“No wonder she's hailed as the most beautiful woman in the world. It makes sense that it's her...”

Suren’s expression turned somewhat strange.

When he saw the name [Pandora] identified by his All-Knowing Eye in his left eye, he immediately realized who this Yushou Yaji was.

This isn't a human.

More accurately, not a human as people normally perceive them.

She is a very special alchemical product: a "homunculus"!

There are three ultimate subjects in the field of alchemy, the most difficult of which is "life creation."

Especially complex intelligent life forms, like humans.

That requires not only creating complex body tissues and organs, but also a soul.

This is a subject that many ancient great alchemists researched throughout their lives.

And Suren's lineage of Puppet Masters is the same.

The concept of the Rune Puppet is actually "homunculus."

His teacher, Serre, left behind some ultimate research directions for puppets in her notes, one of which was an unfinished project called [Pandora Homunculus].

The general process was that Serre and Duke Aixia once discovered a relic of a mythical civilization and obtained some ancient relics.

That relic recorded a mythical story about a supreme god in a certain era who, to punish a deity who stole the fire for mankind to reproduce civilization, created a woman with the ultimate beauty in the world, but who foreshadowed disaster, plague, and calamity, to bring misfortune to mankind.

This god-made human was called "Pandora."

One of the great prides of alchemists is that they can use alchemy to do things that gods can do.

Therefore, Serre had the inspiration to create a homunculus, and she wanted to use alchemy to create the ultimate Rune Puppet, still named "Pandora."

However, because Serre was in a state of spiritual remnant in the cursed space of the [Dawn City Central Prison], the content of that project only recorded some incomplete research plans.

Suren thought it was just a research direction. (There were many such unachieved plans in those books.)

But when he now saw the details on this Yushou Yaji that only Puppet Masters could identify, he knew that his teacher Serre's research had succeeded.

This is a top Rune Puppet!

Although he didn't know why this alchemical homunculus had reappeared here after a thousand years, Suren could also associate some causes and effects.

With the destruction of Dawn City, too many treasures were unearthed through Duke Raphael's "mines," and this homunculus might be one of them.

...

As soon as Yushou Yaji appeared, the huge hall was silent, and the men's faces immediately showed an enchanted infatuation.

Even the few female pirates had the same infatuated expressions on their faces.

As soon as she entered, a charming fragrance that drove men crazy seemed to sweep over. The fragrance was intoxicating, rushing into the nose, giving people the ultimate pleasure of floating in the clouds.

Under the light, her skin was truly like a white jade lion, smooth and delicate, with a crystal-clear and ultimate beauty.

The appearance of that woman, like a spotlight filter that uniquely highlighted her alone, made everything around her pale in comparison.

Psychology says that beautiful things always give people a preconceived good impression.

Seeing her, it seemed that all the evil thoughts in everyone's heart disappeared at this moment. The desire to protect in everyone's heart sprang up, and they immediately had the idea of abandoning everything to care for this worldly beauty.

"No wonder she's called 'White Jade Lion Shining Night Princess'; her alias is quite fitting..."

Suren looked at her with a slightly complicated expression, muttered to himself, and then restrained his mind.

Even knowing that this was a "doll," his own heart was inexplicably restless just now.

He had such a high level of concentration, let alone others?

If it weren't for the All-Knowing Eye, Suren might even doubt his own judgment: could such a beautiful woman be an alchemical product?

The beauty of "Pandora" is not only on the skin, but from the materials, runes, and initial design concepts... everything was piled up for the ultimate charm.

Serre's notes recorded that her body was said to be made of clay used by the gods to create humans, and her bones, eyes, and hair... were all cursed materials that could be found in the world to make people happy. Various permanent auras and mental force fields were also solidified, giving her beauty, wisdom, erudition, dignity, purity, elegance, virtuousness... a series of "hardware."

Her curse characteristic is "beauty"!

Looking at it this way, it also makes sense that the old Rune Master defected from Luying with her.

Suren also thought she was pleasing to the eye.

But looking is looking, and perceiving the soul fire that was no different from a living person, he thought to himself: "This Yushou Yaji has a complete soul... Did the teacher really create a soul?"

This is the most surprising thing.

Creating humans is simply an act of God!

Suren thought that, coupled with the *Notes on Living Corpse Research* in his hand, Dawn City seemed to have overcome all three ultimate subjects of alchemy?

Only those who understand alchemy deeply know how difficult those three subjects are.

Even though Suren's current knowledge has surpassed 99.9% of humans in this world, he still hasn't even touched the threshold of the three subjects.

In that instant, Suren could only think of the word "great" to describe the alchemists of Dawn City at the time.

Only in the academic environment of Dawn City led by Sir Isaac could so many great research inventions result.

"But how exactly did the teacher do it?!"

Suren pondered without success.

He knew that the [Pandora] project was not about transplanting a soul into an alchemical body, but really letting her give birth to her own soul.

In Suren's current understanding, this is almost impossible to do.

He thought that after leaving here, he would take a good look at that part of the content in the notes when he got back.

However, now that he knew that this Yushou Yaji was a homunculus, Suren's doubts were not dispelled, but rather more doubts arose.

Why did she come to Yamagakure?

Why is she stirring up so much trouble now?

Moreover, Suren always had a feeling that his All-Knowing Eye seemed to be blocked by some indescribable "high-level laws," and he hadn't completely seen through the foundation of this Yushou Yaji.

This feeling also gave him a trace of speculation.

When encountering situations he couldn't understand, he guessed high, and Suren had multiple experiences.

God-tier?

Naturally, she couldn't reach that level.

Then it could only be Yamagakure's special monster belief.

This also seemed to explain why the old Rune Master came to Yamagakure as soon as he defected.

.......

The melodious sound of zither music rang out, and Yushou Yaji was already dancing in the attic on the second floor. That dance was light and agile, and even more so with an ultimate charm that captivated the soul.

The pirates below all looked straight at her as if their souls had been hooked away.

The atmosphere was unusually harmonious.

Just as Suren was still guessing about the various mysteries surrounding this Yushou Yaji, he suddenly frowned.

Because... he sensed another "acquaintance" walking in.

Looking back, he saw a white-faced man wearing a black hat and a white cloud-patterned hunting robe.

This guy saw Suren and smiled slightly as if greeting an old friend. Those slightly narrowed peach blossom eyes and slightly raised delicate red lips made people feel that he was more enchanting than a woman.

Suren's eyes twitched. Wasn't this the court's chief Onmyōji "Enchanting Man" Abe Taiwa?

Didn't this guy say that his affair was exposed and then he "disappeared"? Now he actually appeared in Edo so swaggeringly?

Abe Taiwa's Onmyōji attire was very eye-catching, but the surrounding pirates seemed to turn a blind eye to him.

This guy walked straight in.

He looked at the Yushou Yaji upstairs, muttering to himself, "I didn't notice her existence before. It was only after Young Mistress's assassination that I discovered that Shinano Takeda was hiding such a powerful character behind his back."

Although these words were not loud, they were very clear, but it seemed that others didn't hear them.

Suren also guessed that it might be some supernatural secret technique.

At this moment, Senda on the opposite side also obviously discovered this Enchanting Man, turned his gaze over, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

His hand was on the hilt of the sword at his waist, as if he would immediately draw his sword and slash someone if anything went wrong.

Suren's expression was indifferent.

He didn't feel any hostility from this Abe Taiwa.

After all, to be honest, he didn't have any direct conflicts with this guy, and he couldn't be considered an enemy.

Now Suren even guessed that this guy was probably a spy of the Katyusha family, so there was even less meaning to be hostile.

Speaking of which, he still owed him a small favor for "going easy" on him before.

.......

Abe Taiwa walked up to Suren, smiled, and greeted, "Mr. Suren, long time no see."

Suren wasn't afraid of him making a move. Instead, looking at his enchanting face approaching, his skin felt slightly uncomfortable and numb, he said indifferently, "The whole city is now wanted for Mr. Abe. Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

Abe Taiwa's face was full of nonchalant smiles, and he shook his head slightly, "I'm just an insignificant little character. Now the situation in Yamagakure, whether I'm here or not, won't change anything."

"..."

Hearing these words, Suren immediately confirmed that this was a member of the Katyusha family.

Obviously, Abe Taiwa appeared here also for the Yushou Yaji upstairs.

This guy tilted his head and looked at the dancing beauty upstairs with great interest, and said, "It's very strange. She has demonic energy, but she's not a monster. If you say she's a human, she doesn't look like a normal human. She's too perfect, as if she has gathered all the good things in the world into one. Even the creator shouldn't be so fond of her. With this beauty, it's more like she was created by someone..."

These words seemed to reveal a hint of jealousy for beauty?

Obviously, even he was very puzzled. The end of his tone was very long, paused, and then added, "Tsk tsk... In her current state, it would not be an exaggeration to say that she is a god." (Yamagakure's god)

"..."

Hearing these words, Suren secretly admired Abe Taiwa's knowledge.

Without the All-Knowing Eye, he had actually analyzed it to this extent, which was truly extraordinary.

He asked knowingly, "Are you here for her?"

"Yes."

Abe Taiwa didn't hide his intentions at all, and said, "The 'Black Sun Festival' is coming soon, but this is the only variable that I can't understand. I was just thinking about coming to test it out."

"Oh?"

Suren listened with a blank expression, but in his heart, he hoped that this Enchanting Man could fight with Yushou Yaji.

He also happened to want to touch the bottom lines of the two of them.

But what does it mean to come up and talk to me?

Suren felt that this guy had other purposes.

"Mr. Suren, I have a request."

Sure enough, Abe Taiwa suddenly thought of something, suddenly made a request, and said very politely, "That set of armor [Iron Red Scale Painted Five-Piece Body Armor] can be given to you, but can the other Oni Warriors be returned to me? Without the [Yin Soldier Seal], the death energy cannot circulate, and it's useless for others to keep them. But with a few dozen less, it will be inconvenient for me to use them later..."

Sure enough, they're going to fight!

Listening, Suren said calmly and simply, "Okay."

Since he wasn't considered an enemy, and he had snatched someone else's things, it was good to do someone a favor and return them when asked.

Moreover, he had been studying those [Oni Warriors] for a long time, but without Shinto belief, he couldn't even get started, so keeping them was indeed not very useful.

"Thank you."

The smile on Abe Taiwa's face seemed to never disappear.

He seemed to have guessed Suren's purpose for taking the [Oni Warriors], and said, "Of course, if you want to learn about Yin-Yang secret techniques, I can exchange my humble skills with you. However, compared to that, the royal library of the Shinbuku clan would be a better place to go. The imperial palace has the most books in Yamagakure, all kinds of rare and secret editions, secret methods, and strange techniques are available. There is also the protection of Amaterasu, and it will not be affected by the 'Night Parade of a Hundred Demons' that will appear in the land of the dead before the Black Sun descends..."

"The imperial palace?"

These words seemed to open the door to a new world for Suren.

In this theocratic society, the royal family, whose inheritance has not been broken, does indeed hold too many secrets that are unknown to outsiders.

Suren also heard the subtle hint in Abe's words: Kyoto is not safe recently, the imperial palace is "safe."

Suren wasn't afraid of trouble, but it just so happened that he also needed an undisturbed environment to work on the [Rune Vajra] and puppets these days, and the Shinbuku imperial palace was really the most ideal place.

He was already very familiar with Miko, so he thought that going to crash there, she shouldn't mind, right?

.......

Before long, a dance ended, and the eye-pleasing dance on the second floor also ended.

Yushou Yaji, known as "Yamagakure's No. 1 Geisha" and "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World," came under the spotlight and floated away like a fairy.

When the person disappeared from sight, the pirates downstairs seemed to have returned to their senses, and the infatuated look in their eyes gradually dissipated.

"Oh, Lord Mamori is so beautiful!"

"If I could have the honor to kiss Lord Yushou's toes, that would definitely be the greatest honor of my life..."

"If I could follow Lord Yushou, I would be willing to give up everything..."

"Ah, I don't even want to leave Yamagakure anymore. I really want to stay in Yamagakure for the rest of my life and follow Lord Yushou..."

"..."

Those guys who were full of foul language before are now extremely gentlemenly. Not to mention wishful thinking about intimate contact, even seeing her again seemed to be a luxury. In their eyes, Yushou Yaji was already an unattainable and inviolable goddess.

The lower the rank of the professional, the more they were addicted to that beauty.

Suren listened to the murmured whispers of those people around him, but thought of something else.

That woman obviously didn't release any active mental techniques, but these people were obsessed with it.

No wonder the old Rune Master was able to become the Shogunate General smoothly. With this help, it was indeed not difficult.

Abe Taiwa on the side was naturally not affected much, and muttered, "It's very strange, no matter how you look at it, this ability is almost ghostly. Tsk tsk... It's difficult to understand without trying it."

Listening to this, Suren felt that this was probably the intention to attack.

Hearing this, he admired this guy a little.

He was willing to take action despite the risk of being surrounded and arrested. This persistence in the pursuit of knowledge was indeed admirable.

Abe Taiwa unhurriedly took out a scroll painted with a hundred demons from his sleeve.

Suddenly!

He discovered something again and turned his head to look at Suren, "Eh... have you encountered a god recently?"

Saying that, he asked and answered himself, "You really are lucky."

"???"

Suren recalled the many monsters he had encountered recently.

If it was a god, when he fought Ueno Sasaki with the [Demon Hand] before, did the [Wind God One-Eyed] that guy summoned count as one?

Abe Taiwa didn't mean to explain further, and said meaningfully, "You are indeed very special."

After a pause, he narrowed his eyes and said, "In our Yamagakure, there is an old saying: Good intentions may not be rewarded immediately, but they will definitely be watched by the gods."

"..."

Suren felt that these guys who served ghosts and gods were all neurotic, and they always liked to be sarcastic when communicating.

But before he could say more, the demonic aura around this guy suddenly soared.

"I'm going to attack, be careful!"

Before he finished speaking, a dangerous luster suddenly burst out in Abe Taiwa's peach blossom eyes.

He bit his finger and drew a mysterious psychic technique out of thin air, and chanted the Dharma words, "Purification, barrier, Yin-Yang, breaking obstacles, illusion... Formless Void!"

One word at a time, sonorous and powerful.

That decree seemed to hit the soul directly, echoing in the ears for a long time.

Every time this guy uttered a word, he seemed to be blessed by a ghost, and his aura became more and more exaggerated.

He made a Dharma sword finger with one hand, and raised the other hand forward, the terrifying ghost eye in the palm of his hand suddenly opened, and the hollow gaze watched the field, making people shudder.

Before others could react, he unfolded the Hundred Ghosts scroll again, as if opening the gate of a monster prison, and countless black shadows rushed out.

"Swish", "swish", "swish"...

Ghost shadows scurried around.

In an instant, the huge hall seemed to be covered with an underworld filter, gloomy and terrifying.

One by one, the legendary monsters and evil spirits suddenly descended: Oni Warriors, Greater Tengu, Gaki, Goryō, Gremlin, Split-Mouthed Woman, Blue Woman Room, Snow Woman, Lampstand Ghost...

Abe Taiwa was surrounded by hundreds of ghosts, with a sly and hideous smile on his face, "Hundred Ghosts - Night Parade!"

.......

"This guy is using his ultimate move as soon as he attacks..."

Suren's scalp was numb from the power suddenly erupted by Abe Taiwa.

The temperature of the huge hall dropped sharply, causing goosebumps to pop up instantly.

Looking at it now, he was indeed going easy on him a lot the first time they met.

This guy has the blessing of a hundred ghosts, and his aura is unfathomable.

Suren sighed again, these guys who are extremely ghosts and gods, their combat power is really difficult to estimate.

However, knowing that there was a big battle, Suren didn't want to stay in this place any longer.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he threw down the space scroll that sealed dozens of [Oni Warriors], and then squeezed out with the panicked crowd who saw the situation was not good.

As soon as he got out, the three-story "Tianhai Pavilion" collapsed with a bang, and people wailed on the side.

Above the ruins, demons danced wildly, gunshots exploded into a piece, and various sorceries collided like brilliant fireworks.

The shock wave of the battle was higher than the wave, and the surrounding wooden houses were also collapsing with a "crash".

On the side of the road, Suren and Senda watched the excitement in the crowd.

Looking at the scene of the fierce battle in front of him, Senda sighed, "That enchanting guy is very strong..."

Suren was also full of complexity, "Yes."

I have to admit that this is the real "Night Parade of a Hundred Demons."

This Enchanting Man Abe, with his own strength, resisted hundreds of times his enemies, his strength was really ridiculously strong.

However, excitement is excitement.

Suren looked at the pirates of the North Sea Fleet, members of the Black Dragon Society, and samurai legions constantly pouring in... and knew that it seemed not easy to force Yushou Yaji to take action.

After meeting her tonight, the feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.

This "Pandora" seems to be going to stir up a "big" event in Edo!