Becoming a Demon King from Inuyasha

Looking at the scene in front of him, Inuyasha, who was standing in front of the army with a sword in hand, felt inexplicably annoyed, lonely, and envious.

Even though he knew that Kagome was not Kikyo, and he was very clear in his heart that they were two different people, but looking at the girl who looked exactly like Kikyo, and the scene of her helping her husband adjust his armor before going to war, he couldn't help but have many fantasies.

If the person standing there was me... No, I'd better stop daydreaming.

Instead of thinking about all those trivial things, let's think about how to solve Naraku's problem.

Chapter 38: The strong prey on the weak, it has always been this way

Boom!

With a loud bang, the gate of Kawagoe Castle was smashed to pieces by a blow from a bull-headed monster over 20 meters tall holding a mace.

Behind him, the army entered the city gate in an orderly manner and began to take over the city.

The Hojo warriors on the city wall all dropped their weapons tacitly and squatted on the ground to show their surrender.

If the opponent is a human, there is still hope of fighting, but facing a monster whose defense cannot be penetrated by bows and arrows, whose kerosene is frozen by ice, and whose even the cannon that is considered as a trump card is useless, further resistance will only lead to death.

Moreover, the head of the family, Hojo Ujiyasu, had stated in advance that all soldiers defending the city could lay down their weapons and surrender if they found it difficult to win.

"Master Genan, why are you in Kawagoe Castle?"

As soon as he entered the city, Yukitaka Sanada spotted a middle-aged monk standing among the crowd with a lonely look on his face, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"You are...?"

"My name is Yukitaka Sanada. As a samurai of the Takeda family, I had the honor of accompanying Lord Yamamoto on a diplomatic mission to Odawara Castle..."

"It's you, why are you here?"

"Thanks to the trust of the master, I am now the military advisor of the Uesugi family, responsible for planning and strategizing."

Sanada Yukitaka paused, then said:

"Time is tight. If Master Huanan doesn't mind, please join us on the journey. We can discuss this in detail on the way."

Hojo Genan frowned slightly and couldn't help asking:

"Are you so confident? If the monsters gathered in Odawara Castle weren't too arrogant and just wanted to wait for you to come over, it's not certain who will win or lose."

"Master Huanan should understand one thing: more people does not mean more power."

"…If I'm not mistaken, there should be more people on your side, right?"

"Haha... Sorry, there were only 20,000 men when we set out on the expedition, but people from our country kept coming to join the army with their own food and fodder. Samurai from Ueno, Shimosa, Kazusa, and even Hitachi came all the way to help, and the number of men unknowingly increased.

In addition to humans, many monsters also followed along the way spontaneously, just to seek shelter.

This shows that the Hojo family is unpopular in Kanto."

Hojo Genan remained silent. He was at a disadvantage and whatever he said would be wrong.

Moreover, for the future of the Hojo family, he should not argue with the important officials of the Uesugi family.

But, after all, I still feel unwilling.

"Can I see the governor?"

"Isn't the master of the family over there?"

Hojo Genan followed Sanada Yukitaka's gaze and saw a black-haired young man riding a white horse and walking slowly on the street in the city.

"He looks like an ordinary human being. Is reincarnation true?"

"Is it important?" Yukitaka Sanada asked back.

"Yes, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. As long as you can win, your origin and background are actually not a big deal."

Hojo Genan sighed lightly. Before this, he actually wanted to ask loudly why the Hojo family was treated like this?

But at this moment, this feeling has disappeared without a trace.

The strong prey on the weak, it has always been this way, so it’s better not to ask.

"What are you going to do with our Hojo family?"

“We have discussed this issue in a meeting before, and the head of the family said that we should see whether the Hojo family surrenders.

If the Hojo family surrendered before Odawara Castle was captured, they could retain the land of one country, but they had to transfer the land and choose between Kazusa or Shimotsu.

If you surrender after the city is captured, you can only retain one county.

If you would rather die than surrender, then kill them all."

"Kazusa and Shimosuke don't seem to be under the control of the Uesugi family?"

"In theory, the Kanto Kanrei can deal with the people of the eight Kanto countries at will. If someone refuses to transfer the title, we can just send troops."

"What a barbaric act this is! Aren't you afraid that everyone in the country will panic?"

"Is it more frightening than living under the same roof with a monster?"

"..."

Hojo Genan remained silent for a long time, then asked:

"How did you do it? And it only took such a short time."

"Because of the strict laws and the personal example of the master of the family."

"that is it?"

"That's all." Yukitaka Sanada said calmly.

"I can't understand it. The gap between humans and demons is too big, and the gap between people's hearts is not so easy to eliminate..."

As they were talking, they discovered that the army had already left the city from the other side, leaving almost no one to guard the city. Hojo Genan couldn't help but ask:

"Aren't you going to arrange for someone to guard the city?"

"I left behind two youkai, five humans, and several hundred captured Hojo samurai."

"enough?"

"That's enough. There are no other monsters in Kawagoe Castle. Keeping one is enough. Keeping two is a bit extravagant."

"Are youkai really trustworthy?"

"There are countless monsters in the world, just as there are bandits among humans who burn, kill, rob, and commit all kinds of evil, there are naturally some monsters that are not that bad."

"Too."

Behind the two of them, many lords who were accompanying them were also walking and chatting.

Unlike the people in Musashi Province who had witnessed the scene of the Yemen demon-slaying, they had never seen the scene of the river being cut off by a single sword.

But the rumors became more and more intense, and with the change of Kanto Kanrei, the situation in Kanto was about to change drastically, and everyone tacitly decided to come and watch.

After actually seeing it, everyone said the trip was worthwhile.

"The army composed of monsters is really too powerful. No matter how strong the city is, it is useless. I can't think of how the Hojo family will win this battle."

"Yes, Lord Uesugi Kensei made the right move. The Yamanouchi Uesugi family is about to rise."

"I guess only a great demon who is reincarnated can rule over both humans and demons at the same time, right? Just like the legendary Abe Haruaki."

"After we return, we will have to send hostages and ask them to swear allegiance."

"Yes, if we can take advantage of this favorable situation, our family business may be able to expand further."

……

As the army marched, two teams of ninjas confronted each other in the forest.

"Kato Danzo! Do you think you can defeat our Fuma clan with this group of rebel ninjas?"

Fuma Kotaro hid himself under the cover of trees, staring expressionlessly at Kato Danzo who was standing openly on the tree trunk in the distance, as well as the many rebellious ninjas and monsters behind him, his heart filled with anger.

Those ninjas who defected from the Fumashu are not enough evidence at all. Kato Danzo himself is a little tricky, but that’s nothing. The key is those monsters.

"In that case, why did Lord Fuuma hide? It would be better to fight us directly."

"Kato Danzo, don't go too far! Don't forget that you also trained in Fuma no Sato before."

"That's right. I am very grateful for the care that everyone in Fuma had given me, so I am here. If possible, let's wait here for news that the war is over."

"Impossible! Even if it costs our lives, we must bring victory to Hojo!"

"You are so stubborn. If that's the case, then there is nothing we can do. Let's see who's better here."

hateful!

Fuma Kotaro cursed inwardly, feeling helpless.

In order to ensure the victory of the Hojo family, he was ordered to go to Musashi Province to kidnap the family of the current Kanto Kanrei, and use methods such as poisoning, arson, and framing to shake the enemy army.

But unexpectedly, the other party also had monsters under his command, and they ran into him directly halfway.

It's easy to imagine that the same situation must be true for the other two routes.

"I'm sorry, Master Ujiyasu, every move we made was within the opponent's calculations, and our family has already lost."

Chapter 39: Mr. Naraku, won’t you go to fight?

'come yet? '

Looking at the joint army of humans and demons gradually appearing at the end of the horizon, Hojo Ujiyasu could not help but clench his fists.

Life or death depends on the next battle.

The uniform steps, the huge and strange monsters, the human warriors wearing iron armor, holding iron spears and carrying bows and crossbows, these are enough to make people's heart frightened.

They always maintained a unified formation, no one spoke, only the rhythmic sound of footsteps.

This indescribable silence made Hojo Ujiyasu even more discouraged.

"Is the training technique so advanced? It seems that the training has only been less than a week?"

Looking at the pig-headed and bull-headed monsters holding shields in the front row of the Uesugi army, and the humans in the back row who had already drawn their bows and arrows, Hojo Ujiyasu looked around unconsciously.

Although our side is also a joint army of humans and demons, the two sides are clearly separated and there is a great distance between them.

Although the human side has a large number of people, most of them are temporary recruits and can only fight when the wind is favorable. The elite of the main family only has more than 10,000 people. Although they are confident that they will not lose to the opponent, that is only limited to the situation where the opponent is human.

As for the monsters, they gathered in groups and stood in blocks without any formation. They looked like a mob no matter how you looked at them.

To be honest, there is nothing we can do about it.

The training requires too much money and food. In the past few days, I have only gathered the farmers and soldiers for a simple training. There is really no condition to train every day like the Uesugi family.

Not to mention the monsters. They have no backbone, no one is willing to submit to anyone else, and they don't even have the awareness of training.

For them, fighting means rushing forward and fighting each other.

While hesitating, Hojo Ujiyasu discovered that people from the eight countries in Kanto had also gathered beside the Uesugi family across the street.

Compared with the headquarters of the Uesugi army, these people are numerous but have no discipline at all.

Although it was obvious that they were trying very hard to maintain a solemn atmosphere, there were still many people whispering, talking and laughing, and their positions were messy, just like their own soldiers.

Seeing this scene, Hojo Ujiyasu felt inexplicably relieved.

If the enemy is composed entirely of elite troops, you will never win no matter how hard you try, so you should consider the appropriate etiquette for surrendering.

But now it seems that this battle still has to be fought.

"Mr. Naraku, what should we do next?"

"Do nothing." Naraku said slowly.

"This... Even if we don't arrange the troops, at least we can arrange the larger monsters to lead the way. With tall people in the front, the people behind can also muster up courage."

"Do you think I can convince them?"

"If even Mr. Naraku can't convince them, then there's no need to fight this battle."

"You don't think the Hojo family still has a chance of winning?"

Hojo Ujiyasu remained silent for a long time, then said seriously: