When the appointed time arrived, Moxi dressed herself up beautifully beforehand.
She even changed into a sailor uniform and white knee‑high stockings she had found in the props department.
What? You're asking why those things were kept in props instead of costumes?
You're still too young to understand! Anyway, those who know, know… and for those who don't, it's better not to explain too much.
Classic marketing tactics, really.
"Hehe… this time, I'm definitely going to make that black‑hearted pervert pay a heavy price!"
She twirled around in front of the mirror, gave her twin‑tails a couple of satisfied tugs, then politely turned down Tamamo Hotaru's offer to accompany her. She was going alone.
The reason she refused company was purely due to her mischievous and wicked nature. If Tamamo were there, there were certain tricks and moves she wouldn't be able to use.
This alone showed how different she was from other Cursed Spirits.
Along the way, she brushed off eleven confident creeps who tried to hit on her, and kicked four guys in the groin when they tried to get hands‑on.
After that, she found the abandoned factory without further trouble.
"Choosing a place like this… definitely screams bad guy. But looking at it another way, it's nice and isolated. Even if a few people disappeared here, nobody would notice. It's like the heavens are helping me! Hehehe."
Moxi chuckled to herself, then quickly channeled her acting skills. She transformed into the image of a timid, frightened young girl and walked inside cautiously.
"H‑Hello? Is anyone there? I… I'm…"
Bang!
The rusted iron gate slammed shut violently, cutting off the rest of her words.
"We meet again. Do you remember me?"
"You… you jerk!"
The moment Moxi clearly saw the person standing there, her eyes went wide!
She would never forget that face… or that massive blade… not for the rest of her life!
Creak… creak…
Moxi ground her teeth together furiously.
If it hadn't been for this wretched human, she'd still be living the high life and enjoying herself back at the Red Chamber!
But no… first, they fought out of nowhere, and then that damned scoundrel sealed her inside his own body.
If he hadn't happened to run into a powerful enemy later and been forced to release her, she might never have seen the sun again.
And all of this was because of the hateful human standing right in front of her!
Thinking of this, Moxi's eyes turned completely red.
BOOM!
A vast, immense Cursed Energy exploded outward. Behind her, nine tails of different shapes and sizes appeared, swaying in the air!
After those two fierce battles and all the growth she had undergone since then, she hadn't been idle.
At the very least, she no longer needed to transform stage by stage. She could instantly shift directly into her strongest form!
"You seem… quite angry," Shinji said, gripping his Executioner's Blade tightly and standing ready.
It was obvious — she was far stronger than the last time they met.
Special Grade Cursed Spirits grew at a terrifying speed. If they weren't so incredibly rare and difficult to create, humans might never have been able to hold the advantage.
"Angry?! This is all because of you! You nearly got me killed! Today I'm going to make sure you die for good!"
After transforming, Moxi's body swelled to several times its original size.
But with that, her rational mind quickly faded, and her wild, beast‑like nature took full control.
"Tailed Beast Curse Art: Formless Shift!"
"Tailed Beast Curse Art: Sand Cursed Arms!"
Moxi's head twisted a full 180 degrees, revealing a face resembling a raccoon dog on the back of her skull.
She then used her Cursed Energy to manifest a gigantic arm made of sand, stretching over twenty meters long. It reached out fiercely, grabbing straight toward where Shinji stood.
Although he had expected a fierce battle the moment he came, Shinji still felt immense pressure when she attacked without a word or warning.
He simply responded by using Red Blood Manipulation to form an even larger fist and smashed it against hers!
Since he was the one who chose the time and place, he wasn't about to waste that advantage.
Not only was this location remote and safe from outside interference, he had arrived a whole day early to make all his preparations.
The blood flowing constantly from [The Glutton's Stomach] had almost completely filled the huge reservoir located right behind the factory building!
The two colossal arms collided with earth‑shaking force, nearly shattering the entire factory structure.
But from the result, it seemed Shinji held the upper hand.
Because Red Blood Manipulation was the natural counter to sand control!
The moment his blood — infused with his own cursed energy — mixed with the sand, it instantly hardened and solidified, making it impossible for her to control.
Moxi clearly realized this too. Without hesitation, she used [Formless Shift] again to change her appearance.
This time, she transformed directly into the face of a nine‑tailed fox!
"Tailed Beast Curse Art: Nine‑Tailed Jade Curse!"
This was the ultimate move she hadn't needed to use by the end of their last fight. This time, she used it without a moment's hesitation.
Suddenly, eight phantoms appeared floating behind Moxi. Each one had a tail and a face corresponding to a different form.
Added to her own fox face and tail, there were exactly nine!
Then, all nine versions of "Moxi" opened their mouths together, gathering massive amounts of energy into glowing spheres of devastating power.
Back then, when Moxi used this technique against the Gentleman and his group, it had nearly blasted Seibot and Hanami to pieces right on the spot!
If Mr. Enemy hadn't stepped in at the last second and neutralized most of its power, things would have ended very differently.
But using it had cost her greatly. Weakened afterward, she had been caught off guard and sealed inside his body.
But this time… she was confident!
There's no way this jerk could block it or survive it!
At this moment, Shinji truly sensed a deadly crisis. If he took this attack head‑on, he'd likely be vaporized completely — leaving nothing behind to regenerate from.
If she had used this move during their first fight, he might have been in real trouble.
Sadly for her… things were different now.
And he wasn't the same man he used to be either.
Red Blood Manipulation: Crimson Scale Surge — Load.
The familiar, mysterious blood markings appeared across his face…
But he was doing this purely to trick and mislead his enemy.
Just as planned, when Moxi saw the wretched human still trying to struggle and resist, she couldn't help but let a cold smirk touch her lips.
At this distance, unless he could truly teleport instantly, there was nowhere to run!
Die!
At the exact second the Nine‑Tailed Jade Curse was about to be fired… Shinji vanished completely, reappearing eerily right behind Moxi.
This was the true reason he had always favored the Executioner's Blade as his main weapon…
Strike from the Shadows!
Yet this near‑teleportation move seemed to have been anticipated by Moxi all along.
"You think I wouldn't have prepared countermeasures against the same trick twice?!"
Moxi's lips curled upward in a confident grin. Her whole body was enveloped in dazzling golden light, and in a flash, she shot backward, instantly putting distance between them!
During their last battle, she had realized he possessed some kind of near‑teleportation ability, but it seemed to have limits — he only used it once back then.
Swish!
Shinji's sweeping blade strike… hit nothing but empty air.
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