228 Able to Attack or Retreat

Tamamo Ren sneered, saying, "Senior Otake-maru should think carefully before being misled by treacherous demons. Besides, if the Kansai Main Family arrives as reinforcements, will Senior Otake-maru still have any choice? At that point, I'm afraid even Mount Suzuka Seki Fortress will no longer be under your control!"

That makes sense!

Otake-maru nodded.

It's not my own home, so I don't feel bad about breaking or damaging it.

"Senior..."

Yamata Mochizuki glared at Tamamo Ren with resentment, wanting to try to persuade her again.

But Otake-maru waved his hand to stop him. "You don't need to say anything more."

Then Otake-maru and Shuya looked at each other, thinking about what to say.

The doors closed and the room became quiet for a moment.

Shuya stood with his arms crossed, his eyes scanning his subordinates and teammates, when suddenly an idea struck him.

He looked up and said, "Otake-maru, since you're Monster, how about we settle this in Monster's way? You and I will fight again. If you win, I'll back down. If I win, you'll join my the Alliance. How about that?"

Otake-maru hesitated for a moment.

He wasn't thinking about whether to agree or not, but rather whether it would be embarrassing to refuse him.

He saw that his men were very interested in the proposal, but he thought to himself: You have no idea how terrifying this little monster is!

Otake-maru's spirits were truly broken.

He thought for a moment, and then came up with an excuse. "The Spear God did us a great favor back then, which I didn't know before. Now that I know, I absolutely cannot fight his disciple!"

Yes! I'm not afraid of him, sob sob!

Upon hearing this, Otake-maru felt that he was incredibly clever.

As expected, his subordinates were moved and said, "As expected of the city lord, you are truly loyal and righteous!"

"City Lord! City Lord! City Lord!"

The bunch of fools from the Oni Clan cheered.

Hahaha! Just so-so!

Otake-maru couldn't stop smiling.

"Damn, to be able to express 'from the heart' in such a refined and elegant way, you're a genius!"

Shuya cursed under his breath.

Fortunately, he never expected that Otake-maru would dare to agree to fight him.

Shuya continued, "Then I'll have someone else fight you... Tsuruko."

"Okay, Inoue- kun."

Tsuruko Aoyama stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Otake-maru, the successor of the Shinmeiryu, humbly request guidance from Senior Tsuruko Aoyama."

"God, Shinmeiryu?"

Otake-maru felt a wave of suffocation. He recalled the books in his home, page after page filled with records of which great Monster was killed by Shinmeiryu in which year and place.

Otake-maru broke out in a cold sweat and quickly said, "My family has been on good terms with the Shinmeiryu for many years; there's no way we would ever lay a hand on them!"

"Huh? Is there?"

His subordinate scratched his head, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Otake-maru sensed something was wrong, but still tried to remain calm.

Shuya bluntly stated, "You dare not fight me, you dare not fight the Shinmeiryu! You've inherited the name of one of Japan's three Monsters, Otake-maru, yet you're so arrogant!"

"You're lying! I didn't! I didn't!"

Otake-maru denied the allegations three times.

"City Lord..."

"Lord of the city, you..."

Don't let his words sway you!

Otake-maru yelled angrily.

The look in his subordinates' eyes was truly indescribable.

Seeing his reaction, Shuya feigned impatience. "Since that's the case, then fight her! She's just an ordinary human female warrior, you're not afraid of her, are you?"

Shuya pointed to Shizuka Hiratsuka.

Shizuka Hiratsuka cooperated by suppressing her aura and feigning weakness.

But Otake-maru was such a shameless Monster that he didn't believe a single word Shuya said, and he was about to blurt out, "I don't fight with women!"

Before he could speak, Shuya preemptively said disdainfully, "If you refuse again, war will really break out! And seeing how willing you are, your subordinates probably won't be putting in any real effort anymore!"

Otake-maru subconsciously glanced around and, as expected, saw the doubt and disappointment in their eyes.

The Oni Clan greatly admires heroes.

We can't push it anymore...

Otake-maru felt he was in a difficult situation.

He stared intently at Shizuka Hiratsuka, but couldn't discern anything. His knowledge of Monster was too limited; although he knew that Heavenly Demon Body had been born, he didn't know who Heavenly Demon Body was.

Otake-maru didn't think that the Heavenly Demon Body and the Natural Martial Bone, who had always been locked in a love-hate relationship, would be mixed up together, and he didn't even consider that possibility.

And so he fell into the trap.

After Otake-maru decided that he had the upper hand and laughed heartily, "Alright! Although I don't want to hit women, since you've said that, I'll accept the challenge. Just don't blame me for going all out!"

Otake-maru finally decided to fight, Shuya ordered the Monster to retreat and clear the area.

Shuya looked at Otake-maru Shizuka Hiratsuka standing opposite each other in the arena, and a subtle smile appeared on his lips.

Plans are in place.

Section 244, Chapter 228: Capable of both offense and defense.

"Let's begin! Don't blame me for being rough, woman!"

The nine-meter- Otake-maru is full of confidence and authenticity.

"Won't."

Hiratsuka Shizuka, already wearing gauntlets, smiled demurely.

"Roar!"

The treacherous Otake-maru launched his attack while Shizuka Hiratsuka was speaking, and he went all out from the start.

In an instant, flames shot out, lightning ripped through the air, ice danced wildly, and dark clouds pressed down, concealing thousands of ghost soldiers he had created as clones.

He immediately employed a full range of methods! Moreover, he borrowed some of the Power of Will of the Mount Suzuka Monster Domain, making his Strange Arts several times more powerful.

Otake-maru was very confident in this terrifying combination of Strange Arts; even he himself might not be able to withstand it.

He felt that the woman must be incapable as well.

But.

Shizuka Hiratsuka stirred.

Her body erupted with Heavenly Demonic Qi, and she nonchalantly passed through the carefully prepared layers of supernatural Strange Arts, rushing straight towards Otake-maru.

Shizuka Hiratsuka is like a black hole; any Strange Arts that hits her will be dissolved by the layer of black energy around her.

Before her various Strange Arts could even take effect, she had already created a passage by crashing through them.

"Heavens, the Heavenly Demon Body? Inoue Shuya, you've schemed against me!"

Just as Otake-maru roared in shock and anger, he was struck on the right cheek by an iron fist.

"Whoosh!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Ouch!"

The powerful Monster of the Kanto Monster Alliance felt a phantom pain and turned their heads away, unable to bear watching what was about to happen.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

In his dazed state, Otake-maru felt another sharp pain on his left cheek. Then, he vaguely saw Shizuka Hiratsuka leap up with a maniacal laugh, clasping her hands together and delivering a thunderous blow to his head.

"Pfft!"

Otake-maru screamed and collapsed on the spot, lying on the ground.

Hahaha! What a huge sandbag!

Shizuka Hiratsuka smiled like a devil, her feet landing heavily on Otake-maru's mountain-like body as she unleashed her fist techniques.

Boom boom boom boom!

A series of muffled thuds, like thunder, erupted, and the ground trembled repeatedly.

Otake-maru had been beaten beyond recognition, with blood gushing out like a fountain.

The Oni Clan who had been guarding the gate rushed down, but dared not approach, only pleading:

"Hero, stop!"

"The city lord is dying!"

"The city lord is still a child, please spare his life, heroine!"

Please, hero!

"Sigh, if only I had known then what I know now."

Shuya walked over leisurely with his hands behind his back, looking at the delirious Otake-maru with pity, and said, "Otake-maru, I gave you a chance, but you didn't know how to cherish it."

"Ugh! Help... Ahhhhh!"

Otake-maru struggled weakly.

Shizuka Hiratsuka seemed to really like the thick-skinned Otake-maru, and started pounding on it vigorously.

Shuya and said, "This Alliance Leader is not some kind of devil. If you agree to hand over half of your accumulated Power of Will and sincerely surrender, I might be able to let you go."

"Mmm!"

Otake-maru nodded repeatedly in his dazed state, unable to hold back tears of joy.

Shuya said, "Shizuka Hiratsuka, wait... wait a minute, your subordinates won't object, will they?"

He started speaking, then changed the subject.

"No, no."

"Let's surrender together!"

"From now on, we'll attack wherever the Alliance Leader tells us to!"

"Alliance Leader!"

Otake-maru's subordinates were practically kneeling down.

"Good boy. Then Shizuka Hiratsuka, please let him go."

"Mmm!"

Otake-maru looked at Shizuka Hiratsuka pleadingly.

"But he's such a good punching bag..."

Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at Otake-maru reluctantly, her fist hovering over his head.

Otake-maru looked terrified and finally shed tears.

He cried like a nine-meter-tall child.

Shuya comforted him, "It's okay, you can play with him again if he misbehaves in the future."