Tokyo: Starting with the Shrine Maiden

Haruhiko learned about it on the way.

Their uncle was named Shin Okubo.

His experience is quite normal.

He trained diligently as a child and grew up to become a priestess of the dog god, with a close relationship with the dog god who is the guardian deity of his family.

Besides that, it's quite rare for someone to be fifty years old and still not married or have children.

Okubo Yusuke took out the key and opened the door.

"Are you back?"

Upon hearing the voice, Okubo Shin stood up and asked, "Inugami..."

He noticed Yukihime and Haruhiko and immediately frowned.

Especially the former.

He sensed a hint of danger.

Their strength is mostly higher than his.

“Who are these two…?”

Okubo asked thoughtfully.

"uncle."

Instead of explaining, Okubo Yusuke said directly, "We have opened the barrier of the Inugami."

"Nonsense!"

Okubo Shin's expression changed slightly. "Didn't I tell you to come back to me after you got the Inugami Relics? Why did you act alone?"

"..."

After a two-second silence, Okubo Yuusuke asked, "Did you obtain Lord Inugami's demon body?"

"Of course not."

Okubo Shin shook his head and asked, "Why do you ask that?"

Just as Okubo Yuzuki was about to say something more, he was interrupted by Yukihime.

Her method was simple and direct.

He raised his hand, and his spiritual energy transformed into wind and snow, sweeping across the land in an instant.

Amidst the shrill screams, there were sounds of furniture and other items tumbling and breaking.

In the blink of an eye, the living room was a complete mess.

Okubo Shinichi felt a jolt of fear; a sense of crisis made his hair stand on end.

Without any hesitation, he used his demon form.

Because Yukihime's strength exceeded his expectations.

Clumps of fur appeared on his face, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a dog's head.

"uncle!"

When Suzaku and Hisashi saw this scene, they finally understood that what Yukihime had said earlier was true.

It was Okubo Shin who used forbidden techniques to kill Inugami and obtain his fourth-tier demon body.

"Two idiots!"

He roared, and the long sword in his hand flashed with intense light.

The next second, countless blades flashed and blocked his way.

Snow and wind descended.

The intense psionic fluctuations spread outwards like a tsunami.

"Die!"

Okubo Shin's body shot out of the center of the explosion like an arrow and rushed towards Yukihime.

He raised his long sword high, its blade gleaming with a sharp edge.

Inugami is a rare yokai who is skilled in using swords.

The high-ranking Inugami are also great swordsmen.

Yukihime looked at him expressionlessly.

Countless frosts appeared and covered her skin, spreading towards her hair.

In an instant, the transformation into a demon form was completed.

She reached out and grasped the blade.

The two made a series of crisp sounds upon contact.

"A snow woman?!"

Okubo Shin recognized Yukihime's identity and blurted it out.

But there was no time to be shocked, because the frost was rapidly rising along the blade.

He gritted his teeth, had no choice but to let go, and stepped back.

The long sword was frozen solid and fell to the ground with a dull thud.

Yukihime coldly raised her hand, and ice and snow condensed into swords in front of her, whistling out and covering Okubo Shin's entire body.

His figure instantly became a blur as he frantically dodged around the living room.

There was a snap.

The window is broken.

Okubo Shin fled outside.

He had already realized Yukihime's strength and knew he couldn't defeat her.

At this point, they made the decision to retreat without hesitation.

With a wave of her right hand, Yukihime unleashed an endless stream of icy cold air.

Just as he was trying to escape the courtyard, he was covered by a man-eating flower.

"Damn it!"

Okubo Shin's expression changed drastically.

The dog's eyes suddenly rotated, and even more spiritual energy surged out.

In an instant, a semi-transparent barrier appeared around him.

Haruhiko walked out of the living room and saw the barrier. He immediately thought of the barrier outside the castle; it was exactly the same.

A thought flashed through his mind, and without hesitation, he took out a blasting talisman, stuck it on the wooden box, and threw it at Okubo Shin.

Seeing this, Xue Ji understood his thoughts, chuckled, and her cold indifference turned into a warm spring day, her face becoming exceptionally radiant.

The ice flower in the air instantly disintegrated, then transformed into an ice pop shaped like a spear.

At the same time, the surface of the wooden box was covered with a layer of frost.

Okubo Shin recognized the wooden box and, without saying a word, took out a long sword.

With a slight tremor in the air, a white blade of light descended from the sky and struck the wooden box.

But to no avail.

There was a bang.

The Explosion Talisman was forced to activate amidst the intense collision.

The psionic energy transformed into flames and swept across the area.

The wooden box was unharmed; on the contrary, with the help of the explosion and guided by Yukihime, it broke through the barrier.

The long-awaited ice spear whistled past, piercing his heart, and blood spurted out instantly.

The next second, the blood congealed and turned into frost, and in the blink of an eye, Shin Okubo became an ice sculpture.

It fell straight to the ground and shattered into pieces.

A game notification sounded.

[You assisted in eliminating the special dog god Okubo Shin, and gained 140 points of spiritual energy.]

Haruhiko raised an eyebrow. Not bad.

Mainly, he just threw away a wooden box.

But if that's all you get, it wouldn't do justice to the difficulty of this task.

This suggests that the real reward should be Okubo Shin's magic.

Most of them require Inugami to use, but some do not.

It was collected by Makoto Okubo when he created the forbidden technique.