I Am an Emperor in a World of Mixed Anime

Moreover... she is a mother after all. Even if she seems calm on the surface, once she starts reminiscing about the past and talking about her daughter, she can't stop talking.

It would be impolite to interrupt.

If you don't interrupt, it feels like being a lonely person being relentlessly attacked by someone with a happy family, with no way to escape.

As Higashino Akira stepped out of the tent, the Imperial Guards guarding him silently brought him toiletries. At the same time, a new guest in the camp also turned his gaze to him, then his pupils suddenly contracted as if he had seen something terrifying, before he quickly concealed his emotions.

Ignoring the old woman's reaction, Higashino Akira finished washing up and sat down next to them, quietly listening to them exchange information and discuss tactics.

As the most experienced elder in the group, Takeda Mie was inquiring about the situation of her teammates. After all, the enemy this time was a genuine mountain god, and she had to be extremely cautious about this plan to enter the mountains.

"Little girl, what's your name? What are your abilities?" Takeda Sae asked, looking at Hogetsu Yoshino.

“Baoyue Yexiao, I have the ability to see spirits and command some evil spirits that I have subdued.” Yexiao held the doll in her arms, her tone remaining as calm as ever.

Takeda Saegusa stared at the doll the child was holding for a moment, nodded, and sweat beaded on her forehead. Then she looked at the sunny young girl next to her.

"My name is Takatsuki Eiko!" The girl smiled brightly. "I'm actually a kind of assistant to Yasuo, and Yasuo has left me with a helper to protect me."

She pointed to a backpack casually placed on the ground beside her, with a small part of a doll's head peeking out.

Takeda Sae breathed a sigh of relief; at least both of them were capable of protecting themselves, thankfully.

She finally looked at Higashino Akira. From the beginning, this young man was surrounded by a kind of cursed power that made her feel extremely dangerous. Most people would have died hundreds of times over in this situation, but she found nothing unusual about him.

"Young man, what abilities do you have?"

Upon hearing this, Higashino Akira raised his eyes, looked at her, and calmly said, "I am very rich."

Takeda Sane: "...?"

Higashino Akira waved to someone behind him. A member of the Imperial Guard stepped forward and handed him a remote control.

Akira Higashino pressed the start button on a truck parked on one side of the camp. As the command was given, the truck's rear door slowly opened, and the scene inside made Takeda Sae, who had been a traditional psychic all her life, widen her eyes in astonishment.

Inside the specially designed truck, twelve large industrial-grade drones were neatly arranged. Their carbon fiber bodies gleamed coldly, and each drone had a specially designed chemical explosive charge hanging below its mounting point, with a red light flashing on its fuse.

"It's a custom-made model from Daqin Heavy Industry, with a load capacity of 50 kilograms and a range of 40 minutes." Higashino Akira's tone was as calm as if he were introducing a lawnmower in his own backyard. "The explosives were homemade by me using ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder. The detonation velocity is over 7,000 meters per second, and the power is slightly greater than TNT. If that's not enough, there are two more trucks behind."

Takeda Saegusa remained silent.

She had lived most of her life and had seen exorcisms using talismans, magical implements, and incantations. She even knew of someone who used a breath of pure yang energy from their lower body to send an evil spirit to paradise and deliver it from suffering.

But using drones and explosives is a first for them.

“If you fail, these drones will be our escape route, bringing us out of the mountains. Then, I will order the drones to carry explosives, locate the coordinates from high altitude, and launch a self-destructive explosion at the shrine building of that mountain god.”

"Won't this attract mold?" Hozuki Eiko exclaimed from the side. "And what if it causes a forest fire..."

Looking at her senior, whose expression was calm, she suddenly couldn't figure out who he really was.

To be able to get so much stuff in such a large quantity, you must have connections everywhere!

"Don't worry, once everything is over, the three nearby fire stations will be on standby, ready to rush to the front line to put out the fire."

It's okay if there's a small fire, since we're still in the development stage and can't openly cause trouble. Every fire station has its own people, and when there's a fire, the people rushing to the front line are all their own people. Evidence can be collected in advance, and the cause of the fire can be made up, like a bird carrying a cigarette butt into the woods.

Even the surveillance footage of birds carrying burning cigarette butts into the forest was pre-fabricated by Higashino Akira.

"What about the damage caused by the fire?"

"I already bought this hilltop in advance."

Takeda Saegusa remained silent, and Hozuki Eiko was so shocked that she was completely speechless.

Little Luo Li Bao Yue looked at Dongye Ming with sparkling eyes and began to speculate whether his divine role might be a god of wealth or something similar.

As noon approached, the group of four set off up the mountain with their tools.

Although ordinary sunlight has little effect on suppressing evil spirits, Akira Higashino still set the departure time at this moment, at least to make the light brighter and facilitate human movement.

The Imperial Guards were left at the foot of the mountain to watch over the trucks, ready to deploy drones to provide support at any time.

Walking up the mountain path, Takeda Mie slowly recounted her grudge against the mountain god.

Decades ago, she and someone very important to her also ventured into the mountain god's realm to try to suppress the evil god. In the end, her companion was left there forever, and only she managed to escape.

Later, she tried her best to warn others not to go up the mountain or into the shrine, but knowing that she was not strong enough, she was unable to rush in and face the evil god again.

"That thing has a very high level of psionic energy; ordinary spirits would be easily torn apart if they got close..."

Takeda Mie's voice was low.

Before he finished speaking, the surrounding light suddenly dimmed.

They entered the realm of the mountain god.

Countless wandering spirits emerged from the forest, their grayish-white figures layered upon each other, completely surrounding the four. Takeda Sae's eyes narrowed, his expression troubled, and he formed hand seals, preparing to attack.

The baby in Baoyue's arms moved.

Countless black hairs surged from the doll's body, spreading outwards and wrapping around the wandering spirits, dragging them one by one in front of the doll. A ghostly head emerged from the doll's body, opened its mouth wide, revealing a mouthful of fine teeth, and began to tear at them.

The sounds of chewing and the wails of evil spirits echoed through the mountains and forests.

In less than a minute, the encirclement was broken.

Takeda Mie's hand seals froze in mid-air.

The outer defenses that she couldn't break through in twenty years were just... easily taken down by a doll?

“Let’s keep going.” Ye Xiao turned to look at her, his eyes calm.

To her, these spirits, which cannot affect reality or harm people even if they are not observed from the outside world, are just a bunch of little girls among all the evil spirits she has captured.

Chapter Fifty-Two: Soul-Stirring Chaos, Younger Brother, Flower Queen

"it is good."

Takeda Saegusa silently lowered his hand, deciding never to share his experience with young people again.

Continuing deeper, the shrine finally came into view.

The once vermilion torii gate had faded somewhat, and moss covered the base of the pillars. The shrine was not large or grand, but rather the size of an ordinary rural shrine. It had been neglected for a long time and appeared quite dilapidated. Just as the four of them stepped over the torii gate, a huge fox figure, taller than the shrine building and composed of golden, semi-transparent spirits, appeared in the courtyard in front of the shrine, blocking their way forward.

In front of the giant fox, two little fox spirits that Higashino Akira had seen before appeared, spreading their palms out towards Baoyue Yexiao. Instantly, the black ghost hair emanating from the doll in Xiaoyue Yexiao's arms exploded into countless fragments. The excess power still rushed towards Xiaoyue Yexiao, but she nimbly dodged it with a somersault. The force landed in empty space, cracking and denting the ground, and kicking up a large cloud of dust.

As the dust settled, the giant golden fox, taller than a house, sat in front of the shrine, its golden vertical pupils coldly looking down at the intruders, especially when it looked at Higashino Akira, its eyes filled with undisguised greed.

Upon seeing this, Akira Higashino frowned, silently took two steps back, retreated outside the torii gate, and shielded his teammates in front of him.

Takeda Sae's face turned pale: "It's it..."

Bao Yue's eyes lit up at midnight snack.

"So strong."

Without hesitation, she ripped off her schoolbag, took out the fox-shaped plush toy that was tightly locked with chains and metal clasps, placed it on the ground, and unlocked the clasps.

A rich scent of rouge immediately filled the air, and a figure dressed in a gorgeous kimono appeared from the firelight. The courtesan ghost covered her lips with a fan and chuckled softly, surrounded by fluttering butterflies.

The mountain god felt the pressure and let out a low roar.

An invisible force of telekinesis crashed down, causing the courtesan's body to sink. Half of her body was instantly shattered by the pressure, and the countless butterfly shadows that had surrounded her fluttered away. Only her upper body remained, lying on the ground, blood flowing everywhere.

However, the courtesan, despite her tragic state, did not perish. A dignified smile remained on her face, and her shattered lower body rapidly reformed. Beneath her, a couch materialized out of thin air, supporting her as she lay on her side, softly reciting a poem with a smile:

"A hundred flowers bloom in splendor, butterflies dance in the dazzling night. I ask, who is the most beautiful in the world? I look up and see the answer right before my eyes."

Meanwhile, as the courtesan continued to recover and her aura grew stronger, countless golden butterflies landed on the mountain god's enormous spirit body.

The first butterfly landed on the mountain god's nose, but the giant fox shook its head violently and flung it away.

But immediately afterward, the locations where the other light butterflies on his spirit body landed suddenly began to age and shrink rapidly. In just a few breaths, the mountain god's originally enormous body turned into a thin, emaciated skeleton. The intense weakness enraged the mountain god, and his fierce spiritual pressure erupted, shattering all the light butterflies on his body. He rushed towards the courtesan, intending to end the battle as quickly as possible, but it was too late. At this moment, his body had already been infected by the virus carried by the courtesan when his life was being drained. He barely managed to take a step forward before his enormous body began to sway, finally crashing heavily to the ground with a thud. He glared resentfully at the culprit opposite him who was covering his mouth and chuckling.

As the courtesan gently waved her folding fan, more light butterflies fluttered down and landed on the mountain god's body, further absorbing its already shrunken form and making it even more withered. Then, a pavilion burning with raging flames appeared behind the courtesan, and the light butterflies that had landed on the mountain god's body suddenly turned into clusters of flames, burning it more and more fiercely.

Under the cover of firelight, the mountain god's roar gradually turned into a mournful wail.

In less than three minutes, the powerful evil spirit that had occupied this place for over a hundred years and had been worshipped was lying prostrate on the ground, barely breathing.

Seeing this scene, Takeda Saegusa suddenly felt that she had lived a ridiculous life for the past few decades.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xiao Yexiao quickly took out a spare doll and rushed towards the broken body of the mountain god, forcefully pressing the doll onto him and taking the dying mountain god into his possession.

The courtesan withdrew her hand at the right moment to avoid injuring herself and transferring the damage to the other woman. She admired her victory with satisfaction, then turned to look at the other three people present, a strange smile curving her lips.

With a gentle wave of their folding fans, a new batch of light butterflies began to fly towards them.

"Midnight snack!" Takeda Mie's expression changed drastically, and she took out exorcism tools to prepare for defense.

Bao Yue also looked at the doll under the courtesan with a serious expression. The courtesan's second-stage ability was very strong, and she still had some rationality. However, after entering the third stage, she would go berserk and would not distinguish between friend and foe. To suppress her in this state, she either had to be killed or resealed as soon as possible.

Little Night Snack, carrying a long metal chain, detoured around the firelight and ran quickly toward the fox doll that housed the courtesan's soul, preparing to reseal her with the chain.

However, the courtesan didn't even look at them; her attention was directly drawn to Akira Higashino.

She floated straight toward the man, an ordinary human with no spiritual power. He seemed the easiest to absorb, and more importantly, he possessed a pure divinity that made her feel that if she successfully absorbed him, she could advance further.

A seductive smile played on her lips as she reached out and grabbed the man's neck.

The next second, the courtesan's vision spun around.

A clean hand gently touched her face, pushing her head down. The kimono tore, and the sound of bones cracking rang out crisply as the courtesan's head was slammed into her chest cavity.

[Luck Consumption -3000]

Higashino Akira withdrew his hand and stretched his wrist.

That clueless jerk! He was already protecting his teammates and he still wasted my luck. He deserves to die.

The forest was silent for three seconds.

The exorcism tool that Takeda Mie had just raised was frozen in mid-air once again.

With a soft click, Baoyue Night Snack re-wrapped the chains, tightly securing the doll containing the courtesan's spirit. The courtesan's figure, lying at Dongye Ming's feet, gradually disappeared into thin air.

The scene of flames raging around the shrine gradually returned to normal after the spiritual energy dissipated. Apart from the dry air and the slightly charred surroundings, no other accidents occurred and no wildfires were started.

Back down the mountain, Xiaoxiao told Dongye Ming that she had given her the name based on the courtesan's abilities: Pochuo Liaoran Diqie Huakui.

According to her, the mountain god was well-versed in many things and was not weak in itself, but he was too inferior in terms of mechanics and failed to block it in time, which is why he was killed by the courtesan's ability at first sight.

Higashino Akira nodded to indicate that he understood, and told her not to forget her share, and to send his Pokémon over when the conditions were better.

Before everyone parted, Takeda Saegusa approached Higashino Akira and asked him a question.

"Are you really just rich?"