The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 295

Sacred Relic (4)

“What year is it now to be talking about the Great Japanese Empire?”

Did they really think everyone is beneath their feet like the Emperor just because times have changed this much?

Yu Seong-woo, dumbfounded, shook his hands and looked down at Seiji, who had become a corpse.

“Didn’t this guy say he was the Emperor’s son?”

“…Yes, he did.”

“Planting something like this in his own son, he must be quite the madman. I’m going to Kanto [modern-day Tokyo and surrounding prefectures].”

“Excuse me?!”

“I’m going to Kanto to kill the Emperor and set Japan’s justice right. I have a history of doing something similar in Hell.”

“What in Hell?”

Yu Seong-woo was the hidden force behind the Hell Great Revolution. He was planning to do something similar in Japan this time.

Yu Seong-woo looked at Nagi, who was stunned, and said,

“Don’t you guys hate seeing a guy like that acting all high and mighty as the Emperor? Besides, it’s the Ascension Church, so it’s killing two birds with one stone.”

“That’s true, but with our current forces, attacking Kanto is….”

Nagi also agreed with striking the Emperor and Kanto.

She also had memories of being attacked by the Ascension Church during the Tower Lord Conference, so she wanted to take revenge.

However, there were too many things to take care of before taking the Kansai [region in western Honshu, Japan] forces to Kanto.

Yu Seong-woo said.

“There are four people going to Kanto. Me, those two, and….”

Yu Seong-woo’s gaze stopped on one person. On Koyuki, behind Nagi.

“You, all four of you.”

“E-excuse me? M-me?”

“Yes. Prepare yourself. We’re leaving for Kanto now. The goal is the assassination of the Emperor.”

***

The distance from Osaka to Tokyo, where the Emperor’s Imperial Palace is located, is hundreds of kilometers.

There was no way to travel that distance in an instant, and eventually, some means of transportation had to be used.

However.

“…There are almost no means of transportation available right now. All flights and trains have been canceled, and we don’t know how long it will take to drive. There’s already information that the roads are being controlled.”

“Why isn’t there a way?”

People tilted their heads at Yu Seong-woo’s words.

Then what method are they going to use to get to Kanto?

It couldn’t be running.

Yu Seong-woo continued.

“I heard there’s an entrance to a Special Abyss in Nara [prefecture in Kansai region, Japan].”

“Yes, there is. But what does a Special Abyss have to do with…?”

“There’s also a Special Abyss entrance in Kanto.”

“W-wait a minute, are you saying we’re going to Kanto through the Special Abyss?”

“Yes. Is there something wrong with that?”

Yu Seong-woo has experience traveling from Korea to China through the Special Abyss.

He’s just using the same method this time.

However, Koyuki denied the unprecedented idea of using the Special Abyss as just a passage.

“That’s impossible! Do you even know what’s in the Special Abyss….”

A place where even S-class Divers can’t easily come back alive.

That’s what the Special Abyss is.

But how can they believe and enter a place that they’re just going to use as a passage?

“I’m saying I’ll go in because I know what’s there. And you have a great guide, so what’s the worry?”

At Yu Seong-woo’s words, a fox popped out from under Koyuki’s skirt and barked loudly!

It was as if Inari Shin [Shinto deity of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, of agriculture and industry, of general prosperity and worldly success] was asking if he was going to use her as a guide.

Yu Seong-woo nodded roughly and turned his head in the direction of the Special Abyss.

Although it was invisible to others, Yu Seong-woo could clearly feel where it was.

Having experienced several battles, he knew what the Abyss was, and especially what the Special Abyss was.

“If it’s decided, let’s go.”

“I, I didn’t say I was going!”

Koyuki tried to refuse, but the fox bit her skirt and pulled her.

It meant let’s go.

She couldn’t go against the will of her god, so she ended up being dragged to the Special Abyss.

And not long after, they arrived at the entrance of the Special Abyss.

The Divers at the entrance of the Special Abyss, which was being strictly managed even in the current situation, recognized Koyuki and opened the way.

This was also why he brought Koyuki.

“Then let’s go.”

Yu Seong-woo entered the Special Abyss first, followed by Schuel and Hong Seo-hwa without hesitation.

Koyuki, left alone, bit her lip tightly and then threw herself into the black passage.

The scenery that came into view after passing through the black door was a desolate desert.

A frigid desert, always with a sky full of stars and a temperature of tens of degrees below zero, revealed its appearance.

An extreme environment befitting a Special Abyss.

Yu Seong-woo planted the Eight Virtues he summoned with his own hands on the desert.

Then, water gushed out of the desert, which had no water, and soon became the head of a dragon.

Yu Seong-woo stood on it, took the others, and began to move forward.

Crossing the desert on a dragon made of water. The dragon’s head was warm, as if it were hot spring water, so the cold of the desert could not penetrate it.

‘Not even getting wet.’

While Koyuki looked around in amazement, Schuel laid down and Hong Seo-hwa began to take care of her sword.

Koyuki was the only one who couldn’t quickly adapt to the strange sight.

“Inari, guide the way.”

At Yu Seong-woo’s words, Inari, who was in Koyuki’s arms, jumped down and transformed into a human.

The Abyss is a space where the restrictions on divinity are looser than on Earth.

She crossed her arms, pouted her lips, and reluctantly pointed in one direction.

Yu Seong-woo immediately turned and drove the dragon’s head.

Koyuki sat down in place at the natural sight and hugged her knees.

‘What’s going to happen to my life?’

Thinking the same useless thoughts.

In the meantime, Inari and Yu Seong-woo were talking in the front.

“So tell me. What happened in Takamagahara [the High Celestial Plain, the abode of the heavenly gods in Japanese mythology]?”

“Nothing much. I met Shuten-doji [a mythical oni or demon leader] in Hell and went to Takamagahara, killed some gods, and then killed Susanoo [Shinto god of the sea and storms].”

“You met Shuten-doji? You, you bastard! I told you to kill Shuten-doji, not to cooperate with him!”

“I did kill him. It’s a matter of order, but there’s no problem in the end.”

“……!”

Inari started shouting at Yu Seong-woo as if her anger had reached the top of her head.

But it was such an ancient language that she couldn’t understand what she was saying.

Yu Seong-woo also seemed to be the same, ignoring it and laughing.

“I was recognized by Amaterasu [Shinto sun goddess], and I became brothers with Tsukuyomi [Shinto god of the moon]. If you count that, one of the three nobles of Japan is now mine.”

When he openly told Inari that ‘I am above you,’ she became even more agitated.

Yu Seong-woo didn’t want to listen, so he kicked her butt and chased her off the dragon’s head.

There was also a small happening where Inari turned into a giant fox and chased after the dragon’s head, but they arrived at the exit without any problems.

When they arrived at the exit in less than a few hours, Koyuki was a little dumbfounded.

Why didn’t a single monster appear while passing through the Special Abyss?

The frigid desert is a place where you freeze to death without even taking a few steps if you don’t have countermeasures against the cold.

Dragon-sized bugs swarm in the cold underground.

Japan has tried to attack it several times, but they all became bug food.

She asked Inari, who was waiting at the exit.

“I, Inari-sama. Why didn’t a single monster attack us?”

“Didn’t you know? That guy killed everything in the ground.”

“Excuse me?”

“Not only that. He’s a monster. He killed all the guys who didn’t even come into sight.”

“…….”

Koyuki thought she should listen to Yu Seong-woo more.

Inari turned back into a fox and slipped into Koyuki’s arms. She swallowed the tears that were about to fall and moved her steps to the exit where everyone else had left.

***

“Your Majesty, all measures have been completed as you said. They will not be able to come to Kanto.”

Beyond the long curtains.

The current Emperor of Japan, Seiji Kozumi, whose silhouette was only revealed.

He nodded as he listened to his subordinates’ reports.

He took all possible measures to stop the existence that suddenly appeared like a ghost in Kansai.

He canceled all trains and planes that were usually running well, and the roads were also under control.

There is no way for those guys to come from Kansai to Kanto.

Even if they come, it will take days.

Even if they come by plane, he has finished preparing to shoot them down with missiles.

‘Yukimura, you stupid bastard.’

If Yukimura had finished his work well in Kansai, this would not have happened.

If Yukimura had conquered Kansai well….

‘Useless guy. He was the only decent guy, but to think he would die like that.’

Kozumi had many children.

Three sons and two daughters.

However, one son (Yukimura) and one daughter died, leaving only three.

“…Not yet, it’s not enough yet.”

More is needed for ascension.

Before that, he must get rid of that guy in Kansai.

“Haven’t you found out anything about that guy yet?”

“I’m sorry! Your Majesty! We are currently mobilizing all the manpower of the intelligence department to find out!”

“Useless things! How much time have I given you, and you’re still standing still!”

Kozumi got angry.

In order to succeed in his planned work, he had to eliminate as many risk factors as possible.

Therefore, dealing with the unknown guy in Kansai was essential.

He felt it when Yukimura, who had his power planted in him, died.

The human who reached out to Yukimura was too dangerous.

Perhaps because Kozumi had achieved some ascension and gained divinity, he could feel it more vividly.

That the guy in Kansai is no ordinary monster.

‘The gods of the mythological era cannot wield their power in the present world. Only a few exceptions, like me, are allowed to have power….’

So, that guy in Kansai must also be an ‘exception.’

Then he had to find out where that guy came from.

If that guy were to attack Kanto, everything would be in vain.

The subordinate who had come in for the report leaves.

Kozumi, left alone, smoked a long cigarette.

He exhaled smoke and took a moment to sort out his thoughts.

Soon, he spread his long wings behind his back and smiled.

“It’s almost, it’s almost here.”

Complete ascension will be achieved.

Just as he was muttering and smiling sinisterly, the subordinate who had left hurriedly came in and bowed his head.

“Y-Your Majesty! Urgent news!”

“What is it?”

“Unidentified people have appeared in Akihabara [a district in Tokyo, Japan]! Through the Special Black Gate!”

“They came out of the Special Black Gate?”

“Yes! There are three unidentified people, and one is Kamino Koyuki, the shrine maiden who serves the Inari God of Kansai!”

“……!”

The moment he heard the subordinate’s report, Kozumi realized that the guy had come.

He had blocked the sea, land, and air routes, but he never thought they would come through the Special Black Gate.

The cigarette in Kozumi’s hand turns to dust and disappears.

He frowned and said.

“Release the Five Oni [a type of yōkai, demonic creatures from Japanese folklore].”

“There are still many civilians left in Akiba!”

“It doesn’t matter. Since it’s for the Son of Heaven, they will gladly accept it too.”

“Understood!”

The subordinate leaves again.

Kozumi, left alone, fluttered his wings and scattered black feathers.

“I’ll kill you.”

And he will take that power as his own.