Shota is surrounded by monsters!

"Bam—"

Shota was kicked inside again.

"Cough cough." Shota coughed twice to suppress the pain in his chest. Instead of going out through the hole again, he punched through a wall in the room, ran to the next room, and then suddenly burst through the wall!

"I've already told you that's enough!"

Shota rushed out without ignoring Ran Honglian's pursuit and pounced on Yomi as if no one else was there. Caught off guard, Yomi only had time to use her sword to block, but Shota, like a mad dog, directly bit the treasured sword Lion King with his own teeth.

The Taotie's greatest strength is its excellent teeth!

"you……"

Before Huang Quan could finish speaking, Xiang Tai kicked her from the bottom and put her on the ground. Taking advantage of the opening, he swung Lion King away with his head while holding down Huang Quan's hands with his hands and wrapping his tail around Huang Quan's legs.

"Do you want to kill me again? Kousaka-kun, you're so cruel."

Even though she couldn't escape for the time being and was pinned down in this humiliating position, Huang Quan still maliciously mocked Shota, "How does it feel to kill someone twice..."

Shota looked at Yomi, who was so close to him, and suddenly stuck out his tongue and licked her face.

"..."

Saliva lingered on Huang Quan's cheek.

"Perverted lecher!"

Yomi resisted even more fiercely, but Shota seemed oblivious and deliberately licked the spot on Yomi's forehead where the Killing Stone had been placed.

For Yomi, the Sesshōseki is practically her soul. Although she is now only a soul, the Sesshōseki is her most essential part. And the characteristics of Shota's tongue need no explanation.

Huang Quan seemed to have suffered a serious injury and suddenly became powerless.

“If you don’t kill me…” Huang Quan said to Shota, emphasizing each word, “I will never let you have a single day of peace.”

"..."

Shota licked the spot where the Sesshoseki was again, and Yomi softened again, though she quickly regained her hateful gaze.

"I won't do it."

Shota changed his position, binding Isayama Yomi behind his back while restraining her.

"You came to me simply because you wanted to die, didn't you? Because you were worried that you would attack Kagura, your fiancé, or other people." As if kidnapping someone, Shota said as he walked, "So you hypnotized yourself and directed all your hatred towards me. You hoped to find me before you found anyone else."

"Because I can beat you, and I can also kill you. So you've entrusted me with the great and difficult task of 'stopping you from doing bad things'."

"Although I suspect you don't remember this anymore."

"But let me tell you... I have no interest in killing the same type of person twice."

"I will curse you to death, Shota Kousaka!"

"...Whatever." Shota continued talking to himself, and the more he talked, the more cheerful he became: "Isayama Yomi-kun, do you know?"

"Actually, I've always wanted to take you home and store you as food. Although you've gone a bit sour now, you're still much tastier and last longer than compressed biscuits. I've even dreamt about you because of this. I imagine myself holding you in my mouth and eating you piece by piece~"

"..."

Huang Quan fell silent, but the resentment within her seemed to intensify. She was nearing the point where she would never find peace unless she killed Shota.

“So,” Shota continued, “this morning, I wanted to change my image, and for once I wanted to be a ‘partner of justice.’”

"Things were almost over. But then you showed up again."

Shota completely ignored Yomi's resistance behind him and said, "No, no, forget what you just said. I should say it like this."

"I really can't bear to kill you again, so I've decided to subdue you first. Once I find a way to eliminate the negative emotions associated with the Sessho-seki, I will solve this problem for you. Although becoming a ghost is not what you're looking for, you must believe that even youkai can coexist peacefully with humans. Trust me, you will definitely be able to have a happy conversation with Kagura again. I will do my best for that!"

"Well, but... before that, I'd appreciate it if you could lick it a few times every day."

"I'll kill you..."

"I'll kill you..."

Shota didn't hear a word of Yomi's mutterings coming from behind him.

Chapter 89. Shota finally reveals his unknown side.

Image: "Evil Spirit Underworld", Location: "Images/164108-63942.jpg"

"Shouta-kun!"

"Ah, Rea."

Seeing Rea, who was holding an umbrella, chasing after Mashiro, Shota greeted them and said, "I'm going to the Nura Clan now."

"But...Isayama-san, she..."

Based solely on appearance, Rea recognized the yokai that had attacked earlier—the one Shota was carrying on his back—as Isayama Yomi. Unaware of what had transpired, her impression of Isayama Yomi remained that of the girl lying in the hospital bed from yesterday, not the terrifying vengeful spirit that Mashiro now cowered behind in fear.

You'll die a horrible death!

The vengeful spirit Huang Quan was still resisting, trying her best to break free from Shota's grasp. However, Shota's greatest skill was devouring, and now that she was completely captured and subdued by him, even though Huang Quan was slightly stronger than Shota, she had no chance of escaping. Not to mention that her actual strength was weaker to begin with.

Unless she self-destructs, but Shota, having already become a yokai, is no longer aware of killing her own people. The instincts instilled by the Killing Stone will make her crave survival and strength; the fact that she sought out Shota after her resurrection, attempting to be defeated, is already a miracle.

That's roughly the situation.

Seeing that Rei and Mashiro had no intention of going back and both wanted to follow him, Shota explained the whole story as they walked—of course, he concealed all his subjective feelings.

Mashiro certainly couldn't understand this kind of thing, but after hearing the reason behind it, Rea was immediately infected by this sorrowful atmosphere.

"So, Isayama-san has had such a hard time, such a miserable life..." Rea said with a hint of pleading, "Hey, Shota-kun, is there any way to save her? She's like this..."

"If we just wait a few decades, there should be a solution."

Shota replied earnestly, "After I grow up, I should be able to match the Nine-Tailed Fox's power. No, even if I'm slightly weaker, it doesn't matter, because my ability is to devour, and the Killing Stone isn't the Nine-Tailed Fox's complete form. In a few decades, I should be able to preserve her soul while resolving her bloodlust."

Shota was telling the truth. Ordinary purification was no longer possible to suppress the power of the Killing Stone—that would directly obliterate Yomi. The only way was to find a youkai whose strength was no less than that of the Nine-Tailed Fox and who also had the ability to absorb negative emotions to bear her burdens.

There's no need to conceptually erase all the hatred from the Sesshōseki now, because Yomi was previously sustained entirely by the Sesshōseki. Back then, if the energy supply from the Sesshōseki were stopped, Yomi's accumulated injuries would erupt, and she would die from her grievous wounds—but in her ghost form...

Ghosts are quite fun to play with. Serious injuries can be healed, as long as you get them back to health quickly.

Of course, removing the Sesshō-seki is too dangerous, so Shota plans to take a more subtle approach, absorbing everything every day until Yomi, the ghost, can transform from a yokai reliant on the Sesshō-seki into one capable of providing its own energy.

"Isn't several decades too long?"

"No, no, Rea. We're monsters now." Shota said nonchalantly, "A few years pass in the blink of an eye, it's normal."

"...But until then, do we have to keep Isayama-kun tied up every day?"

Rea looked at Yomi, who was still struggling and emanating an aura of evil behind Shota, and couldn't help but ask a question.

"I joined the Nura Clan precisely to solve this problem. Although this guy is quite strong, the Nura Clan has a lot of tools for dealing with yokai."

A strange smile appeared on Shota's lips.

So, Shota ran to the Nura Clan, explained the situation, and then brought a bunch of yokai and a bunch of gadgets back home.

"Hmm, Qing Tianfang, could you help repair the wall first?"

Shota looked at the big hole in his wall. If light got in, Rea, who was afraid of the sun, wouldn't be able to stay there. So the most urgent thing was to fix the wall.

“Okay, no problem, Taotie-san.”

Qing Tianfang patted his chest and agreed.

The Nura Clan had a dedicated construction team. After all, some yokai could manipulate things like soil. After banging and pounding for a while, the cave entrance was completely filled in—although these yokai had no aesthetic sense and made it look terrible.

The next step is to lock the vengeful spirit Huang Quan in this room.

Besides killing traitors outright, the Nura Clan also has methods of imprisonment to deal with them. After all, they are a black organization that has existed for hundreds of years, so how could they not have this capability? Although they also have places specifically for imprisoning yokai, leaving Yomi there would go against Shota's original intention.

Therefore, Shota ordered a complete prison facility.

That set of equipment is called Soul Locking.

Turning his head to look at Yomi, who was bound by a special leather whip extorted from the leader of the Oni Girl Group, Shota chuckled and shook the leather collar in his hand.

"You'll regret this, Shota Kousaka!"

Even with her movements restricted, Yomi's eyes were still filled with absolute hatred. Influenced by the Killing Stone, she was now completely controlled by loathing, hatred, and killing intent. So Shota didn't care.

The deeper the hatred, the better; if it reaches a certain level, she might actually be able to escape the Killing Stone and live in the world solely because of her hatred for Shota.

Then everyone will be happy, right?

But before that.

"Reya." Shota gestured for Reya to come and help.

"Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Rei always felt somewhat averse to doing this kind of thing.

"truth!"

"Oh!"

Mashiro didn't seem to care. She obediently walked to Yomi's side and then teasingly lifted her chin. Shota looked at Yomi, who was stubbornly holding her head high, and simply untied the leather band, then bent down and slowly wrapped it around the back of Yomi's neck.

Do you think you can keep me in check like this?

"of course can."

After Shota put the collar around Yomi's neck, he suddenly felt that it looked exceptionally beautiful on her fair and slender neck.

I feel like the more I look at this guy, the more attracted I become.

Shota quickly shook his head to dismiss the idea, then took a small bell from Mashiro's hand and put it on.

"jingle--"

As the small bell rang, Huang Quan's demonic aura weakened instantly, and even the Killing Stone on her head stopped shining. A trace of weariness appeared on her face.

Oh, as expected of the old man's treasure, it's a powerful item that's said to be able to directly cut down ordinary monsters even if an A-rank monster takes it!

Shota nodded in satisfaction. It was a pity that this thing was too troublesome to carry around; otherwise, it could have been a trump card to defeat the enemy.

"What did you do?!"

Huang Quan asked sharply, but Shota merely shrugged and said, "Just weakening your abilities. And locking you up while I'm at it."

As he spoke, he leisurely reached out to Huang Quan's chin and teased the little bell with his finger. With each ring of the bell, Huang Quan's power was suppressed to its lowest point.

"Taotie-san, our work here is finished."