A person in Tokyo becomes a demon god

Chapter 214: Beheaded!

"Tokyo is truly a place where hidden talents abound."

After the battle ended, Tokugawa Mitsuko couldn't help but sigh.

Even the elementary school students passing by possessed this power: they could easily resolve the trouble caused by 'Meixunzi'.

"That's a pretty good start, huh?"

Putting away the picture book in her hand, which featured a panicked swimsuit-clad 'Kaoru', Inoue Kaoru had barely finished speaking when she heard the 'waaaaaaa' of police cars approaching from afar.

Soon, a series of police cars pulled up in front of the school.

"Two,"

"We are members of the Supernatural Countermeasures Department, Special Mobile Unit."

The police car doors opened, and a group of police officers wearing bulletproof vests got out; however, they did not draw their weapons, and the two officers leading the group were female.

"I am Miyuki Kobayakawa. May I ask you what happened here?"

A gentle policewoman with long braids stepped forward and politely inquired about the two.

At the same time, his gaze discreetly swept over the students and teachers scattered on the ground.

He is still breathing and has no external injuries.

He should just be unconscious.
"Ahem, we're tracking down the out-of-control shikigami."

Mitsuko Tokugawa clenched her fist and put it to her mouth, then coughed slightly awkwardly.

The four 'Kaoruko's' who escaped were all creations of Inoue Kaoruko: her abilities came from the 'Great Onmyoji' Ashiya Dōman, so calling her a shikigami is very fitting.

"Sorry for causing you trouble."

After bowing in apology, Tokugawa Mitsuko raised her hand to indicate the unconscious students, teachers, and principal on the ground.

"These people are being manipulated by out-of-control 'shikigami,' so..."

Understood.

The two officers who stepped forward to negotiate were Miyuki Kobayakawa and Natsumi Tsujimoto, supernatural special police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Division.

Their earpieces were connected to experts from the Metropolitan Police Department, and they wore button cameras. The experts' analyses kept ringing in their ears, allowing them to quickly understand the situation.

"Is it Inoue-san's ability?"

Mitsuko Tokugawa is a supernatural being who can "inject" drugs, so she wouldn't suddenly develop any weird or strange abilities.

Only Inoue Kaoru, who was possessed by the great Onmyoji 'Ashiya Dōman', is capable of anything, and is also one of the Metropolitan Police Department's key targets for prevention.

"Yes,"

Now that the police have arrived, Tokugawa Mitsuko has nothing left to hide.

"Here's the thing."

I briefly introduced Kaoru's abilities.

"Now that a disaster has occurred, could you please ask the Metropolitan Police Department to keep an eye out for any other 'Kaoru's' that may have appeared elsewhere?"

After saying this, Tokugawa Mitsuko sincerely apologized and made a promise.

"It's all our fault,"

"We will take responsibility for resolving this matter."

"please,"

Kaoru Inoue also bowed her head.

Ultimately, it was because she didn't master this power that this situation occurred.

"no problem."

The problem was caused by these two, but they clearly didn't do it on purpose. And now they need to clean up this mess themselves: if we arrest them, who will deal with the rest of the 'shikigami'?
"But next time... never mind, we can't offer any advice on things like experimenting with Yin-Yang techniques."

Miyuki Kobayakawa, who was in charge of the negotiations, sighed. "What about next time? Are you suggesting we put the Metropolitan Police Department on the battlefield?"

Even scientific experiments can go out of control. The famous Nobel, while researching nitroglycerin explosives, killed his own brother and seriously injured his father.

Let alone supernatural forces?

Everyone is still in the exploratory stage, so it's normal for unexpected things to happen.

"If we have any news, we will inform you both immediately."

"Sister Guangzi, could you please stay here and help clean up the mess?"

Inoue Kaoruko spoke softly, not to say that she wanted to shirk responsibility, but that the most urgent task was to bring back the remaining 'Kaoruko's' as soon as possible.

"Kaoru, do you have any clues about the whereabouts of the remaining shikigami?"

"Um,"

Kaoru Inoue nodded.

"If it were 'me,' there's one place I would definitely go."

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Banqiao District
"Target has entered 'Yugen-cho', continue tracking?"

"No, observe from the outside, no approaching."

While directing the special police in Itabashi Ward, Director Fujita, far away in Ebisu Hill, seemed to be deep in thought.

News came from the Metropolitan Police Department that Inoue Kaoru had studied Ashiya Dōman's 'Onmyōdō' and created four 'Shikigami' modeled after herself.

As a result, the 'shikigami' refused to submit to her management and fled one after another. They are currently being pursued: the first shikigami alone controlled hundreds of students at the Tokyo University Affiliated Junior High School. It took a lot of effort to retrieve the 'shikigami', and what's remarkable is that there were no casualties.

"Leave it to Ms. Inoue to handle."

In that case, the Metropolitan Police Department has no need to interfere arbitrarily.

As expected, a portion, perhaps even the largest portion, of Ashiya Dōman's legacy fell into the hands of Inoue Kaoru.

The quick-thinking Director Fujita immediately considered this possibility. As for the shikigami rebelling? That's quite normal: shikigami are beings that are used under the orders of an onmyoji, and their power is related to the onmyoji who controls them. Some shikigami will turn against their masters.

Even the renowned Abe no Seimei was once injured by his strongest subordinate, 'Guren'.

In the folk tales of island nations, there are countless Onmyoji who die at the hands of the 'shikigami' they themselves have cultivated, especially those ambitious individuals who attempt to cultivate shikigami that surpass their own strength.

Ms. Inoue,

Surely I can't be that unlucky?
"suck,"

Standing in front of a familiar detached house,
Taking a deep breath, Inoue Kaoru stepped forward and pushed open the door.

Akizuki Residence

This place was all too familiar to her.

But ever since that incident, the girl has been too embarrassed to come here, let alone face her parents and sister.

After all, she stole her sister's spiritual fruit and caused that terrifying supernatural disaster. If it weren't for her brother Ritsu's intervention and the 'Heart-Stealing' technique that ended the chaos, Tokyo would probably have been destroyed.

Under these circumstances, Inoue Kaoru would rather hide away like an ostrich than show her face.

"I apologize for disturbing you by coming back."

He expertly pulled out his key, opened the door, and the familiar words that were about to come out turned into the guest's awkwardness.

However, no one was in the living room.

It looks like Brother Lu and Sister Lu have both gone out?
"call,"

I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
What disappointment might the girl feel amidst her relaxation?

"Since my older brother and sister aren't here, then..."

Have any of the 'Kaoru's' that she created by hand ever been here?!

Whoosh— A silver streak shot out from the kitchen and streaked across the living room.

Tear

As Inoue Kaoru instinctively dodged, a tear appeared in her clothes on her shoulder.

If she hadn't dodged in time, it wouldn't have been just her clothes that were damaged, but her throat that was pierced.

夺、

It sank deep into the wall.

Still shaken, Inoue Kaoru turned her head and saw a kitchen knife with only the handle remaining.

"what?"

A disgruntled voice came from the kitchen.

"You're usually so clumsy, how did you manage to dodge my fatal blow?"

Carrying another kitchen knife, wearing a martial arts uniform and with her hair in a ponytail, 'Kaoru' walked out of the kitchen, her face full of anger and displeasure.

That was close!

Her heart was pounding like a drum, and Kaoru Inoue broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, the other party is ultimately a part of 'her', so according to Inoue Kaoru's own thinking, if she had arrived at Ritsu's house in advance, she would have ambushed 'her' and caught 'her' off guard.

"I'm annoyed, annoyed, annoyed!"

Holding a kitchen knife, 'Kuang Xunzi' was extremely agitated.

"You want me to do things for you? Absolutely not—"

?

Yes,

Kaoru Inoue realized what was happening.

Her purpose in creating these clones was to exploit a bug in the 'Shadow Clone' technique, thereby increasing her proficiency in the 'Ashiya Secret Technique' in a shorter amount of time.

But thinking about it carefully, she herself was unwilling to work hard, so she wanted to take shortcuts.

And these products of taking shortcuts inherit her mindset:

Similarly, they don't want to be slaves to the 'original body'.

"Drawing? That's incredibly stupid!"

Since that's the case, let's strike first: eliminate Inoue Kaoru, the 'real body'.

As for what happens to the clones after the main body dies?

There is an old saying:
A lose-lose situation is better than a win-lose situation.

Anyway, they are just exploited 'avatars' that could disappear at any time, so what is there to worry about?

"I'll kill you so I can get some rest!"

After all,

He charged forward with his knife.

"Wait, calm down—"

This "Mad Kaoru" was already at the peak of her athleticism, and even as a "clone," she could easily overwhelm Inoue Kaoru in terms of physical skills, not to mention she also had a knife in her hand.

"Waaaaaah~~"

For a moment, Inoue Kaoru was being chased around the living room by her own 'clone'. It was only because this was the Akizuki family's house that neither of them instinctively wanted to damage the furniture; otherwise, they would have already turned the house into ruins.

"Nisunai!!"

puff,

The cleaver plunged downwards and disappeared straight into the floor, leaving only the handle visible.

This is not to say that the kitchen knife of the Qiuyue family is some kind of divine weapon; it is simply that the power of 'Kuang Xunzi' is enough to easily do this.

"Ouch~~"

Kaoru Inoue fell flat on her backside, practically tumbling and crawling, and hid behind a single sofa.

"Calm down, let's talk this over first."

Hiding behind the sofa, Inoue Kaoru tried to repel the enemy with her words.

"A kitchen knife isn't for this."

"what?"

With a backhand motion, she pulled the kitchen knife from the floor, and the murderous 'Mad Kaoru' retorted without hesitation:

"What use is it other than to disembowel you?"

"Used for cooking."

Unfortunately, the extremely irritable 'Kuang Xunzi' couldn't stand such words.

"Want me to cook for you?"

"Unless it's Brother Lu!"

No one else had ever eaten a single meal cooked by Inoue Kaoru.

"Since you want to rest so much..."

Having failed in her verbal battle, Inoue Kaoru had no choice but to muster the courage to fight against "herself."

"Then—"

With a push of his arms, the single sofa flew out and crashed into 'Kuang Xunzi'.

fighting!

Despite Inoue Kaoru being chased and crawling, she is ultimately a supernatural being; in fact, no one who is not a supernatural being would have the right to dodge 'Mad Kaoru's' series of attacks while crawling on their knees.

"what?"

Facing the sofa flying towards her, Kuang Xunzi simply raised her hand and easily caught it.

Then he tossed it aside: a quick glance revealed that there was no one behind the sofa.

Kaoru Inoue threw the sofa away just to distract herself!

tread,

Almost at the same moment the sofa was thrown, she rushed over after it, holding up a piece of white paper:
"—You can rest as much as you want!"

If you simply tap a piece of white paper on this 'clone,' it will be sucked back into the painting?!
Snapped,

There's no way this blank sheet of paper can be left untouched.

Because 'Kyouko' simply raised her hand and grabbed Inoue Kaoru's hand holding the drawing paper with precision.

"You were actually painting against your will, weren't you?"

What hurt more than having her wrist grabbed was what 'Kuang Xunzi' said.

"If you feel uncomfortable, why force yourself?"

As she spoke, she suddenly slashed Inoue Kaoru's stomach with the kitchen knife in her hand.

Puff——

This will free you.

A flash of blade, clothes torn: cut in half at the waist!

(End of this chapter)