Tokyo: Starting with the Shrine Maiden

Haruhiko was somewhat confused by her inconsistent behavior.

Tsuchimikado Mari smiled faintly.

She stepped forward and whispered in her ear, "You can try it too."

Upon hearing this, Tsuchimikado Mashiro blushed to the roots of her ears.

The teleportation array is activated.

After the faint feeling of weightlessness disappeared, they had arrived in Ibaraki Prefecture.

In Japan, a prefecture is not a small county town as we might imagine, but rather equivalent to a province.

Haruhiko’s destination is Cat Island in Akeno Town, Makabe County, Ibaraki Prefecture.

This cat island is different from the cat island by the sea that he visited before.

It is located in the Tsukuba Mountains.

Tsuchimikado Mari made a phone call and summoned a car.

She got into the driver's seat, while Haruhiko and Tsuchimikado Mashiro sat in the back.

Not long after, the three of them arrived at the foot of Mount Tsukuba.

They got out of the car and walked in.

Mina Utsunomiya sent Haruhiko her location.

Therefore, the two groups of people quickly met up.

Haruhiko glanced at it.

Thirty people from the Utsunomiya clan came, two-thirds of whom were actually former members of the Miyamoto clan.

Regardless, this lineup is still pretty good.

Among the major powers, it is not at the bottom, but rather in the middle.

"Master of the house."

Mina Utsunomiya glanced at Mashiro Tsuchimikado and Mari Tsuchimikado, and immediately felt at ease.

With these two fifth-tier members around, the Kawasaki clan is nothing to fear.

"How's it going?"

Haruhiko was on the hillside when he looked down and saw six people guarding the entrance.

They were all wearing the same style of clothing, namely the traditional samurai robes.

"No situation."

Mina Utsunomiya explained, "The Kawasaki clan members entered the ruins and never came out again."

"It seems we've run into trouble."

Haruhiko was thoughtful.

The Kawasaki clan consisted of more than twenty people, all of whom were third- or fourth-tier psychics.

It's been so long since yesterday, and they still haven't come out. They must have encountered a tricky situation.

This is good news for Haruhiko.

He wished the entire group would be wiped out in the ruins.

In this way, he could inherit Kawasaki's estate without lifting a finger.

However, even if they weren't completely wiped out, they wouldn't have a chance against them anyway.

At most, it's just a waste of a little more time.

"Let's go in."

Tsuchimikado Mari leaped into the air, unleashing an extremely terrifying speed.

Haruhiko felt a blur before her eyes, and she had already covered a distance of dozens of meters to reach the entrance.

Before the six guards could react, she punched them one by one, knocking them all unconscious.

Theoretically speaking, Shiranui belongs to the ranged yokai category.

However, given her physical abilities, she is also a formidable opponent in close combat.

Dealing with a few third-tier psionicists was a piece of cake.

If it were the Utsunomiya clan, they wouldn't have acted so quickly.

Haruhiko jumped down as well.

The spirit carried her body and landed beside Tsuchimikado Mari.

She was examining the door in front of her.

Calling it a door isn't quite right either.

It was blown to pieces and still contained traces of psionic energy.

It seems that Mr. Kawasaki chose the most direct and brutal method.

"You follow behind me."

Tsuchimikado Mari glanced at Haruhiko and then walked to the front.

As for Utsunomiya Mina and the others, their lives or deaths were none of her concern.

Torches were lit on both sides of the passage, so it was not dark and everyone could see the patterns on the stone wall clearly.

It is a scene of a banquet for a group of Onmyoji.

"Perhaps it really is related to my ancestors."

Tsuchimikado Mashiro's eyes brightened slightly as he said, "Among these Onmyoji, several are wearing the hunting robes of the Tsuchimikado clan."

Upon hearing this, Haruhiko took a closer look.

More accurately, there are various Onmyoji families.

The markings on the hunting robes were varied.

The reason Tsuchimikado Mashiro added the word "maybe" is precisely because it's difficult to be certain.

The group continued moving forward.

The pattern extends accordingly, but it always contains the same content.

It's clear that this was a grand event for the Onmyoji family a long time ago.

The pattern soon came to an end.

A city was revealed.

Although no name was written on it, Haruhiko naturally came up with the three words: Heian-kyo.

Heian-kyo is the old name for Kyoto in Japan, and its layout was modeled after Chang'an.

But it's clear that this site couldn't possibly be Heian-kyo (Kyoto).

After all, such a large city cannot contain it all.

Besides, Kyoto isn't here.

Haruhiko suspected that the painting might just be a decoration.

Just then, intermittent noises began to appear.

There were also faint psionic fluctuations.

"It should be Mr. Kawasaki."

Tsuchimikado Mashiro raised an eyebrow. "And they're fighting."

"Go and see."

Haruhiko became interested.

Kawasaki has been inside the ruins for almost two days, and he's still fighting?

Who is the opponent?

As the group moved forward, their view suddenly opened up.

When a plain appeared, many people showed expressions of surprise.

Without a doubt, they were inside the mountain.

Now, with vast, boundless plains, it's simply a fantasy.

"Is it an illusion?"

Mina Utsunomiya asked instinctively.

Although she had suspicions, she couldn't detect anything wrong, so she could only ask.

"It's not an illusion."

Tsuchimikado Mashiro looked up, surveyed his surroundings, and said, "It's a spatial magic."