I'm having fun in Tokyo

In order to resolve the crisis in Kyoto, she immediately set about removing the seal on Mitsukohara, which is why she did not reply to Morikawa Yu's message.

"Well, it's okay."

Morikawa Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't want anything to happen to Ryoko, otherwise he would be having a headache over the shrine's affairs. Besides, Ryoko was very good to him, and he didn't want anything to happen to her.

"Are you currently fighting against His consciousness clone?" Mitsuko suddenly asked.

Morikawa Yu nodded, then suddenly realized something was wrong.

The big fox seems unaware of what's going on here?

Didn't she know that she had captured an incarnation of Inari?

"You didn't know?" he asked in surprise.

Her voice came through immediately.

"Hmm, I don't know. Yesterday I influenced Him, which angered Fei Yue and destroyed the incarnation. After that, His consciousness returned to its original form."

"Now, based on His unstable consciousness, I guess His avatar is fighting, so I want to ask if the person fighting Him is you."

"It's me, and I've already caught Him," Morikawa Yu thought to himself, glancing at the Inari God clone beneath his feet and noticing that it was growing increasingly weak.

"You caught Him?" Mitsuko asked, somewhat surprised.

"Ah."

"Could you please help me kill Him? I'm currently confronting Him in my consciousness. If you deal with His clone, His main consciousness will become even weaker."

So, the reason Inari God's avatar was weak was because He was confronting the giant fox?

Morikawa Yu nodded in his heart.

He was about to say that using the word "please" would be too formal, but then he immediately realized that he and she hadn't officially met yet, so he silently took back his words.

However, we still need to kill the Inari God's clones; experience is important.

He looked at Him at his feet, raised the crescent moon in his left hand high, and then brought it down heavily, slicing it down simply and decisively in the direction that Tsurumaru had pinned.

The Inari deity's avatar let out a mournful roar as its head and body were severed by the blade, leaving only its agonizing struggle.

Morikawa Yu immediately delivered another blow, the wind swirling around the blade, instantly shredding His head to dust, turning it into specks of white light that dissipated.

He retrieved Mikazuki, brandished his sword Blood Vibration, sheathed it, then drew Tsurumaru. A gentle breeze brushed against his hand as he stroked its blade, before sheathing it as well and slinging it around his waist.

But after waiting for a long time, he didn't receive any tips or advice. Instead, he saw a blinding white light appear before him.

When he came to his senses, he found himself in a hazy white space, with only a small black dot at the edge of his vision.

This situation is somewhat similar to the power of the Scarlet Moon.

Morikawa Yu frowned and touched her chest.

The goshuin tent was still there, and Tsurumaru and Mikazuki were still on his waist.

"That guy seems to have dragged you into the consciousness space." Mitsuko's voice suddenly appeared in his ear, "Should I send you back now?"

As she spoke, Morikawa Yu found her body becoming illusory, and at the same time, she felt a sense of rejection from this space.

Consciousness space?

This is the place where Mitsuko and Inari confronted each other.

"Ah, there's no need for that," he quickly replied.

He had just killed the Inari god's clone and was waiting to gain experience points when he found himself here.

Judging from the current situation, the Inari God's clone has no experience at all, probably because it is only a part of his consciousness and not an independent individual.

If she sends me back, I won't get anything.

"Are you sure you don't need it?" Mitsuko seemed a little worried.

"Ah."

"Then come forward, I'll be right there."

Her voice disappeared.

Morikawa Yu looked at the small black dot in the distance, hesitated for a moment, and wanted to run, but found that she was floating, and floating very fast.

He drifted for a while and found that the black dot in front of him was getting bigger and clearer. He then realized that it was a city, but most of the place had become ruins, and some buildings were still burning with white foxfire.

He looked at it, and the more he looked, the more familiar it seemed.

This is... Kyoto a thousand years ago!?

Why is this the space where the great fox and the Inari god confront each other? Is it because this event had the greatest impact on her?

He guessed what was going on, increased his speed, and continued to drift forward.

Soon, he saw a familiar figure appear in his line of sight.

The other person stood above the burning palace, looking exactly like the original form when she angrily rebuked Inari. She was beautiful and had an extraordinary air about her, but she seemed to be thinking about something and ignored him.

"A big fox?" Morikawa Yu asked tentatively.

Hearing Morikawa Yu's voice, she finally snapped out of her daze and smiled.

"Yes, it's me."

"But what should I call you?"

"Like Him, will he call you 'little husband'?"

Morikawa Yu shook her head decisively.

He now associates the title with the scoundrels Inari God did, and he's not quite used to it.

"Then I'll call you Morikawa, just like Ryoko does."

She smiled, walked into Morikawa Yu, and looked at him intently.

Morikawa Yu felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze, but he still stood there as usual, only coughing slightly.

Seeing his expression, she looked away.

"Thank you for helping me so much, and for saving me."

"No, I only helped out with a few small things." Morikawa Yu shook her head.

He didn't feel like he had done anything; the discovery of Inari's true nature was mainly due to Hiigetsu's power.

He himself was the one who captured and killed the Inari god's avatar just now.

"Just a small favor?"

Mitsuko shook her head.

She didn't consider it a small favor at all.

Ryoko had already told her that she only came to Kyoto because he discovered the problem with the Inari god.

He had just helped him deal with the Inari God's clone, allowing him to completely suppress it.

Although Hiizuki helped, it was Ryoko who ultimately helped her break the seal.

But without his efforts, relying solely on Hishitsuki's personality, she probably wouldn't have paid any attention to him for a hundred years, and it would have been difficult for Ryoko to come to Kyoto in such a short time, relying on his hints.

But the most important thing is that he dealt with the Inari God's clone. That guy is always cunning, so it must not have been easy to catch him.

She smiled gently, her gaze towards Morikawa Yu softening further.

Morikawa Yu coughed lightly.

He sensed something was off about the big fox's gaze and prepared to change the subject.

"Um...where is Inari?"

As he spoke, he pressed down on the hilt of Tsurumaru's sword.

Experience, oh experience!

Inari God, where are you? Come out quickly!

My greatsword is itching for a fight.

Chapter 176 The Quest

"Him?"

Mitsuko glanced at Morikawa Yu, then turned her gaze downwards, pointing to the palace below that was being burned by foxfire.

"Right here, it has now been completely suppressed by me and fallen into slumber."

She flicked her fingers, and the burning palace slowly dissipated, crumbling away bit by bit to reveal the scene inside.

It was a golden shrine with a damaged and cracked base. A huge giant sat on it, which looked very much like the Inari god that Morikawa Yu had seen in the remnants of history.

But unlike before, He now has a concrete form and is no longer a faceless giant.

Morikawa Yu looked at Him in his current state and was slightly surprised.

Although she was enormous, she was the form of a young girl with white hair cascading over her throne. Her face was delicate and charming, her skin fair and clean, and her eyes were closed. Nine long, white fox tails surrounded her throne.

Isn't it Inari God? How did it turn into a white-haired nine-tailed fox?

Morikawa Yu blinked.

Wait... the Tamamo-no-Mae he saw in the remnants of history last time was also a white-haired nine-tailed fox, wasn't she?

He suddenly remembered the Tamamo-no-Mae he had seen in the remnants of history, her ugly-cute appearance, and her drawn-on eyebrows.

If she removed that strange silkworm-eyebrow makeup and was reshaped according to modern aesthetics, and grew a few years older, she would probably look like she does now.

The Inari God said that He merged with the power of Tamamo-no-Mae, so He is now using Tamamo-no-Mae's body.

Is this the Tamamo-no-Mae as perceived by modern aesthetics?

It's really beautiful; if an ordinary person saw it, they probably wouldn't be able to move on.

However, he knew very well that the person in this form was not Tamamo-no-Mae, but Inari God who had merged with Tamamo-no-Mae's power and wanted to possess her body to harm Mitsuko.

He had absolutely no liking for this kind of guy, nor would he have any other thoughts about him.

Morikawa Yu pressed down on the hilt of the Tsurumaru sword at his waist, his fingers pressing against the tsuba (handguard), causing the blade to spring slightly out.

Mitsuko's gaze returned to him, and she glanced at his right hand, which was resting on Tsurumaru, and paused slightly.

"You want to kill Him?"

Morikawa Yu nodded.

This despicable god, in order to prolong his own existence, used humans as pawns and forced Mitsuko to inherit his divine position. It's disgusting and repulsive.

If He only wants to prolong His own existence, Morikawa Yu doesn't want to bother with Him.

But He instigated Tamamo-no-Mae, Mitsuko's lover, which led to the destruction of Heian-kyo.

Although the big fox later rebuilt it and saved many people, even more people died!

When he thought of the horrific scene, he could almost hear the cries from the ruins and the faces of people dying in a daze.

Those were His people, yet they were mercilessly abandoned because of His selfish desires and brutal methods.

Even in modern times, He has not changed in the slightest. He ordered Asaka to catalyze the cat demon and bring the household god's messenger to Tokyo to await orders and prepare for slaughter.

Although Tokyo was safe this time because Asaka turned to the light, it was because of Asaka, not because of Him.

A thousand years have passed, and He remains unchanged, greedy and ruthless.

Such villains will only bring endless harm if they are allowed to live.

Morikawa Yu took a deep breath and drew his sword, but Mitsuko shook her head and pressed his hand down.

She looked at him, then glanced at the Inari god on the throne, her expression complex.

Morikawa Yu was slightly startled.

What happened to the big fox?

Does the way she acts mean she doesn't want to kill Inari?

Morikawa Yuya looked at the Inari God on the throne, and at His current face, which was that of Tamamo-no-Mae.