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Chapter 35: “Shuten Doji’s Side of the Story, Maybe?” ②

“…So when you say Shuten Doji’s kids, you mean like Ibaraki Doji and the others?”

“Yep. If you’ve tangled with the Abes, you’ve probably run into them already.”

“Well yeah… that Kin Doji guy already got wrecked by that wild boy from Mukaijima.”

Koume casually glanced over at Natsuki—

Who was, unsurprisingly, still happily munching on yet another helping of tonkatsu.

“Hm? What’s up?”

“You’re still eating!?”

“I’m a growing boy, okay? Plus, I’ve gotta eat while I can—y’know, before the big fight with Shuten Doji.”

“…Wait, you’re still planning to fight me, kid?”

“Of course. It’s written right here in the itinerary—‘Kill Shuten Doji: Final boss of the Kyoto trip!’”

“Unbelievable. Even if you did kill me, it wouldn’t solve anything. Man, is this what today’s youth are like? Seriously?”

“Nah, it’s just this one who’s built different.”

Natsuki polished off his tonkatsu and rice,

Chugged a glass of cold water,

Then calmly pressed his hands together in thanks.

“Thanks for the meal! Phew… I’m stuffed. Can’t believe I got treated to such amazing tonkatsu by Shuten Doji of all people. Seriously—thanks!”

“No prob, kid.”

“You’re so not what I expected from the infamous Shuten Doji. Anyway—shall we throw down now?”

“For the last time—fighting me isn’t gonna solve anything!!”

“Really?”

“HE’S NOT LISTENING AT ALL!?”

“I was kinda distracted by the tonkatsu.”

“Okay but why are you saying that with such a serious face!?”

Natsuki patted his full belly, then looked straight at Shuten Doji and asked, plain and simple—

“I get it now—killing you won’t solve anything. So then… who should I kill to fix this?”

“Ibaraki Doji, Hoshiguma Doji, Kuma Doji, and Torakuma Doji. Sounds like you already took care of Kin Doji, so that just leaves the rest.”

“…You don’t seem all that mad about one of your kids getting killed.”

“They were all trying to kill me, y’know. Especially Ibaraki Doji—She was already strong, but a few years back she powered up like crazy. I’d been chillin’ in comfy retirement mode, so I nearly got wrecked.”

“So basically, if I just beat Ibaraki Doji, we’re good?”

“Look, kid. I don’t really care who wants to kill who. Haven’t felt like an actual ‘dad’ to those brats in centuries. They’re grown-ups now—if they get killed, that’s on them.”

“…Wow, you’re way more cold-blooded than I expected.”

“Well yeah! One of them even sent some low-level oni flunky to mess with me! The guy sucked, but he broke my bottle of wine… I’ll never forgive that.”

“Yup, that sounds like classic Shuten Doji.”

“See!? You get it! When it’s about alcohol, revenge is totally justified!”

“And Lady Lucifer over here is just nodding along like it’s completely normal!”

From the sound of it, Shuten Doji cared more about wine than any of his so-called “kids.”

And apparently, those kids—including Ibaraki Doji—

Weren’t exactly on great terms with dear old dad either.

Seemed like a whole lot of bad blood was bubbling under the surface.

(…Well, guess I’ll just kill them all.)

While Natsuki was casually thinking something super dangerous,

There was a knock at the door to their private dining room.

“Pardon the interruption during your meal, Shuten Doji-sama…”

“Yo?”