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Chapter 124 Why are you guys so skilled?

Next.

Uchiha Hikaru then pushed a stack of pre-prepared manuals toward Fugaku beside him:

"These booklets contain a secret technique called 'Breathing Technique,' which is divided into eleven types, including water, fire, wind, and thunder. It is quite helpful for practicing escape techniques of the corresponding attributes, and the accompanying sword designs are mostly quite useful as well."

Fugaku, you can let Shisui and the others try training first, and then teach the rest of the clan.

"Among them, 'Beast Breathing' could be copied and given to the Inuzuka clan; it should go well with their beast-mimicking ninjutsu."

"And these are some other ninja and taijutsu training programs..."

As one manual after another was taken out, Fugaku, Shisui, and the others gradually widened their eyes, their faces showing expressions of gratitude:

"So, Grandma used to leave the village so often to help the clansmen collect these secret techniques?"

"You must have been staying home a few days ago to compile these training programs, right?"

Well... that's not entirely wrong.

After all, the "breathing techniques" and such were indeed things that Uchiha Hikaru had collected over a period of time, but the collection locations were not in the ninja world. As for the training program, it was based on the one that Namikaze Minato had originally designed for her, with slight modifications.

Although it was essentially just something I did on a whim...

But being a mover is hard work too!

Uchiha Hikaru slightly raised his chin, accepting Fugaku and the others' gratitude with a clear conscience, before whispering his instructions:

"I've heard from Shisui about the recent attacks on the Uchiha clan outside the village. The number of people the attackers have deployed is indeed beyond what ordinary clansmen can handle."

"Alright, Fugaku, go talk to the Third Hokage another day and ask him to arrange for the Uchiha clan members to participate in missions outside the village as much as possible within the Land of Fire, not too far from Konoha. I'll be leaving the village in a few days, and I'll take the opportunity to talk to those attackers."

"...Okay, then Grandma, please be careful."

……

That evening, Uchiha Hikaru greeted Miko in the group chat and went to Miko's world first.

Because school ends early in modern Japan, Miko has already returned home and is now locked in her bedroom, practicing drawing talismans with a brush and talisman paper.

"Miss Hikari, you've arrived?"

"Um……"

Uchiha Hikaru glanced curiously at the stacks of talismans neatly arranged on the table: "What are these?"

"These were all left to me by Miss Kikyo. I'm currently learning to draw them."

Jianzi blew on the talisman he had just drawn to dry, put down his brush, and then began to explain it with great care. "This is a calming talisman. Carrying it on your person can bring peace of mind and eliminate fear..."

"This is a peace charm that continuously emits a scent that humans cannot smell but spirits find extremely offensive, making it very effective at dispelling evil spirits."

"This is an exorcising talisman, a powerful talisman capable of inflicting serious damage on ghosts and monsters. Miss Kikyo taught me how to draw it last time, but I haven't mastered it yet. I'll try again in a few days..."

Goodness, she's gone from a high school girl to a shrine maiden.

Uchiha Hikaru glanced at the pattern on the talisman and said he couldn't understand it at all.

"By the way, Miko, haven't you been to the shrine lately?"

"That's right, since there's such a powerful shrine maiden like Kikyo, there's no point in going to the shrine."

That means...

Is the fierce fox god from the original work still guarding the empty mountain alone?

Uchiha Hikaru was even considering whether to try eating it...

—But to be honest, that fox god might not be something you can just eat casually. "Eight Thousand Spears" might be able to absorb it, but it might not be able to digest it smoothly. Moreover, it seems that something terrible is being suppressed beneath that shrine. If you really want to take action, you should wait for a professional like Kikyo to come and assess the situation first.

At that moment, Uchiha Hikaru obtained the locations of several tunnels in the suburbs from Miko.

Then he waved goodbye to the girl and drove to the suburbs under the cover of night, where he ate his fill once again.

She stopped when vague ghostly murmurs began to appear in her mind, and then applied to enter the world of Inuyasha.

……

Compared to their last meeting not long ago, Kikyo and Bulma have also experienced some changes—

A cute little boy, around ten years old, joined the group.

"This child is named Kohaku. Kikyo and I met him while searching for the Shikon Jewel. He is currently surviving on a shard of the jewel. Removing the shard rashly could result in his immediate and agonizing death, so we had no choice but to bring him along..."

Bulma offered a few words of explanation.

"learn."

Uchiha Hikaru nodded, indicating that he understood.

This child named Amber also has a very tragic background.

As the youngest son of a demon-slaying family, his first demon-slaying mission was orchestrated and manipulated by Naraku, forcing him to kill his own father and clan. He was then killed by a hail of arrows, but Naraku resurrected him using shards of the Shikon Jewel and used him as a tool for further killings. For a long time, he remained in a dazed and confused state. It wasn't until he was enlightened by Kikyo that he gradually rediscovered himself…

Now that Naraku has been sealed away in advance, the plot has been completely overturned, but unexpectedly he still encountered Kikyo just like in the original story.

Hmm... it's also possible that Kikyo found it on purpose, since she's watched "Inuyasha" now.

"Hello, Hikari-neechan."

Amber bowed slightly, a little reservedly, and greeted him in a low voice.

"No need for such formalities."

Uchiha Hikaru waved his hand, then glanced at Kohaku's demon-slaying attire and asked with a hint of amusement, "Little brother, interested in becoming a ninja?"

Amber: "Huh?"

The ninja thing was just a joke, of course.

Uchiha Hikaru's main purpose in coming here was to ask Kikyo for help in exorcising evil thoughts.

The witch had clearly noticed that something was wrong with her. With a somewhat helpless yet gentle expression, she gestured for her to sit down in the open space and began to set up an exorcism array.

As ancient and mysterious runes were drawn, Kikyo's fingertips once again emitted a holy "purifying light".

"Miss Hikari, I'm about to begin."

"I'm all ready. Thank you, Miss Kikyo."

The scene from a few weeks ago is repeating itself.

Bulma and Amber sat quietly not far away, preparing food while glancing around from time to time, keeping an eye on any disturbances in their surroundings.

A few hours later.

The bellflower collapsed once again, utterly exhausted.

Uchiha Hikaru, anticipating this, appeared behind her and helped the shrine maiden to sit down on the soft couch next to her, wiping the fine sweat from her forehead with his sleeve.

Bulma, standing nearby, looked on with a strange expression.

"...What's wrong, Bulma?"

"It's nothing, it's just that you two seem to be quite skilled at it... This isn't the first time you and Miss Kikyo have done something like this, is it?"

(End of this chapter)