Shota is surrounded by monsters!

He realized halfway through his sentence that he shouldn't say that in front of Rei.

"Shota-kun, you're a pervert!"

Rea shyly punched Shota in the stomach.

"Well--"

Meanwhile, Mashiro was a little angry.

"There really are exorcists..."

"In conclusion, dealing with girls can still be a bit tricky."

In the middle of the night, next to the Gluttony Clan's territory, at the Cat-Cat Clan's yokai-style restaurant, Cat House, Shota was drinking juice and grumbling, "What's the best way to quickly get a human girl to willingly contribute her spiritual power?"

"Why not just swallow it whole? You're a glutton."

Kurotabo, who came along to enjoy life, said without hesitation, "Humans and such are not worth worrying about at all."

"That's true, but that would be too wasteful. She can recover her spiritual power in a day, so she could eat it once a day."

Feeling that discussing this with a yokai was pointless, Shota stopped the conversation and waved to the cat-eared boy on the other side—the cat yokai Ryota Neko—saying, "Do you have any snacks to go with your drinks?"

"Taotie Sang..."

Ryota Neko said with some difficulty, "You just ate all our food reserves, and we've been forced to put up a 'Closed for Business' sign at the door."

"Really? But can't a tavern just open as long as it has alcohol? I didn't drink much."

"..."

Ryota Neko looked at Kurotabo, who was sitting next to Shota.

"Hey, Ryota the cat!"

Kurotabo said somewhat discontentedly, "I only drank a little bit, just a tiny bit."

"Well, please wait a moment, we'll replenish it shortly."

Ryota Neko had no complaints about these kinds of customers. They would pay anyway.

"Ok?"

"what happened?"

"It seems like Rikuo is coming this way."

Shota scratched his ear and said, "He shouldn't usually like coming to places like this."

“Young Master? That makes sense. Even in his nighttime form, the Young Master prefers to sit alone under a cherry blossom tree and drink. He doesn’t particularly like coming to crowded places like this.”

"Perhaps he's inspecting the territory."

Shota had a good idea and said, "I'll go give him a surprise."

With that, Shota flipped over the table and ran toward the door, transforming into his Taotie form as he ran.

"Hey, Taotie-san, don't run around here..."

Ryota was about to stop Shota when he found that Shota had already run to the door.

"Splash."

The restaurant door was opened.

Without hesitation, Shota opened his mouth and swallowed the person who walked in.

"..."

Then the second person who walked in was stunned.

"Hahaha, Rikuo, how does it feel to be swallowed whole by me? Waaah, you're kicking your legs like a girl. I never thought you were this type of boy."

Shota was teasing Rikuo with strange words, and then...

"Huh, who are you?"

"what!!!!"

The girl's screams echoed throughout the restaurant.

"Hurry up and spit it out, you idiot!"

In his anger, Rikuo grabbed the scabbard and tried to pry open Shota's mouth. Shota, after savoring the memory for a moment, spat Rikuo out of his mouth.

Rikuo, still damp from the sweat, patted his clothes and quickly said to the terrified girl in a calm tone, "It was just an accident. This guy was... joking."

Before he came in, Lu Sheng was still there, looking very dashing, saying, "Didn't you want to know more about me? Then come in." Who knew that once he entered, he would turn into this?

Of course, after much persuasion and getting Shota to act cute a few times, the human girl finally calmed down.

Kana, the parent, is a childhood friend in human form from the land of the monsters. They've practically been together since they were little, and she's a purebred human. She's never had any contact with anything related to monsters and is a timid girl.

From the way she trembled slightly when Rikuo put his arm around her shoulder, Shota concluded that she was very timid.

But... Rikuo is just too powerful, the speed at which he wins over human girls...

correct!

Thinking of this, Shota beckoned his tail to Rikuo, signaling him to come over and talk.

"How do I win over a human girl?"

"Just play the hero in front of her a few times when appropriate."

"...That simple?"

Believe it or not, it's up to you.

Having been swallowed once, Lu Sheng obviously had nothing nice to say. He put his hands in his sleeves and gave off a "believe it or not" look.

I'll trust you this once.

Shota made this note to himself and then returned to the dinner table.

In the end, he ate out all night.

"Ah, Taotie-san. We're about to close up shop; it's already daytime."

Is it six o'clock yet?

After playing all night, Shota waved to the cute cat-eared girl. For some reason, he always had an extra fondness for feline girls.

"Then I'm leaving, Ryota Neko."

Shota pushed open the door and walked out onto the street, lazily stretching...

"call--"

A strange gust of wind swept past Shota.

“Hey, Taotie-san, your clothes…”

With Ryota's reminder, Shota looked down at his clothes and found that they had been cut many times.

"...That gust of wind just now? What kind of blind monster was that?"

Shota muttered something but didn't take it to heart. He patted his chest and started walking towards his house.

"Wind? It seems he didn't notice it at all. The Nura Clan's yokai are really too weak, hahahahaha."

As if he had heard a whisper, Shota looked up at the top of the building across the street.

"It's a little... odd."

In that instant, he did sense that someone was watching him, and not just one person, but something seemed to be blocking his senses, making him lose track of the other person's presence.

"Ok?"

Shota suddenly felt an itch on his chest, so he scratched it and found white marks on his skin following the tear in his clothes.

"That's... a bit strange."

"I have a feeling that the food might be better soon."

Chapter Sixty-Two. An Ominous Sign

"Hey, is this the Nura Clan's top officer? He seems a bit weak."

…………

"What's going on here?"

The three tengu siblings of the Nura Crow Clan landed in the forest. Looking at the several yokai lying on the ground, they asked Ryota the cat, who was squatting there, with serious expressions, "What happened?"

"He said he was coming to investigate the incident a few days ago when some monsters were inexplicably harmed."

Ryota Neko's tone was somewhat heavy.

"I never expected that the great demon baboon and his entire crew would be wiped out."

"Moreover, judging from the wound, it wasn't cut by a very sharp sword or knife; it wouldn't have been possible to make such a clean and precise cut."

The three siblings each offered their opinions, and upon seeing the wounds on the baboon's body, Ryota suddenly recalled the Taotie that had left his restaurant the previous morning.

Is it the wind?

"Yes." Ryota no Neko nodded and told the three of them about the strange wind that day and the clothes Taotie was wearing.

Kuroba Maru, the eldest son of the Karasu Tengu, is a black-haired teenager. After listening to Ryota Neko's account, he concluded, "It was done by a yokai."

The second son, with his golden rooster-like hair, also spoke in a deductive tone: "An unknown hostile force."

"They swaggered into the Nura Clan's territory and even attacked a high-ranking officer..."

The youngest sister, Zhuzhu Mei, was a black-haired woman wearing glasses. After saying this, she directly addressed her two older brothers, saying, "We must hurry back."

"Ah, Ryota Neko, I'll leave this place to you for now. We'll go back and contact the main family to strengthen the protection of our officers. Judging from the strength of our opponents, they are no nobody."

"At the same time, we must be prepared for battle!"

With that, the three demons flapped their wings and flew towards the Nura Clan's main headquarters.

"what happened?"

"It's just that the sandstorm is a bit strong."

Nurarihyon glanced at the bright moon in the sky, then tapped Shota's bare back with his wooden sword and said, "Stand up straight and don't move."