The group returned to Narukami Town, Enmado Rokuro and Adashino Benio returned to school to continue their studies, and Drake also had free time.
Drake had learned almost everything he needed to learn, but unfortunately [Mystery] hadn't received enough experience points to level up.
But Drake could feel that it wasn't far off. The knowledge of Yin-Yang cursed arts, this other system, had already made Drake very satisfied.
In the following days, although it was leisurely on the surface, Drake had already included the entire Narukami Town in his perception.
It was impossible for Yuto Ijika to do anything to Narukami Town like in the original story. As soon as he got close, he would be discovered by Drake.
Drake sat on the roof of the Starfire Lodge, looking at the bright stars.
Astrology had always been a traditional ability of the exorcists, and in this world, exorcists also had astrological cursed arts.
However, this ability required the exorcist to have strong cursed power and a strong understanding of cursed arts to achieve it.
The information that Tsuchimikado Arima had given Drake mentioned that only a few exorcists had mastered this ability in the past thousand years, and the one who was best at it was Abe no Seimei.
To be honest, Drake didn't know if it was because Abe no Seimei was the founder of the Exorcist Union, but all the records about him used the greatest and noblest words to describe him.
But thinking about it carefully, weren't the battles between exorcists and Impurities for thousands of years caused by his mistakes?
If Abe no Seimei hadn't thought that he could solve human malice by concentrating all the negative energy in a special space, Magano and the Impurities wouldn't have been created.
The most important thing was that in order to solve the Impurities, he had actually come up with a bullshit plan to extract all the Yin energy from humans, only retaining the Yang energy, and turning everyone into puppets.
He was a typical existence who had become arrogant because of his unmatched power. Drake secretly reminded himself to take this as a warning!
Drake was looking at the stars here to experiment with astrology. He didn't know why, but recently, even though Narukami Town had been peaceful, Drake had a feeling of unease.
Coincidentally, Drake saw the information about astrology, so he tried it out. Perhaps because Drake wasn't from this world, but a person on the shore of the river of fate, he had a special advantage when observing the fate of the world.
A red pentagram lit up on Drake's pupils, and the starry sky in Drake's vision began to change. Several stars lit up.
Drake frowned. This astrological sign showed that Yin was flourishing and Yang was declining, which was a symbol of bad luck.
That meant that Yuto Ijika had already begun to act, and had already achieved some results.
The pentagram in Drake's eyes disappeared, and he turned over and left the roof. That was all that astrology could do. Next, Drake had to take action.
But Drake didn't expect that changes would appear the next day.
Enmado Rokuro, Adashino Benio, and Mayura Otomi and others came to the Starfire Lodge early in the morning, directly waking up Drake.
"Drake, you have to watch today's news!"
Drake also sensed that something was wrong, and quickly turned on the TV. On the screen was a news anchor who was broadcasting the news.
And the background image behind him was the most important.
"Is that... the Exorcist Union headquarters?"
Drake said in an uncertain tone. The reason why he was uncertain was because all that was left in the picture was a ruin. If it weren't for the fact that the surrounding environment hadn't changed and some buildings remained, he wouldn't have been able to recognize that it was the Exorcist Union headquarters at all.
And what had destroyed the Exorcist Union headquarters was a large tree, a tree taller than a mountain that stood in the location of the Exorcist Union headquarters. It was the tangled roots below that had crushed the Exorcist Union's buildings into pieces.
The tree had crystal-like branches and leaves growing on it, and the cherry-colored canopy refracted dreamlike light.
The news anchor in the news was still continuing to talk about the situation.
"Yesterday night, a giant tree of unknown species suddenly appeared outside Kyoto. The losses caused by the giant tree have not been tallied yet.
Our country's experts have not yet analyzed the species of the giant tree or whether it will cause further harm to the residents. Because of this, the Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department has sealed off the area. We also urge everyone not to approach it casually."
"Is that the Heavenly Pillar? How did it grow on the ground?" Drake couldn't help but say.
That giant tree was clearly the Heavenly Pillar under the Exorcist Union headquarters. He didn't know how it had grown out.
Drake subconsciously thought of Abe no Seimei, but now the conditions for his resurrection hadn't been met yet, so he shouldn't have jumped out and caused such a big commotion.
Then Drake thought of Yuto Ijika. Now, besides him, who had obtained Kankuro's cursed power and Abe no Seimei's memories, no one else could control the Heavenly Pillar.
Drake turned back to look at the few, saying, "Let's calm down first. The most important thing now is to figure out what's going on.
Mayura, did you contact Seigen?"
Mayura Otomi shook her head, saying, "I've already called Dad, but no one's answering!"
Drake frowned. The most troublesome thing now was that they didn't know anything about what had happened. Not being able to contact Seigen Amawaka already showed that the problem was very serious.
Just then, Drake's phone rang.
Drake pressed the answer button, hearing Mikage's voice.
"That's great. Mr. Drake, I've finally contacted you!"
Drake raised his eyebrows, saying, "It's Mikage! What happened at the Exorcist Union headquarters? Where did the Twelve Guardians go?"
Mikage replied, "Yuto Ijika infiltrated the headquarters last night, and used some method to control the Heavenly Pillar.
Although the previous Heavenly Administration and Earthly Judgment Ritual had healed the damage to the Heavenly Pillar, it was still missing a branch. At that time, the Twelve Guardians were making the final repairs to the barrier.
We didn't expect that the Heavenly Pillar would suddenly be controlled, directly sucking away the cursed power of the Twelve Guardians.
The Heavenly Pillar had also completely lost control, growing out from the headquarters. The exorcists at the headquarters have already tried their best to exorcise the surrounding Impurities. Now, besides you, no one can stop Yuto Ijika."
Drake said, "I understand. I'll go to Kyoto with the Twin Stars right away."
Saying this, Drake hung up the phone, turning back to look at Enmado Rokuro and Adashino Benio.
"So you've heard it too. That's the situation. Go prepare yourselves. We're leaving!"
Enmado Rokuro and Adashino Benio nodded together. Mayura Otomi also said on the side, "I want to go too. I want to rescue Dad!"
Drake said, "Then hurry up and pack up. We're short on time!"
The three left, but Drake began to think.
He had indeed made a mistake in this matter. He didn't expect Yuto Ijika to not attack Enmado Rokuro, but to control the Heavenly Pillar.
Moreover, Drake quickly discovered the problem.
How did Yuto Ijika know that the Twelve Guardians had gathered to repair the barrier, and appeared at that key moment to take away everyone's cursed power?
Also, the Heavenly Pillar was such an important place. The defense after Kankuro's invasion was even tighter. How was it still invaded by Yuto Ijika?
But after thinking of one person, everything seemed to make sense.
After all, Mikage, who was now leading the Exorcist Union in place of Tsuchimikado Arima, was not a human, but a shikigami. Moreover, he was not an ordinary shikigami, but a clone of Abe no Seimei.
Looking at it this way, the opponent this time was actually that great exorcist!
But no matter who the opponent was, Drake wouldn't lose.
Just then, a familiar voice appeared in Drake's ear. Then Drake revealed a smile. In this way, things might be much easier.
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