Crossover Anime: Starting with Adopting the Homeless Melon God

Kitagawa Yu did not reply immediately, but frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

Before he arrived, he had already learned about the current situation in the supernatural world and the intelligence of the various experts on both sides through Murasame, so he quickly figured out the key to it.

However, he had heard Yukiko say that the Asuka family had been servants of the Inari god for generations, and for nearly a thousand years, the Inari god had never mistreated the Asuka family, helping them to grow from an ordinary samurai family into the behemoth they are today.

Furthermore, Yukiko is the next head of the Asuka family and has signed a contract with Inari, making betrayal virtually impossible.

This is why he didn't directly ask Inari to break the contract with Yukiko.

This means that, because of Ayako and Yukiko, it is almost impossible for him to be an enemy of Inari, unless one day Yukiko no longer wants to follow Inari and wants to break away from Inari.

With this in mind, Kitagawa Yu had already made his decision.

“No problem, I will destroy the Omiya Hikawa Shrine as soon as possible, and if Susanoo descends, I will help you get rid of this great enemy!” Kitagawa Yu looked directly at Inari God and said with a smile. The powerful aura he exuded made Inari God feel a chill.

However, her kind and gentle smile quickly returned, and under Murasame's supervision, she formed a divine contract with Kitagawa Yu.

The covenant of the gods is not inviolable; however, depending on the level of the covenant, different punishments will be incurred for violating it. The covenant she made with Kitagawa Yu is undoubtedly of the highest level.

If she disobeys, her consciousness will sink and she will fall into demonic possession.

Of course, she can be resurrected through faith after being killed, but the immense divine power she had accumulated will disappear. Moreover, she will be extremely weak at birth, and both Amaterasu and Murasame could easily kill her again, so it is practically impossible for her to break this contract.

Comparatively speaking, the divine curse that Kitagawa Yu is about to suffer is much easier to deal with. It mainly targets the soul and weakens one's luck, and can be broken as long as one is strong enough.

That's why the Inari God asked him to produce a pledge of loyalty, as a double guarantee.

"Then we'll take our leave."

"If you need to contact me, you can go to Xiaobai, or come directly here to find my shrine maiden."

The group then left the shrine and, after exiting the torii gate, boarded Elena's flying carpet again.

Although the four priestesses who escorted them out still wore smiles on their faces, they couldn't help but marvel at the flying carpet that soared high into the night sky and disappeared into the night.

After all, flying carpets are something that usually only appear in anime or fantasy movies.

Yes, that's right. Although they are shrine maidens who serve Inari, they also watch anime and movies like ordinary girls.

From this perspective, Inari is quite enlightened.

"Yu, are we going to that Omiya Hikawa Shrine now to destroy it?" Artoria asked from the flying carpet.

Although she had never even heard of Susanoo, the war between the two god factions was like a war between two countries. There was no good or evil, right or wrong; it was all about fighting for the resource they relied on for survival—faith. So she would not hesitate at all.

However, Kitagawa Yu shook his head and said, "It's not the right time yet. I still have the soul of a girl I know, who is in the hands of Amaterasu. So let's hunt down a hundred monsters first and get her soul back."

Kitagawa Yu was clearly referring to Tendoji Sarina.

Seeing that the others seemed curious about Tendoji Sarina's identity, background, and relationship with him, Kitagawa Yu changed his appearance slightly and took the initiative to explain Amaterasu's 'conspiracy'.

According to the setting of the story, the fact that Tendouji Sarina and Amamiya Goro were reincarnated as Ai's two children with their memories was entirely arranged by the 'mysterious blonde girl' Amaterasu.

Although the specific reason was not mentioned, it still made Kitagawa Yu feel unhappy.

It is clear from Amaterasu's practices that there is no rule of 'gods must not interfere with mortals', and such a rule does not exist in Japanese mythology either.

So, leaving Ai to die without helping, and letting Goro Amamiya and Sarina Tendoji endure so much cruelty after their reincarnation, there are only two possibilities: either harvesting souls or simply enjoying pleasure.

"Tampering with the fate of mortals? This Amaterasu is too wicked!" As expected, Artoria and the others frowned and launched a verbal attack on Amaterasu.

Only Medusa remained calm, after all, there were many gods in Greek mythology who were a hundred times worse than her.

"Hunting a hundred monsters? Then let's take care of those hundred monsters tonight, and then rescue the soul of that Tiantongji Sarina as soon as possible and send her to reincarnation!" Elena said, her blue-purple eyes flashing with excitement.

Clearly, this guy isn't just interested in saving poor Senna Tendoji; he's more interested in hunting monsters.

Indeed, that was the case. She had already discovered that Kitagawa Yu was sneaking out with Murasame every night. She had previously wondered if it would be a bad idea to follow them rashly, in case Kitagawa Yu wanted to be alone with Murasame.

But now she can finally go with him openly and honestly.

And once those 100 monsters are dealt with, Kitagawa Yu won't have to go out 'wandering' every night anymore, right?

Thinking about it this way, it's like killing two birds with one stone!

Thankfully, Anya wasn't here, otherwise she would definitely have blurted out her thoughts.

"Alright then, but Sakura and Illya—" Kitagawa Yu also wanted to settle the agreement with the hundred monsters as soon as possible, and then complete Yukiko's mission as quickly as possible. As for the reason, there was no reason, he just inexplicably wanted to hurry up.

However, he has two children with him now, so he definitely needs to send them back first.

Unfortunately, if Matou Sakura and Illya hadn't heard about hunting monsters in the first place, it would have been fine, but now that they have, how could they possibly go back to sleep obediently?

"Onii-chan, I want to go too! I-I'm really good, I can definitely help Onii-chan!" Ilya said, her big, beautiful ruby-like eyes wide open.

Unlike the somewhat timid and cowardly Illya in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, the Illya in the Fate route, while not particularly fond of fighting, gradually understands something after Irisviel prepares to send her to be fostered by Kitagawa Yu and leaves with Emiya Kiritsugu.

This has given rise to the idea of ​​fighting and becoming stronger in her mind.

On the other hand, Matou Sakura's thoughts were simpler: she just didn't want to be separated from Kitagawa Yu, and if she could, she wouldn't want to be separated for even a second.

Seeing her pitiful, dependent, and longing eyes, Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself.

"Alright then, I can take you monster hunting tonight, but you have to be good and go to school tomorrow, okay?"

"Yes!"

The two little girls quickly said in unison.

As for going to school tomorrow, we'll talk about that tomorrow.

Instead of returning to the coffee shop, the group flew directly towards the nearest yokai, guided by Murasame's yokai perception.

However, although there were many more of them this time than before, it was far too extravagant for them to fight even the bosses, let alone the small monsters.

However, the hunting efficiency did not increase at all; in fact, it decreased somewhat.

The reason is definitely not because anyone is holding them back; it's mainly because there are fewer active monsters.

Tokyo is a metropolis with nearly 20 million people. It is also the most stressful and fastest-paced city in Japan. Every moment, there is a lot of negative energy originating from the dark side of people's hearts, which attracts countless demons to gather here.

However, because of Amaterasu's suppression, many yokai were intimidated by her aura and dared not approach.

The reason why so many monsters suddenly broke in last time was twofold: first, Susanoo came to harass Amaterasu again, and Amaterasu, annoyed by his constant harassment, went back to her mythical homeland for a short stay; second, it was because the Inari God camp took the opportunity to incite such behavior.

Now that Amaterasu has returned to oversee things, and Kitagawa Yu has continued his hunts, the number of yokai has naturally decreased.

Even if there are still some, they are mostly lurking in people's hearts, with relatively high intelligence, such as the black Daruma that Murasame killed last time.

These highly intelligent yokai may not be particularly strong, but as long as they don't actively reveal their aura and instead use the aura of a human body to help them hide, even Murasame would have to get quite close to detect their presence.

Of course, the main reason is that some people are even more diligent in hunting monsters than Kitagawa Yu.

That person, no, that god, is the Valkyrie Bishamonten. This guy doesn't gain much from hunting monsters; he's just kind-hearted and wants to drive away monsters and protect humanity. But he doesn't just hunt at night; he also takes advantage of the fact that ordinary people can't see him and rides a lion around the city searching for monsters.

Kitagawa Yu even saw her on several occasions.

Unfortunately, the other party meant well and it wasn't really stealing monsters, which left Kitagawa Yu feeling helpless.

He can't exactly say, "This monster is mine. I don't have time to kill it now. I'll come back to kill it later tonight," can he?

Although monsters generally only target those with a darker psychological side and a stronger negative aura, and their harm to people is also gradual.

But in the end, it's harming people.

While absorbing negative energy, the monster also absorbs the other party's life force and soul power.

It's one thing for him not to save people, but he also hoards the monster and prevents others from killing it, which is clearly not good.

As a result, he spent the whole night flying over Tokyo with Artoria and the others, but only managed to hunt down fewer than ten monsters, leaving Kitagawa Yu, who was used to his previous high efficiency, speechless.

Fortunately, he could use these monsters to train the combat abilities of Matou Sakura and Illya, so he did gain something from it.

Level one and two monsters are easy for him to kill with a single slash, and after so many days, he's actually gotten a bit tired of killing them.

So, after Artoria and Irena each took down one, he left the rest to Matou Sakura and Illya to deal with.

Despite their young age, Matou Sakura and Illya performed exceptionally well.

Although Ilya's magic power is not particularly strong, her casting speed is exceptionally fast because her entire body is made of magic circuits. After learning the magic bullets that Elena taught her, she was able to release them instantly in just a few days, and at a firing frequency like a pistol.

Each magic bullet, comparable to a small hand grenade, is no less powerful than Rin Tohsaka's regular version of the Jewel Ray during the Fifth Shinobi World War in the Type-Moon universe. Combined with such a high rate of fire, its destructive power is truly considerable.

A typical level one monster would be killed in less than two seconds by two or three magic shots, with no time to even get close to her.

Even a level 2 monster can only last a few seconds at most, so you need to set up a magic shield first.

While Illya's mastery of the magic shield was still a little lacking, her talent was so high that even without practice, she could release it in a second, something that even Kiritsugu Emiya probably couldn't achieve in a year.

The only thing Ilya lacks right now is mobility.

With her current magical shield, she can only withstand the attacks of a level 3 monster at most, and constantly taking the hits would consume too much energy. In this situation, she would need a magical broom as agile as Elena's, or the ability to fly herself.

Kitagawa Yu wasn't worried about this at all.

After all, in the world of Magical Girl Illya, flight magic is just a very common kind of magic. Illya in that world was able to master it quite well, so there's no reason why his Illya couldn't. So he just needs to take it slow.

Matou Sakura's fighting style is completely different.

Her learning speed in magic was definitely not as fast as Illya's, so in the past few days, she had been following Kitagawa Yu's advice to focus on strengthening her mastery of her innate abilities.

Over this period of time, she has become proficient at opening and closing imaginary space gates at will within a radius of thirty meters, and at an extremely fast speed.

As a result, all the monsters that fought against Matou Sakura were swallowed up by the dark gates that suddenly appeared in front of or under their feet when they rushed towards her. Even the ranged demonic energy attacks they launched were all the same. Once the imaginary space opened, it accepted all comers without exception.

Although entering the imaginary space does not result in immediate death, this slow, attrition-based death is actually much more painful than an instant kill.

"Sakura, your talent is both very powerful and very dangerous, so you must be careful when using it, understand?"

"Okay, Onii-chan, I understand." Matou Sakura immediately nodded obediently in agreement.

In any case, whatever Kitagawa Yu said was right to her, so she would definitely obey. However, she soon wavered.

"Alright, it's getting late, let's head back now!"

After glancing at the time on his phone, Kitagawa Yu led everyone back to the coffee shop.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, as the new week began, Kitagawa Yu, as usual, ate breakfast and walked to school with Ayumi and the others. However, since Matou Sakura and Illya were reporting for school for the first time, he took a slightly longer route to escort them.

Chapter 201 The Great Skipping School Operation

Having lived in Winter Castle since childhood, Ilya had never seen so many people her age before. Although she was a little nervous about this unfamiliar place, she was mostly curious.

After all, she had Matou Sakura, Anya, and Yuzuru by her side, and they were in the same class as her, so going to school wasn't unacceptable.

But Matou Sakura is different.