Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

"The moon is different tonight..."

Nura Rikuo stood at the top of the highrise building as he watched the war that happened among the youkai. Watching all of this, he couldn't help but clench his fists, wondering why all of them had to fight.

Why shouldn't they understand each other?

Why couldn't they be peaceful?

Why should they bother a human?

Why should they destroy his peace?

There were many things that Rikuo wanted to say, but as expected, he hated the Shikoku Youkai, and he was going to make sure that he was going to defeat them.

"Rikuo, what's wrong?"

"Grandpa."

Rikuo looked at his grandpa with kindness, yet also distressed since he could see that Nurarihyon was forcing himself.

'If I am not so weak...'

If he could have accepted his origin early and prepared everything, then his grandpa wouldn't have become like this. His mother also wasn't forced to move out of the house. Moreover, none of the youkai under the Nura Clan would die.

When he thought about what had happened that day, he couldn't help but feel helpless.

If he was strong, then would he run away like this?

"Try to endure. Everything will end soon."

Nurarihyon patted his grandson's shoulder, telling him to calm down since he knew how tough Rikuo's life was after that. After the Nura Clan was defeated that day, he could only bring his grandson, daughter-in-law, and the others to the Touno Youkai. Even though he knew that he didn't have a face to go there, especially when he was the one who caused the death of their leader, he was still calm since there was no other place to run away except for that place.

Naturally, there was a fight between them, but Rikuo's charisma changed everything, telling them to get angry at the Shikoku Youkai instead of them since the one who had killed the leader of the previous Touno Youkai was the Shikoku Youkai.

Frankly, there were many ways to refute those words, but due to Rikuo's charisma and protagonist halo, all of them decided to follow them for revenge and became a part of their strength.

By then, Rikuo continued to grow, training to become stronger and mastering various techniques to defeat Tamazuki and his group.

However, even with the Touno Youkai, it was still impossible to defeat the Shikoku Youkai, especially when Tamazuki's group had already dominated the country.

Whether it was the government, military, or economy, all of them were controlled by the Shikoku Youkai.

Frankly, it was scary, as if they had become the enemy of the world.

However, heaven didn't abandon them since they were able to use the power of Kyoto Youkai, Abe no Seimei, and many others.

All of them gathered together to give a heavenly punishment to a devil known as Tamazuki.

Frankly, Nurarihyon had never seen such a fearsome opponent. Whether it was the Kyoto Youkai or many others, they might be dangerous, but compared to Tamazuki, who could use his mind to manipulate everything, all of them seemed to pale.

Even Nurarihyon didn't think that his grandson could match Tamazuki.

Nevertheless, facing all of them, even if the Shikoku Youkai had controlled this country, it was impossible to defeat them.

Even if he had to drink poison, he was going to defeat Tamazuki!

"Yes, Grandpa."

Rikuo nodded since he also wanted to give peace to the world.

A youkai should do what a youkai does. They shouldn't be involved in the human world and cause trouble for everyone.

That's why he was going to end all of this.

He was going to finish this war!

In the distance, he could see the Imperial Palace. It was a place where all the Shikoku Youkai gathered, and he was going to go there, facing them and defeating them.

Rikuo took a deep breath before he looked at all of his subordinates who still followed him and believed in him.

"Everyone! This is going to be the end of everything! We are going to take down the Shikoku Youkai!"

"Yes, Rikuo-sama!"

Everyone was filled with spirit and smiles as they thought about their future. In their minds, they believed as long as Rikuo led them, he would be able to bring them victory.

Whether it was the remnants of the Nura Clan or the Touno Clan, all of them believed that Nura Rikuo was their leader, but—

"Great spirit."

"—?!"

All of them suddenly felt tense when they heard this sudden voice.

"You...?!"

As they turned, the remnants of the Nura Clan clearly realized who this person was. After all, they had seen him in the past. Even though this person had grown up and wasn't as childish as before, they had to admit that he had left so much impression on them, especially when he had almost killed Nura Rikuo.

Yet, it was also due to this that everyone grew tense. In the past, they knew how strong he was, and all of them weren't his opponents, but what about now?

Unlike everyone who was tense, Nurarihyon was ruthless as he disappeared and held his blade, ready to kill Tamazuki in one stroke, but his head was grasped by Tamazuki.

"Goodbye."

Nurarihyon was in disbelief and tried to escape by using his innate ability, but he couldn't use his ability and then devoured.

"......."

Everyone watched this scene in disbelief!

"GRANPA!"

Rikuo cried as he saw his grandpa was killed without mercy.

"You low life!! I will kill you!"

Tamazuki rolled his eyes.

If Nurarihyon wanted to kill him, it was okay, but if he killed Nurarihyon, then it wasn't okay.

Still, it didn't matter since Nura Rikuo was about to follow Nurarihyon.

However...

Suddenly, he felt it was a little too pitiful to kill Nura Rikuo as Rikuo was young, so he thought of a better solution.

"Come on. I have ended everyone except you, whether it is Abe no Seimei, Hagoromo Gitsune, or many others. I have defeated them except you, so don't lose so easily, okay?"

Hearing those words, everyone became tense, but it was impossible to break Rikuo's spirit.

"Everyone! Use Matoi!"

"Yes, Young Master!"

Everyone's body then glowed in bright light before all of them entered Rikuo's body.

As a fourth Youkai and two-thirds of humans, Rikuo's body was different, and using that special feature, he was able to combine with his family to increase his strength.

Matoi.

It was a technique to combine everyone's power into his body!

Rikuo felt that his strength had grown tremendously, and he also held Nenekimaru, the youkai-slaying sword.

With all of this, he believed that Tamazuki would be defeated.

The feeling of everyone was inside him, and there was no way for him to lose!

"HAAAAAAAAAA!"

Rikuo raised his blade high and was ready to slay Tamazuki, but Tamazuki only punched Rikuo lightly, causing his technique to be destroyed and all of the youkai who had entered Rikuo's body to be thrown out.

"Ugh!"

"ARGGGHH!"

Naturally, due to the failure of the technique, everyone's body and mind were hurt.

Even Rikuo's expression was extremely pale, but his eyes were as sharp as ever, staring at Tamazuki with hatred.

"There is no way that I will lose! I will defeat you and bring peace to this world again!"

However, Tamazuki ignored Rikuo's words and devoured the youkai's part of Rikuo and Rikuo's ability to see ghosts.

In other words, after all of this, Rikuo would become a normal human without any relationship with a supernatural world.

Frankly, Tamazuki felt that he was a good guy as he knew that Rikuo hated a youkai, so wasn't it better for him to live as an ordinary human with his mother?

"No! No! What are you doing?!"

Then, Riku, who was in his youkai appearance, started to change into his weak human appearance.

"Yo-Young Master!"

"NOOOO!"

"Pl-Please let go of the young master! We will do anything!"

Tamazuki looked at everyone and then focused on the two heroines he found among the group.

Still, leaving the heroines aside, he knew that there was nothing that could threaten him anymore.

Tamazuki sighed in relief since he knew that everything was over.