"Koukawa... Oboro?"
Hearing the name uttered by Yatsu Murasaki beside him, Yukito couldn't help but turn his head to look at the gentle, seemingly fragile red-haired Anti-Demon Ninja big sister standing on the auction stage downstairs. A flash of realization crossed his eyes.
No wonder she felt so familiar, as if he'd seen her somewhere before. So this Anti-Demon Ninja, captured by enemies and auctioned as a slave by the Underworld Trading Company's auction house, was actually Oboro!
In the various doujinshi and R-18 anime works with Anti-Demon Ninja themes that Yukito had seen before his transmigration, Oboro usually appeared as an antagonist.
Yukito Mizuki didn't know much about Oboro's situation, only that she was once a member of the Anti-Demon Ninja. It seemed that during a mission with Asagi, she accidentally fell into an enemy trap.
Asagi managed to escape, but Oboro was captured, subjected to various forms of conditioning and modification, ultimately falling completely into darkness.
Moreover, Oboro seemed to have many clones... The Oboro in Yukito's memory was always the one after being conditioned, modified, and utterly corrupted.
The image of Oboro as a wildly charismatic with heavy makeup and seductive attire was vastly different from the gentle, seemingly easy-to-bully big sister Koukawa he now saw on the auction stage.
The gap was so large that Yukito couldn't immediately connect the two. It seemed that currently, Koukawa Oboro was still in a state where she hadn't been conditioned, developed, or completely corrupted. He wondered if her corruption was due to events following this auction?
"Yukito-chan, what should we do now? Lady Asagi and the others haven't arrived yet, and this auction is about to end."
"Should we directly participate in the bidding to buy her and take her away, or wait until Lady Asagi and the others get here and then find a way to snatch Oboro-senpai back from whoever buys her?"
Yatsu Murasaki stood up, looking through the one-way glass at the front of their second-floor private booth—which only allowed viewing from inside to outside—and stared intently at the people on the stage downstairs. Unable to hold back, she turned to Yukito and asked.
After the succubus auctioneer on the stage finished introducing Koukawa Oboro's identity as an Anti-Demon Ninja, the auction officially began.
Just as Rosary had told him before coming here, compared to the previous slaves, a young, beautiful Anti-Demon Ninja with great potential for conditioning and development was clearly more popular.
Especially since, to satisfy guests' desires to personally condition a legendary Anti-Demon Ninja, the Underworld Trading Company had only performed simple modifications to Koukawa Oboro's body to make her more sensitive and had fed her aphrodisiacs before the auction started, without doing anything extra.
After all, for a precious slave like an Anti-Demon Ninja, many people would treat her as a private treasure in the initial period after purchase and wouldn't want others to have done anything unnecessary.
Therefore, even when brought onto the auction stage, this Anti-Demon Ninja, Koukawa Oboro, was not completely naked or clad only in semi-transparent gauze like the other slaves.
"50,000 magic stones!"
While others were bidding one after another, wanting to buy Koukawa Oboro back as a slave to satisfy their desires or to condition her to become the star of a brothel,
Yukito directly used his actions to tell Yatsu Murasaki what to do!
He directly participated in the bidding and even called out a price significantly higher than the others.
"Yukito-chan, the magic stones that succubus lady named Rosary gave you before coming here don't seem to be that many, right?"
"If you call out such a high price and can't produce it after the auction ends, what should we do? This auction house under the Underworld Trading Company doesn't seem like an easygoing or kind place."
Hearing Yukito's bold bid, Yatsu Murasaki was stunned for a few seconds before returning to sit beside him, leaning close to his ear and whispering.
"If we clash with the auction house and the others present here, just the two of us might not be enough!"
"If it really comes to that, maybe we should wait until Lady Asagi and the others arrive. By my estimate, they should be here soon."
Though aware of Yatsu Murasaki's concerns, Yukito appeared completely nonchalant. Leaning back on the sofa, he picked up a fruit resembling grapes—a specialty of the Demon World prepared by the auction house for its guests—from the side table and popped it into his mouth, speaking with an air of casual indifference.
"Of course I know Rosary didn't give me that many magic stones. I never planned to pay anyway!"
"Once the auction ends and the auction house hands Koukawa Oboro over to me, I'll seize the chance to cast an illusion on them, making them believe I've already handed over all the magic stones."
"That way, even if the auction house figures it out afterward, we should have long since left here and returned to the Human World."
Yukito Mizuki raised his head. His originally distinct black-and-white eyes had transformed at some point into the pattern of a three-tomoe Sharingan.
Although the Dōjutsu power of the three-tomoe Sharingan is inferior to the Mangekyō and lacks its miraculous abilities, it can still be highly effective when used in conjunction with illusions.
From the moment Yukito decided to participate in this auction, he never intended to actually pay. If using an illusion to deceive the auction house staff failed, he would then choose to turn hostile and eliminate everyone present at the auction house, including the other guests.
Although accomplishing such a feat would be extremely difficult given Yukito's current personal strength, he still held several trump cards. He decided that if a conflict really broke out later, he would directly use a character limited-time experience card from his system backpack.
Among the character limited-time experience cards he possessed, although three were of Uchiha Izuna, there was also one card of Uchiha Madara and one of Otsutsuki Hamura.
Using a character limited-time experience card allows one to temporarily gain the combat power of that character at their peak, prime state. Even the weakest among them, Uchiha Izuna, at his absolute peak was undoubtedly at least at the Kage-level or above.
As for the strongest, Otsutsuki Hamura, although in the Naruto world he only exists as a background element, never truly appearing on stage, and his fame is relatively limited, he was the brother of the Six-Paths Sage. Having once joined forces with him to seal away the Rabbit Goddess Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, his strength is authentically at the Six-Paths level, likely approaching or having already reached a planet-busting tier.
Among the individuals present here, there might be some with considerable strength, but Yukito believed that even using the peak combat power of Uchiha Izuna should be sufficient to allow him to level this place completely.
Although, based on various background settings from Anti-Demon Ninja genre works before his transmigration, Yukito had some understanding of super bosses in the Anti-Demon Ninja world who could casually manipulate timelines and reset worlds, aside from those exaggeratedly powerful ultimate villain bosses, the other demons didn't seem particularly strong.
Yukito wasn't sure if those world-resetting ultimate bosses truly existed, but he figured even if they did, they probably wouldn't appear easily.
"If my illusion fails to successfully deceive the auction house people later, remember to assess the situation and escape promptly with the rescued Koukawa Oboro."
As Yukito kept raising his bids, the speed at which other guests wanting to compete with him increased their offers had become progressively slower. Sensing that this auction was about to conclude, Yukito leaned close to Yatsu Murasaki's ear and whispered this.
"360,000 magic stones! This is a hard-to-capture Anti-Demon Ninja, you know!"
"Untrained, allowing you to freely discipline and mold her as you wish after purchase, even modify her at will—this Anti-Demon Ninja! If no one continues bidding, then... congratulations to the guest in private booth number 12!"
On the central stage of the auction house, the Succubus Clan auctioneer was still trying to use her words to bewitch and stir the emotions of the other guests, hoping to make them impulsive enough to continue bidding against Yukito, thereby raising the final auction price and bringing more profit to the auction house.
However, after some provocation and stimulation, seeing that no one continued bidding, a flicker of disappointment passed through the Succubus Clan auctioneer's eyes. But she quickly adjusted her demeanor, revealing a sweet, charming smile as she announced the ownership of the red-haired Anti-Demon Ninja, Koukawa Oboro.
After the final 'merchandise,' Koukawa Oboro, was successfully purchased by Yukito, this slave auction special held by the Underworld Trading Company was nearing its end.
Yukito Mizuki and Yatsu Murasaki waited inside the private booth. After about two or three minutes, they heard footsteps followed by a knocking sound.
Opening the door, they saw the Succubus Auctioneer who had just been on the stage below, accompanied by several tall, muscularly built demon men. They were leading in Koukawa Oboro, whose hands and feet were bound by chains, her power sealed, and her cheeks flushed with an unnatural redness.
"Guest, this is the slave you purchased, the Anti-Demon Ninja Koukawa Oboro!"
"We have at least sealed her power and performed some simple modifications to her body. Beyond that, no additional training has been conducted."
"You may choose to train her yourself, or our auction house also has professionals who can assist with training, guaranteeing you a perfect servant that meets all your requirements."
After entering the private booth, the Succubus Auctioneer first glanced at Yatsu Murasaki sitting beside Yukito, then walked straight up to Yukito. A faint smile curled at the corner of her mouth as she spoke.
"The total cost for this auction is 360,000 magic stones. You may choose to pay directly with magic stones or use other items of equivalent value. May I ask how you intend to make the payment?"
The Succubus Auctioneer's eyes were fixed intently on Yukito. Although Yukito didn't appear to be someone who couldn't afford to pay, the Succubus Auctioneer had vaguely sensed something amiss from the wary expression inadvertently revealed by Yatsu Murasaki.
"As for the payment method, of course I choose to pay directly with magic stones."
Facing the Succubus Auctioneer's inquiry, Yukito showed no sign of panic. He reached into his chest, took out the pouch of magic stones given to him by Rosary, and handed it to the Succubus lady before him.
"Count it. The magic stones inside should total exactly 360,000."
The three black tomoe slowly rotated within Yukito's crimson pupils. Simultaneously, he formed a one-handed seal, dragging the Succubus Auctioneer and the several demon men before him into an illusion.
Before unlocking the Mangekyō, the Uchiha Clan's illusion prowess might still lag behind the Kurama Clan's, but illusions cast with the power of the Sharingan were absolutely not something ordinary people could crack.
Yatsu Murasaki had been on a state of alert ever since the Succubus Auctioneer and the demon men brought Koukawa Oboro into the room. She wasn't entirely clear on how Yukito used illusions. She only knew that Yukito's eyes possessed a power similar to the magic eye of the Fuma Clan.
When she noticed the Succubus Auctioneer in front of her, after taking the pouch handed over by Yukito, suddenly freeze in place, and even the demon men behind her seemed to become somewhat glassy-eyed, Yatsu Murasaki guessed that Yukito had likely successfully cast an illusion on the individuals before them, temporarily confusing them.
Seizing this opportunity, Yatsu Murasaki quickly stepped forward, brought Koukawa Oboro to her side, and released the shackles and power seal on Oboro.
"You... you're the girl who follows Asagi. I remember you're called Yatsu Murasaki, right?"
"Why are you here? And who is this?"
After Koukawa Oboro's shackles were released and her sealed power was liberated, although she could still feel the abnormally sensitive sensation from the modifications to her body, and her heart, having consumed many aphrodisiacs, was heated with a desire for comfort from the opposite sex, making it impossible for her to exert much strength now, it at least gave her a glimpse of the possibility of escape.
At least she wouldn't have to worry about being bought by some disgusting, fat-headed old man and subjected to various forms of training, being forced into becoming a 'cream puff,' turned into a private or even public toy...
"My name is Yukito. Pleased to meet you, Miss Oboro!"
"I'm not sure how long my illusion can keep these guys confused. Let's leave quickly now!"
Yukito glanced at the Succubus Auctioneer and the demon men who hadn't yet broken free from the illusion, his tone somewhat urgent as he hastily spoke.
Just now, dragging this Succubus Auctioneer and the several demon men into the illusion had consumed a large amount of his Dōjutsu power and Chakra. If a conflict really broke out, he would have no choice but to use a character experience card.
However, just as Yukito prepared to take Yatsu Murasaki and Koukawa Oboro and leave this place, his expression suddenly changed, and his gaze shifted toward the Succubus Auctioneer before him.
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