I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 204 Paper Dance, a Treasure Hunter

"Shiranui! Shiranui!"

"Please leave the battlefield immediately and proceed to the Nagasaki Shipyard for repairs."

"Repeat that."

The towering phased-array radar was snapped in half, and the destroyer, with water stains and dents all over its deck, was fleeing in a sorry state toward the southwest.

"Shiranui has received the order. Execute it immediately."

In the warship's command center, the captain distributed the communicator in his hand and couldn't help but turn his head to glance northeast.

The great battle was still raging there, yet these surviving warships were told to immediately retreat from the battlefield and hide: such an order was an utter disgrace to any soldier!

"Our ship, after all, is not the real 'Shiranui'."

The captain sighed helplessly. Modern, high-tech warships seemed so pale and powerless in the face of the 'Great Demon'.

Shiranui, a great demon in Japanese folklore: It is a phenomenon similar to a mirage, where the sea appears to be ablaze. The Japanese believed it to be the nameless wrath of the gods, hence the name.

This guided-missile destroyer (25DD) was built seven years ago.
It employs a combined gas turbine electric propulsion system and possesses the island nation's most advanced variable-depth sonar system, giving it excellent anti-submarine capabilities.

but--

There's absolutely no need for them to probe!

The colossal monster known as the 'Sea Serpent' lies on the sea surface, neither dodging nor flinching, allowing the warships of the island nation, America, and Russia to attack it.

However, to the dismay and despair of these naval personnel, all their weapons—missiles, main guns, coastal defense guns, and even torpedoes that were rarely used—were completely ineffective against this monster!

It remained unharmed even after a nuclear explosion.

The very existence of this monster seems to be a mockery of modern weaponry.

"Damn."

The captain slammed his fist on the control panel, and a famous battle inexplicably flashed through his mind:
Tens of thousands of Pomorka cavalry charged, their spears and sabers gleaming coldly in the rising sun: rows of armored soldiers formed a wall of steel; tens of thousands of hooves pounded the earth like a rapid, drumbeat of thunder.
Then they ran into a real 'steel torrent' of tanks and armored formations. The knights who had once reaped the battlefield like a whirlwind were instantly turned into lambs to the slaughter!
Times have changed, like a tank crushing the corpse of a cavalryman; the warship he once took pride in is now nothing more than a giant steel coffin.

"The future belongs to the extraordinary."

Upon uttering those words, the captain's energy and spirit seemed to vanish instantly, as if he had aged decades.

As the remaining warships departed in disgrace, a large number of extraordinary individuals and beings were drawn into the battlefield, and the intensity of the conflict quickly surpassed that between modern superpowers.

"Teams 4, 5, and 6 of the Extraordinary Countermeasures program, follow me to establish a defensive line across the main island."

boom! ! ! !

As soon as Kawai Mai, who had just landed and was in command of his troops, looked up, she saw a mudslide 'fountain' shooting into the sky and couldn't help but shrink her neck.

"Tsuchigumo, let's go over there and snipe the Biyou—"

Pointing to the beach to the east, Mayi casually gave the order through her earpiece.

"Be careful to avoid the western part of the island,"

Because that was the battlefield between Kafka's general and the sea ninja!
The island nation's government is not worried about that battlefield: not to mention that 'Ibaraki' is a top-tier demon with a name and a name in the island nation's legends, Kafka Riku has a superhuman body with strong defense, maximum strength, and not weak speed, which is full of 'numerical beauty' and has a huge advantage over 'Sea Ninja', an assassin type.

The only question is when to defeat the sea ninja.

As for killing or capturing the sea ninja alive.
That is impossible.

If a sea ninja can't beat someone, can't she at least run away? She's a super ninja specializing in stealth and assassination; if she wanted to, leaving the battlefield immediately wouldn't be difficult for her.

Her type is an absolutely crushing disaster for the weak: all the high-ranking officials at the tripartite talks fell to her blade.

Many people didn't even realize their heads had been severed before they could react, let alone escape!
If the sea ninja can be driven out of the game, it would be the best thing for the entire island nation.

As for other battlefields:

We'll have to figure it out ourselves.

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Splash,

"Wow, it's so lively!"

Papers appeared out of thin air, fluttering and assembling into a 'paper dance' with a folding fan in hand. This beautiful woman, made of folded paper, swept across the battlefield with a charming smile.

"Lord Bloodhakama, you know me."

"This young woman is utterly powerless."

"alright,"

Faced with this subordinate who wanted to strike as soon as he appeared, 'Blood Hakama' seemed to have a bit of a headache.

"Help me stall for a few more minutes."

After saying that, Blood Hakama began to form hand seals on his own, chanting incantations under the white cloth.

The surrounding 'skeleton Onmyoji' also moved their skeletal fingers in rapid succession, their jaws clicking: clearly preparing some kind of large-scale Onmyoji technique!

? !
"Interrupt them—"

Witnessing all this, Fuji Seiko shouted, slashing horizontally and vertically with her wooden sword that glowed with a ghostly blue light, cutting the surrounding demons to pieces. However, as several 'dried corpse ninjas' wielding long swords leaped through the air, their blades flashing and attacking her vitals, the mature policewoman could barely defend herself, let alone rush up to interrupt them.

As for the other extraordinary special police officers, there's no need to mention them.

They were able to fight the Biyou Chaos to a standstill thanks to their 'Uranium Light Wave Fist', a special attack against living beings.

To slaughter through a dense horde of demons, achieving something like "taking the head of an army of ten thousand," is utterly unrealistic. Unless—

"Miss Tenma, interrupt the opponent's Yin-Yang technique."

"Super Beast Imitation Painting: Prosthetic Limb Insect!"

As Yu's voice rang in his ears, the dark 'wings' behind Pegasus Nozomi suddenly burst open, transforming into sharp, long claws: like spiders, resembling the Blade Queen's design.

Puff, puff, puff, puff!

These long legs suddenly thrust out, easily piercing through the demons one by one, and then instantly retracted.

As if a spider were crawling through the air, the charging demons would be their landing points; they charged forward while killing, moving closer to the demon platform where the blood-clad katakana was located.

Fan, fan~
Even when facing the Oni Samurai riding on a 'flying synthetic beast', and the mummified ninjas flying through the air on the Biyou.

These long, dark legs swept and stabbed, unleashing astonishing destructive power;

They actually managed to withstand the siege and continue advancing!

"Hu~~"

Protected in the center by the long black legs, Pegasus took the opportunity to take a deep breath.

Her first battle against an extraordinary being was so intense: it was only thanks to her 'God's Eye'—possessing 360-degree vision and the ability to observe spiritual energy—and the combat techniques developed under Yu-kun's guidance, that she was able to persevere until now.

Blood Hakama's expertise is clearly in cultivating various demons, and only then in the Five Elements Yin-Yang Technique. As for close-quarters combat, he was almost ambushed by Kafka at Mount Koya and was knocked down on the spot.

Pegasus certainly wouldn't dare compare herself to Kafka, but she has her own advantage, which is the 'Eye of God'!
He rushed up to the 'blood-stained trousers' and used a set of 'Bagua Palm' to seal his spiritual power!
Once hit, the battle will end quickly.

His gaze was fixed on the 'blood-red khaki', directly seeing the trajectory of the thick spiritual energy flowing within its body. As long as it struck the opponent, as long as...
"Oh dear, that won't do."

Just as Pegasus was about to break through the demon tide with Yu's magical support, Paper Dance closed her folding fan and blocked Pegasus's path.

"I can't let you just get away with this."

"Step aside!"

The soldiers were fierce and powerful, and Pegasus Hope was not going to hold back. She raised her palm and gathered her energy: her 'Air Mountain Breaker' was not as skilled as Hyuga Toneri's, and she could not break a mountain with one strike and shoot down a supersonic missile; but within ten steps, it was no problem to injure an ordinary superhuman!
"Look what this is!" Pegasus asked, facing Pegasus who seemed poised to attack.
Paper Dance took out a jade-green 'hairpin' from her sleeve, and under the other person's questioning gaze, slashed it forward:
"Darkness Strategy!"

黑、

Pitch black
The pitch-black darkness suddenly spread out!
In an instant, Pegasus could no longer see anything, as if her 'eye of God' had gone blind on the spot.

? ?
"Don't be nervous, Miss Pegasus."

Yu's voice came from behind, which calmed Pegasus, who was startled.

"You are shrouded in darkness, I will pull you out right away."

As a pulling force came from behind, Pegasus hoped to feel himself being rapidly backward, and then his eyes lit up!
Her eyesight is back!

No, it should be said that her eyesight has never been a problem.

She had just been in an area that could not be 'observed': in front of her, there was a huge black spherical area blocking her view: so black that she couldn't see her own hand in front of her face, so black that even she, with her 'eye of God', couldn't see through it.

"How about that? Pretty impressive, right?"

Floating above the black area, 'Paper Dance' shook the hairpin in her hand.

"This is a magical artifact called 'Amanuma Mochizuki'."

"It was a divine artifact bestowed upon Amaterasu by the Ōkuninushi to help her evade the gaze of Amaterasu: of course, it's just a replica, but..."

As she said this, Paper Dance's gaze fell on Pegasus Hope's grayish-white pupils.

Her meaning was clear: Pegasus didn't want Amaterasu either.

Her 'Divine Eye' clearly couldn't see through the pitch-black domain created by this magical artifact.

These are all just nonsense!

Essentially, this hairpin is a scroll that releases the 'Darkness Walk' spell.

Whether the Dark Travel Technique was invented by the First Hokage or the Second Hokage is still debated, but the function of this technique is quite straightforward: after being cast, this genjutsu creates a dark environment, blocking the opponent's vision.

It is specifically designed to target the Sharingan and Byakugan of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans!

"You're lucky if it weren't for that Onmyoji."

Suddenly plunged into darkness, his proud 'Eye of God' abruptly failed, leaving him in a passive and defensive situation!
“Let’s go around it,”

brush,

The sound of Yu's voice echoed behind him. Pegasus hoped that the dark spider claws behind him had retracted and transformed back into wings, carrying her as they drew a half-circle in the air, avoiding the dark area.
"I don't like fighting and killing."

As she spoke, Paper Dance reached into her sleeve again and pulled out:
The round fan is shaped like a maple leaf, and its colors, from the inside out, are red, orange, green, and blue, making it very distinctive.

"That belongs to a half-dead dog."

Tenma hoped to hear Iori Kazuka's surprised voice through the earpiece, before she could finish speaking:
"Storm Annihilation!"

With a wave of the round fan in her hand, 'Paper Dance'

A howling tornado appeared out of nowhere, accompanied by a deafening roar, and began to crush Pegasus Hope.

? !
Facing the tornado, Pegasus Hope's dark wings flapped, instantly carrying her to the side to avoid a direct hit from the tornado. But at the same time...
They also lost the opportunity to get close to the 'Biyao Platform' once again.

"My name is Paper Dance,"

"My hobby is treasure hunting, as you can see:"

Holding "Amanuma Mochizuki" in one hand and "Half-Tengu Fan" in the other, Paper Dance smiled as she stood in front of Pegasus Nozomi.

"I have many more of these magical artifacts~~"

???

Are you Doraemon?!
Since they couldn't fly, both Iori Kazuka and Director Takeya were on helicopters outside the battlefield: they were directing troop deployments on-site while being ready to engage in combat at any time.

However, when faced with Paper Dance, who could casually pull out all sorts of 'magical artifacts', the two looked at each other in bewilderment.

The other powerful demons each have their own fighting style.

This paper dance is actually a
"Treasure hunter?"

With that half-open fan, is Amanuma Mochizuki about to pull out the Yata Mirror next?!

How do you deal with an opponent like this?
"Well done, Paper Dance."

Just as 'Paper Dance' was holding back Pegasus's hopes, 'Blood Hakama' on the 'Demon Platform' was already prepared:
Snapped,

Hands clasped together:

"A massive burst of water jets!"

With a loud shout of "Who will build the dam?" from Xue Kuma, a massive amount of water surged forth from under his white face covering, seemingly endless and connecting to the rivers and seas.

This is actually a defensive water escape technique. The user violently spews out waves of water from their mouth, instantly forming a huge ellipsoidal water prison to imprison the enemy. The user can then freely roam the water.

Normally, it's just used as a superior version of 'Water Release: Wall'; but if you have enough chakra, it can be used to set up an entire field:
Just like Kisame Hoshigaki.

"This"

"Back off quickly—"

A massive flow of water surged out in all directions, with the 'blood-red khaki' at its core.

Upon seeing their opponent unleash their ultimate attack, the members of the Extraordinary Countermeasures Department immediately turned and sped towards the outer perimeter. A dozen or so who couldn't retreat in time were instantly swept into the water.

brush,

Pegasus hoped that the dark wings on her back would flap, and she would nimbly fly away, avoiding the water currents.

The azure water surged outwards like a roaring tsunami, expanding continuously like countless waves overlapping each other; large and small ripples overlapped one after another, quickly forming a huge sphere thousands of meters high, which floated on the sea surface, clearly distinct from the seawater below.

Kisame's dam—no, it was the 'Great Exploding Water Wave' that covered an area of ​​ten kilometers; even though the one created by Blood Hakama only covered a few thousand meters, it was still a terrifying scene!
“This is too…”

"Number 17, Number 26, Number 47."

While the other SWAT officers, still reeling from the shock, stared in disbelief, Fujiko pressed her earpiece and cried out urgently. However, these SWAT officers—

Through the constantly turbulent and twisting giant water sphere, resembling an underwater world, one can see a dozen extraordinary special police officers, as small as ants, struggling and swimming in the water, yet their bodies are involuntarily drifting with the current.

Immediately afterwards, 'Blood Hakka' raised his hand and clapped his hands, and one after another 'sharks' made of water immediately flew out.

Click, click, click.
As these 'hundred-eating sharks' surged forward, they immediately tore these extraordinary special police officers to pieces.

"hateful!"

Although she knew there were risks on the battlefield, Fuji Seiko couldn't help but curse under her breath when she saw her comrades die in the line of duty.

The first thing the battlefield teaches people is death.

"Trouble,"

Yu, protected in the center by a large number of dark-colored giant birds, looked at the colossal water sphere that was protecting the 'blood-stained hakama'.

"Even Miss Pegasus, on their home turf..."

Helpless.

and so:
Where is Master Zhixiong?

(End of this chapter)