"When I first arrived at Great Oku City, I saw a mirage with your image in the sky. I thought to myself, 'Who is this? It's you!'" Shiyu answered truthfully, but at this moment, he dared not look Medusa in the eye.
Although he didn't dare to look directly into Medusa's eyes, Shiyu was still able to see Medusa's appearance quite clearly through his sensory abilities.
"Apart from her snake-like hair, everything else is truly perfect, somewhat like Medusa from Greek mythology," Shiyu thought to himself.
"Medusa, let's not fight for now. There's no rush. I really want to know some things."
"Why is it that when the people of Great Oku City mention Western monsters, their memories are erased? And it seems that no one in Great Oku City has ever seen a man? And what about you? Why did you steal the face of the Queen of Great Oku City?" At this Shiyu's thirst for knowledge outweighed her desire to fight.
Medusa's feet instantly transformed into snake tails, which then slowly coiled around Shiyu.
However, Shiyu was not worried at all and let Medusa wrap her body around him.
Haha, since you want to know, I'll tell you.
"Say it! Then I'll kill you both!" Medusa flicked her forked tongue, staring at Shiyu with a bloodthirsty look.
"East of the Red Sand Sea of Death, there was a small country called the Great Inner Palace Country. Back then, I wasn't like I am now; I was just an ordinary woman. In the Great Oku City of that time, there were both women and men."
As Medusa spoke, images appeared around them, helping Shiyu and Reiko to understand everything more clearly.
"I was so foolish back then! I fell in love with a man without reservation, and I was willing to give up everything for his every smile and gesture. So, I really gave up my future, my family, and everything I should have, to come to his side."
"I'm not beautiful, but I thought the one I loved would always protect me without hesitation. Turns out, this bastard secretly fell in love with a woman a million times more beautiful than me!"
"That person is my sister! She is now the Queen of your Great Oku City! She stole my beloved. I thought, since that's how it is, I'll just quietly withdraw. Tell me, who in the world can compare to her beauty? But I never imagined she would also possess the cruelest heart in the world!"
"I gave up the race for the Queen's throne just to spend the rest of my life with the one I love. Because of them, I even chose to withdraw. And what was the result? The two of them conspired together to let countless venomous snakes bite me to death!"
Medusa became agitated as she spoke, and then revealed the scars on her arm.
"It's so cruel. I feel so sorry for you." Shiyu didn't know how to comfort Medusa.
Medusa was so engrossed in her speech that she didn't respond to Shiyu. She then tightened her grip on Shiyu, but Shiyu waved his hand, indicating to Reiko that he was fine.
"How much I resented them! Yet I lay there in a pool of blood, powerless to do anything. At that moment, a voice suddenly asked me if I wanted revenge. Its condition was that I guard this place forever, and I naturally agreed without hesitation!"
"Driven by revenge, I no longer cared about anything else! After agreeing to his request, I gained powerful sealing and restriction abilities. With that power, I immediately drove all the men out of the Great Oku City! I turned them all into stone!"
"And as for all the women of the Great Inner Palace Country! I also used the power of a restriction to seal away all their memories, so that they can only have the memories of one day! Haha!"
"As for that bastard who killed me, I certainly didn't let him get away with it! I directly refined him into my Shikigami! I turned his lying mouth into jagged teeth! I turned him into a monster that can't do anything forever!" Medusa also laughed coldly, without a trace of regret in her eyes.
Shiyu glanced at Reiko and said, "It seems that the monster that was blowing air was this guy who abandoned his family. I've killed him."
"Well done, "Medusa sneered, loosening her grip on Shiyu's tail slightly.
"In the end, only my bastard sister is left! I'm going to make her suffer for the rest of her life! I know the thing she cherishes most is her beauty!"
"Therefore! I stole her face! I gave her the face of an extremely ugly woman! Hahaha! Who would have thought that the most beautiful woman in the Great Palace would turn into that! And no one knows why. Ahahahaha!"
"Although I wear this ugly face every day, I have to admit, it's still quite beautiful. However, only I in the whole world deserve to have this face!"
"Because I am Medusa! The Serpent Queen!" Medusa then tightly bound Shiyu once more, lifting him up in front of her.
"Young man! You're not very old, but you have a young girl who's willing to follow you around. Do you love her?" Medusa asked coldly.
"Awkward. Why did you ask such a question? It's not really your business." Shiyu said, indicating that Medusa was being nosy.
"Snap!" Medusa's attack was very direct; with a forceful squeeze of her tail, she crushed Shiyu.
"What is this... wood?" Medusa had naturally grabbed Shiyu's Wood Clone.
"Ha! Medusa! I'm here!" Shiyu was already in the air, then quickly Hand Seals and shouted, "Sage Art: Storm Release: Light Fang!"
Immediately afterwards, the laser shot out from Shiyu's hand. Because it was at the speed of light, Shiyu's move pierced Medusa's forehead without reservation.
"Shiyu! Her Queen will die!" Reiko shouted a warning.
"This guy isn't so easy to kill. Shiyu had a bad feeling a long time ago, and his premonitions were always very accurate."
As expected, Medusa gave a cold laugh, and then a snake head fell to the ground.
"So that's how it is. You can use a snake's head to die in place of yourself?" Shiyu felt for some reason that she had seen this scene somewhere before.
"So, as long as I cut off all your snake heads, you will die, right? Don't worry, I won't kill you. After all, if you die, the Queen will die too. This ability to steal faces must have a weakness, right?"
Medusa snorted coldly and said, "If you want war, then let's fight! Enough with the nonsense!"
Medusa's hair suddenly shot towards Shiyu at an incredible speed, but Shiyu immediately took a step back and grabbed Medusa's hair firmly.
"A good opportunity!" Medusa could control the density of her hair, so she directly controlled the hair to grow countless barbs that pricked Shiyu's hand.
"Hmph!" But Shiyu, like Dali, flicked Medusa's hair.