Chapter 20: Natsuba Hanae’s Heavenly Emperor Girl Transformation!
Natsuba Hanae walked through the vast darkness.
Only her brilliant, red, glass-like eyes shone brightly, and a violent, surging power radiated from her body.
Keeping the lurking spirits at bay.
Natsuba Hanae didn’t know that the moment she left…
One of the Nenba brothers had died, and the other was severely injured.
Even if she knew, she wouldn’t care.
It was as insignificant as two bugs dying on the roadside.
Although they were both part of the Natsuba conglomerate, they had no connection. In fact, Natsuba Hanae rather disliked the Nenba branch.
They treated the readily available, useful tools of the discarded members as disposable, discarding them after just a few uses.
That was why…
She wanted to recruit Number Six to take over the Nenba branch.
Of course, a single discarded member couldn’t gain a foothold in the Nenba branch. Number Six would operate in the shadows, while she controlled the visible aspects.
A combination of overt and covert actions was necessary for the plan to succeed.
In her view, the Nenba branch’s true advantage wasn’t the combined use of sorcery and Nen, but their unusually high output of supernatural users.
With proper organization and her guidance, they would become a sharp blade in her hands.
Within the Natsuba family, due to their decline, the Nenba branch wasn’t favored by the first or second sons of the head, but the third son was trying to win them over.
They were the easiest branch family to swallow.
Easily obtained without much effort, Natsuba Hanae naturally took them.
After walking for a while, she stopped.
“It should be around here.”
She murmured softly.
Just then, a pure white feather drifted down from the darkness.
Seeing this, a faint smile appeared on her lips.
“Found it.”
The white feather landed perfectly in Natsuba Hanae’s palm.
She gently closed her hand, and the feather dissolved into countless particles of light.
In an instant, the scenery changed!
[You have entered the Nightmare-level Otherside – Old God Daycare]
[Otherside Rule Triggered!]
[1: Do not look directly at &…%&$#]
[2 &%]
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[…]
[You have entered the Nightmare-level Otherside – Summer Harvest Mountain]
A magnificent scene unfolded before Natsuba Hanae’s eyes.
A colossal monster, so large it seemed to reach the heavens, stood amidst countless ruined buildings that looked tiny in comparison.
It was a gigantic, humanoid supernatural being.
It stood on two legs, countless mouths covering its chest, roaring silently. Where its head should have been, a massive tentacle writhed and twisted.
A violent, chaotic energy radiated from its body, crackling with dark lightning. Even a C-rank supernatural user would likely lose their mind and die from just a glance.
But this Nightmare-level being couldn’t move.
Because in the center of the vast sky, a magnificent, glass-like red vertical pupil looked down upon it. In terms of size alone…
This single eye was far larger than the supernatural being.
Like the rising sun, high above, its light bathed the area in a faint red glow.
An immense, oppressive power filled the Otherside.
But the red eye wasn’t eerie; it was majestic and imposing.
Because on either side of it, a pair of truly massive wings, one pure white and the other deep black, stretched across the sky, blocking out the light.
Black and white feathers fell like snow, accumulating on the ground in a thick layer.
Chains, some white and some black, hung from the wings, piercing the supernatural being’s flesh, anchoring it to the ground, intertwining with the feathers, forming a circulating system.
Numerous small black and white birds flew busily back and forth, carrying pieces of the supernatural being’s flesh and essence from the red eye and returning to it.
The supernatural being, known as the Old God, struggled and regenerated its flesh, but to no avail.
The entire scene was spectacular and awe-inspiring, like a divine miracle.
[Ubume (Variant)]
[—Heavenly Emperor Girl Transformation!]
To be precise, the transformation into the Heavenly Emperor Girl was only halfway complete.
Fully achieving this form would require more time, the advancement of her plans, and the accumulation and refinement of power.
Relying on her cheat to reach [S-rank Nine-Headed Bird] would take who knew how long, so Natsuba Hanae was doing her best to develop the Ubume’s potential.
The results were gratifying.
The evolution into Night-Wandering Woman and Heavenly Emperor Girl were her achievements.
Natsuba Hanae began to understand how Natsuba Rinrei had mastered her abilities to such a terrifying extent in the original story.
She possessed the same mastery over her own powers, perhaps even more so.
It was fortunate that she had no abilities in the original story, just a flower vase. Otherwise, there wouldn’t have been anything left for the players to do in overthrowing the Natsuba conglomerate.
It was worth noting that, even with Natsuba Hanae’s current A-rank power, suppressing the Old God wasn’t easy.
She had left almost eighty percent of her power here.
Devouring its essence to nourish herself, she had even occupied a small portion of this Nightmare-level Otherside.
That was why, when she first entered…
There were two notification sounds.
However, an Otherside was ultimately an extension of a supernatural being. To occupy it, she needed to kill the being first. And to truly make it her own, she needed to infuse it with a Rule.
But the Rule here had been mostly destroyed by Natsuba Hanae.
That was why…
She was so excited when she saw the half-formed Rule of the Half-Calamity level supernatural being.
Once she mastered it, even devouring the Old God would become easier and faster, leading to a dramatic increase in her power.
Natsuba Hanae’s eyes sparkled, and the red pupil in the sky pulsed with power.
“I can return after retrieving some of my power.”
“Although Makoto can hold off the Half-Calamity level being for a while, if its power increases, she might struggle to protect Number Six.”
A grotesque bird, half black and half white, flew out of the massive red pupil.
It landed in front of Natsuba Hanae, its body dissolving as its power flowed into her.
Natsuba Hanae prepared to leave.
But she suddenly paused.
“Right, the debut of Summer Harvest Mountain should be grand. I’ll take a bit more.”
A smile appeared on her lips.
The massive red pupil dimmed almost imperceptibly, and a powerful divine aura appeared in her eyes.
Then, Natsuba Hanae took a step and vanished instantly.
The moment she left with her power…
The terrifying Old God seemed to sense the weakening of the crimson pupil and roared in frustration, the chains rattling loudly.
In the next instant, the crimson pupil pulsed.
A bright red chain descended from the sky, piercing the Old God’s head with brutal force.
Then, a blood-red feather, radiating a violent aura, gently landed on the Old God’s head.
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