Becoming a god in a low-key way in the supernatural world

The activity room fell silent as the three of them watched Yu Zi eat.

For some reason, Kotekawa Kami swallowed hard and whispered to Kurumi, who had been leaning on his shoulder for some time, "Does spiritual energy taste good?"

"How would I know? I've never eaten it!" Hu Tao rolled her eyes and retorted, "But that's ghost food. You can try eating a Yin Qi Pill next time."

"The Yin Qi Pill?" He seemed thoughtful.

He would never have dared to do that before, but he has a talent for gluttony. Could he also enhance himself by eating, like the giant monk?

Seeing that he seemed serious, Hu Tao was startled and said, "I was just joking! Don't take it seriously! If it weren't for the shikigami, humans probably couldn't come into contact with too much yin energy, otherwise they would get sick, and in serious cases, they could lose their lives! You should understand things like yin and yang!"

“I know, I was thinking about something else just now,” said Kotegawa Kami.

He is a disciple of the Taoist lineage, and he knows far more about this than any Yin-Yang Master.

Suddenly, Yu Zi burped, as if she had eaten her fill, returned the paper to the little priest, and turned into a stream of light to return to the box.

Shirakawa Nozomi stuffed the box back into his chest, turned his head and said, "Tamako is full and needs to sleep to digest."

Kami Kotekawa said, "Then you can keep this thing. When she wakes up, make her finish the leftovers."

The paper still retained traces of spiritual energy.

Shirakawa Nozomi shook his head, disagreeing, "Its spirit has almost completely dissipated, and the 'evil' smell is even stronger. Eating it would do more harm than good."

“That’s right, he didn’t lie,” Hu Tao explained.

"I didn't know there was such a thing."

The junior priest walked over and put the paper back on the table: "How about we seal it away? Or burn it?"

Kotegawa Kami tried to control it with [Nightmare], but failed; the spirit of the demon foot painting really did dissipate a lot.

"Let's test it to see if it's dangerous first?"

He handed the little priest a 0.5 mm mechanical pencil.

The latter was taken aback, then frowned and said, "What if there's still danger? Would I have to do a handstand? You're making someone with a broken arm do such a dangerous thing?"

Kotegawa Kami looked at Kurumi.

The latter scoffed, "What if I pee upside down? Would I even be able to live then?"

The young man scratched his head and said, "Alright, let him go then. If he doesn't go to hell, who will?"

He wrote his name on it.

The three of them instantly huddled together.

"I want to see Kotegawa dressed as a woman!" Kurumi exclaimed excitedly.

The junior priest disagreed: "What's so great about women's clothing? Singing upside down is much better! Let him make a complete fool of himself!"

Kotekawa's face darkened, and he glared back and forth at them.

At this moment, the red line below his name on the ghost foot drawing suddenly started moving on its own, accompanied by faint, eerie sounds of "drawing ghost feet, drawing ghost feet, drawing ghost feet".

The three of them instinctively held their breath. Kotekawa Kami quietly gripped his sword. If anything outrageous happened, he would definitely cut it into 1,800 pieces.

As the winding red line drew closer to the bottom, a line of words slowly appeared, and all three of them stared wide-eyed.

"Kissing the opposite sex next to me..."

Kotekawa Kami read it aloud, released the sword he was holding, and looked at the bewildered Shirakawa Kurumi.

The lines on the demon's foot diagram connected, and Kotekawa Kami instantly felt a weak but real force urging him to kiss Kurumi.

He...didn't resist much. He first reached out and turned the stunned Shirakawa Nozomi's face to the other side, then put his other arm around Kurumi and, while she was still in a daze, brought his mouth close to hers.

"Pfft..."

Hu Tao's two little feet tensed and straightened instantly, and she wrapped her arms around him.

Only Shirakawa Nozomi stared blankly at the wall.

This couple... doesn't seem to care at all about how others feel!

Inhuman! Inhuman!

Chapter Sixty-Three: Letting Out the Breeze

After school in the afternoon, the exorcism club was still bustling with drum practice.

In this hastily formed "exorcism club" band, only Kotegawa Kami had almost no prior experience with musical instruments. Even the trainee idol and opening act expert had studied piano as a child. Although he couldn't play as professionally as Takanashi, he was more than capable of fooling laymen.

Therefore, the largest space in the venue was given to Kotegawa Kami... because he was the noisiest.

Takanashi Hanamaru was in charge of correcting and guiding him. After finalizing the piece yesterday evening, she played it and showed everyone with her talent that she was already waiting at the finish line.

Glasses Guy was practicing his guitar in the bamboo forest. He had been dreaming about practicing his guitar these past two days. He was both excited and nervous about having so many friends willing to help him. He was afraid that he would mess up on stage, so he had been practicing extra hard lately.

The little priest hid deep in the bamboo forest, practicing his opening rap to the air.

Mr. Fujiwara also came to take a look, but when he found that Kotegawa was still practicing the warm-up piece, he went back and said that he would come over when it was time for the ensemble.

This confidence comes from our seniors.

The members of the exorcism club also unanimously felt that Fujiwara-sensei was not the kind of person who appeared indifferent on the surface but would secretly go home to practice.

Because of her bass performance yesterday, even Takanashi Hanamai was stunned.

The festivities at the exorcism society continued until sunset, when the evening glow turned purple before finally coming to an end.

The group packed their things and prepared to go back together.

Seeing that Kotegawa wasn't in a hurry to leave, he asked Kurumi, who was also there, to help take Takanashi home, and then he took his sword and went to the training ground at the back.

I've been so busy lately, especially today at noon when I wasted two hours cleaning up the mess at the Ghost Stories Club.

However, it wasn't all for naught. The ghost foot picture was quite interesting, but also a bit dangerous, so he temporarily confiscated it and planned to play the game with Mikazuki when no one was around.

Hu Tao glanced at her younger brother and sighed inwardly. If this kid were half as diligent as Kotekawa, she would probably be laughing in her sleep.

The campus was much quieter at night than usual. Kotekawa Kami practiced his skills until nine o'clock in the evening before putting away his sword, wiping away the sweat with a towel, packing his things, and walking towards the old school building on the other side.

When he reached the main entrance, groups of ghost students had already appeared in the corridor, peering down at him.

The ghostly songstress, Ms. Rin, was even more excited.

He was gone for several days, and she was locked up here for several days as well, but all she did was sleep or space out, and then she just slept and spaced out... It was driving her crazy!

Seeing that he didn't climb over the wall this time, Kotegawa Kami simply reached into his pocket, took out a key to a large iron gate, opened the gate, and moved a shrine that was directly opposite the gate to the side.

He looked up at the crowd of students filling the building, put on an armband, cleared his throat, and said, "From now on, I'm the gatekeeper of this old school building! You must obey my orders and follow my instructions! Otherwise, the consequences will be severe!"

After he finished speaking, the already quiet building became even quieter.

The ghosts all hid.

He continued, "Alright, I've said what's official, but you all need to remember this: you can come out for some fresh air now, but as long as there's nothing else, I'll probably come over every night and let you out for an hour. Remember the time, it's one hour! If even one of you isn't back after an hour, there won't be a next time! Of course, if it's a long holiday, that won't work, I'll have to go home too..."

Before he could finish speaking, countless little clouds poured out of the building, passed through the gate, flew into the sky above the playground, their eyes shining, and flew further away.

"You can't leave the school! And you can't bother the students who are staying at the school! If I find anyone disobeying, I'll really get angry."

The fastest figures rushing towards the teaching building suddenly came to a halt in mid-air, scattering in different directions.

For a moment, the entire back of the teaching building was filled with chaotic spirits dancing.

Miss Ling looked around excitedly, opened her arms, took a deep breath, and reveled in the starry sky.

Seeing her excited yet somewhat timid expression, Kotekawa thought for a moment and said, "Shall I show you around?"

"I want to sing! Take me to the self-media room!" Miss Ling, who had been holding back for many days, looked at him with bright eyes.

"A self-media room?" Kotekawa glanced towards the teaching building, thought for a moment, and then shook his head. Too much noise wouldn't do.

Miss Ling was very unwilling: "I'll just sing one song! Please, just sing one for me!"

"I didn't say you can't sing, but forget about the social media room. Come with me." He walked towards the exorcism club.

In preparation for rehearsals in a few days, a music studio has been set up in the exorcism society's activity room, complete with all kinds of musical instruments, microphones, and speakers.

"Wow!" Miss Ling was so excited that she danced around and followed him around happily.

On the way, he asked, "How have you been these past few days? Have you made any friends?"

Miss Ling, who was full of anticipation, couldn't help but look disappointed upon hearing this: "They are still not very good at speaking. They have existed for too long and their spiritual energy has been severely depleted. A senior told me that if you hadn't fed them, they wouldn't even be able to maintain their original appearance now."

Kotekawa Kami paused, suddenly recalling the night he first met the ghost inside... At the time, he thought it was deliberately trying to scare him, but it turned out that his own essence was already very weak.

He couldn't help but scratch his head, thankfully he had gone with Hu Tao that day.

“And they’ve long since gotten used to their normal lifestyle…” Miss Ling raised her hands, lifting them back and forth: “Sleeping, spacing out, spacing out, sleeping…” At this point, she sighed, somewhat dejected: “On the contrary, I’m a bit of an oddball with my loud and boisterous manner, so these past few days I’ve been sleeping, spacing out… and just waiting to die!”

"It's so hard for ghosts to live!" Miss Ling said with a sorrowful expression, as if she wanted to wipe away her tears.

Kotekawa Kami looked at her and thought for a moment: "Then, do you want to return to the mountains? It's free enough there, and you don't have to worry about anyone trying to capture you."

Miss Ling hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "I've thought about it too, but I still prefer living in the city to living in the mountains. It's more lively and convenient here, and there are people who like to listen to me sing... There's nothing in the mountains, it's so boring."

"But this country hasn't yet passed any laws that would allow ghosts to legally reside there."

"What about other countries? There are many countries on Earth, aren't there?"

"I suggest you ask Enma about this; he's a professional in this area."

Miss Ling's face immediately darkened, and she said angrily, "Don't say I don't know the way. Even if I did, if I really went there, would I be able to come back?"

"Who knows? Miss Ling, life may be tough, but it's better than leaving completely. Just bear with it for now. Maybe life won't be as bleak as you think."

Miss Ling looked at him and said earnestly, "Sir..."

"You can just call me Kotegawa."

"This is Lord Kotegawa."

"..."

"Are you a high school student, or a teacher here?"

“I’m a first-year high school student this year,” Kotekawa Kamimi said, pointing to his school uniform.

"Are you going to leave here in two years?"