Crossover: A Different Inuyasha

"There are certainly ways."

She looked at Dizang, then subtly changed the subject, "However—everything has a price. I can't just do it for you for nothing. You have to let me meet the person behind you, right?"

Upon hearing this, Dizang asked in confusion, "The person behind this?"

"Didn't Lady Tsubaki already meet with Lady Hagoromo Gitsune a few days ago?"

His expression changed slightly, and he said sincerely, "If Lord Chun wishes to join us, I can introduce you again."

"Oh." Chun's tone rose slightly as she gently fanned herself with her folding fan, looking at Aojizo with a half-smile.

"Am I talking about her?"

What did this woman find out?

Jizo fell silent, gazing at the confident Tsubaki, and chuckled softly, "Lady Tsubaki, the more you know about certain things, the more dangerous it becomes."

"Whether it's dangerous or not, it's not up to you to decide." Chun smiled dangerously and charmingly.

After arriving in this world, aside from Steel Fang, Thunder, and No Woman whom she could not contact, she had already made contact with the Wind Cave Master a long time ago.

Through mutual exchange, both sides have gained considerable advantages in their development.

For example, tonight's Zimu Tongzi lost control of his demonic power at a crucial moment, which was the work of the Black Witch's curse.

For example, some monsters in the vicinity with powerful poisons were directly cursed to death by her.

At the same time, he wandered among the monster organizations as a mercenary, obtaining the aura of many high-ranking monsters, and naturally discovered the elusive Jizo.

The folding fan in her hand was none other than the [Unique Spirit Gear - Bone Curse Fan]!

The fan has twelve ribs, with a dark color like ivory buried deep underground for many years, and the surface is covered with fine dark patterns.

As long as the black witch knows the other person's appearance, real name, or possesses a part of their body—even if it's just air that carries their scent.

She can then use the Bone Curse Fan to absorb the other person's aura and deliver the curse across layers of space, creating many variations in the process.

However, there are certainly limitations.

Each of the twelve fan ribs can store a soul. This is fine for minor tricks, but to curse and kill powerful individuals, an "equivalent exchange" is required.

Use the value of an equal soul within the fan ribs to exchange for the weight of the soul that curses the other party.

"That's quite confident."

As a member of the Hyakumonogatari group, and a follower of Abe no Seimei rather than Hagoromo Gitsune, Oujizo chuckled, "Since you've put it that way, then come with me."

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Tokyo, Ukiyo-e Junior High School.

The school bell rang at the end of the corridor, and the classroom door was opened from the outside.

A figure entered as the bell rang, her steps elegant and graceful.

She was wearing a beige suit with a knee-length skirt and a light gray silk scarf tied at the neckline. Her long, black hair was tied back in a low bun, with a few stray strands falling from her temples, gleaming softly in the sunlight.

Her face was gentle and beautiful, like a Japanese woman who stepped out of an ancient painting. A maternal aura emanated from her every smile and frown, spreading through the classroom like warm water.

"Attend class."

The students all stood up and bowed.

"Hello, teacher without a female teacher!"

Wu Nu nodded slightly, turned slightly to the side, and wrote a few words on the blackboard with chalk—Warring States Period: The Legendary Monster.

She put down the chalk and turned around.

"Today we're going to learn some interesting stories from the Warring States period and talk about the presence of monsters in that era."

"Can anyone tell the teacher whether monsters really exist in the world?"

"Me! Me! Me! Me!"

Kiyoshi Kiyotsugu raised his hand, as if answering a question he had practiced countless times, "Of course it exists!"

A few classmates around him chuckled softly at his imposing manner, but he didn't care at all—because things that already exist don't cease to exist just because others laugh a couple of times.

"very good."

Wu Nu nodded slightly, gesturing for Qing Shizi Qingji to sit down. Her gaze fell on the bespectacled boy who was propping his chin up and looking out the window, seemingly uninterested in the lesson.

"Nura-kun, what do you think?"

When Nura Rikuo's name was called, he stood up. Sunlight fell on his shoulders and hair from the side, clearly highlighting his weak and easily bullied appearance.

"Of course it doesn't exist."

Nura Rikuo answered crisply, his tone even carrying a hint of rejection.

Kiyotsugu Kiyoji turned his head and mouthed in Nura's direction—you dare to talk nonsense in front of Ms. Mujou? You'll see what I do to you after school.

The woman stood in front of the podium, looking at Nurarihyon, whose identity had been revealed by Inuyasha, and smiled with an intellectual elegance, causing the little rascal with the blood of a great demon to lower his head shyly.

Privately, these twelve- or thirteen-year-old junior high school students not only liked to call Wu Nu "Mom," but also adored her.

Moreover, of the five people who came with them, only Wu Nu had been informed of the information by the silver-haired half-demon.

She doesn't need to do anything special; she just needs to act as Inuyasha's "eyes."

"So today, let's have a good talk about those rumors that circulate around us that 'don't exist'."

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Summer of the twelfth year of the Eastern Kingdom.

The war has finally come to a complete end this season.

From the coastline of Kanto to Kyushu, from the mountains of Hokuriku to the Seto Inland Sea of ​​Shikoku, the last stubborn flag fell slumped in the early summer rain.

The eight Yama armies split into eight routes, sweeping away the last remnants of separatist regimes with lightning speed. Their iron hooves trampled over passes and city walls, leaving behind a series of remeasured territories.

From this day forward, there will be only one voice and one name on this land.

The world is united!

Inuyasha stood under the eaves of the main hall of Ruri Shrine, a deep, faint light gleaming in his eyes.

In the spiritual vision empowered by the Source Force, awe and faith rising from cities, villages, and mountains covering nearly 400,000 square kilometers are surging in with unstoppable force.

Crossing mountains and rivers, they flow like a hundred rivers into the sea, converging at the Ruri Shrine beneath their feet and into the many statues in the main hall.

God of Justice, God of Harvest, Thunder God and Rain Master, Lord of the Dipper...

The vast majority of them were absorbed into the body of the god of gods—a half-demon.

Having traversed once and superimposed wisdom twice, the powerful true spirit, supported by the power of humanity, is like a taut bowstring at this moment. Its perception is constantly converging, purifying, and leaping under the impact of countless streams of light.

Inuyasha's consciousness traveled upstream along the stream of light, passing over the eaves of the shrine, over the outline of the city, and through the boundary between the clouds and the sky, touching something he had never clearly perceived before.

The thin veil between heaven and earth was touched.

Like a body of water that has been exposed to the wind for too long, the ripples eventually smooth out, revealing the outline beneath.

Inuyasha sensed that pulse—not a heartbeat, not a breath, but a more ancient and grander rhythm.

It's as if the world itself is fluctuating at a slow but steady frequency.

The contours of mountains and rivers, the rise and fall of streams, the changing of the seasons, and the rise and fall of dynasties were all perceived by him in that instant as the flow of different segments on the same huge vein.

The fear and faith that I just experienced have become the medium for perceiving the pulse of heaven and earth.

Those streams of light were like countless tributaries, extending Inuyasha's senses to every piece of land covered by the Eastern Kingdom's territory.

This allowed his consciousness to trace back upstream along those tributaries, touching the deeper texture of this world itself.

"Is this... just the tip of the iceberg of omniscience and omnipotence? Similar to the omnipotent gods in fantasy novels who are all-powerful in their divine realm?"

Inuyasha slowly exhaled.

He stood in the morning light, feeling the pulse of heaven and earth that he had just sensed, and thought, "Perhaps my vision can be realized."

With a light touch of the toes, he leaped from under the eaves, soared over the shrine's roof, and landed on the sun-warmed hillside behind the shrine.

The clattering cauldron stood quietly to the side of the sacred tree, its entire body gleaming with a bluish-gray luster as if it had been moistened by the morning dew.

Inuyasha raised his hand and pressed it against the furnace wall, his arms sinking down, lifting the creaking cauldron into the air.

Like a deity emerging from ancient legends, it flew towards the land of the East.

He wanted to use the power of the resounding cauldron to unravel the deep-seated patterns of this land.

He intends to gather and return to their proper places the direction of mountains and rivers, the rise and fall of rivers, and the flow of the earth's veins, so that the earth's veins of the entire country will converge under the Ruri Shrine like roots, making the earth a unified whole.

To complete the grand plan of flying to another universe.

Chapter 86 First Arrival at the Heavenly Palace, Unsealing of Dream City

For months after the New Year's Eve dinner, Inuyasha had been thinking about one thing.

When the moment of utter annihilation truly arrives, how will he lead his people to escape?

He slunk away like a dog with its tail between its legs, without uttering a sound—just thinking about that option made his teeth ache.

It would be too tragic to lose more than ten years of accumulation in one day. Moreover, the key issue is not "whether or not to give it up" - but "whether or not to escape" and "how many people to take with you".

Therefore, instead of waiting for the enemy to come to us, we should take action first.

As for how to "move," Inuyasha had too many ideas.

The worst course of action is, of course, to leave with only family members.

Maple, bellflower, iris, calamus, and a few close friends—close the door, slip away as fast as you can, and run as far away as possible.

The middle-level approach is to bring along the core members of the Eastern Kingdom.

The generals of the Eight Yama Armies, the core demon clan of Rashomon, the high-ranking priestesses and sorcerers of the Ruri Shrine—those who support the entire framework of the Eastern Kingdom, take as many as you can.

The best course of action would be to take the entire Eastern Kingdom with you and leave unscathed.

Inuyasha recalled a novel he had read before; most of his memory was hazy, but the premise remained firmly etched in his mind.

The place where the protagonist of the story lived was once occupied by demons.

To prevent the extraterrestrial demons from making a comeback after the spiritual energy revival, the power of an entire continent was gathered to create a "flying continent" capable of traversing the starry sea—the entire land was refined into a mobile ark, taking all the people and things on board with it and leaving, leaving the demons with only an empty piece of land.

Before realizing the pulse of the world in Japan, Inuyasha planned to use the Roaring Cauldron as the core, supplemented by layers of barrier techniques, to connect the three core locations of Ruri Shrine, Rashomon, and Zenkenkyo, forming a self-consistent cyclical field.

Imitating the dream city sealed in the mirror, we will deliberately sink the heart of the Eastern Kingdom into another dimension.

It should be able to both attack and defend.

However, this idea completely disappeared after Inuyasha was lifted up by the power of humanity and sensed the pulse of heaven and earth.

Now, the red-robed god is carrying the resounding cauldron and flying over the eastern country, far away from the Kanto Plain, and has arrived in the Kyushu region, the outermost edge of the territory.

Inuyasha lowered his eyes to look down at the mountains and fields illuminated by the rising sun, sensing the flow of the earth's veins beneath his feet.

It's like reading a novel that you can read the whole thing just by looking at the title.

He paused briefly in the skies above Kyushu, then used the Roaring Cauldron as an anchor and his own source power as a guide to draw the power of the earth's veins toward the heart of the Eastern Kingdom.

Inuyasha was mentally prepared to spend a lot of time on this; it couldn't be rushed.

Along the way, Kikyo, Yura, and others would come to visit him from time to time, so he wasn't lonely.

Three months later, he finally completed the work of sorting out the earth veins of the entire Kyushu region.

After that, the western and four provinces await him. The Kinki region, where Kyoto is located, has a dense network of ley lines, making it a region that will take even longer to traverse than Kyushu.

Finally, we must return to the land of Kanto.

Time really flies.

Inuyasha gazed at the forest, its leaves a pale gold hue tinged by the early autumn wind, and calculated the days ahead.

Today marks the transition from summer to autumn, exactly one year since the Mirror of Time opened and Mujou and Tsubaki were sent to the world of Nurarihyon.

After a moment, he gathered his thoughts, dragged the Roaring Cauldron, turned around, and sped towards the Ruri Shrine.

The silver-haired half-demon returned to the shrine in the afternoon, her crimson robes fluttering in the light and shadow under the eaves, creating a very light breeze.

Kikyo was sitting by the window in the side room of the main hall, studying a training manual she had collected from Kyoto. Sunlight streamed in through the half-open paper door and fell on her profile.