Returned from Another World, Earth Turned Out to Be Quite the Fantasy Too. Also, Losing Heroines, Stop Looking This Way. - V5 Chapter 55: “How About a Greeting Blow?” ②

Chapter 55: “How About a Greeting Blow?” ②

Ibaraki Doji’s base had once been the very mansion Shuten Doji himself used as his stronghold.

But after Shuten—on a whim—took the humans’ side and even reconciled with the nine-tailed fox he’d once been at odds with, he abandoned the place.

Since then, Ibaraki Doji, Hoshiguma Doji, Torakuma Doji, Kuma Doji, and Kin Doji—the five siblings—had lived there.

“Tch. Ever since big sis got hung up on Shinonome Abe, she’s been acting way different.”

“…But at the same time, she got insanely stronger. Like, unbelievably so. Think she was secretly training or something?”

“Beaaaaaahhhhhh.”

“Kuma Doji, you know as well as I do—big sis isn’t the type to train.”

“Exactly. And besides, oni don’t bother with training anyway. Our strength comes from birth, from how we live… and from how much we eat.”

“Beaaaaaahhhhhh.”

Kin Doji had already lost and died, but none of them shed tears.

There was no resentment toward their eldest sister’s strength either.

Still, if there truly was some secret to her power, they couldn’t help but want in on it.

“But hey, Hoshiguma sis.”

“What?”

“Beaaahhh?”

“You asking if it’s okay for me to be drinking? Yeah, probably not… but hey, call it a warm-up. We oni always get moving at night anyway, right?”

“Bea bea.”

“If Hoshiguma sis says so, then let’s eat up, fill our bellies, and then go kill that so-called Galaxy Kappa Hero. I get the ‘kappa’ part, sure—but what the hell does ‘galaxy hero’ even mean? What’s he supposed to look like?”

“Who cares! Probably just a kappa with a dish on its head! We’ll slaughter every last kappa, and sooner or later, we’ll find him.”

“As far as I know, no kappa’s ever been dumb enough to pick a fight with big sis Ibaraki… but whatever!”

Even for oni who’d lived for centuries, the idea of a “Galaxy Kappa Hero” was completely beyond their comprehension.

“For now—food! Food!”

“I want hotpot!”

“Bea!”

With that, Kuma Doji threw on an apron and headed into the kitchen.

—And then, in the very next moment, something came crashing down into the room where Hoshiguma Doji, Torakuma Doji, and Kuma Doji were sitting and exploded.

“Gyaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!”

“What the hell just happened?!”

“Beaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!”

The oni were blasted clear out of the mansion, but as expected of ancient yokai, they came away with nothing more than a few scorched patches.

In mere moments, their bodies regenerated completely.

Realizing it had been an attack, they braced themselves—when suddenly, a cheerful, boyish voice came pouring down from the sky.

“Let’s play tag! I’ll be the one chasing, so you guys better run for your lives while begging for mercy! Oh, and by the way—if I tag you, your torso gets split clean in two! So, seeee yaaaa!”

〜〜Afterword〜〜

As expected of our Hero—always fair and square!