Chapter 222 – 222. Yin-Yang Union (5)
My vision was dyed black, and I wondered how much time had passed.
—Swish, swish.
Takuya opened his eyes to the sensation of cold water droplets falling on him.
The first thing Takuya saw as he barely raised his upper body was.
‘Blood and flesh, huh.’
It was the blood and flesh of humans, which now felt a little unfamiliar.
Takuya might have been flustered by the sudden sight of blood and flesh, but instead, his mind became calm.
He quickly realized that he had been dropped into an unknown world by Nyotengu.
To be precise.
‘Medieval, no. Is it closer to ancient times?’
He had fallen into a different era.
It was obvious.
The clothes of the corpses scattered on the ground were all made of old cloth or leather that most people didn’t use.
Even the weapons in their hands were crudely made spears or bows.
Given this appearance, it would have been strange if he hadn’t deduced it.
As Takuya was pondering what was going on after roughly grasping the situation.
“!@!#*&%!”
An unknown male voice was heard from somewhere.
Turning his head towards the sound, he saw.
‘So, there was a living person.’
It was a person dressed similarly to the corpses lying on the ground.
To be precise, it was that person and.
[…..]
A woman with black wings, looking at the man without any emotion, like a puppet being controlled by someone.
No. It was Nyotengu.
To be precise, it was a younger Nyotengu, whose mature body still seemed to have room for growth, and her hair was also in a bob cut.
Meanwhile, Takuya, looking at the young Nyotengu, was wondering what the situation was when.
—Thud.
He saw Nyotengu decapitate the man.
Takuya was momentarily shocked and couldn’t say anything.
It wasn’t that he was surprised that Nyotengu killed someone.
It was just that he was taken aback by Nyotengu’s fast movements, which were invisible to the eye.
‘At that level, even I before possession wouldn’t have been able to react?’
He felt a slight chill down his spine, realizing that even he, who had survived on the battlefield for years, could be taken down by that one attack.
But Takuya quickly suppressed those feelings.
Because it seemed that the Nyotengu in front of him couldn’t see him.
Just in case, he cautiously approached and spoke to her, but she remained silent.
From that reaction, Takuya roughly guessed that he had slipped into Nyotengu’s memories.
No. Honestly, he couldn’t think of any other possibility.
As he realized that he had entered Nyotengu’s memories, the world suddenly began to change as if being sucked in.
Night, day, night, day.
Night and day passed without rest.
At a very fast speed, close to the speed of light.
How many times did night and day change like that?
This time, Takuya was in the sky.
Perhaps because he had already stood in the sky once (it was true), Takuya skillfully crossed his arms and looked down.
He wondered what Nyotengu would show him.
***
How long had it been since he started watching the memories Nyotengu was showing him?
Takuya was slowly beginning to understand how Nyotengu had lived.
Nyotengu had lived through countless eras.
From ancient Japan, which Takuya didn’t know well, to the era of the Japanese Empire, which he knew relatively well.
Nyotengu had lived for a very, very long time that humans could not imagine.
And Takuya was able to see parts of her life.
Thanks to that, Takuya felt that he had come to know quite a bit about Nyotengu herself.
‘But why is she showing me these scenes?’
Takuya had learned quite a bit about Nyotengu, but he couldn’t understand why she was showing him these scenes.
In the end, he couldn’t understand that much.
While Takuya was wondering, his vision began to change again.
Takuya, now accustomed to the scene, looked at it again, wondering where he would be shown next, and the place he arrived at was.
—Bang!
A deafening explosion that seemed to tear his eardrums.
“Damn it! Kill those commie bastards quickly!”
“Charge! Charge!”
“Shibaahhh!!”
It wasn’t the Middle Ages, the modern era, or modern Japan. It was Korea, or more precisely, his old battlefield where he was stopping the Chinese army that was pushing into South Korea under the pretext of North Korea.
‘Wha, what is this?’
Takuya was taken aback by the sudden appearance of his own memories after only showing Nyotengu’s memories.
No. Why suddenly show his own memories after only showing Nyotengu’s until now?
But such thoughts were fleeting, and Takuya was lost in his past memories as he looked at the battlefield.
‘Surely, this battle is a defeat.’
It wasn’t because the South Korean army, which had already fought against the North Korean army, had weakened.
It was at the point where they had conquered North Korea in less than a month in the first place.
Most of the North Korean residents, who had already been freed from brainwashing and suggestion, were also cooperating with our army.
Then why did they lose?
The reason was simple.
China was pushing in with mass-produced, high-quality equipment and their advantage of human wave tactics.
Yes. In the end, it was because the difference in power was too great.
But the problem with this battle wasn’t the defeat itself.
The problem was that it instilled a ‘powerful sense of defeat’ in the higher-ups.
‘Surely, the superhuman project started with this battle.’
If quantity is lacking, make up for it with quality, but it’s not easy to raise that quality in a short period of time.
So, the superhuman project started with the idea of artificially raising quality.
For Takuya, it was both the most terrible nightmare and one of the best things he had done.
Anyway, while Takuya was trapped in the past.
“That was an interesting memory.”
Nyotengu’s voice was heard from behind.
When Takuya turned around at the voice, he saw Nyotengu looking at him with an expression that was hard to describe.
As Takuya was making a face wondering why she was like that, Nyotengu smiled wryly and said.
“While showing me your memories, I saw your memories. Indeed, you are a hero.”
Hero, it was a truly heart-stirring word.
A title that felt good when he was on the battlefield, but a word that had turned into mere lip service from politicians after the war ended.
But there was one thing he could know.
“It’s an unsuitable title for me.”
“You don’t seem very confident.”
“I just think so myself.”
Nyotengu only nodded at my answer.
She neither affirmed nor denied it.
Perhaps it meant that she would respect me.
Takuya spoke with a strange feeling.
“So, what is the reason for showing me these memories?”
Honestly, wasn’t it a bit out of the blue?
That’s why he asked, and Nyotengu kindly answered Takuya’s question.
“It’s nothing special. It’s just that I changed the method of the contract a little.”
“You changed the method of the contract?”
“Originally, it was a simple contract for profit, but through the Yin-Yang Union, I felt that you were a better human than I thought, so I changed the contents of the contract.”
She changed the contents of the contract?
What on earth…
“To be precise, I just added a few more properties and contents to the contract.”
She added a few more properties and contents to the contract?
As Takuya was making a questioning face, she snapped her fingers, and then summoned a piece of paper in the air and handed it to me.
He read the contract with a bewildered expression, and after a while, he couldn’t help but ask Nyotengu with a shocked expression.
“Isn’t this a Shikigami contract?”
“Yes. In order to make a Shikigami contract, we needed to know each other’s inner depths, so I showed you my memories like this.”
The contents written in the contract that Nyotengu showed were the same as the Shikigami contract that Yuki Onna had told him about before.
The main examples were that it would protect the master if they were in danger and that it would only use its power for the master.
Therefore, Takuya couldn’t help but be flustered.
Because this Shikigami contract was a contract closer to a master-servant relationship than a relationship of mutual respect.
Why would she make such a Shikigami contract with him?
Takuya couldn’t understand it with his own thinking.
Nyotengu spoke at Takuya’s incomprehensible expression.
“Becoming a Shikigami is not without conditions.”
Takuya swallowed hard at Nyotengu’s firm words.
As Takuya, who had seen Nyotengu’s memories, he knew Nyotengu’s power more than anyone else.
He also knew that he couldn’t use her without any conditions.
Therefore, he couldn’t guess what kind of conditions would be needed.
But conversely, if it was within his capabilities, he was thinking of making a contract no matter what.
He thought so for a moment.
Then, the story that came out of Nyotengu’s mouth made Takuya flustered again.
That’s because the condition Nyotengu had set was.
“Do Yin-Yang Union with me at least a few times a month.”
It was an act that she had said was okay even if they didn’t make a Shikigami contract.
‘No. Well, if that’s the condition, it’s okay. But why?’
Takuya was making a face that he didn’t understand, but Nyotengu didn’t seem to have any intention of answering.
Anyway, Takuya ended up making a Shikigami contract with Nyotengu.
After finishing the Shikigami contract and the contract, Takuya was about to go back.
Because his business was over.
“Where are you trying to go?”
But it didn’t seem to be the case for Nyotengu.
Nyotengu’s eyes, looking at Takuya, began to glow red again.
