After gaining his current abilities, Kozuki Oden acquired one of his abilities. He can transform into the appearance of others by imitating their shadows.
As long as he sees a shadow, it can be recorded in his own soul and then transformed.
This transformation far exceeds the ability of the fruit of imitation because the person he transforms into not only has the other person's face but can even imitate the other person's abilities and aura, just like the other person's shadow!
Yes, all of Kozuki Oden's current abilities are actually based on the foundation of 'shadow.'
Including his previous religious worship, it is actually an application of shadow. He divides a part of his own shadow into the shadow of others, so others will worship Kozuki Oden like that, and some even consider themselves to be Kozuki Oden.
Because their shadows already have a part of Kozuki Oden, naturally, they will influence their thoughts through their shadows.
And other abilities such as creating a black shadow army, merging with his own shadow, devouring the shadow of others, transforming into others through their shadows, etc., these abilities are actually a manipulation of shadows.
Kozuki Oden lay in the cave, and the restlessness in his heart gradually subsided.
Now he is no longer the Kozuki Oden of the past.
Although he was no longer Kozuki Oden since merging with remnants of Bo Xun, at that time, he still used the thinking logic of Kozuki Oden to carry out various actions. But now, after merging with a large number of demons, the will of countless demons has merged with the original will of Kozuki Oden, which has completely severed his connection with the past Kozuki Oden.
"However, it is precisely because of this that I can evolve into a demon."
'Kozuki Oden' said coldly, "Completely abandoning the identity of a human being, I am a demon, and... a Demon Lord!"
Yes, his desire is not only to become a demon, but also to become the king of demons, to become the strongest demon lord in the demon world.
But he knows that there is still one final obstacle in front of him.
That is, he has not truly and completely abandoned the inferior human part that belongs to Kozuki Oden.
Kozuki Oden has two final wishes.
One is to obtain Kikyo, and the other is to kill Kenshin.
To obtain Kikyo is because her purity has deeply penetrated Kozuki Oden's heart over the past year, so his vile soul wants to see the corrupted appearance of the pure Kikyo.
As for killing Kenshin, it goes without saying. He has become what he is now entirely thanks to Kenshin. He not only wants to kill Kenshin but also wants to make Kenshin die in the most painful way possible.
Only by fulfilling these two wishes can he completely end the past!
"The name Kozuki Oden is too disgusting for a human being."
At this moment, he said coldly, "From now on, I am Naraku, I am the eternal, unredeemable hell!"
Because his body contains the souls of countless demons, countless souls trapped in his body, then the name of this body should be Naraku, right?
Naraku, that is a deep pit that cannot be climbed up again, it is an absolute hell that cannot be escaped from!
"What happened in the village?"
At this time, sensing footsteps approaching from outside, the former Kozuki Oden, now Naraku, said coldly.
"I don't know." The girl who walked in from outside looked at Naraku, seeming to breathe a sigh of relief after seeing that he was still here.
"It seems you're okay."
Kikyo said slowly, "It shouldn't be too peaceful around here recently. You'd better not make any noise."
"A person like me, if I die, I die." Naraku replied with a hoarse voice.
"..." Kikyo looked at him without speaking.
She shook her head, then slowly left.
Naraku watched Kikyo's departing figure, the desire in his heart multiplying wildly. He clenched his fists, and his body gradually transformed.
In the end...
He actually transformed into the appearance of Kikyo!
"Hmph, I really want to see the lewd expression on this body, but of course, it's not my own." Naraku, who transformed into Kikyo, made an evil expression, and even reproduced the bow in her hands, then walked out of the cave like this.
Now Naraku has regained considerable strength, although he is still not as strong as he was when he fought against Roger, he is not much weaker now.
And his limit is constantly being pushed, his strength will continue to rise.
The increasingly evil dark heart, merged with the souls of countless demons, but this also led to a problem, that is, Naraku must spend a lot of time digesting the power in his body.
He not only has to merge with shadows but also digest the demonic power in his body. Because the speed of merging with shadows was accelerated when he merged with demons before, he has now reached a limit.
Because if the fusion with shadows exceeds a certain level, he can sense that the world of shadows is constantly calling him. The world where shadows linger, and until he truly masters this power, he must enter the world of shadows according to this rule.
Yes, it is the world of shadows he created!
After the fire in the capital, those black shadow armies he transformed suddenly disappeared. Where did they go?
Of course, they are all in the world of shadows!
One of the abilities Kozuki Oden gained is that he can create a space within the shadow, and he finally put all the black shadow armies into the shadow space, waiting to bring them back for revenge against Wano Country after restoring his power.
The shadow space is set inside the shadow of the former capital, and after transmitting the black shadow army into it, he continued to let them spread within that space. In the end, he wants to spread this shadow space to the entire Wano Country!
And now, he is almost reaching the limit of existence in the world.
He must complete his new plan within this time.
In his mind, he thought of the scene where Kikyo talked with Kenshin. At that time, there seemed to be no faint sadness in Kikyo's eyes. That scene distorted Naraku's jealous heart, but he also hated this jealousy because it meant that he was still an inferior human.
At this moment, Naraku accessed Kikyo's shadow that came here before, then transformed into her shadow, and turned into Kikyo, even imitating Kikyo's movements.
Naraku walked out of the cave, and at this moment, he had captured Kenshin's whereabouts.
Although it's still somewhat risky to fight him now, Naraku doesn't just want to kill Kenshin now.
Killing him like this would be too easy. He wants Kenshin to experience his pain. What's just living in guilt?
Naraku made an evil smile with Kikyo's face, completely mismatching her, and quickly walked towards Kenshin.