Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

Akane Sakura has already pressed against Takashi's neck.

But she didn't take action, only letting Yae Sakura's beautiful face be distorted by anger.

"Qi——"

After "Yae Sakura" made a sound, she seemed to be disgusted and took away Akazome Sakura's blade from Takashi's neck, and lightly waved it twice in the air...

Then he looked at Long, who was lying there motionless and silent.

An unknown fire rushed into her heart.

With a slight movement of her hand, Akane Sakura pressed against Takashi's neck in an instant.

She snapped: "What on earth do you want to do!?"

"Why don't you say a word!"

"..."

Silence...silence, Long's silence stimulated her all the time

"Damn it! Go to hell—"

Her heart skipped a beat, and she turned the sword's blade, forming a straight line and pointing it straight, as if to completely cut off Long's neck.

However, her wish failed, and the sound of gold and iron intersecting came...

"You... hum, you are also afraid of death~" The Herrscher's voice changed from surprise to unruly.

But to her surprise, she couldn't pull the blade out of Long's hand no matter how hard she tried.

"Ugh——! Damn it, look at me pulling it out... ugh!"

"hateful!!"

"What the hell are you going to do!?"

She simply let go of the knife, raised her leg and stepped hard on Long's wound.

"Damn, damn, damn!"

"..."

"Stop it, Corrosion Herrscher... In the past, when I was still very weak, I faced the powerful Honkaimon and died hundreds of times in one encounter. I also died countless times in the face of the Final Herrscher. These are all important to me. It's nothing to me." Long's eyes never left her, but as she became more and more manic, she dared not look directly into Long's shining golden eyes.

"I want to ask you a question." Long's extremely calm voice made her listen subconsciously.

"What, what?"

"You keep saying... you like me, you like me who stood up to protect Rin and you when everyone outside the prison tried to harm you..."

"Of course..." Herrscher clenched her fists, but her words did not stop Long at all.

He stood up, quickly turned the blade in his hand, held the handle of Akazome Sakura's knife, and still said to himself:

"You who were born from the consciousness of the bell must have had your own experiences and experiences during that time."

"But you still chose to do that...you still chose to destroy everything."

"You said the light is elusive but elusive..."

"But at that time, the light was by your side. You didn't even take the light I gave you to heart."

"It's just that during those 5 years of darkness, you chose something beautiful enough that you could find in your mind for sustenance."

"No...no, it's because of that white-haired man-" She took a few steps back as if she had been hit by something.

Takashi interrupted her voice and continued: "If you really understood and remembered that light, then you would not continue to lure Yae Sakura into darkness more than 500 years ago..." "Shut up!"

"What you like..." "Shut up!"

"It's just the one who saved you from death for more than 5 years..." "I said shut up!"

"It's just [you like]." "......."

"And I believe her."

"rub--!"

A flash of red light flashed across the Akari Sakura in Takashi's hand and disappeared, returning to her hand, with the tip of the knife pointed directly at Takashi's heart.

In all her actions just now, she has never pointed to this place...

She looked at the fearless Long in front of her, her eyes trembling a little.

His heart skipped a beat, his hands clenched instantly, veins swelled, and he stabbed Long's heart.

"Hiss-!"

The sound of flesh being pierced sounded.

"Hmm...what...what?"

"Yae Sakura", whose lungs were damaged, coughed up blood and looked down at her chest in disbelief.

Akane Sakura penetrated her body through her own hands.

How come my actions are... out of my control?

!! ?

"How...is it possible that Yae Sakura can still resist me..."

Long laughed, raised his hand to wipe the blood from his face and said, "Herrscher of Corrosion, I said, I believe her."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

At this moment, the Herrscher of Corrosion, who was still surprised and hesitant, suddenly shouted a shrill scream.

Her whole body ignited a strange crimson flame from the place where Akazome Sakura had penetrated it. It was a power similar to the flame she and the giant fox had emitted before.

As the flames spread throughout Yae Sakura's body, black smoke-like things were expelled from Yae Sakura's body.

The red dyed cherry that was inserted into Yae Sakura's body disappeared.

Correspondingly, a brand new sword appeared on her waist. Although it was also a red blade like the Akazome Sakura, it was more exquisite and powerful!

Yae Sakura also changed into a completely different outfit, and her long pink hair was tied up behind her head.

If the one before was more of a [Witch], then the one now can be called a [Warrior]!

She raised the knife in front of her eyes and pulled it out of its sheath. The blade of the knife, like flowing fire, illuminated her gorgeous face.

She opened her eyes, and her green pupils were burning like fire.

Her clear fighting spirit turned into a brilliant flame that could burn all darkness.

Just to show the [light] in her heart

"Long, I'm back."

She said this, holding a knife beside Long.

Looking at the tattered white giant fox in the distance that was possessed by black energy and got up again.

"Welcome back—"

"Elder sister, you are back!"

"Hey bro!"

When Long was about to say something, he was interrupted by a lively little girl's voice.

A cute girl the size of an armed doll flew out from behind Sakura, dragging a few weird fox tails behind her, flying back and forth in front of Takashi and Sakura.

"Is this... hmm? Bell?"

Yae Sakura nodded: "Yes, she is the other side of Herrscher. Before Herrscher merged with me more than 500 years ago, she actually merged with the consciousness of a girl, that is, Sakura's sister, as Takashi told me. ,bell."

"Now I call her Hitamaru. She is a little one who is the fusion of Suzu's consciousness and...and the [desire] that was born from the Herrscher being infected by Takashi's light."

"Hitamamaru and Herrscher, well...I call her Hidamamaru, they are two sides of the same body, sharing the power of Herrscher..."

Yae Sakura laughed when she said this: "Thanks to Hitamamaru's help, otherwise I might not be able to defeat her."

Long paused: "This...Sakura, do you remember everything? Including the memories from more than 500 years ago?"

"Well, I remember...I have been through a lot."

"It's okay, Takashi. I'm relieved. The past is gone. It's best for us to do our best in the present." Yae Sakura sighed with a smile, pointed the knife in her hand at the standing giant fox, and locked eyes with it. .

"Just let me do it, use the swordsmanship taught by Long."

"The Herrscher of Corrosion - Hijamaru!"

The giant fox gained the power of the black mist, roared, and crawled——

Sprint now!

Change comes quietly: 153. The battle of deep consciousness

The time comes earlier...

The villagers sat around a big house and courtyard in the village, listening to the respected old people in the middle discussing major matters related to the survival of the entire village.

At this time, a young man suddenly ran in, and everyone looked at him.

He looked at it and slowly shook his head at the old people in the middle.

People suddenly became noisy.

"how so!"

"The river is dry...what should I do? There is no water source nearby..."

"If this continues, everyone will die!"

"......"

"Quiet!"

An old man spoke to silence everyone.

He looked at the villagers and said: "It has become obvious...the river has dried up completely and the harvest will be cut off. If the heat continues, people will die. There is no water source or human habitation for dozens of miles nearby. When we go out, we can only To die on the way..."

The atmosphere became solemn, and the villagers were all staring, as if they were looking forward to what he would announce...

After the old man and several others looked at each other and nodded, he said to the villagers: "Just like the great drought four years ago, prepare to make sacrifices."

"As long as we pray for the blessings of the gods and calm the wrath of the gods, we can survive."

"..."

"By the way..." Everyone who was about to leave to prepare was stopped by the old man.

"Don't tell Mr. Long, Mr. Long should patrol in the west and only take the east road... Do you understand?"

"Yes, mayor."

...

Just when Herrscher took control of Sakura's body, the same development occurred in the inner and outer layers of consciousness simultaneously.

Everyone moved very quickly, and quickly set up a wooden platform on the platform under the shrine. Beautiful thick columns and ropes surrounded the wooden platform.

A girl wore a fox mask, clean clothes, and her hair was still a little damp. The villagers also used a small amount of reserved water and spices to give her a fragrant bath. It was hard to tell whether it was a bath or a pot.

The villagers were prostrate not far away, extremely pious.

A woman knelt alone near the wooden platform, clasped her hands and recited words of prayer.

After this is over, it's Yae Sakura's turn to make the final sacrifice...

At this moment, Yae Sakura was standing at the foot of the platform steps holding a knife.

But after a long time, no one came...

Sakura remained silent, listening to the noise from the platform behind her, the explosions, the roars of monsters, and the panic of the crowd.

From here on, the development of the inner and outer consciousness spaces is different.

In the surface space of the stigmata, she turned around and walked in that direction. The red cherry in her hand changed and turned into an unknown red - Demon Sword, Red-Ranked Sakura.

In the deep consciousness space, Sakura turned around and walked in that direction. The Danzakura in her hand changed and turned into an even darker cherry color - Spirit Sword Sakura Fukiyuki

She walked over and blocked the frantic fleeing villagers, stabbing them one after another and splattering blood all over the stairs.