Crossover anime, a daily life that begins with hunting supernatural beings.

As fate would have it, the visible Yotsuya Miko, in order to protect her best friend Yurikawa Hana who was being harassed by a down-on-her-luck samurai, unexpectedly discovered the existence of this "mountain" through GPS location when she couldn't contact Sakurai.

The powerful spiritual vision brought by Yotsuya Miko's eyes, which she could see, and Yurikawa Hana, who possessed extraordinary life energy, became the key to breaking through the seal and intervening in it.

Miko Yotsuya and Hana Yurikawa, who accidentally wandered into the mountain, made a wish to the fox that was hiding there and had taken the form of a "mountain god".

The price was their pure and special lives.

Is this the beginning and the end of it all?

What a truly bizarre "accident"!

It has been far too long since the mountain god last appeared in the world, and even the unscrupulous merchant could not find any more clues.

but...

That's enough.

You've been a huge help, my good friend.

With a sigh of relief, Sakurai flipped off the motorcycle.

"Find a place to wait for me; the path up the mountain is difficult for you."

If a third person were to see this, they would find that Sakurai is giving orders to the motorcycle like a madman.

The motorcycle, ordered by Sakurai, flashed its lights and started moving toward a secluded spot without a driver.

"Next, it's my turn."

After stretching his limbs, Sakurai let out a long sigh of relief.

According to the shrewd businessman's intelligence, the next opponent we'll be facing is no simple matter.

but....

so what?

Am I simpler than the other person?

As for me...

I didn't come here with the mindset of certain death.

On the contrary, I was convinced that victory was inevitable.

Before him, in the dense jungle, his arrival was like dropping a grain of honey into an ant nest.

It instantly became a boiling point.

The black mist obstructing his view churned incessantly, and countless supernatural phenomena appeared before him.

A flash of white light, and Sakurai, now dressed in a blue and white hunting robe, stood upright.

The hunting robe moved without wind, and in doing so, it curled up Sakurai's hair.

"The weather is fine and sunny, the sky is clear and the clouds are light. Today's weather is perfect for a picnic."

"You think so too, old buddy."

"In that case, we can't waste this appetizer that's been delivered to our door."

He held the Aragami Fang, reborn from the blacksmith's forging, in one hand, and pulled it from its sharkskin sheath.

The dim red light illuminated Sakurai's gilded eyes.

20. Climbing the mountain, raising the butcher's knife against the gods.

Standing ramrod straight, Sakurai casually wiped the sweat from his forehead and slightly raised his head.

"Saying that would be a bit disrespectful to the octagonal silver hammer, in a fight..."

"As expected, the Arakami Fang is still the most comfortable to use."

As he spoke, Sakurai slowly closed his eyes, and the red dagger in his hand emitted a faint light, illuminating Sakurai's profile in the woods.

In terms of feel and synergy, even after three days of practice, the Eight-Sided Bright Silver Hammer is still no match for the Aragami Fang.

The soul-scorching flames and the indestructible sharpness that could cut a hair with a single blow amplified his combat power tenfold or even ninefold.

In the battle just now, he, Sakurai Eito, fought against a hundred men single-handedly...

Annihilate them without taking any damage.

no way...

After all, there's still a bit of work to be done with his octagonal bright silver hammer.

"I'm quite satisfied with the appetizers; they were enough to fill me up."

While his phone still had a signal, Sakurai sent a message to the bartender, asking him to arrange for someone to clean up the mess.

It won't be so convenient once we get up the mountain.

Sakurai took a blackened, oxidized banana out of his shoulder bag, stuffed it into his mouth, and closed his eyes.

In order to prepare for the upcoming battle, he must adjust his energy and spirit to their best.

Even if he didn't want to, he had to use a portion of the "salary" that was originally intended for his assistant.

As for the rest, we'll add more later.

In this world today, there's nothing else to worry about but strange and supernatural phenomena are everywhere.

So let's begin, let's climb the mountain.

Having made up his mind, Sakurai took out the black notebook, flipped the short dagger, and swiftly pierced the notebook with the Aragami Fang.

Black mist flowed from the pierced crack, lingered in the air for a while, and finally formed several semi-transparent stone steps in front of Sakurai.

There exists a barrier here called the "barrier." Without breaking the barrier, even Sakurai cannot easily travel from the "outer" to the "inner."

The bartender had taken this into consideration for him before he even set off.

The reason why the information wasn't given to him directly, but instead recorded in a notebook, is this.

It serves as both a source of intelligence and a key to unlock the barrier.

And the effect of [life force] on Yurikawa Hana, etc.

A notebook that can perform two functions simultaneously—that's something that unscrupulous businessman, who's lived for who knows how long, could accomplish.

After taking the octagonal bright silver hammer out of his shoulder bag and hanging the bag on a tree branch, Sakurai, holding the hammer in one hand and a dagger in the other, narrowed his eyes slightly, his golden eyes filled with eagerness and seriousness.

Deep down, before setting off, Sakurai had imagined that the fox mountain god on the mountaintop was three to four levels higher than the Aragami.

We are also prepared for a tough battle.

He would fight to the very last moment, even if it cost him ten thousand lives.

Sakurai had already made up his mind before setting off.

but...

Is he really no match for the indescribable monster now?

With a skeptical attitude, Sakurai stepped onto the long, narrow staircase that seemed to have no end.

This mountain has lost its name over a long period of time.

It is undoubtedly a super-large gathering place for paranormal phenomena.

If we really had to give it a specific rating, within the Tokyo area, it would probably be a "demon mountain" of the same level as the "Lotus Cave on Flat Top Mountain" that Tang Sanzang and his disciples encountered on their journey to the West.

Long ago, after the mountain was sealed by that monk, all the residents around the mountain had already moved away.

This place has long since become a desolate wasteland, much like ruins.

Nobody comes here on their own initiative anymore, or rather...

Ordinary people can't even see the phenomena beyond the supernatural points.

Raising his octagonal, gleaming silver hammer, Sakurai smashed the supernatural entity blocking his path and continued upwards, stepping over the black mist.

Unlike the cases of Yotsuya Miko and Yurikawa Hana, for these ordinary supernatural occurrences...

Its taste is just too tempting.

The result of feeding on the supernatural for so long is its flavor...

It is no less beautiful than the blooming flowers in the eyes of a butterfly waiting to be pollinated.

After smelling his scent, the supernatural beings lurking on the mountain could not resist the temptation and rushed towards him one after another.

They are irrational and don't care that the kind man will be annihilated by him in the next moment.

All they care about is taking a piece of flesh from themselves, no matter what.

but...

The only result of their actions was to pave a path for his ascent up the mountain...

It's just the surface made up of remnants.

With a flick of his fang, Sakurai caught the flying remnant in his mouth and swallowed it whole as he half-squatted down.

He stomped on and crushed the distorted face that emerged from the stone steps.

In the records...

[As long as you make a wish to the mountain god, any wish will be granted.]

This is a fact that definitely exists on this mountain.

The black notebook given to him by the unscrupulous merchant contained information on more than ten people from the "inner world" who disappeared after praying to the mountain god.

Without exception, they all disappeared after making a wish.

And all their wishes were fulfilled.

Among those who went missing, a significant portion were Gym Leaders or higher-ranking figures from Pokémon.

That is, the pinnacle that most people in the Otherworld strive for in their entire lives.

He flung out the Aragami Fang, the dagger spinning rapidly in the air severing the heads of all the spirits in its path before flying back into Sakurai's hand.

To protect her best friend, Yotsuya Miko's "wish" allowed her to see the existence of this mountain.