Konoha: Starting the Game as Yoriichi

After being struck by the blade, Mōryō was enraged.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Like the breath of a blasting dragon, purplish-black tentacles suddenly attacked. Their speed was terrifyingly fast, carrying an evil and violent chakra that made one's heart palpitate. This attack, which was enough to pierce through the entire volcano, made Shion's heart leap into her throat once again.

It was the first time she had faced such a terrifying existence. In a sense, it was even superior to a Tailed Beast. Her instinctive reaction was to close her eyes.

But at this moment, the warmth from her right hand came again. A familiar scorching heat. Shion, who had long since adapted to this temperature, now found it very warm.

She opened her trembling eyes. What met her gaze was still that reassuringly handsome face.

"Don't worry. As long as I'm here, it won't hurt you," Kusuo's words were like a spring breeze, carrying a power that could soothe all fear. It put Shion's heart at ease, and her confidence rose again.

"Mm!"

Shion came back to her senses. Her hand was gently held in Kusuo's as he raised the Crimson Blade.

One slash.

Schlick!

Like a blazing sun, a dazzling brilliance intertwined with Shion's own incomparably holy chakra. The powerful slash tore through the void, cutting towards Mōryō's struggling tentacles.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The sound of sizzling white smoke rose. This time, it was as if Mōryō had been slashed in the depths of its soul, and the pain was unbearable.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!"

"You will not die a good death! I am immortal! I will establish an immortal kingdom for a thousand years..."

"Die! Die! Die!"

Three roars of "die." With the fall of this one slash, Mōryō's soul was in chaos, its thoughts completely collapsing. It seemed to be its last resistance, repeating the action of shooting out purplish-black tentacles.

However, it was useless.

With Kusuo holding her from behind, Shion now had infinite confidence, her heart no longer filled with fear. Her gaze was firm. She no longer needed reminding. She could borrow the power of Kusuo's Crimson Blade. With clumsy yet determined movements, she cut through all the oncoming tentacles, one slash after another.

Every slash shaved off a huge amount of Mōryō's spiritual body. Every slash would make Mōryō scream in pain, struggling and threatening frantically.

Gradually, as the Crimson Blade slashed its soul more and more times, Mōryō's struggles began to slow. Its savage roars also subsided.

Seeing this, a glint flashed in Kusuo's eyes. He whispered into her ear, "It's time. Mōryō's main body is indestructible. My sword cannot cut away all the negative emotions of the world, nor can it sever the evil energy of the successive priestesses. But now, Mōryō has reached its weakest point. Summon its main body and absorb it!"

Kusuo's closeness, the masculine aura he exuded, lingered in Shion's heart. For a moment, her own heart was stirred. Her body went soft, and she almost completely melted into his embrace.

"Mm." Her dazed gaze now held determination. The fate of generations of priestesses, this heavy shackle, this evil curse... she... would break it today.

Shion wanted to be the first priestess to perfectly control the power of Mōryō. To become the master, not the resistor.

PAK!

A crisp clap. Shion clasped her hands together, and even more complex and exquisite patterns appeared in the space around them.

BOOM!

Surging. Astonishing. Shaking the heavens and the earth. This shocking amount of chakra gushed out. Even Kusuo, who was holding her from behind in mid-air, was startled by this sight. He had fought both the One-Tail and the Nine-Tails. He had personally felt the terrifyingly powerful chakra of these two Tailed Beasts.

And now, the energy that Shion was erupting with... was almost on par with those Tailed Beasts. And this was just a priestess still in her growth period, who hadn't even subdued the power of Mōryō yet. If she were to grow up and completely control Mōryō, becoming a perfect Jinchuriki... to what extent would her strength skyrocket?

Unimaginable.

At this moment, Kusuo smiled knowingly. He never thought that a bold attempt of his could create a powerhouse of such terrifying strength. Or rather... it was all thanks to the power of the Crimson Blade. According to the legends of the Land of Demons, both Mōryō and the priestess came from a rumored other-dimensional space. Coincidentally, the Crimson Blade was also a product of the Demon Slayer world. There was a destiny at work here.

On the other side, Shion, who was casting the summoning seal, had already fully immersed herself in the earth below, using her heart to communicate with Mōryō's main body.

And Kusuo was responsible for watching Mōryō's spiritual consciousness on the surface. The moment there was any sign of a counterattack, he would ruthlessly slash with his sword, cutting its soul, burning its thoughts. One slash after another, he shaved away Mōryō's thoughts to prevent any future trouble.

At this point, Mōryō was like an infant with an IQ of less than three; it had basically lost its own consciousness.

Shion had also simultaneously summoned Mōryō's massive and evil main body. Looking at the entirely purplish-black body of Mōryō, which was surrounded by an evil and violent chakra, a dark power filled and swept through the area. Shion's first subconscious reaction was disgust. This was the memory of generations of priestesses, an instinctive reaction.

"Alright, we're just one last step away now," Kusuo's voice sounded in a timely manner.

Shion gave a "mm," and the hand seals she was forming changed from summoning to sealing. But this time, the place Shion was sealing was not in the depths of the earth, nor was she using herself as a sacrifice. Instead, she began to actively absorb Mōryō's main body.

"ROAR!" Mōryō, with its last remaining shred of consciousness, let out a final, unwilling roar. Its terrifying tentacles still wanted to resist but were cut down by Kusuo, who had long been watching it. It twisted and rolled in the powerful sealing space. Countless amounts of chakra burst forth with astonishing fluctuations but could only be compressed bit by bit until it formed a surging and vast torrent of chakra, which poured into Shion's body.

This process was very long. The holy brilliance of the chakra on Shion's body became more and more dazzling as she gradually absorbed Mōryō. It even rushed out of the volcano and straight to the sky.

A pure white holy light, like a pillar of light, pierced through the moonlit firmament.

Far, far away, Might Guy had already opened the seventh gate, and Kakashi's hand was shining with the lightning of the Raikiri. Shikaku, Kurenai, Asuma... and many other jonin and ANBU were struggling against the terracotta army. No matter how they destroyed them, it was of no use. Because after a while, the terracotta warriors would recover. But they could only repeat this process, doing their best to slow down the army's pace.

Suddenly, they stopped. The terracotta army, wielding sharp stone swords and wearing thick, solid stone armor, stopped. The group was uncertain and gathered together. They looked at the motionless terracotta army in the riverbed, their faces filled with exhaustion and confusion.

"Er..."

"What's going on?"

"Why did these damned things stop moving?"

"Did something happen?"

Guy, with a blue aura steaming off him, the immense impact of which had already cracked the ground beneath his feet, asked.

Kakashi shook his head, his eyes flashing with thought. "These things are controlled by a jutsu user through chakra. As long as the jutsu doesn't stop, the terracotta warriors can regenerate without limit. I guess... something has happened on the caster's end."

This guess was simultaneously confirmed by Shikaku. Everyone understood in their hearts. So... who had stopped the caster's sinister plot?

Everyone looked at each other without a word, their eyes lighting up. It's that man. Hatake Kusuo!

At the same time, VMM!

A soaring pillar of pure white light suddenly rose in the distance, holding up a piece of the sky, straight into the clouds. That holy and vast fluctuation made one's scalp tingle. It was even... enough to rival the moon.

Vast. Powerful.

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