Chapter 568: The Second Battle with Rurie
Chapter 568: The Second Battle with Rurie
Lighting the fire to cook, boiling rice into porridge. In the end, leaving behind a complete mess within her territory. And then strutting away. All of this, taken together, made everything obvious.
"Hikari! Nakoto!"
"You two little brats actually joined forces to scheme against me, an adult?"
"Good! Very good!"
"Just you wait, I'll make you pay the price!"
"Hikari, I trusted you so much."
"And in the end, you used your looks to deceive me, trying to harm me, damn you!"
"And Nakoto, you've been plotting against me, your own mother, all along. Ungrateful daughter, you deserve it too!"
"And the two of you actually dared to defile the will of the God, trying to stop the God's descent. I'll make sure to teach you both a proper lesson!"
Munakata Rurie threw off the tattered, sticky nightwear on her body and changed into a black nightdress.
Then she quickly walked to the bookshelf, pulled out a black book with strange patterns from a hidden compartment.
She bit her fingertip and smeared the blood onto the book's cover.
The book turned from black to red, automatically flipping open to the first page, where crooked incantations appeared.
Munakata Rurie silently recited the spell.
A burst of black mist suddenly wrapped around her slender, fair arms.
Her delicate hands, shrouded in black fog, suddenly surged with powerful strength.
Munakata Rurie grabbed the bronze lamp on the table and clenched it tightly in her five fingers.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The bronze lamp, which should have been sturdy enough to smash a grown man like Taniguchi Ichirō to death in one blow, was squeezed in her hand as if pressed by a hydraulic machine, turning into a flat disc of metal.
Casually tossing the crushed bronze lamp onto the ground, Munakata Rurie quickly walked out of the bedroom.
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"Haa… so, is Hikari-kun satisfied with this thank-you gift?"
Munakata Nakoto clung to Hikari, tears still hanging at the corners of her eyes, yet she smiled as she asked him.
"Satisfied. Nakoto-chan, how do you feel? Are you okay?"
Looking at Munakata Nakoto, who had just been crying out in pain due to lack of experience and had even sobbed for quite a while, Hikari asked with concern.
"I'm fine. Hikari-kun is so amazing, Nakoto feels great," In response to his concern, Munakata Nakoto smiled, deliberately moving a little.
Using her actions to prove she was fine.
"Hiss!", Seeing her resilience, Hikari couldn't help but suck in a small breath.
"Nakoto-chan is also naturally gifted, possessing a famous divine artifact with quite a background, just like Madam Rurie," After noticing her unusual nature, Hikari commented.
"Huh? My mother secretly has a famous artifact too? What is it?", Munakata Nakoto asked curiously.
"Mm… Nakoto-chan is clever, with a heart full of insight, and her artifact shares that trait."
"As for Madam Rurie, her thoughts are many and complicated."
"What she possesses is also something with a complex structure, something that requires great patience to explore and master, a maze with many turns," Hikari casually explained.
"I see," Munakata Nakoto nodded.
Her small mouth parted slightly, as if she was about to say something more.
But suddenly, the door was violently pushed open with a loud bang.
A figure quickly strode in from outside.
"Nakoto! Hikari!"
Munakata Rurie barged into the room, her brows sharply raised, staring fiercely at the two inside.
At a glance, she saw Hikari sitting on a chair holding Munakata Nakoto, and her brows shot up as she glared at them.
The sudden commotion startled Munakata Nakoto.
Her body tensed up.
Hikari, caught in a sudden clamp, also sucked in a breath.
"M-mom?"
"Madam Rurie."
Seeing Munakata Rurie staring at them, both Hikari and Munakata Nakoto turned to look at her.
But even though they had already noticed her arrival,
Neither of them showed any intention of stopping their "lesson."
In fact, as if to show off her eagerness to learn in front of Munakata Rurie, Munakata Nakoto became even more proactive in asking Hikari for guidance.
Seeing that the two weren't flustered at all by her arrival, but instead seemed calm and composed, even treating her as part of their "lesson," Munakata Rurie immediately grew furious.
"The one who instructed Hikari to do that to me was you, wasn't it, Nakoto!", Munakata Rurie shouted at her.
Then she turned and berated Hikari, "You bastard! You dared to defile what should have been offered as a sacrifice to the God, and now you even dare to continue in front of me? Stop right now!"
Faced with her scolding, Munakata Nakoto's pretty face flushed as she smiled sweetly, showing no intention of answering.
Hikari, however, replied with a smile, "Wasn't I just following Madam's instructions?"
"I've already fulfilled the conditions for you. How about you come over too and join Nakoto in this lesson?"
Munakata Nakoto chimed in with a smile, "That's right, Mother, come join Nakoto~"
Hearing their words, Munakata Rurie's face flushed red with anger, her brows raised and eyes wide, "Bastards…"
"You actually dare say such things, both of you!"
Munakata Nakoto responded between breaths, "How is that… bastard behavior? Mmm… I'm clearly doing this for your sake, Mom. Mm… I wanted you to be happy too, so I invited you."
"You really don't appreciate kindness, ahn~"
Seeing Munakata Nakoto's flushed cheeks and spring-like gaze, her seductive expression, Munakata Rurie, whose plan had failed, suddenly burned with anger.
She scolded, "You unfilial daughter! I raised you since you were young, and now you've become this shameless! Not only do you talk back to your mother—"
"But right in front of me, you behave so wantonly, so depraved. You've completely disgraced the Munakata family and brought shame upon this residence!"
Hearing her scolding, Munakata Nakoto's temper flared up too.
While wrapping her arms around Hikari's neck, her movements growing more intense,
She coldly retorted, "Raised me? Hah, more like you raised me to become a vessel for the Evil God!"
"And what right do you have to call me shameless?"
"What you did in front of Hikari-kun earlier, he already told me everything. There are even photos as proof!"
"Take a look. Is that you in the picture making a peace sign?"
"Compared to me, you're the one bringing more shame to the Munakata family and this residence, aren't you?"
"And you still have the nerve to lecture me. You really have no shame at all."
"You call me unfilial? I think you're the one who's failed as a mother!"
Hearing her daughter's mockery, Munakata Rurie clenched her teeth.
Especially when she saw the photo on the phone screen in Munakata Nakoto's hand, her face instantly turned pale.
Left speechless, Munakata Rurie stopped trying to lecture her daughter.
She turned her anger toward Hikari.
"Hikari, you're the most despicable one of all!"
"I trusted you so much before, that's why I asked you to tutor Nakoto."
"But you actually teamed up with her to scheme against me, deceiving my feelings and betraying my trust!"
"I kindly took you in, let you eat, let you stay, let you… sleep…"
"And this is how you repay me?"
"You damned bastard!"
Hearing her scolding, Hikari smiled calmly, "You were the one scheming against me first, Madam. And now you're turning the tables. Is this the natural talent of a bad woman, or are you just being shameless?"
Hearing his words, Munakata Rurie's brows shot up, "Hmph! Enough talk. Someone who only dares to scheme in secret but doesn't dare face me head-on."
"The God has already bestowed blessings upon me. Once I knock the two of you down, I'll properly discipline you."
Faced with her confident declaration, Hikari smiled slightly.
Thud!
He lifted the softened Munakata Nakoto and placed her onto the sofa.
Then he stood up.
Looking at the furious Munakata Rurie advancing toward him, he suddenly smiled and said, "Madam, when did you start thinking that I wouldn't dare face you head-on?"
A surging, powerful Vajra-subduing force gathered in Hikari's palm, dazzling golden light bursting forth, so bright it made Munakata Rurie's heart tremble.
That strange power radiating golden light seemed to carry a righteous aura, making Munakata Rurie feel as if she had encountered a natural enemy, as though she were being restrained.
But the blessing within her body also sensed the danger. Black mist surged forth, wrapping around her, and she felt as if endless strength had been added to her body.
She gathered her courage, clenched her fists, and stomped forward, rushing straight at Hikari.
In an instant, she closed the distance and threw a punch directly at his chest.
She wanted to knock down this uncertain variable, Hikari, and then force him and Munakata Nakoto to carry out the God's descent ritual without obstruction.
Even if forcing it wouldn't be as effective as mutual willingness, there was no other option now.
Powered up by the strange black mist, her punch carried a crushing force and incredible speed.
Even Munakata Rurie herself was shocked.
But what shocked her even more was that her fast punch didn't land as she expected.
Instead, Hikari lightly sidestepped and avoided it.
Seeing that her first strike missed, Munakata Rurie pressed forward and continued attacking.
But her storm-like barrage of strikes was all effortlessly dodged by Hikari, one after another.
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