Sacred Killers - Akuma no yoru

True Manipulation

[Kinoshiba] Fake Devil? That's what you see me as?

Horns shot out of Kinoshiba's head as he clawed his hand forward.

[Kinoshiba] What do you know about demons and spirits?

[Tatsumo] I know what I've seen.

[Kinoshiba] There's one thing the strongest human can't inhibit that we demons possess. It's called manipulation.

[Tatsumo] Hmmf, that sounds like bullshit to me.

Chamber aimed at Kinoshiba's head, the golden pistol in Tatsumo's hand glimmered with power, ready to fire off at any second.

[Kinoshiba] Then let me ask you, what made you think that just halting my regeneration would be enough to kill me?

[Tatsumo] I didn't believe that it would be enough, however we both know that if you aren't able to regenerate, soon you'll perish.

[Kinoshiba] What made you think that?

Kinoshiba ripped off one of his arms and flung it at Tatsumo and before his eyes, instantly another sprouted out of the socket of his wound.

[Kinoshiba] Not even stabbing me in my heart would be enough for you to kill me nor destroying most of my brain, so how do you plan on killing me? Destroying my body faster than I can regenerate? Taking out my vital organs while I can't use my regeneration? Just what is your plan? Throughout this entire fight, you may have thought that in the end my body would succumb to its strain and weakness, but the truth is there wasn't a single point in this fight where I had used enough energy to make my body weaken.

[Tatsumo] You think you can just lie and "manipulate" me? You're funny. No matter how powerful your curse is, every last one has some type of drawback. Even those from ancient times had something as a result of gaining immense power.

[Kinoshiba] You're mistaken, maybe they had drawbacks, I do not.

[Tatsumo] Bullshit.

[Kinoshiba] Do you want to see a true demon?

[Tatsumo] Even if I saw one face to face, it wouldn't phase me.

[Kinoshiba] You haven't seen hell, but I might as well give you a glimpse. There isn't a single thing that I have experienced in life that amounts to the demonic terror that demons possess. They feed off of fear, that is what makes them stronger.

Kinoshiba held his arms out and a pillar shot out of the ground. Tatsumo's awareness hadn't weakened and he quickly reacted by getting into a stance, his eyes glowing yellow.

[Tatsumo] I'll predict before you attack.

Shockingly, his entire demeanor changed when he attempted to use his ability. He realized that he could not see the future.

[Kinoshiba] *laughing* You can't see it can you?

Kinoshiba placed his palm on the pillar, his energy resonated with it and caused the pillar to be engulfed in fire.

[Kinoshiba] I will show you the truth. Jigoku no batsu.

Simultaneously, pillars shot up through the ground all over with ancient writings on them. A skull piercing bell sound rang the area as they all resonated with each other, making the atmosphere around them change. The grass of the ground below their feet shriveled and died in front of their very eyes and the dirt dried into hard crusty yellow sandstone. Out of the pillars came multiple entities, deceased beings all burning and screaming in flames. The pillars also lit up in dark flames that burned leaving black smoke behind. The entities chased Tatsumo desperately, their eyes glowing white and their skin being burned off by the second.