I'm having fun in Tokyo

Ibuki stood by the street, silently watching the cars pass by, carrying the red gold katana, with the sleeping Hoshiguma sitting on her left shoulder.

"Can you still sense Ibaraki's presence?" Daigokumaru asked Ibuki.

Ibuki's expression was stern as she shook her head.

After he came out, he kept trying to contact Ibaraki, but Ibaraki did not respond at all, leaving only a trace of his presence.

Now that his breath had run out, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

“Ibaraki won’t get into trouble so easily. Let’s search around here. We’ll definitely find him…” he said to Daigokumaru. Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly noticed golden ripples spreading around him.

As the golden ripples spread and enveloped the distance, everything in sight was shrouded in a faint golden hue.

All the vehicles on the road had disappeared, the crowds on the street had vanished, and everything around was eerily silent.

Even the Great Prison Maru has disappeared.

She was standing right next to him just moments ago, but now she seemed to have vanished without a trace.

Only Hoshiguma remained perched on his left shoulder, and he could still hear her soft snoring.

Ibuki's heart tightened.

He turned around and looked in the direction from which the ripples were spreading, only to find that it was a clothing mall not far away.

On the second floor of the mall, behind a tall, transparent floor-to-ceiling window, stood a handsome young man with black hair, wearing a trench coat, holding a golden amulet in his hand, and two katana swords slung across his waist.

Beside the other person stood a pretty "girl" wearing a Western-style dress. It was Ibaraki, whom he couldn't contact, but she was clearly wearing new clothes.

Ibaraki has been captured!?

Ibuki's nerves suddenly tightened.

Chapter 264 The Demon King of Ise

He gripped the crimson gold greatsword on his right shoulder, stomped down, creating a cracked pit, and charged fiercely towards the shopping mall.

Morikawa Yu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor of the mall, watching Ibuki rushing towards the mall from the street in the distance.

The opponent was not as large as the ghosts they had encountered before. Although it was only three meters tall, its aura was far superior to those evil ghosts. The ghost horns on its head were like sharp blades, and its fiery red hair was like raging flames.

He pulled out the Tsurumaru.

Ibaraki, however, took the initiative, summoning his platinum-colored katana to cleave open the French windows and rush out.

Ibuki was fast, but Ibaraki was just as fast.

He jumped down from the second floor, stood in front of Ibuki, and blocked Ibuki's path.

"Stop, Ibuki!"

"Ibaraki!?"

Ibuki barely managed to stop, his massive body suddenly halting, nearly stepping over Ibaraki and crashing into the mall's outer wall.

Hoshiguma, who was sitting steadily on his left shoulder, had barely perceptible veins bulging on her small hands that were pressing on Ibuki's shoulder.

"What are you doing, Ibaraki!?"

Ibuki looked at Ibaraki in disbelief, then looked past him at Morikawa Yu behind the broken floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor of the mall.

Morikawa Yu had already sheathed Tsurumaru and stared at him without any politeness.

"Ibaraki!?"

He looked at Ibaraki again.

Ibaraki shook his head at him: "Ibuki, don't look like that. He's not an enemy; he's someone who helps us."

"The people who helped us?" Ibuki was surprised again.

He looked up at Morikawa Yu, scrutinized him carefully, and found that there was no hostility in the other party.

That's why I didn't notice the other person.

Thinking back on everything he had just witnessed, he suddenly remembered that the other party hadn't restricted Ibaraki's movements, which didn't seem like an enemy.

But why?

Isn't this guy a swordsman who helps the shrine?

If you are enemies with the other party, why would he help you?

Ibuki looked at Ibaraki with an inquiring gaze, only to see Ibaraki beckoning to her, signaling her to bow her head and come closer.

He hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head to Ibaraki.

A few seconds later, he looked up, his face filled with astonishment.

"You said you're not going to help Qingluo anymore, and you want to go to the shrine with him to help the shrine?"

"Why? Why should we help the shrine? How could the shrine accept us? Weren't the people from the shrine the ones who helped Qingluo seal us away in the first place!?"

As he spoke, he stared intently at Morikawa Yu.

Morikawa Yu wasn't afraid of him. She jumped out of the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor of the mall and slowly walked towards Ibuki on the street.

Just now, he, Ibaraki, and Abe no Haruhiko discussed a plan: Ibaraki would ask Ibuki and the others for help, thus luring Ibuki and the others to this place.

Then Fujiwara Keisuke arrived with his men and took away Abe Haruhiko, who was no longer fit to fight.

Before leaving, Abe Haruhiko asked Fujiwara Keisuke for his cell phone, found some old photos of Fujiwara Keisuke in women's clothing, and showed them to Ibaraki to put his mind at ease.

He asked Ibuki for help, and then he and Morikawa Yu waited there for the three of them.

While waiting, Morikawa Yu accompanied Ibaraki to a nearby clothing store to buy him a new dress and asked him many questions about what happened when they were sealed away.

Through Ibaraki's words, Morikawa Yu confirmed one thing: they had always believed that it was Qingluo and the shrine that had sealed them away.

Ibaraki felt it didn't matter who he helped, as long as he could survive in the modern world, it didn't matter.

Hoshiguma didn't want to care about anyone; all she wanted was to sleep. Her only desire was to have a peaceful place to rest.

However, Ibuki seemed unable to accept it. After waking up, she fought with Seiro. Because she found that she couldn't beat her, she was forced to accept reality and help her.

In his eyes, the shrine was just as hateful as Qingluo.

If I were to persuade him to switch sides, it would probably require a battle to subdue him.

Morikawa Yu came to Ibaraki's side, looked at Ibuki, placed his hand on Tsurumaru and Mikazuki at his waist, and shook his head.

If he could, he wouldn't want to fight Ibuki.

It wasn't that he was afraid of the other party, but rather that Daigokumaru was still outside the domain.

She is the shikigami of the Ise Shrine Maiden, so it's impossible to persuade her. The only way to get her to withdraw from this matter is to defeat her.

There's no need for me to waste my energy on Ibuki; I should focus my energy on her.

"Ibuki, do you really believe that it was Qingluo and the shrine that plotted against you and sealed you away?!" He looked directly into Ibuki's eyes and asked in a deep voice.

Ibuki was taken aback by what he heard, gripped the crimson gold greatsword tightly, and stared intently at Morikawa Yu.

"Isn't that right? That nine-tailed white fox, isn't that Lady Mitsuko from the shrine!?"

"If you really think that way, then you're really stupid, Ibuki." Morikawa Yu sneered. "No wonder you were completely fooled by Qingluo."

"Think back carefully, did that nine-tailed white fox you saw back then resemble Mitsuko?"

"If it were really Mitsuko who wanted to deal with you, would she need to seal you away?"

"The one who helped Qingluo seal you away back then was just a bastard impersonating her. Now the real Yujinzi has returned and dealt with that bastard who impersonated her."

"Qingluo is going against the shrine to avenge that bastard."

"And yet you still want to help her and that bastard, how ridiculous."

He sneered, looked at the stunned Ibuki, said nothing more, and turned to look in the other direction.

The demon race is simple, but not stupid.

Now that things have come to this point, he believes that Ibuki can understand reality and recognize the truth.

If the other party is truly so stupid that they can't even see this, he doesn't mind fighting them and beating them until they realize the truth.

but not now.

Now he has a real opponent to face: the Demon King of Ise, Daigokumaru.

Morikawa Yu placed her hand on Tsurumaru and looked at the street not far away.

There, golden ripples similar to those of the golden amulet emanated, yet there was a subtle difference, making him feel extremely uncomfortable in this golden realm.

It squeezed in, carrying a figure with it.

Morikawa Yu frowned slightly as he looked at the figure that had squeezed in.

The other person was dressed in a JK uniform, with a youthful and pretty face, and black hair reaching her waist. She looked like a high school student, but she was none other than the last Demon King, Daigokumaru.

He had deliberately avoided pulling her into his domain, but she still managed to barge in.

I guess the other person, like myself, has the protection of a deity.

"Ibuki, Ibaraki, Hoshiguma...you guys!?"

Daigokumaru looked at Morikawa Yu, then at Ibuki and Ibaraki, with a surprised expression.

Ibuki ignored her, still absorbed in Morikawa Yu's words.

He didn't want to believe Morikawa Yu, but Morikawa Yu's words were clearly more truthful and closer to the truth than Qingluo's.

So I was tricked by Qingluo again?

She said that it was the God of the Mitsuko who forced her to attack her own kind. Now that the other party is in a weak state, it is a rare opportunity for revenge, so she awakened herself and Ibaraki.

The result was that the bastard who sealed her away with her was killed and wanted to drag her and Ibaraki down to take revenge on the shrine.

How dare she!

Chapter 265 Battles are all about timing! (Bonus Chapter by the Helmsman)

Ibuki angrily raised her face and saw Daigokumaru.

He gripped his crimson gold greatsword, about to take a step, when he noticed Morikawa Yu shaking his head at him.

"If you are angry, suppress your anger."

"Now is not the time for you to be angry."

Ibuki was stunned, and instantly understood what Morikawa Yu meant.

He was letting his anger build up until he saw Qingluo, and then he would unleash it.

Ibuki took a deep breath and released the golden greatsword.

Morikawa Yu strode towards Daigokumaru, and Tsurumaru instantly drew his sword, stepping forward to slash.

Daigokumaru originally wanted to observe the situation further.

Seeing this scene, she immediately understood what had happened, and drew her sword as well, flashing towards Morikawa Yu.

As soon as she arrived, she saw Ibuki deep in thought. After finishing her thought, she drew her sword and turned it against herself.

Presumably, the other party persuaded Ibuki and Ibaraki with words, which is why things turned out this way.

The Divine Lord wanted my help, and Qingluo wanted me to take the other party back, but now it seems that it's better to deal with such a terrifying person who can disturb people's hearts on the spot.

With a clang of blades, the two men's swords clashed.

"What did you do to them?" Daigokumaru demanded sharply.

Morikawa Yu looked at her, but didn't bother to answer.

He was the great swordsman that Ryoko had high hopes for, while she was merely the shikigami of the shrine maiden, and also her enemy.

Answering her question would be beneath me.

I should deal with her as soon as possible and get back to Big Fox and Ryoko's side.

Even though it's only been a short while, I still miss them terribly.

I especially want to hug the big fox again.

Otherwise, once I finish my business in Kyoto and return to Tokyo, I won't have many opportunities to spend time with her.