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After all, apart from himself and Shuten-doji, the only one who could know the letter was only one name.

"Ugly Gozen, is that you?"

"Yes, it's me." The other party answered directly.

Ian had to admit.

Although he looks almost identical to Minamoto no Raikou, the Ugly Gozen in front of him exudes an extremely cold attitude.

Her blade flashed white under the lightning.

A normal person seeing such a scene would probably just feel scared and worry about being beheaded by her.

But Ian wasn't worried about that.

He just wanted to figure it all out.

"Why do you... look like Raikou?"

"Because I am her and she is me."

Ugly Yuqian answered Ian's question expressionlessly.

"Since we are the same, we will naturally have the same appearance."

【You realize that this may be related to the battle of Oeyama. 】

[Perhaps it was Minamoto no Raikou's choice at that time that led to the birth of the current Ugly Gozen. ]

[How is all this done? ]

【You don’t know.】

"So, you are Raikou?"

The ugly emperor in front of him shook his head.

"nor."

"She can turn into me, but I won't turn back into her."

"what do you mean?"

Ian looked at the ugly emperor in front of him and his expression began to become serious.

"This has nothing to do with you."

Ugly Gozen looked back at Ian, without any emotion in his eyes.

"It's Minamoto no Raikou I want to see, not you."

"You asked her to come see me."

"..."

Ian was silent for a moment and shook his head.

"No, I can't."

"Why?" Ugly Gozen looked at the man in front of him, "I clearly told her in the letter that I would come to Onigashima, right?"

"But I didn't tell her."

Ian stated his reasons directly.

"So she didn't follow me here either."

"..."

Ugly Gozen looked at the man in front of him, and there was finally some change on his face.

But that was a sign of unhappiness.

"Abe, do you know what you are doing?"

"I know." Ian was not afraid of Ugly Gozen's angry tone.

"I chose to come here without telling her just to prevent Lai Guang from coming here."

"Ugly Gozen, tell me everything."

"Why do you know so much about Heian-kyō? And why did you call Raikou here?"

"Tell me everything."

【Ugly Gozen is watching you. 】

[Although she looks almost the same as Minamoto no Raikou, you can clearly feel the difference between her and her. ]

【Perhaps it is just as Ugly Gozen himself said. 】

[Is there some kind of inseparable, yet completely different connection between her and Minamoto no Raikou? ]

"..."

Ugly Gozen was silent for a long time.

She seemed to be considering whether to tell Ian something.

Finally, she spoke:

"Although my cognition tells me that I shouldn't tell you these things."

"But since you chose to come here, I think you are qualified to listen to all this."

"you--"

Ugly Gozen looked at Ian in front of him.

"You should still remember why Minamoto no Raikou went looking for you in the first place, right?"

"Learn the art of killing demons and revive the Genji."

Ian answered Ugly Yuzen's question directly without any hesitation.

He still remembered how Minamoto no Raikou threatened him with a sword.

to be frank.

She was the only one who dared to do this.

Although the result is useless, at least it is expressive enough.

So to this day, Ian still remembers Minamoto no Raikou's purpose - and in fact she is really working hard for all of this.

Now she has become the pillar of the entire Genji.

Ian was naturally very happy about this.

"Well, you really are just like she remembered. You remember everything."

Ugly Yuqian suddenly changed the subject.

"But if I say—"

“Does this kind of rejuvenation come at a price?”

[You are silent. 】

[In fact, you have already noticed some clues. ]

[After all, as Minamoto no Raikou's master, you can feel that her swordsmanship is becoming different little by little.]

[The most obvious of these is the power of longitudinal lightning. ]

[That level of skill is definitely not something that can be used under normal circumstances.]

"So, Ugly Gozen, what is the price?" Ian confirmed again.

"I've already said that—"

Ugly Yuzen's eyes once again returned to their merciless look.

“That’s becoming me.”

"It's fine for Minamoto no Raikou, or for me."

"We are all the messengers of the Bull-Headed King - the ones that Genji had to summon in order to maintain the prosperity of his family."

"Minamoto no Raikou will get closer and closer to me until everything is irreversible and I will eventually become an existence that knows only to slay demons."

[You realize the purpose of Onigashima's existence. ]

[This is the product that Ugly Gozen materialized to kill ghosts. 】

[She was killing these ghosts here day after day until you came here. ]

【You know full well that this is an endless torture. 】

"But--"

Ian looked at the ugly emperor in front of him.

"If that's the case, why did you send ghosts to Heian-kyō?"

Hearing this, Ugly Gozen looked at the sea which was thundering.

"I wanted to make her realize that something was wrong and get her attention."

"But as it stands now - it seems my idea didn't have the effect it should have."

"So you wrote a letter to Raikou afterwards?"

"Correct."

"Because of Minamoto no Raikou, I have a complete memory of Kyoto." Ugly Gozen continued to explain all this, "So if I want to do these things, it won't be difficult."

[You have a better understanding of Ugly Gozen's purpose. ]

[You gradually realize that she is not as hostile to Minamoto no Raikou as you thought.]

[On the contrary, she seems to be very worried that Minamoto no Raikou will become herself. ]

"so--"

"Are you just trying to stop Raikou from becoming you?"

Ian took a deep breath and asked.

"Not exactly."

The demon killer in front of him gripped his weapon, turned his back to Ian, and answered.

“I just feel like this isn’t the path we should be taking.”

"But--"

Ian looked at the back that was somewhat similar to Minamoto no Raikou, but not exactly the same.

"If that's the case, how could you exist at the same time as Raikou?"

"If she became you, she shouldn't exist."

"And if she hadn't become you, you shouldn't have existed."

"That's right, in theory."

Ushiro drew his sword and pointed it at the dark sky above his head.

The thunder roared like the galloping of a bull.

“But there is something on this island that provides me with the strength to exist temporarily.”

"..."

[You recall Shuten-doji and the legend of Onigashima that you had told me.]

[It is said that there is something buried on this island that can fulfill all wishes. ]

If it is really as powerful as the legend says, then maintaining the existence of both Uzumaki and Minamoto no Raikou wouldn't be a problem.

【But you suddenly realized a problem. 】

【That is Ugly Gozen's purpose.】

[She appeared here in order to prevent herself from appearing. ]

How can we achieve this?