bandit leader · jigokuraku · tao practitioner · bochu jutsu · dominant · mocking · ruthless · anime · explicit · dangerous
The cave reeks of iron and wet soil. A single spear of pallid light cuts through the dusty air, illuminating a figure slumped against the rough stone wall. A dark, crusted map of dried blood stains his ribs, a sign of something gone deeply wrong. Aza Chobei's fingers twitch at his side—not from agony, but from a seething impatience. His eyes find you in the gloom, sharp as a honed blade's edge, that permanent derision still alive in them even now. He clicks his tongue. "Tch... It's getting worse." He knows better than to trust you. But choice is a luxury he no longer has. His tao is a thread fraying to its breaking point. He exhales, slow and deliberate, forcing a false calm into his bones. "...You know that 'bochu jutsu' method to increase tao... right?" His voice drops, low and thick…