because Yamauchi Yuki had already pointed the tip of his wooden sword at the throat of Mizushima, who was lying unconscious on the ground along with his chair. Although Yamauchi was holding a wooden sword, Kurosawa Shizuki had no doubt that Yamauchi was capable of killing someone with a wooden sword.

"If you're going to fight, fight me fair and square. Don't resort to these underhanded tricks," Kurosawa Shizuki said coldly. She hadn't forgotten that she had come here with this group of delinquents to rescue Mizushima. If she failed to save him and Mizushima lost his life, she would still feel guilty.

"Then lay down your weapons and leave with Mizushima. We can leave each other alone. You can stop interfering in our affairs, and we won't provoke you anymore." Kurosawa Shizuki's previous swift defeat of a group of rabble had clearly caused a significant impact on Yamanouchi. Now, his attitude was no longer as arrogant as before; instead, he had become more cautious. He probably realized that Kurosawa Shizuki had not yet unleashed her full strength.

“Fine, release Mizushima, and this matter will end here.” Kurosawa Shizuki wouldn’t be swayed by a so-called “Mizushima” she had only heard about today, but if she had the chance to save Mizushima, she would still do so. After all, according to Kanda Hiroshi, this guy was nominally a subordinate that the original owner had developed, so he would definitely still be useful. “If you let Mizushima suffer any more harm, I guarantee you will suffer ten times the pain.”

“I can accept it. Continuing to fight won’t do us any good.” Yamauchi gave a forced, friendly smile, but to Kurosawa Shizuki, the smile looked utterly hypocritical.

"So, is it a deal?" Yamauchi once again raised the wooden sword and hoisted it onto his shoulder.

"Deal." Kurosawa Shizuki nodded calmly.

"Catch it." Yamauchi chuckled, untied the ropes binding Mizushima to the chair, grabbed Mizushima by the collar, and threw him at Kurosawa Shizuki like trash.

This force doesn't seem like an attempt to settle things peacefully at all; on the contrary, it's like using Mizushima as a human shield to smash him away!

Mizushima's body blocked Kurosawa Shizuki's view of Yamanouchi. Kurosawa Shizuki sensed that Yamanouchi behind Mizushima was showing his true strength, and his aura was rising steadily! Yamanouchi was indeed playing a trick!

Yamauchi Hei raised the unremarkable dark red wooden sword compared to the weapons in his hand, resting it between his outstretched index finger and thumb on his right hand, and grinned.

The tip of the knife was aimed directly at Mizushima's back; the knife, Mizushima, and Kurosawa Shizuki were almost in a straight line.

Yamauchi was well aware that with Kurosawa Shizuki's strength, his underlings would be no match for her, and sooner or later they would all be defeated by her.

However, Yamauchi never expected Kurosawa Shizuki to be defeated by those grunts. All he hoped was for the grunts to disrupt Kurosawa Shizuki's attack rhythm and expose her weaknesses in the long battle.

If there is any opening that Yamanouchi can exploit, then it will be a matter of life and death!

At this point, Yamauchi could obviously see that Kurosawa Shizuki was definitely not some harmless high school girl. Kurosawa Shizuki had her eye on his medicine, and if Kurosawa Shizuki wanted to capture him, he had to capture Kurosawa Shizuki and interrogate her to find out her true purpose and the forces behind her.

The moment he threw the Mizushima towards Kurosawa Shizuki, he finally caught a fleeting glimpse of wavering and hesitation on Kurosawa Shizuki's face. Yamauchi had his chance!

The wooden sword, suspended in mid-air, began to hum, flashed red light, and sent a chill down one's spine!

"Thu!" Yamauchi simply uttered a single syllable.

The moment Yamanouchi spoke, his left arm swelled into a monstrous, thick, blood-red giant hand, bursting through his sleeve. His entire arm turned reddish-brown and grew strange hair and scales.

The monster's left arm propelled the wooden sword, tearing through the air in an instant, surpassing all of its subordinates in the mountains, and swiftly thrusting it straight at Kurosawa Shizuki, like a venomous snake lurking in the darkness, suddenly revealing its fangs.

New Dangliu - Tooth Thrust!

Kurosawa Shizuki was clear-headed and knew that now was not the time to hold back. She would not give her any chance to breathe and Yamauchi also made a fatal move right from the start!

If this fang-thrust attack were to actually hit, it would probably skewer Mizushima and Kurosawa Shizuki together in mid-air!

The Phantom Blade Style: Lady Flower uses Mizushima's body as if it were a sword thrown by Yamauchi. He catches Mizushima with both hands, spins his body, and casually tosses Mizushima to the other side, at least saving the guy's life.

However, Yamanouchi's fangs followed closely behind, and even with Kurosawa Shizuki's speed and current physique, he couldn't dodge this attack.

There was no time for Kurosawa Shizuki to consider what would happen to Mizushima next; in the next instant, it would be a matter of life and death!

Facing the protruding teeth, she advanced instead of retreating, her entire body's strength concentrated as she gathered her power once more. She knew very well that in this kind of confrontation, whoever retreated would die!

She has to use a move that's faster than Yamauchi's!

Her hands, like spring branches, drew perfect circles around her body. Time seemed to stand still. In Kurosawa Shizuki's eyes, the whole world consisted only of Yamauchi, who was using his mutated left arm to unleash his Fang-Thrust technique, and her in the starting stance.

Her thoughts raced through her mind, mentally strategizing for every possible move Yamanouchi might make! Among more than ten options, Kurosawa Shizuki unhesitatingly chose the most prudent counterattack. With overwhelming superiority, there was no need for a surprise attack.

Time flows, like the illusory movement of two hands, seemingly slow yet incredibly fast, a stillness and movement imbued with Zen, the palms dancing like falling leaves.

Kurosawa Shizuki arrived first despite being behind, leaving a trail of afterimages behind her. She waved her hand and cut through the rosy light, a dazzling dreamlike illusion!

First Ultimate Technique: Mirror Flower, Water Moon!

The tooth-like protrusions charged downwards from a high place, while the reflection in the water danced upwards from a low place; the movements of the two duelists were as elegant and rhythmic as a dance.

The monster-like left arm of the mountain was flowing with a strange, dark red aura, and an extremely vicious energy flame burned on it, eventually spreading to his seemingly ordinary wooden sword.

A blood-red, flaming spearhead!

Kurosawa Shizuki's left arm was wrapped in rings of twisted black matter, venomous, dark, and cruel, and the air in the area it swung over was distorted by it!

A deadly blade entangled in black matter!

In the instant they passed each other, the outcome was already decided.

The lightning-like teeth tore through the air, their unstoppable momentum capable of easily piercing even steel.

However, on Kurosawa Shizuki's slender left arm, only a series of sparks were generated, making it difficult to achieve any damage. In the end, the blade was forcibly intercepted by Kurosawa Shizuki's hand chop, and the path of the blade was deflected!

Faced with the dark matter defense of the fourth-stage Sun Apostle, even if Yamauchi Yuki, who was at most at the second stage, risked his life and made countless calculations, he could not produce any effect.

On Kurosawa Shizuki's uniform shoulder, there was only a tiny tear. On her body, the semi-transparent black protective layer rippled like water before returning to normal, like the calm surface of a lake touched by a gentle breeze.

However, the fate of Yamauchi Yuki was completely different.

"What a joke, my legend has only just begun," Yamauchi mumbled incoherently as he stumbled forward. "To think I would fall here, losing so unfairly."

The strange, dark red wooden sword used to unleash the fangs sparked countless sparks as it clashed with Kurosawa Shizuki's Kyoka Suigetsu hand strikes, eventually breaking in the middle when stretched to its limit!

The wooden knife, broken in two, fell limply to the ground.

A faint bloodstain silently appeared on the swollen left arm inside the mountain, which had completely mutated into a bizarre shape.

Blood blossomed, the blood line extending all the way to Yamanouchi's shoulder; Yamanouchi's entire left arm was almost sliced ​​open along the arm!

Yamauchi, clutching his left arm, knelt on the ground, a bitter and desperate smile on his face.

P.S. Regarding the Hollow Blade Style, I watched the anime a long time ago, but I recently did some research and found out that the Fig Fruit is actually Nanami's ultimate technique. I had to revise the earlier chapters, and I guess the protagonist needs to be at least at the Hollow Blade Style Perfection level to learn a skill like the Fig Fruit...

PS2, after two easy victories, the next battle around chapter 10 will probably present the protagonist with some real challenges...

Chapter 36, Section 36: She's going to eat people!

“This power…” Yamauchi, expressionless, looked down at his left arm, which had completely lost sensation.

His left arm, which was covered in blood and gore, originally possessed a strong ability to regenerate. However, after being cut by Kurosawa Shizuki's hand, it could not heal at all. Yamauchi was horrified to see a layer of indescribable black viscous fluid adhering to his left arm, making a sizzling sound. His arm felt like it was on fire, and Yamauchi's face turned extremely pale, with large beads of sweat dripping down his face.

If this wound cannot be treated with a healing secret technique as soon as possible, Yamanouchi's left arm will probably be completely useless.

This was even with Kurosawa Shizuki holding back. If Kurosawa Shizuki had wanted to, she could have easily taken Yamanouchi's head as easily as she had killed that ghoul.

However, with so many witnesses present, if she were to rashly kill someone, the aftermath would be extremely troublesome. She couldn't very well just unleash her Black Matter and silence everyone present, could she? Going to such lengths just to get information about a "medicine" was simply unnecessary.

Even what Kurosawa Shizuki has accomplished is astonishing enough.

Almost all the thugs present looked at Kurosawa Shizuki with eyes that seemed to regard her as a monster.

"Is that woman even human? She broke the boss's demonic sword with just one hand?!"

"One person took everyone down without even leaving a scratch..."

"The legend of that Iron Fist Queen from Yamagata is indeed true. I wouldn't be surprised if a woman like that could unify the underworld, let alone the entire Pyeongkyo underworld!"

As an enemy directly confronting Kurosawa Shizuki, Yamauchi could see more. His gaze towards Kurosawa Shizuki became even more venomous and fearful: "This burning sensation, the filthy substance like mud on the wound, and your shadow... You are a member of that cult... the monster that binds shadows..."

With a blank expression, Kurosawa Shizuki strode towards Yamauchi and punched him hard in the face, choking him on the back of his sentence. She had no intention of discussing matters related to esoteric Buddhism with Yamauchi here.

This time, Kurosawa Shizuki did not use the power of the Black Essence and the Hollow Blade Style, but relied solely on a physical strike based on her physical constitution. Everyone could hear the crisp sound of that heavy punch hitting Yamauchi's body, and the delinquents couldn't help but tremble.

The mountain's body spiraled upwards into the air, then crashed to the ground in a sorry state, collapsing and unable to even stand up.

Yamauchi, whose face was half-swollen from the beating, looked even more miserable than Mizushima, whom he had captured. With half of his left arm almost completely rotten, he lay on the ground like a defeated dog, constantly making hoarse panting sounds, and seemed to have been beaten to the point of being somewhat delirious.

Kurosawa Shizuki walked to Yamauchi's side, casually grabbed Yamauchi's collar, and dragged him forward like a piece of trash, leaving a long trail of blood on the ground.

"What are you looking at?" She raised an eyebrow at her men, who were staring at her tremblingly. "I need to have a chat with your boss. Do you have any objections?"

"No, how could I dare to have such a thing!"