Drake and Stella were strolling leisurely through the jungle as if they were on a picnic, and their destination was precisely the base where Kanesada Kurama had imprisoned the Yuki-Onna, Yukina.
Little King Yama's efficiency was a bit disappointing, but it was also possible that he didn't have the energy to do other things because the three great dark treasures hadn't been retrieved.
The intelligence on the location of this base had still been sent to Drake's hands by Sakyo's people.
At the very least, Sakyo's attitude towards this cooperation was quite well done.
And not knowing what his purpose was, Sakyo had attached quite a bit of information about the evil things that Kanesada Kurama had done to the materials that he had sent over.
This guy Kanesada Kurama could also be considered worthy of that villainous face of his, and if he wasn't doing every evil thing, he could be called full of evil.
But Drake was also clear that including Sakyo himself, none of the people in the so-called dark world would be wronged if they were all lined up and shot.
The reason why the former spirit detective Shinobu Sensui had had the idea of opening the demon world's passage to destroy the human world was because he had seen the sinful side of humanity while working, and had developed doubts about his goal of protecting humans all along.
Plus, after seeing all of humanity's darkness in the spirit world's forbidden Black Chapter videotape, it had made him collapse to the point where his personality had split, and he had decided to destroy humanity.
Speaking of which, Drake wondered if Little King Yama had had the purpose of letting Yusuke Urameshi adapt in advance, fearing that Yusuke Urameshi would walk down Shinobu Sensui's old path when he had given Yusuke Urameshi the task of saving Yukina.
Drake had a feeling that Sakyo had sent him these materials to see what Drake's choice would be.
But he would probably be disappointed, and Drake didn't have any feeling of his worldview shattering.
Having experienced so many things, and having seen so many people, Drake had long known that that ideal country where everyone was good wasn't real, and every world had its own darkness.
Drake wasn't the kind of hot-blooded person who felt that he could change everyone, and change the entire world.
Protecting the people around him, and changing the things that he didn't like, this was the tenet that Drake had adhered to all along.
So Drake had looked at the materials that Sakyo had sent over and had then thrown them to the side, anyway, Kanesada Kurama's ending had already been decided.
Drake had reached out his hand, parting the shrub that was half a person tall, letting Stella go past first.
There was only this wild path that couldn't even be called a road leading to Kanesada Kurama's base. In order to hide Yukina, he had actually built the base in this kind of place, he was really using any means possible.
Stella had stopped in her tracks, turning her head, looking at Drake, saying, "It seems that we haven't found the wrong place."
Drake had looked around, saying, "Indeed, I feel like I can smell the stench of something rotting."
Actually, what Drake had felt was the malice that had been targeted at the two, it should be the guard force that Kanesada Kurama had set up on the periphery of the base.
Bang! Bang! Bang...!
Along with a series of special sounds, several black shadows had shot towards Drake and Stella. They were specially made, thickened crossbow bolts, and each one was as thick as a child's wrist.
Drake had disappeared in an instant, and had come before the crossbow bolts in the next instant, swinging his arm at all of the crossbow bolts.
Only Stella could capture Drake's movements, as for the others, they could only see those crossbow bolts suddenly change direction, flying back the way that they had come.
The shattered crossbow fragments and blood mist had flown out together, and those people who had been lying in ambush hadn't even had the time to let out a scream before dying without a complete corpse.
Several more black suits had jumped out from the surrounding bushes, taking out katana, launching an attack at the two.
But they had all fallen down quickly, Stella had beaten them all down with her bare hands.
Drake and Stella hadn't cared about these small episodes, and with the two's eyesight, they could vaguely see that castle between the gaps in the forest.
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Inside the castle, Kanesada Kurama was holding a cup of wine that was as red as fresh blood, and after taking a sip, he had revealed an ugly smile, looking at the red light that had been refracted by the wine glass.
He was celebrating, and his mood had been quite good recently.
Many people were clear about his history of getting rich. He had become a leading tycoon by relying on jewelry, and it was the most high-grade jewelry.
It was the Ice Tear Stone that had been transformed from the tears that the Yuki-Onna had shed, and every one was many times more expensive than the most high-grade diamonds.
He had only relied on one Yuki-Onna who had left the Land of Glaciers alone, and it had allowed him to accumulate astonishing wealth.
But from the time that he had captured that Yuki-Onna until now, he had used all of the methods that he could imagine to make her cry, and even torture couldn't be considered the most cruel.
But she seemed to have broken, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to make her cry. Kanesada Kurama hadn't been able to obtain a new Ice Tear Stone for a long time before this.
So he had found a channel, spending a great price to hire the most famous youkai group recently, the Toguro Brothers.
He had to say that you got what you paid for, the Toguro Brothers had made Yukina cry again as soon as they had arrived, and he had also successfully obtained a new Ice Tear Stone.
Just when Kanesada Kurama had been feeling pleased with himself, a series of urgent knocks had rung out.
"What is it!"
Kanesada Kurama had been very dissatisfied that someone had disturbed his good mood, but he had still called that person in.
A black-suited underling had barged in, saying, "It's bad, boss, someone has attacked this place, and we've lost contact with all of the guards on the periphery!"
Kanesada Kurama had frowned, saying, "Who is it?"
The black suit had replied, "It's a man and a woman, they look quite young, and their specific identities aren't clear yet."
Kanesada Kurama was a merchant whose bottom line was low enough, and he actually didn't care that he would lose face if he was attacked, and had instead been considering whether to use this opportunity to make a profit.
After all, hiring the Toguro Brothers had indeed cost him quite a bit of money, and he had to maximize the excavation of their value.
Kanesada Kurama's life creed was that you had to make a killing if you had the opportunity to make money.
Just when Kanesada Kurama had been considering how to maximize his profits, Drake and Stella had already entered this castle.
They had smoothly resolved several small fries who had blocked their way, and there had been humans and youkai among them.
Kanesada Kurama was someone who could set up a barrier that could isolate Hiei's Jagan Eye to imprison Yukina after all, so his underlings naturally had humans who could use spirit power.
Unfortunately, the level of each and every one of them really wasn't very good, and the youkai who had appeared later on were stronger than them, but the extent was limited.
But you could say that they were worthy of being youkai, and the three guys who had appeared in the end, who had called themselves the Three Onis, were more bizarre than the last.
There had been one who was quite beautiful, and was wearing women's clothing, but whose real gender was male, one who had been wearing an invisibility cloak, carrying out sneak attacks, and one who had wanted to kidnap Stella to threaten Drake.
Well, that last one was the most miserable! Drake didn't dare to underestimate Stella, and he didn't know where he had gotten the courage.
After passing through the levels along the way, Drake and Stella had directly kicked open a large door, arriving in a special room.
This was a room without any decorations, and was empty apart from the two people before them and the several screens behind them.
Each screen had a person's figure, and Drake recognized Sakyo and Kanesada Kurama among them, and the others were probably the managers of that dark club.
But Drake wasn't interested in them, and he was more interested in that tall man among the two people before him.
Toguro Ototo, the champion of the Dark Martial Arts Tournament fifty years ago, the man who had wished to transform from a human into a youkai.
In the original plot, Kanesada Kurama had indeed hired him, but his real boss was Sakyo, and he had thrown the match, losing to Yusuke Urameshi, making Kanesada Kurama lose everything.
But looking at it now, this guy didn't have any intention of throwing the match at all!
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