I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

shook his head.

Gao Chuanlong quickly pulled his thoughts back, realizing that now was not the time to dwell on such matters.

There's still a mountain of things to do.

Find the source of the Death Seal and seal it away;

Defeat the [Grand Duke Jupiter] and make the necessary preparations, and collect the fingers of [Two-Faced Sukuna].

Searching for the great fox's ninth tail;

There are also more "swords" that can activate one's cheat ability;

This is the dilemma of adults. Unlike the protagonists in comics or novels, who have clear main tasks and can simply focus on moving forward, adults don't have such problems.

Adults in the real world.

You'll always face a lot of messy and chaotic things, and the real skill is to handle them in a clear and organized way!

Take it slow...

……

The massage is over.

While the big fox was lying on the ground panting heavily, I took the opportunity to dry her fur with a hairdryer.

Takakawa Tatsuya also started scrolling through his phone.

I logged into a "website" that only my peers would know about—although the official old men didn't understand the internet at all, it was already the 21st century, and modern spiritual mediums certainly had their own forum sections.

I plan to browse posts before bed to see the latest industry gossip and rumors.

Subsequently.

Gao Chuanlong noticed a recently popular bounty posted prominently in the [Bounty Request] section.

[Mission Objective: Ai Kamishiro]

Gender: Female

Age: 18

Type of commission: Assassination

what……

The little girl I remember has grown up so much!

Looking at the target photo in the commission details.

Takagawa Ryu certainly recognized her, because she was a sacrifice offered to the [Grand Duke Jupiter] by the Kamishiro family of that generation.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Not a Lucky Day

"Xiao Long?! It really is you!! I can't believe my eyes?!"

"Aiyi?"

"It's me!!"

The girl exaggeratedly greeted herself with boundless energy, revealing her cute little tiger teeth.

His loud voice sounded like a small megaphone.

This guy has been like this since he was a child; his excess energy is simply outrageous.

There's no mistake, she must be Ai Kamishiro.

At the subway station in Hachioji City, Takagawa Takayuki, following the assassination commission information he had seen the previous night from his colleagues, waited for the girl who had come here to go on a trip to Mount Takao.

Then they pretended it was a chance encounter.

This indicates that I am here to climb the mountain today as well.

"Oh! What a coincidence! I heard from Grandma Takagawa that you were in Tokyo, but I never expected to run into you!"

“Really? Grandma also called and said that Ai-yi is coming to Tokyo to go to university.”

"That's what I say, but I rarely go to school anymore, hehe~"

He chuckled sheepishly and scratched his head.

The girl walked beside him, but always intentionally or unintentionally veered away from the crowd and headed towards less crowded areas.

This is not because she is withdrawn.

Instead.

As a sacrifice offered by the Kamishō family to the [Tai Sui Xing Jun], the very existence of the girl would continuously attract the covetousness of [spirits].

However, the spirit cannot harm the girl herself, so the final result is that everyone who gets close to her will suffer misfortune, and she will become very unlucky—but her life will not be in danger.

So it's a habit.

Wherever she goes, Ai Kamishiro is always alone.

special.

This happened after her older brother, who had taken good care of her, also died because of this.

It had only been less than ten minutes since I came out of the subway station.

Gao Chuanlong noticed that at least three guys were slowly gathering around.

only.

They were all cowards who dared not step forward because they were afraid of him.

"Ah! I didn't fall! I didn't get bumped!! No soccer ball suddenly flew at me!! It's definitely much safer to walk with Xiaolong!!"

"After all, I am a master."

"Huh?! Kotori inherited the shrine."

"Ah."

"So you're not going to school either?"

"Not going up."

"Oh, I see... What's Xiaolong carrying on his back, a guitar?!"

"Oh, right?"

Takagawa Ryu did indeed carry a guitar bag, but inside were the demon sword [Kukuun], and some other things that would be needed later.

I'm not a grandpa, I don't have that kind of childish habit of carrying a samurai sword around—that's just too embarrassing! It's fine at night, but how could I possibly do that in broad daylight?!

This is something I learned from my grandmother, because Takagawa Fuki used to often use a bass bag to store various shrine maiden props.

However, that guy does attract quite a bit of attention when he walks down the street.

Who would wear a red and white shrine maiden outfit, carry a bass guitar, have a cigarette in their mouth, and be wandering around the street with a bottle of liquor in their hand?

"Xiao Long can play the guitar? Did he join a band?!"

"No, it's just a hobby."

"That's it..."

The conversation ended again.

Because the two weren't very close to begin with.

Takagawa Ryu knew Kamishiro Ai solely because she was a girl who was sacrificed during the Takagawa family's campaign against the "Grand Duke Jupiter," and he had taken her away from the "battlefield."

We haven't been in contact since.

It was probably those few hours that left such a deep impression on her.

It was in her life.

That's probably why she always had a deep impression of herself during the only time she wasn't plagued by misfortune.

The Gao family suffered heavy losses in that battle, but the [Grand Duke Jupiter] also fared poorly. At least, that vindictive fellow didn't come back for revenge, which was enough to show that Grandma and Grandpa weren't just being stubborn.

of course.

Grandma still complained that she didn't know where her parents had gone. If they hadn't disappeared, the campaign would have been successful.

"How did Ai come up with the idea of ​​coming to Mount Takao for tourism?"

"We've won the lottery!"

A rare and fortunate moment in life!

It's a lucky day!!

“I ran into an uncle who was passing by. He had won a big prize, but he wanted to use the money to buy drinks. I thought about it for a moment and then bought the prize—and it was actually real! I was prepared to be scammed!”

"That's it."

We were completely tricked, and it was such a simple trick at that.

"Going hiking once in a while is really nice."

"Yeah, the air is great, the weather is nice... but I'm totally too scared to ride the cable car. If it falls, I'm really done for—"

It's not an exaggeration on the part of the girl; she even experienced a rollover accident while riding the Shinkansen.

The apartment I rented in Shinjuku not long ago collapsed on the very night I was about to move in.

What bad luck...

"Let's go that way, there are fewer people there."

"it is good!"

Mount Takao is just a small mountain, only about 500 or 600 meters high, with some natural parks and temples on it.

It's mainly a place for tourists to visit and take walks.

Today was a weekday, not a peak tourist season, so there were naturally few people. Led by Takagawa Ryu, Kamishiro Ai quickly found herself in a secluded mountain park.

Only a few tourists occasionally walked by, not even as many as the [spirits] who slowly gathered around.

I just can't find the [Tai Sui Star Lord] anywhere.

He is there, isn't he?

They're just too lazy to show up.

"Oh dear~ I thought I was going to fall off a cliff or something today, maybe even break my leg, and go hungry in the mountains for days..."

"It's not that exaggerated, is it?"

"Have!"

"Then why bother climbing the mountain?"

"Because it's the same at home. Sometimes you're sleeping and the pillow suffocates you, or your stomach suddenly feels upset and churns up, blocking your throat and mouth..."

"That kind of thing really happened, didn't it?"

"Ugh! It's terrifying!!"

It's amazing you can still be so energetic.

Also.

If it weren't for this personality, it probably wouldn't have survived to this day—but that's not quite right either. It should be that it was chosen as a sacrifice by the [Grand Duke Jupiter], and it was naturally a lively, cheerful, and optimistic person like this.

That's why I said that the "deity" was extremely wicked.

For the [Grand Duke Jupiter], the fact that he eats a young girl from the Kamishiro family every twenty years is completely unimportant and irrelevant.

The important thing is.

Watching the girl grow up optimistically despite the hardships she endured, and then finally, at the age of twenty, when her life had just "begun," taking her away from this world.

Little by little, in a state where it cannot die, it slowly eats for twenty years.

While savoring the taste of its flesh and blood.

As it watches the next offering, it continues to grow in this way.