Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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Five sharp claws slashed across his abdomen, blood gushing into the sky like a fountain, and his body contents, resembling those of a sea slug, gushed out.

Several other pirates who lived nearby received the same treatment.

It turned out that the moment they jumped off the ghost ship, the beast sensed the threat and immediately turned its attention to them.

"How despicable!"

Shark Head stuffed the contents of his abdomen back in, and his body healed in an instant. He pounced on the beast, which was still stiff from the charge, shouting as he did so.

"They actually attacked us while we were transforming! Unforgivable!"

The giant, nearly four meters tall, ran on the ground like a tank, each step causing the ground to tremble. Compared to him, the beast, less than two meters tall, was practically tiny.

The shark head spread its arms like a sumo wrestler, intending to grab the beast and slam it down.

call--!

The figure in front of Sharkhead vanished in the next instant, and his grab missed completely.

Before he could even see what was happening, his newly healed abdomen ruptured again, and the contents he had just put back in leaked out once more.

He quickly tried to cover the leaked contents with his hands, but at that moment he felt something hugging his head.

After that.

In the world of Shark Head, everything spun around, the sky became the ground, and the ground became the sky.

"Eh?"

He blinked and saw his headless body.

"what happened?"

How did his head fall off in less than a second?

Rewind one second and start from the perspective of a wild animal.

The beast lowered its center of gravity, tucked its wings tightly against its back, and circled around from the blind spot on the side of its massive body to its back, tearing open the shark's belly with its sharp claws.

When it reached the shark's head from behind, the shark's head had just realized that it had missed its target.

Taking advantage of the shark's head stiffening from its missed attack, the beast dug a small hole in the ground with its claws, abruptly changing its trajectory and leaping 180 degrees onto the shark's back.

Only then did Shark Head realize that his abdomen had been torn apart. He hurriedly raised his hand to cover the contents that had leaked out of his abdomen.

But the beast had already grabbed his head with both hands and twisted it hard.

Clapping—

The cervical vertebrae were twisted 180 degrees, making a teeth-grinding sound, and then they fell off.

It lifted the shark's head and landed it on the ground, opening its mouth as if to bite it.

"You bastard! Put my brother's head down!"

A pirate resembling a lobster extended its retracted pincers, which flew towards the beast still clutching the shark's head with the speed of a bullet leaving the barrel.

Boom!

The animal's keratin layer showed obvious cracks.

"Judging by the feel of it, it must have at least four or five broken ribs! A great opportunity!"

“AUGHHHHH————!”

"what?!"

The shattered ribs didn't even faze it; the beast tossed aside the shark's head and turned to bite the pincers that had broken its ribs.

Clapping—

The pliers were instantly covered in cracks.

The lobster-man stared wide-eyed, meeting the crimson gaze.

"My—poof—!"

Before he could finish speaking, sharp claws pierced its brain through its lower jaw, then grabbed its jawbone and pulled it down.

The lobster's jawbone, along with the exoskeleton and flesh, was torn off by the wild beast.

Cluck cl ...

Black blood gushed from the lobster man's throat, splattering onto the beast's face.

"Gulu gulu..."

The lobster-man's eyes were still fixed on the beast, blood still gushing from them, and his exposed vocal cords opened and closed repeatedly, as if he wanted to say something.

The beast dropped its jawbone, stepped on the lobster-man's chest, grabbed the lobster claw it had bitten off, and ripped it apart—

The lobster man's arm was ripped off by the roots.

It grabbed the shrimp claws, stuffed the shrimp meat, which was dripping with pus, into its mouth, chewed it hastily a couple of times, and swallowed the shrimp meat.

Despite having eaten a lot, its belly remained flat, yet its body grew to over two meters tall without anyone noticing.

"It ate the shrimp alive—"

"—So many were killed in one fell swoop..."

"What a monster! Tonight is supposed to be the Sea Witch's birth festival, we should be the ones slaughtering her, why has it turned out like this?!"

The pirates, who had been so confident just moments before, were suddenly terrified. They surrounded the wild beast, but none of them dared to approach.

The sea slugs surrounding them felt no fear; driven by instinct, they sensed the danger. To eliminate the threat, they bypassed the pirates, forming a circle around the beast that was devouring shrimp.

The beast devoured the shrimp meat, slowly swallowing the lobster-man who was trying to regenerate.

Cluck cluck cluck—

A popping sound, like popping beans, came from inside the beast's body.

The fractured bones are reset, regenerated, and regain their original function.

It has already consumed countless amounts of flesh and blood...

I've forgotten why I ate it.

I don't remember why I killed him.

but.

Still so hungry.

I still feel so bad.

I want to cry.

I really want to...

And so, it rotted into a pile of mud.

"AUGHHHHHHH————!"

The beast raised its head and roared at the full moon hanging high in the sky.

The sea slugs swarmed forward, engulfing the roaring beast, and a sound like a meat grinder emanated from beneath their bodies.

"Is it over......?"

The pirates stood aside, as if they had survived a disaster.

They were the ones who made those vows, and they were also the ones who survived the ordeal.

“It’s not dead yet.” Aden stroked his tentacle whiskers and walked forward. “It’s not just sea slugs eating it; it’s eating sea slugs too. They won’t stop until one side is completely devoured.”

"Boss..."

Shark Head took the half-eaten head from his companion and said to Aden, who had walked up to him.

"It ate most of the shrimp, and they're gone for good."

"I know, but—"

Aden turned around, looked at the dark figure rapidly approaching behind him, and drew his military knife from his waist.

when----!

The rusty military knife blocked the incoming katana.

Rippling pupils stared at the wielder of the katana—Hachiman Kairin.

"—Our targets for revenge are not the monsters that stirred up the muddy waters, but them."

The friction between the blades produced loud and bright sparks.

Aden felt the force being applied to his arm gradually increasing.

The woman in front of him was beyond his ability to handle in his current state.

"Humph."

Aden released his grip on the saber, letting Hailing's blade slash down.

puff-

Under deliberate guidance, the knife only injured one of his arms.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Aden jumped onto the ghost ship and spoke to his men.

"That's what they say, but I can still tell what's important." He used the crab claw in his other hand to grab a floating anemone tentacle and put it on his arm.

The wriggling tentacles quickly transformed into his new arms.

"I'll let you live a little longer." He looked at Hailing and Xiangzi, who had run up behind her. "Anyway, at midnight, everyone will witness the rebirth of the Sea Witch. That will be the time for you to join us."

The tentacles beneath the ghost ship began to wriggle, pushing the ship toward the sea.

See you then—

Aden lowered the brim of his hat toward them.

"—On the string scroll, again qun Qiwoshan cold feed nine rise three see."

Persistence is the source of a pirate's power; he never lets go of the prey he sets his sights on.

Xiangzi watched as the ghost ship retreated into the sea and sank to the surface.

Although the ghost ship is gone, a large number of sea slugs it left behind remain.

Still.

They were gnawing on the wild beast.

Of course, wild animals were also constantly tearing the sea slugs apart and swallowing them.

"What should we do, Xiangzi?" Hailing gripped the knife tightly, stared into Xiangzi's eyes, and said solemnly, "Should we do it?"

She means.

Now that Chu Hua has become a witch, should we let her send Chu Hua off on her final journey?

"Does it really have to come to this, Hai Zi?" Miao Meng asked in a deep voice.

“I’ve already done it once… one more time won’t make a difference.” Hai Ling pursed her lips, her hand holding the knife trembling slightly. “Only I have experience with this.”

If you want your hands to get dirty, just let her get dirty.

“Hailin, you…” Xiangzi raised his head and looked at Hailing.

“Xiang.” Mu grasped Xiangzi’s hand and shook his head.

"..."

Xiangzi gritted his teeth and closed his eyes in pain.

"I have no idea......"

She didn't know what to do.

Xiangzi never imagined that, apart from herself, the people around her, those who came into her life after she lost everything, were the most important people to her.

One day I will leave in this way.

That's Chu Hua.

“All good things must come to an end… I know it’s not appropriate to say this now.” Miao Meng sighed and wiped her face. “But this is our end, something we have to face sooner or later.”