Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

"Huh?"

Everyone was dumbfounded since his decision was too sudden.

"I want to walk around for a while. I will go back later."

He didn't wait for their response, and suddenly his body turned into dozen pink cherry blossom petals before he disappeared from the car, leaving all of his subordinates to be dumbfounded.

"...."

They wanted to say something, but they knew it was already too late. They could only sigh and thought it was better to wait for him, but they must admit his leaf manipulation ability was beautiful.

Leaf manipulation was one of the innate abilities of the tanuki.

However, if one thought it was a weak ability, he couldn't deny it since the leaf was relatively fragile. If there was a special feature, the leaf was able to rob the voice, which was quite an unexpected ability.

In his case, his ability was more powerful since he could inject a powerful poison into his leaves.

Still, what made him special was the fact that he could change the shape of his leaves since most of the tanuki could only release a normal green leaf.

However, this was far from a powerful ability; it was just an above-average ability.

If one said that this ability was powerful, it was he who made this ability powerful.

Still, he must admit that he was desperate to become stronger in this world since he kept practicing to become stronger and stronger. His duel with his father would be held soon, and he knew he would win. Yet, he wanted to have a complete domination victory instead of a hard-earned victory.

'Two years...'

His father had been living in this world for so long. Even though he might be living like a retired old man, his power couldn't be underestimated.

As a cunning tanuki, he knew his father's trickery, yet he didn't think he would lose since being a reincarnation gave him an advantage.

Still, what made him long for strength was the fact he was living in this world as a youkai.

Frankly, he was so jealous of humans.

In the case of humans, no one would kill each other.

Even if one dared to kill the other, they would be condemned or judged by everyone.

They would help each other to bring the criminal down.

On the other hand, the world of youkai might be purer, but it was also crueler since if he died, no one would care about them.

The most powerful got everything, but the weaker youkai didn't have a right to their lives, and they didn't have the ability to protect themselves. The only thing they could rely on was luck or following the stronger youkai as a subordinate.

He might be able to control everyone with his wit, but he knew he needed the strength the most, especially when he thought about his enemies.

This world was dangerous, and many people wanted to use him, even trying to kill him (in the future).

The first one was Abe no Seimei, the last villain in this world.

Abe no Seimei's purpose was clear, and he wanted to dominate this world, starting from this country.

However, he didn't care much about this person since this guy was a villain, and it was normal for a villain to do what a villain does.

If he was born with such a power, he would also do the same.

Even if he couldn't defeat Abe no Seimei, he could also become his subordinate, and he loved this type of boss who was arrogant and believed that everyone was an ant under his power. He didn't need to worry about being controlled; instead, as long as he did a good job, this type of guy would treat everyone laissez-faire.

As long as he didn't betray, he would be freed to do anything he wanted.

However, the most troublesome wasn't Abe no Seimei, who was known as the strongest.

Instead, Nura Rikuo was the most troublesome person in the world.

The plot armor of Nura Rikuo was one thing, but he hated the most how he could just kill a youkai like it was nothing, yet this guy would forbid anyone to kill a human.

Did youkai not have a right to live, so killing them without batting his eyes was okay?

On the other hand, Rikuo believed that even if a human was dammed and worse than any youkai, he would do nothing against this human.

Then, what Tamazuki hated the most was the fact this guy thought he could invite anyone into his group as long as he asked them.

If they are rejected, they will be beaten up.

If the guys were stronger, Rikuo would run away with the innate ability of Nurarihyon, which was able to alter reality itself.

When they became part of his group, he would use them as a meatshield or help them with many of his whims like it was a matter, of course, for them to follow his words.

When his heroines were hurt by the enemy, he would unleash a roar of rage and do nothing.

The enemy also didn't do anything and only watched the protagonist roar while looking at it for a while before they left, giving the protagonist a chance to become stronger.

This hypocritical mask of the protagonist was the thing that he hated the most.

However, this was something normal since most of the Shonen protagonists or a hero in the myth were all hypocrites. They only followed their feelings and didn't care whether it was wrong or not. They didn't care about the big picture and only cared about their idealism.

Yet what he hated the most was how a group of youkai could be stupid enough to follow him.

However, he must admit that a youkai was a group of simple-minded guys, and this fact didn't surprise him since they had the power to kill a weak human and rampage the entire country. They could destroy and kill anyone that they didn't like, so what's the point of thinking?

Their brains might be the same size as those of delusional syndrome middle school students.

Still, power was everything in the world of youkai, and as long as they were strong enough, everything was possible.

This was also the reason why even if the protagonist was a hypocrite, no one would say anything since the protagonist was strong!

He walked out of his car and stood near the bus stop, waiting for the bus to come.

When he arrived in Tokyo, his car had been moving around Ukiyoe town, which was the turf of the Nura Clan.

Yet even if he had been here with his subordinates, no one in the Nura Clan would have troubled them.

This was what made his subordinates look down on the Nura Clan.

After all, if a youkai from another prefecture came to the Shikoku, they might have been riddled with bullets before turning into a beehive. Unless they joined them, they would have a chance to stay alive.

Frankly, as of now, he was recruiting a group of youkai as much as he could.

During those six years, the number of his group had expanded to 6,000 youkai.

This might seem like a lot, but compared to a human, it was nothing.

There were also many of them who had small bodies, which made them not need to have a lot of space to live. They were also happy to follow up with him since they were protected by him and they felt they were needed by him.

He was good at judging character and talent, placing his youkai subordinate in the place where they shone the most. He loved his group and still wanted to dominate the world with all of them, but even if he was smart, in front of overwhelming power and a protagonist aura, all of his efforts were meaningless.

'So I need to become stronger.'

The bus stopped near the bus stop before he entered the bus, meeting the first heroine that could trigger his system.

Still, he hesitated before he sent a message to his subordinates, telling them to prepare for the fireworks in case something happened.

'Let's just be careful.'