After they pledged allegiance to you, they only kept quiet for a few days before using your name to forcibly abduct women and commit all sorts of evil deeds…

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Su Nuo frowned, as if he had been greatly offended. He suppressed his anger and asked:

Where are these people?

In response, Tie Ping remained silent for a few seconds, then calmly replied:

"I led my men to capture them and kill them to deter others with ill intentions. I apologize, Lord Su Nuo, but I did this without your permission."

Upon learning how the matter was handled, Su Nuo was stunned. He stared at Tie Ping in astonishment, feeling as if his longest-time companion had become a completely different person. He asked:

"Tieping, tell me honestly, have you been possessed by some kind of monster? This isn't like you."

"That's not true."

Tieping shook his head slightly. As a down-on-his-luck samurai, he was well aware of the corruption of the nobility and the inherent flaws of human nature. He understood that once an organization's bottom line was repeatedly tested without any cost, then only annihilation awaited that organization.

Teppei looked directly into Su Nu's eyes. Although Su Nu was far more powerful than him, Su Nu's eyes seemed to see into the distant future. He said:

"The bottom line cannot be crossed. Those who use your name to bully men and women must be dealt with strictly to prevent such situations from happening again in the future."

The reason I handled this privately without telling you is because I know you too well. As long as they cry and beg for forgiveness, and their words involve their family and children, you will soften your heart and give them one last chance because they are first-time offenders.

But this means that the bottom line has changed from being absolutely inviolable to being occasionally allowed to be broken. Gradually, the standard of the bottom line will be lowered or even disappear. This kind of thing must never happen.

I know I shouldn't have kept it from you, but I did it anyway, please punish me.

With that, Tieping closed his eyes and quietly awaited Su Nuo's punishment.

However, instead of the punishment, he heard a hearty laugh, followed by a hard slap on his back. The force of the slap made him open his eyes in pain.

"What are you thinking? Why would I punish you? You did nothing wrong. If it were me, I might really let them go... You're right, the bottom line cannot be crossed, and we must fundamentally eliminate this kind of behavior that crosses the bottom line."

Tieping wondered:

Do you really think so?

Su Nuo laughed twice:

"Of course, why would I lie to you?"

That's wonderful.

Teppei smiled knowingly at Sukuna's understanding, and was about to say something more when he accidentally strained his back muscles. Sukuna hadn't held back, making Teppei wince in pain.

"It hurts!"

Seeing Tieping like this, Su Nuo laughed even louder:

"Although you did lose control of your strength just now, your body is too weak. You really should train."

"Lord Su Nuo, this really hurts."

Tieping couldn't help but retort, and amidst Su Nuo's laughter, he punched Su Nuo.

Of course, given Su Nuo's physical condition, he didn't feel anything; only he clutched his fist and cried out, "It hurts so much!"

In the days that followed, in order to manage the growing number of followers, Su Nuo, Teppei, and a few other scholars in the team worked together to compile a rough set of rules.

In this set of rules, bullying men and women is strictly prohibited. Isolation, cliques and division are not allowed within the team. Everyone is equal and must help each other at all times.

The establishment of these rules immediately brought order to the loosely organized team. To make it easier to refer to these guys, Su Nuo personally named the organization Utopia.

Of course, this ideal country is not the same as that ideal country. The reason it is called this name is because Su Nuo felt that everyone was working hard for the same ideal, so it was the most appropriate name to call it the ideal country.

Initially, none of the major families cared about this organization called the Ideal Kingdom, believing that its only threat was its leader, Su Nuo.

However, with the emergence of slogans such as "Are kings and nobles born with special privileges?", the major families realized that this was not a simple organization, but a revolutionary organization with a high degree of order and cohesion. The object of their revolution was the entire era.

Panic ensued among the various clans, and one clan, Ishikawa, chose to join the Republic in order to protect itself.

Sukuna's attitude towards this unexpected "ally" is:

"Distribute all your money and land to your servants before you talk about joining the Republic."

These conditions put the Ishikawa family in an awkward situation. They chose to join the Utopia to protect themselves, but after squandering their wealth, what difference was there between the Ishikawa family and destruction?

So the Ishikawa family chose to refuse, preferring to enjoy the benefits for a while before disappearing rather than squander their fortune.

This angered Sukuna, who led his men to confiscate the Ishikawa family's property and distributed all the wealth to the servants and commoners who had been oppressed by the Ishikawa family.

His reasoning was:

"I was going to accept you because you were sensible, but after you rejected the terms, you chose to go back to oppressing the people. Is there such a good thing in the world?"

And so, no family considered joining the ideal state anymore. They wanted to form an alliance, but found that everyone in the family was insecure...

Chapter 78: Returning Home in Glory

As the ideal world flourished, Su Nuo seemed to have already seen that ideal world. He couldn't help but recall the promise he made to Lilith before leaving home to venture out into the world, and felt that it was time to fulfill that promise.

He first entrusted the management of the Ideal Kingdom to Teppei. After spending time together, he realized that Teppei was the only person he could truly trust. Entrusting the management of the Ideal Kingdom to Teppei was the safest option for Su Nuo.

After settling the matter, Su Nu took the Kusanagi Sword and headed home. He crossed mountains, oceans, streams, and plains, taking several days to finally reach the towering peak.

After climbing the mountain, a huge lake came into view, and beside the lake stood a detached villa that was clearly out of step with this era...

"After a long time, I'm finally back..."

Su Nuo sighed, then strode excitedly toward the villa. Just as he arrived at the door and was about to knock, the door opened abruptly, leaving his hand still hanging in mid-air.

"came back?"

Inside the door, Amelia looked at Su Nuo and saw that his eyes had lost some of their innocence and gained more composure. She knew that he had experienced considerable hardship in the outside world, and said:

"You must have suffered outside. Come in quickly."

Upon seeing Amelia, even though Su Nuo had killed many people outside, he couldn't help but smile. He followed Amelia into the house and looked around at everything.

During the time he was away, the furnishings in the house did not change much and remained exactly as he remembered.

Seeing these things, Su Nuo recalled the wonderful time he had spent here, which was almost the happiest time of his life.

"I knew you would come back, so I've been cleaning your room every day. Do you want to go see it?"

As Sukuna reminisced about the past, Amelia suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Su Nuo was somewhat moved, but he didn't mention going back to his room. After all, he wasn't home to rest, but to fulfill a promise he had made.

Sixteen-year-old Su Nuo is nearly 1.9 meters tall. The figure that used to be able to hold him in his arms now needs to be looked up to see his face clearly.

So Sukuna lowered his body and said to Amelia:

"Where's the boss? Where is he?"

Amelia said:

"Ah, still sleeping at this hour."

You know, the only two things the eldest brother likes most are eating and sleeping. He was fine before you left, but after you left, he needs to sleep about twenty hours a day.

"This is way too outrageous..."

Su Nuo felt somewhat helpless. After establishing the ideal state, he had to deal with some trivial matters every day and consider how the organization should develop in the future.

Even with the help of Tieping and some scholars, the enormous workload still reduced Su Nuo's sleep time to about six hours.

Although this had no effect on Sukuna's health, he hadn't slept until he naturally woke up in a long time, and he couldn't help but envy Lilith's life.

But before that, he still had a goal to achieve, a path destined to be arduous...

Su Nuo did not disturb Lilith's sleep. Instead, he took advantage of the time while waiting for Lilith to wake up to leave the house and go to the lakeside. His target was naturally the great monster snake hiding at the bottom of the lake.

Of course, the snake may have once possessed the strength to kill the young Sukuna, but the current Sukuna is capable of killing Yamata no Orochi. Even if the snake tries its best, it cannot defeat Sukuna.

However, having not seen a snake for a long time, Su Nuo couldn't shout. Just as he was thinking about whether to ask Amelia for help, a large shadow appeared in the lake.

The shadow rose rapidly, and as it broke through the water's surface, the water cascaded down with a "whoosh," causing the water level to drop. The newcomer was indeed a snake.

"Kid, you've been back for so long, and only now do you think to come see me?"

Upon seeing Su Nuo, the snake was initially surprised by the change in his demeanor, but soon it became angry that Su Nuo had passed by the lake without calling out to it.

Perhaps because of the vast difference in strength, Sukuna, who had always been at a disadvantage when communicating with snakes, sensed a hint of jealousy upon hearing these words.

Su Nuo smiled and quickly comforted him:

"I've come to see you now, and you are all very important to me, so let's not worry about the order in which we come."

"Hmph, all they've learned over the years is some sweet talk."

The snake snorted coldly, arrogantly turning its head away. A few seconds later, its crimson snake eyes flickered, and it said again:

"I don't know why, but I always feel there's a scary aura about you. To be honest, what exactly have you been doing since you came down the mountain?"

Su Nuo didn't intend to hide it; in fact, one could say he was showing off.

"I didn't do anything. I just killed the Yamata no Orochi, and then gathered people with the same ideals together to accomplish our common cause..."

"What did you say? Yamata no Orochi?!"

Upon hearing Sukuna's words, the entire yokai was in a bad mood. Who is Yamata no Orochi? He is the strongest yokai who has lived from ancient times to the present, a mobile calamity, and the king of curses.

When the snake was young, it was dissatisfied with the title of King of the Curses of Yamata no Orochi and even thought of fighting Yamata no Orochi one-on-one. However, it only glanced at Yamata no Orochi from afar and realized that it was a terrifying existence that it could never touch in its entire life.

And Sukuna? He's just a kid who's only fifteen or sixteen years old. How could he possibly kill the Yamata no Orochi, which has lived for who knows how long?

So the snake said decisively:

"You're lying to me. Even if you're much stronger than me now, don't think I can be easily fooled. I haven't lived these years for nothing."

The snake vehemently denied that Sukuna had killed the Yamata no Orochi, until Sukuna suppressed a laugh and pulled out an ancient longsword surrounded by water vapor, instantly drawing the snake's attention.

The snake carefully examined the ancient longsword shrouded in mist. The more it looked, the more it could sense the sword's extraordinary nature. In fact, it even felt a familiar aura emanating from the sword.

What kind of aura was that? Ancient and powerful, even carrying an indescribable evil. As he pondered, the snake gradually recalled his youth, when he was full of ambition and searching for the Yamata no Orochi.

I thought that even if I was at my worst, I could at least exchange a few blows, but after just one glance from afar, I was so frightened by that terrifying aura that I fled without a fight.

This longsword carries the aura of the Yamata no Orochi; it might even be a cursed artifact transformed from the Yamata no Orochi after its death. This surprised the snake, who said incredulously:

"You really killed Yamata no Orochi?!"

Su Nuo smiled and nodded slightly.

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