Chapter 267 - The Cage

"Young Master!"

Shiro and the others greeted as soon as Gin arrived. He turned to Fuji who immediately handed him the gray mask with the seal inside.

"What's going on?" he asked as he placed the mask on his face and Fuji went behind him to fix the clasp.

There were only ten people from the Fuuma there now, as the rest were in Hakone, assisting the Koutaishidenka. All wore black fitting clothes akin to ninjas and now donned gray masks to prevent being infected by the shadow lurker.

"The Okada girl had turned into an arachnid type monster. It's now chasing the Black God."

Ha?

"What do you mean?"

Shiro looked serious as he answered. "It may sound absurd Young Master, but the Black God indeed is making the monster chase after her."

With a frown, Gin held out his hand and Shiro handed him the telescope. He was pessimistic about the report but was stumped to see that his people were right.

Not far from where there were, one figure that was unmistakably the Black God was being chased by an angry arachnid type beast. Okada Koharu's transformed form had already removed any trace of her former self. She was now one pure malicious monster who was surprisingly running after its master.

Weird.

Not only it was hounding the figure in the fox mask, but it was also trying to attack Czerbonog as it did. Okada had blades at her feet. When she sniped at the Black God, the blades were like knives swinging, stabbing at great speed as they continued to move towards the abandoned construction site. It was an utterly confusing sight.

"They're… fighting?"

"It appears that's the case, Young Master," Shiro answered as he stepped next to him.

Kazehaya Gin got all the more confused. Then an idea struck him. Could it be?

Okada Koharu, since her form was totally influenced by her human desires became feral. She had turned into an uncontrollable monster that couldn't even recognize its own master. It was why she's attacking the Black God as if she was her nemesis.

But, it didn't matter.

Regardless that Okada was aggressive towards Czernobog, or not, their fight was something they couldn't allow to drag on. Between the two, it was a no-brainer who would win in the end. But the monster getting hit without placing safety around so the escaping shadow lurkers wouldn't transfer to new hosts first was bad news.

"How about Ara? Did you see her?" he asked. Their priority was to locate her. 

"I'm so sorry, Young Master. We couldn't find the Lady anywhere," Shiro answered with a depressed look. 

Gin sighed. At least she's not anywhere near here at the moment. She'd be safer somewhere else. 

"How many water casters do we have?"

"We only have two, Young Master," Shiro answered. "I already told them to block the surrounding area of the construction site. I'm so sorry Young Master, as I didn't ask your permission first. But as soon as I realized where they're heading, I asked for the construction site to be bought by Homura International," he continued in a worried voice.

But it was alright.

Shiro, aside from being the head of the Fuuma, was also an executive at Homura International. The construction site was halted due to the company going bankrupt. It had stayed like that for more than half a year now, and since there's a good chance it would be destroyed in the battle, it was a good call to buy it. It would be easier for them to block people as well because of that.

"You did well," Kazehaya Gin praised Shiro's advanced thinking.   

All twelve of them looked at the battle not far from them again with observant eyes. They paid careful attention towards the monster each time the Back God kicked or punched it with raw strength. From an outsider's point of view, it looked like Czernobog was having a good time irritating the monster.

Soon they saw the signal. It was just a fleeting flash of light, but all of them knew it well.

The barrier was ready.

"Young Master?"Shiro prompted with concern in his eyes.

Kazehaya Gin understood what he meant without asking. Normally, dealing with the monster, they were more than enough. In fact, Shiro and the others alone without Gin's help could kill Okada Koharu without much fuss. However…

Czernobog was an altogether different category. There were twelve of them and two water casters out on the field, but with the Black God's caliber, they were sorely undermanned. Then again…

Kazehaya Gin grinned.

He didn't have a handicap anymore. The only thing holding them back from fighting was because the others still didn't know that Gin could fight in full strength now. In full strength, even the Koutaishidenka needed to take him seriously. With him capable of going all out and the others, they could at least drive the Black God away for now.

"You," Gin pointed at someone who immediately came forward.

"Young Master?"

"Go to Hakone and tell the Koutaishidenka we have the Black God here," he ordered as he produced a tornado big enough to carry the person.

"Yes," the man answered, and the wind carried him far away at great speed. Gin had a lock on the Koutaishidenka's energy. The servant would only land next to Ryuu only if there was no imminent danger.

"Will we wait for the Koutaishidenka?"Shiro asked and Gin shook his head.

"You all, we'll do the cage," Gin ordered, but the men didn't move immediately, and he sighed. There were two targets so he had to be more specific. "Lock in on Okada. I'll take on the Black God until Ryuu arrives," he said before waving his hand to make them move which they did.

They vanished one by one as if they teleported. But in reality, they just moved fast as most of them were wind casters.

In all honesty, Gin knew Ryuu couldn't make it. Why? Because he's dealing with another version of Czernobog at the moment as well. How did it happen? He had no idea. But as he flew closer to the fighting duo, he was sure that they did not make any mistake either. The miasma surrounding the figure behind the fox mask was the same one he had seen the night near the portal when they dealt with the chimera and the basilisk.

AAAAAAAAAAARGH!

Gin narrowed his eyes as Okada Koharu received a strong kick straight on the face. The monster flew backwards and landed on the unfinished foundation, crashing against it, destroying it with a great impact!

Dust and debris flew like a hazy cloud as the spider twitched in agony. The forced had made some of the steel bars embed on its limbs. The Black God tried to follow it, but this time, Gin's group had arrived with the Young Master sending wind her way, making her jump back several beams away.

WHOOSH!

The Fuuma had Okada surrounded while Gin floated in between them and the Black God.

"I'm so sorry to rain on your parade, but we'll be taking this spider with us," Gin said behind his mask, and his eyes narrowed as the miasma from Czernobog increased. It seemed he had pissed the Black God off.

Oh well, at least Aello would have a bit of fun.