One of the powers Kozuki Oden gained after he became like this is that he can change into the appearance of others by copying their shadows.
As long as he sees a shadow, he can record it in his soul and then transform.
This transformation is far beyond the ability of that copy fruit, because the person he transforms into not only has the other person's face, but can even copy their abilities and aura, just like their shadow!
That's right, all of Kozuki Oden's current abilities are actually derived from the basis of 'shadow'.
Including the previous faith and worship, it is actually an application of shadows. He divided a part of his shadow into the shadows of others, which is why others worshiped Kozuki Oden so much, and some even thought of themselves as Kozuki Oden.
Because their shadows already have a part of Kozuki Oden, they will naturally influence their own thoughts through the shadows.
Other abilities, such as creating shadow troops, merging himself with shadows, devouring other people's shadows, and transforming into others through their shadows, are actually manipulations of shadows.
Kozuki Oden is lying in this cave at this moment, and the restlessness in his heart is gradually calming down.
The current him is no longer the Kozuki Oden of the past.
Although he had already ceased to be Kozuki Oden from the moment he merged with the Mara remnants, at that time he was still using Kozuki Oden's thought process to carry out various actions. But now that he has merged with a large number of demons, and the wills of countless demons have merged with the original Kozuki Oden's will, this has led to him completely losing any connection with the Kozuki Oden of the past.
"However, it is precisely because of this that I can evolve into a demon."
'Kozuki Oden' coldly smiled, "Completely abandoning my past human identity, I am a demon, and I am…"
"A demon lord!"
That's right, his wish is not just to become a demon, he also wants to become the king of demons, the strongest demon lord in the demon world.
But he knows that there is still one last obstacle standing in front of him.
That is, he has not truly, completely discarded the inferior human part that belongs to Kozuki Oden.
Kozuki Oden had two last wishes.
One is to get Kikyo, and the other is to kill Kenshin.
He wants to get Kikyo because her holiness has deeply penetrated Kozuki Oden's heart over the past year, so his despicable soul wants to see the holy Kikyo fall.
Needless to say, his desire to kill Kenshin is because he became like this entirely because of Kenshin. He not only wants to kill Kenshin, but also wants Kenshin to die in the most painful way.
Only by fulfilling these two wishes can he completely end the past!
"The human name Kozuki Oden is too disgusting."
At this moment, he said softly, "From now on, I am Naraku, the inescapable hell!"
Because his body contains the souls of countless demons, and countless souls that cannot be released are trapped in his body, then shouldn't this body's name be Naraku?
The so-called Naraku is a deep pit that can never be climbed out of, an inescapable hell!
"What happened in the village?"
At this time, noticing that there were more footsteps approaching outside, the former Kozuki Oden, the current Naraku, said coldly.
"I don't know." The girl who walked in from the outside looked at Naraku, seeming to breathe a sigh of relief after seeing that he was still here.
"Looks like you're okay."
Kikyo said slowly, "It seems that the area nearby hasn't been very peaceful lately. You'd better not make any noise."
"Someone like me, it wouldn't matter if I died." Naraku replied in a hoarse voice.
"…" Kikyo looked at him without speaking.
She shook her head and then slowly left.
Naraku looked at Kikyo's departing figure, the desire in his heart breeding wildly, he clenched his hand, and his body gradually deformed.
Finally…
He actually turned into Kikyo's appearance!
"Hmph, I really want to see the lewd expression on this body, but of course not on my own." Naraku, who had turned into Kikyo, made an evil expression. The bow even reappeared in his hand, and then he walked out of the cave.
Naraku has now recovered a considerable amount of strength. Although he is still not as good as when he fought Roger, he is not too far off.
Moreover, his upper limit is constantly being pushed open, and his strength will continue to increase.
An increasingly evil dark heart, fused with the souls of countless demons, but this also led to a problem, that Naraku must use a lot of time to digest the power within his body.
He not only has to merge with shadows, but also digest the power of the demons within his body. Because the speed of merging with shadows was accelerated when he merged with the demons earlier, he has now reached a limit.
Because the fusion with the shadow exceeded a certain level, he could sense that the world of shadows was constantly calling him. Shadows have a world for shadows to stay in, and before he can truly master this power, he must also enter the shadow realm according to this law.
That's right, it's the shadow world he created!
After the fire in the Flower Capital, those shadow troops that he transformed suddenly disappeared. Where did they go?
The answer is, of course, that they are all in the shadow realm!
One of the abilities that Kozuki Oden obtained was that he could open up a space in the shadows. He placed all the shadow troops in the shadow space in the end, waiting for the future to recover his strength and then lead them to take revenge on Wano Country.
The shadow space is set in the shadows of the former Flower Capital, and after he transmitted the shadow troops into it, he continued to let them expand that space. Eventually, he will expand this shadow space to the entire Wano Country!
And now, he is almost at the limit of his existence in the world.
He must complete his new plan during this time.
His mind thought of the scene of Kikyo talking to Kenshin. At that time, there seemed to be no more of that faint sadness in Kikyo's eyes. That scene made Naraku's heart twist with jealousy, but he hated this jealousy, because it meant that he was still an inferior human.
At this moment, Naraku read the shadow of Kikyo who had arrived here earlier, and then turned into her shadow and transformed into Kikyo, and was still imitating Kikyo's movements.
Naraku walked out of the cave. At this moment, he had already captured Himura Kenshin's whereabouts.
Although fighting him now is still a bit risky, Naraku doesn't necessarily want to kill Kenshin now.
Killing him like this is too easy. He wants Kenshin to experience his pain. What is it to just live in guilt?
Naraku made an evil smile on Kikyo's face that was completely out of character for her, and then quickly walked towards Kenshin.
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