I transformed into a demonic spider lily.

Should I invite these officials over, Mishino or Tanuki? What if they get angry?

"Just pick one!"

Takashi Natsume can only follow his heart and summon the yokai that he most desires to appear.

Boom!

Spiritualism (just kidding)!

A white monster has arrived here.

"Roar!!!"

It looked down at the crochet girl in front of it, who immediately retreated, but was still hit by the sorcery bullet roared from its mouth and turned to ashes!

Who is this?

Takashi Natsume felt... no need to feel, he had summoned a powerful figure.

"Jue, stop playing around. The master is back. You should take the young master back to see her."

The white monster's figure suddenly shrank, turning into a spotted cat—it was Ibuki Madara.

"Nyanko-sensei? That transformation technique was amazing!"

Takashi Natsume immediately ran over.

That's my true form!

Madara Ibuki stepped on Takashi Natsume's head and continued, "I'm a guardian spirit, don't always think of me as a lucky cat, okay?!"

"I see!"

Takashi Natsume reached out and grabbed Madara Ibuki, who then vanished into white smoke with a "bang".

The Book of Friends cannot directly teleport yokai; it merely uses the "names" imprinted on the yokai to borrow their power and create temporary spirits.

"Crochet Girl? Damn it! Die!!!"

The young monk on the shore angrily struck.

——Dew at night is painful!

Jue unleashed a powerful attack, defeating the young monk Anya.

As a leader who dominates all the towns, Kaku had only wanted to give Natsume Takashi some experience before, but now there probably isn't time, because "she" has returned.

Jue naturally knew who this "she" was.

There is probably only one person whom Ibuki Madara calls "master".

"Let's go back."

Grabbing Natsume Takashi's wrist, Kaku turned back.

……

Tokyo Bay, Minato Ward.

Beyond the forest, there is a shrine in the area of ​​the spider lily. Having come to revisit it, I noticed that something was wrong with the incense offerings, so I brought Kikyo along to investigate.

The shrine appears somewhat dilapidated, but this is only because the incense has ceased to burn. The spider lilies are still in good condition, and the faith continues uninterrupted.

"Something has stolen my faith." The Red Spider Lily realized the problem and glanced behind her. A little god sneaked over and grabbed her sleeve to help her.

Hehehe~

This little god is said to be no more than half a meter tall, with a distorted face. He is the Sleeve God, a true deity. Legend has it that anyone who is grabbed by the sleeve by him will be severely cursed if they do not tear off the sleeve the moment they turn around.

Even great demons are wary of it.

but……

"……whispering sound!"

The other shore flower glared at the sleeve god, whose expression changed drastically as an unrestrained force crushed him into dust.

"Who do you think gave me this dress? You have no idea how big your own nose is."

After the death of the solitary deity, the faith that had been stolen by him was returned one by one, and the shrine returned to its magnificent appearance.

"Flowers, there are monsters there."

Kikyo pointed to a shadowy spot several hundred meters away, and a commotion was heard. The monsters hiding in the shadows immediately fled.

The "Heavenly Magakko Bow" fell into Kikyo's hands. She aimed at her target and unleashed the Demon-Slaying Arrow!

It passed through the opponent's demonic body at near-light speed.

"Let's go to the Nura Clan."

"That's what the red spider lily suggested."

"Oh, so this is the organization founded by Nurarihyon that we met back then?"

Kikyo had a vague recollection of him, of course; to her, Nurarihyon was a yokai she had just met a few days prior.

……

Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Nura Clan Head House.

When the spider lilies and bellflowers arrived, the atmosphere in the entire Nura Clan became incredibly heavy.

However, this time, Nurarihyon appeared.

"...General! You must be careful."

The demon reminded him that, in his perception, the power of both the spider lily and the bellflower was unfathomable.

Fifty years have passed, and the other party has become even stronger.

"Hey, long time no see, Nurarihyon."

Looking at the small monster in front of her, the spider lily said.

"Huh! Is he Nura Nurarihyon?"

Kikyo was stunned for a moment. Compared to the handsome young man she had met before, the current old, cunning man was truly unrecognizable to her.

"There was a slight accident, but it's nothing serious and won't affect my life going forward."

Nurarihyon continued, "Where was the last time we met, again?"

Five hundred years ago.

This is the third time that Higanbana and Nurarihyon have met. The last time was 500 years ago, and the time before that was 50 years ago.

"So that's how it is..."

Nurarihyon instantly understood; it seemed that the spider lily before him was the one he had first seen. He then invited the two into the guest room to discuss the matter in detail.

The Nura Clan's yokai watched as Higanbana and Kikyo followed Nurarihyon into the room.

After a while, their young master, Nura Rikuo, visited again with Yuki and Yukiji.

Don't always bring hostile forces into our territory!

The Nura Clan executives were speechless.

"Mao prostitute!"

Shirley immediately noticed an old acquaintance in the corner.

"Lady Sherry?"

The prostitute Mao stepped forward and greeted her: "Where have you been all these years? I went to look for you over there, but they said you had been gone for a long time."

"I went out briefly to close the shop."

Sherry was also very concerned about her junior, after all, back in the Nura Clan, she only often talked to the hairy prostitute.

"Hello! Hello, thank you so much for taking care of my Shirley all these years, I am truly grateful!"

Xue Lu stepped forward and grasped Mao Changji's hands tightly, saying...

"No, it's all because of my seniors taking care of me."

Mao, the prostitute, didn't understand what he meant, but she sensed that Xue Lu's tone was very wary.

Chapter 558: Hagoromo Fox, Nue [4K]

……

Inside the living room of the Nura Clan's main residence.

The poem was written by Nurarihyon and the poem was composed while sitting opposite Nurarihyon.

"Over the years, you have governed the Kanto region very well, even to the point that people have moved their capital here."

The other shore flower says.

"That was only because of some special reasons. The yokai in Kyoto were not very stable, and the human emperor just came here to take refuge."

Regarding the Japanese imperial family's temporary settlement in Edo, Nurarihyon didn't say much, but instead asked, "Higanbana, what brings you back this time?"

Having only appeared twice in over five hundred years, Nurarihyon naturally wouldn't think that the spider lily had returned to visit relatives.

"The Hyakumonogatari Group, you know this organization, right? Their remnants caused some trouble fifty years ago."

The other shore flower asks.

"Of course, I know."

Upon hearing this, Nurarihyon nodded slightly and then continued, "Hundreds of years ago, they were all wiped out by Koihan, but who would have thought that they would make a comeback today."

"Could you tell me more details? What kind of monster is their leader?"

The red spider lily asks questions to the root of the matter.

"No, the leader of the Hyakumonogatari Group is not a yokai, at most a half-yokai. Back then, he was just a timber merchant who learned a secret technique from somewhere. He used the power of human words as tales and ghost stories to create yokai, and used this to wreak havoc in Edo in an attempt to achieve immortality. If it were just about immortality, that would be fine, but he wanted to dominate human society even more."

Nurarihyon picked up his pipe, but put it down after looking at the two yokai in front of him who didn't seem to smoke.

Are you sure he's just human?

The spider lily cared deeply about this information. If the Lord of the Hundred Tales she knew was human, then there was no way he could have lived in the Warring States period, let alone be the "Hundred Tales" she was looking for.