Chapter 317: Ilulu Attacks!
Tokyo.
"Who on earth did this?"
Tohru paced back and forth, her arms crossed over her chest and her brows furrowed in deep thought.
The cause of her distress was a news report she had stumbled upon this morning—
There had been a "massive landslide" on the very mountain where she and Kobayashi first met. Half the mountain was simply gone.
This was absolutely not a natural occurrence!
In order to preserve that place forever, she had specifically set up a barrier. There were very few beings in this world capable of destroying her barrier.
Yet, after asking around just now, no one had admitted to it.
"Could it be a new visitor from the other world? Someone who destroyed it by accident...?" Kobayashi raised a finger, suggesting a possibility.
"It is possible..." Tohru nodded, acknowledging the guess, then clenched her fist in indignation. "Damn it—! They better hope I don't find out who it was, or I absolutely won't forgive them!"
"Oh? Is that so?"
A soft, sticky, yet slightly provocative voice drifted down from the sky.
Tohru's gaze sharpened instantly as she looked up.
"Ilulu..."
Kobayashi reacted a beat later, following Tohru's gaze upward. The sunlight was a bit harsh, causing her to squint slightly before the figure gradually came into focus.
Appearing in her field of vision was a "little girl" about the same size as Kanna.
She wore a cloak-like garment on her upper body, while her lower body was clad only in a pair of black panties. Her hands were massive pink dragon claws, and a strange tail swayed behind her.
"Such beautiful, clean streets... Humans constantly laughing..."
Ilulu landed lightly from the air, tilting her face up. She closed her eyes in intoxication and spread her arms wide—it was only then that Kobayashi noticed the two extremely exaggerated "mounds of fat" on her chest!
They were comparable to Lucoa's or even Pekola's!
What on earth did she grow up eating?!
The "flat-as-an-airstrip" Kobayashi was startled. Immediately after, she heard Ilulu speak again.
"I could have enjoyed the pleasure of destruction to my heart's content, but then I found a dragon of the Chaos Faction talking and laughing with humans..."
The bangs on Ilulu's forehead cast a shadow, obscuring her expression.
She lowered her center of gravity, bent her legs, and then snapped her head up, revealing a savage grin. "Tohru, are you an enemy now too!?"
Crack—!
She pushed off the ground with explosive force. The pavement shattered on impact as Ilulu shot toward Tohru like a cannonball.
Almost simultaneously, Tohru rapidly deployed a "People-Clearing Barrier" and charged head-on at Ilulu. Her slender hand, clad in a white glove, collided with the massive dragon claw—
Ilulu used the momentum to vault into the air, spinning rapidly before smashing her clenched fist down hard.
Tohru raised her arm to block. She felt a tremendous force strike her, causing her to stumble. She braced her other hand against the ground, crushing the asphalt beneath her palm.
"Aha—!"
Sensing she had the upper hand, Ilulu let out a triumphant laugh.
However, in the next second, a foot wearing an orange loafer kicked her viciously under the chin, launching her over a hundred meters into the sky before she could stabilize herself.
Tohru leaped up, chasing after her. In the blink of an eye, she and Ilulu were locked in combat mid-air.
All of this happened in just a few seconds. Kobayashi subconsciously shouted, "Tohru!", then stood there, staring blankly up at the sky.
At the exact moment Tohru and Ilulu exchanged blows—
Far away in Nagano Prefecture, Lucoa and Pekola, who were leisurely sitting on a cloud enjoying a Soba and Tempura set meal, turned their heads in unison to look toward Tokyo.
Meanwhile, Persephone—who was taking her daughter and best friend out for McDonald's—and Lierre, who had shamelessly tagged along with the mother-daughter duo solely to get her hands on the "Patra-chan Fire-Roasted Figure," also looked in the direction of Tohru and Ilulu.
"What's wrong?"
Persephone II noticed her mother and Lady Lierre suddenly looking out the window and asked in confusion. She curiously peeked out as well but didn't notice anything unusual.
"It's nothing."
Persephone picked up the milk from the Happy Meal, took an elegant sip, and chuckled lightly. "Just two dragons fighting over there..."
"Should we go stop them?" She looked at Lierre.
"..." Lierre looked hesitant.
On another side—
Elma, who was holding a bag of Taiyaki in her arms and eating a crepe with a blissful expression, seemed to sense something. She turned her head to look.
A moment later, she vanished from where she stood.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of blows were exchanged.
High in the sky, Tohru and Ilulu suddenly locked hands, engaging in a fierce contest of strength. Then, with a sudden burst of power, they shoved each other away, creating a distance of twenty meters between them.
"I won't allow you to destroy this world!" Tohru declared, her expression stern and her voice low.
"Hah—!?"
Ilulu grinned, revealing sharp, saw-toothed teeth. Her face was full of wild arrogance. "What are you talking about? I am a dragon of the Chaos Faction!"
"You are too, aren't you?"
Tohru didn't answer Ilulu's question. She lowered her eyelids slightly, her tone calm but leaving no room for argument. "If you won't follow the rules, I will defeat you and send you back!"
"If you can do it, then try it!"
Ilulu clenched her fists, laughing ferociously. "I love fighting more than anything!"
She opened her mouth slightly, and pink flames began to rise in her throat.
"That level of attack won't work on me." Tohru's expression remained indifferent. She could block that kind of breath attack with a wave of her hand.
But then, a gold-crimson light suddenly erupted from Ilulu's chest, and the surrounding temperature climbed drastically—
Ilulu leaped higher into the sky. She mixed the "Acid Pyre" stored in her flame sac with her breath, turning it into a brilliant yet dangerous meteor shower of fire that poured down toward the city below.
Crap! She's targeting the city...!
Tohru's eyes widened. Almost without thinking, she spread her massive wings and forcefully intercepted the rain of blazing fire with her own body.
It's hot!
A scorching pain washed over her, and Tohru involuntarily furrowed her brows.
"An opening!"
Seizing the opportunity, Ilulu rushed in front of Tohru. Her massive dragon claw delivered a vicious strike, leaving a glaring "X" shaped wound on Tohru's chest.
"Here comes the second shot!" She opened her mouth again, the gold-crimson flames churning and gathering in her throat once more...
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