I'm having fun in Tokyo

Ryoko remained expressionless.

After thinking about her mountain-sized form when she transformed back into a demon, Mitsuko abandoned the idea.

"Then I won't lick it anymore. I'll use my divine and demonic power to help Morikawa recover."

She placed her left hand on Morikawa Yu's shoulder, a golden light emanating from her hand, and her fox ears swayed slightly.

Morikawa Yu couldn't resist touching Mitsuko's fox ears.

Mizuko hugged him, buried her face in his chest, and closed her eyes.

Liangzi stopped talking and just pouted.

After a while, Mitsuko released Morikawa Yu.

Morikawa Yu's wounds have almost completely healed, leaving no trace.

Although her power was depleted, her divine and demonic power were the purest and most powerful, enough to ensure that all ordinary injuries would be fully healed without leaving any hidden dangers.

"I'll go outside and check on Xun and the others, see how their preparations are going."

She looked at Morikawa Yu and said softly.

Morikawa Yu nodded.

He waited until Mitsuko left before looking at Ryoko.

"Ryoko, I have a question I'd like to ask you."

“Yes, go ahead.” Ryoko nodded.

Chapter 269 The Siege of Qingluo! (Third Update)

"Does that priestess know me?"

Morikawa Yu asked Liangzi.

When he met the priestess just now, he had a feeling that she knew him.

This kind of understanding doesn't just mean knowing yourself, but being so familiar with yourself that you can call yourself by your name, like the big fox and Ryoko.

Ootamaru also said that the shrine maiden had never seen him before, but then added that the shrine maiden might know him, but because it was related to the shrine maiden's powers, it had to be kept secret, so she couldn't tell him the reason.

This made him very curious.

The other party is the shrine priest of Ise, who has no relation to me and has never seen me before. How could they know me? And even be so familiar as to call me by my name?

Upon hearing this, Liangzi's beautiful brows furrowed slightly.

"She knows you? That's normal."

“You have the Goshuincho I gave you, and your name is on it. She can sense your presence. In addition, you are my chosen successor. With a little investigation, she will definitely recognize you.”

"No, the kind of understanding I'm talking about isn't that kind of understanding."

Morikawa Yu shook his head.

He recounted to Ryoko how the shrine maiden had spontaneously called out his name several times, and also inquired about the shrine maiden's powers, which Ōtamaru had mentioned.

Liangzi was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

"...If that's the case, then I don't know."

"Her powers have always been a secret, almost no one knows about them, and no one can find out about them."

"If you can get the answer from that demon king named Daitamaru, you might know the reason."

Morikawa Yu nodded.

He thought of the demon king JK girl he had defeated and decided to find an opportunity to find out the truth about it.

However, what's more important now are the Aoki clan and the Abe family.

He and Ryoko exchanged a glance, both understanding the meaning in each other's eyes.

Mitsuko also returned, followed by her attendant, Mikamiko Kaoru Kashima.

As soon as she came in, she sat down next to Morikawa Yu, hugged his arm, and pressed her warm, soft body against him.

"Morikawa, give me a hug."

Kaoru Kashima remained calm, pretending not to see anything, and stood behind the sofa where the two were sitting.

Ryoko didn't mind and said to Morikawa Yu, "Morikawa, you were able to persuade the three demon kings of Seiraku and defeat the shrine maiden's shikigami, Daigokumaru, which was a great help to the shrine."

"Although none of them are as powerful as Qingluo, ordinary people simply cannot face them. If Qingluo orders them to cause destruction everywhere, it would take a considerable number of people to deal with them."

"And she can take advantage of our dispersed forces to create more opportunities to attack the shrine and the Fujiwara and Tokugawa families."

"That's why we've been hesitant to act, even though it might cause serious harm."

"Now that the four Ghost Kings have been dealt with, we can turn defense into offense and take the initiative to eliminate the threat of Qingluo."

Kaoru Kashima, who was behind Mitsuko, also raised her hand.

"Lady Ryoko, Lord Shinshu, Mr. Morikawa, the latest intelligence we have received also indicates that the Abe family is withdrawing its forces. All the Abe family Onmyoji and Oni clan members whose locations can be pinpointed are retreating back to the Abe family."

"There are only some ghosts whose locations cannot be found, and their whereabouts cannot be determined."

Ryoko nodded in agreement: "In that case, now is an even better time for us to take action against the Abe family."

"Mizuko, Morikawa, what do you two think?"

Mizuko thought for a moment and then nodded.

"Although I can recover stronger if I wait two days, things can change in the meantime, and waiting two more days might cause unexpected complications."

"Now is indeed a good time to take action."

"I agree to take action against the Abe family now."

After she finished speaking, she and Ryoko looked at Morikawa Yu together.

Kaoru Kashima also looked at him seriously with a serious little face.

"Morikawa, what do you think? Should we make a move now?"

Mitsuko pressed herself against him, whispered in his ear, and asked him in a low voice.

"If you don't like it, we'll wait until I recover and then crush the Heibe family."

Morikawa Yu was startled.

He never expected that his act of rescuing Abe no Haruhiko would backfire so badly, leading Ibaraki and the other demon kings to defect and resolving the shrine's concerns.

Unexpectedly, Ryoko and the big fox valued his opinion so much, asking him if he should take action now.

He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

To be fair, now is indeed a good time to take action. Three of the four great ghost kings have all defected, and the only one who is relatively powerful and possesses divinity is restrained by himself and has lost to himself.

The Abe family is also reducing its manpower, making it an ideal place to wipe them all out.

But when he met the priestess just now, her ambiguous attitude and her words, "Qingluo is not that simple. Don't be blinded by temporary victory," made him feel a little strange.

Is the Priestess a friend or foe?

He recalled the girl in white, barefoot, who was more powerful than a god, and for a moment he couldn't be sure.

If it were an enemy, she would likely buy Qingluo time without personally intervening, using this as a delaying tactic.

But if it's a friend, she might just be trying to remind herself to be careful.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to take action directly.

The other party came to Kyoto at Qingluo's request, so it's unlikely they came to help the big fox; they are most likely enemies.

And even if she was a friend, she only reminded him to be careful, without saying anything more.

“I think it’s okay.” He nodded.

"Alright, Mitsuko, inform Asaka and Kurozo to bring along a powerful yokai-level guardian deity to the Abe family to ambush and kill Seiro!"

Ryoko stood up.

"I will stay at the shrine and stop the shrine maiden if she makes a move."

“Yes.” Mitsuko nodded.

She looked at Kaoru Kashima: "Kaoru, the shrine is protected by Yoshiko. You and the shrine maidens will stay with the Abe family and guard the outer perimeter."

"If anyone escapes, capture them all. Those who disobey will be dealt with directly; show no mercy."

"As for the Abe family members hiding outside, leave them to the shrine's administrative staff and the ancestral spirits of the Fujiwara and Tokugawa families to handle."

"Furthermore, notify the Kyoto Prefectural Police to mobilize all available police forces to seal off the northern part of Kyoto and prevent any chaos related to the Abe family!"

"It must be fast!"

"Understood!" Kaoru Kashima nodded in response.

She leaned towards Mitsuko and quickly walked outside.

......

The main hall of the Abe residence.

Qingluo sat in her seat with her eyes closed, as if deep in thought.

All the seats around her were empty, but from her seat down to the entrance of the main hall, there were quite a few humans and demons standing there, a dark mass, and a considerable number of them.

Suddenly, a golden light appeared behind her, slowly condensing into a white-clad, barefoot girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old, who was none other than the shrine maiden that Morikawa Yu had seen before.

As she appeared, a faint golden light spread out.

The crowd in the main hall suddenly stirred. Almost everyone turned around in a daze and walked blankly outside. Only six particularly tall ghost generals stood in place.

They looked at each other, then knelt down, not daring to raise their heads.

Chapter 270 No retreat

Qingluo opened her eyes while seated.

She stood up, left her seat, and bowed to the priestess.

"Lady Princess Shrine Maiden."

The priestess looked at her, her clear black and white eyes scrutinizing her.

After a moment, she shook her head.

"Qingluo, you're almost out of options. Aren't you going to stop?"

Upon hearing this, Qingluo frowned slightly.

"So you're saying those three good-for-nothings, Ibuki, were taken care of?"

The shrine maiden nodded: "They were persuaded by the child next to Mitsuko and chose your Kyoto shrine to join forces to attack you."

"I see, that's what I expected."

Qingluo sneered upon hearing this.

“These guys were always up to no good. I had a feeling when they left together, and now it seems I was right.”

The priestess stared at Qingluo's face and saw that she was just sneering, seemingly not worried at all.

"You really won't stop?"

Qinglu shook her head: "There is no way I can stop now, Lady Hime-sama."

"Instead of advising me to stop, why don't you lend me a hand? If only you were willing to take action yourself..."

"I will not make a move until Ryoko does."

The priestess interrupted her, "The agreement between the first generation and Him did not include conflict with other gods."

Qingluo nodded, her eyes revealing disappointment.

But she knew the other party was right; the agreement between Him and the first priestess did not include this point.

"I see."

She turned around and looked back at the main hall, at the six ghost generals kneeling on the ground.