Out of cautiousness, Suguru decided to scatter some of his Cursed Spirits around the temple, letting them serve as his eyes and ears in case there's an attack all of a sudden.
He also told the pair of siblings, Mimiko and Nanako Hasaba to keep watch on the surroundings.
After sensing how it only took a second for the cursed spirits he sent to the boy's house to be obliterated, Suguru can't take any chances.
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Unbeknownst to Suguru, the main source of his cautiousness was already standing outside the large temple in the air, looking down on the white and gold structure with indifference.
"This should be the place. Didn't expect it to be that close to our home…" Kenshin muttered with a frown.
No wonder Suguru was able to send Cursed Spirits to his home while being in this place. The range of his cursed technique must've had a wide coverage.
Ophis, still sitting on his shoulders, pointed at the building down below and furrowed her brows, "Is this the place? It looks…strange."
"Define strange. I'm still not used to your perspective on things." Kenshin replied with a chuckle.
"…It looks ugly." Her face scrunched in disgust.
Kenshin laughed out loud, "I take it back. I think I'm already familiar with your perspective!" Unfortunately, his laugh attracted the attention of the people below.
"An intruder!? Geto-sama warned us of an intruder!"
"Death to the intruder!"
A bunch of men and women wearing similar white outfits rushed out from the ugly structure and kept pointing fingers at him and Ophis.
"Are they the ones who attacked us? They're just a bunch of humans?" Ophis huffed in displeasure.
In which, Kenshin assured her, "Don't worry, the real deal is still inside, just about to receive the news of our arrival."
Ophis nodded her head, trusting his words. After all, she came with him with the intention of entertaining her mundane life.
"Good morning everyone. You might not know me but your master does. So call him out here before I go through every single one of you." With his hands behind his back and Ophis perfectly balanced on his shoulders, Kenshin looked like a God descending from his heavenly kingdom.
The cultists below gulped their saliva. Why does this intruder feel more majestic than their current master, Suguru Geto?
"I…" they were speechless, unable to form any words to say against the majestic-looking man.
Kenshin scanned them with masked disbelief, "Nothing? Really? No one's going to radio your master?"
At the same time as he finished his words, two familiar-looking girls wearing high-school attire walked out of the large entrance, their faces filled with curiosity about the situation.
"Mimiko, is he the intruder Geto-sama was referring to?" The plain-looking girl with short brown hair and bangs, asked the gyaru beside her while in her hand was a long brown rope that carried a stuffed bear. What's unusual about it is how the rope is tied on the bear's neck, replicating a hanged man.
"Probably, considering how Geto-sama just asked us to be alert to an intruder and this man invaded at the same time, it's probably not a coincidence."
"Should we kill him then?"
"We should, for Geto-sama's sake." The gyaru smiled menacingly as she grabbed her phone and held it in front of her.
Hearing how the two girls who seemed to be of the same age as him talk to each other involving killing someone would've made anyone shiver in fear.
But not Kenshin. He had his fair share of children who were capable killers. As a matter of fact, children are better suited as assassins than adults as long as they're trained properly.
But still, Kenshin knew of their abilities, or at least the gyaru one. The plain sister's ability was still a mystery even to him who watched the anime.
All he knows is that her ability is somehow connected to ropes and such.
"Are they attacking now?" Ophis, who had somehow found enjoyment in twirling her tiny fingers with his silky soft hair, asked curiously.
Kenshin nodded his head and gave her a heads up, "Just about to. Hold on tight."
Though she doesn't seem like she needs it as even if she fell starting from the Earth's atmosphere down to the ground, she would barely get a scratch.
Despite it, Ophis still grabbed a handful of her hair and squeezed her legs together, bracing herself for the upcoming rollercoaster.
Before diving down, Kenshin decided to make it interesting for the little girl on his shoulder, by narrating everything that he plans to do, "I'll target her first. Her technique is quite dangerous. It allows her to take a picture of anything and manipulate the area where she took the photo."
Ophis nodded her head, this so-called technique somehow reminds her of Baka-red who can manipulate anything in his surroundings with a mere thought.
Just thinking about her made her expression sour.
Thankfully, something interesting is about to happen in front of her, or else she would've gone ahead and fallen asleep on top of Kenshin's head.
Just as Nanako Hasaba, the gyaru with the green-covered phone was about to snap a photo of Kenshin in the sky, he suddenly disappeared and reappeared in front of her—his hand already clutching the phone in her hand.
"Shouldn't you be in school? What're you two doing here?"
While asking her, Kenshin tightened his grip on the phone and crushed it into pieces with ease.
He then released his palm, letting the small pieces and glass fall on the floor, showcasing his unharmed palm.
"N-No!" Nanako's face turned pale. Her phone was her third most treasured thing in the world. First is her sister while the second is their father-figure, Suguru Geto.
"Then the sister attacks," Kenshin mumbled next as he sidestepped just in time to avoid the long brown rope that was headed towards his neck.
"Don't you dare touch my sister…" The plain-looking girl from earlier now looked deadly, the previous rope she was holding was elongated and now held by her two hands.
Kenshin nonchalantly replied, "It's just her phone. Stop overreacting."
"Tch!" Mimiko clicked her tongue and she threw the rope in her hand, which magically elongated and despite barely aiming it, the rope seemed to have found its target—Kenshin's neck.
So that's how her curse technique works, Kenshin muttered to himself.
He raised his hand and grabbed the rope, letting it wrap around his wrist instead of his neck.
Mimiko, seeing her attack fail, tried to pull the rope however, how can her meager strength compare to Kenshin's?
He simply tugged his arm and the entire rope backlashed on Mimiko, pulling her to his destination instead.
Nanako, seeing this, was helpless. Her curse technique only works with phones and she never considered the fact that her phone could break and she would actually need an extra.
But despite her weakness, she still raised her hand and rushed towards Kenshin, intending to help her sister.
When Kenshin noticed this, he decided to wrap his mana around the rope and instantly controlled it, letting it wiggle around and change directions.
With a blink of an eye, Nanako saw the entire length of the rope in front of her with her sister, Mimiko, getting dragged along as she held the source of the rope which was her stuffed bear.
The two sisters could only helplessly watch as the same rope betrayed her and tangled the two of them, meticulously tying them in a hogtie bondage.
"Y-You!? Let us go, right now!" Nanako's face flushed heavily as the feeling of getting tangled in such an awkward and perverted position with her sister made her feel weird inside.
W-Why do I feel so hot? She asked herself.
On the other hand, Mimiko simply frowned, trying to take back her control over the ropes but to no avail, she couldn't seem to control it anymore. It's like she lost her cursed technique!
Mimiko gritted her teeth and glared at Kenshin, "W-What did you do to my ropes?"
"Don't fret about such small things. Just to let you know, it should be the man who controls the rope, not a woman." With a single salute, Kenshin turned and started walking away, under the curious gaze of Ophis who was staring at them.
"…What do we do now?" Mimiko grunted and tried to loosen the rope on her body, however due to there being only a single rope used, her movements caused the rope tied on her sister, Nanako, to get tighter than before.
"A-Ahn~ Mimiko, stop moving!~ hnn~"
"Huh? What do you mean, sis?"
"…N-Nothing, just…stop moving and let's just wait until your control over the rope comes back, we don't know if he did something more on the rope other than tying us." Clearing her throat, Nanako was too embarrassed to admit that she just felt some sort of pleasure when the ropes tightened, so she just lied.
Mimiko nodded her head in understanding, glad that her sister was smart enough to know about such a possibility.
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Meanwhile, oblivious that he just helped someone awaken her inner BDSM fetish, Kenshin continued his parade towards the temple.
More members of the cult came towards him, wielding their own fists as their weapons but with a single gaze from Kenshin, they lost consciousness.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the temple, his senses immediately alerted him to someone falling from the sky.
Boom!
A large figure with the biggest legs and the smallest arms landed heavily on the ground where Kenshin was positioned.
"Muehehehe~ killed! I killed someone!" A gurgling sound came out of its mouth, forming words that someone could barely understand.
Unfortunately, as the dust started to settle, Kenshin was revealed unharmed, casually patting his shoulders off the specks of dust.
Kenshin then starts to talk, "That was close. You almost had me there. If I took that head on, you might anger someone you shouldn't."
To others, his words might seem nonsensical however, only he knows that if this cursed spirit successfully landed on him, the first hit would be on Ophis, not him.
And even though he's not worried about her getting squished to death but what happens next is what scares him.
"Another Cursed Spirit. Can he really control these things?" Ophis, unfazed by what was happening, curiously asked.
"Yep. Though I bet he can enslave as much as he wants. There must be a certain limit on how many Cursed Spirits he can tame." Kenshin answered her based on both his knowledge of the anime and the report that he received from the Yokai faction earlier.
"Interesting…controlling inferior beings for your bidding…" A flash of genuine interest appeared in Ophis's eyes.
Maybe she can gather every strong person in the entire universe and make them fight Great Red for her?
As for her, she would be on the sideline munching on chocolates while sitting on Kenshin's shoulders.
Feeling like it's a great idea, Ophis couldn't help but convey it to Kenshin, acting very similarly to siblings wanting to impress their older siblings with what they're about to say.
Feeling the nudge on his hair, Kenshin curiously hummed, "Hmm?"
"I came up with a great plan to defeat Baka-Red!"
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[Next Chapter: Ch. 76 - Suguru Geto's fate! [3]]