Shota is surrounded by monsters!

This city... is no longer suitable for human habitation. If an ordinary person stays here for too long, their whole body will be covered with an ominous smell.

It has become a city of monsters.

"Hey, Brother Taotie, you've finally arrived."

"who is it?"

Shota looked behind him warily, only to find a scruffy middle-aged man wearing a Hawaiian T-shirt appearing from there.

After your power was sealed, were even your senses affected?

"Oshino bleat..."

Shota pulled Hebi-hime behind him and stared intently at the top-tier yokai expert who had suddenly appeared there.

"cough……"

Oshino Meme suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. He quickly covered his mouth, then pulled a medicine bottle from his pocket and quickly put it in his mouth.

"you……"

"Ah, it's nothing, it's just a minor injury."

After taking the medicine, Shinobu felt a little better. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and returned to his original appearance, saying, "Ah, I'm getting old. I tried to do something because I was skilled and daring, but I ended up getting tricked instead. Hahahaha."

Why are you here?

Shota remained very wary of Meme Oshino. The guy was an enigma, yet incredibly strong—strong enough to steal his own mother's heart. Furthermore, his actions were highly unpredictable; one moment he might be a friend, the next an enemy.

"Why... because the balance has been severely disrupted."

Meme Oshino walked to Shota's side, looked at the city in front of them, and said, "It's completely destroyed. This is no longer a situation where we can coexist. That fox wants to destroy this place."

"..."

Shota, being a yokai himself, refrained from offering any opinion.

"The difference in strength is too great."

Oshino Meme took out a cigarette from her pocket, lit it (which was unusual for her), and said to Shota, "The strength of humans and yokai in this city is completely unequal now. I... can no longer cause any change."

"Even with your skills, you're not capable?"

"Ah, I don't have the ability. After all, that fox isn't a lone wolf like your mother."

Shinobu Meimei shrugged and said, "So, I've been waiting for you to arrive, Taotie Bro, but isn't it a bit too slow?"

"Wait for me? How did you know I would come?"

"Ah, although it's a bit embarrassing to say, I used a kind of psychological suggestion on you during our last meeting, so no matter what, you will definitely come to Kyoto at least once."

Oshino Meme bluntly revealed her little tricks.

"you……"

Shota suddenly felt a headache coming on. After all this time, he had been tricked?

"Don't worry about these details."

Oshino Meme continued, "Speaking of which, this was something you used when you were seriously injured. Normally, your mental strength is practically invincible. So don't worry, after all, even if I knelt down and begged you to come here to help back then, you wouldn't have come, right?"

"...This situation is not something I can turn around by myself."

Shota didn't pursue the matter further, instead saying, "I'm afraid of dying too."

"The yokai of Kyoto are very powerful; they are among the strongest in all of Japan."

Oshino Meme didn't answer Shota's question directly, but said, "Especially after they possessed the Sessho-seki, even if all of Japan's humans gathered together, they wouldn't be able to fight them head-on. Four hundred years ago, it was only through the combined efforts of humans and yokai that they were defeated."

"You should ask the Nura Clan for help with this; they'll definitely be happy to assist you."

Shota knows a little about the conflict between the Nura Clan and the Kyoto yokai.

"But the Nura Clan is too weak now, and they're useless anyway."

Shinobu Meme spread her hands and said, "There's no other way. So I can only try to get involved with you, little brother."

"Ah... by the way, the snake at the Kitashiro Shrine was one I deliberately let go so you could eat."

"...You bastard! Do you know that snake almost killed a little girl?!"

"..."

Upon hearing Shota's rebuke, Oshino Meme paused for a moment, then said with a hint of apology, "I'm sorry, I just took care of the person on the outside. I didn't think much of it. But I think with the Nura Clan and you, bro, that snake shouldn't have a chance to do anything, right?"

"Tch, if you want to apologize, go apologize to that girl."

Shota released his grip and said, "Was all of this your scheme?"

There was a timing discrepancy.

Shinobu sighed and said, "Brother, you're too late. There are only two seals left."

"...What does this have to do with me?"

"Because you are an indispensable part of the plan, bro."

Meme Oshino chuckled and looked at Shota, saying, "You know what? The fox isn't the scariest thing, but her goal is to give birth to Abe no Seimei..."

"Abe Seimei?!"

"I'll tell you the specifics later. Once Abe no Seimei is born, that is, once the lord of yokai is born, Japan will truly be in danger."

Oshino Meme's expression immediately turned serious, and she said, "That's why I need your help, little brother."

"……What's the meaning?"

"Kill Hagoromo Gitsune in bed and make the child inside her yours."

Shota was shocked.

"Well, this is the only way to solve the problem once and for all, because Hagoromo Gitsune is immortal. Even if she's sealed away, she'll still reincarnate. So, young man, if you can conquer her with your virility and make her willing to take care of your child, that's all you need to do. For this, I've prepared a highly nourishing serpent. Young man, whether the human world can be saved depends on whether you can transform Hagoromo Gitsune from an ambitious yokai into a monster girl like the one beside you."

Chapter 135. I refuse!

"I refuse!"

Without saying a word, Shota stretched out his hand, refusing to cooperate with Oshino Meme's plan.

"what……"

Shinobu smiled, seemingly not too surprised by Shota's reaction.

"Um, buddy..."

The Snake Princess timidly raised her hand and said, "Judging from your conversation, are you going to save the world, young man?"

"...Have you ever seen the world saved this way? DATE-A-LIVE?"

Shota retorted without hesitation, "Besides, this kind of thing has absolutely no scientific basis. This kind of setting, which is just something from a second-rate visual novel, like the world will be peaceful after the male protagonist slept with the female protagonist, is simply impossible, right? It's purely to prepare for the male protagonist to unleash his bestiality, isn't it? I'm a normal person with a beautiful and cute girlfriend. There's no need for me to risk being castrated to do something like this, is there?"

"Besides, that setting that sleeping with Hagoromo Gitsune will kill so-and-so is even more ridiculous! It has absolutely no scientific basis. Rather than it being your plan, I'm more inclined to believe it's your conspiracy. You probably think I'm affecting the balance you're talking about and want me to fall in love with Hagoromo Gitsune... ptooey, ptooey, let's say we kill each other, right?"

After yelling that at Shinobu Meme, Shota straightened his clothes and said, "Bye-bye, I'm leaving."

"Calm down and listen to me, Taotie Bro."

Meme Oshino reached out and put her hand on Shota's shoulder.

"Let's go, Snake Princess. This guy is dangerous. We should avoid him if we see him in the future."

Shota slapped Oshino Meme's hand away, but after taking two steps, he found that Oshino Meme had reached out his hand again.

"I already said..."

Just as Shota was about to slap Oshino Meme's hand away again, he found that Oshino was handing something to him.

This...that...

"uh-huh."

Shota cleared his throat, turned around, and said, "If you can give me a reasonable explanation, I'd be happy to save the world. After all, I deeply love this land beneath my feet."

"Ah, I knew Brother Taotie was one of us."

Meme Oshino, ever the shrewd one, shoved the photo into Shota's breast pocket and said, "How about it? Pretty good, right? A high school girl in a sailor uniform with long, straight black hair and a nice bust is definitely top-notch, isn't she? When I infiltrated, I was so blinded by her breasts that I was the one who got hit. Hehe."

"No, it's not because she's pretty that I'm even considering it..."

Shota quickly stopped Oshino Meme from continuing, and said seriously, "Actually, I'm just being tsundere. I'm embarrassed to help unless you ask me a few more times. Well, it has absolutely nothing to do with what the other person looks like."

"Haha, I know what kind of person Brother Taotie is."

Shinobu Meme found a rock and sat down, laughing as she said, "You wouldn't just stand by and do nothing about something like this, would you?"

"Of course, that's after you can give me a reasonable explanation."

Shota also sat on the ground.

"Alright, let's begin. What do you know about Abe no Seimei, Brother Taotie?"

"Abe Seimei?"

Shota thought for a moment and said, "Abe no Seimei was a famous Onmyoji in ancient Japan. In numerous legends and books, whenever the term 'Onmyoji' is mentioned, the first person that comes to mind is that shining figure like the morning star—Abe no Seimei. Abe no Seimei was a real and active historical figure, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that there are countless historical records and legends about him... That's roughly my opinion, isn't it?"

"Yes, that's what most people know, but Abe no Seimei was not as ordinary as the rumors suggest."

Oshino Meme nodded, then asked in return, "You know about the rumors surrounding Abe Seimei's mother, right?"

"Ah...that legend about the white fox repaying a debt of gratitude? It says that Abe no Seimei's mother was a monster?"

"Yes, yes, that's it."

Oshino clapped his hands to show his surprise that Shota knew about this, and then continued, "That fox is Hagoromo Gitsune."

"...How could that be?"

"Just a reincarnation."

Oshino Meme shrugged and said, "The rumors are true. Abe no Seimei was half-human and half-demon. Moreover, during the day he was the leader of the Onmyoji, and at night he was the lord of all demons. He was the one who ruled this land a thousand years ago."

"This 'protagonist' setting is just too dazzling."

"Hehe, that's true. Abe no Seimei's strength lies in the fact that he was half-human and half-demon. Hmm... you know Nura Rihan, right?"

"Ah, the second head of the Nura Clan... he's also half-human, half-demon?"

"Yes, half-human, half-demon yokai either have extremely poor talent or possess heaven-defying strength. The second head of the Nura Clan can be considered a remarkable individual. If given more time, he might even surpass Abe... Alright, let's talk about Hagoromo Gitsune next."