Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

If you think about it carefully, although Tomoya Tendo isn't particularly strong, he was still chosen to participate in the trial, so dealing with seven or eight long-haired demons at the same time shouldn't be a problem.

He might have been ambushed and killed by the long-haired demons, but it's highly unlikely that he was ambushed and killed.

Moreover, another female Onmyoji accompanied him on his journey.

Hideyuki Hoshino lowered his head and asked Asuka Tendo:

"What is the strength of the other person?"

The girl whispered, "Her name is Haruka Tendo. She's a little less skilled than me, but she'd easily be in the top five here."

So, he's a strong competitor?

Hoshino Hideyuki said in a deep voice, "I suspect that they were assassinated by something like a female ninja."

The girl nodded in agreement.

Just as the fox and the girl were whispering to each other, the guards outside the door started shouting loudly again.

Immediately afterwards, General Hojo strode in.

He first greeted everyone, and then expressed his regret over the disappearance of the two Onmyoji.

After a moment of somber silence, he rubbed his hands together, put on a smile, and said that thankfully, all the Buddha statues had been recovered.

Then, he took a jade seal and a flag decorated with magatama and torii gate symbols from his servant, and looked at Tendo Ryuji, saying:

"Master Longzhi, you have recovered a total of 24 Buddha statues, your merit is the greatest. I keep my promise and hereby appoint you as the Ghost Exorcist Doctor!"

Chapter 212 The girl seemed to have gotten used to sleeping with the fox.

Under Asuka's defiant gaze, Tendo Ryuji won the round and became the leader of the Onmyoji.

Of course, this is only in name; whether anyone will actually listen to him is another matter entirely.

Tendo Ryuji didn't seem to have such expectations. He calmly accepted the seal and flag, and then everything went as usual.

After announcing the results of the Buddha statue mission, General Hojo held a grand banquet, inviting all Onmyoji to attend. During the banquet, he also suggested that the Onmyoji could all come and stay at his castle tower, guaranteeing them the best treatment.

However, the fox and the girl were not interested and declined on the spot. After the banquet, they sneaked back to their original inn.

Upon entering the room, Asuka Tendo took out paper and pen and began drawing talismans on the spot, setting up a barrier to guard against the female ninja.

"No matter how powerful the escape technique is, it's useless once she's separated from the corresponding earth, wood, water, and fire elements..."

"As for the rocket launchers... well, I can create an air wall outside the room and detonate them in advance..."

"Finally, let's add some alarm techniques..."

Looking at Asuka crawling all over the place and posting "scribbles" and "small advertisements" everywhere, Hoshino Hideyuki couldn't help but sigh, "This genius beautiful girl onmyoji is actually quite reliable."

The barrier is really a great thing, it's a pity I couldn't use it when I was traveling, otherwise I wouldn't have been in such a mess.

Once this incident is over, I'll find a place to study properly.

After waiting a while, seeing the girl finally clap her hands and stand up, he suggested, "As a last resort, let's take turns keeping watch tonight."

Asuka Tendo nodded.

"Then you go to sleep first, I'm not sleepy yet."

As he spoke, Hideyuki Hoshino sat down on the edge of the bed and took out his phone to play with it.

In this area with no signal, this thing is basically a brick, but it can still be used to play a couple of rounds of Angry Pig.

...Oh right, in this parallel world there are no Angry Birds, only Angry Pigs. The game's background is that the pigs want revenge on the Big Bad Wolf who destroyed their house, so they use their own bodies as projectiles, throwing them with precision...

Come on, stuff the big bad wolf until he dies. Yes, stuff him until he dies. In the ending animation, the big bad wolf's belly is so big it looks like he's been pregnant for three years.

Well, how should I put it? As expected, all the entertainment works in this world have a dark and humorous flavor...

On the other side, after hearing what the fox said, the girl immediately climbed into bed, lay down on the pillow, and wrapped herself comfortably in the blanket like a caterpillar.

Three seconds later, she suddenly opened her eyes.

How did I just lie down like that?

The dead fox is clearly still sitting next to me in human form!

Does this mean I've gotten used to this situation?

No, no, as a beautiful girl, even if we're just pretending to be a couple, I should still have basic self-respect!

The girl swallowed hard, glanced sideways at Hoshino Hideyuki, and whispered, "Hey, fox, you can't do anything naughty while I'm sleeping..."

Without turning his head, Hoshino Hideyuki asked, "For example?"

"Do I really need to point that out?"

"Of course I'll use it, after all, I'm only two years old and don't understand anything."

"..."

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. Go to sleep peacefully. I won't do anything. I, Fox, always keep my word~"

"Uh... it would have been better if you hadn't said that. Now that you've said it, I'm even more worried."

"Then how about we present more solid evidence? Based on what happened last night, it's clearly more likely that you were the one who touched me inappropriately while I was asleep, right?"

Tendo Asuka:?

"Alas, poor little fox like me, faced with the merciless iron hand of the wicked twin ponytail, can do nothing but tremble in fear..."

Tendo Asuka:? ?

"Just you wait and see. After the trial is over, I'll definitely settle the compensation for your emotional distress with you. If you can't pay it back then, we'll settle it according to the nine-out-of-thirteen-out rule..."

"Nine out and thirteen back is just too much!"

The girl couldn't resist any longer and sat up abruptly in bed. But before she could even fight the fox for a dozen rounds, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from outside, as if someone's house had collapsed.

The fox and the girl exchanged a glance, then tacitly climbed out of the window together. Standing on the rooftop, they saw a giant centipede, over thirty meters long, fall onto the neighboring street, crashing into three houses before its limbs pointed upwards, where it lay motionless.

"A giant centipede..."

Because it had changed many times before, Hoshino Hideyuki recognized what it was instantly.

At that moment, Naoko Sakuragi, who had been woken up, led the Yukawa group out from downstairs.

Upon seeing the giant centipede's corpse, several young people in the group couldn't help but tremble, and Himeko Aoi even let out a scream and hid behind a pillar.

After all, ordinary people would be afraid if they saw a horse galloping towards them, let alone a 30-meter-long behemoth?

"Cheer up! Can't you see it's dead? There's nothing to be afraid of!"

Naoko Sakuragi immediately declared loudly, "We have city walls, cannons, and Onmyoji masters! Victory will surely be ours!"

After giving her comrades a little encouragement, she turned to the fox and the girl on the roof and said, "Acheng, Asuka, it seems the long-haired demons are launching a night attack. We'll go to the castle wall to help, and you two should go to the castle tower to find the shogun!"

"Okay! Naoko-san, please be careful! I wish you, well, good luck in battle~"

Following the general's words from earlier in the day, Hoshino Hideyuki offered his blessing, and then together with Tendo Asuka, they climbed over rooftops to reach the castle tower.

On the way, they saw several more giant centipedes trying to fly into the city, but they were all shot down by golden lightning shooting from the back mountain.

This must be thanks to the protective barrier in the city. It's not a waste of time to find the Buddha statue.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the gate of the castle tower and found that the rest of the Onmyoji had also arrived. General Hojo was even wearing armor and leading a group of samurai, preparing to go to the gate.

"Distinguished masters..."

Seeing that all the Onmyoji had arrived, General Hojo said in a deep voice:

"Just now, the long-haired demons launched a despicable night attack! Fortunately, the Buddha statues that you all retrieved in time worked, allowing the barrier to function properly and thwarting their attempt."

"However, that long-haired ghost king is not one to give up easily. After the night raid failed, he switched to a full-scale attack. At this moment, he not only set up his formation at the city gate, but also clamored for me to go out and fight him one-on-one."

General Hojo's face was contorted with bitterness:

"What a barbarian!"

"Of course I wouldn't be foolish enough to fight him, but for the sake of morale, it's still necessary to show my face on the city wall. Um... during this time, could you please protect me to prevent that Ghost King from using some evil magic to launch a sneak attack..."

Although the general looked timid and hesitant when he said this, the request itself was reasonable, so the members of the Tiantong family readily agreed.

Soon they arrived at the gate tower of Ashihara.

When Hoshino Hideyuki looked outside, he saw, illuminated by the torches, a dark, gloomy mass of demons and monsters.

First, there were six square formations of long-haired demons, numbering around four or five thousand. They carried shields in one hand and spiked clubs in the other, looking quite terrifying.

Then came the giant monsters interspersed among the formations: giant centipedes, desolate skeletons, and some kind of giant wild boar three stories high, which, including the arrow towers on their backs, were almost level with the city walls.

...Hmm, watching this gives me a strange feeling of watching a Lord of the Rings movie.

Finally, there were more than 10,000 soldiers on both flanks, much shorter than the hairy demons... Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be all humans. That's right, the hairy demons can speak human language and buy fake alcohol, so it's not surprising that they have human servants.

...This makes it seem more like Lord of the Rings.

last of the last.

Hoshino Hideyuki looked at the enemy's main force, at the giant wearing red iron armor, with a pair of huge curved horns on his forehead, standing nearly four meters tall from the ground to the tips of his horns.

The oppressive aura emanating from him is similar to that of Akagami Soun in his prime, so he must be the boss of this level, the Long-haired Demon King, right?

Seemingly sensing the fox's gaze, the long-haired demon king also raised his head and shouted towards the city gate tower:

"You cowards of the Hojo family, you finally dare to show your faces before me!"

Chapter 213 The Fox: Let them scare themselves~

"You've kept me waiting for so long! You're incredibly slow!"

"Come on, come on, come down and fight me one-on-one, that way fewer of your men will die!"

The long-haired demon king shouted three times, and seeing that General Hojo still did not answer, he laughed loudly: "Look at you, humans of Ashihara, your general is such a piece of trash, hahaha!"

As the laughter echoed, his head suddenly broke off from his neck and flew into the air on its own. Like a missile, it shot towards General Hojo with a whoosh, reaching within ten meters in the blink of an eye!

"Ah? Ah!"

General Hojo's face turned deathly pale instantly, and he almost fell over. Fortunately, Tendo Ryuji, who was standing nearby, caught him in time and used his other hand to draw a nodachi and slash forward!

The invisible blade wind transformed into tangible cherry blossom petals in mid-air. Seemingly soft and powerless, it sliced ​​the incoming head into pieces of flesh the instant it made contact with it, which then fell to the base of the city wall with a series of thuds!