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After a long pause, Morikawa Yu finally spoke, but her tone was very strange: "Excuse me, teacher, Aunt Ryoko seems to have something to discuss with me, it seems there's something going on."

"Ah...oh, okay then."

Maki Hojo answered instinctively, and then heard the other end of the phone hang up.

She didn't know if Morikawa Yu was avoiding the question or if she was genuinely being asked by Aunt Ryoko.

However, she quickly realized that there was indeed something wrong with how she had asked the question, and her face turned slightly red.

Finally, after a moment's hesitation, she picked up her phone and dialed her father's number...

On the other side, Morikawa Yu's expression was somewhat solemn.

He wasn't just giving Hojo Maki a perfunctory answer; he had genuinely received a telepathic communication from Kondo Ryoko.

After hanging up the phone, he focused his mind on the Goshuin-chō (imperial seal tent) and responded to Ryōko's words.

"Aunt Liangzi, I'm here. Please speak."

"Hmm." Ryoko's voice sounded somewhat heavy.

"Morikawa, are you outside right now? Or at home?"

"I'm outside, near the port area."

"Alright, I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"An abnormal fluctuation of demonic energy has been detected in Izumi-cho, Adachi Ward. Could you please take a look?"

"Abnormal fluctuations in demonic energy?" Morikawa Yu was taken aback, and the first thing he wanted to ask was how Ryoko knew about this.

However, Oogami Hisuki had already explained it to him this morning, so he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he became curious about why Ryoko had entrusted this matter to him.

She appeared at his house very quickly this morning after Feiyue unleashed her true nature, and she can still get there quickly now.

However, considering that Ryoko was preparing to groom him to be the next Shinto priest, he roughly understood the reason.

Moreover, completing skin-collecting tasks also requires combat, which presents an opportunity.

"Okay, I'll go there now."

"Thank you for your help, Morikawa," Ryoko said softly.

"You will naturally sense the location of the demonic energy fluctuations once you arrive at the place."

"okay!"

Morikawa Yu's mind drifted away from the Goshuin tent, and she glanced at the driver in front of her.

The driver noticed Morikawa Yu's gaze and turned to ask, "What's wrong, Mr. Morikawa?"

Morikawa Yu smiled and gripped Mikazuki Munechika tightly in his hand.

"Could you please take me to Adachi Ward? I have something to do..."

......

Half an hour later, Morikawa Yu arrived by car at Izumi-cho, Adachi Ward, which Ryoko had just mentioned.

Just as Ryoko said, he felt a sense of oppression and unease as soon as he approached the place, and at the same time saw a dark shadow in the night sky not far away.

He told the driver to go that way, and then quickly made the other person stop.

On the main street of Izumi-machi, a woman is standing in the middle of the road, seemingly searching for something.

She was an ordinary-looking woman, appearing to be in her thirties or forties, with a flat figure and a sallow complexion, as if she had been owed a lot of money and hadn't been paid back; her eyes were full of resentment.

But that alone was not enough to attract Morikawa Yu's attention.

What really bothered him was that a red, ghostly mask the size of a doorway was floating behind the other person.

The mask's design closely resembles the demons in Japanese Noh plays, with a sorrowful face, two horns on its head, and ferocious sharp teeth.

A faint black mist floated around its edges, transforming into chains that firmly bound the woman in front of it.

Chapter 74 The Demon Prajna

The woman's body would spasm intermittently, and her face would contort in pain.

Although there were other people walking at night passing by, they all seemed to ignore the woman.

Morikawa Yu narrowed her eyes.

The scene before him was quite eerie, making his heart feel somewhat heavy.

He has traveled to the present day and has dealt with some enemies, but this is the first time he has encountered such a sudden situation where the enemy is a monster.

"Aunt Liangzi, I have arrived at my destination."

He contacted Nagako in his mind through the Goshuincho (a type of incense burner), and soon heard her voice.

“Alright, there’s a mirror and a protective charm in my Goshuincho (a type of ancient Chinese seal). I’ll find them for you, and you can take them out.”

Upon hearing this, Morikawa Yu did as instructed, and soon saw a small jade mirror and a golden amulet floating toward his mind in the golden area.

He took out the mirror and the amulet, and held them in his hand. He then saw the mirror float out of the carriage and emit a faint glow in the night.

Not far away, the woman and the masked figure behind her turned their heads at the same time, their four eyes fixed on the mirror and Morikawa Yu sitting in the car, their eyes unmoving.

Although they remained standing still, the black aura emanating from their bodies began to fluctuate.

"Interesting, it's actually Prajna."

Ryoko seemed to see the surrounding scene through the mirror, and her voice reached Morikawa Yu's heart.

Morikawa Yuya stared at the woman, but what he was thinking about was the legend of the so-called Prajna from his previous life.

It is said that jealousy causes a person's soul to leave their body while they are still alive. When hatred takes over the mind and rationality cannot be restored, the person will transform into a ghost, also known as "Prajna".

However, the Japanese concept of "oni" (鬼) differs from that of the Chinese concept; it generally refers to terrifying and ferocious monsters.

The woman before me must have experienced something like this, and then transformed into Prajna.

He hadn't considered this when he saw the woman.

Now that Ryoko has revealed the other person's identity, they immediately understand the situation.

"Aunt Liangzi, is there any hope for her?"

Morikawa Yu remembered that in this situation, if a person's soul returned to their body and they were able to regain their rationality, they could be saved.

However, given how badly this woman has changed, it's unlikely she'll ever recover.

"It's hopeless. Her soul has already turned into a demon; she's just readjusting to her body," Ryoko's voice came again.

"Once she adapts to her body, she will transform into a true demon, Hannya, and wreak havoc."

"So you don't need to hold back, just give her a quick death."

"Okay!" Morikawa Yu nodded and prepared to get out of the car.

He glanced at the surrounding streets and buildings, then hesitated for a moment.

If we engage in direct combat like this, and something like what happened in Matsuo Town were to happen again, it would result in unnecessary casualties.

He sat back down and then pointed his right middle finger at the woman and the mask behind her.

Although he didn't know if this gesture of international friendship would work, it wouldn't take much effort to try it.

Sure enough, upon seeing him extend his middle finger out the window, the woman and the masked figure behind her suddenly moved their eyes, and then took a step towards Morikawa Yu.

Morikawa Yu raised an eyebrow, then glanced at the driver in the front row.

"Let's go, drive to a less crowded area."

The driver was a little nervous.

He knew some rumors about Morikawa Yu, understood his identity, and knew that he was doing something very dangerous.

The thought that the other person was sitting in the car just like him made him feel less uneasy, and he started the car.

But after the car had only gone a short distance, Morikawa Yu immediately called out to the driver.

"parking!"

He kept looking out the window, and when he saw the woman chasing him for a while, he immediately went back.

He then gave the woman the middle finger.

The woman and the masked figure stared intently at him, seemingly enraged. They approached, but quickly retreated, as if there was something in that area they couldn't bear to leave behind.

Morikawa Yu wanted to try the international friendly gesture again when she suddenly heard a very pleasant laugh from Ryoko.

"I forgot to tell you, Morikawa."

"Before Prajna is fully formed, she will not leave the area where she has transformed into Prajna, because she needs to accumulate enough resentment."

"So I have to wait until she's fully formed before I can make a move?" Morikawa Yu frowned, feeling a bit of a headache.

They can't lure them away, and taking direct action would affect the surrounding area. It's really troublesome.

“No, once she fully transforms into Prajna, she will begin her killing spree.” Ryoko immediately refuted his earlier statement.

"By then, it will be even more difficult to distract it."

"Then what should I do?" Morikawa Yu asked.

He didn't believe that Ryoko wouldn't have a solution, otherwise he wouldn't have sent him over.

"Of course there is a solution, but we need to rely on external forces."

"The golden amulet you just took out can temporarily create a domain that isolates the present world."

"As for how to use it, as long as you unlock it and lock the object you want to drag into the domain with your sword intent, you can drag it in."

As Morikawa Yu listened to Ryoko's words, he looked at the amulet in his left hand.

He remembered the method Fei Yue had taught him for spotting weak monsters, which was also to lock onto them with sword intent.

This approach appears to be universal.

He patted the driver's seat in front, signaling the other person to wait there, and then got out of the car with Mikazuki Munechika in his hand.

He walked toward the woman, and then saw the demon mask behind her move.

It grinned, seemingly laughing wildly, its sharp teeth gleaming pale white in the moonlight.

Morikawa Yu also smiled. He released the amulet and watched as its golden light rapidly spread, engulfing the woman and the demon mask not far from him.

When he could see the scene before him again, everything around him was tinged with a faint gold, both real and unreal, and the area was extremely vast, as if it had enveloped the entire town of Izumiki.

He glanced back at the car and the driver, and found that the other man was staring blankly at his seat, as if he couldn't see him at all.

This realm is very similar to the Scarlet Space used by Scarlet Moon, or rather, it is the same thing.

If I could learn it myself, it would make things much easier.

But we can talk about that later. Right now, the most important thing is to deal with this newly formed Prajna in front of us.

He gripped Mikazuki Munechika's scabbard, feeling the blade in his hand getting warm.

Inside the Goshuin-cho (temple), Tsurumaru let out a clear cry, as if calling for him to put away Mikazuki Munechika and use him in battle.

However, with the enemy at hand, changing weapons is not a safe option.

He drew Mikazuki Munechika and looked at the Hannya demon mask before him, suddenly feeling a chill down his spine.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced behind him and saw more than a dozen dark chains sweeping sharply toward him.

His body vanished from his spot in an instant, reappearing a dozen meters to his left and slightly ahead, narrowly avoiding the attack.

Good grief, a sudden sneak attack.

If I had switched knives earlier, I probably would already be tied up.

As he pondered this, he noticed that Tsurumaru seemed to have fallen silent.

Although it made no sound, he sensed that Tsurumaru seemed a little aggrieved.

But Hannya's attack came again. He had no time to care about Tsurumaru and dodged to the side, avoiding the sweeping chain once more.

Not far away, the demon masked wrath opened its mouth and laughed silently, as if mocking Morikawa Yu for only knowing how to dodge.

Morikawa Yu gave a cold snort, unmoved.

He gripped Mikazuki Munechika tightly, his figure vanished instantly, and he reappeared above the demon mask, slashing down with his katana towards its forehead!