"I bought it! Uchiha-kun, huh.... where did that old lady go?"
Uchiha Ryo took the bottle of water from Chitanda. "She had something to do and went back first. Let's go."
"But didn't she say she needed our help with something?"
Uchiha Ryo pointed at the mountain road not far away. "Ah, she was actually just asking for directions. I already told her."
"Is... that so?"
Uchiha Ryo: "Of course. Let's go."
.....
In Takashi's room back home, Uchiha Ryo was rubbing Enyun-chan's head while feeding her steamed buns from the Seven-Tsujiya. Takashi and Nyanko-sensei were staring at the dark green stone.
"As expected... this kind of power isn't simple youkai power, but faith. The old lady you met was probably a youkai with divine status who is worshipped by people."
Nyanko-sensei touched the stone. "This thing is probably an incense stone from her shrine."
Uchiha Ryo stroked his chin, then asked the question he was more interested in.
"Who is that Lord of Spirits and Monsters?"
Nyanko-sensei narrowed his eyes. "That old lady you met probably hasn't walked in the human world for decades. At least she shouldn't have participated in that great war fifty years ago."
Not only Uchiha Ryo, but Takashi was also curious about what happened fifty years ago.
Humans? Youkai? What exactly happened during that time?
Nyanko-sensei lay on the floor. "Man, I can't remember what happened fifty years ago unless I'm full."
Uchiha Ryo nodded, then took half of the Seven-Tsujiya buns in front of Enyun-chan and handed them to Nyanko-sensei.
Enyun-chan: "??? That's my lunch!"
Uchiha Ryo: "Go catch fish yourself. With your current strength, you could catch a shark in the sea."
Nyanko-sensei quickly snatched a bun and leaned against Takashi, eating while talking.
Fifty years ago, the entire onmyoji world in Japan was divided into four camps.
First was the Kyoto Hundred Demons, who started the trouble. Their goal was to resurrect their king, Hagoromo Gitsune, so they launched an attack on the onmyoji.
And the Keikain clan, the royal onmyoji protecting Japan, suddenly faced the full force of the Kyoto Hundred Demons.
Nyanko-sensei suddenly sneered. "But modern onmyoji are incredibly weak. Fifty years ago, they were almost crushed by the Kyoto Hundred Demons in just a week. Later, it was the local Hundred Demons of Tokyo, the Nura Clan, who stepped up."
It is said that the first Supreme Commander of the Nura Clan, together with the strongest Keikain in history, the 13th Head Hidemoto, defeated the Eight-Tailed Hagoromo Gitsune four hundred years ago.
Keikain Hidemoto sealed the fox, so the Nura Clan and the Keikain clan were considered half-allies.
What happened later was simple. With the help of the Nura Clan, the Kyoto youkai retreated, but Hagoromo Gitsune's seal.... was also broken. She would resurrect as the Nine-Tailed Hagoromo Gitsune.
"Nine-Tails—hehe."
Nyanko-sensei looked up. "Hey, Uchiha brat, I'm telling you serious business. What are you laughing at?"
Uchiha Ryo waved his hand. "I just thought of something funny.... Nine-Tailed Fox.... hahaha."
Nyanko-sensei snatched another bun. "Hmph, don't say I didn't warn you. The power of the Nine-Tailed Hagoromo Gitsune definitely surpasses the Supreme Commander of the Nura Clan, Nurarihyon. If they make a comeback.... Tokyo will be in danger."
Nyanko-sensei continued.
"However, there is a saying among you humans, something like 'those who are not of my race are sure to have a different heart.' So even though the Nura Clan helped the Keikain family, the Keikain still hoped that the Nura Supreme Commander would withdraw from the world."
And Nura Rihan, who had repelled the Kyoto youkai, could indeed be called the Lord of Spirits and Monsters. He agreed to the onmyoji's request and ran all over the country, "negotiating peace" with all the scattered great youkai, finally finalizing the contract for youkai not to enter the human world for a hundred years.
Uchiha Ryo: "Kyoto Hundred Demons, Tokyo Hundred Demons, Onmyoji.... then what is the fourth camp you mentioned?"
Nyanko-sensei pointed to himself.
"There are countless youkai in the country. Besides the Hundred Demons under Hagoromo Gitsune and the Nura Clan, we scattered youkai are even greater in number. But we great youkai couldn't be bothered to get involved in this struggle for youkai supremacy."
Uchiha Ryo: "But you great youkai were persuaded to surrender by Nura Rihan alone."
Nyanko-sensei jumped up and cursed, "What do you mean 'persuaded to surrender alone'! I was giving face to the Nura Clan. Not just me, but many reclusive great youkai at the time didn't care about worldly affairs, so they agreed to let Nura Rihan be the representative of the youkai."
Takashi looked in surprise at this cat in front of him, who was as fat as a white pig and still eating buns.
"So Nyanko-sensei's strength can rival the Lord of Spirits and Monsters?"
Nyanko-sensei held his head high. "I'm just sealed right now. In my prime, I wouldn't be afraid of Nura Rihan alone, but the Nura Clan moves as a Hundred Demons Night Parade..."
Uchiha Ryo nodded. "So, that Nura Supreme Commander is really hiding in Tokyo?"
Nyanko-sensei sighed. "No, he's gone.... I don't know the specifics, but there are rumors among youkai that Hagoromo Gitsune ambushed the second Supreme Commander, Nura Rihan, after her resurrection. I don't know if it's true or not."
Uchiha Ryo: "In other words, the person the old lady asked me to find is already dead?"
Nyanko-sensei: "Dead for many years. The Hundred Demons of Tokyo.... the Nura Clan, seems to have fallen completely silent."
Uchiha Ryo closed his eyes.
He had really intended to find that so-called Nura Rihan, and then discuss how to beat the youkai world into submission so they wouldn't cause trouble in the human world.
As for that Keikain family, whether it was the Matoba clan of youkai exterminators or the Shinomiya family in the human world, they should have a way to contact them.
"Last question. Since that Nura Rihan is dead, is the strongest youkai now that Nine-Tailed Fox? If I kill her completely, youkai shouldn't come to the human world to cause trouble casually, right?"
Nyanko-sensei looked at Uchiha Ryo. "Although I don't know how strong you are, Hagoromo Gitsune is like the Evil Soul I told you about."
"She cannot be killed. Hagoromo Gitsune is born from the chaotic times of humanity. Any negative emotions of humans such as hatred, jealousy, anger, despair, etc., are the source of Hagoromo Gitsune's power. So her power can only be sealed and worn down."
Simply put, unless human society is peaceful and no negative emotions are born, Hagoromo Gitsune will only continue to reincarnate and resurrect.
Uchiha Ryo didn't speak. At this moment, he was looking at the system interface.
[System Shop, Current G-Points: 420]
[Current Dojutsu: Sharingan (Eternal Mangekyo)]
[Host can exchange for Dojutsu (One-time use): Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, Kotoamatsukami, Kamui, Kagutsuchi, Izanami..... etc. — 500 G-Points]
It turned out that after his Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyo, not only could he use his own dojutsu, but he could also exchange for those Mangekyo dojutsu from the original story.
Nyanko-sensei: "Hey! Don't think about provoking those great youkai. Those are existences that even onmyoji fear."
Uchiha Ryo: "Well, unless Hagoromo Gitsune comes here looking for trouble, I can't be bothered to go to Kyoto."
But... if I keep a fox in Enyun-chan's cat cafe, it doesn't seem like a bad idea.