Shota is surrounded by monsters!

Shota jokingly remarked, while Rea suddenly grabbed Shota's waist tightly and bared her small, sharp teeth, biting at his neck.

"Hey, there are others..."

"Goooooooooo."

While using her inhuman strength to restrain Shota, Rea was also drawing vital blood from Shota's veins. However, this time, unlike before when she attacked from behind, their current position made it seem as if Rea had suddenly embraced Shota.

"Look there..."

"Are they really a couple?"

"Oh, big news!"

The whispers of those around her reached Remi's ears. To be honest, she didn't dislike them; on the contrary, she felt a little happy, because whenever she ate, it was the closest the two of them were...

"I also want……"

Mashiro, who always loves to get involved, got a little angry when the two suddenly ignored her and hugged each other. She stood on tiptoe, wanting to bite Shota's other neck. However, how could Shota openly do such a thing in public? He pressed Mashiro's head away from him and said to Rea:

"If we don't pull it out soon, it'll get stuck."

"..."

After Rea released her mouth, she became much shyer. She secretly wiped the blood off her lips with the tip of her tongue and then turned her head away, not daring to look into Shota's eyes.

Shota shrugged indifferently; he was already used to having his blood drawn anyway.

"It's time to go find Lu Sheng and the others."

After taking a slightly longer route, Shota arrived at the school gate just as Rikuo and his classmates were walking out together.

"Shouta-san."

Rikuo, his classmate Kana, and Yuki-onna Oikawa Hyouri and Aotabo, who had successfully infiltrated the school, happened to meet Shota Sanjin at the corner.

"Hey, Rikuo."

Shota waved his hand and said, "You two have been working very hard today too."

"Hmph, you don't need to tell me."

The Snow Woman seemed completely incompatible with Shota—a direct consequence of Shota's numerous pointless teasing and taunts. The mere sight of Shota sent chills down her spine.

As soon as she exuded cold air, Mashiro leaned right against her.

Summer was so hot that even slimes couldn't escape the suffering. As soon as she saw the snow woman, she abandoned Shota and stood next to her.

"Ah, Mashiro-chan!"

It must be said that, despite being both water-attribute yokai, Yuki-onna and Mashiro get along quite well.

"Um, Mr. Lu, who is this...?"

Kana, who had never seen Shota in his human form, asked Rikuo beside her with some confusion.

"Shota Kosaka is Rikuo's distant cousin."

Shota preemptively used a connection that would give him an advantage, then said, "That's Kousaka Mashiro over there, my sister. And this one..."

So, what words should be used to describe Rea?

"My name is Sanka Rea, Shota-kun's good friend, hello."

Rea, unusually displaying her "young lady" persona, elegantly introduced herself with a smile to Kana, her parent, whom she was meeting for the first time.

"Ah, what a beautiful person."

Although she was a little puzzled as to why Rea would use an umbrella at dusk, Kana was indeed captivated by Rea's aura.

"My name is Kana, you can just call me Kana."

"Oh ho."

Shota let out a strange hiss, then looked at Rikuo with a teasing gaze, to which Rikuo quickly waved his hand.

"Let's go then, we can go together since we're going the same way."

Rikuo and the others walked ahead—Mashiro had already been tricked into joining their group by Yuki-onna, while Shota and Rei followed leisurely behind, holding umbrellas.

"Ok?"

There's a demonic aura!

But before Shota could react, he noticed that the sentries who had been following Rikuo, including Kubinashi and the prostitute, had already made their move. So he didn't make any big moves, just increased his vigilance.

"You are... Nura Rikuo-kun, right?"

"..."

Suddenly, two rather strange-looking boys in school uniforms appeared. The one in the lead clearly had a face that gave him a very alluring, fox-like appearance, while the other had his tongue sticking out halfway...

"Rei. Be careful."

Shota handed the umbrella to Rea and then walked forward.

Both of them had a faint demonic aura about them...

Chapter Sixty-Seven. Seven People Traveling Together

Who are you?

Upon hearing the newcomer suddenly call out his young master's name, Qing Tianfang stepped forward warily, asking with a fierce expression, "If you don't tell me..."

"Don't do this, they're just..."

During the day, Rikuo always appeared to be a nice guy. Seeing that Aotabo was too fierce, he jumped out to try and ease the tension. But even so, his gaze towards the two men also carried a hint of wariness.

"Lu Sheng, do you know them?"

Parent Kana asked with some doubt, "Could this person be an acquaintance of Rikuo, like Shota Kousaka who appeared earlier?"

"do not know."

Lu Sheng answered softly, and the man who looked a bit like a fox, who had been listening to their conversation, suddenly interrupted.

There's no need to ask anymore.

He stepped forward, and the strange aura emanating from him caused Kana, the human parent, to involuntarily take a step back. He looked at Rikuo and said:

"We envision ourselves as young, talented, and of the purest blood."

As he spoke, he put his hand on Rikuo's shoulder, and Yuki-onna and Aota-bo became somewhat excited upon seeing this.

"However, you've had all of this from the beginning. I'm going to have all of this from now on."

"Did I own all of this from the very beginning?"

Lu Sheng could not understand the meaning behind the other person's words.

"Isn't that right? Because there's a comfortable environment, that's why you've been acting so dazed?"

Who exactly are you?

Lu Sheng's tone already carried a hint of hostility; the other party was definitely not here with good intentions.

“You just wait and see, I will gather more ‘fear’ than you.”

After saying that, he let go of her hand and turned to leave.

"Wait, what do you mean by this?"

Just as Riku was about to ask a few more questions, he was suddenly drawn over by the screams of his parent, Kana.

"Ha ha."

The dog-like man put his hand on the shoulder of the parent, Kana.

"Having women on both sides? Truly, important people are different..."

As he spoke, he tried to stick out his tongue to lick Kana's face...

"Bam—"

"Tsk tsk tsk. The scene that follows is not suitable for humans." Shota shook his slightly numb fist, and before Kana could react, he chopped her on the back of the neck, knocking her unconscious, and pushed her toward the unresponsive Rikuo.

"Need you even ask? This dog and this fox are the ones who've been provoking the Nura Clan lately." Shota beckoned to the dog-like man he'd punched, who was now lying on the ground with an angry look in his eyes, and said, "Come and bite me if you dare."

"You are no match for him, Inugami."

The fox-man glanced at Shota and matched him with the person on the Nura Clan's roster, saying, "He really is a great yokai. However, he's an exile."

His words were full of sarcasm. If it were any of the other ferocious beasts, they would have gone berserk and fought him without hesitation. But the Taotie clan's unique thick skin made Shota completely indifferent.

Are you an idiot?

Shota looked at the other person and retorted sarcastically, "You're clearly a fox, how can you be so stupid as to openly confront the enemy? Why not play some underhanded tricks, like when you met Rikuo earlier and stabbed him in the back?"

"..."

Lu Sheng's guards felt a chill run down their spines upon hearing this.

"Or perhaps..." Shota said with a mocking expression, "You think this is a shonen manga? You want to openly declare war?"

"Heh, heh heh heh heh."

Instead of getting angry, the fox-like man laughed and said, "Do you really think you can keep me here?"

Several powerful demonic auras reappeared simultaneously without warning. When Shota looked at the fox-man again, six more demons of varying builds, wearing straw hats, had appeared beside him.

This time, Aotabo and Yuki-onna transformed into their yokai forms and stood guard on either side of Nura Rikuo, while Rea quickly came up and pulled Mashiro aside, afraid that they might accidentally start fighting.

"Oh, we've arrived. Seven of us together." The fox-like man sneered at Shota, "Or perhaps we should call them the executives of the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Demon Parade. How about it? Gluttonous?"

The Seven Travelers – a group of legendary monsters who can only be seen between the legs of a cow or in the gaps of something else. But if anyone sees them, that person will be plagued by bad luck, or even lose their life.

"Little Lord!"

With an urgent shout, the hairy prostitutes, kappa, and headless kami, who had been lured by several demonic energies, rushed back. Upon seeing the standoff, they all revealed their true forms as demons and stood guard beside Nura Rikuo.

Rikuo is still in daytime mode and doesn't have much of an effect. In fact, he needs someone to protect him. As for Mashiro... let Rea stay with her. If we count them that way, we still have 4 people who can move.

Does that mean I need to involve three people at the same time?

"How to do?"

Kubinashi walked up to Shota and asked him in a low voice.

"You can't come to our territory without giving us a heads-up. Let's send a signal, set the tone, and start a fight."