"Bzzz!!!!"
At the moment the young man's words fell, a violent buzzing resounded between heaven and earth. That buzzing was like the sound of electricity when a magnet approaches a speaker, or like sharp claws scraping across a blackboard, extremely unpleasant.
The buzzing lasted only for a single moment, and then suddenly stopped.
"Whoosh!!"
The enormous bonfire was lit, the flames began to dance, the setting sun sank, and as night fell, that bonfire became the only light.
"Yu, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."
Smiling at Nakano Yu, "Kiyoura Setsuna" tilted her head and said.
"Tsukuyomi, don't you feel disgust?"
However, looking at the girl in front of him, Nakano Yu's expression was calm, but his purple eyes reflected the fire, and at the same time contained killing intent.
"Hahaha, interesting! This is truly too interesting!"
"You are a God Slayer. I noticed you the moment you were summoned into this world, but what surprised me is that an ordinary sinner could kill my sister. That truly enrages the gods."
Facing Nakano Yu, Kiyoura Setsuna — no, more precisely, the Rebellious Tsukuyomi, looked at him, and a voice, neither male nor female, echoed directly in the young man's mind.
While Tsukuyomi was speaking, he raised his hand, and his figure slowly rose, transforming before Nakano Yu's eyes into a long-haired beauty dressed in luxurious robes with ribbons fluttering behind her.
Looking at Tsukuyomi, Nakano Yu's expression did not change. With a light movement of his hand, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi appeared in his grasp.
"I am very curious, how did you discover me? That girl loves you deeply; by all accounts, she should be your wife. All of this was revealed to me by my moonlight. For the present world, there should not be any difference. How did you even sense that something was wrong?"
Casually summoning a colorful cloud, Tsukuyomi reclined on it, observing the rare God Slayer with interest.
"You truly possess the arrogance of a god, but why would I give you advice for your clumsy illusion?"
Looking at Tsukuyomi, Nakano Yu raised his hand and pointed the sword at the deity!
At the moment the young man's words fell, twelve radiant swords appeared one after another behind him. In an instant, the light of the Golden Sword blazed, and everywhere the light reached, all illusions scattered into nothingness.
When the light receded, the young man and Tsukuyomi appeared on the sports field of Shuchiin Academy. At that moment, the field was full of people, and both the competitors and the spectators stared in shock at the young man who had suddenly appeared on the field.
"What is going on? How did a person suddenly appear on the sports field?"
"I-I wasn't mistaken, right? There was just a flash of light, and then another person appeared."
"A moment ago I thought I saw a figure flying in the sky. Was I imagining it?"
"I-I saw it too…"
At the moment Nakano Yu and Tsukuyomi appeared, the people on the sports field immediately began to buzz.
If one person had appeared out of nowhere on an empty field, it might have been a mistake, but with so many people present, it was impossible that they were all mistaken.
"Oh? These ignorant mortals, are they ignoring me again?"
Lying on the auspicious cloud, Tsukuyomi frowned, dissatisfied with the sight of the people who could not see him.
It had always been like this, from ancient times until now. His father was like that; among the Three Noble Children, his elder sister received Yata no Kagami, his younger brother received Totsuka-no-Tsurugi, and he received nothing.
Not only that, his elder sister ruled Takama-ga-hara, she was the sun, the supreme deity of the eight million gods, while he could only appear in the unpopular night. Even so, he had never been angry because of it.
But these people showed him no respect, even worshiped his foolish younger brother, who was capable only of tyranny, and refused to bow to him!
Thinking of this, Tsukuyomi's dissatisfaction grew. He snorted coldly, and silver light immediately burst from his body. When the light dispersed, everyone on the sports field fell silent.
"That person… is flying?!"
"No, that's not right! That's not human! That's a god!! That is Lord God!!!"
"That is Lord Tsukuyomi!!"
"Lord Tsukuyomi!"
In an instant, everyone on the sports field was thrown into an uproar.
They could not believe that gods truly existed in this world! But now a god had truly appeared before their eyes, so beautiful, so exalted, that they could not restrain themselves from worshiping.
"Lord Tsukuyomi, please bless me so that I, Itsuki, can be with my beloved!"
"Lord Tsukuyomi!"
Listening to the prayers and the surging worship from below, Tsukuyomi smiled in satisfaction, a smile without limits or restraint:
"Hahaha! Yes, just like that! Worship me! Ignorant mortals, submit to me!"
Casting a glance at the people behind him, who were under Tsukuyomi's control and had fallen into madness, Nakano Yu's expression remained unchanged. None of those people were familiar to him, so killing them would have no effect on him.
As for the Five Sisters, Miku was there. Although Miku had accepted the Wing Contract, her strength had not yet reached the level of a subordinate god, but resisting this level of illusion was still very simple for her.
And indeed, Nakano Yu's judgment was correct. With Tsurara's help, Miku had already put the other four sisters, who were still ordinary humans, into a deep sleep.
After accepting the Wing Contract, Tsurara's magic no longer affected Miku, so she could naturally see Tsurara.
The group had already left Shuchiin Academy. Miku also wanted to stay and help Nakano Yu, but Nakano Yu told her to take the Five Sisters away. After all, although she did not know what Nakano Yu was facing, she knew very well that this being was extremely powerful!
She could only hope that Yu would safely overcome everything.
"Hey, God Slayer over there, I did not allow you not to worship."
Looking at Nakano Yu, Tsukuyomi's smile turned cold. He raised his hand, and the enormous full moon hanging high in the sky poured down moonlight, moonlight heavy like ten thousand tons of stone, gently descending upon Nakano Yu.
"Boom!!"
The moonlight pressed down on Nakano Yu's back, veins bursting on his forehead at that instant, while his feet sank heavily into the ground. The entire sports field also collapsed under this terrifying pressure.
"Hm? He didn't even dodge?"
Seeing that Nakano Yu had actually endured his moonlight directly, Tsukuyomi said in surprise. The auspicious cloud lowered him, bringing him in front of the young man.
"Tell me, I ask you, how did you, so weak, manage to kill my sister?"
Looking at Nakano Yu, Tsukuyomi asked with a curious expression.
But just as he finished speaking, the young man, who moments ago had looked as if he were bearing a mountain, revealed a smile. With a casual motion, he dispersed the moonlight from his back into particles of starlight.
Seeing this, Tsukuyomi also sensed that something was wrong. His expression changed abruptly and, just as he was about to distance himself from Nakano Yu, in the very next second, the auspicious cloud beneath him, his legs, and one arm turned into pillars of salt.
"Damn it! Despicable human, how cunning you are!"
Having lost the ability to move, Tsukuyomi's face darkened. His divine body, together with the colorful cloud that had turned into a pillar of salt, fell heavily before the young man.
Looking at Tsukuyomi, Nakano Yu gave a signal. The twelve radiant swords and Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, which had been waiting in readiness, instantly flew out, shattering Tsukuyomi's salt legs and left arm.
"I told you, no wonder Amaterasu does not like you; you are a little too arrogant."
Looking down at Tsukuyomi, Nakano Yu's expression was cold. After saying that, he did not take Tsukuyomi's life, but quickly retreated, maintaining distance.
He knew that Tsukuyomi was arrogant, but that arrogance had its foundation.
Just now, when he had secretly used Sodom's Eye to turn Tsukuyomi into salt, preparing to kill him, he had suddenly felt unease in his chest. Nakano Yu's battle intuition told him that Tsukuyomi was not so simple.
"Hehehe, so, you discovered me?"
As expected, after Nakano Yu distanced himself, Tsukuyomi, who moments ago had been full of malice, suddenly laughed. As he laughed, his severed legs and left arm quickly regenerated, fully restored.
Not only that, but the space where Nakano Yu had been standing moments ago twisted, and two figures, dressed exactly the same as Tsukuyomi but clearly one male and one female, appeared out of nowhere.
"Well, I thought you would fall for it and think that a God Slayer is nothing special, but it seems it is not that simple after all."
Rubbing his neck, Tsukuyomi spoke. A strand of moonlight from the enormous moon in the sky fell into his hand, transforming into a long spear.
"Let's see what you can do, God Slayer!"
With a cold snort, the three Tsukuyomi figures suddenly vanished from their original positions, reappearing in a triangular formation, surrounding Nakano Yu.
"Since ancient times, the moon has had three faces: the dark moon, the bright moon, and the moon in the eyes of you ignorant mortals. And I naturally have three forms, no, more precisely, the moon in the mirror and the moon in the water, all of that is me!"
"Ignorant mortal, you cannot kill me. As long as the moon exists, I will not disappear."
"I am different from my sister. She is only a symbol of the great sun, but I am the true moon! The immortal moon!"
"One day, the moon will shine eternally, eclipsing the blazing sun."
Walking around Nakano Yu, Tsukuyomi swung his spear, and the male and female figures followed him, as if they truly were, as Tsukuyomi claimed, one, three different yet identical aspects of the Moon!
"Are you finished talking?"
Facing Tsukuyomi's sermon-like speeches, Nakano Yu cleaned his ear. The twelve radiant swords stood around the young man like bodyguards, ready to explode in an instant if any of the three Tsukuyomi figures made the slightest movement.
Nakano Yu thought Tsukuyomi was rather pitiful. In mythology, he was not loved by either father or mother — oh, right, they did not have a mother. If he remembered correctly, both Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu were born from Izanagi's washing of his eyes.
Perhaps that could be considered a single-parent family?
But he truly felt sorry for him. Even his younger brother, who had angered Izanagi, managed to obtain Totsuka-no-Tsurugi. In contrast, Tsukuyomi received nothing and even severed relations with his sister because of killing the food goddess.
Even so, Tsukuyomi had never thought of attacking Takama-ga-hara, killing Amaterasu, and becoming the supreme deity who ruled both sun and moon himself.
"Ignorant mortal, who allowed you to interrupt me?!"
Interrupted in the middle of his passionate speech, Tsukuyomi's face turned cold. He swung the long spear in his hand, drew down a strand of moonlight weighing thousands of tons, and hurled it toward the young man.
The other male and female Tsukuyomi figures also followed the main body's movements, drawing moonlight and attacking the young man in perfect harmony.
Facing the attack, Nakano Yu's lips curved into a smile. He slowly spoke, and golden lightning crackled around him:
"O bestower of victory and grace. I will carry out justice, please grant me the correct path and light!"
"O Ram with Thunderous Horns! Let the thunder descend!!!"
"Boom boom boom!!!!"