Campione! - Volume 19 - Chapter 3.5

Part 5 

「O~nee~saaaamaaaaaaaa!」 

Madam Aisha was yelling something below. 

It was just when she was being pulled in inside the “demonic forest” that was raised in Tokyo. 

(That witch, she is noisy as always.) 

She laughed derisively a bit with a dignity that was equal with a sage. 

That place was called as『Shinjuku Imperial Garden』by her pupil Lu Yinghua. The one who grown all those trees and shrubs with impossible speed and scale was of course the authority of Luo Cuilian. 

『Fragrant Hundred Grass, Thousand Flower Profuse Blooming 』――. 

This authority was named as such by herself. 

It was a power that created plants and flowers, or grew them up. It was a special move so marvelous that it may be the first and probably the last time it appeared in this world, it rivaled『 Divine Might of Vajrapani』and『Dragon’s Roar and Tiger’s Howl』. 

(I used it after so long but……this time it turns out really well.) 

Luo Cuilian was in satisfaction looking down at the “Demonic Forest” from above in the air. 

She was staring at the situation on the ground by sending her sight above Shinjuku late at night using Taoist arts. Just like a Taoist immortal standing above the cloud. 

Actually she had been like this right after the meeting of devil kings. 

If other godslayers made movement, then some kind of omen would surely appear. 

As expected, the witch Aisha and the wolf king Marquis Voban fired the first shot of the dispute at a corner of Shinjuku area, so Luo Cuilian also quickly intervened. 

Shinjuku Imperial Garden――. 

Before she used her authority, this place was an awfully dull garden. 

It was only a worthless vacant land filled with trees at the gap of the city that was covered all over with stone. 

It was a nature only at its exterior. A healing place only at its exterior. The foolish people were fooled by that. However, before the divine eyes of Luo Cuilian, it looked truly shallow……. 

And so, she wielded her authority impulsively. 

「……Water bring forth tree, tree overcome earth. O truth of five elements, turn like this.」 

That was the power of words of blessing. 

O grass, grow. Until the height that the like of human’s height cannot reach. 

O tree, grow. So tall, and thick that you pierce the sky, with your branches and leaves covering the sky. 

O flower, grow. Not to flatter the likes of human with meager beauty and loveliness. O flower dance. Go mad. Bloom profusely. 

「There is only one truth the forest of Luo Hao know――survival of the fittest. Carve only that phrase into your soul, burn your whole life into exhaustion. And then」 

The slightly dirty townscape of Tokyo, and the Shinjuku Imperial Garden that accomplished a sudden growth into a supernatural forest. 

Luo Cuilian gave her command while looking down at those. 

「Capture that damned witch Aisha, and put judgment of life on her.」 

Thus―― 

“Demonic Forest” Shinjuku Imperial Garden began to extend its countless wriggling vines from inside its ground to outside. 

They were heading toward the direction of the woman who was made as prey, to the north. As the result, Madam Aisha that was entangled in the net of vines was fished up like that……. 

Currently Shinjuku Imperial Garden was a single living thing, it was a monster. 

Demonic forest. Living forest. A forest that obtained supernatural power. A forest of devil that captured by itself the prey that it should hunt and dragged it in――. 

(Nevertheless) 

Luo Cuilian that watched over the lower world just like gods in heaven. 

She accurately grasped the disastrous scene around Shinjuku more than anyone with her clairvoyance. 

(As expected from the destined old enemy of mine……. The performance of the evil wolf king can be summed up with a single word, splendid.) 

Praise was welling up from her heart. 

Right now, the area that Madam Aisha had rushed through――the vicinity of Shinjuku Station that was the『Bus Terminal Okajouki』and the nauseatingly disordered bustling street nearby, then the block around Shinjuku Imperial Garden that was comparatively calm, and so on. 

Victims of evil eyes could be seen here and there at the traffic in those places. 

Actually under the creeping out vines from the imperial garden, there were also『white human statues』sleeping in a number that wasn’t few. 

However, actually that was not all. 

Even the people inside the buildings of those areas all received the curse of evil eyes altogether. The clairvoyance of Luo Cuilian quickly saw through that. 

(Just like what I casually heard from before. Even with the obstruction of a thick castle wall, the evil eyes of the evil wolf king will easily penetrate until the inside――) 

Not long ago Marquis Voban only glared once at Shinjuku. 

Just with that, several hundred, several thousand victims were created in more than ten kilometer ahead of his gaze. If he seriously released his evil eyes, it would also surely be easy to turn the people throughout Tokyo into salt. 

(Fufufufu) 

Unintentionally her lips smiled broadly. 

The most troublesome existence that was Madam Aisha. The first priority right now was the elimination of that woman, but the decisive battle against the five devil kings that was waiting after that, was as expected what exactly Luo Cuilian above all would―― 

(No good. First is dealing with that witch.) 

Repressing down her straying heart, she then concentrated back at her current objective. 

Luo Cuilian once more directed her eyes inside Shinjuku Imperial Garden. She searched for Madam Aisha that was dragged into there. 

The trees that were towering inside the mysterious dense jungle reached until fifty, sixty meters. 

Like that the large trees stretched their branches to all direction as though in competition, forming a sea of trees. Doing something like searching the whereabouts of a human that got dragged deep into that place, it should be impossible even by using the eye of bird, but――the almighty Luo Cuilian made such impossibility easily became possible with that clairvoyance. 

Chasing after the presence of human, her『eye』arrived near the center of the forest. 

「E, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!」 

Madam Aisha was on the bank of a pond. 

Originally there were lotuses growing en masse there. 

However, due to Luo Cuilian’s authority, 『Fragrant Hundred Grass, Thousand Flower Profuse Blooming』―― 

The lotus leaves were enlarged to the degree that even horse or ox could stand on them. 

In addition, the lotuses were transformed into the shape of an opened bivalve that looked similar with venus flytrap. The edges of the leaves closed in a snap like a shellfish, their shape could swallow living thing. 

Such thing was growing en masse at one of the ponds in Shinjuku Imperial Garden. 

The water surface was closely packed to the brim with the former lotuses that now were giant venus flytraps. 

Their size could snap and swallow even human. Also, several dozen vines were growing from the stalk of the huge venus flytraps―― 

They moved dexterously like wriggling tentacles. 

And then, one of the huge venus flytraps stretched out several of its tentacles and solidly caught Madam Aisha! 

「P, please stop it! E, even if you eat someone like me surely it won’t taste delicious you knoooow-!」 

Venus flytrap was a carnivorous plant that grew naturally at place like wetland. 

Furthermore with Luo Cuilian’s authority, this plant had been given with appetite and ability that could digest even a huge brown bear within one or two minutes. 

Survival of the fittest. That was the keyword that Luo Cuilian chanted at first. 

In order for one to live, they ate other life and took them in as nourishment. 

In order to chase after that truth, the plants and flowers running rampant in Shinjuku Imperial Garden were now carrying out super evolution in order to take in nutriment with their own strength. 

Naturally this time too they were trying to drag in the captured Aisha until their mouth! 

「I won’t ask for a week-. If you give me just thirty minutes, then I will bring here something that is tastier than me without fail! So please spare me~e! Do, don’t you all want to eat the ultimate menu or the supreme ingredient~~~~!」 Madam Aisha yelled desperately. 

There was worth in what she was doing, the huge venus flytrap’s controlled vines=tentacles――their movement loosened. 

The prided『authority of charm』of the witch queen possessed ruling power so strong that it could make an appeal even to the soul of this kind of man-eating plant. 

But, even that had been included in Luo Cuilian’s calculation. 

She had anticipated this when she witnessed how even the evil wolf of King Voban was charmed. 

(Indeed it is a fearsome power. ……But, as expected it’s effect is thin at the species of plants.) 

The mouth part of the venus flytrap was dragging in Aisha bit by bit. 

Although the speed lowered by more than half because of the conflict it felt, the plant was somehow resisting the effect of the charm. Furthermore there was still reinforcement. 

The trees that represented Japan that was sakura, plum, and maple which were growing on the side of the pond――. 

There must be a few hundred of them. They were also awakened. The trunk of the trees split horizontally and vertically and became『mouth』to swallow the prey. One after another their branches elongated as demonic tentacles and grabbed the witch Aisha! 

Plants of death were born further in the Shinjuku Imperial Garden. 

Luo Cuilian was about to pour mystical force and instruction at the underlings of the demonic forest. 

「An army set out by means of law. All of you receive my voice too and fight well. Show in this place the bad fortune of the Orient, the might of Taisai.」 

That whisper headed to the Shinjuku Imperial Garden from far height. 

If this words of power reached, the man-eating plant there would rampage like hungry wild beast and dealt the finishing blow to her long standing enemy since the 19th century――was how it was supposed to be. But, just before that happened. 

Golden light flew in straight line from above ground. 

It became a blade and splendidly tear apart the formless words of power that Luo Cuilian spun! 

「Avatar of radiant sword……」 

A smile floated on the lips of the magic sect founder. 

The attack just now was something that the elder sister Luo Cuilian also well aware of. 

「The sword of the war god Verethragna……so you point it once more at your elder sister, Godou!」 

The insolent sword slash instead made her notice his younger brother’s growth. 

Luo Cuilian chuckled without a speck of wicked mind and nodded deeply. 

「It’s doubtful whether this is good luck or bad luck……」 Godou murmured subduedly. 

The first disturbance occurred at Shinjuku that was just a stone throw from his base that was Jinguu baseball stadium. This was a good luck. But, the one that became the opponent that he must face was――the sect founder Luo Hao. 

He immediately cut down the words of power that his elder sister launched. 

Suddenly it was a confrontation against the Orient’s strongest Campione. This might be an extraordinarily bad luck. 

No. Godou rethought back. 

「There is no such thing as better or worse opponent. Whether it’s Nee-san or Aisha-san, both of them are nothing but outrageously troublesome opponent.」 

Smiling wryly, he focused on the Shinjuku Imperial Garden that had been turned into demonic forest. 

Right now Godou was at Shinjuku line number four――on top of an elevated highway. 

This road was constructed alongside the south part of Shinjuku Imperial Garden. The street’s operation was immediately suspended when trouble occurred at Shinjuku area. 

Godou could brazenly take up position there because of the back up from the history compilation committee. 

Currently all traffic of car had gone completely and that place became Kusanagi Godou’s solo stage. 

「Doing whatever they please right at the middle of Tokyo…… 」 

The trees of Shinjuku Imperial Garden had grown luxuriantly until they were jutting out from their original plot of land. 

All the trees had been growing until around the height of sixty meter. The top of the trees were far higher than the elevated highway Godou was at. 

A forest that was too deep. From outside the situation inside the forest couldn’t be seen at all, was how it was supposed to be. 

(Godou-san) 

From the realm of the dead, a reliable ally whispered to him. 

(I was able to determine the location of Madam Aisha. 

And――not only sect founder Luo Hao, but Marquis Voban is also not inside the forest.) 

It was Yuri. She was looking over at the lower world using exactly『the view point of god』from a territory that was not of this world, then she conveyed what she could confirm at him using telepathy. 

She was the ultimate existence for the role of scouting and advising. 

(The surrounding of Shinjuku station has become something terrible due to the marquis’s authority. But……it seem that the marquis is already not nearby.) 

「So there is no sign of him chasing after Aisha-san……」 

Godou nodded at the notification from Yuri. It was good news. 

He would scrutiny the marquis’s plan later, right now――he could devote himself to the confrontation against his elder sister. 

「……I heard about this from Yinghua, so this is the authority to create the forest of decaying world. Nee-san’s power is really outrageous huh. But, I already know.」 

He spun his words. In order to cut apart god, getting rid of divine might. 

「Wood, fire, earth, metal, water. In the truth of yin yang and the five elements at China――wood is『something that is born from water, lay root in earth, and grow』. Jupiter that is the star of wood element, is called as Taisai, Saisei by the ancestor 

of Nee-san and others. The name when that thing is 

worshipped as god is god Taisai, one of the eight gods of Koyomi.」 

The tenth avatar of Verethragna『Warrior』. Its weapon was the sword power of words. 

「Killing that god Taisai, Nee-san raise wood, create grass and flower, becoming a master of authority that grant them even further strength! Knowing that――」 

Beside Godou, around thirty globes of light that were the symbol of sword appeared. 

It was the usual weapon. However, what was different from usual was their amount. At the battle against god and 

Campione, he usually created globes of light in the number that was tens of time of this. 

But this time he compressed it into this total of thirty globes. 

「I can cut this forest!」 

Above Godou’s head――dazzling aggregation of light manifested and released brilliant light! 

(!? Godou-san, the sect founder is trying to pour power of words into that forest once more!) 

「Can you show that to me too!? Just like before!」 

(Yes!) 

Strong spiritual connection was building between him and Mariya Yuri. 

Before they parted at the realm of the dead, that time she endowed him with the knowledge of the war god Ramachandra, Yuri also created this connection at that opportunity. Thanks to that―― 

He was able to exchange word like this with Yuri who was at the realm of the death. 

She who was a person with spiritual sight was able to directly teach Godou what she saw as image! 

「That huh!」 

From the winter night sky, toward the demonic forest – Shinjuku Imperial Garden――light was descending. 

It was a sparkling bright collection of particle of light. At Godou’s senses, it had the size and volume about the same like his high school classroom. That was certainly the power of words that his elder sister spun. 

『Swiftly obey the command of Taisai-seikun, Kyuukyuu Nyoritsuryou!』(TN: Urgent Tathala Legal Codes, Tathala was the ultimate nature of all things) 

The power of words of man-eating from Luo Cuilian that urged the vigorous vitality of life. 

In respond to that, Godou commande at one of the thirty compressed light――at the sword power of words. 

「Go!」 

The sword power of words rushed to the sky in a straight line like a laser. 

It splendidly cut apart the power of words that Luo Cuilian spun and cleanly dispersed it into nothing. And then, Godou announced calmly. 

「……Nee-san. You can see and hear me right?」 

The clairvoyance of his elder sister surely was observing at her little brother that was at the highway. 

Godou appealed using his whisper that he was convinced that it was being listened at. 

「If Nee-san intend to confront me at full force here, then I don’t mind accompanying you. But, old man Voban is also loitering around here. Even Aisha-san seems to be at good health. If Nee-san is aimed by that guy at your weak moment while fighting me……won’t it become a little bit troublesome? 」 

This wasn’t a one on one fight. This was a battle royal. 

For Godou, he also had a destiny with Marquis Voban. If he had a decisive battle with his elder sister here and became greatly exhausted regardless of the result of the match――he could imagine a really troublesome future from that. 

Exactly because of that this became a check. In the end would Luo Cuilian wish for a war of attrition against her little brother or not? 

Godou waited for her reply for several dozen seconds along with nervous feeling. 

(Godou-san! The『eye』of sect founder Luo Hao――it vanished from above the imperial garden!) 

「So she listened to my request……」 

This was the closing curtain of the first battle. 

Different from the two old Campiones, he had no intention to eliminate Madam Aisha. Rather, Godou was beginning to think that perhaps he ought to protect her instead……. 

On the other side, the lady in question that was deep inside Shinjuku Imperial Garden. 

「I, I don’t really understand what is going on but, this is a chance!」 

Just before she got swallowed, the movement of the huge venus flytrap stopped. The vines that were like tentacles also slackened. 

Madam Aisha desperately attempted to shake off the restriction of the vines and began to fight hard. 

Anyway, she had to slip out from the demonic forest even for a second faster――.