Chapter 109: The Weak Nura Clan, Kyoto is the True High-Level Game
Seeing the scene before them, and hearing Yoru utter such arrogant words in a very plain tone, Gyuki, as well as Kubinashi and Karasu Tengu led by him, all changed their expressions involuntarily.
This guy...
Seems not to be an ordinary Onmyoji.
They had never heard of any Onmyoji who would suddenly change into such a villain-like outfit during battle.
To be honest.
Compared to Kubinashi with his head dangling and floating in the air, Karasu Tengu with a non-human appearance, and Gyuki with a cold face looking like a Yakuza boss...
Yoru at this moment looked more like the villain BOSS.
"What, not coming up?"
Yoru smiled and raised Onimaru Kunitsuna, pointing the tip of the blade at the three yokai in front of him.
"Then, I won't be polite."
"Go."
As his command came out, the huge Golden Goat-Headed God immediately led its two divine messengers and rushed towards the three yokai of the Nura Clan.
The contract between the Goat-Headed God and Yoru was to appear and help when Mai and others encountered evil spirits.
The clauses didn't include obeying the opponent's orders.
But the Goat-Headed God had lived for so long and naturally wasn't stupid.
Do I have a choice?
Obeying completely and coaxing this human well, everyone is happy.
If I show the slightest intention of disobedience, who knows what the opponent will do?
Watching its own body being devoured bit by bit, and the devourer looking very enjoyable, this was simply double torture of body and mind.
The Goat-Headed God dared not gamble.
After all, in its eyes, Yoru's image was a powerful madman without reason.
"Earthbound spirit..."
Gyuki drew an ancient long sword from his waist. Facing the Goat-Headed God and two divine messengers rushing towards him, his expression didn't change at all, just speaking in a deep voice.
"Leave the two small ones to Kubinashi. I'll take the big one. Tengu, you stay on the side and wait for an opportunity."
"Understood."
Within the Nura Clan, Gyuki's status was very high; Kubinashi and Karasu Tengu naturally obeyed his command.
Watching Gyuki wielding a long sword full of oppression and fighting with the Goat-Headed God, Yoru just watched with interest from a distance.
Not only that, he also formed a chair with evil spirit power and sat quietly observing.
"What exactly are these things?"
Looking at Gyuki, Kubinashi, and Karasu Tengu, Yoru pondered silently in his heart.
As a transmigrator, he certainly knew the opponents were yokai belonging to the Nura Clan.
The question was.
What kind of existence are yokai in this world?
Through the battle scene in front of him, one point could be confirmed first.
Yokai, like spirit mediums, could "Observe" the existence of spirits.
Then, how much did these yokai of the Nura Clan know about the situation in Kyoto?
Yoru guessed they should have some basic understanding.
But not much.
Otherwise, the ones coming today wouldn't be just these three Nura Clan executives, but the Supreme Commander of the Nura Clan, known as the Commander of Yokai, Nurarihyon.
While Yoru crossed his legs and enjoyed the battle scene, the parties involved, Gyuki and Kubinashi, were already drenched in sweat.
Boom!
The Golden Goat-Headed God raised its front paw and slapped fiercely on Gyuki's long sword.
The astonishing force made the latter's body retreat several meters, scratching a mark on the ground.
Gyuki widened his eyes, looking at the huge Golden Goat-Headed God, his eyes full of horror and shock.
"What exactly... is this thing?"
He initially thought this was just an ordinary Earthbound Spirit.
Such things were common.
Some people with strong obsessions during their lifetime would become Earthbound Spirits lingering in a certain place after death, unable to leave forever.
Places like shrines were areas where Earthbound Spirits appeared frequently.
After all, although called shrines, probably less than one in ten actually housed gods.
Unexpectedly, he encountered a tough one today.
Gyuki wasn't sure if the goat-headed monster in front of him was a real god, but he could confirm one thing.
This guy is ridiculously strong!
On the other side, Kubinashi was wielding his weapon called "Black String" made of Jorogumo's silk and Kejoro's hair, resisting the attacks of the two fox-faced divine messengers.
Although he was slightly more relaxed than Gyuki facing the Goat-Headed God, he wasn't much better off.
The fox-faced divine messengers were agile and difficult to aim at due to their small size.
Even if Kubinashi occasionally hit the opponent, the fox-faced divine messengers seemed to have no sense of pain and wouldn't slow down at all due to injuries.
If this continued, he would undoubtedly lose.
"These guys..."
Seeing Gyuki and Kubinashi struggling, Yoru couldn't help but frown.
As elite combat forces of the Nura Clan...
Aren't these two yokai a bit too weak?
So weak that Yoru even began to suspect if the opponents were acting here.
His initial idea was simple.
To be cautious, let the Goat-Headed God and two fox-faced divine messengers go first. Anyway, as long as the shrine existed, even if destroyed, they could resurrect after a period of time.
Such cannon fodder was most suitable for probing the enemy's abilities and moves.
Result: Yoru really didn't expect.
The three cannon fodder he sent out for probing actually put so much pressure on the opponents.
At this time, Gyuki and Kubinashi also vaguely realized something.
They originally thought this trip to Kyoto led by the First Generation Supreme Commander Nurarihyon to find the exorcist was a dimensionality reduction strike (overwhelming advantage) by the long-silent Nura Clan against the modern world.
It seemed now...
The one being dimensionality reduction struck seemed to be their side?
Kyoto is the true high-level game!
"Persist a little longer."
Gyuki's breathing was a bit heavy. He lowered his voice to Kubinashi beside him.
"I have sent people to find those two human girls suspected of being spirit mediums. When we use them as bargaining chips to make the opponent sit down and negotiate with us, just persist a little longer."
"Understood, Gyuki-sama."
Just as Gyuki and Kubinashi gritted their teeth and decided to persist a little longer, the phone in Yoru's pocket suddenly rang.
He picked up the phone. From the other side came Rio's consistent calm and composed voice.
"Hello, are you busy right now?"
Yoru glanced at the three Nura Clan yokai not far away, who were fighting fiercely with the Goat-Headed God and two fox-faced divine messengers, gritting their teeth to hold on, and replied nonchalantly.
"Not busy, bored to death, too free."
"Oh, is that so."
Rio said noncommittally, then said faintly.
"After Miko and I finished eating with Mai-senpai and others, we originally planned to take advantage of the free time to eliminate evil spirits in the city and hone our Soul Manifestations by the way. Result: attacked by someone."
"And then?"
Hearing Yoru's unhurried tone, Rio spoke slowly.
"All defeated. Didn't cause us any harm; very weak."
"However, Miko and I haven't seen this kind of creature before. They seem to have physical bodies, unlike ordinary evil spirits and ghosts, so we didn't kill them. Do you already know?"
Yoru nodded and smiled.
"Mmhmm, I am in the shrine from last time. Come find me."
"Okay, twenty minutes."
After hanging up, Yoru sighed slightly, a look of pity appearing in his eyes.
Too pity.
So Nura Clan is just at this level?
Just one red light (traffic light) got me all fired up.
Although the top combat forces of the Nura Clan, Gyuki and Kubinashi, were here with him.
But causing no harm to Miko and Rio, this was a bit too weak, right?
Just this?
You Gyuki were threatening me there?
Yoru was powerless to complain.
Gathering the full power of the Nura Clan just to make him laugh?
Say my name, amuse you with a smile? (Meme).
Funny.
"Hey."
Gyuki, who was confronting the Goat-Headed God, suddenly heard Yoru's voice behind him.
Until hearing the opponent's voice, he realized.
Unknown when, Yoru had appeared behind him.
Gyuki's face changed in shock. Disregarding thinking too much, he turned around and slashed directly.
Clang!
After a crisp sound of metal colliding.
Gyuki's long sword broke.
"This is Onimaru Kunitsuna."
Looking at the astonished Gyuki and the half broken sword on the ground, Yoru's smile became more kind.
"What kind of scrap metal is yours? Hmm?"
Gyuki was silent and speechless.
Although this saber had followed him for many years and was considered a spiritual item.
But compared to the handed-down famous sword of Sakura Prefecture, Onimaru Kunitsuna, calling it scrap metal wasn't an exaggeration at all.
"Only this much strength?"
Hearing Yoru's slightly disappointed words, Gyuki couldn't help gritting his teeth.
Before coming, Supreme Commander Nurarihyon specifically instructed him with a sentence.
"Current Kyoto is a human city. Unless absolutely necessary, do not use true power. If human hostility is aroused, it will inevitably fall into another chaotic era of war between yokai and humans."
Yoru seemed to see Gyuki's thoughts. He placed Onimaru Kunitsuna in his hand gently on the opponent's neck, the smile on his face disappearing, and whispered word by word.
"If you don't use full strength, you will die here."
"Gyuki-sama!"
Seeing Onimaru Kunitsuna in Yoru's hand already on Gyuki's neck, Kubinashi immediately withdrew, avoiding the entanglement of the two fox-faced divine messengers, waving the Black String in his hand, and using his killing move.
"String Assassin. Murder Log. Spider!" (String Killing Technique).
Nurarihyon's ban only applied to Gyuki, not including Kubinashi.
The reason was simple.
Kubinashi wasn't as strong as Gyuki.
"The move name is quite cool."
Yoru gave a comment, extended his left hand, and grabbed the thread of Black String made of hair.
Kubinashi frowned first, then used a bit more force.
The spiritual weapon Black String made of Jorogumo's silk and Kejoro's hair had toughness and sharpness far beyond ordinary items.
Logically speaking, let alone a mere ordinary human.
Even a powerful monster, if daring to grab the thread of Black String with bare hands like Yoru at this moment, would lose the hand.
But Kubinashi tried to pull, and his brows furrowed even tighter.
Why doesn't it move at all?
"Can you be a bit more serious?"
Yoru pulled slightly towards his body, directly dragging Kubinashi's body flying.
The opponent's head even stayed in place, not having time to follow.
Yoru stepped on Kubinashi's body, Onimaru Kunitsuna in his hand still on Gyuki's neck, shaking his head slightly disappointedly.
"The long-famous Nura Clan turns out to be only at this level? Truly hard to satisfy one's enjoyment."
Seeing Kubinashi stepped under his feet, Gyuki's face changed. Disregarding thinking too much, he immediately wanted to release his power as a Great Yokai.
However, just the moment he had this thought, a huge Pale Ghost Hand emerged silently from behind him.
Those five fingers with sharp pitch-black nails directly held Gyuki's tall body like an ant in the palm.
"You can rest."
Looking at Gyuki struggling hard but unable to break free under the control of the Pale Ghost Hand, Yoru winked at the Golden Goat-Headed God beside him.
The latter understood immediately, ran over, and pressed its huge paw on Kubinashi's back.
"I've lost interest in you."
Yoru walked to the front of the shrine, sat back on that pitch-black chair, looked at Karasu Tengu hovering in the air not knowing what to do, and whispered with a smile.
"Only your First Generation Supreme Commander can bring me a little fun. Why aren't you going to notify him to save people?"
....
Twenty minutes later.
When Miko and Rio rushed to the shrine and saw Kubinashi pinned to the ground by the Goat-Headed God and Gyuki held by the Pale Ghost Hand unable to move, they didn't have any surprised emotions.
Enemies they could handle, could Yoru not handle?
"These guys..."
Rio walked to Yoru and said thoughtfully.
"What exactly are they? Those we encountered seemed like evil spirits but had physical bodies, and didn't have much hostility towards us two, didn't sneak attack to kill. Never seen before."
"Oh, them."
Yoru replied casually: "They are so-called Yokai, belonging to an organization called Nura Clan. Just treat them as Yakuza among Yokai."
"Yokai?"
Miko looked slightly puzzled.
"I've never seen such creatures before."
"I haven't seen them either."
Yoru smiled, then added.
"But have you ever thought that evil spirits, things invisible and unable to directly harm humans, are the ones that shouldn't exist and have no records at all?"
Rio and Miko looked at each other, thinking it seems really so.
Yokai had a high appearance rate in the legends of Sakura Prefecture.
But invisible evil spirits that couldn't directly harm humans had no relevant records.
Thinking about it, it made sense.
If someone told you now that there is something with a terrifying appearance and hostility towards humans in the world, but you can't see or touch it, and it can't cause any impact on you, what would you feel?
Better attitude: Scoff.
Worse attitude: Is there something wrong with your brain?
In comparison, Yokai with physical bodies needing to avoid human attention and hide in the dark fit the descriptions in legends better.
Looking at Yoru sitting comfortably in his seat, Rio, who had taken off her glasses and tied her hair in a high ponytail, had complex eyes.
During this time, she always had a worry in her heart.
According to Tamamo-no-Mae, the first appearance of the "Door" was March 20th.
Coincidentally.
The time Yoru awakened his spiritual ability was also March 20th.
Is there such a coincidence in this world?
Rio had two guesses about this.
First.
Because of the appearance of the "Door," the Otherworld and the Real World merged partially. According to the natural rule protecting human life that without "Cognition" between evil spirits and humans, they cannot affect each other, Yoru awakened his spiritual ability at that time.
If so.
It meant the chunibyo words Yoru said to Rio back then were surprisingly correct by accident.
He was the chosen one selected by heaven to save the world, possessing unruly aptitude.
Everyone happy; Super-Quant Club continues to fulfill its obligation to protect this world from strangeness.
But what if it's the other one?
Same phenomenon, same process, but the causal relationship is reversed.
Because Yoru awakened spiritual ability, things like "Doors" appeared?
This could explain why the strange phenomenon of "Doors" only existed in Kyoto city.
Mai's Adolescence Syndrome affected everyone's observation and cognition in the world.
If the "Doors" appearing in Kyoto and those increasingly powerful and crazy evil spirits...
Were all results caused by Yoru's Adolescence Syndrome alone?
Rio couldn't be sure.
After all, the sample of Adolescence Syndrome phenomenon was too small, only Mai one case.
As the saying goes:
Science requires repeated verification to draw conclusions.
Conclusions drawn from only Mai one case could only be called guesses.
If a second Adolescence Syndrome patient appeared, perhaps conclusions could be drawn by comparison.
"Futaba, what are you thinking?"
Hearing Yoru's words, Rio came back to her senses.
She looked at his familiar face, forced a smile, and shook her head.
"Nothing, just a bit tired. Want to solve this early and go home to sleep."
Rio made up her mind.
No matter which case, her view of Yoru wouldn't change.
The influence of Adolescence Syndrome wasn't something the person could control.
The crimes in Kyoto during this period and the impact caused by evil spirits shouldn't be counted on Yoru; that was unfair.
"Mmhmm, solve it as soon as possible."
Yoru looked nonchalant on the surface, but couldn't help sighing in his heart.
Rio's acting was really too bad.
With her personality of never showing emotional fluctuations and always maintaining a rational appearance...
If really nothing, why smile at him?