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Chapter 116 Kaga Kiyomitsu: Farewell Blade, Five Thunder Method, Learned! (8k, asking for monthly ticket)

"I've heard people say that when their pet animals die, they feel sad and bury them with their own hands."

Snow Girl's expression was indifferent as she continued to brew the soul soup that carried so much resentment. Her movements did not slow down at all because of Uesugi Tetsu's arrival.

“That’s what I’m doing now.”

The Snow Girl said, "Here, only when obsession or resentment is completely eliminated can true death come."

"Otherwise, you will only become a soul without wisdom or knowledge, wandering aimlessly, forever savoring the resentment and pain of life. Your Excellency Che should have seen this too."

魑。

The "empty soul" mentioned by the Snow Girl is undoubtedly Chi.

So... what she is doing now is equivalent to saving the souls of these resentful souls?

Uesugi Che could see the Snow Girl sighing slowly, and her icy spiritual power fluctuated.
"If we don't gather them together and let them die, it will be very noisy... It's better to place them together. It will be easier to deal with them after death, and before they die, it will also relieve the boredom of my ordinary life."

[Uncover the Snow Girl's true purpose. Current progress: 70%.]

A prompt popped up in front of Uesugi Tetsu, proving that what the Snow Girl said was true.

But the progress has only reached 70%, which means there are more crucial points that the Snow Girl has not revealed...

call.

A biting cold wind suddenly blew.

The blue flame went out.

The surging sound of the soul soup stopped, and the basement immediately fell into deep darkness.

A deep chill and scattered resentment enveloped Uesugi Tetsu's body.

In the darkness, only the pair of ice-blue pupils are bright, indifferent as always.
"Sir Che, you know exactly why I'm telling you this."

The cold spread, and thick frost and snow covered the basement.

Uesugi Tetsu put away his folding fan and the arm armor within his robe. He stood with his hands behind his back. "I originally thought you were refining living souls and concocting resentment to achieve your goals. Then, no matter what I do, I won't feel any psychological burden."

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head: "But now it seems that I was wrong."

The Snow Girl was slightly startled.

The monster who could see through people's hearts knew clearly that every word said by the four-tailed fox in front of him was true, and he really had no intention of fighting with him.

"You're actually more interested in knowing the unknown truth than your own life... It doesn't matter whether you know it or not, right?"

The Snow Girl lowered her eyes and curled the corners of her lips, a rare gesture.

What an interesting guy.

Unfortunately--

The bone-chilling cold and the sudden appearance of snow and wind enveloped Uesugi Che in an instant. He only had time to hear the Snow Girl's last whisper before he lost consciousness.

"—I don't want my peaceful life to be disrupted by outsiders."

Waving her sleeves, which were as white as ever, the Snow Girl stared at the crystal ice cubes shattered on the ground.

After a long time, she sighed helplessly, bent down, picked up the most transparent piece from the ground, and stuffed it into the gap of her furisode.

It's a bit of a pity.

A slight sense of guilt rose from the bottom of the Snow Girl's heart, but was calmly cut off by herself in the next moment.

She had clearly warned him in the first sentence, but the four-tailed fox still stayed.

It's his own choice.

……

“Hiss—it’s so cold!”

In the warm spring sunshine, Uesugi Che, who was lying under the cherry tree, opened his eyes and shuddered suddenly.

He had just been frozen into an ice sculpture by the Snow Girl, and then shattered into countless pieces.

This cold is literally "chilled to the bone".

Goose bumps spread across Uesugi Tetsu's skin. He rubbed his hands with the Corona Energy for a long time before he could barely regain warmth in his body.

"This is much more serious than the aftereffects of an ordinary death."

Uesugi Che muttered to himself, took out his phone, and discovered that only three or four hours had passed in the real world.

There's a subtle sense of time dislocation...

Uesugi Tetsu was about to get up and move around when he suddenly noticed that his storage backpack lit up.

When I clicked inside, I found that Kaga Kiyomitsu was placed inside and was emitting brilliant light.

"Finally you are here!"

Regardless of the fact that they were still in school, Uesugi Tetsu directly took out Kaga Kiyomitsu and held it in his hand.

In fact, the Special Affairs Office does not prohibit students from bringing cold weapons into the campus - as long as you have the corresponding documents.

The distinguished "seed" players naturally enjoy this tiny privilege.

The moment Uesugi Tetsu held Kaga Kiyomitsu's hand, a colorful prompt popped up.

[Kaga Kiyomitsu·Unknown changes are occurring: 100%! ]

[Your Kaga Kiyomitsu·Fake has undergone a key change! 】

【You lost Kaga Kiyomitsu. 】

[You have obtained, Kaga Kiyomitsu: Blade of Separation! ]

With a little effort, Uesugi Tetsu pulled out the blade.

The blade was no longer as clear as water, but was engraved with layer upon layer of ancient and complex emblems, stacked on top of it, exquisite and solemn.

A pale color like velvet clouds clung to it, like water slowly dripping from the blade, falling on the cherry blossom petals at Uesugi Tetsu's feet.

In an instant, the petals became delicate and gorgeous, and extremely beautiful.

But in just a blink of an eye, the dazzling petals withered and decayed, turning into a handful of colorless yellow earth.

A moment of beauty.

Uesugi Tetsu looked at the brand new Kaga Kiyomitsu, feeling its slight and pleasant vibration and sniffing its faint fragrance.

【Kaga Kiyomitsu: Blade of Farewell】

【Quality: Rare +】

[Effect 1: Thrust Enhancement +.]

[Effect 2: Zanpakutsu.]

[Effect 3: Slash Enhancement +.]

[Effect 4: Blazing.]

[Effect 5: Farewell Blade (unique). After Kaga Kiyomitsu's Farewell Blade is unsheathed, it will continuously inflict "Farewell Sorrow" to the surrounding area. After inflicting damage to an enemy, this effect will rapidly increase against that enemy.]

[——This is the blade that slays the Eight Bitternesses of Love and Separation. It is not one of the numerous replicas of the katana from centuries ago, but the only one of its kind.]

Even though the quality has not changed, a new effect marked "unique" has been added.

The so-called "Sorrow of Separation" is naturally obtained by killing the separation of love, and its strength seems to be very high.

However, Uesugi Tetsu still needs to test the specific effect on the enemy.

Seeing that the pale liquid was about to spread under the cherry tree, Uesugi Tetsu quickly stuffed it back.

Kaga Kiyomizu's heart hummed, as if he was dissatisfied.

Uesugi Tetsu tapped the hilt of his knife with his knuckles and pointed at the cherry tree, lecturing it, "It's been alive for hundreds of years. If it withered and died because you stayed outside for a while longer, would you have the heart to do that, huh?"

hum-

Kaga Kiyomitsu trembled in disappointment, then stopped moving and lay quietly in Uesugi Tetsu's hands.

"That's right."

After stroking Kaga Kiyomitsu twice and placing him on his lap, Uesugi Tetsu opened Line, knocked on the chat window of Nanjo Aimi, and asked straight to the point.

[Tsukisa-chan]: Nanjo-san, I want to give my shikigami the "divinely bestowed" path. I wonder if there is a vacant tablet recently that I can share some incense and wishes with.

Before Uesugi Tetsu had time to put down his phone after typing, the message popped up, almost instantly.

[Nanjo Aimi]: How many stars?

[Yueshajiang]: One and a half stars.

[Nanjo Aimi]: That's a simple matter. I'm going to have dinner with Master Huikaku of Honganji tonight. You can come too. I can just ask him for a seat.

Honganji? Buddhism?

Uesugi Tetsu blinked. Is it really okay for Lord Nishaku to eat Buddhist incense for a ghost story?
He asked this question.

Nanjo Aimi still replied immediately.

[Nanjo Aimi]: Of course, demons are not an option, but for ghost stories below three stars, you don’t have to worry about your compatibility being affected. Once you reach three stars, we will find another way out for you.

[Nanjo Aimi]: Also, is your tablet ready?
Uesugi Che slapped his head, he actually forgot about this.

Since you want to follow the path of divine instruction, you must prepare a corresponding tablet that can withstand the incense.

[Tsukisa-chan]: Not yet... Sorry, Nanjo-san. I only thought of this a few hours ago after learning about the "seed" identity, and wanted to tell you first.

[Nanjo Aimi]: It's a small matter. I'll give you a generic one first, and then you can replace it when you get a better one.

[Tsukisana]: Nanjo-san, I love you. (Heart.jpg)

[Nanjo Aimi]: If you want to thank anyone, thank the Five-member Association and Honganji Temple. This kind of thing would never have happened a week ago. At best, I was just a messenger.

That's not the way things are.

If the person on the other side was not Nanjo Aimi, then although this matter could be done, it would be hard to say how long it would take and when it could be implemented.

In order to disturb Nanjo Aimi as little as possible, Uesugi Tetsu then stated his next request.

[Yuesha-chan]: Also, I need a thunder technique. The more direct and crude the effect, the better.

Before this, Uesugi Tetsu had thought for a long time which path he should choose among the vast sea of Yin-Yang magic.

Should I choose one of the [Four Paths] and master that one first?
Or should we study the [Five Elements] at the same time to increase the variety of methods?

But after thinking about it, Uesugi Tetsu still felt that he should not waste too much time on all these Yin-Yang techniques.

With so much time to practice Yin-Yang magic, his natural rational flow would have long broken through to the same level as Ririko.

Although breakthroughs in swordsmanship require a "feeling", daily practice is also required. Not practicing for a few days may even lead to a significant regression.

But Uesugi Tetsu's proficiency is different. As long as he maxes out his skills, he can break through and will not regress at all.

Therefore, Uesugi Tetsu believes that his current foundation should still be close combat, and the most important thing is to specialize in swordsmanship and breathing techniques first.

As for Yin-Yang magic, the four-tailed fox already has the control skill of Soul Seal, so it would be a good opportunity for him to learn a thunder with full offensive power.

——Although the skills that come with the folding fan are good, the cooling time is a major flaw.

Moreover, the folding fan is just a rare piece of equipment, and the spiritual power it can carry is definitely limited.

Therefore, after considering many factors, Uesugi Tetsu made this decision.

[Nanjo Aimi]: You want to specialize in thunder magic? Then I'll spend some time finding you a more powerful one.

【Yuesha-chan】: (Kneeling to godfather.gif)

After arranging the next itinerary, Uesugi Che yawned and cleared the annoying 99+ red dots in the line as usual.

"Ok?"

But when his finger moved downwards, Uesugi Tetsu discovered a good friend who had not spoken to him for more than a week or even nearly two weeks.

——【Work to death】.

After clicking on the chat history with the gray avatar "Go to hell with work", Uesugi Tetsu turned to the last two messages.

[Work to Death]: I've always heard that Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine is quite popular but I haven't had time to visit it. I have a friend who lives there and he said he might be able to take us to see the legendary "gods".

[Work to Death]: Oh well, go to sleep. I'm going to work overtime first.

——This was a chat before the first wave came. At that time, netizens were worried that he was in danger and wanted him to go to Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine to avoid the wave.

But Uesugi Tetsu refused.

But after that, the enthusiastic netizen who taught him the art of controlling spirits never sent him any messages again.

Uesugi Che was silent for a moment, tapped the other party first, and then asked.

[Yueshajiang]: I haven’t sent any messages for so long, are you drowned?

no answer.

Uesugi Che put down his phone, thinking that the other party might have died in the first wave.

Judging from the other party's previous remarks, he was either the descendant of an ancient Onmyoji family, or an Onmyoji from the Special Affairs Department.

Regardless of their identity, judging by their enthusiasm, they are very likely to join the front lines of the fight against the wave, and then...

hum.

The phone vibrated, and Uesugi Che picked it up, a hint of joy appearing on his face.

【Work to death】: dead.

【Tsukisa-chan】: Did I see a ghost? (scared.jpg)

[Work to Death]: If I turn into a ghost, I'll turn into a super 007 office worker ghost, going after my boss. (Exhausted.jpg)

[Go to hell with work]: My boss was transferred a few days ago, and I had to take his place... To be honest, if there was really no one left, whoever wants to be promoted can get promoted. It would be so nice to be a lazy guy, drink a lot of wine and lie down every day.

Watching the other party pouring out a lot of grievances, Uesugi Che couldn't help laughing.

The fact that he can still type complaints at such a fast speed means that both his arms are still there and he is not in the ICU. This is a great thing.

What's wrong with being a little tired? How could Nanjo Ai be tired after working for 24 hours straight and taking naps in the car?

Uesugi Tetsu sent an emoji of opening champagne, and then saw the other party start flooding the screen with emojis of angry fist-waving.

I kept on attacking for a long time before the other side finally stopped.

[Work is for damn good]: Forget about this stupid work. You too, why haven't you sent a message in so long? I almost deleted you from my list with one click.

[Yuesa-chan]: I’m practicing.

Special Affairs Office.

Nanjo Aimi, with dark circles under her eyes that were much darker than a week ago, smiled and took a sip of coffee.

"Little guy, it's a good thing you took the bait, otherwise if I had taken the initiative to ask, you would have been exposed..."

She hooked her shoes on the tiptoes and swung them, crossed her legs and typed on the keyboard.

Manaka Shizuma on the opposite side shrank her neck. It was the first time she saw Nanjo Aimi with such a sunny smile.

[Work to Death]: Practice! I see the Special Affairs Department has been promoting something called the Basic Soul Gathering Technique lately. I also happen to have a small ghost-exorcism spell that works with it. See if it's difficult to learn.

A little spell to exorcise ghosts?
Do netizens really think of themselves as clueless newbies?

Uesugi Tetsu raised his eyebrows and was about to refuse, but before he could finish typing, he saw a lot of messages pop up.

He glanced at it casually, and a message popped up in front of him: [Work is over. I am teaching you the Five Thunder Method: Qi He…]

Uesugi Che was shocked and quickly deleted all the words in the chat box.

Not a buddy?

Five Thunder Method?
Can this kind of thing be taught casually?
If I were to be discovered after learning it, would I really be hunted down by a family of Onmyojis?
What, the Special Affairs Department is behind me?
That's fine.

Uesugi Che carefully scanned the lines of obscure text and tried to understand them on his own.

Well, I don’t understand it at all.

We know each other separately, but I don't see the point of being together.

But it doesn’t matter. For Uesugi Tetsu, it’s just a small matter of keeping an eye on it for a while longer.

He himself can't do it, so how could he not know the progress bar?!
About ten minutes later, just as the ellipsis finally finished loading, a bunch of prompts popped up.

You have learned the Five Thunder Techniques: Qi He.

[Five Thunder Method: Qi He (Beginner 0/500)]

[Effect: Can release tiny lightning while practicing breathing techniques.]

[——Use Qi to control thunder, and combine Qi with thunder. Created by a sword master during the Heian period, this technique combines the legendary Five Thunders Orthodoxy. While not as powerful as the original, it can be used without the need for a spell.]

This……

Uesugi Che was stunned for a while when he saw the effects and introduction.

What kind of version of giving away pillows when you feel sleepy is this?
It seemed like I had just told Nanjo-san that I wanted to learn some thunder magic, and in the blink of an eye, I received a thunder magic that was perfectly compatible with me from a netizen.

Moreover, this skill is followed by the word "Qi He", and combined with the "a swordsman in the Heian period" in the introduction, it is almost said that this thunder method was also created by the swordsman who created the Qi He technique.

This damn luck is just too outrageous.

Uesugi Che felt a little dizzy. He took a while to calm down before typing slowly.

[Tsukisa-chan]: Bro...won't you get spanked by your family if you teach me this?

"puff--"

Nanjo Aimi sprayed a mouthful of coffee onto the computer screen.

It's only been a few minutes, and he has already learned this obscure and rare Five Thunder Method?
You should know that this Five Thunder Method is fundamentally different from other ordinary Yin-Yang techniques. Rather than being a Yin-Yang technique, it is more like "a breathing method that can use spiritual power to emit thunder."

[Go to hell with work]: The grass on the graves of my family members who are in charge of me is three feet high.

Oh my god, how could I have stepped on such a landmine so accurately?

Uesugi Tetsu quickly apologized.

【Tsukisa-chan】: Sorry...

[Go to hell with work]: There’s no point in apologizing. It’s all good to die. Just open the champagne.

[Work to Death]: Okay, take your time learning. We'll talk later. I'm going to work now.

After sending an emoticon to thank his adoptive father, Uesugi Tetsu stood up impatiently, wanting to try out how to use the Five Thunder Method: Qi He.

"call--"

Subconsciously, Uesugi Che practiced his breathing technique and exhaled as usual, but what came out was a mouthful of crackling and flashing arcs of electricity.

There was a sudden flash of lightning in the air, which was so uncomfortable and interesting that it was comparable to the sparks of a few cigarettes that were about to burn out.

That’s right, it’s the smallest fireworks that you often see in fireworks displays in anime, the kind that JKs hold in their hands and watch quietly as they burn out.

"Fuck, my mouth is almost numb from the electric shock."

Uesugi Che rubbed his lips, where the pain had disappeared, and couldn't help but twitching the corner of his mouth.

It's really powerful... Let's lose a thousand of our own first and then talk about whether to kill the enemy, right?

Temporarily slowing down his breathing, Uesugi Che stood there and felt it for a while, then he found the key point of combining the Five Thunder Technique and the breathing technique.

He stretched out his hand and practiced the newly learned Five Thunder Technique in rhythm with his breathing.

Crackling!

Immediately, a dazzling electric current shot out from Uesugi Che's fingertips!

Its power is comparable to the firecrackers sold in convenience stores.

If it is placed at the very beginning, it might be able to cause considerable damage to scattered wandering souls or even half-star demons, and it should be enough to use electric foxes, dogs, and raccoons.

But now...

"It seems that this thing is just like the Qi He Jutsu. It is a skill that requires more practice and power in the later stages."

This is not a problem.

Because this Five Thunder Method: Qi He is in line with the breathing rhythm of the breathing method, as long as Uesugi Tetsu uses it while practicing the breathing method, he does not need to spend time practicing it specifically.

It was just that every time he breathed, he would exhale a lot of static electricity, which made his mouth bitter.

Uesugi Che thought about the scene and found it quite curious.

But in order to practice more efficiently, can't he overcome this small problem?
Uesugi Tetsu thought, exhaling a mouthful of static as if nothing had happened.

Crackling, but proficiency +1.

"——Uesugi-kun! Are you going to die? Why are you spitting out a mouthful of electricity?!"

Lilizi's auspicious words came from afar.

In less than two seconds, Lilizi arrived along with the whistling wind. She looked at Uesugi Che in amazement: "How did you do that just now?!"

Uesugi Che stared at her and suddenly let out another breath.

Caught off guard, Lilizi's face collided with the static electricity.

Crack!

Lilizi's black hair exploded, with strands standing up in all directions like a bursting ball of yarn, just like a cat in Spinosaurus form.

Uesugi Tetsu turned his head and tried to hold back his laughter.

In silence, Lilizi, with a numb face, took out her mobile phone, turned on the selfie mode and saw her current appearance.

“Uesugi Tetsu——!”

……

After a fight, Ririko tied her hair, which had returned to normal, into a ponytail.

She put her hands on her hips and said, "If you spit static electricity at me again, I'll make you bald!"

Uesugi Che thought of her appearance just now and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Smile again!"

Lilizi kicked him on the butt, but the force was barely enough to tickle Uesugi Tetsu.

"Stop making trouble, stop making trouble." Uesugi Tetsu took two steps back and waved his hand, "I'm going to have dinner with Nanjo-san and a monk later."

"Have a meal?"

Lilizi blinked: "What store?"

Uesugi Tetsu scratched his head and said doubtfully, "A self-service barbecue restaurant."

"eat!"

Lilizi immediately shouted, "Take advantage of the Special Affairs Office and don't miss out on a barbecue!"

So the two of them walked out of the school together and headed towards the barbecue restaurant they were destined for.

With the Queen of Rolls, Lilizi, by his side, Uesugi Tetsu naturally couldn't relax.

So along the way, Uesugi Che was spewing static electricity from his mouth, and at the same time he felt countless curious and envious gazes from the people around him.

After being stared at like an alien all the way, Uesugi Tetsu nudged Ririkko next to him and asked,
"Practicing after eating?"

Lilizi chuckled and said, "No need to practice, no need to practice. I was satisfied just watching it."

"That's pretty much it..."

Uesugi Tetsu walked into the store and went to table number 36 located deep inside the barbecue restaurant.

After a while, he and Lilizi stopped and looked at each other, and they saw confusion in each other's eyes.

Uesugi Tetsu remembered that Nanjo Aimi said that the first person to arrive at the store was Master Keikaku of Honganji Temple.

Lilizi also remembered that the first person to arrive should be a monk.

In front of table number 36, a bald young man was grilling meat with his legs crossed. He was wearing a black short-sleeved shirt that was stretched extremely tight by his muscles.

The word "trend" was written in large letters on the short-sleeved shirt, and the back was covered with meaningless graffiti and spray paint.

He had a black metal skull necklace around his neck, cross earrings on both sides of his earlobes, and a baseball cap worn backwards on his head. From the gaps in the cap, one could vaguely tell that the young man was bald.

——Except for the bald head, he doesn’t look like a monk at all!

He looks like a total non-mainstream bad boy!

Uesugi Tetsu pulled out his phone and checked with Nanjo Aimi before cautiously approaching and asking tentatively, "Excuse me, is this Master Huijue?"

"Well?!"

Huijue, who was eating barbecue with big mouthfuls, immediately looked up, but ended up choking. He had to drink a lot of bubbly cola before he could catch his breath.

"Ahem... You must be Uesugi-kun, the seed from Arakawa District. Come on, come on, please take a seat."

Huijue immediately picked up the black leather jacket inlaid with artificial diamonds that he had thrown across the street, grinned at him with his teeth still stuffed with flesh.

Uesugi Che sat down and looked at Huijue's equipment, not knowing where to start.

"And the one at the back whose mind is as bright as the sun must be Miss Tokugawa. Please take a seat as well."

After Lilizi sat down, Huijue used his serving chopsticks to help the two of them with the nearly cooked barbecue. He then asked with a smile, "What do you think of my outfit? Is it trendy and cool, with a particularly rock-and-roll vibe?"

Whatever the two men were about to say was blocked by the mudslide.

Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko: "..."

Huijue smiled as he ate his meat and said, "I met two young men on motorcycles on the side of the road a while ago. They both said that my clothes were too old-fashioned and couldn't keep up with the development of the new era."

"I thought it had been a while since I'd been down the mountain, and it was time to learn to accept new things, so I asked them to take me for a walk and dress me up."

Huijue shook the skull necklace around his neck and said, "This is their farewell gift to me. Not bad, isn't it?"

——It turned out that I met a spirited young man, the will-o’-the-wisp boy.

——The two of them felt ashamed that such a great Buddhist master had been harmed in this way.

Uesugi Tetsu: "Master, as long as you like it."

Lilizi: "Master, if you go out for a walk in the early morning dressed like this, everyone on the street will definitely say you are handsome."

"Is that so? Haha, thank you both so much."

Huijue smiled and nodded, then saw Nanjo Aimi walking towards him wearing a mask not far away.

"Ms. Nanjo, this way!"

Nanjo Aimi, who had cast a cognitive interference Yin-Yang technique on herself, was slightly startled, then frowned: "Huijue, what are you wearing? Are you going racing tonight?"

So Huijue patiently explained it again.

Nanjo Aishi sat down, chewing the barbecue and said calmly: "If the old abbot saw you like this, I'm afraid he would be so angry that he would have a brain hemorrhage."

"He's already old, so it's naturally difficult for him to accept new trends." Huijue lowered his eyes, staring at the still bubbling Coke, and said, "That's why we, the younger generation, need to do something."

"--So, Ms. Nanjo, what do you think of my outfit? Is it handsome?"

Nanjo Aimi: "To be honest, it's ugly."

Huijue's smile froze, and he immediately revealed a puzzled expression: "But both Uesugi-kun and Miss Tokugawa said..."

Nanjo Aimi glanced at the two people across from her who were stuffing their mouths with barbecue. "They're just lying to you, or being sarcastic and you just don't understand."

"Yin and Yang?"

Huijue scratched his head in confusion and asked, "What is this?"

"You can spend more time on the 2ch forum or Twitter. After a dozen days or so, you'll probably be able to connect with society."

Nanjo Aimi pointed out a path of no return for him.

Huijue nodded seriously, and operated his latest model of Apple phone a little clumsily, and quickly downloaded the two software.

"Let's put this little thing aside for now." Nanjo Aimi pointed at Uesugi Tetsu. "Uesugi-kun has a one-and-a-half-star Kaidan Shikigami who wants to go the divine path. Do you have any space?"

"no problem."

Huijue, who was busy registering an account, looked up and said, "I haven't been able to convince the two main temples yet, but there is a branch temple in Yokohama."

Huijue grinned at Uesugi Che and said, "I'll take Uesugi-kun with me. The sooner rather than later, the better. Let's go after we finish eating."

Uesugi Tetsu hesitated and said, "I can do that...but don't you two have something important to discuss offline?"

"talk?"

Huijue smiled and asked, "Hasn't this been discussed a long time ago?"

Uesugi Che blinked, quickly recalled everything that had just happened, and then understood.

It turned out that the so-called "important matter" had been negotiated as early as the first time Nanjo Aimi met Huijue.

It seems that not only are there differences of opinion between the Special Affairs Bureau and the Onmyoji, but even within Buddhist institutions like Honganji, there are serious differences on how to deal with the new era.

"Sorry, I have to answer the phone."

Huijue raised his hand to signal, then picked up the phone and put it to his ear.

After a long silence, he put down his phone and smiled sheepishly: "Uesugi-kun... Master has something urgent to ask me, so I may not be able to accompany you to Yokohama."

"besides."

Huijue hesitated for a moment and sighed apologetically, "Those brothers at the Yokohama branch temple who are not very skilled in cultivation seem to have encountered some difficult situations. If you have the energy to spare, please help me after you have arranged the memorial tablets."

This attitude is comfortable.

Uesugi Tetsu put down his chopsticks and promised, "Of course."

"Thank you very much."

Huijue breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stuffed all the barbecue in the bowl into his mouth, making sure not a single bit was wasted. Then he stood up and said goodbye to the three people.

As he watched Huijue, dressed as a ghost-fire boy, walk out of the store, Uesugi Che could clearly hear the waiters and customers around him breathing a sigh of relief.

Nanjo Ai's phone on the table vibrated. She glanced at the new message and said,

"It just so happens that I'm going to Yokohama too. I'll give you a ride."

Isn't that stable?

Uesugi Che was happily eating the barbecue until he saw the barely perceptible fluctuation of spiritual power on the seat. He was shocked to realize that he had not noticed Huijue's strength at all.

He asked seriously,

"Sister Nanjo, who is that Master Huijue?"

(End of this chapter)