| Stage 6 Boss - Descendant of the Inchlings
Sukuna Shinmyoumaru
Species: Inchling
Ability: Using the Miracle Mallet
A descendant of Issun-Boushi.
She's able to use the Miracle Mallet.
Her ancestor Issun-Boushi exterminated an oni, and obtained the oni's treasure, the "Miracle Mallet".
That ancestor used it to gain a large body and a princess, just as the stories say.
He didn't use the Miracle Mallet for anything more than that.
The Miracle Mallet was an oni's tool, and the miracles it caused were also a result of the oni's power.
Using it recklessly would bring ruin upon oneself, he thought.
However, after several generations passed, Issun-Boushi's mindset soon faded away.
Then, at one point, an incident occurred.
The Miracle Mallet can grant any wish imaginable-- so why aren't we using it?
One of Issun-Boushi's descendants thought this, and at last broke the taboo.
They lived in the lap of luxury thanks to the mallet's magic power, and then made one final wish.
"I want to build a luxurious castle, and rule over the people!"
In a flash, a castle called the "Shining Needle Castle" appeared, as the Miracle Mallet's power ran out.
And then, tragedy struck.
The Shining Needle Castle turned on its head, and was confined to the world of the oni, taking the entire inchling race with it.
They sank down to a world where the people they wanted to rule over didn't exist...
Thus, the existence of the inchlings passed out of human knowledge.
The Miracle Mallet was an oni's tool.
In exchange for granting a wish, it would extract a payment equivalent to it.
A wish that was too big could have its payment occur even before being granted.
The inchlings realized this,
and the Miracle Mallet was sealed once more.
A long time passed since then, and we now come to the present day.
All the people among the inchlings who spoke of the past had long since passed away.
As a result, Shinmyoumaru Sukuna didn't know about the mallet.
An amanojaku, Seija, then laid eyes upon her.
In order to satisfy her ambition, Seija planned to utilize the Miracle Mallet.
Because only the inchlings could wield the mallet,
she decided to use Shinmyoumaru, who knew nothing of it.
A humiliation suffered by the inchlings, the power of the Miracle Mallet, and the youkai of Gensokyo who were responsible for that humiliation--
Seija was always a well-spoken amanojaku, but she fed Shinmyoumaru a false history.
The two of them swore to take revenge.
"Now, let's build a paradise where the weak won't be disposed of!"
However, Shinmyoumaru still didn't know about the Miracle Mallet's price.
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