The demon monk in the second dimension

"Jianzi, have you recently joined some strange cult?"

Yotsuya Miko rolled her eyes.

"I didn't join any sect, I just met a deity."

After Yotsuya Miko said that, Yurikawa Hana became even more worried.

Just as she was about to say something, Xia Zhi suddenly appeared behind Yotsuya Miko.

"Yeah!"

Upon seeing Xia Zhi's attire—covered in thick bandages and draped in a gray cloak—Baihe Chuanhua immediately let out an extremely horrific scream.

"Behind you! Jianzi, behind you!"

Yotsuya Miko turned around and exclaimed in surprise.

"My Lord God, may you now appear?"

“The process of spiritual energy revival has been accelerating recently, and I was able to manifest myself a few days ago.”

Xia Zhi heard footsteps coming from outside, but they quickly disappeared from the classroom.

"You can search online; there should be quite a few new urban legends or ghost stories emerging online recently. Time is running out for humanity."

Not long after, several classmates who heard Yurikawa's screams entered the classroom, but Yotsuya Miko dismissed them by saying they were just joking.

Yurikawa Hana tightly hugged Yotsuya Miko's arm, her eyes brimming with tears.

"So, ghosts really do exist in this world!"

Feeling the substantial softness coming from her arm, Yotsuya Miko glanced at Yurikawa Hana's thick frontal armor.

Lost!

(o__)ノ

……

Because Yurikawa Kaoru almost fainted in the morning, Yotsuya Miko suggested that she take the day off.

On their way to the Yotsuya house, Yurikawa Hana carefully looked around and whispered something in Yotsuya Miko's ear.

"Jianzi, has the deity been following us all along?"

Yotsuya Miko glanced at Natsumi, who had been following the two of them, and said helplessly.

"Yes, the gods have always been there."

"what!"

A lovely, mournful cry escaped from Yurikawa Hana's mouth.

Back home, with Xia Zhi's personal testimony, Baihe Chuanhua finally believed it all.

Baihechuan Hua immediately tensed up.

"Is my family also in danger?"

Xia Zhi didn't try to comfort her; instead, she spoke very bluntly.

“That’s right. Right now, people like you or Miko with special constitutions will attract a lot of attention from wandering spirits and be attacked. But as time goes by, soon even ordinary people will be attacked if they trigger the wandering spirits’ killing rules. For ordinary people, such attacks are often fatal.”

Baihe Chuanhua panicked immediately.

"so what should I do now?"

"It's very simple."

Seeing the spiritual energy resurgence becoming increasingly intense, Xia Zhi decided to develop some influence in this world.

Otherwise, you're just idling around anyway.

Let's start with two promising talents, Yurikawa Hana and Yotsuya Miko.

“You can become my subordinate like Miko, and then the two families can live together and be under my protection.”

Chapter 419 Shikigami

"To become a subordinate of a deity?"

Yurikawa Hana is an even more naive high school girl than Yotsuya Miko. After learning the truth, she is completely disoriented and can't help but look at Yotsuya Miko with pleading eyes.

She was still thinking when Xia Zhi spoke again.

"You need to act quickly. Given the current situation, those wandering spirits will start attacking ordinary people within a week at the latest, and as early as three days. If it's too late, no one knows what will happen."

After saying that, Xia Zhi left the room, leaving Yotsuya Miko and Yurikawa Hana to discuss it.

Speaking of which, there was a rather special girl in their high school who could sense the presence of wandering spirits.

However, her talent cannot compare to that of Yurikawa Hana and Yotsuya Miko.

As for the future, it depends on the fate between her and herself.

……

Meanwhile, in a rural area.

Takeda Mie, who once gifted Yotsuya Miko a string of prayer beads, is now lying in a wheelchair with a crooked mouth and drooling eyes. She is unable to speak, drools, and is completely dependent on others for care.

A man in a black suit asked Takeda Mie's son.

"How did the Three Branches Witch Doctor become like this?"

"Four days ago, my mother suddenly collapsed while she was farming, which startled us. The doctor at the hospital diagnosed her with Alzheimer's disease. Although my mother is not young, she has always been very healthy. We have no idea why this would suddenly happen."

Mr. Takeda sighed at the men in black suits who came to his door.

"I'm sorry, there's nothing she can do right now in her condition. I have a few prayer beads here; you can take them if you think they're useful."

Someone nearby took notes about this incident.

Another young man murmured.

"Four days ago? That matches up perfectly!"

Four days ago, bizarre murders were reported in many places, with the scenes leaving people completely baffled.

Many efficacious priests and sorcerers have also died.

This immediately caught the attention of the newly established Interpol branch headquarters in the island nation of the "Deceptive Masters".

They knew exactly what was going on and were on high alert.

On the one hand, they sent people everywhere to search for priests and sorcerers, hoping there were still survivors.

On the other hand, they search all over the country for people who are "visible" or have "superpowers" in order to find or train new demon tamers.

Takeda Mie, who is the matriarch of the old town, is also among them.

On the way back, a group of people in black suits crossed out the words "Shitamachi" in their notebooks.

On this paper, many other names were crossed out.

Someone sighed.

“Father Takeda of the Shitamachi lineage has fallen, Priest Rom has fallen, and now Granny Saegusa has become senile. This lineage is gone, just like the others. We’ve made a wasted trip.”

The leader, dressed in a black suit, encouraged the group.

"Everyone, cheer up! We did make some gains too."

Beside him was a box containing many prayer beads brought from the Takeda family.

Just then, a man in a black suit suddenly received a phone call.

He picked it up and looked at it, then said to the leader.

"It's Mr. Takeda from earlier!"

The leader's eyes lit up.

"Answer it quickly!"

The man answered the phone and spoke to Mr. Takeda.

"Mr. Takeda, is there anything else you would like to add?"

Mr. Takeda began to speak.

"Well, I just remembered that my mother told me she gave her most perfect piece of work to a girl in Tokyo. I think she was a high school girl. She said that the rosary should be able to help."

This information is indeed very useful. If they can find the other party, they will have done a great service!

The man in the black suit said happily.

"Mr. Takeda, do you know the name or contact information of that high school girl?"

Mr. Takeda answered decisively.

"I don't know. My mother just mentioned it a few times happily, but didn't say anything else."

Black suit: ...

There are hundreds of thousands of female high school students in Tokyo. What difference does it make whether you said anything or not?

……

After leaving Yotsuya Miko's room, Natsumi met Mr. Yotsuya.

Mr. Yotsuya is in a very bad situation right now.

His face was expressionless, he was almost out of his mind, and the golden light around him was slightly dimmed.

As the spiritual energy resurgence intensifies, the potent poisons within it also become increasingly severe.

Mr. Yotsuya is now unable to rely on his rosary beads and is about to be transformed into a wandering spirit; even his glasses have disappeared.

A few days ago, Xia Zhi told Mr. Yotsuya about making him her shikigami.

Now, he asked Mr. Yotsuya.

What's your decision?

Mr. Yotsuya strained his facial muscles, managing a stiff, dead-like smile, and said to Natsumi with difficulty.

“I agree, God, my lord. This power will protect Miko and Kyosuke.”

He can no longer even speak in complete sentences.

Now that Mr. Yotsuya has agreed, Natsumi raised her right hand.

His right arm transformed into numerous bandages, wrapping around the unresisting Yotsuya-sensei.

At the same time, the spiritual energy within Xia Zhi's body surged into Mr. Yotsuya's body along the bandages.

In an instant, the veins on Mr. Yotsuya's forehead bulged out, as clearly as earthworms.

The process of transforming Yotsuya-sensei into a shikigami was neither easy nor pleasant.

Mr. Yotsuya felt as if he were being burned by flames, with intense pain spreading throughout his body, and he put on a mask of agony.

Summer Solstice stretched out bandages that gradually wrapped around Mr. Yotsuya, using spiritual power to cleanse him.

Before long, Mr. Yotsuya became a bandaged man like Natsumi, with only his head still exposed.

His expression relaxed, though it was still stiff, but not as stiff as before, as if he had become a clay puppet.

Mr. Yotsuya's mental state has also recovered considerably.

He knelt down respectfully before Xia Zhi and expressed his gratitude.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

From then on, Mr. Yotsuya became the shikigami of the summer solstice, and even his life was in his hands.

Through their mutual understanding, Xia Zhi discovered that Mr. Yotsuya possessed the power to obstruct.

He can stop the wandering spirits as long as he spreads his arms in front of them.

This ability isn't particularly powerful, but it's quite good for defense.

After transforming into a shikigami of the summer solstice, Yotsuya-sensei can also appear before ordinary people.

He took two puddings, Yotsuya Miko's favorite, out of the refrigerator, knocked on her door, and smiled.