I Am a Heroic Spirit

"I remember it." Zhongfu nodded and admitted it directly.

"Then what's going on?" Zhang Luo asked.

"A long time ago, a family of otters came to destroy the fish in my ditch, which gave me a headache. About two months ago, I accidentally found the otter's nest in the river, so I killed a female otter and two baby otters in it..." Zhongfu said with some regret. If he had not killed the three otters, this kind of thing would not have happened, and Ayako would not have been implicated.

"Oh, that's true," Zhang Luo said, turning his gaze to the Lord of Arakawa. "If that's the case, then Zhongfu can't be blamed for this. Her husband is the Lord of Arakawa, who controls the river, and yet she brought her children to destroy someone else's fish. She deserves it."

Lord Arakawa had a dark face and said nothing. He probably knew that if you really counted it, he was not in the right, and he said this just to gain sympathy. As for other hatreds, he could attack Ayako immediately after his wife died. Can you expect him to have deep feelings for his wife and children?

"Okay, the only one left is Miss Ayako who has been sleeping soundly..." Zhang Luo gently tapped the body of Lord Arakawa with his magic sword and asked, "Is the child in Miss Ayako's belly yours?"

"That's right." Lord Arakawa said honestly.

"Remove the curse on Ayako, take your child away, and wipe out all grudges between you and Tadashi's family. How about that?" Zhang Luo offered a condition, which he considered quite good. If Lord Arakawa refused again, he would have no choice but to kill him and return to ask Abe Haruaki for advice. Otherwise, summoning Medea was also an option, but he didn't know if the Greek Medea could remove the Japanese spell.

Lord Arakawa also understood that this was Zhang Luo's bottom line. If he didn't agree, his life would be in danger. He was unwilling to die at the hands of a human who was weaker than himself.

"Just eat the gallbladder of the giant sculpin. That's the tool to lift the curse." Lord Arakawa replied.

"Big Dufu fish?" Zhang Luo looked at Zhongfu in confusion. He didn't know much about fish, so he had to ask Zhongfu.

Could an ordinary giant sculpin really wake Ayako? Although he was a little skeptical, Chufu decided to give it a try and went to the river to catch some fish.

"It's that girl. She is the Great Dufu Fish Monster." Before Tadashi could take any action, Lord Arakawa continued to say that only the monster's gallbladder could lift his curse. An ordinary gallbladder would be of no use.

Chapter 200 The Woman Who Gave Birth to an Otter

"Behave yourself." Zhang Luo put the back of the knife against Lord Arakawa's body, and the restless Lord Arakawa stilled himself.

"Izumi, why are you here?" Zhang Luo then asked.

"I noticed two Shuten fighting here, so I came over to take a look." Berserker Ibaraki said, looking at the battlefield not far away. "As expected of my friend, even the Shuten from another world is so powerful."

Because of the previous battle with Lord Arakawa, Assassin Shuten's physical strength and magic power were consumed to a certain extent. Although Zhang Luo's magic support and super high durability allowed her to perform not much weaker, she was still inevitably weakened a bit. Although her own strength was half a level better than Shuten Douji, she had not been able to gain the upper hand in the battle until this point.

"You've arrived just in time. I'm in trouble here and need your help." Zhang Luo pointed at Chufu, who was standing obediently to the side, and Ayako, who was lying beside him, and said to Berserker Ibaraki, "This time, to remove the curse that Lord Arakawa cast on Ayako, we need the gallbladder of the giant scorpionfish. It's in the ruins of that courtyard. Lord Arakawa is here and I can't leave. Chufu can't get through, so I have no choice but to ask you for help."

Berserker Izuki followed Zhang Luo's hand and looked at Ayako. A strange smile suddenly appeared on his face. "It's troublesome. It's really troublesome."

"What? Is there something wrong? Isn't it true that all Ayako needs to do is eat the gallbladder of the giant sculpin and everything will be fine?" Seeing that Berserker Ibaraki had a strange expression, Zhang Luo cast a suspicious look at Lord Arakawa. Could it be that this guy was lying?

Berserker Izuki said, "That's not what I'm referring to. It's about the child."

Zhang Luo was stunned: "What?!"

Berserker Izuki said, "A woman pregnant with an otter child should give birth around sixty days later. From what I can see, that woman has already been pregnant for sixty days."

Zhang Luo still trusted Berserker Ibaraki's eyesight. He was able to tell at a glance that Assassin Shuten's power came from the Yamata-no-Orochi, so it was not surprising that he could tell this.

"Sixty days? That's two months, when Tadashi killed Lord Arakawa's wife and children." Zhang Luo made a rough calculation and cast an unfriendly look on Lord Arakawa. His wife and son had just died, and he made Ayako pregnant with his child. It seemed that he had been targeting Ayako for a long time!

Lord Arakawa tilted his head and did not look at Zhang Luo.

Zhang Luo was too lazy to bother with those things now. After all, less trouble is worse than more trouble, so he said to Berserker Izuku, "Izuku, go find the giant sculpin in there first. There's only one giant sculpin in there that's a monster, so it won't be hard to find."

Berserker Izuku nodded indifferently, then walked past the battlefield and entered the ruins of the house. After a while, he came out carrying a large sculpin.

At this time, Ayako, who was in a coma, moved, her body twisted, she seemed to feel pain, and let out a faint moan.

"I'm afraid Ayako is about to give birth." Zhang Luo looked at Ayako's big belly and his face became serious.

"Do we need to remove the fish gallbladder? Or should we wait until the fish gives birth?" Berserker Izumi asked Zhang Luo while holding the giant sculpin.

"We'll cut the fish gallbladder later. It'll be better for Miss Ayako to give birth while she's asleep," said Zhang Luo.

"Well, master, now there is a question, can you deliver a baby?" asked Berserker Izuki.

Zhang Luo was stunned. Yes, what about the delivery? He didn't know how to deliver a baby.

"Let me do it. The child is mine. I can let him come out of Ayako's belly." Lord Arakawa spoke, looking very sincere.

Zhang Luo hesitated for a moment, then removed the demon sword from Lord Arakawa, and warned him, "You must understand what you are doing. If you act recklessly, don't blame us for being ruthless."

"Don't worry, the child in Ayako's belly is my only blood. Even if you don't tell me, I won't let anything happen to my only blood." Lord Arakawa stood up from the ground and spoke.

"Who can say for sure?"

Zhang Luo muttered and took a step back to make room for Lord Arakawa.

Lord Arakawa said nothing, but walked over to Ayako's side. His gaze on her belly softened. Tadashi knelt beside Ayako's head, supporting it with his legs. Seeing Lord Arakawa approaching, he didn't move, but stared at her with a wary look...

Lord Arakawa ignored Tadashi who had been calling him grandpa, and knelt down, placing one hand on Ayako's belly and the other between her legs, releasing the remaining demonic power from his hands.

Soon, a baby otter staggered out from between Ayako's legs. Because it was just born, the otter lacked strength. It only crawled to the bottom of Ayako's lifted skirt and then lay on the ground, unable to move.

"Why is it an otter?" Tadashi stared at the otter that crawled out of Ayako's belly in amazement and asked in disbelief. After all, in a sense, this otter was Tadashi's great-grandson.

Even if the man is a monster, it is impossible for the woman, who is a human, to give birth to an otter directly. It is impossible for a human to give birth to an animal. Although there are examples of wolf children, monkey children, demon children, and fox children in Heian-kyo, no one has ever seen a person who looks like a wolf, monkey, demon, or fox. At most, they have some similar features.

Zhongfu thought so, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes as he looked at the otter. There was no way he would accept an otter as his great-grandson.

"Because of the curse, it's really novel."

Lord Arakawa would not explain. The person who spoke was 1.5 Berserker Ibaraki, but Berserker Ibaraki only said this.

"Curse?" Zhongfu looked confused.

"Whether it's the cause and effect of humans or animals, they are fundamentally the same. Generally speaking, the cause and effect of humans and animals are not related because the curses cast on them are different." Zhang Luo explained that his understanding of Yin and Yang magic has deepened a lot during this period, and he has also gained sufficient knowledge of curses.

"Oh." Zhongfu still looked confused.

"However, if the same spell is cast on that cause and effect, that situation may occur." Zhang Luo said this while instructing Berserker Ibaraki to tear open the belly of the giant sculpin, take out the gall bladder, and then feed it into Ayako's mouth.

Chapter 201 Fighting Beasts

The bile melted in the mouth. Tadashi adjusted the position of Ayako's head, allowing the juice containing magical power to flow down Ayako's throat into her stomach.

The effect was very fast. As soon as Ayako swallowed the gallbladder, her eyelids moved. Although she was not fully awake yet, Zhang Luo and Berserker Ibaraki could see that the evil curse rooted in Ayako's body began to dissipate.

"Ah! It's the curse that Lord Kurokawa cast on my granddaughter." Zhongfu finally understood what the curse Zhang Luo meant, and a look of regret appeared on his face. If he had known this would happen, he would have fed Ayako gallbladder before she gave birth.

"The curse has been cast. Even if we lift it before that, it will only wake Ayako up and turn the otter in her stomach into a corpse. It will have no other effect." Zhang Luo saw what Zhongfu was thinking and explained to him.

Zhongfu opened his mouth but still said nothing, and stopped looking at the little otter.

The Lord of Arakawa carefully picked up the otter, then turned to look at Zhang Luo and said, "The curse has been lifted. Can I leave now?"

Although he said so, Lord Arakawa obviously did not trust Zhang Luo, and his footsteps were already slowly moving towards the river.

"Whatever." Zhang Luo did not stop Lord Arakawa's plan. He said it lightly and then walked away. Berserker Ibaraki was not interested in fighting with the seriously injured Lord Arakawa and simply ignored him.

Seeing this, Lord Arakawa was stunned for a few seconds. He didn't expect that Zhang Luo really intended to let him go. Then he jumped into the river with the little otter without hesitation and moved away from this area along the river.

On the other side of the ruins, the battle was almost coming to an end. Assassin Shuten swung his sword and stabbed at Shuten-douji's stomach, but Shuten-douji grabbed the sword. The double blades of the sword cut a two-centimeter-deep crack on his palm. A large amount of blood seeped out of Shuten-douji's clenched fist. Even so, he did not let go of the sword. Instead, he exerted force and pulled the sword out of Assassin Shuten's hand and threw it far into the river.

However, Assassin Shuten is not a heroic spirit who relies on weapons. Even with his bare hands, he is no weaker than when he uses a sword. Just as Shuten-douji pulled the sword from her hand, Assassin Shuten quickly stretched out his hands and pressed down Shuten-douji's shoulders.

"A Hundred Flowers in Disarray is my nickname!"

This Noble Phantasm is Assassin Shuten's innate ability and it is simply an extraordinary skill. In short, it is to "pull out the bones" of the opponent in a literal sense. Shuten-douji raised his foot to avoid it, but he was too late. A piece of bone broke through the skin under Assassin Shuten's power and was exposed from the shoulder. The pain of the bone pulling was unbearable for Shuten-douji. Shuten-douji, who was furious, punched Assassin Shuten in the stomach with a long fist. Assassin Shuten had no intention and no time to resist, and was directly punched through the stomach by Shuten-douji. A piece of intestine fell out of Assassin Shuten's stomach along Shuten-douji's fist.

This was the first time either side had been seriously injured since the battle began. The blood and pain fueled the cruelty and madness of both monsters. The fight gradually devolved into a frenzied fight for each other's life. The brutal tactics employed were too much for Zhang Luo to bear, but Berserker Ibaraki was watching with rapture.

After the fight was over, Assassin Shuten was half-kneeling in a pile of rubble, his stomach was completely ripped open, flesh and intestines were all exposed, one arm was twisted into a knot, the other hand was also broken, half of his face was torn into tatters, and when he opened his mouth, flesh and blood fell out.

There was no skin on Shuten-douji's neck, his shoulders were pierced by two pieces of bones, his broken arm bones were taller than Shuten-douji's head, one eye was hanging outside the eye socket, the other eye was gone, there was a large bloody hole on his forehead, his skull was sunken, and there were more than ten bones extending from the skin all over his body, looking like a corpse's bone veins, but much more miserable than a corpse's bone veins.

Shuten-douji, whose head was almost blown off by Assassin Shuten's last kick, was kicked to the riverside with half of his body in the water. A wave surged in the river and washed him into the river.

"hiss--"

Zhang Luo took a deep breath. Since he traveled through time, he had experienced or led many battles, but none of them was so terrifying. There was absolutely no technique to follow. Everything was fought like wild beasts to kill the opponent.

Is this how the ghosts fight?

"Shuten! Are you still alive?" Berserker Ibaraki rushed over worriedly.

If you are really so worried, what were you doing before? Isn’t it fun to watch the game?

Zhang Luo also walked over and listened to Berserker Izuki's voice, secretly slandering him in his heart.

"Don't worry, our combat continuation is A+ grade." Assassin Shuten's hoarse voice sounded, without any trace of the temptation from before.

Assassin Shuten's injuries were appallingly severe. If he were a human Heroic Spirit, even Cu Chulainn would have been lying on the ground unable to move. However, Assassin Shuten, the Demon King, was still able to speak. This was all thanks to her inhuman physique and A+-level combat continuity.

"What a delight! I haven't had such a thorough fight in a long time," Assassin Shuten exclaimed, looking very happy. "Being able to fight another self and win is a wonderful experience for me."

"I can't understand it." Zhang Luo said coldly, but his hands moved quickly, throwing healing magic spells at Assassin Shuten one after another.

"Because you are a human being, sir. Monsters like us grew up in fighting." Zhang Luo's magic was very effective, because after the treatment, Assassin Shuten's voice was no longer so hoarse, but because of the hole in his neck, air was still leaking, which sounded a bit strange.

"By the way, Ibaraki, go and rescue Shuten. He shouldn't be washed too far." Assassin Shuten said to Berserker Ibaraki.

"Are you sure he's still alive?" Zhang Luo asked. With such serious injuries, even the most powerful doctor would decide to give up treatment after just one look. As a servant, Assassin Shuten has the ability to continue fighting, but Shuten-doji does not.

Chapter 202 One Punch Ibaraki

"Master, don't underestimate us monsters! After becoming a Servant, I am even weaker in terms of physique than when I was a monster." Before Assassin Shuten could say anything, Berserker Ibaraki spoke. Judging from his tone and the way he put his hands on his hips, he seemed quite proud.

"Okay, then go ahead." Zhang Luo was not interested in listening to strange topics like the monsters' physiques and how much damage they could withstand. He waved his hand casually and sent Berserker Ibaraki away.

Berserker Ibaraki curled his lips, walked to the river, jumped into the river, sensed the location of Shuten-doji, and searched for him all the way underwater.

Tadashi pushed Ayako aside, then cleaned up the ruins of the house, took out some relatively intact things, and cleared out a piece of space, placing the usable things there, and then went to look for some important items, such as money.

Zhang Luo continued to treat Assassin Shuten. Medea's healing magic was very good. Zhang Luo had only studied with her for less than half a month, but his attainments in healing magic were enough to cure Assassin Shuten in a short time.

"Shuten! Shuten!" At this time, an anxious man's voice came from a distance.

Zhang Luo looked in the direction of the sound and saw a ghost with white hair, a missing arm, his sleeves waving casually, and horns on his head running from the other side of the river. He looked anxious and excited, and there was even a hint of joy in his light golden pupils.

"It's Ibaraki from this world," Assassin Shuten also saw Ibaraki-douji coming, with a strange smile on his face, and his tone sounded very charming, "Just like that Shuten-douji, he's also a strong man."

The Ghost King duo in fgo is completely opposite to the Ghost King duo in Onmyoji. One is a loli and the other is a strong man. They have completely different styles.

Ibaraki Douji quickened his pace. He had already arrived in Heian-kyo during the day, but Shuten Douji, who was very impatient with Ibaraki Douji's entanglement, set up a small trap and false clues to trick Ibaraki Douji back to Oeyama.

Who would have thought that when Ibaraki Douji was halfway there, he discovered the aura of Shuten Douji appearing in Heian-kyo. The combined aura of the two Shuten Doujis was extremely strong, and even though Ibaraki Douji was thousands of miles away, he could still sense it. Ibaraki Douji, who found out that he had been fooled, ran back immediately, but still did not catch up with the battle. He did not arrive in Heian-kyo until the battle was over.

"what!"

Ibaraki Douji stepped on the river bank opposite, and the ground shook. He jumped up, crossed the seven or eight meter wide river, and landed on the edge of the ruins of Tadashi's house.

"Shuten my friend, I finally found--!"

After Ibaraki Douji landed, he looked towards the place where Shuten Douji's presence was. He was talking excitedly, but was stunned when he saw Assassin Shuten.

"Shu, Shuten, my friend, you, how did you become a woman?!"

Ibaraki Douji looked at Assassin Shuten avoidantly, his face turned red, and he asked stutteringly.

"Hehe," Assassin Shuten stood up, walked gently to Ibaraki Douji's side, put his arm on Ibaraki Douji's shoulder, and said with a sweet smile, "It's so cute, Ibaraki like this."

Assassin Shuten's face was very close to Ibaraki Douji's, and the intoxicating aroma of fruit wine was exhaled on Ibaraki Douji's face. The warm breath made Ibaraki Douji feel as if his face was burning red. His head became dizzy and heavy, his body was stiff, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

Ibaraki Douji smiled innocently and said, "As expected of my friend, even after becoming a woman, she is still the most beautiful, much prettier than that female ghost named Hongye."

Zhang Luo couldn't bear to watch, crouching aside with his hands covering his eyes. He had a feeling that Assassin Shuten was about to face a grand Shura battle. Berserker Ibaraki's feelings for Assassin Shuten were no less than Ibaraki Douji's feelings for Shuten Douji.

"Makiha?" There was a hint of doubt in Assassin Shuten's tone. However, Ibaraki Douji, who was not at all wary of Assassin Shuten and was poisoned by the alcohol from the fruit at close range, did not notice anything wrong at all.

"That's right, that female ghost named Momiji is not as pretty as you Shuten, and she still wants to seduce you. Don't be fooled by that blind guy anymore." Ibaraki Douji said this, his eyes confused but full of fanaticism.

"Red leaves~~"

Assassin Shuten has understood. She naturally would not believe what Ibaraki-douji said about the female ghost Momiji bewitching another self. Firstly, she believed that even if she became a man, she would not be seduced by a woman. She trusted herself in this world. Secondly, the Ibaraki-douji in this world and her Ibaraki-douji were the same. To listen to them, one must get rid of their subjective consciousness.

The me in this world actually fell in love with a female ghost named Momiji, and from what Ibaraki Douji said, the female ghost named Momiji didn't like the me in this world, otherwise Ibaraki Douji wouldn't have said that the female ghost named Momiji was blind.

"How interesting." Assassin Shuten narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Shuten! You bastard, let Shuten go!"

At this time, Berserker Ibaraki's angry voice sounded. Zhang Luo glanced towards the river and saw that Berserker Ibaraki had already climbed out of the river carrying the unconscious Shuten-doji.

Berserker Ibaraki threw Shuten-douji aside and rushed towards Assassin Shuten angrily.

She had never imagined that just by going down the river, her cabbages would be eaten by someone else's pigs, even if that pig was herself from another world. As for the fact that it was actually Assassin Shuten who was pulling Ibaraki Douji, rather than Ibaraki Douji pulling Assassin Shuten, Berserker Ibaraki subconsciously ignored it.

Berserker Ibaraki kicked Ibaraki-douji. Ibaraki-douji, who had already been intoxicated by the alcohol from the fruit, didn't even make a move to resist before being kicked away by Berserker Ibaraki. He suffered the same fate as Shuten-douji, falling heavily into the river, splashing a lot of water.

Chapter 203 Li Shangyin

(As titled, no title.)

"Mu, you're back," Assassin Tun greeted Berserker Ibaraki as if nothing had happened, and revealed some dark secrets about Shuten-douji to Berserker Ibaraki, "Did you know? The Shuten-douji in this world fell in love with a female ghost, and that female ghost doesn't like him."

"Huh?" Berserker Ibaraki opened her mouth wide, and Ibaraki-douji's question was instantly thrown behind her mind. The topic of Shuten-douji, who was loved but could not be obtained, was too explosive.