Crossover Anime: The Bull Demon's Road to Conquest

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After seeing that Kiba Mikoto had been knocked unconscious, Takagi Saya obediently told Niu Kun about her and her mother's identities since their transmigration, as well as their experiences and speculations, thus filling in Niu Kun's doubts.

"It seems you all have your own identities and belong to different factions. So, Minami Rika and Asami are on the police side, Kiriko and Rei should be together, but are Shizuka and Alice together? Or are they alone...?"

Niu Kun suddenly became worried about the last group. Saeko Busujima might be solo because she was the strongest, but everyone else was supposed to be paired up. As it turned out, the most adorable Shizuka Marikawa was paired with the little girl Alice...

It just doesn't seem reliable no matter how you look at it.

"Oh, well, I'll try to find them later."

Takagi Saya also felt somewhat worried upon hearing this.

"Well, you can also tell Nan Lixiang. She's a police officer, so it should be easier for her to investigate."

Niu Kun gave another instruction before rushing back into the manor. He had a feeling that there were other supernatural objects beneath the manor, but it was still a bit inconvenient to bring Takagi Saya and Kiba Mikoto along.

so....

"Monster! Drop the hostages!"

A roaring wave crashed in, and Niu Kun casually tossed Kiba Mikoto and Takagi Saya out.

Just as Isayama Yomi was about to slash at Niu Kun with her sword, she quickly sheathed her long sword and directed Ran Honglian to rescue Kiba Mikoto and Takagi Saya. Then she saw Niu Kun suddenly increase his speed.

"Don't run!"

Niu Kun ignored Jian Shan Huang Quan's shouts, found the entrance to the manor's basement by instinct, smashed the iron door leading to the basement with a punch, and rushed down without hesitation.

"Heh, what a fool who doesn't know his own mortality, daring to walk into his own death!"

In the spacious basement, the portly Bishop of the Fuye Church saw Niu Kun rush down through the security cameras. Although surprised, he remained completely calm, possessing absolute confidence. This basement, a labyrinthine structure he had painstakingly constructed, was...

"Eh?"

Soon after, Fu Ye, the homeowner, stared blankly at Niu Kun, who seemed to be walking in his own home. He easily ignored the misleading information, did not cause any damage or encounter any traps, and simply made his way through.

Meanwhile, Isayama Yomi, who was chasing after Niu Kun, was wielding the Lion King Sword and clearing a path, constantly destroying things to move in a straight line. At first glance, one might think that the latter was the brainless monster.

"I see!"

"You're not a Japanese monster, you're a Greek minotaur!!"

After the door was suddenly smashed open, Niu Kun heard the words of the man opposite him, who seemed to have just woken up. Without explaining, he lit up a flame and charged towards the man again.

"How reckless, monster!"

The fat bishop did not panic. Instead, he raised his hand and held up an ancient bronze mirror. The eerie light and shadow suddenly changed. At the same time, Izayama Yomi rushed in with a long sword in hand.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but Niu Kun still felt himself falling, as if he were plummeting into an endless cliff, or as if he were trapped in a dream from which he could not wake up.

He woke up with a start, but the scene before him only made him more confused. Where was he?

'Um, I...no, this isn't me...how did I turn into a white-haired boy?'

Niu Kun looked at himself with suspicion. He was a rather unfamiliar little boy, and opposite him was... Isayama Yomi?

In the gloomy, rainy sky, the shadowy blue of butterflies fluttered and danced.

"Are you satisfied?"

Niu Kun subconsciously spoke to Isayama Yomi, who was slowly coming into view, while simultaneously throwing out two steel needles.

"who?"

Holding a long sword, Isayama Yomi asked coldly.

"Are you the one who bewitched Sister Ming?"

“I didn’t do anything, I just gave her a little push. Those things were already in her mind from the beginning, and then she put them into action.”

"Killing Stone..."

"You want it too, right...?"

Niu Kun brushed aside the hair covering his left eye, and then blue butterflies fluttered, sending out countless steel needles that pinned Jian Shan Huang Quan to the ground.

Then more scenes flashed by rapidly like a montage of light and shadow, but the protagonist was not Niu Kun, but...

After his father's death, he was stripped of his inheritance rights. After killing Isayama Mei, he became a cripple who could neither move nor speak, with only two fingers able to move. But then Iizuna Noriyuki's father came to break off the engagement.

"I have nothing left..."

"I'm sorry... Kagura...."

"I'm sorry... Kagura...."

After accepting the Killing Stone, he transformed into a vengeful figure consumed by resentment, wielding a long sword to kill his former comrades...

"No!"

bang~

The screen shattered instantly.

Isayama Yomi, kneeling on the ground with his arms wrapped around his shoulders, was filled with disbelief.

After a brief moment of disorientation, Niu Kun continued walking forward. The fat bishop who had been holding the ancient bronze mirror had somehow turned into a withered corpse. As soon as Niu Kun snatched the bronze mirror away, the corpse shattered into dust.

"It's all fake, it's all fake..."

In a daze, Isayama Yomi looked up, bewildered and helpless like an orphan in dire straits. Although she looked at Niu Kun, her pupils were unfocused.

Chapter Fifty-Three: The Bet

Niu Kun held the antique-looking bronze mirror, unsure of its origin and age, but the fact that it could reveal the fate of Jian Shan Huang Quan seemed truly extraordinary.

Although the initial target should have been Niu Kun, it is clear that while Niu Kun was also affected, the real target became Isayama Huangquan behind Niu Kun.

Perhaps it was because Niu Kun's fate could not be foreseen, but the fat bishop still suffered a backlash and died.

Isayama Yomi was in a daze, seemingly unable to distinguish between reality and illusion. Niu Kun walked up to her and carefully examined Isayama Yomi. At this moment, the girl with long black hair had not yet fallen into a vengeful evil spirit filled with hatred.

My heart is still filled with beautiful expectations.

You have obtained the Silver-tier magical item [The Bronze Mirror That Illuminates Fate]!

[The Mirror of Fate]: Fate is always unpredictable, but sometimes it is not without clues. However, the price of peering into fate is not something ordinary people can bear.

"The price of peeking into fate..."

The fat bishop had already paid the price. Niu Kun looked at the bronze mirror and felt a little apprehensive, wondering what kind of price he would have to pay if he used it.

"That's not a false illusion, that's your destiny, your destined destiny."

In a daze, it was as if an alarm bell was ringing from the sky, startling Isayama Yomi awake. But before Isayama Yomi could react, Niu Kun suddenly made his move.

--Dominate humanity.

After first using magic to control the confused mind of Isayama Yomi, Niu Kun did not hesitate at all and directly applied a familiar contract to her. The familiar contract requires that the person being treated cannot resist, but does not require that they must be willing.

Of course, even if they control humans, there is still a small chance that they will awaken when their body and soul are about to be controlled, thus generating a desire to resist.

However, at this time, Isayama Yomi is also confused due to the illusion of fate.

Therefore, when Niu Kun decisively applied the Familiar Contract to it, the intense pain of intensification awakened Izayama Yomi from her domination, but the contract was successfully applied.

[Contract complete! Host has acquired an eleventh familiar!]

[The host's companions have experienced a significant boost in both spirit and physique, and have awakened their [Spiritual Ability]!]

[Spiritual Communication]: Walking the boundary between life and death, sensing the intersection of yin and yang.

[The story character Isayama Yomi has been contracted by a host, causing a slight increase in the world's erosion level.]

"A strange talent."

Niu Kun glanced at Jian Shan Huang Quan's talents. These talents were not bestowed upon them by Niu Kun, but rather manifested from the potential they themselves had unleashed. Some talents had clear and obvious effects, while others were shrouded in mystery and difficult to understand.

Startled awake from his domination, Isayama Yomi instinctively got up and retreated away from Niu Kun, but then realized that he had been tricked and that his body and mind were completely under Niu Kun's control.

However, compared to the fact that she had been inadvertently controlled by a demon, the uncertainty of the future made Isayama Yomi even more anxious. Without the slightest hesitation, Isayama Yomi asked, "You mean that's my destined fate?!"

"Otherwise what? If it's not yours, is it mine?"

Niu Kun chuckled, and seeing that Jian Shan Huang Quan still refused to believe it, Niu Kun pretended to be generous and said, "Since you don't believe it, then go and verify it yourself. Although I have used my methods to control you, I will not give you any orders for the time being."

"If you can break free from your original destiny, I will take back the contract engraved on you and set you free. If... you cannot break free from your original destiny, then you will voluntarily become my servant. Hmm, true surrender of body and soul, how about it?"

Izayama Yomi remained silent for a few breaths, knowing that she could not refuse the other party's proposal. After all, she had lost herself first and could only accept Niu Kun's bet.

"Demon, I will break free from fate, and I will break free from your control."

Having said that, Izayama Yomi turned to leave, but one wrong move and she had no other choice.

Niu Kun did not stop Izayama Yomi from leaving. He also wanted to see if Izayama Yomi could break free from the shackles of her original fate. Of course, even if she succeeded, Niu Kun would not really let her go. After all, he was a demon.

Isn't going back on your word a basic practice?

Niu Kun then decided to see if the fat bishop had hidden any other good things.

Yomi Isayama hurriedly left the basement and ran into Saeko Busujima and other companions who had come to her aid. Her pupils suddenly contracted. In the instant they met, Yomi Isayama realized that the other party was also a member of that demon's familiar.

Saeko Busujima tilted her head slightly, also feeling somewhat surprised. In such a short time, Yomi Isayama had actually been contracted as a familiar by Ushikun. How did she manage to do that?

"Don't go in, that... that monster is extremely powerful."

Isayama Yomi hesitated for a moment, but still spoke up to stop the others from entering. Although... that tragic future, Isayama Yomi did not turn evil at this moment, and suppressed the strange thoughts.

Was that demon and its retinue not originally in my destiny? Or was it just a deceptive illusion?

"Extremely powerful? Even Isayama wasn't a match for him?" Koji Iwabata asked with a grave expression.

"Ah."

Yomi Isayama nodded, but then added, "That... the monster doesn't seem to be planning any large-scale destruction for the time being."

Although Yomi Isayama managed to dissuade her companions from rashly entering the basement to carry out the raid, she could not stop them. Although the Special Operations Section 1 Mobile Squadron under the Ministry of Defense suffered heavy casualties, the Special Operations Section 4 came to their aid.

As the saying goes, those in the same trade are enemies. The supernatural disaster countermeasures department under the Ministry of Defense is a newcomer. Unlike the countermeasures office under the Ministry of the Environment, which mainly relies on recruiting civilian exorcists, the Ministry of Defense selects and trains its personnel from the military, making them more like "one of their own" in the eyes of the higher-ups.

Unlike other departments, Special Operations Department 4 is specifically trained by selecting individuals with psychic abilities, making them better suited to fighting evil spirits. Of course, at least that's how it is perceived by the higher-ups in the Ministry of Defense.

"A more powerful monster?"

"Yes, continue."

The command center issued the order to continue advancing and probe the suddenly appearing minotaur. Immediately, the girl riding the motorcycle overtook her companions and, with the man on the back seat, rushed down into the basement.

After that, two more members of Section 4, fully armed, followed closely behind and went down into the basement.

"What...should we do?"

"Let's...set up defenses first."

Even if we can't beat them, we still need to do our best to cope.

Because the conflict between different departments was involved, the staff of the Ministry of the Environment's countermeasures office lost interest in going to the basement.

On the other side, after exchanging information with Niu Kun and agreeing on a way to contact him, Takagi Saya, who had been 'rescued' by Isayama Yomi, took the still unconscious Kiba Mikoto and withdrew from the manor. After meeting up with the others from the Black Label, they left the battlefield.

As for the police team... they're still just standing around outside the manor.

Shortly afterward, the command center of Special Agent Section 4 received news that, apart from Agent 33 who was missing, the other three had all been killed in action, and the target monster had disappeared.

(I caught the flu and have a headache. These chapters seem to have gone off-topic and deviated from the true core idea of ​​the book.)

Chapter Fifty-Four: Alternative Riding

[Contract complete! Host has acquired their twelfth familiar!]

[The host's companions have experienced a significant boost in both spirit and physique, and have awakened their [Riding] talent!]

[Riding]: Possesses superb riding skills, and can achieve significant improvement when learning and using riding skills and various modes of transportation.

[The story character Kasuga Natsuki has been contracted by a host, causing a slight increase in the world's erosion level.]

"What a useless talent."

"Natsuki Kasuga, I don't think I've ever heard of him... Could it be that I've made a contract with a minor character?"

In the house that Niu Kun had temporarily occupied, Niu Kun looked at the long-haired girl with black hair that he had brought back and couldn't accept it for a moment. Because of the mixed world, Niu Kun was bound to make mistakes in judgment.

While searching for items in the basement, Niu Kun encountered an attack by someone who didn't know what was going on. Disturbed, Niu Kun didn't hold back this time and directly killed three of the attackers, then took the only woman away with him.

However, there was no indication of a significant increase in erosion.