Tokyo Paranormal, the beginning reminds me of the game plot

"I'm sorry, you will probably have to maintain this body shape for a long time."

Agumon was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and a trace of disappointment flashed across his eyes, but then he grinned and revealed a carefree smile: "It doesn't matter, the current state is actually better than I expected."

Even though he could see that his own Shikigami was not being sincere, Yagami Taichi could only pretend not to notice.

The construction of a ritual is not something that can be thought of on the spur of the moment.

All existing techniques, even the most basic magic array rituals, are the result of the summary and trial and error of countless generations of predecessors.

As for Ye Shen Taiyi, although he has a talent far superior to others in arranging magic array rituals because of his full-level basic, advanced, and high-level talisman drawing, he is still far from being a true ritual master.

"By the way." As if unwilling to talk more about this topic, Taichi Yagami suddenly slapped his head.

He raised his head and looked towards the direction of the Qinglong Palace.

"Master Qinglong, please allow me to release Agumon in the Four Sacred Mountains for a period of time."

The Four Sacred Mountains are an area where no human is allowed to enter, except for the priestesses and star masters. Even the star masters and priestesses can only stay here for an hour a day.

But this does not mean that Agumon, the Shikigami of Taichi Yagami, is the same.

In fact, although there are not many, among the previous star masters, there are indeed several Onmyojis who are good at cultivating Shikigami, and they have placed their Shikigami that have not yet grown up in the Four Sacred Mountains.

Now, Taichi Yagami made the same choice as them.

As for why he didn't do this before... the reason is very simple. Agumon at that time was not able to take care of himself.

But now, the situation is naturally different.

142 Happy New Year

Qinglong did not refuse Taichi Yagami's request. This was one of the hidden benefits of being an Onmyoji while serving as a star master.

In fact, stars like Kaku, Jing, Dou, Kui, etc., who were already good at Shikigami contracts, had already done so almost half a year ago.

However, placing Agumon in the Four Sacred Mountains also means that Taichi Yagami's next training plan will have to change slightly.

The ten seal-solidifying exercises that he originally had to complete upon waking up in the morning were now moved to the evening after he entered the Four Sacred Mountains.

Although this would waste ten more minutes of time to increase the spiritual energy 20 times, compared with the growth that Agumon could obtain every day, the gains would far outweigh the costs.

On December 12th, with the last steel-attribute spiritual art reaching the maximum level, the steel attribute in Taiyi Yagami's character panel finally reached 29 points.

He immediately stopped hesitating and sat down cross-legged. Like other Yin-Yang masters who were changing the attributes of their spiritual veins, he operated the steel seal, transforming all the spiritual power in his body into steel attributes, and slowly integrated it into his shield veins.

Compared with the soul-shaking ceremony, the whole process is quite slow.

Ye Shen Taiyi practiced intermittently for a day, and a shield vein with silver spiritual energy flowing inside it quietly appeared in his body.

Now that you have Blade Pulse Steel and Shield Pulse Steel, the next step is to improve your proficiency in Iron Fist.

As a unique skill developed by Mr. Aoyama after joining the Special Countermeasures Room for Supernatural Disasters, this skill actually has two completely opposite training methods.

The first method is the safest, but also the longest time-consuming, which is to continuously use the Iron Breathing Method to nourish your arms until they undergo transformation.

The second method is a little more dangerous. To put it simply, it is to break and then rebuild. You need to constantly injure your hands and then rely on spiritual arts or the body's own recovery ability to heal.

Teacher Qingshan was on the front line at the time, so he didn't have much time to practice.

Because of this, the spiritual arts he developed were actually closer to the magic techniques described in the fairy tale novels of his previous life.

However, even Mr. Aoyama, the founder of Iron Fist, only used a mixture of the first and second methods when he first practiced Iron Fist.

Unlike Yagami Taichi, who had hardly ever used the Iron Breathing Technique, after summoning the Heavenly Fire, he took off his shirt, and then used the 'Power of Fire' that came with his Horcrux to ignite two extremely hot and destructive white flames on his arms.

However, even such a flame is still not enough for Taichi Yagami, whose life attribute has now reached 546 points.

It often takes several minutes to wait before the arms, which have become red and hot from the heat wave, begin to feel a slight pain.

With a thought, the seal of creation located on the chest was activated.

The slightly cold special spiritual power overflowed his limbs, easily extinguishing the flames and repairing his arms in an instant.

Taiichi Yagami glanced at his skill bar and found that after completing a destruction and restoration, Iron Fist's experience increased by more than 1000 points.

"At this rate, I will be able to improve this skill to master level in about three days."

"At that time..."

Taichi Yagami couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

Having said that, the practice over the next few days was not coherent.

On the last day of 2024, starting from midnight, the Yagami family, including Agumon who was brought back from the Four Sacred Mountains in advance, sat together in the hall.

During the Red and White Song Contest held every year by the people of Sakura City, the year 2025 has quietly arrived.

"Taichi, Agumon, Happy New Year," x2

"Happy New Year, Dad and Mom." x2

The next day, even though they were already considered members of the psychic world, out of habit, the Yagami family of three dressed neatly and ran to a nearby shrine to pay homage.

Although Onmyoji has become the mainstream of the psychic world of Sakura Empire, in the distant past, when the gods had not yet disappeared, in addition to Onmyoji, there were actually other professions such as priests, shrine maidens, and even wizards.

Let’s not talk about the magicians for now. Even now, some temples in Sakura Empire still preserve some of the traditions.

However, priests and shrine maidens, these two professions, were originally created to serve the gods, but as the gods left, they gradually disappeared in history.

It can be said that the people who control all the shrines in Sakura Empire today are the descendants of those priests and shrine maidens.

In addition, the leader of this group of people is none other than the imperial family of Sakura Empire, who claims to be the descendant of Amaterasu. Therefore, even if the divine power is gone, the status of the shrine maidens and priests has never declined much.

At least, in this world, that is true.

The shrine near the Yagami family's residence is dedicated to the Inari god who is in charge of agricultural harvest.

Starting from the foot of the mountain, along the way, you can see many fox statues carved out of stone on both sides of the aisle.

When you reach the top of the mountain, the elements related to foxes become even more intense.

Among the various small commodities sold by the shrine maidens, you can often see fox pendants carved from wood or gift cards with fox images painted on them.

Of course, if that were all, Yagami Taichi wouldn't really care.

Whether it was the priestesses or the main hall that was once used for the gods to rest, he did not sense any spiritual power or similar energy remaining.

however……

After completing the routine worship and preparing to follow the crowd down the mountain.

Yagami Taichi was stopped by a shrine maiden who came closer.

"Sir Yashen, the Palace Master wants to meet you."

After hearing this, Yagami Taiyi was stunned for a moment before he said, "...please lead the way."

This is the real world, and it is also the territory of the shrine. Plus, it is the first day of the new year, so many people are visiting.

Even some organizations in the psychic world that like to stir up trouble don't dare to really run into the muzzle of a gun.

The priestess was also a smart person and she didn't just care about Yagami Taichi.

Instead, he treated Ye Shen's family kindly.

Yagami Touma and Yagami Mikoto looked at each other and saw similar worries on each other's faces.

But soon, after discovering that their son did not show any panic expression, the two of them regained their calm despite the slight ripples in their hearts.

After leading Yagami Touma and Yagami Mikoto to a lounge in the side hall, the miko bowed and said, "There are some snacks prepared in the room. Please wait here for a moment, my lords."

After seeing the two men nodded, she continued to lead Yagami Taiyi all the way to the main hall.

"Lord Yakumo, Lord Yagami has arrived."

About three seconds later, a slightly lazy voice came from the room.

"Well, let him in."

143 The End of the Witch

The witch beside him opened the door.

Then, a slender, young-looking blonde girl wearing a pure white shrine maiden costume appeared in front of Yagami Taichi.

At this moment, she was raising her pair of purple eyes, staring intently at the young man who stepped into the door.

"..."

In Taichi Yagami's sight, the blonde 'girl''s lips moved a few times, and then she opened her mouth, revealing a charming smile that was somewhat inconsistent with her appearance.

"Nice to meet you, this year's Heart's Home. I'm Yakumo Yuuka, temporarily filling in as the chief priest of the shrine." The blonde 'girl', or rather Yakumo Yuuka, paused for a moment while speaking. "Of course, compared to this name, you may be more familiar with my title in the psychic world - 'The Last Shrine Maiden'."

Yagami Taiyi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but did not look overly surprised.

Speaking of people related to shrines and shrine maidens, the most famous one in the psychic world must be the 'Mikoto of the End'.

As one of the Ten Spirit Kings, Yakumo Yuuka controls the spiritual world called 'Gensokyo'. Due to the special nature of the latter, even though it has existed for 500 years, Yakumo Yuuka has not really aged.

Like Hara Youkeken's instructor Kagura Kana, she is one of the few beings in the psychic world of Sakura Empire who has escaped the limits of her lifespan.

You know, even a Pure Level Onmyoji can only live for three hundred years.

Once the end of time comes, one will go through the five stages of decay and the soul will return to heaven and earth.

Therefore, even among the Pseudo-Pure Class, the combat power of Kagura Kana and Yakumo Yuuka is not considered strong.

But very few people would choose to be hostile to them.

As his thoughts raced, Yagami Taichi slowly opened his mouth:

"I don't know why the Lady of the End called me here this time."

The attitude he displayed was very respectful.

No matter how weak the Pseudo-Pure Level is, I, who only have the strength of an ordinary Ming Level, cannot contend with it.

Upon hearing this, Yakumo Yuuka's expression paused.

"Xinsu, the gears of fate, have begun to turn."

After hearing this, Yagami Taiyi's expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't help but complain in his heart.

——Are all the pseudo-Pure Class people like this who don’t speak human language?

——Could the Riddler please get out of the Psychic World?

As if she had seen his dissatisfaction, Yakumo Yuuka suddenly raised her lips and said, "To put it simply, a guy in the Onmyoji School wants to cause trouble, and he has something I need. If you can bring it to me, then in two years, I will stand by your side just like the Azure Dragon of the Four Sacred Mountains."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Yagami Taiyi raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows tiredly.

He didn't understand why problems arose again when the school had only been peaceful for a few months.

I remember that when I played games in my previous life, I didn’t find any such side plots.

But then he reacted.

All the changes seemed to have happened after I became a star master.

He immediately sighed and asked, "Master Yakumo, since you have discovered this fact, why don't you take action yourself, or tell the senior management of the academy?"

Yakumo Yuuka had obviously guessed that the boy in front of her would ask her this question. Her expression remained unchanged, and she answered in a calm tone, "What I 'saw' with the help of divine power was only a fragment related to the future. How the situation in reality will develop, and who controls that thing now, even I have no way to truly find out. Rather than alerting the enemy, it is better to plant a few more nails like we are doing now."

Taichi Yagami didn't care about being called a nail and nodded after hearing this.

"If the incident happened around me, I would help you find the thing you want, but if..."

Taichi Yagami did not say the following words.

He was not the kind of guy who would put his fate and life and death in the hands of others.

Even if the End Priestess is willing to be his helper, the key to whether he can survive the disaster two years later ultimately lies in himself.

Yakumo Yuuka is not an unreasonable person, or rather, she may have concealed some key information in the previous conversation.

After hearing this, he smiled calmly and said, "Don't worry, it won't happen."

……

It was not until the sound of the boy's footsteps completely disappeared from her ears that Yakumo Yuuka, with a faint smile on her face, removed all her disguises.