From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

"It's delicious!" Xia Chuan commented matter-of-factly. "It's sweet and crispy, and the taste is great!"

"Really?" Yui was a little unconfident.

"It's really delicious!" Xia Chuan tasted the stewed meat, grilled fish and sea bream sashimi, and then said, "Not as good as Mr. Matsushige, but at least I have 80% of his strength!"

"Well, it's really delicious! You can even open your own shop!" Kawaguchi Rena also made a comment at this time.

Of course, her praise contained the usual exaggeration of Japanese people, but Xiachuan noticed that when she said this, Yui was slightly stunned.

Did she really think about this kind of thing?

But this is not surprising. A large part of the warmest part of her life should be related to Hezhuang.

It's not strange to want to have your own shop like Matsushige Goro.

And... maybe because of the Chinese way of thinking, Xia Chuan never thought of letting her be a full-time witch, or stay at home full-time...

The true body of a certain god in Tokyo actually runs a small izakaya in a secluded alley in Tokyo that only opens at midnight. The address is erratic. Ordinary people only have the opportunity to step into it by chance, while monsters can come to this place to eat by virtue of their contract with the god.

What you can eat depends entirely on the mood of the gods that day. What monsters you will encounter and what will happen all depends on chance.

He imagined the scene in his mind and found it unexpectedly exciting.

Since he doesn't have to sleep at night, most of the nights he just spends time doing nothing on the Internet. Isn't this a good way to kill time and have fun?

However, there is still a long way to go to realize this seemingly ordinary dream.

Chapter 97: Crow God and Dog God

The atmosphere was actually still a bit awkward. After all, Kawaguchi Reina wasn't thick-skinned enough or courageous enough to completely ignore the god, and Aoki Yui hadn't fully adapted to Natsukawa's physical body yet, and was always avoiding his gaze, which made him feel both amused and a little helpless.

However, overall, the meal was still very heartwarming.

In the middle, Matsushige Goro, who was used as a benchmark by them, called and told Aoki Yui that he was going to resume business the day after tomorrow, which was the 28th. But Aoki Yui didn't have to go if she had plans.

He only opened the business because he was worried that some of his regular customers would have nowhere to go during the New Year. Given the current circumstances, he estimated that not many people would come, so it wouldn't be very busy.

Yui Aoki looked at Natsukawa with some uncertainty, and he nodded slightly.

Of course, he hoped to spend the New Year with Yui alone, but the New Year should be spent in a lively manner, and Matsujugoro, a guy with a cold face but a warm heart, could be considered a family member in a sense. Since they had no hometown to return to and no family to accompany them, it was not bad to choose to spend the New Year in Tsuru Manor.

"Mr. Matsushige, I will come to work on time." Yui Aoki said into the phone.

After dinner, the situation became a little awkward as the three of them had no idea what to do. Xia Chuan suggested that they take a rest first and go out for experiments together in the evening. He then returned to his room and began to try to make a replica of the magic weapon using the newly purchased materials.

The Bagua mirror that Long Qingting brought should be made of bronze, so Xia Chuan first began to copy it with bronze, then brass, silver and tin. As a result, only the bronze replica showed a weak spiritual reaction. He then began to make various adjustments, constantly trying from the appearance, the internal spiritual energy channel, size and so on.

This attempt was much simpler than his previous research on inherited items whose consequences of use and whether they contained murderous intent were unknown. In just one afternoon, he had basically found the indispensable parts that really worked, and used up all the materials at hand to make five of different sizes.

However, he was not going to use Yui Aoki and Rena Kawaguchi as experimental subjects for this kind of thing.

The two girls finished dinner with him in a state of excitement, and Xiachuan took them out.

The streets of Tokyo seemed to have calmed down. The number of patrol police cars was still greater than before the "terrorist attack", and there were still armored vehicles at important intersections, but their number had obviously decreased a lot compared to the previous night. The number of armed helicopters in the sky had also decreased.

Xia Chuan still used the crows' reconnaissance to lead the two girls and their shikigami to avoid police cars and roadblocks, and found an abandoned factory safely.

Of course Kawaguchi Rena had no feelings about such an "adventure". After all, she had hunted evil spirits under Natsukawa's command before. But this was the first time for Aoki Yui. She had always been practicing in the shrine before and had never been to such a place.

This abandoned factory reminded her of the time when she met Xia Chuan, which made her nervous but also inexplicably warm.

"Don't worry, we're just practicing today." Xia Chuan said to them.

This place should be spacious enough. He asked the two girls to summon their own power through the Hinoki Dance respectively, and then poured it into the shikigami. Inugami Roku immediately turned into a samurai holding a long sword, while Crow God Kobori only became a circle bigger than before, but after spreading his wings, the wingspan exceeded three meters. He no longer looked like a crow, but a huge bird of prey.

Natsukawa asked Yui and Kawaguchi Reina to step back a few steps, and then he immediately used the doubling technique on them.

A wonderful thing happened. Lu Ke changed back into a dog form, but he turned into a huge beast with a shoulder height of more than two and a half meters and a length of more than ten meters from head to tail. The originally yellow and white hair on his body turned completely silver. In the dim factory, he emitted a faint moonlight glow. He did not look ferocious, but instead gave people a reassuring feeling.

Kobori turned into an ugly and ferocious monster with a tall body, a long nose, black feathered hair, blood-red cheeks and eyes. He wore old armor and wooden clogs, held a round fan in one hand and a long samurai sword in the other.

It seemed to be frightened by its new image and subconsciously flapped its wings and flew up. The huge black wings brought strong airflow, which blew the dust in the factory into the sky.

Great Tengu?!

"Kobori?" Such a change shocked Yui Aoki.

Compared to Luke's image, it looked a little too scary.

The Crow God quickly saw his own appearance in the reflection of the factory window. The next moment, he suddenly flew over and landed in front of Xia Chuan, asking aggrievedly, "It's not fair! Why is Lu Ke so beautiful and I'm so ugly? I'm a girl too!"

"I can't do anything about this." Xia Chuan suppressed his inner smile and told it seriously. "This is not decided by me, but by the blood in your body. Besides, you are Shikigami, strength is the foundation, don't be so superficial. You are a crow, why do you care about appearance?!"

"but……"

"No buts, go and try your skills." Xia Chuan was not going to indulge it, and said loudly. "The winner will get an extra reward."

Luke felt uneasy and wagged his tail slightly, while Kobori flew to the opposite side indignantly.

It's really strange. Kawaguchi Rena has a tougher personality, while Aoki Yui is gentler, but their shikigami are completely opposite.

The Inugami is much larger in size, but the Crow God looks much more ferocious, and with its obvious anger, it looks far more oppressive than the Inugami.

Kawaguchi Reina then walked towards her dog god, gently stroked its body, and whispered in its ear: "Lu Ke, come on, you must defeat it!"

Putting aside other things, she could not tolerate herself losing to Yui in terms of talent and ability as a shrine maiden.

"Come on! Come on!" She stroked Lu Ke's body again and again. The moonlight on its body gradually became stronger, the hair on its back stood up, and its mouth gradually opened, revealing its terrible fangs.

"Silly dog..." Kobori whispered from the other side.

The Inugami suddenly pounced out with an agility that was totally inconsistent with its body size, but the Crow God was prepared and flapped its wings to nimbly avoid its attack, while also kicking it on the head.

The Inugami, whose fighting spirit had been aroused, roared and suddenly jumped high. The Crow God did not expect it to jump so fast and high, and was almost bitten. This made it angry and it inserted the round fan into its belt, held the knife in both hands, and chopped down hard on the Inugami's head.

Aoki Yui screamed, and the knife avoided the vital part and chopped hard at the dog god's buttocks, but failed to cause any damage. Instead, it was blocked by the silver hair on its body and bounced back heavily, only making it scream. The dog god fell to the ground and pounced into the air again in anger. The crow god flew high in an instant, making it bite the air while using the knife to chopped its nose hard, but it also failed to cause any substantial damage to it, only making it roar in pain again.

The Crow God tried to attack again, but no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't find a weak spot on the Dog God that it could break through. In its anxiety, it was caught by mistake and instantly flew out like a cannonball, hitting a pillar hard and smashing it directly. The roof obviously tilted in that direction.

This attack frightened and angered the Crow God. It stopped acting recklessly and kept a safe distance, constantly attacking from the blind spots behind and to the side of the Inu God's body, forcing the Inu God to keep following it in circles.

After all, it was impossible for the two sides to fight to the death, and they still lacked sufficient control over their new bodies. The battle soon entered garbage time and turned into a game of crow teasing dog.

However, even though the fight was so ugly, Xia Chuan still made a conclusion. Lu Ke's strength and defense far exceeded Kobori's, and his agility was not bad either. It was just that he could not fly and had a single attack method, so he basically had no way to defeat the Crow God. However, any enemy that could not fly would definitely have a headache if they encountered it.

The Crow God has extremely high agility, and its destructive power, defense, and strength seem to be quite good, at least not inferior to Nomiya Wakana's Rat God Boji. As a crow with a stubborn and daring personality, its combat awareness is far stronger than that of the Dog God and the Rat God, but its existing attack methods cannot cause substantial damage to the Dog God.

The knife looked fierce, but in fact, like Lu Ke's hair and body, it was transformed by Xiachuan's divine power. The two sides were like a spear and shield made of the same material, and neither could do anything to the other.

Overall, Luke should be the strongest, and Kobori is probably slightly stronger than Boji. This is in line with their own races, the talents of their masters, and the effort that Natsukawa has invested in them.

Choosing a mouse as a spiritual pet now seems a bit disadvantageous... However, there has never been a real comparison between them, so it is impossible to draw conclusions so hastily.

Moreover, Pogi evolved into a Shikigami much earlier than the other two. This may mean that the smaller the pet, the easier it is to evolve successfully?

The two guys were still fighting endlessly which seemed to have no result, so Xiachuan stopped them. After a moment, they returned to their original state and suddenly fell asleep like Boji.

Both Yui Aoki and Rena Kawaguchi were shocked.

"It's always like this for the first change. Just let them sleep for a while," Xia Chuan explained.

But the way back can only be carried by Natsukawa, who has transformed back to her original form, while Aoki Yui carries her own Crow God.

"After they become like this..." Kawaguchi Reina, who was relieved, was very excited. Not only because in her opinion, Lu Ke was stronger than Kobori, but also because its fighting power was obviously much higher than before.

She recalled one by one the evil spirits and monsters she had faced in the past. With Lu Ke's current abilities, it should be very easy to destroy them.

Maybe she doesn't have to do it herself anymore?

"It is definitely much stronger than before, but the duration of this skill and the amount of divine power consumed are still issues, and further inspection and testing are needed." Xia Chuan said. "Also, their combat skills need training. It's just too ugly to watch."

Having said that, he was actually very satisfied with the result. After teaching them how to transform themselves, the safety of Yui and Kawaguchi Rena would be immediately improved. When he figured out the principle of the Bagua mirror and applied it to the magatama they wore, then even if they encountered extremely special situations and were suddenly attacked and had no time to react, they would not have to sit there and wait for death.

If possible, he also planned to try to teach them more spells and strengthen their abilities. In this way, the shrine maidens favored by Xiachuan Da Ming Shen would soon truly look like shrine maidens, and the road ahead would be much easier.

If you cannot increase your own strength for the time being, find a way to increase the strength of your followers and tools.

At this time, Xia Chuan personally understood why those ancient gods and the later alien powerful men fell in the same place again and again. Due to certain rules and restrictions of the world, this is probably a problem that every god and every powerful man must face after entering a certain period.

However, he secretly glanced at Yui and Kawaguchi Rena, and his heart was as steady as an old dog.

My miko will never betray me.

Chapter 98 Bestowal

After staying in the main hall of the shrine for many days, M, who had been staying there for a long time, finally left, leaving behind a pile of garbage. Not only the three sisters of the Nomiya family, but also Kimoto Juri and Inaba Rika breathed a sigh of relief.

It was as if a plague god had been sent away.

"What a pity... I'll come to see you another day!" When she left, she waved to them with her back turned casually, but no one wanted her to keep her promise.

"This guy... maybe his brain is broken?" Nomiya Wakana couldn't help but say as she watched her leave in a helicopter.

"It's not probably, it's definitely." Mu Yuanshu complained.

Many agents began to evacuate from the surrounding buildings, because most of the teams belonging to Tokyo Watch were requisitioned by J, and most of the people guarding this area were from Akasaka who were asked by M to come from Kuroda Koji.

Having nothing to do but having to stay on high alert at all times, such days are torture for everyone. No one knows why M has been staying at the Skeleton Shrine, but some people privately say that M is hiding in the Skeleton Shrine because he is afraid of the revenge of the Cheka, so he uses the power of the Skeleton Society to protect himself.

The cadres forbade people to spread this statement, but as news of what happened at the Tokyo Watch headquarters spread, this statement suddenly became the answer that people were convinced of.

As a result, the impression of the Skeleton Shrine among the grassroots staff in Akasaka has become more and more profound.

All the lessons that were delayed due to M's arrival had to be made up, but the Corpse Organization was still doing nothing.

There is a rumor in Akasaka that someone mediated the dispute between the Watchers and the Cheka, but because the upper echelons avoided talking about it, or even deliberately blocked the news, no one knows whether it is true. However, temporary checkpoints in various parts of Tokyo are being gradually removed, and the Self-Defense Forces and the US military are also withdrawing to their barracks, which makes people believe that something has indeed happened.

"What do you think, could it be?" Let's not talk about Sasaki Daisuke's other abilities, because he is thick-skinned and thick-skinned, he is not bad in interpersonal communication. He also heard some vague news from the Akasaka members who usually carry out missions nearby.

"Don't speculate on unconfirmed news." Sugishita shook his head, but everyone else hoped that the rumor was true and that it was indeed the work of that person or those people in the shrine.

Because if that were the case, it would be the best situation for those people who survive in the cracks.

The Skeleton Shrine is about two years away from completion, but none of them want to continue to be supervisors.

Daisuke Sasaki teased his clever mouse and poked its head gently with his finger: "Change for me!" But it just raised its head stupidly, sniffed, and continued to gnaw on the apple core that Sasaki gave it.

"Even the shrine maidens don't have a shikigami yet. You're just wishful thinking." Qingdao said disdainfully.

"I didn't expect that, but at least it became..."

"They are blessed by the gods, what do you have?"

"Since we were recruited, we can't say that we are not favored at all, right?" Sasaki argued, although he felt a little helpless in his heart. "It must not be that easy to gain the favor of the gods. They must be silently observing us and testing us!"

"As long as you are happy." Qingdao shook his head.

At this moment, a crow suddenly flew in from outside, stood on the table and called out to them a few times.

It has a crescent-shaped circle of white feathers on its chest and is Inaba Rika's pet.

"Can't I just call?" Qingdao complained, but still stood up from his seat.

"Sever, are you asking us to go to the shrine?" Daisuke Sasaki asked seriously, as if he was talking to someone.

The crow spread its wings, cackled a few times, and then flew away.

"Let's go!"

"You guys go ahead." Sugishita said as he sat in his seat and watched the stock market. "Someone has to stay behind to answer the phone or something."

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Inside the main hall, the priestesses were extremely excited, and Kimoto Juri and Tachibana Koichi were also a little excited.

"Eh? What a big crow!" Daisuke Sasaki, who had just walked in, couldn't help but say.

The crow standing in front of the shrine glared at him, which made him feel a little guilty. He hurriedly knelt in front of the shrine like everyone else.

"Well, please forgive my rudeness." Kana Nomiya, the chief priestess, said respectfully and carefully opened the package brought by the crow.

What caught the eye were five round objects of different sizes and shapes, as well as five wooden swords of the same lengths and shapes.

This is?

Nomiya Kana was a little confused, but Nomiya Wakana asked directly: "Is it something for us to use?"

The huge crow did not answer, but raised its head to look at the people below, and then asked in a slightly strange voice: "Why is there one person missing?"

"Well... Sugishita stayed in the office to prevent any emergency. I'll call him over right away!" Daisuke Sasaki said immediately.