EP 8: Hyakki Yakou! A Midnight Ogre Parade! (Part One)

...The Electrical Night Parade of a Hundred Pumpkin Oni?

Ah, okay, that's the parade they do at night, yeah? I didn't know they had parades here!

Hmm, I actually think I might've heard one of the oni here mentioning that. Maybe? Not sure...

What's the big deal with parades, anyway!? Only normies like that kinda stuff!

I don't know what you're so upset about, but facts are facts. I've only seen it once before myself...

...but the Electrical Night Parade of a Hundred Pumpkin Oni is quite the spectacle, and takes up all of Main Street.

That is when the Great Oni emerges from his lair to unleash a soul-rending howl that splits the very sky.

It almost sounds like singing, albeit in a horridly perverted form.

At one point, the Great Oni asked me to compose an accompaniment for his...scream, but...

Hehe... Hehehehehe! ...What a preposterous joke...!

Me? Write a song for that voice!? I may be mad, but I'm not THAT mad!

Please, Salieri! Get a hold of yourself!

Wait. Come to think of it... When did you start taking requests?

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...(Sigh)

By the way, Salieri, can I ask how you got here?

Most of the other Servants who were drawn here are confined in the park.

Wait a minute...!

Does this mean the Heroic Spirits that are copied into Gold Servants are set free from Oniland's spell!?

Hey, I'm the one who brought him here.

You are!?

I had a bunch of time to kill after Sitonai's spell healed me, so I went out for a walk around the cabin and just ran right into him.

He looked kind of lost and confused, so I brought him here.

Thanks to Sitonai's barrier thingy here, I knew I wouldn't have to worry about him going back to Oniland.

Pretty quick thinking on my part, right? One might even call it...heroic. Eh, eh, eh?

Not bad thinking, I'll give you that. Pretty far from heroic, but not bad.

Still, you deserve a reward, Blackbeard. Have one of my potatoes. Now, weep in gratitude until your Spirit Origin dries up and disappears.

Woohoo, a potato straight from the hands of a pretty oni! Hehehe, this is why I love being a Servant!

Singing, huh... Now that you mention it, I have heard some strange howling at every parade.

I don't know what the Great Oni is trying to accomplish with that, but he must have taken a liking to Salieri.

Apparently he used a copy of him for the largest gold fragment, and even asked him to compose new, uh, songs.

It's a good thing we've got him here for safekeeping now.

Thank you, Blackbeard.

C-come now, you don't have to thank me. I like you more than enough as it is...

But then, I already have Lady , who I feel strangely good about my chances with...

And then there's the old hag. I haven't seen her anywhere around Oniland, but I still kinda sorta maybe possibly can't help but wonder where she might be...

Huh? I am in the "almost attainable" category? That does not make sense...

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Right. I think waiting in that cabin until nightfall is a great idea! And Da Vinci agrees!

Come to think of it, Da Vinci has been so preoccupied with something that she hasn't really been part of this call all that much...

Maybe she's busy keeping your existence verified?

Hmm. Since the attractions are all taken care of, I'm gonna get some sleep if you're all just gonna keep talking. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

Good night.

(Zzzzzz)

Wow! Impressive! She fell asleep as quickly as any shinobi!

We should all rest up. Once night falls and we've recovered enough energy, magical and otherwise...

...it'll finally be time to face off against the Great Oni!

This is...incredible!

So this is the Electrical Night Parade of a Hundred Pumpkin Oni. I've never been this close before...

...Hmm. I don't care for these oni's attitudes, but I do like this.

It must take a lot of work to put on a festival this grand. This Great Oni certainly does know how to keep other oni in line.

Although, there's one thing I still don't understand. Why pumpkins?

...Oh well, not really all that important!

The important thing is that this is a festival! It'll be perfect for showing off my own fireworks!

Now, what should I destroy first! Mmm, so many choices!

Wait, Ibaraki, Senpai! A huge procession of oni is heading your way!

Now I see. It looks like "Electrical Night Parade of a Hundred Pumpkin Oni" may have been a bit of a misnomer.

It's not just a hundred oni. There are so many I can't even count them all!

Hmm. Not a fang out of place in the whole parade, huh.

If the oni on Mt. Ooe could've come together like this, we'd have made short work of all those damn Kyoto warriors. Ugh. You have so much potential, Oniland, and you're just throwing it all away!

Man, now I want a giant oni army for myself!

Hm? What's going on?

How come that big group of oni just stopped? ...Is it just me, or are they all looking at us?

Hmm. Maybe they noticed we're here.

I guess they would be on the lookout for us after we beat all the attraction managers and took their gold fragments.

In retrospect, we probably should have expected it to turn into a fight at the drop of a hat.

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At least there shouldn't be an endless supply of them anymore, now that we have so much of the Great Oni's gold!

We can whittle them down as long as we keep fighting!

Eh, who needs an army of cowardly oni? All that stuff I said about wanting them for myself? I take it back!

You're bothering the other guests! You're bothering the other guests!

Pattern change confirmed! These oni are clearly hostile! Senpai!

Out of my way! Move aside! Now!

We may have thinned the crowd out a bit, but there are still tons of them here!

Hyahahahahaha, this is great! Keep them coming!

Killing with a spear instead of my hand is kind of a nice change!

The Great Oni no longer seems to be replacing the oni we kill! This tide is not insurmountable!

As long as we keep whittling down their forces, victory should be within our grasp!

Hold it.

What brings you here?

Why do you kill my oni?

Why do you destroy my paradise?

...No matter. Your lives are forfeit.

The Great Oni...!

Ooh! We finally get to see this Great Oni! He's huge! Definitely seems like a real oni, too!

He's got a lotta nerve, thinking this place is paradise with so many half-assed oni running around!

I mean yeah it's kinda fun, but that doesn't mean I like it! Any self-respecting oni ought to

Shut up!

Gah! Just his voice creates so much pressure in the airWait. That was magical energy!

I never claimed to be an oni!

I just went with it when they called me that!

(That's just what they called him?)

So, you're a real oni, huh.

Then present yourself before me.

Here, human and oni alike...

...can relax, enjoy themselves...

...and sing.

You're wrong, Great Oni. The gold that's powering you and this place needs to be returned to the earth.

We've already got the gold back from your attraction managers, so you've weakened, haven't you?

Why you...!

Impudent little girl!

All gold belongs to me...

...and me alone!!!