Chapter 17:Oni Eyes

"Looks like the seal took the form of a talisman", he spoke. He then takes the talisman and fills it with energy as the energy burns off the talisman. "As expected the seal will broke if I overload it with my energy". The energy from the seal then absorbs into his body "Yes, I could my feel my power coming back to me!". "Now that this is done I shall go find some sake", he spoke. He then jumps off the mountain.

The next day Nataro wakes up in a cottage "Where am I?", he spoke. He then looks around him and sees a lot of empty sake bottles "Did I drink all of this?", he spoke while being confused. He then looks around the cottage to see if anyone nearby but there is no people "Looks like I'm alone", Nataro spoke. So he decides to speak with Shuten "What did you do, Oni?", he asked. "I saved your life Hattori boy, I beat that hot chick on the mountain but she escaped before I start having fun with her, so I took the seal from the mountain and left", Shuten answered. "But why am I in an unknown cottage surrounded by empty bottles of sake?". "I was having fun last night, it been years since I enjoy drinking sake", he replied. "You're a messed up drunkard, and how do you even control my body?", "You should have thank me that I saved your life", Shuten replied. "It seems that to fulfill our pact you indeed technically cannot die until you fulfill your part of your deal so until then the pact will give me a condition by letting me possess your body and restore it for a limited time".

"Things are getting more complicated if he indeed has the ability to possess my body I don't what kind of atrocities he can commit without my conscience. I must avoid dying or else I don't know what kind of consequences I might receive", Nataro thought. "Hey, Hattori boy why don't you check your new ability?", Shuten asked. "My new ability", "Yes, after I unsealed and absorbed its chikara energy from the seal you too will get stronger and you could also use a few of my abilities but I doubt that you could fully master them as all of them drains my energy. And the seal I recently absorbed is grants you the easiest from all the techniques I possessed",he explained.

Shuten asks Nataro to use Shuten's energy and focus it to his eyes and suddenly Nataro's eyes suddenly turns black-red and his vision changes "What is this?", Nataro asked. "That is the Oni Eyes, it has the ability to see its surrounding chikara energy and its sight also reaches for more than 100 meters but in your case you could only sees it distance for 20 meters, I guess humans can't use Onijutsu to its full extend", he spoke. Nataro then goes outside and sees a lot of chikara energy from trees from its surrounding, he then turns it off and sees he is in a forest nearby the mountain and looks like there is no one nearby. "I guess the cottage was a storage for sake from a nearby village, you're quite lucky Shuten to got this nearby the mountain", Nataro spoke. Shuten laughs and speaks "Indeed I have some fun last night". "Now that I lost my sword I need to find one to replace it", "Forget about that trash, that thing is nothing compares to the weapon she wielded against you", Shuten replied. "That sword was the last thing I have from my clan!", Nataro replied. "The weapon she wielded is one of the sacred weapons a powerful weapon that is imbued with ninjutsu, but your sword is just a common sword from a fallen clan", "Don't you dare insult the Hattori clan!", Nataro angrily replied. "That is why I know a way better sword to replace it, and currently from I remember it is indeed somewhere in Kishin", Shuten spoke. "That means we must continue to Kishin, the land ruled by the Fuuma clan", Nataro replied. So then Nataro decides to continue his travel to Kishin.

Meanwhile on the other side of the cottage lies a village, but the place has been quiet ever since last night. The village only remains of blood and corpses. An unfortunate end caused by a passing demon.