
"Honorary guest, this dish is prepared especially for you, why don't you at least try it?" - Tagorihime said that with a respectful smile.
'Suspicious ... This is too suspicious. Why is there such a luxurious place in this huge, gloomy cave? And from where they get all those dishes.let's try to get more information from him...'
"I told you, I won't eat junk food! Who's the cook?" - Eiji
"You don't have to worry, dear guest. Our food is of the highest quality and the capabilities of our top-class cooks."
"But how can snakes cook something when they have no hands?"
Tagorihime's smile was suddenly replaced by a sinister snake face: "Tsk, I see this is going nowhere ..."
'WHAT-WHAT THE FUCK!! He really scared me out there - Eiji showed nothing on his face, except his grumpy and bored expression, meanwhile, the entire palace and dishes started to disappear slowly, slowly, when Tagorihime stopped genjutsu.
The palace was just rocks inside the cave like Eiji had seen before, while the food turned out to contain a disgusting substance.
"It's supposed to be top class? Well, considering how stupid you dress, I'm not surprised you think that way..."
"ARRGHHHH !!!! YOU WORTHLESS BRAT, I WILL EAT YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU DID NOT FAIL IN THE TRIAL!!!" - he started getting ready to attack her, but a voice stopped him: "NOT CALM!!! IF YOU EAT IT, THE WHITE MASTER SNAKE SAGE WILL BECOME ANGRY AT YOU!!!"
When Tagorihime heard him, he stopped and took a breath to calm himself down: "You're right, thank you."
He then simply disappeared without saying a word to Eiji.
'Is this some kind of test? What did he test? Even the creepy guy who asks the kids if they want candy from his white van, will look more trustworthy than that...hmm?' - Eiji noticed that even though everything is not real, it is not, the clothes he got for her were still there and unchanged.
Tagorihime was completely annoyed by her naked self, so she gave him real clothes, despite wanting to eat them later.
'Don't they have anything more modern?... However, on the other hand, I would look like a real samurai.
After that, he looked around and understood that staying here any longer was absurd, so he decided to walk further into the cave.
While walking, he sometimes saw the silhouette of a girl move, perhaps to guide him somewhere.
He had no other choice, so he decided to accept it.
At some point, as he followed her, he ended up in a small cave room.
Suddenly a large rock appears, trapping Eiji there.
Then the girl he was chasing appeared in front of him.
He was wearing a white robe with a tiara on his head as well.
"I'm Ichikishimahime. Hey, why don't you play with me?"
"Play with you?" - Eiji was sure this would be some kind of test again.
"Did you see the colorful stone on the ground behind you? The right stone fits into the space in the big rock behind you. If all the space is filled, you win and are free. Speaking of which, using force to try to open it won't work. Killing me won't work either. The only way is to fill the space on that big rock."
"So how did I lose?"
"You can try as much as you like until you can't continue. And if you end up losing all hope and giving up, I'll eat you up. Actually, I don't like fresh chakra. I prefer the weak and will disappear, so that I can drink it." - when he said the last part about drinking, his face was replaced by the face of a creepy snake.
' ****** this creepy*..The snake was really confident and arrogant, pissing me off. It's time for that...'
"Ehm, after all I have plenty of time, can I ask you something?" - Eiji
"Because of you, snakes have the ability to take on a human form, why did you choose to be so ugly?"
Eiji golden rule of life number 2: when someone is arrogant and thinks they have a psychological advantage over you, just insult them!
They won't care about psychological gains anymore, though they may do other things like hit you...
"You! Don't think I'm as easily provoked as Tagorihime!"
"Tagorime? Who's that?"
"..." - he decided it was better to ignore it at this point, or else he would really be provoked.
"Hey, can I ask you something? Hey, why are you ignoring me? Are you deaf? Come on, this is so important! Well, whatever. I want to ask if there's a toilet here, but I don't seem to have anything else..."
"Wait, what are you trying-" - he stopped ignoring her but it was too late.
He started peeing on the wall: "Ahhh, finally.I held it for too long..."
"ARGH!!! JUST GO!!! I LOST MY LUST AGAIN!!!" - he stopped genjutsu.
Eiji saw that he was still in the big cave section like before.
Ichikishimahime was sitting on a rock staring at him angrily.
"Did I win your game? I have to admit, it's actually quite fun.." - Eiji.
"You ... sniff ..." - he just disappeared.
'Wait, is she crying now? Well, who cares, after all that creepy snake.
He did not walk for long when suddenly another snake woman in white robes jumped towards him and bit his neck.
'Damn, I didn't even feel his presence.' - before he could do anything to her, he had already jumped away from her.
With his large grip on his sore neck and the others near his sword, he looked at him furiously.
"I'm Tagitsuhime. You're pretty good, going through the trials of the other two. Next turn...I will test your heart. Of course, if you can't stand it, I can eat you." - with those words he disappeared.
The pain in his neck increased and his vision became blurred.
He waits.
He kept waiting.
But nothing happened.
His vision became clear again and he was in front of something that looked like a temple.
An angry Tagitsuhime pointed at him and shouted: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! THE SUBSTANCE THAT I INJECTED INTO YOU, SHOULD LET YOU FACE YOUR HESITATION AND CONFUSION!!! WHY IS NOTHING HAPPENING??!!"
Eiji thought for a moment and then replied: "Soal, I'm the type of guy who always runs away from all his problems."
"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT SO PROUDLY?!"
Eiji's golden rule of life number 3: if you fail, be a proud failure!!