In order to open the eyes of this little girl, and the Shinomiya Kaguya behind her, and even more so for her own pension.
Takeda Sae gritted her teeth, took out her tools, and began to set up a small barrier with her own stored spiritual power.
This could be said to be her trump card.
As an exorcist from an unorthodox background, besides some simple applications of spiritual power that she had learned from her teacher when she was young, if she wanted to master other abilities, she could only rely on her own pondering.
And barrier arts belonged to a relatively simple type of technique.
Whether it was Jujutsu Sorcerers, vengeful spirits, or youkai, they almost all had barrier arts that were activated by their respective powers.
Having seen some Jujutsu Sorcerers use barriers when she was young, and having also fought against vengeful spirits who had mastered barriers, she had spent a lot of time and exchanged experience with many exorcists before finally figuring out the technique of constructing a barrier with spiritual power.
Although the range was a bit small, and there were quite a few differences from the barriers in her memory, she was still relatively confident now.
What kind of great youkai could pop up in an ordinary person's home?
Which great youkai would be so bored as to pull someone's circuit breaker all day?
It was most likely just the playful heart of a newly formed small youkai.
Just teach it a little lesson and make it honestly become the guardian deity of this house, and it'll be fine.
Because she hadn't been this serious in some years, the Godly Mother of Shitamachi's speed in setting up the barrier was not fast, and she also needed quite a few auxiliary means, such as placing several nodes in the room to maintain the existence of the barrier.
"Mmm, just need to use one more item with rich spiritual power as bait to lure that little youkai out."
Takeda Sae somewhat cautiously took out a piece of jade that didn't look very good. This was one of the rewards she had received from the Shinomiya family.
Although in the eyes of an ordinary person it was just an ordinary piece of jade, in the eyes of a person with spiritual power like her, it was much more useful than the magic beads she had left over from her youth.
Those magic beads were purely disposable consumables. This thing was a reusable item that, after its spiritual power was consumed, could be set aside to slowly absorb the spiritual power of the outside world.
Even though it had the defect of needing to be recharged for several months or even years after a single use, in this era where vengeful spirits were constantly increasing and ghosts and monsters were reappearing, the efficiency of this thing in absorbing spiritual power would only get higher and higher.
To use this thing as bait, she could be considered to have made a significant investment.
If she hadn't latched onto that little girl from the Shinomiya family, she would probably have just put on a show and thrown a few magic beads to scare that little youkai away.
But now, only by showing her own value could she guarantee her treatment in the Shinomiya family.
That was why she had specially used this more consuming and more troublesome method.
If the little girl from the Shinomiya family took a fancy to this skill of hers, then her future pension would be completely secured.
Takeda Sae, who was clear about the Shinomiya family's background, thought to herself.
"Just place two more magic beads here, and the entire barrier will be set up," wiping the sweat from her forehead, after finishing the final preparations, Takeda Sae let out a slight sigh of relief.
She turned her head to look at Goko Ruri. "Little girl, the trap has been set. Next, we'll just pretend we don't know anything and patiently wait for that little youkai to come out on its own."
Goko Ruri breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she had previously suspected that the other party was a fraud, since the other party had received the diary owner's comment of "has some skill" and "can be trusted," her attitude towards the Godly Mother of Shitamachi had naturally become much more respectful now.
Therefore, at this moment, she also restrained her chuunibyou nature and became much more ladylike. "Let me make you a cup of tea. It's been a hard night for you."
The Godly Mother of Shitamachi, feeling Goko Ruri's respect, also nodded with satisfaction.
"Then let's go to the living room first." Just so happens, she also wanted to find an opportunity to probe a little, how did this little girl get to know the young mistress of the Shinomiya family.
And also, she wanted to know why, including Shinomiya Kaguya, these delicate-looking girls all had such rich life energy.
How come so many good seedlings for exorcists have popped up all at once?
Could this also be because of the changes in the world?
Thinking of this, the Godly Mother of Shitamachi couldn't help but sigh, couldn't help but feel that she had been born fifty years too early.
She shook her head, feeling that she should stop thinking about these random things and just get her own pension sorted out first.
She turned her head and looked at that piece of jade.
With these jades that could absorb spiritual power, it seemed she could still hold on for a few more years before retiring...
Wait, where's the jade!?
Where's my big piece of jade?
Takeda Sae subconsciously let out a sharp cry.
This thing was her most precious possession now. She had only taken it out for less than a minute and had just said two sentences to this little girl, Goko Ruri. How did it disappear in the blink of an eye!
She frantically checked the place where the jade had just been placed and the surrounding trap, but could only find with even more despair that many of the magic beads she had set up before had also disappeared. This discovery made her completely stunned.
Goko Ruri, who was just about to turn around and pour tea for someone, was also dumbfounded.
Wasn't this Godly Mother of Shitamachi still quite confident just now? How did she have a breakdown after just two sentences?
Looking at the sweating Godly Mother of Shitamachi, Goko Ruri began to get nervous again.
Could it be that the youkai that had appeared in her house was much more powerful than she had thought?
But until now, her diary had not sent any danger warnings. Could it be that her diary hadn't activated this function yet?
Goko Ruri had not yet realized this unreasonable point.
And then, in the next moment, another cry of surprise came from the living room. Goko Ruri's heart tightened, and she hurriedly ran towards the living room.
"Hinata, Tamaki, are you guys okay?"
She hurriedly opened the living room door and asked her sisters.
Fortunately, her two younger sisters both looked unharmed at the moment.
The older one, Goko Hinata, was currently hugging Tamaki, her eyes tightly closed, looking very scared.
On the contrary, Tamaki, who had not yet started school, was in her second sister's arms, her big eyes wide open, seemingly not at all frightened by what had just happened.
Seeing Goko Ruri's arrival, a happy smile even appeared on her face as she talked about what she had just seen. "Big sister, there was a super awesome little mouse just now!"
She gestured with her hands and feet what she had just seen.
After a good while, Goko Ruri finally understood what her little sister was talking about.
A yellow mouse, and then it walked right past them openly, carrying a pile of things on its back.
Even when Goko Hinata was scared and hugged her, that little mouse had even taken out a few small beads and performed a juggling act in front of her. Finally, before Goko Ruri could arrive, it had left in a cool and collected manner.