I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 51 Finalizing the Target
"Over here, over here~~"

In a corner of the teaching building, a few boys huddled together furtively.

"Hehehe, you can see the swimming pool from here. Look, the girls from the swimming club are cleaning the pool: what a rare sight!"

A sleazy-looking boy took out binoculars and waved triumphantly at the others.

"It's better to join the swimming club, then I can watch it anytime."

Some companions objected, arguing that this was too inefficient.

"Idiot, the swimming pool has separate hours for men and women, and can you even swim?"

Pointing the binoculars at the adjacent gymnasium: behind the gymnasium is the swimming pool, the sleazy guy explained under his breath as he searched for a target:
"The girls who dare to join the swimming club all have great figures. Especially that class president, Nao Iai: she's already so impressive in her school uniform, imagine how amazing she would be in a swimsuit!"

brush,

In a flash, the lecherous man who had been searching for his target looked down at his empty hands, then turned back angrily:

"Get in line properly, you idiot—?!"

Turning around, he saw not several companions, but a handsome classmate.

"Who are you~~ Waaaaah!"

Before the lewd man could finish his question, several of his companions, whose expressions changed drastically, covered his mouth and grabbed his hands, dragging him away hastily.

'Don't be stupid!'

'That's the older brother in Iai Nao's class,'

'Yamamoto, a student in their class, was supposedly manipulated by him until he dropped out of school.'

From the departing crowd, one could hear others explaining in hushed tones.

Upon hearing that the perverted man was such a 'fierce person,' the one whose binoculars had been taken away dared not utter a word and hurriedly left, leaving Qiu Riyou to stroke her chin.

Yamamoto,

This name actually evokes a bit of nostalgia.

Turning her head towards the gymnasium, with Akihisa's skills, she didn't need binoculars to clearly see the female students cleaning the pool, and:

Noticing the commotion, several girls were pointing and whispering, along with Iai Nao, who was holding a water pipe and wearing a swimsuit.

Yes, the class monitor's physique is indeed top-notch.

Waving to the other person, Akihi Yu turned and left.

This was just a minor incident. After school, Qiu Riyou was wandering around the school because she was looking for a spirit beast to exorcise insects.

In terms of efficiency, dragonflies should be the best—but where are there dragonflies on this campus?

Dragonfly larvae, known as naiads, live in streams, ponds, and swamps, and prey on mosquito larvae, which also live in water.

The only place in the school with a relatively abundant water source is the swimming pool; it's the area that Nao and her team are cleaning, and clearly, it hasn't been abandoned to the point of breeding mosquitoes.

As a second-best option, frogs seem impossible to find right now, so:

As I walked out of the teaching building, my gaze fell on the trees beside me.

A small spider is repeating the action of weaving a web, following the path set by its genetic sequence.

"It is fate that we meet, come."

With a flick of her wrist, the spider floated over and landed on Qiu Riyou's fingertips.

Before the bewildered spider could comprehend its situation, a strange energy was injected into its body, instantly granting it the power to fight ferocious beasts and endowing it with human-like intelligence.

A flood of information rushed into his mind, causing the spider to sway precariously on Qiu Riyou's fingertips, as if it would fall to the ground at any moment.

But as long as autumn days are filled with reverie, it will not die.

So, in addition to:

Not only did Qiu Riyou endow it with magical power, but she also imprinted it with the 'Earth Curse Seal'!
As the black, magatama-shaped seal appeared on the spider's back, a wisp of 'natural energy' belonging to the planet was attracted by the seal and flowed into the spider's body, causing it to begin to expand.

At the same time, in the little spider's nascent consciousness, howling winds, rolling flames, and the collapse of the sky and earth suddenly appeared out of thin air.
With its weak soul, it will be overwhelmed by natural energy in the next second!

"Humph,"

Just at this time,
A magnificent figure appeared in the spider's consciousness.
With a flick of his wrist, his five fingers descended like pillars supporting the sky, covering the entire space of consciousness, suppressing the raging winds and flames, smoothing out the earth-shaking tremors, and stabilizing the little spider's consciousness.

god!
This concept,

It automatically appeared in the little spider's mind, while in reality:
"Kami Samah~~"

The spider, now the size of a fist, raised its human-shaped upper body and respectfully bowed its head to Akihi Yu.

"Well, it's not bad."

Looking at the 'Spider Girl' in her hand, Akihi Yu nodded in satisfaction.

This spider's magic power comes from him, its knowledge comes from him, and even its mental strength to stabilize 'natural energy' comes from Akihi Yu. In a sense, Akihi Yu is her god.

"According to custom, you should belong to the 'Jorogumo'."

Jorogumo, a legendary yokai, also known as Shinbura. Recorded in Toriyama Sekien's *Gazu Hyakki Yagyō*, she is a spider that transforms into human form. She seduces men, and once a man is lured, she takes his head and eats it. Her weakness is fire.

Of course, the 'spirit beast' created by Akihi Yuu neither seduces men nor is it afraid of fire; its function is:
“Your name is ‘Xiao Zhi’,”

"My job is to keep any mosquitoes out of my house. And—"

"Suit up."

"Yes, Lord Kami."

The spider girl, the size of a fist, opened her mouth and spat out countless silk threads, which quickly wove into a magnificent, deep purple twelve-layered kimono on her body: not twelve single-layered garments, but rather twelve layers of clothing called kimono stacked on top of single-layered garments.

Good taste in clothing
No, that's not my own taste.

"Don't let ordinary people find out."

Putting the fist-sized spider into her schoolbag, Qiu Riyou headed towards the subway station to pick up Qiong, and then placed 'Xiao Zhi' at home to repel mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes: Not at all, not at all.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Setagaya Ward.

"Kida, I'm giving you a week off."

The elderly man with gray hair beckoned to the young man in the black suit and gave him instructions.

"You haven't taken Ayuko and the others out to play in a long time. You need to fulfill your responsibilities as a father and husband. Go ahead."

"Yes, sir."

Although he didn't know why his master was giving him a holiday, the young man in the black suit, who was also the driver, bodyguard, and orphan adopted by the old man, didn't say much and left cleanly to enjoy his holiday with his wife and daughter.

The old man named Onoda dismissed his subordinates because:

吱、

An ordinary family car was parked in front of his house.

"Is this right here?"

The handsome young man stepped out of the car, glanced at the broken 'ancient style' building in front of him, and couldn't help but look back at the skyscrapers behind him.

"Tsk tsk tsk, to own a building like this in Tokyo, the owner must be incredibly wealthy and powerful." "What does this have to do with us? Knock on the door."

Wearing glasses, Shan Shang opened the trunk and took out a long steel pipe.

"unnecessary,"

The shortest of them all, with a face as youthful as a high school student, Saito stepped forward and pushed open the wooden door.

It was obvious that the owner of this place already knew they were coming.

The three of them stopped talking and filed in without any further ado, closing the door behind them.

"Please come in,"

As the three of them passed through the dry landscape garden with its cherry blossoms and willow trees, and arrived in front of the house, a voice, though aged, was full of energy and strength, came from behind the wooden door.

splash,

"Excuse me,"

The three of them opened the wooden door, took off their shoes, and stepped into the quaint room.

An elderly man was sitting in the living room of this building.

Their eyes met, and the glint in their eyes immediately confirmed that the other was a superhuman!
"sit,"

The elderly man with gray hair, acting as the host, raised his hand to signal, and three chairs automatically floated over.

After the three people, each with a different expression, sat down, the old man frowned.

"Are you the subordinates of that 'master'?"

"Have we met somewhere?"

"Old sir, even if you don't recognize me."

The handsome Ichihashi raised his hand and pointed to the mountain next to him, which was holding a steel pipe in its arms.

"You should know him, right?"

"You are--"

After carefully examining the other person, the elderly man with gray hair changed his expression.

"Up in the mountains?!"

No wonder he said these three people looked familiar. If they hadn't been wearing masks and hadn't changed their hairstyles, he would have recognized them immediately.

"it's me,"

Yamagami is very open about his identity.

He made the former prime minister 'overjoyed' without any intention of hiding anything.

Now that he possesses extraordinary power, there is no need for him to hide anything: like Saito Suke, he also firmly believes in his own sense of justice.

"So, who are you two—"

“Suke Saito,”

“Tatsumi Ichihashi,”

As the other two people announced their names, the elderly man with gray hair suddenly realized who they were.

They are all 'notorious' hardened criminals!
But it doesn't matter to him.
"What orders did that 'master' have you convey?"

?

"Didn't you give me the orders?"

Faced with the handsome Ichihashi Tatsu's question, all four people in the room frowned.

Could it be that someone else summoned them?
Splash,

As the four remained silent, books flew out of thin air from the bookshelf beside them: the pages separated and fluttered in the air, forming a girl.

This 'girl' has charming features, wears a 'kosode' from the Heian period, and has bare legs, yet she doesn't give off any ambiguous feeling.

A face drawn on paper, clothes cut from paper, and legs folded from paper.
“You can call me 'Paper Dance',”

Floating in the air, swaying in the gentle breeze, the 'girl' monster with graceful dance moves smiled sweetly.

Paper Dance?

“That’s right, I am the envoy sent by the ‘Third Lord’.”

The girl floated in the air, as light as a feather.

"I have summoned you here because the master has given orders—"

As the girl spoke, the four people present straightened their backs.

"Prepare 100 souls!"

"Used as a sacrificial offering."

?

"Paper Dance. Sir,"

While the others were still deep in thought, Saito was the first to speak.

"Excuse me, what are these offerings for?"

"What?"

The girl who called herself 'Paper Dance' tilted her head.

"Of course, it's used to open 'Rashomon' and release a hundred demons—"

brush,

Suddenly drawing the dagger from his waist, Saito Suke launched a sudden attack! He actually attacked 'Paper Dance'.

thud,

Next second,
Saito, who had just jumped up from the chair, suddenly went limp and knelt on one knee.

"Saito, what are you doing?"

The handsome Ichihashi frowned and questioned, "This paper girl is 'that person's' messenger. How dare you attack her? You're asking for trouble!"
"Hey?"

"You intend to use the power granted to you by that 'master' to attack me?"

With a whoosh, she opened a paper fan in her hand, and the girl 'Paper Dance' smiled charmingly.

Are all humans this arrogant?

Without her making any move, just a glance was enough to make Saito Suke break out in a cold sweat and kneel on the ground, unable to get up.

"Master Paper Dance, what is the purpose of releasing the hundred demons?"

When asked by the people on the other side of the mountain, Paper Dance answered as a matter of course:
"Of course,"

"Announcing our return!"

Small-scale tinkering not only leads to slow skill level increases, but also doesn't provide much mana. Qiu Riyou wants to bring the concept of 'extraordinary revival' to the forefront of everyone in this world.

(End of this chapter)