"So you're back"
Jizen muttered as he slowly opened his eyes, he turned his head around as he felt Huginn's presence.
"CAW!!!!"
The crow rejoiced gracefully as it landed on his shoulders, Jizen felt that it's will and presence grew stronger and that pleased him.
"The drop of blood please?"
Jizen requested as he slowly raised his hand.
A drop of blood landed at the center of his palm, and a small mouth formed, its lips parting just enough for a sharp, pointed tongue to slip out and lick away the blood.
"THIS SENSATION!!! THIS SWEETNESS THIS RICHNESS....MARECHI!!!"
Jizen face began to distort as he felt the taste of the blood fade from the tongue, he felt slight intoxication from Sato's blood.
' 1 Marechi = 100+ normal humans in value to a demon... what a boon, I have to consume him... the sun settled a few hours ago so I'll be fine '
....
" Why did you have to ask so many questions, i promised your mother I'll protect you and now i have failed her"
Sato mumbled as he wept, he began to rub the hair of his nephew in his hand while tears streamed from his face.
*DRIP DRIP DRIP*
"W.. what???"
Sato mumbled as sudden warmth landed on his face, he touched his face and felt a sticky yet warm liquid.
"What is this sorcery...are these my tears"
He moved closer to the candle as he tried to analyse the liquid, the light from the candle allowed Sato to see that the liquid was not his tears... rather it was blood.
"Something scratched me earlier but not my handsome face"
Sato took the candle from the table and lifted it up as he began to scan his surroundings, he began to scan the roof of the old abandoned building that he used as his HQ and what he saw terrified him.
The thatched roof was dark crimson as blood seeped from the roof and fell to the ground.
"WHAT KIND OF OMEN IS THIS, BLOOD...? FROM THE ROOF...? NO!! NO!! THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. THATCHED WOOD DOESN'T BLEED…"
Sato reached for his katana as he ran toward the door to escape, but he suddenly felt something wrap tightly around both his legs and drag him backward.
"Bad Boy"
Sato began to tremble as he heard those words.
He was yanked into the air and slammed into the ceiling, then thrown against the wall.
Sato tried to stand, but something dragged him back and pinned him to the wall.
The dim candlelight flickered, just enough for him to see it, the shadowy enigma wrapping around him, toying with him like a predator savoring the fear.
"Am..I seeing tentacles, why are there liquid like tentacles on the ceiling...am I losing it"
"Not really "
Sato soon noticed a silhouette approaching and soon he noticed Jizen's demonic form emerging from the shadows.
"YOU...ARE...A YOKAI"
Jizen who was caught off guard grinned and said:
"You... sound suprised, are you not afraid"
With a simple step Jizen instantly appeared infront of Sato, he then recalled some of his blood making Sato more comfortable.
"Hah... I hate it when my benevolence isn't reciprocated properly"
Jizen clenched his fists and with a single strike a blow landed on Sato's stomach.
"ARGGHHHH!!!"
Sato screamed as he up coughed blood,
Jizen's hand landed on Sato's face, and instead of wiping the blood away, he absorbed it, shocking Sato with the sensation of his life force draining.
Without a word, Jizen's hand moved to Sato's chest and with a sickening crack, he applied pressure, snapping a rib with ease.
"ARGGHHHH!!! I'LL TALK SPARE ME!!"
Sato screamed as he felt the scorching pain, he then began to cough as he said:
"I am.. not afraid...in this town only the son of the mayor is..a Yokai"
Jizen eyes began to flutter as he heard Sato's statement, he then gazed deeply into Sato's eyes as he said:
"This explains a lot...so you don't sell sex slave but humans beings to a demon, what about Otto's sister"
"She was sold today among others , the mayor's son likes her very much...my gang can help you with anything you want if you spare me "
Jizen patted Sato's shoulder with a sigh as he said:
"There's no gang anymore, it's only you who is alive...they are looking up at us as we speak"
Seeing that Sato didn't believe him, Jizen began to shape shift into everyone including Sato's nephew who perished by his hands.
"WHO ARE YOU" Roared Sato as he began to cry, he then whimpered as he said:
" Greed is a silent butcher… it carves the soul long before it cuts the flesh.
I traded innocence for coin, and now the silence answers louder than any prayer."
He choked on his breath, eyes wide, trembling.
"You're a murderer ...do you not fear death"
Jizen simply smiled and said:
"Why should I fear death?? If I am, death is not..if death is, I am not.
Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do... In the grand scheme of things death is not finality or the end"
Jizen smirked as he felt the rising blood pressure of Sato, he began to brush Sato's hair as he whispered:
"We are all chess pieces in a game far beyond our understanding, I am no master just another piece in this grand design.
Yet, I control the game... You ask my name? I am the Lord not by authority, but by knowing how the game is played."
Jizen's fangs began to elongate, making Sato even more afraid.
He grabbed him without warning and sank his fangs into his neck, tearing through skin.
Blood poured into Jizen's mouth as he drank without mercy, draining Sato with brutal intent.
"P..p.. please s-stopp!!"
Sato begged as he cried but alas his pleas fell to deaf ears, Jizen's throat welcomed it and each drop felt like life flooding his veins.
He didn't just drink, he savoured it, let it linger, embraced the taste as his eyes rolled back.
"Oh shit... there's nothing left not even a drop"
Jizen removed his fangs from Sato's neck, he looked at Sato and noticed that he was dried up like a mummy.
'He's ...still alive but his heart beat is fading, why do i feel so strong...well technically i have consumed more than one hundred people due to Sato's blood'
[New Quest issued
Quest: Go to Mount Fujikasane and consume every demon to gain their strength including The hand demon
Quest Reward: Total Concentration Breathing]
'If i get Total Concentration Breathing...i can create my own breathing technique like Yoriichi Tsugikuni and Inosuke Hashibira...noice'
Jizen looked at Sato's dying body and said:
" I shall give you a purpose...my will, serve me well and you shall be redeemed"
Jizen slit his hand and blood rose to the surface, and in that blood, he projected his commands...his will, a fraction of his consciousness.
Because of the blood he absorbed from Sato, and his complete control over his own blood and body, he felt it was possible.
He squeezed, forcing a single drop of his demonic essence into the blood. And in that moment, he knew ...it held everything he envisioned.
The blood entered Sato's mouth, and Sato began to change as he morphed.
Before Jizen disappeared into the shadows he looked at Sato and said:
" Serve me well and remember...i am your Lord"