Why is the Demon King like this?

Chapter 87 Yui Kamibata's Letter

"Respectfully addressed to Lord Qinggui, this letter is written by your humble daughter, Shenfan Jieyi, before she dies from a serious illness. Each word I write contains thoughts and feelings that I am ashamed to utter, yet I cannot bear to remain silent."

Qing Keisuke:

His cold eyes fixed on the white fox: "Are you sure there's anything normal in the letter?"

The white fox's fur immediately trembled, and its tail tucked between its legs. It said fearfully, "It should—maybe, perhaps? Anyway, that's what my master said!"

Keisuke Ao took a deep breath and forced himself to continue watching.

"I long for you, but cannot see you; I yearn for you, I yearn for you; my heart is tormented."

"I guess we should just burn it."

"No!" The white fox rushed over and hugged his leg, crying and shouting, "No to that kind of thing!"

"Meow!"

When Yuki saw that her favorite pet's spot for flattery had been taken away, she immediately flew into a rage, pounced over and bit the white fox's thigh, making it howl in pain.

Keisuke Ao swept all the cats and dogs aside and let them fight it out.

Given that Yui Kamibata was injured, he should read the scroll no matter what strange things were written on it.

"/V/ω/M/"

"The above are just some trivial thoughts that I had while lying in bed. Please do not forgive me if you see them, Qinggui-kun."

Furthermore, I believe that this incident needs to be reported to Qinggui-kun immediately.

Three days ago, investigators from the General Alliance apprehended Shinichi Tagi, one of the main planners of the Garden Shrine incident.

After being subjected to torture, interrogation, and dream manipulation, Munada Mushin finally revealed a very important piece of intelligence to the Alliance.

Subsequently, the Alliance urgently summoned me, five senior Onmyoji, and two swordsmen with kendo spiritual abilities to launch a surprise attack on one of the core secrets of the God One Sect at midnight two days ago. The purpose of the operation was to seize a certain item of the God One Sect. Our only information was that this item was sealed in a black iron box.

My guess is that this item is related to "God One" itself.

However, after breaking into the core secrets, we were exposed too early and too quickly. The defenses inside the Shinichi Cult were far stronger than Munadagi Shin had confessed. I and the other participants were caught in a fierce battle. Two Onmyoji and one swordsman died one after another. In the end, I had no choice but to abandon the mission and forcibly lead the remaining people to escape from the core secrets of the Shinichi Cult.

Although there is no evidence, I suspect the whole incident was an outright conspiracy, one of the purposes of which was to test whether I possessed extraordinary swordsmanship skills.

In other words, this incident is very likely a continuation of the death of the chief priestess of the Garden Shrine and the loss of the control artifact. Although I have tried my best to avoid exposure, I cannot guarantee whether the observers behind the scenes can discover the truth.

Based on this, the Divine One Cult will likely target you, Qinggui-kun, or perhaps Ms. Shiraishi.

The Divine One Cult certainly has other plans. Whether it's for revenge or to disrupt the situation, they won't stop here. I hope Qinggui takes care of himself.

Meanwhile, while I was pretending to be recuperating, the Shrine, under my instructions, secretly investigated all the people in the Alliance who had recommended me for this operation.

I have already gained something by the time I wrote this letter.

As for Munadagi Shin, he has been sent by the Alliance to a shrine dedicated to the underworld, where endless torment and interrogation await him.

Ah—finally, Afu is my shikigami. When you send it back, please feed it a piece of dog food, otherwise it might cry.

Aoki Keisuke was processing the information in the second half of the letter.

Undoubtedly, this intelligence is of great value. For Keisuke Ao, it also allows him to glimpse the immense size of both entities through the Alliance's surprise attack.

Moreover, even the official forces suffered setbacks at the hands of the God One Sect. He is far from having developed to his original strength, so he definitely needs to be careful and vigilant.

"Afu?"

"Lord Qinggui!"

Qing Gui recalled that when she was preparing to name the little black cat, she had also considered this name.

"I have read the entire contents of the letter. Eat the scroll again and take it back to your master."

"yes!"

While dodging Yuki's attacks, the white fox respectfully accepted the letter from Ao Keisuke's hand.

"I don't have any dog ​​food here, how about cat food?"

"Thank you, Lord Qinggui. If it's cat food, could you give me an extra piece?"

Keisuke Ao wasn't so stingy as to be stingy with cat food, but the fact that a messenger fox was so concerned about how many cat food pellets it was worth as a reward made him feel a little strange.

It's no wonder that this is a shikigami trained by that guy, Kamibata Yui.

After seeing the fox off, Keisuke Ao poured some cat food and water for Yuki.

"Since you like to fool around so much, double your practice time tonight."

"Meow?!" The kitten, which was looking down and about to eat, looked up in shock upon hearing this, but Keisuke Ao had already walked out onto the balcony and was leaning against the railing, ignoring it.

Aokiji looked down at the building with indifferent eyes. Outside the residential area, cars came and went, pedestrians walked along the passages on both sides, and the brightly lit commercial district had songs faintly audible.

So far, he hasn't felt like he's being monitored, but to protect his livelihood, it's best to make preparations early.

If, as Shinbata Yui claims, this incident was a test of her true strength by the Shinichi Cult, then he should have been placed under surveillance by the Shinichi Cult long ago.

Is it caution? Or is it a misunderstanding by Yui Kamabatake?

Keisuke Ao had little interest in riddles, and even less interest in getting to know those fanatics.

But he had an intense passion to seize the "item" described in the letter!

Based on experience, looting the collections of madmen often yields good results.

The Demon King tapped the railing with his fingers, and from his downward-facing palm, streaks of light shot out one after another, their faint glows shooting out in all directions of the neighborhood before disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The spirituality within Qing Guijie slowly dissipated, gradually transforming into the foundation of a magnificent magic circle.

"The spiritual energy is insufficient, so the ritual needs to be broken down into several parts and will take several days to complete."

If he had enough spiritual energy, Keisuke Ao could set up a magic circle in an instant, but even though he has deliberately slowed down the process to balance the consumption and recovery of his spiritual energy, he cannot devote himself to it for long.

Setting up a large magic circle in this world is not an efficient approach in itself.

The reason is that there is very little free magic in this world, and magic circles, as major energy consumers, have difficulty getting a sufficient supply of power.

Secondly, Qing Keijie did not have any spiritual materials on hand to set up the magic circle, and it was basically impossible to make the magic circle work for a long time by using only spiritual materials.

However, the magic circle also has an unparalleled advantage: for the current Demon King, the greatest function of the magic circle is that it can transfer the spiritual energy that he has nowhere to expend on in his daily life!

Although spirituality is pre-set for a purpose, it is a significant shift compared to daily waste.

"I hope this gift won't go unsent."