Crossover anime, a daily life that begins with hunting supernatural beings.

"Am I some kind of monster?"

"It's undoubtedly a human being."

With his eyes slightly narrowed, Sakurai gave the answer that would not change even if repeated a thousand or ten thousand times.

"You could never be human."

"Tell me honestly, what are you?"

For a fleeting moment, Hagoromo Gitsune linked Sakurai with the only yokai she knew who could foresee the future.

They got involved with a monster named "Jian" that had the body of a bull and the face of a human.

But she quickly put the idea out of her mind.

One reason is that this existence went extinct four hundred years ago, and another is that it is a family that even Hagoromo Gitsune, a yokai, considers insane.

At the same time, the immortal beings known as "mermaids" also went extinct.

This news.

It is a taboo within a taboo that only Hagoromo Gitsune, who is an immortal being and has been reincarnated for thousands of years without interruption, understands.

so...

What kind of monster is this?

For the first time ever, Hagoromo Gitsune, a great demon, referred to a human as a "monster".

"If that's what you think, there's nothing I can do about it."

"Think whatever you want. It's like trying to bring the dead back to life and give birth to a child who has already died, when it's clearly impossible."

"Hagoromo Gitsune, you've gone mad."

"Because of Abe no Seimei, your mind is not clear. Even though that guy repeatedly asked you to stop, you couldn't hear him at all."

Sakurai, lamenting this, immediately grabbed Arakami's Fang with his other hand.

He lowered his body slightly, preparing to defend himself.

Just as he had expected, the moment he assumed a defensive stance,

He was overwhelmed by a relentless barrage of attacks.

With its dark eyes filled with madness and murderous intent, Hagoromo Gitsune let out a hoarse roar, no different from that of a wild beast.

The hair behind him was flying wildly and erratically even without wind.

"Monster, I will grind you to dust to repay you for the insult you inflicted on my child!"

For Hagoromo Gitsune, children are her Achilles' heel.

Regardless of which reincarnation she was in, children were her absolute taboo.

This is true for Hagoromo Gitsune, and it makes no difference for Chacha as well.

Anyone who tries to defile her child, anyone who offends her child.

Even if it costs her everything, even if it exhausts all her resources, she will never let go.

Never before, Hagoromo Gitsune has ever wanted to kill someone so much.

Even Nurarihyon, who stopped her dream four hundred years ago, couldn't do it.

She will kill Sakurai, whether she survives or foresees the future.

Nothing could stop Hagoromo Gitsune's desire to grind the monster before her to dust.

At this moment, the fear within Hagoromo Gitsune's body underwent a strange change, and at the same time, she reached one hand into one of her tails.

Then...

A folding fan, as long as the body, appeared there.

Its name is——

Iron Fan of Two-Tailed Beasts.

"This guy..."

Are you serious?

For Sakurai, the stronger Hagoromo Gitsune is, the better. He's not a masochist or a submissive.

The answer is actually quite simple: the stronger Hagoromo Gitsune appears, the closer she is to defeat.

Madness, rage, murderous intent...

Ultimately, everything points to Hagoromo Gitsune's failed attempt to resolve the situation.

At this moment, Sakurai had already seen the future.

不 ...

To be precise, he has locked in this future.

13. The outcome of this battle is already decided.

Is it a banana leaf fan?

With just a casual flick of her fan, Hagoromo Gitsune nearly sent Sakurai flying through the howling wind.

In this situation, even Sakurai couldn't help but think of the fan held by Princess Iron Fan in the classic novel "Journey to the West," which could extinguish the Flaming Mountain that stretched for eight hundred miles.

If he hadn't anticipated this and molded the Soul Flame into chains and nails to fix it to the ground, he probably would have been thrown away just now.

However, this level is not strong enough.

Not enough to defeat Sakurai, who is playing on home soil.

Sakurai casually swung the Arakami Fang.

The crimson dagger left two streaks in the air.

Then, the blades of light, flying out one after the other in the shape of a cross, severed the invisible wind blades.

Fighting the invisible with the invisible makes perfect sense, doesn't it?

The next instant, Sakurai, who had disappeared from his original spot, reappeared behind Hagoromo Gitsune.

The raised Aragami Fang was aimed directly at Hagoromo Gitsune's back, specifically at her unsuspecting heart.

Perhaps it is a trap, but Sakurai has the means to take the gamble.

Unfortunately, while calmly waving her iron fan, Hagoromo Gitsune reached into her other tail and pulled out a katana.

Its name is——

Three-Tailed Sword.

Under the control of Hagoromo Gitsune's tail, the katana twisted at an incredible angle, its blade slashing straight toward Sakurai.

but...

This was entirely expected.

Rather, is Hagoromo Gitsune really a great demon who has lived for over a thousand years?

This level of combat power is simply not strong enough.

He took a large step back, then stopped just before the blade arrived, clenching his fist and delivering a powerful punch to meet the katana.

He saved the blow by sacrificing an arm.

"A very powerful move."

The arm, which had turned into a bloody mist, was reforged, and the enormous reaction force completely destroyed the ground where Sakurai was standing.

It formed a perfectly symmetrical spider web.

Sakurai himself was not harmed in the slightest.

"It's a very powerful move. If someone is caught off guard, they'll probably be completely taken aback by it."

But I'm different; having access to future timelines, I foresaw this possibility long ago.

"Unfortunately, the guillotine that Nurarihyon prepared could not kill you."

For Hagoromo Gitsune, neither Nurarihyon nor Hidemoto Hanakain could compare to the monster before her.

Of course, this refers to hatred.

"Nurarihyon?"

"Oh, it's Nurarihyon, isn't it?"

"If he hadn't asked me to come, I might not have come to Kyoto so soon."

Sakurai, having quickly deduced the identity of the Nurarihyon mentioned by the other party, nodded thoughtfully.

"Bloom, Aragami Fang—"

"A Hundred Flowers in Full Bloom, Blazing Flames Devour Souls".

Without any mercy, she transformed into a crimson lotus and destroyed Hagoromo Gitsune's iron fan and katana.

In the heat of battle, Sakurai had no regard for martial ethics.

For him, any method that can defeat the enemy is a good method.

"So, is there any way to become stronger?"

"Is there an even stronger fog?"

Sakurai taunted Hagoromo Gitsune in a soft voice, completely oblivious to the fact that the other party was an elderly person, perhaps even over a thousand years old.

"They are nothing more than mere humans."

"The Four-Tailed Spear!!!"

The so-called cold light arrived first, and then the gun came out like a dragon.

The black-haired, black-eyed girl in a black sailor dress held a famous spear from the Warring States period called "Tiger Extermination," which roared at this moment.

With a magnificent aura and an unstoppable momentum, it was thrust into Sakurai's chest.