"They were really too noisy. I felt they would interrupt our pleasant conversation, so I had my men take them out directly."
Yoshizawa Eigen clapped his hands. His subordinates outside immediately threw in two female heads.
Jinno Sumire lowered her head and saw that they were indeed the two shrine maidens who had been guarding the door for her.
Seeing their faces covered in blood, eyes wide open, with confusion and shock still written in their pupils, Jinno Sumire's pupils could not help but shrink, her eyes splitting with rage.
She raised her head and stared at Yoshizawa Eigen with a face full of fury.
Seeing her like this, Yoshizawa Eigen instead laughed. He said, "Head Priest, don't be so angry. I just killed a couple of your watchdogs. You haven't exactly killed few of my men lately either. Courtesy demands reciprocity, courtesy demands reciprocity."
Hearing these words that sounded like appeasement on the surface but were filled with blatant provocation, Jinno Sumire did not fly into a rage. Instead, she calmed down again.
Her expression was blank as she sat back down in her chair, looking calmly at Yoshizawa Eigen as she asked, "I don't know what method you used to sneak in here, but you didn't come just to kill a few innocent shrine maidens and use that to scare me, did you?"
Yoshizawa Eigen burst into laughter, "Hahaha! How could I come for the lives of such lowly servants? How could I possibly think killing trash like that would scare you, Head Priest?"
After laughing somewhat manically for a while, Yoshizawa Eigen said to Jinno Sumire, "I came to see Lady Jinno Sumire today because I have something to ask of you."
Jinno Sumire expressionlessly picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, "What is it?"
Seeing that Jinno Sumire did not seem frightened at all, Yoshizawa Eigen stopped pretending. He looked at her coldly and said, "Very simple. I need you to pay the price you deserve for everything you've done to me recently."
"What price," Jinno Sumire said.
"First, you've killed quite a few of my people and destroyed quite a lot of my businesses recently. You need to compensate me for all of that," Yoshizawa Eigen said.
"And?", Jinno Sumire said.
"And after that, you need to listen to me and hand over the authority of the Jinno family to me," Yoshizawa Eigen sneered.
"Are you dreaming?", Jinno Sumire frowned at him.
"Heh, you don't want to?", Yoshizawa Eigen sneered.
"If I say I do want to, would you believe it?", Jinno Sumire said.
"Of course not," Yoshizawa Eigen said.
"Then why are you asking?", Jinno Sumire felt a bit speechless.
"I'm asking first so I can fully understand Head Priest's unyielding, never-admit-defeat personality. Then, after completely destroying and reshaping your body and mind, when I have you fully under my control, it'll feel even better," Yoshizawa Eigen said with a grin as he squatted down and raised his hand toward the combination lock on the briefcase.
"What do you mean by that?", Seeing Yoshizawa Eigen acting all mysterious, Jinno Sumire's slender brows knitted tightly.
Although she did not know what exactly was in Yoshizawa Eigen's briefcase, judging from his behavior, it was obviously nothing good.
Yoshizawa Eigen's inexplicable confidence made Jinno Sumire's heart fill with intense unease. She wanted to escape directly. Actually, with Yoshizawa Eigen's aging body at his age, he might not even be able to beat her.
But Jinno Sumire also knew that outside the door, there were still several of Yoshizawa Eigen's subordinates.
It would be very difficult for her to break through and call in the shrine's own shrine maidens and guards.
But if she stayed trapped here, Yoshizawa Eigen seemed to have some method prepared to use on her.
Feeling that something was wrong, Jinno Sumire's mind raced as she tentatively said, "Yoshizawa Eigen, you're not thinking of going down in mutual destruction with the Jinno family, are you? You should also know that if you kill me, you won't live to see tomorrow either."
While entering the password into the briefcase, Yoshizawa Eigen chuckled, "When did I ever say I wanted to kill you, Head Priest? What I want is to make you unable to live and unable to die, understand?"
After sweeping a glance over Jinno Sumire's incomparably beautiful face and her curvy, full, alluring body, Yoshizawa Eigen stopped paying attention to her. He lowered his head, eager to open the safe as quickly as possible. He was already impatient to see this noble and aloof head priest consumed by desire, crying and begging for mercy.
Hearing Yoshizawa Eigen's words, Jinno Sumire understood that he had definitely prepared some kind of method to deal with her.
Charging out was no good. Staying here was also no good. It felt like a dead end already…
'I was careless. I should have been more vigilant.'
Jinno Sumire felt a bit of regret, but that emotion only flashed by briefly.
With her personality, she could control her emotions well.
Judging from the current situation, rather than waiting for Yoshizawa Eigen to use some unimaginable method on her, it would be better to fight to the death.
At least she would not be def!led by such a disgusting man.
With her resolve renewed, Jinno Sumire quickly made a decision.
She stood up, pretending she was about to rush out the door.
Noticing this, Yoshizawa Eigen hurriedly put aside opening the briefcase for the moment and turned to shout at his subordinates outside, "This woman wants to run. Stop her!"
As soon as he said that, sounds of movement immediately came from outside.
"Hmph! Trying to escape?", Yoshizawa Eigen sneered coldly.
Jinno Sumire's heart sank.
Because before she could even escape the side hall, a tall figure directly blocked the doorway.
Because the light outside was poor, she could not clearly see the face, but the figure looked extraordinarily broad and steady, giving off a mountain-like presence.
Jinno Sumire did not know how Yoshizawa Eigen had obtained a subordinate of this level. She only knew that she absolutely could not get past this person and break out of the side hall.
So Jinno Sumire quietly retreated back.
"Alright, you can go out now. Remember to close the door for me."
Yoshizawa Eigen had already opened the briefcase and touched the tube of powerful hallucinogenic aphrodisiac. Seeing Jinno Sumire forced back, he immediately waved his hand, signaling the subordinate at the door to leave.
After all, he was about to thoroughly conquer Jinno Sumire, this noble and aloof head priest.
He did not want such a fragrant scene to be seen by those lowly subordinates.
But what Yoshizawa Eigen did not expect was that after he gave the order, the figure at the door did not move at all, as if there was no intention of retreating.
Not only did he not retreat, he instead slowly walked into the room.
"Damn thing, are you deaf? Didn't you hear me tell you to get out?", Hearing the footsteps coming closer behind him, Yoshizawa Eigen, already thinking with his lust, could not help but curse loudly, ordering the other party to get out immediately.
"I'd say you're pretty arrogant, aren't you?", A calm voice entered Yoshizawa Eigen's ears.
This unfamiliar voice, which clearly did not belong to any subordinate, made Yoshizawa Eigen's eyes widen instantly. He sharply turned his head to look.
"Who are you?", Seeing a tall, handsome, unfamiliar young man walk into the room, Yoshizawa Eigen froze.
Jinno Sumire beside him was also slightly stunned. Although very surprised, she still reacted, "Hik… Hikari-kun?"
"Aunt Sumire," Hikari gave Jinno Sumire a slight nod.
On the way to Ino Shrine earlier, he had been intercepted by the urban legend anomaly Yamanoke, which delayed him for a bit.
But since he had great counters to urban legends like the Vajra Subduing Demon Force and Five Thunder Orthodox Method, after spending a few minutes, Hikari still blasted that ugly monster to death.
And on the way here, through the Pure Love Radar's prompts, Hikari had already guessed all of Yoshizawa Eigen's plans. So after entering the shrine, he rushed to this side hall without hesitation.
Hikari basically knew everything that had happened, but Jinno Sumire was missing a lot of information.
Looking at Hikari's familiar face that had suddenly appeared, Jinno Sumire felt it was deeply unbelievable, like she was sleepwalking. She was a little dazed, yet also pleasantly surprised.
Hearing how Jinno Sumire addressed Hikari, Yoshizawa Eigen also seemed to recall something.
Pointing at Hikari's young face, he shouted, "You're Hikari? You're the one who killed my son, right? I'll kill you!"
Hearing Yoshizawa Eigen's shouting, Hikari smiled, "Kill me? That sounds familiar. Your son seemed to say the same thing to me before he died."
"So it really was you who killed Takeo!", Hearing Hikari actually admit to killing his only son, Yoshizawa Eigen flew into a rage.
"I killed him. Before he died, he even called me daddy and knelt down to beg for mercy," Hikari said with a smile.
"You damn bastard! Nonsense! You really deserve to die!", Hearing Hikari's blatant provocation, Yoshizawa Eigen was so angry that veins bulged on his forehead.
"I'll kill you to avenge my son! I'll break your legs and torture you to death, you damned bastard!"
After cursing a few times, Yoshizawa Eigen shouted to his subordinates outside, "You useless trash, how long are you going to watch the show? Get in here now and take down this damn brat for me!"
Yoshizawa Eigen originally thought that once he gave the order, the five sturdy, muscular subordinates outside would immediately rush in, subdue Hikari, this young punk, and then he could torture him properly.
But after he finished shouting, there was not the slightest movement outside.
Only the quiet breeze blew in along the doorframe, lifting the few remaining strands of hair on his forehead.
"Where are they? A bunch of trash. Are you all deaf?", With no response coming, Yoshizawa Eigen could not help but shout again.
Hikari instead took two steps outside, picked up a huge lump of something, then walked back in.
"Who are you calling for? These guys?"
"I thought there was someone else who wanted to make a move. Turns out it's just these few. I already knocked them down earlier."
Hikari lifted the five burly men, stacked together like a huge mound of rotten meat, and threw them all into the side hall.
With a loud thud, the tatami mats in the side hall shook violently several times.
Obviously, this pile of five stacked men was extremely heavy, at least over a thousand jin.
Yet Hikari could lift them with one hand. These men had clearly been taken down by Hikari alone.
So just how terrifying was Hikari's strength?
"Is this guy even human?"
Both Yoshizawa Eigen and Jinno Sumire stared at Hikari in shock, as if looking at a monster.
Although both were equally astonished by Hikari's display, their identities meant their reactions were different.
At this moment, Yoshizawa Eigen looked at Hikari as if he were a humanoid ferocious beast, trembling with fear, shocked and terrified.
Jinno Sumire, on the other hand, was also extremely surprised, but her heart began to race, and she felt rather excited.
Normally, as the person in control of the Jinno family, even if she encountered someone very good at fighting, she would not feel much emotional fluctuation.
After all, in this era, being able to fight was worth nothing. What really mattered when you were out in the world was background and power. No matter how good one person was, how many people could they fight?
So previously, even knowing that Hikari had beaten those kidnappers and rescued Jinno Blue, Jinno Sumire, aside from gratitude, did not have many other emotions.
But now, seeing Hikari in action with her own eyes, Jinno Sumire realized that Hikari was truly, exceptionally strong.
And not only was he strong, he was young, and very handsome too.
And this overwhelming combat power was revealed because he had come to save her.
Even someone as aloof as Jinno Sumire could not help but feel a bit dazed looking at that handsome face, her heartbeat starting to speed up.
Hikari, however, had no time to care about what Jinno Sumire was thinking. He walked straight toward Yoshizawa Eigen.
Seeing this young man, whom he now regarded as a humanoid ferocious beast, walk toward him, Yoshizawa Eigen immediately felt an intense pressure.
His legs trembled as he directly begged Hikari for mercy, "Don't… don't come over. Please…"
A breeze blew past his suddenly wet crotch, stirring up a stench. Yoshizawa Eigen had actually pissed himself in fear.
Hikari did not respond. He simply grabbed Yoshizawa Eigen by the throat.
Feeling that iron-clamp-like hand on his neck, Yoshizawa Eigen instinctively reached out to grab Hikari's wrist, still struggling as he begged, "Spare… spare me… I… I know I was wrong… I really… really know I was wrong…"
Listening to Yoshizawa Eigen's words, Hikari tightened his grip and slowly lifted him into the air.
After hearing his begging, Hikari suddenly smiled, "You really know you were wrong?"
"No. You just know you're about to die."
Ignoring Yoshizawa Eigen's babbling, Hikari twisted his hand slightly.
A sharp crack sounded.
Yoshizawa Eigen's neck was snapped instantly, and he immediately stopped breathing.
[Ding! Host has seen through Yoshizawa Eigen's cuckolding plot against Jinno Sumire, successfully rescued the aloof head priest Jinno Sumire, and successfully promoted the spirit of pure love!]
[Ding! Host has successfully killed Yoshizawa Eigen, eliminated a hidden danger in Miyuri, and successfully promoted the spirit of pure love!]
[Ding! Host has successively killed Yoshizawa Takeo and Yoshizawa Eigen, a cuckolding father and son pair, achieving the Double Kill Father and Son Flower achievement, and successfully promoted the spirit of pure love!]
[Based on the host's actions, pure love rewards are being calculated…]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving reward: Pure Love Points +500!]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving reward: Attribute Points +3!]
[Ding…]
After killing Yoshizawa Eigen, the Pure Love System's notification sounds rang out continuously in Hikari's mind. He immediately began carefully checking them.
Meanwhile, the aloof head priest Jinno Sumire, who had been temporarily ignored by him and was still standing to the side, was staring at him intently.
She had already heard the sound of Yoshizawa Eigen's neck being snapped just now. But seeing how decisively and ruthlessly Hikari acted, her beautiful eyes were still filled with surprise.
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