Demon Capital Slayer

Chapter 130 Level 1 Preparation

If the Black Ship had not lost control, Mitsurugi could have sailed it over Tokyo Bay and detonated it.

But now, even if the black ship were to disintegrate in mid-air, the debris alone would be enough to cause a massive disaster.

As for the various secondary disasters that followed, considering that the Great Fire of Edo (the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657) directly killed 10.7 people, it would take extraordinary cold-bloodedness to let such a thing happen.

Yu Jian had considered running away, but he always felt that doing so would make him unlike himself.

Based on Sister Alu's performance and the fact that the Asura Dream could work, it is enough to show that people in the mortal world also have souls, love and hate, and desires; they are also living beings.

So nagging...

With a self-deprecating remark, the man, his dog, and a prisoner made their way to the top deck via the emergency exit.

At this moment, the black ship had begun to ascend, and Yu Jian felt as if he were riding an upward elevator, being gently pressed down from head to toe by an invisible force, and the force was constantly increasing.

It is conceivable that the Black Ship's ascent speed was also gradually increasing.

“We need to leave quickly,” Milo said at the opportune moment.

Passing by the vampire first mate's corpse, which was actually just an empty suit of armor, the white Samoyed dog suddenly braked with all four paws, sliding across the ground as if it were slipping on flat ground.

"What's wrong?" Yu Jian couldn't help but look at it.

“It smells like a elixir.” Milo stuck his nose into the gap in his armor, nudged around a few times, and pulled out a palm-sized brown glass bottle.

Yu Jian looked somewhat familiar, and then he remembered that the bottles used to hold medicinal wine in the game "Red Dead Redemption 2" looked just like this.

"What kind of elixir?"

"Woof woof woof." Milo ran a few steps and retrieved the item as if playing dog frisbee, wearing a speechless expression the entire time.

Yu Jian awkwardly tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Admittedly, a person can talk while holding something, but a dog obviously cannot talk while holding something in its mouth; at most, it can only make a whimpering sound.

Taking the medicine bottle, and to Nishiki Aoi's astonishment, she naturally used her coat to wipe the drool off it. Heaven knows why a dog god, who is essentially a spirit, would drool.

"W-Why are you using my coat?" asked the blonde, red-eyed Aoi Matsuki timidly.

"Any objections?" Yu Jian didn't even turn his head.

"No."

Looking down at the medicine bottle, Yu Jian saw a string of Anglo-Saxon words on it—Hercules.

Is this the European version of a super-strength pill?
Okay, I have to admit it's a very straightforward name, making it obvious what kind of drug it contains. No wonder the vampire first mate possessed superhuman strength, able to drag an oversized, super-heavy suit of armor while sprinting a hundred meters.

"It's probably good stuff. Let's not look at it yet, let's go downstairs and talk about it later."

Then, Milo leaped off the edge of the top deck and transformed into a dog-headed hot air balloon, taking off again.

"The dog flew!" Aoi Mianmu exclaimed in surprise.

Yu Jian ignored her and instead glanced at the armor. After confirming that there was nothing else inside, he considered that such a large suit of armor would be difficult to move, but he was also slightly interested in the magic that could make the armor move.

So, he grabbed the heavy helmet that was closest to him, and with his sword, he dragged Aoi Mianmu towards Milo.

The moment they jumped off the deck, the black ship was rising faster and faster, its sails being pulled into exaggerated arcs.

On the other side, Milo caught the two steadily and began to fly towards the general standing below.

"Akimi, are you alright?"

Yu Jian was the first to run onto the top of the general's head, followed by Jin Mu Kui, who was biting her lip and hesitating.

"Hmm, it's...okay?"

Akemi Hayashihara's voice sounded a bit strange. When she spoke, the various threads around her danced and changed, like water spraying from a musical fountain.

At this moment, Akemi Hayashihara looked like a fairy who had ascended to heaven, her body covered in white feathers, except that her face still retained a human appearance.

"Akemi-nee!?! It's...it's my fault!!"

Before Yu Jian could say anything, Jin Mu Kui had already thrown herself to the ground in shock and burst into tears.

"Huh?" Akemi looked at Nishiki Aoi in surprise.

"Why is Aoi-chan here too?"

Although the two sides had been in contact before, Chizuru's 'shell' was in control at that time, so Akemi didn't have a deep impression of it and only had a vague concept.

"Waaaaah." Jinmu Kui recounted the events in fits and starts, including the curse she had cast in the present world and her earlier act of self-destruction, trying to drag everyone down to hell with her.

“Mingmei has worked too hard. I want Mingmei to rest for a while. It’s okay if she retires. I’ve saved up a lot of money, so…”

She looked up at the other person with hopeful eyes.

"Will Mingmei forgive me?"

"Aoi." Akemi pinched Aoi's face with a serious expression, her fingers digging into Aoi's skin until it hurt.

"You've gone too far."

"Hey?"

Nishiki Aoi was completely stunned, never expecting to hear such words from Akemi. Her mind raced through their past together.

When she was still a newcomer, she was ostracized and couldn't find a dressing room. Mingmei, who was already famous at the time, took the initiative to help her. Her gentle words were an experience she had never had before in her life. It was like a ray of moonlight suddenly shining down in the boundless darkness, which she would never forget.

From that moment on, Nishiki Aoi made up her mind to make Akemi-nee happy.

Wait, why is a carousel suddenly appearing?
A strange thought popped into her head, and she came to her senses that she had just been hit hard, and the perpetrator was none other than the gentle and kind-hearted Mingmei.

Is this...right?!

Yu Jian stared in astonishment at the scene unfolding before him.

Just now, Akemi Hayashihara held Aoi Matsuki's cheeks with both hands, said something with an extremely serious expression, and then suddenly tilted her head back and, like a catapult, slammed her forehead hard into the latter's face.

As if in response to her mood, the surrounding silk threads also swayed violently like flames, whipping the air and making a hissing sound.

Just looking at it makes me feel so painful...

Yu Jian's lips twitched involuntarily, while Milo, panting heavily with his tongue lolling out, was even more shocked.

At the same time, he also felt a sense of unease. If mere emotional fluctuations could trigger such power, what exactly was the Blood of the Crane Woman?
"It's alright, the national tour was much tougher than this." Seeing the worry in Yujian's eyes, Akemi gave him a big smile.

Beside her feet was Nishiki Aoi, whose face was contorted with jealousy and who was practically biting her handkerchief.

"The key point is the black ship; that thing could fall at any moment and kill everyone." He glared at Jinmu Kui, then looked at everyone present (including the dog), paused, and continued:
"I have an idea."

A few minutes later.

"No! Absolutely not! Chizuru! How can we let Chizuru take the risk alone! Chizuru—"

The general struggled like an old child. The loyal Hattori Hanzo personally launched a coup, leading several ninjas to lift him up and forcibly take him out of the castle tower. The other black-clad ninjas who were assisting the general also withdrew one after another.

"Alright, all the irrelevant people have left." Yu Jian withdrew his gaze without a trace of blood or tears.

"Let me repeat the plan for the next step."

He glanced at Nishiki Aoi, whose forehead was swollen with a large bump, and said:

"Golden Retriever, you're in charge of leading Mingmei to retreat."

"I have a name!" Mianmu Kui, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly bristled.

"Any objections?" Yu Jian's gaze turned cold, and the latter immediately trembled like a kitten whose neck had been grabbed.

"……without."

"Then shut up."

"Ugh."

Yujian turned to look at Hayashihara Akemi.

"Mingmei, your work is the most important, so be sure to seize the opportunity."

"Hmm, but is it really okay?" Akemi hesitated for a moment.