I'm a villain in the superhero world.

"Everything is ready, except for the final push—but now you're telling me the plan has changed?"

In a corner of the city, within a vast Japanese garden, came this angry voice from the shadows.

"Snake Princess...you must understand that my trust and patience with you are limited."

"The Son of the Sun God is now within our grasp, and you've already notified those parties. When they start vying for him, we'll step in and take him away. Isn't this exactly what we planned?"

"I don't see any problem with this... Why change the plan?"

The figure of the Great Tengu, one of Japan's three most powerful yokai and vengeful spirits, and Emperor Sutoku was revealed.

Looking down at the Snake Princess who was warming sake, he posed this question.

The Snake Princess merely chuckled, raising her beautiful eyes as she wore a white robe with wide sleeves tinged with purple.

"Because unexpected changes occurred in our plans, we had to make changes."

Are you satisfied with this answer?

Her response was a long silence from Emperor Sutoku.

Under the overwhelming pressure of the Great Tengu, whose power far surpassed that of the Snake Princess before him, he finally spoke again.

"What kind of variable are you referring to?"

"What changed your mind, making you believe that even if I personally intervene, I cannot safely take the sun away?"

The Snake Princess is one of the disciples of the creator and ancestor of the Emperor lineage. What is it that makes her so afraid?

Instead of directly answering Ōtengu's question, the Snake Princess first asked him a question in return:

"Do you still remember the Yata no Kagami?"

Emperor Chongde scoffed: "That was a treasure that my clan has worshipped for generations."

The Snake Princess's attitude remained unchanged; she simply smiled and said, "Then you must still remember one of its functions, which was the original purpose for which Master created the Yata Mirror—"

For the first time, Emperor Sutoku's tone softened:

"You mean, is there a closeness or convergence between the moon and the sun?"

"But what you're saying..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence because he realized why Snake Princess had asked that question.

He raised his head, looking at the Snake Princess who was still smiling with a hint of disbelief.

"The Yata Mirror is now in your possession?"

The Snake Princess smiled without saying a word.

"Impossible! How could he possibly allow you to bring the Yata no Kagami out? How could he entrust something so important to a madman like you!"

Emperor Chongde was filled with doubt and uncertainty, but his tone gradually became less certain.

Because he knew that, at least at this moment, there was probably still a possibility—

After all, wasn't that person's only wish for the past two thousand years to completely revive that emperor?

However, at this moment, the Snake Princess opposite him shook her head, denying the Great Tengu's words.

"The Yata Mirror wasn't given to me by my master; I took it out myself."

Taking...that's stolen—

But...steal? Steal the Yata no Kagami right in front of a demigod?

Emperor Chongde almost burst out laughing: "You?"

It wasn't that he looked down on Snake Princess, but rather that her strength was simply unconvincing.

But the Snake Princess simply nodded calmly, her expression unchanged throughout: "Me."

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and the Great Tengu's expression kept changing.

Clearly, Snake Princess's attitude is genuine, so what she said is probably true.

But how could someone who is even less capable than myself do such a thing?

The Great Tengu couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it and changed the subject.

"Even if you have the Yata Mirror, what does that have to do with this matter?"

"It has a great significance—because just recently, I saw in the Yata no Kagami that the two Yin (moons) of this era, who are currently divided, met the Sun almost simultaneously."

"Splitting, two Yin?"

"Indeed, you have been asleep for too long and only woke up in recent years. You are unaware of the split of Taiyin. Simply put, the origin of Taiyin and the will and power left by the Taiyin lineage of previous generations split for some reason. In this generation, the split Taiyin power has created two Taiyin in succession."

In the beginning, the power of Yin and the power of Yang only included the original part.

Therefore, during the time of Fusu and Huhai, the pure primordial power symbolized completeness.

However, after hundreds of reincarnations and transmissions, the will and power of the Moon and Sun of each generation were successively incorporated into them—

Therefore, only by possessing both the original power and the power passed down through generations can one be considered a complete Taiyin and Taiyang.

Before he fell into slumber, Ōtengu also knew this, so understanding the Snake Princess's words was not difficult for him.

But this only made him more puzzled.

The moon splits, and two moons meet the sun one after the other. So what? What does that have to do with their plans?

But the Snake Princess's attitude gave him a vague idea of ​​what was going on.

Emperor Chongde frowned and tentatively asked, "Will those two Yin beings lead people to protect the Sun and interfere with our plan to capture it?"

Boa Hancock shook her head: "It's worse than that."

"I don't know about those who inherited the original part of Taiyin, but I am very familiar with those who obtained another part of Taiyin power."

The Snake Princess succinctly stated: "He is very strong, and it's certain that he has already reached the side of the sun."

"Very strong... How strong?" Emperor Chongde asked rhetorically.

The Snake Princess gave him an example: "Do you remember the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons in Kyoto four years ago?"

"The four people who participated in that plan were suppressed by this Taiyin, who fought against all four of them single-handedly."

The Great Tengu finally realized the seriousness of the situation—

Tamamo-no-Mae, Shuten-dōji, Dōzō, and Ōtakemaru.

None of those four guys are weaker than him; if that person could really take on all four at once...

"Has he reached the fourth stage of the fifth energy level?" Emperor Chongde asked again.

"It's hard to say, but what's certain is that four years ago he was at the limit of the third stage," Snake Princess replied.

Emperor Sutoku fell silent. Even if that person wasn't yet at the fourth stage, he wasn't confident he could take the person away from him.

This really needs to be considered carefully.

The Great Tengu clenched his fists, and the Snake Princess naturally noticed his resentment.

So she thought for a moment and gave the only good news:

"But that person has a duty to fulfill; his true form must constantly suppress the numerous sealed numbers..."

"So, it's highly likely that he's just using a clone this time—"

A clone... a clone?

Emperor Chongde lowered his eyes: "Are you sure?"

The Snake Princess chuckled and nodded slightly: "I can guarantee that—and his clone should at most possess and use less than 10% of his original body's combat power."

"So, if you're really unwilling to just shelve the plan, you could... give it a try?"

Emperor Chongde sat down, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then loosened his fist.

"Snake Princess, what's this person's name?" he asked.

"Lu Buyi," Snake Queen answered truthfully.

"According to you, you should have at least witnessed him going all out four years ago from the shadows—"

"So, how much of his power do you think I have at his peak?"

This time, Snake Princess was serious; she thought for a long time before giving her answer.

"To put it bluntly, one to eight or nine."

"Then that's settled—" said the Great Tengu.

"The original plan will proceed as scheduled; the task of capturing the sun is entrusted to you."

"As for that Lü Buyi, I'll take care of him."

-

The final episode ended abruptly, with Lü Buyi looking at the Great Tengu's final reply.

In the quiet room, someone chuckled softly.

—He was so angry he laughed.

"One-eighth to one-ninth, and you'll solve my problem?"

"You really dare to say that, you piece of trash..."

Lu Buyi muttered to himself, a fierce glint in his eyes.