Ha, how would he know about that. Uchiha Ryo could only clear his throat and look out the window.
"If it weren't for the youkai, I wouldn't want to appear either... Recently, I've discovered a lot of small youkai appearing in the Tokyo area, which is why I've been searching around to exterminate them."
Yashajin Kouten thought to himself, as expected. "You have worked hard, sir. I wonder where Mr. Akatsuki currently resides, and what his plans are?"
Uchiha Ryo raised an eyebrow. "What? If the head of the Yashajin family has something in mind, it would be better to just say it."
"Hahaha, good. Then let's not beat around the bush. I hope that Mr. Akatsuki can become a guest official of our Yashajin family. No one will ask you to do anything normally. We just hope that if you encounter youkai again... Mr. Akatsuki will lend a hand."
"This..."
Uchiha Ryo hesitated. He couldn't be bothered to do things for the Yashajin family. The only reason he came here today was for little Ai's G-Points.
"Akatsuki-oniichan!"
The door to the reception room was pulled open, and Yashajin Ai came running in with small steps, jumping to sit next to Uchiha Ryo.
"Akatsuki-oniichan, can you stay at the Yashajin house?"
"...."
Ordinary people don't have the opportunity to encounter youkai every day. Being an idle guest official here isn't a bad idea. Even if something does come up, a shadow clone can handle it.
"Alright. But I'm used to being free and unrestrained, and I don't have a fixed phone number. I can, however, give you my disciple's contact information."
Yashajin Kouten stood up and extended his right hand. "Mr. Akatsuki, then I wish us a happy cooperation. I'll have someone prepare a banquet right away!"
.....
After eating and drinking his fill, Uchiha Ryo took his leave from the Yashajin family. Before he left, Yashajin Kouten gave him a bank card with ten million yen in it.
Ah, this is much more profitable than drawing manga! But the "Naruto" manga was drawn by a shadow clone anyway, so it doesn't matter.
At this time, both Shuchiin and Toyogasaki should have finished classes. Then Takashi should have already met that Nyanko-sensei.
The shadow clone used for school automatically dispelled after returning to his home, and the memories related to Shuchiin from today gradually flooded into his mind.
Uchiha Ryo's real body, on the other hand, had gone to Takashi's old home. After greeting Aunt Touko and Uncle Shigeru, he went straight to Takashi's room.
"A youkai like you is really rare. I don't even recognize the energy inside your body."
"You're the youkai! I'm from the noble ninja cat clan!"
As soon as he walked into the room, he saw Takashi looking through his Book of Friends, while on the floor were two cats, one fat and one thin.
As expected, among cats, his Enyun-chan's looks are extremely outstanding. Hmm? Is that little pig opposite her even considered a cat?
"Uchiha Ryo! You're finally back! You left me all alone with Takashi. I encountered a lot of youkai, especially this pig-like cat."
Enyun came over resentfully, her eyes full of hostility towards Nyanko-sensei.
"Well, sorry about that. I brought back some high-class snacks for you. These were all handmade by a star chef."
Uchiha Ryo put down the snacks he had packed from the Yashajin family's banquet. Only then did Enyun lick her lips in satisfaction.
"Oh? So you're this cat's master. As expected, you also possess that mysterious power within your body."
Takashi stood up, pointed at the fat cat beside him, and said with some helplessness.
"Ryo-nii, let me introduce you. Just call him Nyanko-sensei. And today...."
Takashi took out the Book of Friends and roughly told Uchiha Ryo about encountering a youkai today and coincidentally rescuing the sealed Nyanko-sensei.
At the same time, he also learned the true function of this Book of Friends. Any youkai whose name was left in the Book of Friends could be forcibly commanded using it.
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "The Book of Friends is an important treasure your grandmother left for you. Keep it well. But Nyanko-sensei... I do have a few questions for you."
"Oh? Human brat, what's your question?"
"Mhm, I encountered a strange youkai today. He had abilities that didn't belong to a human, but he had a human body. After I finished him off, he said that as long as humans have evil thoughts, he will not die."
Nyanko-sensei narrowed his eyes. "Human evil thoughts... have you seen his eyes?"
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "There was a black light in his pupils, similar to a nine-pointed star."
Nyanko-sensei looked thoughtful, then suddenly stared intently at the pastry Enyun-chan was eating, a little drool uncontrollably trickling out.
"Mmm... when I'm hungry, I can't seem to remember anything."
Uchiha Ryo looked at Takashi. "Are there any leftovers in the house? Give them to Nyanko-sensei so we don't waste food."
"Hey!!"
Enyun-chan, who was enjoying the high-class snacks, slightly lifted her noble cat head. What great youkai who has lived for hundreds of years? In front of her, Enyun-chan, he's nothing but a small fry~
Helplessly, Takashi saw that Nyanko-sensei was sulking, so he could only bring up two red bean buns.
"Well, that kind of youkai is called an 'Evil Soul.' It is indeed born from human evil thoughts. Evil Souls have no true form, they can only travel back and forth between the bodies they possess. However, he is not un-killable. As long as all of his possessed bodies are eliminated, the Evil Soul will disappear."
"Even if an Evil Soul is born again, it will be a new Evil Soul, with no memories."
Uchiha Ryo said, "Oh. There's one more thing. I heard someone say that onmyoji and youkai signed a pact to not enter the human world for a hundred years. What's that about?"
Nyanko-sensei looked at Uchiha Ryo in surprise.
"You're on the human side and you don't know? That's simple. The onmyoji of that time beat the Lord of the Youkai, so the youkai were forced to sign the pact."
Uchiha Ryo silently snatched a piece of pastry from Enyun-chan's mouth and tossed it to Nyanko-sensei. He could see that Nyanko-sensei seemed very reluctant to talk about this pact. Could it be that he was sealed around that time?
But these things didn't matter anymore. If he saw another of the Evil Soul's bodies in the future, he would just kill it directly. He, Uchiha Ryo, would never leave a weed uncut.
As for his next plan, he would continue to farm G-Points and increase his strength.
"Nyanko-sensei, I'll be counting on you to keep Takashi safe."
"Hmph, I know that without you telling me. But after Takashi dies of old age, his Book of Friends must belong to me."
Takashi rubbed Nyanko-sensei's head. "I promise you that."
"That's my pastry!!!"
Seeing Uchiha Ryo actually feed the pastry to that fat cat, Enyun-chan felt an inexplicable wave of annoyance. He should just eat it himself rather than give it to that youkai cat.
Nyanko-sensei swallowed the pastry in one gulp, not forgetting to put on an expression of enjoyment.
Enyun-chan: "Water Style!"
Uchiha Ryo covered Enyun-chan's mouth with his hand. He couldn't let her spray water here.
"Since you're fine, I'll be going now." After speaking, he picked up Enyun and left the room.
Nyanko-sensei watched Uchiha Ryo's retreating back. "Takashi, the power contained within your brother's body is not small. Even I felt a huge threat when he appeared just now. How did he obtain such power?"
Takashi shook his head, then chuckled softly and looked into the distance.
"I don't know, and I won't ask. I only know that he is Ryo-nii, the Ryo-nii who has been protecting me ever since I came here. And that's enough."