Yu Miaoyi: You Damn White Dog, I'll Take You Down with Me! / Their Relationship Plummets to Freezing Point in an Instant

Second Simulation: Bai Ming / Akuta Hinako / Consort Yu

Name: Bai Ming / Consort Yu / Akuta Hinako

Class: Berserker

Alignment: Chaotic

Strength: A++

Endurance: A++

Agility: A++

Mana: B+

Luck: C

Class Skills

Madness Enhancement: EX

Madness Enhancement, yet without losing rationality. After all, that guy was fundamentally an absurd existence who was both calm and unhinged.

This was not only because Bai Ming (Consort Yu?) herself had a fearsome reputation, overpowering the foremost warrior, the foremost onmyoji, and even the yokai of an entire era. It was also because her actions were bizarre and illogical. According to a Japanese essayist who retained the mindset of a young girl until her death, "She only did it because it was fun." But precisely because of that madness, the mana consumption was also immense.

How Can One Tell Whether I Am Male or Female: A

Because Bai Ming spoke nonsense so recklessly, such accounts emerged during Japan's Heian period and afterward: "Consort Yu of Chu and Han possessed both male and female forms, standing over eight chi tall, with peerless beauty and mastery of both letters and martial arts. Above, she could capture dragons, command cranes, and slaughter gods, making ten thousand yokai submit. Below, she could share joy with others, bringing peace to every place she passed. The Hegemon-King of Chu was delighted upon seeing her, and they later became sworn brothers of different surnames. Thus came such stirring tales of brotherly loyalty as Farewell My Consort and Song of Gaixia." According to rumors, Consort Yu had no relationship whatsoever with this General Bai Ming, but such claims were all dismissed as baseless gossip.

Thus, this skill negated special attacks against males and females.

Monstrous Nature: B

Because she had previously acted under Consort Yu's name, she inevitably became entangled with Consort Yu when registered in the Boundary Record, where time and space held no influence. This skill existed due to Consort Yu's own monstrous nature.

Favor of the Gods: A

As Yuanshi Tianzun's youngest disciple, she was beloved by countless immortals and gods. Unlike the Greek gods' habit of putting one another in chokeholds, this was genuine favoritism. The saying, "Hit the young one and the old one comes," was nothing more than this—though the premise was that Bai Ming wanted the immortals behind her to know about it.

Because Bai Ming had recklessly used Consort Yu's name, Consort Yu would instead be put in a chokehold in a strange manner whenever she appeared alone. (Consort Yu learned the skill Favor of Bai Ming: A.)

Personal Skills

Expertise in Slaughtering Gods, Humans, Ghosts, and Monsters: EX

Due to the decline of Japanese onmyodo and yokai, along with the decline of Mystery, all Japanese gods had died by her hand. Moreover, she had personally admitted that the Seven Generations of Gods had been killed at her command. Thus, this skill was born.

Granted special attack traits against Japan, gods, demons, and humans.

Eternal Martial Arts: A++

Her martial skill, tempered through countless trials, continuously improved amid frenzied refinement until few opponents remained in the world. Yet according to her, she had not reached the realm of unity between man and heaven. Thus, in pure martial skill, she was utterly inferior to warriors who possessed unity between man and heaven.

Heian Yokai Compendium: A

She commanded all yokai, and none dared disobey. The madwoman who had brought about the end of the Age of Gods by slaughtering deities received the unanimous submission of yokai when everything was about to end. One after another, they stored their true spirits within contracts for her command.

Additionally, due to the title "Future Chick Poppy Beneath the Crimson Moon, Supreme Consort Yu of Fearsome Divine Might," Consort Yu herself would, because of these rumors, possess "Eternal Martial Arts: A++," "Expertise in Slaughtering Gods, Humans, Ghosts, and Monsters: A," and "Heian Yokai Compendium (False): B." Under certain circumstances, she could temporarily possess the parameters of Bai Ming's Spirit Origin, while permanently holding the skill "Innocent Monster: EX."

Noble Phantasms

Five Thunder Command

Rank: EX

Type: Anti-Fortress Noble Phantasm

The Five Thunders were born of heaven: east, south, west, north, and center. When the Five Thunders struck, they showed no mercy. When the Five Thunders struck, they punished evil men. Relying on the Patriarch's name, she summoned wind and rain, called gods and dispatched generals, descended upon the ritual altar, escorted the dead, expelled evil, and suppressed demons.

It was said that after Future Chick Poppy Beneath the Crimson Moon, Supreme Consort Yu of Fearsome Divine Might, General Bai Ming of Invincible Divine Might, had summoned the Gods of Thunder and wiped out the oni of Mount Ooe in one stroke, she obtained this command tablet. With it, she no longer needed to summon the Gods of Thunder herself; she could simply wield the Fivefold Heavenly Thunder from the five directions and strike people with the Five Thunders. Though it was an EX-rank Noble Phantasm, its mana consumption was pitifully small from a certain perspective.

Special attack against Spirit Bodies and monstrous beings.

Roar, Setanta

Type: Anti-Personnel Noble Phantasm

Rank: A

Bai Ming had a dog. In civil matters, it could trade insults with Tamamo-no-Mae without losing ground. In battle, it could bite off one of Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto's arms and bite to death Takemikazuchi's thunder beast and the Shiba Inu with the Heart of a Dragon belonging to the Ōtengu.

Special attack against Divinity and monstrous beings.

Pojun Divine Lightning Halberd → Po Jun Greedy Wolf Halberd

Rank: B → A

Type: Anti-Personnel Noble Phantasm

Maximum Targets: 1–10 people

After stabbing Vortigern, then piercing Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto, and further drawing upon the power of the Greedy Wolf Star, the original Pojun Divine Lightning Halberd combined the power of two stars and became the Po Jun Greedy Wolf Halberd.

Special attack against Divinity and Dragons.

Items Obtained After the Second Simulation

Divine Artifacts: Yasakani no Magatama, Yata no Kagami, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi (Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi), Totsuka-no-Tsurugi (Amenohabakiri), Ame-no-Nuhoko, Futsunomitama, Ame-no-Makakoyumi, a large number of swords, Kurayami Kiba Yomi, Kosodena

Magic Materials:

A massive number of Wyverns, a large number of Evil Bones, a large number of medicinal herbs, Vortigern's entire body, everything from Fafnir except his Dragon Heart, the corpses of the Japanese gods, and pure energy formed after the system erased the subjective consciousness from the spirits and souls of the Japanese gods.

Akuta Hinako: Damn You, White Dog! I'm Going All Out Against You!

Inside the control room, a black Shiba Inu and a little white cat stared each other down.

"Grr... woof!"

"Fou?"

"Woof!"

"Fou!"

The Chaldea staff around them could not understand what the two little beasts were saying. They only saw Fou's paws creating afterimages as they swung, while Setanta's paws also created afterimages.

Roman could not understand it, but he was greatly shocked, so he recorded it.

The two familiars fought from one end of the control room to the other, evenly matched and inseparable.

Even when the people around them wanted to step in and stop them, Fou and Setanta's unprecedentedly vicious expressions frightened them so much that they did not dare lay a hand on either.

Then Setanta and Fou simultaneously took a running leap, spun 360 degrees in midair, and kicked out with their hind paws.

Paw pads collided with paw pads, and the black Shiba Inu and three-eyed cat demon flew apart.

Fou was greatly shocked.

This was the move Joslin had once used to elbow Merlin off a bed. Fou had practiced countless times to turn that Merlin-elbowing technique into a flying kick usable by four-legged beasts. How could this dragon wearing dog skin know it too?

The next moment, cat and dog were about to resume their battle, only to discover that all four of their paws had left the ground.

Doctor Roman had intervened.

The terrifying Israeli boxing champion held the Beast of Comparison in one hand and the dragon-dog in the other, instantly ending the battle between Great Merlin and Great Cú Chulainn.

"Woof?" / "Fou?"

"Though I'm not quite sure what happened, judging by how combative you are, Bai Ming probably brought you here..." Roman said helplessly. "I'll go see what he's doing."

Fou suddenly calmed down. So this was a dog Joslin had brought. No wonder it had directly provoked him the moment it arrived. Did he really look that much like that mongrel bird-beast Merlin?

As Roman carried Fou and Setanta off to find Bai Ming, he heard Fujimaru Ritsuka's panting voice outside the training room, along with Bai Ming's slightly excited voice.

"Senior—I can't... I really can't do it anymore."

"Hold on a little longer. Just hold on a little longer!"

"I can't! I really can't hold on anymore!"

Roman's expression changed dramatically, and he rushed inside. What he saw, however, was Fujimaru Ritsuka wearing a one-piece athletic suit, sweat soaking her long red hair, while Bai Ming continuously applied pressure to her with mana from the side.

Bai Ming turned to look at Roman with a meaningful smile. Roman gave an awkward laugh, tossed Fou and Setanta down, then turned and fled.

You had to be kidding! If Bai Ming caught him, he would make him practice boxing again, wouldn't he?!

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Since Akuta Hinako had nothing to do, she came to the archives. At that moment, Mash was inside, reviewing documents.

Ordinarily, Akuta Hinako would not pay much attention to humans, but Mash and Bai Ming were exceptions among them.

"What are you reading here?"

"Ah! Miss Akuta Hinako!" Mash gave a short cry, then seriously replied, "Both Senior and Miss Akuta Hinako have been helping Miss Ritsuka adapt to being a Magus and teaching her related knowledge. I remember that Japan has several native magecraft systems, with onmyodo being the most prevalent. I was wondering whether Miss Ritsuka might learn faster if she studied Japanese onmyodo, so I'm looking through materials related to it."

"I see—"

Akuta Hinako sat beside Mash. She happened to have no books to read lately, so she might as well browse around with Mash.

"But speaking of which, I never expected that Consort Yu, who was rumored to be sworn brothers with the Hegemon-King of Chu, would actually appear in the Heian period and stir up such chaos."

Akuta Hinako, Consort Yu herself, immediately had a question mark appear over her head. "Huh?"

What Heian period? What sworn brothers? How did I not know I had been to Japan?

"Eh... Miss Akuta Hinako, you didn't know?" Mash was greatly surprised, then said, "I mean Consort Yu from the Chu-Han era—the one from 'Yu xi, Yu xi, what shall I do with you?'"

Akuta Hinako tried her best to remain gentle and refined so as not to frighten poor Mash. Thus, she could only force a smile and ask, "I know Consort Yu. I just don't know where this rumor about her being sworn brothers with the Hegemon-King of Chu came from."

Which bastard was spreading nonsense here? They truly had no father or mother, making up slander as they pleased!

"Japan's Heian period, around the year 980... Let me see which book it was..."

Mash looked through the huge stack of documents, her finger moving back and forth over them. "Ah! I found it, Miss Akuta Hinako. It's this book."

Mash then handed the material to Akuta Hinako, who softly thanked her and sat off to the side.

Akuta Hinako quietly flipped through the material. The first thing she saw was the year 982, the end of Japan's Age of Gods in the middle of the Heian period. Akuta Hinako thought to herself, I heard about this at the time too. If I remember correctly, it was the seventh year of Taiping Xingguo. I just didn't know what exactly happened in Japan back then. It looks like the problem began here.

At first, Akuta Hinako had no particular reaction. Then her mind grew increasingly muddled.

What overpowering Abe no Seimei and Ashiya Doman, what single-handedly annihilating the oni of Mount Ooe, what beating the Four Heavenly Kings of Yorimitsu with her fists and crushing Gozu Tennō's son in her hand, what wiping out the Japanese Pantheon and crushing Emperor En'yū to death.

That series of achievements left Akuta Hinako's mind frozen for quite some time.

Was I really that awesome?

Akuta Hinako could not help harboring some unrealistic fantasies.

Akuta Hinako continued flipping pages and finally found the matter about being sworn brothers with the Hegemon-King of Chu.

"Rumor has it that Consort Yu possessed both male and female forms. Her female form bore the title Future Chick Poppy Beneath the Crimson Moon, Supreme Consort Yu of Fearsome Divine Might, while her male form bore the title Bai Ming, Great Tang Dynasty's Invincible General Who Subjugated Japan..."

Akuta Hinako's vision went black. The moment she saw the name Bai Ming, she understood most of it. That beast Bai Ming... The year 982 was under Zhao Guangyi of the Northern Song! Your Great Tang Dynasty had been gone for ages! Great Tang Dynasty my ass!

At this moment, Akuta Hinako still did not have much of a reaction. Even when titles such as Future Chick Poppy of Invincible Divine Might, Consort Yu, Akuta Hinako, General Bai Ming, and Thunder Immortal Future Chick Poppy, Akuta Hinako appeared, along with accounts of Akuta Hinako spending the night with the oni king Shuten-dōji and the great yokai Tamamo-no-Mae, and taking the Five-tailed Pénghóu as a mount, Consort Yu remained calm.

After all, it was Bai Ming. It would not have been strange at all for him to do something like that.

It was only after Akuta Hinako saw this historical account that her blood pressure completely exploded.

"Consort Yu of Chu and Han possessed both male and female forms. Regardless of gender, she stood over eight chi tall, with peerless beauty and mastery of both letters and martial arts.

It was said that when the Hegemon-King of Chu saw her, he was delighted. They became sworn brothers of different surnames and campaigned south and north together. Later, they were defeated by Liu Bang, and her brother died. The immortal Akuta Hinako, exhausted in body and spirit, wandered for many years before crossing east to Japan. There, she wrote prose with her wife Sei Shōnagon that was passed down through the ages, elegant and exquisite in diction. In battle, she could capture dragons, command cranes, slaughter gods, make ten thousand yokai submit, and suppress evil across an entire region."

Akuta Hinako immediately grabbed the materials and rushed out of the archives.

Sworn brothers my ass!

Akuta Hinako did not care whether that dog Bai Ming had his memories or not. Either way, she was going all out against him.

The Relationship Between the Two Instantly Fell to Freezing Point

A thud came from outside the training room door, followed by Akuta Hinako's somewhat pained cry. She had intended to kick open the sliding automatic door with one kick like Bai Ming, but who would have thought the door would be so hard?

Hearing the sound outside, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Bai Ming stopped their training, opened the training room door, and looked at Akuta Hinako crouching outside while clutching her toes.

"What is this stupid woman doing?"