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

Then Glasses Guy started talking about the history of the Eve Festival.

His eyes shone as he grinned, "Actually, everyone is really looking forward to the eve of the festival. It's one of the few opportunities we can have fun at night."

Kotegawa Kami listened silently, and for some reason, he suddenly thought of the young women in ancient times who were waiting to be married and could only go out for a stroll on the night of the Lantern Festival.

Of course, the two are not comparable... This is just a random thought.

"Kotegawa, are we going to rehearse on stage too?" Glasses asked, half expectant and half nervous.

He has now quit the light music club, so the only option for a training camp is to go to the exorcism club... but there's no one in the exorcism club at all. If he were left there alone, he would probably be scared half to death. So he can only stay in class and go to the training camp with other clubs or students who don't have a club activity room.

“No need. Our usual practice is perfect, and it’s not advisable to reveal it prematurely,” Kotekawa Kami replied.

"But the exorcism club should have a program tonight, right? Everyone's really looking forward to it."

"Well, the little priest will go up and do a few moves. He has stage experience, so he can do a good job." He said confidently, "Although his arm is broken, in terms of the elegance of his technique, even an apprentice Onmyoji can do a better job than me going up and doing a dry sword dance by just scattering some talismans and summoning a shikigami."

Although he was very skilled in swordsmanship, performing on stage would be like throwing a flirtatious glance at a blind person, and besides, he didn't really like doing it.

"Putting aside Shirakawa Nozomi, your boxing is still very good to watch! Even though I can't understand it!" Glasses-kun thought he had comforted him.

Kotekawa Kami said with a smile, "Forget it, I'm not really suited for this. The little priest doesn't have to participate in the patrol tonight, but he still has to put in the effort. He can't just sit and wait for his share of the money every time."

That's right, there's also a bonus for this event.

Hu Tao is currently struggling financially. Although she earned over three million yuan recently, her expenses have always been quite high. She needs to maintain her weapons and take medicinal baths; she has to spend money on everything.

So she's not giving up any opportunity to do money-making tasks... She also wants to buy a house, preferably with a decent-sized yard, and move out of the shrine. She's getting a little fed up with her annoying father.

The old man almost constantly nagged her about how much he disliked Kotegawa.

Kotegawa Kamimi and Glasses-kun parted ways at the entrance of the shopping street, and then he walked home.

He's going to stay at school tonight, so after he finishes dinner at home, he'll come here to meet up with Walnut and Glasses.

Back home, Yuka and Mikazuki were sitting at the dining table making dumplings.

Shrimp and sea cucumber, along with cabbage and tofu, are all his favorite dishes.

Kami Kotekawa put down his bag and went over. He craned his neck to look at the heptagonal dumpling wrappers that Yuka had rolled out, and was speechless. Then he quickly changed his clothes, washed up in the bathroom, took an apron, rolled up his sleeves, asked for a rolling pin, and started rolling out dumpling wrappers.

In this respect, he is much better than Youjia. The edges are thin and the center is slightly thicker. Each one is the same size and thickness, which is aesthetically pleasing.

Yujia looked on with great envy. It was really strange. Why was Kotegawa, a guy who lifted weights all the time, more skillful than her?

Kami Kotegawa casually asked, "It's the school's pre-festival tonight, wanna go out?"

"No way." Yuka shook her head: "I'd rather die than participate in the Ghost Stories Club's nighttime activities."

Mikazuki Seisakusaku quietly said, "There is absolutely no extra time to waste on this."

Neither of them wanted to join in the fun tonight.

Chapter Seventy-Seven: Walnut's Friend

At eight o'clock in the evening, the brightly lit Kano Academy was bustling with activity.

Kotekawa stretched slightly and stepped out the door.

He wasn't in the club. The club was too far from the teaching building, and Fujiwara-sensei also found it troublesome to travel back and forth repeatedly, so he temporarily cleared out a room in the teaching building for the exorcism club to use as a rest room.

Hu Tao was waiting for him outside. She yawned slightly and said, "Let's just lay out two sleeping bags in the duty room later. We were just doing this as a precaution anyway."

Kotegawa Kami nodded, indicating he had no objection.

They don't patrol all night like the special agents, just to prevent accidents from happening.

The probability of encountering such a thing is extremely low, and the people in the Special Department are not useless. The probability of needing the two of them to take action is almost non-existent. Moreover, apart from Fujiwara-sensei, not many students take the two of them seriously.

After all, no matter how good they are, they are still just students. How could they possibly be stronger than students in special subjects?

The teaching building was even more lively than during the day, and the noise was louder than usual. Spending the night away in a dormitory, especially as a group, was really exciting... Although each class had two teachers supervising them, and the boys and girls would eventually have to stay separately, the excitement was still hard to hide.

Inside the teaching building, in the outer corridors, in the atrium, and even further out on the playground, throughout the entire school, there were groups of students and Special Department staff members in their Special Department uniforms scattered throughout the area.

It is said that the school hired a total of twelve teams, with a total of thirty-six special agents, to be responsible for the safety of the eve of the festival.

Neither of them wore the exorcism society armbands, nor did they need to at the moment. They strolled out of the teaching building and headed towards the large gymnasium.

The main stadium is the venue for the school festival the day after tomorrow. The rehearsals and impromptu performances for the pre-festival program are also held there. The stadium and the bonfire party on the playground at 10 p.m. are the places with the most students.

"Aren't you going to the bonfire party at 10 pm tonight?" Hu Tao asked him curiously.

Kotekawa Kami looked around and said, "No, it's more important to meditate and conserve my energy."

"Oh? You seem a bit cautious tonight?"

"Well, have you seen the materials that Fujiwara-sensei sent?"

"Is that the probability statistics of incidents that have occurred during the eve festival held in Kano over the past thirty years?"

"Yes, that's it. Almost every year on the eve of the festival, there are minor or major incidents, so there's a very high probability, even a 100% chance, that something will happen tonight as well. Since we've taken on this job, we can't be too careless."

"Yes, but I also have a lot of faith in the Special Division's capabilities. With so many people here, we should be able to get a good night's sleep."

"...Doesn't that sound a bit like 'raising a flag'?"

"Who knows?" Hu Tao covered her mouth and smiled faintly, walking towards the gymnasium.

The huge stadium was bustling with activity. Some people were watching basketball games, some were watching street dance, and many more students were gathered around the stage to watch the various clubs rehearse.

The junior priest also stood below the stage, wearing the hunting robe unique to Onmyoji, with a tall eboshi hat, his face indifferent, surrounded by a group of people watching.

His outfit was so eye-catching that the two of them spotted him immediately.

Kamiko Kotekawa looked at the young priest's arm and exclaimed in surprise, "He took the cast off?"

"He must have hidden it in his sleeve, right? He shouldn't be that stupid," Shirakawa Kurumi said, sounding a little unsure.

Both of them fell silent.

Kotegawa asked, "When is our club's rehearsal?"

"It'll be soon, right? It's already this late..."

Kotekawa Kami nodded and walked towards the front of the stage.

But after walking only a few steps, a shout from afar reached his left ear, carrying obvious anger: "Hu Tao!"

He turned his head and saw a girl with a high ponytail, wearing a white martial arts uniform, walking quickly toward him. She was as tall as Hu Tao, with narrow and sharp eyes.

"Someone I know?"

Hu Tao looked at the person who came and immediately nodded: "It's a kind of karmic entanglement... I met him when I was a child, and he's also a child of a shrine family."

"Also from a shrine family?" Kotegawa Shinmi was slightly surprised. Wasn't it said that there weren't many students in this field in Kano?

"Well..."

A girl with a high ponytail strode over, her narrow eyes exuding a commanding presence. She stopped a meter away from Walnut: "How long are you going to keep avoiding me?"

Hu Tao rolled her eyes speechlessly: "Why would I avoid you? You were busy when we didn't see each other for a while, now it's my turn to be busy, is there a problem?"

"But I've called you at least seventy times and sent you over a thousand emails! And you've never replied to me even once!" The girl with the high ponytail raised her eyebrows, her eyes blazing with fire.

Kami Kotekawa, standing to the side, couldn't help but glance at her. Goodness, she sent so many messages and didn't reply to a single one.

Hu Tao snorted, "It's all about challenging people to fights. I have no interest in fighting you, so why should I reply? Besides, I'm very busy."

The girl with the high ponytail still had her eyebrows raised high: "Why don't you fight? I've been looking forward to fighting you since you came back from Heian-kyo!"

"Why fight? Is there any reason why we absolutely have to fight?" Hu Tao retorted.

The girl, Gao Mafei, remained silent for a few seconds, her brows furrowing deeply: "Answer me first! Why didn't you fight?"

"My mom won't let me fight with idiots... Is that reason enough?"

The girl with the high ponytail took a deep breath, glared at him, and said, "You just wait! Tomorrow I'll go to your house and let Aunt Zhuzhi tell you who the idiot is!"

"Hmph, she's my mother. Who do you think she'll call an idiot?"

"Even so!" the girl with the high ponytail said, word by word, "it doesn't change the fact that you're in the bottom three in Class 5, while I'm second in the top class!"

Kotekawa Kami, who was watching the drama unfold from the sidelines, couldn't help but glance at Kurumi again.

Wow, so you're in the bottom three of Class 5? You're not going to fail the exam, are you?

Hu Tao's expression stiffened slightly, but she then said nonchalantly, "You despicable person, if you're so capable, don't try to use your achievements as an excuse."

"My academic performance is something I achieved through hard work, and it's my source of confidence. Why can't I use that?" The girl with the high ponytail spoke sharply, leaving no room for argument.

Hu Tao was speechless for a moment, then turned her head and said, "Anyway, I just don't want to fight you! What are you going to do about it?"

The girl with the high ponytail glared, her chest heaving with anger. She took a deep breath, her gaze shifting to Kotegawa Kami, and roared, "Then I'll challenge the Exorcism Society! I'll beat this kid up first! Then I'll beat up your brother! And finally, I'll smash the Exorcism Society's signboard! Shirakawa Kurumi! Go ahead and hide if you dare!"

Hu Tao, who should have been angry, suddenly paused, and a strange smile curved her lips. She raised her hand, patted the girl with the high ponytail on the shoulder, and said meaningfully, "No, if you really intend to challenge the Exorcism Society, then I will definitely accept the challenge! But, like I just said, you have to beat him up first, then beat up my brother, and only after you've beaten them up can you challenge me!"

"Oh?" The girl with the high ponytail's eyes lit up immediately, and she exclaimed excitedly, "Great! You finally agreed!"

Hu Tao nodded, suppressing the urge to burst out laughing, and took a deep breath, saying, "Keep it up, Jing Mi."

The girl with the high ponytail clenched her fist and looked at Kami Kotegawa next to her.

Kotekawa Kami watched her silently. Although he was caught in the crossfire, this girl's mind did seem a little... not quite right...

"Go ahead and fight! Now even if you fight for a hundred years, you won't be able to bother me again." Hu Tao, standing to the side, had crescent-shaped eyes.

Chapter 78 Yachiyo’s family

The girl with the high ponytail left, heading towards the outside of the gymnasium, looking impatient.

Kamiko Kotekawa watched her retreating figure and asked in confusion, "Wasn't she going to challenge the Exorcism Society? Why did she leave without even saying goodbye?"

Although I just took the bullet for Hu Tao, I did it willingly.

Hu Tao sighed and said, "She's in a hurry to go back and write the challenge letter. After she finishes writing it, she'll hand it to Fujiwara-sensei. If all goes well, they can probably arrange a challenge time in a day or two. The challenge will be the last thing to happen."

"It's just a fight, nothing more, why all the formality?"

Hu Tao nodded in agreement: "I think so too, but she's had this problem since she was little. Every time before a fight, she has to go through a whole set of long and tedious formal procedures. When I was little, I was so annoyed by this, and I thought I would never fight with her again."