Chapter 116

The situation unfolding before his eyes had completely transcended Uesugi Muneyuki's understanding.

Due to a lack of a mentor, he still only had a superficial understanding of the Inner World, acting entirely on instinct and the very few pieces of information he possessed.

And now, a terrifying scene was playing out right before his eyes.

That fellow Saijo Yasue, through some unknown method, through some unknown means, had learned the information that he was inside the hospital, seized the corpse of that middle-aged man who had died suddenly, and was closing in on him.

The unknown is always greater than the known.

Uesugi Muneyuki's first reaction was to summon the Aizen Myoo Golden Body to fight Saijo Yasue.

Don't do anything stupid!

He quickly refuted his own idea.

The enemy's means of attack were unclear, the possession mechanism was unclear, and the combat ability was unclear; at a time like this, relying on a burst of hot-bloodedness to go up and fight Saijo Yasue, who was wielding a machete, was simply the worst choice!

Minami-ojousama should have already heard his cry for help, so Uesugi Muneyuki's best choice should be to immediately escape this building; his second choice should be to find a way to run circles around Saijo Yasue in the building until reinforcements arrived; the worst choice was to rush up and fight!

Although he could 【Hardening】, and although he knew a little bit of martial arts, rushing over to fight like this was simply too risky!

The medical building in the dark of night was pitch black; Uesugi Muneyuki turned and ran, relying on his greater familiarity with the building, he ran extremely fast.

Yet Saijo Yasue behind him seemed not quite accustomed to this body, slower in speed than Uesugi Muneyuki; one chasing, one running, Uesugi Muneyuki slowly widened the distance between himself and Saijo Yasue.

At this moment, a dark, blurry mass in the corridor caught Uesugi Muneyuki's attention.

After getting closer, he realized it was a corpse; in the insufficient light, Uesugi Muneyuki did not see clearly who it was, but the security uniform on the body already made Uesugi Muneyuki understand why the Guard had not answered the phone.

The corpse had been decapitated by a blade, red-black blood covered the corridor, and the moment Uesugi Muneyuki approached the blood, he suddenly saw Saijo Yasue's face in the reflection formed by the blood!

"I will come to find you." The blood began to boil, bubbling and surging up from the ground~!

Something was about to come out!

Jumping out from the fresh blood?

Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly felt his breathing accelerate, his heart began to pound wildly; out of the instinct for danger, the Aizen Myoo Dharma Body automatically activated, seemingly encouraging him to fight.

He rejected this proposal again.

Calm down! How can one fight while in a state of panic? Must first calm down and then think of a countermeasure!

The words of Master Eirina rang out in Uesugi Muneyuki's mind; he pivoted his heels slightly, intending to escape in another direction; perhaps having lost his composure, Uesugi Muneyuki missed his step and almost fell, hurriedly standing firm, and took long strides to flee.

The sound of footsteps echoed in the hollow building like someone dancing the Finnish tap dance; at this time, Saijo Yasue's middle-aged male body had already risen more than halfway from the ground.

Uesugi Muneyuki rushed toward another direction of the hallway.

It's okay, don't panic, he frantically admonished himself; he remembered there was a fire alarm on this floor; if he could trigger the alarm, the adjacent Inpatient Department and Emergency Building would definitely react! He needed to find a place to hide and wait for rescue to arrive; he was very familiar with the situation inside the building, and there were no blind spots in the hospital; Uesugi Muneyuki had an escape route from any position; what he needed now was to be calm.

And with the activation of the Dharma Body, Ms. Kurosawa and Hironaka Mariko, who resided within his body, also appeared one after another.

【What is going on? Why can she be resurrected, but I can't?】 Hironaka Mariko was terrified facing Saijo Yasue, immediately wanting to find a corner to crouch in: 【Sob sob sob, I don't know how to fight, I want to escape!】

Uesugi Muneyuki ignored her, instead saying to Ms. Kurosawa while fleeing: 【Is this a Cursed Grudge? Quick, is there any way?】

【That's right, it's an Evil Spirit.】 Ms. Kurosawa also looked bewildered; she said in a conflicted manner: 【I once heard Master mention it, but I have no experience in exorcising Cursed Grudge Evil Spirits, and I don't know how to deal with her either!】

【What?】 At a critical moment, neither of these two brats was reliable; just as Uesugi Muneyuki was about to ask what they could do, painful groans suddenly came from the empty department room not far ahead.

Crack! The machete split the door open from the middle, creating a hole; fear struck, Saijo Yasue's head poked out from the hole; like his heart had been slammed into, at a position no more than ten meters from Uesugi Muneyuki, the fierce spirit transformed from the Cursed Grudge was descending.

Saijo Yasue happened to be stuck at the position leading to the alarm; the door split open with a boom-boom sound.

This is unreasonable!

Uesugi Muneyuki knew he couldn't get near the fire alarm; he glanced at the door, thinking that the things at the Medical and Dental University were truly shoddily made!

No! Not shoddily made!

Uesugi Muneyuki suddenly understood something; since Saijo Yasue could use an iron spoon to cut her own throat, she could certainly use a machete to cut through a sturdy door!

Turning around, he desperately quickened his pace; because of the excessive fear, a large amount of adrenaline was secreted, and Uesugi Muneyuki's body instead couldn't keep up with his consciousness; his knees made cracking sounds, and both his hands and feet were a bit disobedient!

And right behind him, Saijo Yasue was gradually adapting to her new body; she ran faster and faster, more and more urgently, until she maintained a speed similar to Uesugi Muneyuki's.

What should he do? Fight? Or continue to flee?

Uesugi Muneyuki's brain was calculating frantically.

Someone had already made a decision ahead of him.

It was Ms. Kurosawa, the last generation of Shrine Maiden of Kurosawa Shrine.

"Run! I will buy you time!" Ms. Kurosawa's Dead Soul blocked Saijo Yasue's path; she mustered her Soul Power, then borrowed a little bit of Courage from Uesugi Muneyuki, manifesting a blurry avatar; chanting the Diamond Sutra in her mouth, she, who was in the Inner World, immediately rose from the ground with boundless light, forming a light screen between Uesugi Muneyuki and Saijo Yasue: "Don't worry, little brother Uesugi, as long as I am here, she shall not..."

The sound of something sharp slicing through velvet; Ms. Kurosawa's manifestation of boundless light was cut through by a single blade.

Not even a last word.

Uesugi Muneyuki instantly felt that Ms. Kurosawa's Dead Soul had completely dissipated.

Sure enough, before even figuring out the opponent's ability, rashly fighting was extremely stupid!

Hironaka Mariko didn't know where she had gone either!

It seemed this slaughter had stirred up Saijo Yasue's emotions again; the killer behind him began to go berserk; she not only quickened her pace, but also violently swung the machete, slashing wildly in the air one strike after another, chasing him while keeping her eyes fixed on Uesugi Muneyuki's back.

At the same time, she was still muttering something in her mouth.

"I'm not wrong...", "Correction...", "I have needs too", "In the way", "It's all your fault, it's all your fault!", "What are you barking about?", "Separate separate separate separate!", "City people are all like this ghost", "Hospital", "Papa-katsu", "Know you are here", "The light is out", "You can't escape", "I said I would come to find you", "That idiot", "Hack you to death hack you to death hack you to death", "Holding a high salary yourself", "Meddling in other people's business", "I want to turn you into a corpse too", "Coming back soon", "Stop for me", "I want to make you into pork cutlet rice".

The resentment and madness contained in that voice were chilling and truly unbearable; Uesugi Muneyuki glanced back for a moment, only to see evil Miasma radiating from the thick darkness, and in the hollow eyes behind him, there was only killing intent.

What was worse, Uesugi Muneyuki felt his legs starting to ache during the continuous running.

Must change strategy!

Finally, Uesugi Muneyuki rushed into a department room; just as he intended to lock the door behind him, a hand reached over and tightly gripped the door that was about to close.

"Caught~ you~!" Saijo Yasue revealed a terrifying smile, intending to force her way into the door that was about to close.

This is it!

Uesugi Muneyuki braced his shoulder against the door, pulled out the scalpel he carried with him, his arms shimmering with golden light.

【Hardening】!

Horror in the Hospital Ward

The scalpel slashed down; the hand Saijo Yasue used to wedge the door open was torn apart, and the bone was cut halfway through.

Like this, it was two fists against one arm!

Relying on this sneak attack, Uesugi Muneyuki quickly seized the initiative, but the door was also pushed open, and in the dim environment, the right hand holding the blade was projected into Uesugi Muneyuki's line of sight!

Uesugi Muneyuki instantly recalled the teachings of Eirina's master.

This was a chance to trade blows!

In the choice, Saijo Yasue chose a mid-level thrust, so at this moment, one should use a defensive maneuver to dodge and attack the opponent's lower body directly!

No sooner said than done, Uesugi Muneyuki let out a roar and lunged forward.

"Oss!"

The blade thrust missed, and Saijo Yasue skillfully swung the cleaver, but the overly long blade hit the door frame and could not be deployed; at this instant, Uesugi Muneyuki immediately threw a straight punch, knocking Saijo Yasue off balance.

Clang!

Then he grabbed her right wrist holding the blade tightly, and the two of them wrestled their way out of the room.

Now is the chance!

Uesugi Muneyuki unleashed the Aizen Myoo Dharma Body to its full extent; the fear vanished, and the courage and mettle for battle returned along with it, his chest swelling with the power of zeal. Uesugi Muneyuki was very confident in his wrist strength; under the blessing of Hardening, no matter how skilled Saijo Yasue's technique was, the body she controlled was ultimately that of a middle-aged man in his forties, which could not compare to his own in his twenties!

However, even after making so many preparations, Uesugi Muneyuki still miscalculated.

Saijo Yasue's left hand, which should have already lost its combat effectiveness, stubbornly attacked again, thrusting straight for his eyes. Because his hands were currently locked in a struggle with Saijo Yasue, Uesugi Muneyuki could only barely turn his head to dodge.

This caused Uesugi Muneyuki's force to weaken, and Saijo Yasue, with a ferocious look on her face, struggled to break free from Uesugi Muneyuki's control; she roared like a beast, bellowing, saliva flying, trying hard to break free from Uesugi Muneyuki's hands.

As long as she could break free, she could hack him into two pieces with one swing!

The injured left hand scratched wildly near Uesugi Muneyuki's head, slicing the skin on Uesugi Muneyuki's neck; well-trimmed nails should not have been able to cause injury to Uesugi Muneyuki upon contact, but Uesugi Muneyuki could feel the pain.

He let out a roar of pain, but he would never let go.

He had to find a way to disarm the opponent!

He used all his strength to clench his right hand, and the power of Hardening gradually overcame Saijo Yasue's strength.

Saijo Yasue still did not give up the cleaver in her hand; she gritted her teeth, and a large amount of foamy Corpse Fluid emerged from between the teeth of the corpse, while she simultaneously issued a rattlesnake-like sound to intimidate her opponent, suddenly swinging her hand away and slamming her forehead into his!

Under the intense pain, Uesugi Muneyuki let out a scream, the strength vanished from Uesugi Muneyuki's fingers, and Saijo Yasue broke free from Uesugi Muneyuki's hands.

Damn it!

Uesugi Muneyuki was dizzy, clutching his head with one hand and staggering backward, while his other hand braced against the wall, trying to steady himself.

But Saijo Yasue had already raised the cleaver.

It was too late now; amidst the spinning world, Uesugi Muneyuki could only channel all his Courage into his hands.

Vajra Holding!

As soon as the Courage was channeled, Uesugi Muneyuki felt the sensation of a sharp object grazing his arm, followed immediately by an impact that went straight to the bone!

His right arm went numb as if it were broken; The Vajra was actually shattered by Saijo Yasue's single strike!

But this power also protected Uesugi Muneyuki once, leaving only a shallow white mark on his arm, and he tumbled to the ground, rolling twice.

"As expected, you are one too." Saijo Yasue had a sudden realization: "No wonder the points and lines on your body are fewer than other people's."

"I was born able to see the points and lines on things; follow the points and thrust in, and it is certain death; follow the lines and cut, and it is certain to break." Saijo Yasue let one arm hang loosely and slowly approached: "What can you see?"

"Though, it doesn't matter anymore."

Having said that, she raised the cleaver, preparing to launch the final blow.

The Vajra Holding was shattered, and Uesugi Muneyuki was temporarily unable to condense any more Courage.

Am I going to die here today? Uesugi Muneyuki's vision was blurred, and he felt dizzy and nauseous, wanting to vomit, but his lips were parched and dry, and he could not bring anything up.

In his blurred vision, he suddenly caught sight of something behind Saijo Yasue.

What?

A white light streaked across the end of the corridor, arriving with a piercing sound!

(End of this chapter)