Decisive Battle Against the Demon King Nobunaga

"Woman... woman... hehe..." Driven only by desire, the demonic bandit chuckled as he looked at the house, staring intently at the young woman inside, drooling as he muttered something as he walked up to her.

Grabbing hoes and carrying poles, the peasant women ran to the door, waving their weapons haphazardly in an attempt to drive away the bandits. However, the bandits grabbed their hands, seemingly unaffected, and just smiled foolishly as they approached the house step by step.

"You bad guy! Don't bully my mother!" A child rushed out, wielding a wooden stick and smashing it.

"Dog! Don't come any closer!" the peasant woman cried out in alarm as the carrying pole was grabbed.

"Child... doesn't need..." The bandit stared at the child, raised the katana in his hand, and made as if to swing it down.

"No!" the peasant woman cried out in anguish.

"Drink it!"

A flash of light, and the bandit's arm fell to the ground.

At the critical moment, Yukino arrived.

There's no time to be afraid, even though it's terrifying. There's no time to back down, even though it's cruel. But if you hesitate now, you might regret it for the rest of your life.

So Yukino rushed forward, swung her sword and cut off the bandit's arm, then raised her sword to chop at the bandit's forehead.

The bandit's mutated, demonic horn was severed, and his head was split in half before he crashed to the ground.

The women and children inside the house were so frightened that they backed away, still shaken.

"Miss Yukino! You've come to save us!" Inoo ran up excitedly, picked up Yukino, and said.

"Ah! My sister is here, everyone is safe!" Yukino's face was pale, and she was panting heavily, but she still spoke to the child beside her.

"Mom, don't worry! We have the samurai! Everyone's alright now!" The boy turned around happily and said to the crowd.

"That's wonderful! Quanxiong! That's wonderful..." The boy's mother, a peasant woman, dropped her carrying pole, hugged her child, and cried out.

"Hehe... Samurai... Woman..." At this moment, two more bandits looked this way and walked over, swords in hand.

"Ugh..." Yukino tried to suppress the discomfort in her stomach and chest, but the knife in her hand was stuck in the skull of the bandit and she couldn't pull it out for a moment.

Faced with two swords, he could only draw the wakizashi from his waist and the long swords of the two bandits to fight back.

"Hahaha! Leave it to me!" Nobu raised the pole high, holding the Holy Grail in one hand. With the help of magic, a beam of light shot out, blasting the two bandits away.

"Miss Nobu!" Yukino exclaimed in surprise.

"Well done, Yukino! You've become a mature samurai. Ah, it seems I underestimated these farmers." Nobu, standing to the side, reached out and patted the girl's head, praising her.

In the back mountain, the surrounding trees were broken, and the rocks on the ground were swept away, as if a natural disaster or typhoon had passed through, leaving the area in a mess.

Shirou also had several wounds on his body, including several scratches from being grazed by stones and a few bruises from being hit. Although he could dodge the snake monster's attacks and use the sharpness of his blade to counterattack, he could no longer worry about these small stones.

The basilisk seemed to sense this as well, and thus became even more audacious, pounding the ground incessantly.

Three flashes of light appeared, Kojiro seized the opportunity, using the Swallow Counter to sever the snake's head, destroying it amidst the flashes of light.

However, Black Mud suddenly gushed out from the severed snake body, and the snake's head regenerated. The giant snake was born from Chiyome's body, and as long as the original body wrapped inside the snake's body does not die, the giant snake can regenerate no matter how many times it is coiled up.

The newly formed snake head opened its mouth wide, revealing sharp fangs, and bit down on Kojiro's head.

Kojiro quickly raised his nodachi to block the fangs.

However, this time the blade could not withstand the pressure and broke under the weight of the fangs. One of the fangs pierced Kojiro's shoulder, and a hole the size of a cup was pierced through his body, which was connected to his left arm.

Even more terrifying was the giant serpent's venom, imbued with a cursed power, which stained the gushing blood a purplish-black color. Kojiro's left arm had completely turned into a purple hue covered with hideous black veins.

The taciturn swordsman, who had lived his entire life for the sword, suddenly felt his body become very light.

'Ah... My sword has reached its limit... The sword is the swordsman's life, and now I too have reached the end of my life...'

But! It's not over yet!

This is not just my solo martial arts training, and it cannot end here yet!

"Now! Shirou!" Kojiro shouted as he grabbed the snake's head, stabbed it through its chin above its nose with his short sword, and held onto its head to prevent it from escaping.

"Haaaaaah!!!" Shirou roared, plunging his sword into the wound near the serpent's lips. With all his might, he slashed into the serpent's body, the sharp blade slowly cutting open its lips... then its neck, abdomen, until half its body was severed in two, until he reached the ninja girl.

Shirou's katana absorbed the serpent's venom and visceral fluids, and the demon's body emitted an eerie purple light. In an instant, it severed the connection between the demon and the ninja girl.

"Hiss...!" The giant snake cried out in anguish, finally losing its ability to regenerate.

"Kojiro! Are you alright? Cheer up!" Shirou cut off the serpent's fangs and helped Kojiro lie down on the ground.

"Now is not the time to rest! This is the best I can do, so I'll leave the rest of the battle to you." Kojiro said his last words to Shirou, then closed his eyes and remained motionless.

"I understand!" Shirou laid Kojiro down.

At this moment, the giant serpent's body, with its eyes rolled back, slowly loosened, and Mochizuki Chiyome, who was coiled inside, fell to the ground. However, since the serpent's life was intertwined with hers, she could not survive for much longer now that the serpent had been killed.

The ninja girl lay on the ground, her eyes now empty vertical pupils, unable to see. "I didn't expect to fail in the end, but dying at the hands of a man like you isn't such a loss after all. You're somewhat similar to Lord Sanada."

A lonely girl, tormented by a curse from childhood due to the deeds of her ancestor, feared by her family, and without a place of her own.

As she grew up, she discovered her only value lay in serving her lord as a ninja. If she performed meritorious service, she would earn his praise and recognition...

However, due to the hardships of war, the lord grew increasingly thin.

Chapter 241 Final Battle Against Demon King Nobunaga

Mochizuki Chiyome was born into a family of ninjas and served the local daimyo Takeda Shingen.

She was born a cursed person because her ancestors had a connection with the great god Yamata no Orochi. Therefore, the descendants of the Kaga clan all possess this cursed power to varying degrees. Although it causes them to suffer, if used properly, it can also be a powerful poison and a source of combat strength.

However, this curse was excessively strong when it befell Mochizuki Chiyome.

Even as an infant, he had marks on his body from snakes coiling around him. As he grew older, the snakes on his body grew larger. Because of the strangeness of his body, he was feared and ostracized by others from a young age.

However, this powerful curse could also become a powerful force. Therefore, the people in power in the family raised her as a tool.

She grew up in pain and torment, her life empty and meaningless. She was raised to be a ninja and Miko, learning all of these things, but none of them were her own choice. Everything was passively assigned to her, and if she didn't do them, she would have no reason to live.

On one hand, she learns ninjutsu and assassination techniques, maintaining the mystery of a ninja; on the other hand, due to a divine curse, she has a connection with the Great God and also possesses the qualities of Miko. (Monthly fee group: 694936135)

Therefore, she was appointed as the leader of the Miko, appearing in public to preside over the ritual activities, teaching Miko in various places, performing dances and rituals, and gathering intelligence from various places.

These were not things she wanted to do, but they were her reason for living and the only way to find her own value, so she did her best to complete them.

In the end, she gained the favor of her lord and was betrothed to a man, thus acquiring her own husband. Although it was a political marriage, the man was not afraid of the curse on her body or the marks left by the giant snake.

That would have been enough happiness; she was living the life of an ordinary woman. But everything was destroyed in the war.

Her redemption was also shattered by the war. The Takeda clan was defeated by Oda Nobunaga, her husband was killed on the battlefield, and her clansmen who participated in the war also died in the war.

Faced with Oda's army taking over the Takeda clan's territory, she had no choice but to lead the remaining remnants of the Mochizuki clan to seek refuge with a new lord, eventually settling with the Sanada clan, who were willing to accept them.

In this chaotic world, it was rare to find a man with an upright and loyal heart. She once again had a lord to serve, which allowed her to survive.

In the end, the Sanada clan was also defeated. This is the chaotic world, and perhaps this is her cursed fate, a chaotic world where she cannot find a place to belong.

After arriving in this world, the curse within Mochizuki Chiyome lessened considerably. It wasn't that she hadn't considered it, but this was also a chaotic world, and everything was just a fresh start. In the end, she couldn't find redemption here.

Anger and resentment, these negative emotions, are the food of the curse. Evil spirits and malice have strengthened the serpent within her, and the serpent's curse has blurred her memories of her entire life. She can't remember anything about happiness, and all she remembers are painful things.

When the power of the Holy Grail corrupted her mind, only anger remained within her.

But in the end, she was just a girl bound by fate, without a sense of self. She couldn't find her lord, nor did she have anyone to command her. So she wandered aimlessly, without meaning, like a walking corpse.

Just then, she saw the Demon Nobunaga, and the only thing she could think of to do was seek revenge...

"Ah... it's over... I feel so much lighter now." Lying on the ground, Mochizuki Chiyome gazed at the sky through the trees and sighed. In her dying moments, she could no longer feel the torment of the curse.

"I'm sorry, but the path of revenge can never be ended. I hope you can find happiness in the future." Shirou said to the dying girl as he looked at the fallen female ninja.

Upon hearing this, Mochizuki Chiyome's eyes widened. One eye was a deep blue, while the other was a vertical golden pupil like a snake. In the girl's eyes, she could no longer make out the man's appearance.

In the blurry figure, she suddenly saw a man she knew from the past overlap with her.

Her own husband, the man who was not afraid of or disgusted by the ugly snake-print marks on her body, and who gently embraced her.

There was also the Sanada family and wise lord of the Mochizuki family who, undeterred by her ominous past, accepted the Mochizuki clan.

"Thank you... I remember now, someone said something similar to me before... Yes... So my life wasn't all bad after all..." For the first time, the girl showed a genuine smile, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Is that so? That's great." Shirou gently stroked the girl's face, closed her beautiful heterochromatic eyes, and wiped away her tears.

Shirou stood up, raising his katana, which was emitting a purple aura.

The katana, which he had personally modified, was covered in the blood from the giant serpent's body. Instead of dripping, the blood was absorbed into the blade, as if it were drawing water from a well. The sharp, forged steel blade absorbed the serpent's blood.

Shirou walked up to the snake's head, raised his sword, and plunged it completely in, leaving only the hilt sticking out. Through the snake's sharp fangs, the blade pierced the poisonous sac connected inside, the sharp edge enveloped in venom and cursed blood.

Like a greedy demon, it continuously absorbed the poisonous blood and curses within. The silver blade was changing; the patterns on the blade were gradually covered with a layer of purple, and purple, ferocious snake patterns were imprinted on it...

It was at the village entrance, about ten minutes ago.

"Wow!"

A figure shouted from the direction of the village entrance and flew backwards into the village. Soji was caught off guard by the Demon Nobunaga, who kicked him in the abdomen and sent him flying.

"Pfft!!!" Soji spat out blood.

"Miss Okita! Are you alright?!" Yukino exclaimed in alarm as she rushed forward.

The Demon Nobunaga, who had just defeated Soji, also stepped forward. His long black hair billowed high in the wind pressure generated by the rising magic power, and scorching infernal flames burned behind him.

"Wait!" Nobu, who had been protecting the elderly and weak in the center of the village, ran forward and stood in front of Soji. He complained to the girl behind him, "Okita! You're so lame! I've already used the power of the Holy Grail, and at this crucial moment, couldn't you at least not cough up blood?"

"Stop nagging! I'm really injured, okay! That bastard Nobu has a lot of magic power! If it happens again, I'll really die!" Soji leaned against the wall, and with Yukino's help, stood up and walked to Nobu's side.

"The other me, do you intend to join forces against me?" Demon Nobunaga said, smiling at the two.

"You're indeed strong, Nobu! As expected of me! But the magic here has the upper hand! Surrender!" Nobu pulled the Holy Grail from his clothes, holding it high in his left hand. With his right hand, he raised a musket, pointing it at the Demon Nobunaga, and said with a smile, "Didn't expect that, did you! We've found the Holy Grail you hid in that mountain stronghold over there!"

Like all the daimyo of the Sengoku period, Oda Nobunaga was a man of strong ambition. He was able to treat his subordinates with respect, tolerate their ambitions to become regional lords and contend for the world, and even enjoy the thrill of competing with others.

But in a fit of rage, one can also show no mercy, taking lives and committing wanton slaughter.

Everything was done as she pleased, so she basically accomplished everything she wanted to do in her life. Apart from novel foreign goods from the Southern Barbarian, her hobbies were mostly limited to Tea Ceremony, Go, cross-dressing, singing and dancing.

When she was young, she was reckless and disregarded worldly opinions, not caring whether she was called a fool.

In her spare time, she would take off her samurai armor and put on a beautiful kimono, using her pretty face to amuse her subordinates outside the lord's mansion.

She hired the tea master Senkyūriki as her tea master, who personally prepared tea for her in the tea room every day.

Before the Honnō-ji Incident, she was playing Go with the current Honinbo.

For her personally, she didn't really have any particular need for the Holy Grail.

The black-haired, red-eyed girl always upheld the waka poem she loved, "Fifty Years in the Human World," dedicating her life to pursuing a wonderful life and achieving great things. Naturally, she had many wishes, but she could strive to achieve them through her own actions.

At least, she had absolutely no interest in the Holy Grail created by others with their own purposes. Her life had burned down countless temples, constantly challenged the old order, disregarded rules, and her only faith was in her own beliefs.

That's why she's called the Oda Nobunaga. As far as she's concerned, the Holy Grail, the one created by God in legend, the one that leads people to heaven, is something that some can't see, some can see, and only the chosen ones can touch.

It's as bizarre as a pyramid scheme.

The Holy Grail created by other beings also had their own purposes.

Aside from being dismantled and used to make bombs, the Holy Grail has no other useful purpose.

Therefore, the proud Oda Nobunaga would never carry the Holy Grail with him, whether it's the current Nobu or the Demon Nobunaga.

Knowing this, Nobu and Soji searched the house thoroughly after climbing out of the tunnel, and sure enough, they found the Holy Grail in a platinum-inlaid box.

Nobu and Soji, who originally did not want to rely on the power of the Holy Grail, used this artifact, which was not particularly good, in order to fight against their formidable opponents.

Only by suppressing the sickly Soji with the Holy Grail was he able to fight against the powerful Demon Nobunaga for so long, relying on his swordsmanship and footwork.

"Is that so? So you all used the Holy Grail!" The black-haired, red-eyed girl revealed a sinister smile, then scoffed and asked:

"What? Nobu, we're the same person, and we think the same way, right? The people here are all insignificant, not worth saving at all. And if they block my path, I'll kill them without hesitation. Let me teach Shirou a lesson and show him what he should be doing!"

"No! Bad Nobu, you're wrong! Even I, who have only been here for two days, understand. I want the villagers here to live well." Nobu held a knife in one hand and raised her only musket in the other, pointing it at the other person.

"Huh? Another me? Has your brain become stupid because of your clone? Since when did Oda Nobunaga start to sacrifice himself for others? What in this world is more precious than oneself? Is it friendship? Is it love?" As the Demon Nobunaga spoke these words, the figure of that man flashed by.

Nobu shook his head and said, "No, I am still myself. I am only doing what I want to do, for my own sake. I don't hate the people here, so I came to stop you, that's all."

"Other Nobu, you clearly knew this Holy Grail was problematic, so why did you still deliberately touch it? Once it's used, there's no turning back," Demon Nobunaga asked, puzzled. Indeed, she and Nobu were different personalities separated from the same body.

However, it could also be said that the Servant Oda Nobunaga has split into two sides. Originally, they were the most familiar with each other, but now she cannot understand the other's thoughts.

"Ah! I felt it, but so what! I'm just jealous that you dared to eat all the delicious lunch in my place! So I'm going to teach you a lesson! Besides... you really do have some flaws. Otherwise, you wouldn't have treated your companions that way."

When I desire victory, I may indeed resort to any means necessary, but at least I ensure that those who follow me achieve success. However, in your case, this time is different. Whether it's the enemy or our own side, the final outcome leads to misfortune. This is truly bizarre."

Demon Nobunaga shrugged and said, "Comrades? No, I've already given them happiness. The bandits wanted power, so I gave them power. The woman of the Mochizuki clan wanted revenge, so I also gave her the chance to stay by my side."