I'm having fun in Tokyo

She looked at Morikawa Yu, her eyes suddenly softening.

Morikawa Yu sighed.

"Is Kyoto dangerous?"

"Otherwise, Ryoko, you wouldn't be so nervous and would have gone there in person."

"The big fox is very strong, and her consciousness is malfunctioning. Her original body is also in Kyoto, along with that bastard Inari God."

"Ryoko, you must be careful."

"Ah, it's so heartwarming to see my beloved junior worry about me."

Ryoko smiled, her eyes narrowing.

"I really like you more and more."

"Don't worry, I'll come back safely and bring you a souvenir."

"Besides gifts, there will be rewards too, and so will you, Feiyue."

"I don't want it." Fei Yue waved her hand. "Give it to my husband."

"Alright, then give Morikawa two portions."

Liangzi smiled slightly and walked outside.

Morikawa Yu escorted her to the outside of the courtyard, then came back.

Although things are mostly arranged, the biggest problem now is still Mitsuko, whose consciousness has been affected by the Inari god.

We must find Him.

If I were that Inari god, where would I go now?

Morikawa Yu decided to put herself in his shoes.

If I were that guy, my biggest goal in coming to Tokyo would definitely be Ryoko.

There's a problem in Kyoto. As long as Tokyo is fine, Ryoko will definitely go to Kyoto.

Then the situation becomes simple. After all, the other party will definitely do something to restrain Ryoko, and the other party has very few bargaining chips, only Himself and Asaka.

With the Metropolitan Police Department watching, this alone won't be enough for them to do anything more; they'll need much stronger forces...

More power?

Morikawa Yu suddenly realized a problem.

When the great fox came to the shrine, it wanted to borrow the body of Nanami, who was by Ryoko's side, because Nanami was a spirit and could unleash the power of the strongest of the high-ranking great yokai.

If He wants to unleash even greater power, He will surely target Nanami.

Ryoko had been at the shrine the whole time, so the other party might not be able to make a move.

Now that Ryoko is leaving, will the other party go to the shrine?

The more Morikawa Yu thought about it, the more worried he became.

That damned god always likes to use the weak and innocent to blackmail others; there's no reason to let this opportunity pass.

Fortunately, I had marked the teleportation point for Xiaoqi, so I was able to get there in time.

He quickly returned to the living room, spoke to Fei Yue, released Chizuru, and went straight out the door, using teleportation...

......

Tokyo, city boundary.

A beam of clear light shone forth, and Liangzi's figure gradually became visible.

She glanced back at the direction of the shrine and the Morikawa family, then turned her gaze to the southwest, where Kyoto was located.

I wonder how Mitsuko is doing now. If Morikawa hadn't discovered the problem, I wouldn't have known that such a serious thing had happened in Kyoto.

Mitsuko, now both you and I owe Morikawa a favor.

I don't care, but how are you going to treat him?

She shook her head and chuckled softly, then suddenly took a step. It was as if there were invisible, intangible steps beneath her feet, leading her step by step toward the sky, and she stretched out a hand.

"The divine covenant illuminates heaven and earth."

As she softly chanted, a golden, dazzling divine light suddenly shone in the sky, eventually converging into points of light.

If you look closely, the locations of those individual points of light are exactly the same as the distribution of shrines of all sizes in Japan.

Liangzi strolled through the light, heading towards the brightest star in the southwest, and vanished in an instant.

The light in the sky slowly faded away.

At this very moment, in a dimly lit basement, a refreshing young girl with a single ponytail is sleeping on the bed, holding a life-sized gray shark doll in her arms. She is none other than Fujiwara Shiori, who has been possessed.

After leaving the shrine, she immediately used her connections to find a private property owned by the Fujiwara family in Tokyo and moved in.

Because it's a private property and has a converted basement, it's very well hidden and no one could find it.

Suddenly, the girl opened her eyes.

As if sensing something, she suddenly became energetic and was no longer sleepy at all.

"Shiori, Ryoko's gone. Let's go to the shrine now!"

"Ah."

Another sound immediately came from her own mouth.

"Alright, don't be so gloomy. Once I take that child's body, I'll give your body back to you."

The girl walked to the mirror and fixed her hair.

"Now, give me a smile."

She looked in the mirror and smiled.

"That's right."

The girl's smile grew even brighter. Clutching the shark plush toy, she left the basement, exited the ground floor of the house, and headed towards the shrine.

It's not far from the shrine, just two blocks away, a few minutes' walk.

Ryoko would never have imagined that she was hiding so close.

She smiled softly, walked to the entrance to the shrine, and shook her head again.

The streets around the shrine felt so quiet, and there were no police officers around. It was completely different from Kyoto.

With Asaka's help, have all the police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department been transferred to patrol there?

That swordsman should still be at home...

She stopped in her tracks, and the smile on her face suddenly froze.

Not far in front of her, under the torii gate in front of the shrine's approach, a young man in a kimono stood there, smiling at her.

"Ah, we finally meet again. May I ask how I should address you this time?"

"Princess Mitsuko? Lady Tamamo-no-Mae, or perhaps..."

"Lord Inari?"

Upon hearing his address, the smile on the girl's face vanished completely.

He frowned.

Although I knew I might be exposed, it was still strange that my identity was guessed so quickly.

He shook his head and turned to run, but saw a golden ripple spread past him, enveloping the intersection and even the area further away from the shrine.

At the same time, a deafening gunshot rang out from behind.

He looked down and saw a hole in his abdomen, from which a pale golden mist emanated.

"Sorry, I can't let you leave."

The young man's voice came from behind.

He turned his head and saw that the other person had a smile on his face, was holding a black heavy sniper rifle that was taller than himself, pulled the bolt, and ejected a cartridge case that was thicker than an adult's finger.

The gun's model is unknown, but it appeared in a comic I'd read before. I think it was called something like ANZIO, nicknamed "Monster," and was 20mm in caliber, used for anti-armor vehicles and fortifications.

What the heck? Isn't he a swordsman?

Why are they using guns?

Moreover, this gun is illogical; how could it possibly injure my body? Could it be that Ryoko modified it?

Morikawa Yu didn't care what He thought; she felt a little regretful.

As expected, once you reach the level of a high-ranking demon, even a heavy anti-material sniper rifle would have difficulty inflicting damage. The fact that I was able to penetrate the opponent's body just now was thanks to the enhancement of the Wind-Riding Sword Intent.

However, within Fujiwara Shiori's body, His power could only be exerted at the level of a weaker high-ranking yokai, which he could easily handle on his own.

Morikawa Yu put away the sniper rifle and reached into his clothes.

The next moment, he drew his sword, stepped forward, and slashed, the tip of the blade aimed directly at the girl.

Chapter 169 This is my substitute

A black fox tail extended from behind him, flashed to the side, and then swung the gray shark pillow in his hand, smashing it at Morikawa Yu, while spitting out white foxfire from his mouth.

Morikawa Yuya dodged to the side, his blade slicing through the shark-shaped pillow in two, then he flipped and leaped away, avoiding the foxfire.

"Ah, fish, my fish."

A mournful cry escaped Fujiwara Shiori's lips, but it immediately transformed into the voice of the Inari god.

"Don't be sad, I'll buy you something else after we leave here."

As soon as she finished speaking, her two fox tails stretched towards the sky, then accelerated down, aiming heavily at Morikawa Yu's heart, but he slashed them left and right, deflecting them to the side.

"Not enough, not enough."

Morikawa Yu smiled, flashed in front of Him, and instantly drew his sword.

—Steel-Cutting Flash!

The fox tail behind him had extended from behind to in front of him, but it was still pierced by Tsurumaru in Morikawa Yu's hand. At the same time, a white, translucent gust of wind spun around Tsurumaru's blade.

The girl's expression changed, and more tails extended, trying to wrap around Morikawa Yu's hand.

But he took out Mikazuki Munechika from the Goshuincho and slashed at her fox tail. His sword strike was like a shooting star, and he instantly severed one of her tails.

"Is that all you can do?"

Morikawa Yu casually remarked, then jumped up and sheathed his twin swords.

"Sniper Combination, Starburst Stream Slash!"

The heavy sniper rifle from before reappeared in his arms, firmly resting on his arm, the muzzle pointed at her head, only a dozen centimeters away, and he fired instantly.

His eyes widened. He had no time to dodge. He gritted his teeth and raised his fox tail forward, narrowly blocking the bullet, but a dent was still left on one of his tails.

Quickly draw your gun.

A sniper rifle is still a gun, and any gun can be drawn.

Although it was blocked, it also lost its view of what was ahead, making it even more effective.

—Step Forward Slash!

Morikawa Yu's figure flashed by, arriving directly beside the girl from the air. Mikazuki flashed a clear light, slashing towards her back, deeply embedding itself in the wound, which was so deep that the bone was visible.

He turned around in astonishment, a cold glint flashing in his eyes once more, as Tsurumaru in Morikawa Yu's right hand had already attacked.

"enough!"

He roared angrily, his nine fox tails whipping wildly, stretching and expanding, deflecting his blade and striking his body.

He sheathed his sword and retreated, flipping over and leaping onto a street lamp. He then leaped again and landed on the ground. The street lamp he had just stood on was instantly snapped in two by his tail, which coiled up and hurled towards him.

He gripped his twin swords tightly, lowered his center of gravity, and slashed forward, instantly severing the lamppost and cutting it into three pieces.

Two sections of the pillar swept past him, and even though he dissipated the force, they still pierced through a roadside speed bump due to inertia, embedding themselves deeply. Another section tore through an advertising sign on a building, directly collapsing the first floor of the building.

He kicked the middle section back, sending it hurtling towards the girl's body. It was stopped by one of her fox tails, twisted into a curved shape, and thrown to the side of the road.