This sudden earthquake lasted less than two seconds. Although many people felt the power from the earth, since nothing happened, the elementary school students happily treated it as nothing happened.
Hiratsuka Shizuka, a reliable adult, contacted the local seismological bureau, but the answer she got was that no earthquake source was found.
Hiratsuka Shizuka: "That's strange.... forget it then."
Twenty minutes ago—
Uchiha Ryo and Enyun-chan, who had just gone up the mountain, ran quickly. Through the footsteps and the aura left by the youkai student, one person and one cat quickly found them.
However.....
"Kid, there was a large group of you, how come only two are left?"
The human boy with a youkai aura was startled by the sudden appearance of Uchiha Ryo, but still protected the youkai girl.
"Master Rikuo, it's dangerous here, let me...."
Uchiha Ryo cleared his throat lightly. "Don't be impulsive. I have no malicious intent. As for you two, where did those ordinary people go?"
Ordinary people? Nura Rikuo caught the keywords in Uchiha Ryo's mouth.
"Senpai, the two of us got separated from everyone. They might be in danger!"
Uchiha Ryo approached with the cat. The youkai girl still ran vigilantly in front of the boy, as if she would attack if Uchiha Ryo dared to take another step forward.
"Don't be nervous, little youkai. Won't you introduce yourself? And what is your purpose for mixing in human society?"
Nura Rikuo took a deep breath. The other party really saw through the true identities of him and Tsurara.
"My name is Nura Rikuo, and this is Oikawa Tsurara. Is senpai an onmyoji like Keikain-san?"
Uchiha Ryo looked at Nura Rikuo with interest. "Nura? What is your relationship with Nura Rihan?"
Eh? Nura Rikuo was stunned, then said, "He was my father."
So that's how it is. Uchiha Ryo laughed. Heaven is really helping me! I was planning to find the Nura Clan, the youkai boss in the Tokyo area, and the Keikain clan of onmyoji this summer vacation.
I actually ran into the younger generation of both forces here!
Uchiha Ryo smiled. "So it's the young master of the Nura Clan. How about we make a deal? I'll help you save your friends, and then you take me to your house as a guest."
Tsurara stopped pretending and transformed directly into her Yuki-Onna form. "Master Rikuo, their origins are unknown, we can't trust them easily!"
Nura Rikuo: "But we've been walking around for a while and haven't found them at all, haven't we! Now we have to rely on this senpai."
Uchiha Ryo scanned the surroundings. "Mhm, strange energy fluctuations. It should be your youkai ability, seeming to affect the five senses of living beings. That's why you are trapped here."
Nura Rikuo looked surprised. "You.... saw through it?! Uh, the two of us have walked this path three times. Even though we only turned twice, we still circled back to the starting point."
"It's just a simple genjutsu. However, the master who cast the genjutsu is very clever, so he fooled even you youkai."
Uchiha Ryo was still wearing black contact lenses, but the eyes under the contact lenses had turned into three tomoe.
"Let's go and see what kind of youkai is causing trouble on the mountain. We still have to stay here for three days. To prevent any children from being harmed, it's better to eliminate the danger."
Uchiha Ryo stepped forward, and Enyun-chan following behind stopped and looked at Tsurara curiously.
"Yuki-Onna? Then with you in the summer, wouldn't we not need air conditioning at all!"
"Huh? Cat demon."
Enyun-chan: "I'm not a cat demon! I'm a noble ninja cat, and a powerful tailed beast who has obtained the power of the Two-Tails."
Oikawa Tsurara poked Enyun-chan curiously. "Isn't that just the two-tailed Nekomata? I've seen quite a few."
Enyun-chan couldn't be bothered to argue with this Yuki-Onna who looked silly. If there were youkai later, she must take action first and show that little youkai the power of a tailed beast!
Nura Rikuo and Oikawa Tsurara quickly followed Uchiha Ryo. They found that the surrounding environment really didn't repeat endlessly like looping around anymore, but finally walked out of the dense forest and came to the front of the dilapidated temple.
In front of the temple, the onmyoji girl was standing there.
"It's good that you're okay. This is...."
Just as Uchiha Ryo was about to step forward to speak, Nura Rikuo whispered, "Keikain-san doesn't know our identities, please don't tell her."
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "I went up the mountain to pick up some firewood, and then I saw the two of them lost. After that, they asked me to help find you."
Keikain Yura turned around. "Everyone step back! There is something strange about this place. Not only has the signal completely disappeared, but even the special communication talismans given to me by my family have failed.... And no matter which way we go, we can't walk out of the thousand meters centered on the temple!"
No matter which way they went, they would eventually circle back here.....
Nura Rikuo: "Then now, we can only go into the broken temple to take a look."
Keikain Yura gave a soft "Mhm," then still blocked everyone behind her, wanting to go forward alone.
"Ordinary people step back, I'm enough alone!"
Seeing Uchiha Ryo also wanting to come over, Keikain Yura frowned.
Uchiha Ryo: "Please don't worry. In a sense, I'm like you, dealing with youkai."
Keikain didn't speak, but looked Uchiha Ryo up and down a few times, then pushed open the temple door on her own.
It was exactly the same as when Uchiha Ryo came during the day. Except for the Jizo Bodhisattva statue, there was nothing.
"How can this be?"
Keikain Yura clearly felt the demonic energy coming from the temple, why was there nothing as soon as she came in?
Uchiha Ryo: "It seems your level is not quite there yet. Hey, we're all here, can't you come out and say something, or are you waiting for me to smash your statue?"
Hearing Uchiha Ryo's voice, Keikain Yura was slightly displeased, but the next moment she still took a talisman from her bag and threw it directly at the Jizo statue!
The talisman ignited spontaneously the moment it touched the statue, then dissipated into the air. Looking at the statue again, an old man with white hair and somewhat strange features slowly emerged from inside.
Keikain Yura: "Youkai!"
The old man glanced at the two people and one cat, and finally focused his gaze on Uchiha Ryo.
"No.... I am a god, a god endowed by you humans!"
Uchiha Ryo looked at the statue. It seemed that this white-haired old man, like that old woman, was a living being transformed from human faith.
However, this guy's evil thoughts were very strong.... making Enyun-chan bristle.
Keikain Yura: "In my opinion, just an ordinary local evil god." While speaking, she took out a new talisman from her bosom.
"Little girl, you can't beat me. Let him do it."
The old man pointed at Uchiha Ryo with a smile, while Keikain Yura became even more unhappy, but the old man was still advising her to step back. Facing a god, without absolute faith, one cannot break his genjutsu.
"You, I appreciate you. As the only god of this mountain range, I can see the dark will in your eyes. You will not hesitate to kill others when necessary, right?"
"And this little girl believes in the justice spoken by humans. She only attacks when she encounters bad people. Laughable. This [self-defense] character cannot hurt me."
The old man smiled. "Let's go outside and talk. Don't break my temple."
Uchiha Ryo nodded, then picked up Keikain Yura by the back of her collar and walked out. He didn't want to fight in such a narrow place either.
Outside, Nura Rikuo, seeing the three people and one cat coming out, also focused his gaze on the old man.
This person's feeling, why is there a feeling of unfathomability like facing Grandpa....
Keikain Yura swatted Uchiha Ryo's hand away. "Wait a minute, you said you are the god of this mountain, then why did you trap us? Where are the others?"
The old man chuckled lightly. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Tenzo. As for trapping you... I just hope someone can kill me."
"Seeing the moment when humans are about to die can bring new insights to my silent soul. I believe that when I see through human death and rebirth, I will transcend into another realm."
Uchiha Ryo: "Uh.... are you sick? How about I introduce you to a job at a crematorium? You can see human death without killing anyone."
Tenzo: "....."
"It's useless to say more. Within a thousand meters centered on me, I have set up a genjutsu barrier. People outside will only see false images. Even human satellites can only detect false images. Any of your communication methods will also fail!"
"And the only way is to kill me!"
Uchiha Ryo's eyes lit up.
"Really? That means no matter how I fight here, people down the mountain won't notice?!!"
Keikain Yura: "Hmm??"
Nura Rikuo/Yuki-Onna: Why does this person feel very happy?
Tenzo: "Exactly so.... Unless you kill me, you will die here silently."
Uchiha Ryo laughed. "Don't worry, I won't let you die so quickly. Ever since I possessed this power, I was afraid there was no place to use it. Thank you so much, Tenzo! You are a good person!"
Tenzo: "???"
The next moment, Uchiha Ryo opened his arms. "Then, let me enjoy this one-sidedly!"