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

After a long silence, Uncle Kenji gripped his knee with his left hand and said with deep repression, "Akiha, she's gone mad."

Chapter 110 Get Out Here!

Upon hearing this, Kotegawa's first thought was to strangle the guy who was talking nonsense, but that wasn't the point. He suppressed his thoughts and listened quietly.

Kenji's right elbow was pressed against his knee, his palm supporting his forehead, his face hidden in shadow. He seemed to have used all his strength to say those words, the exhaustion and torment he had endured for countless days finally bursting forth like a flood. He forced himself to speak slowly, "About half a month ago, on the day of the Gifu incident, Akiha suddenly developed a high fever and slept for two days and three nights. When the fever finally subsided and she regained consciousness, she suddenly said she saw Yosuke. I thought she was dreaming about that child again, but Akiha was incredibly persistent, repeating it over and over, as if she had really seen that child. Everyone who came to visit her almost believed her..."

His voice trembled slightly: "But how could that be? That child, that child I watched being pushed into the incinerator with my own eyes..."

For a father who lost his son at a young age to say this out loud is tantamount to tearing open the deepest wound in his heart.

Uncle Jian rubbed his face with both hands a few times, taking a deep breath: "After Qiuye was discharged from the hospital, she started acting a bit strangely. She said that Yangjie had been staying in the mountains, waiting for her to pick him up and take him home. She started running into the mountains, again and again, falling and injuring herself all over. The villagers said she was crazy, and the doctor said she was crazy too..."

Kotegawa listened intently, clenching his fists little by little, suppressing the emotions in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "So, you locked her up?"

Uncle Kenji shook his head bitterly: "The mental hospital wants to forcibly take Qiuye away; this is the only way to keep her by their side."

"A mental hospital?" Kotegawa muttered, leaning closer with a terrifying look in his eyes. "Which one?"

Uncle Jian was taken aback: "Little Jian, you..."

"I don't believe Aunt Akiba would suddenly go crazy!" Kotegawa said heavily. "Maybe Aunt Akiba really saw Yosuke? Maybe Yosuke became a ghost, a bound spirit... What do you think, Uncle Kenji!"

Uncle Kenji stared at him blankly, muttering, "A ghost? A bound spirit?"

"We cannot rule out this possibility!" Kotegawa said, emphasizing each word.

Uncle Jian suddenly shook his head, and just as he was about to speak, he swayed and almost fell to the ground.

Kotegawa supported him and covered him with the power of [Nightmare], putting him into a deep sleep.

Uncle Kenji probably hasn't had a full night's sleep in a long time, right?

He sat on the stool, watched quietly for a while, rolled up his sleeves, and silently cleaned up the trash in the living room. He then went into the kitchen and tidied up the place. After making the house much cleaner, he washed his hands, walked to the bedroom, opened the door, and stepped inside, quietly watching Aunt Qiuye.

Aunt Qiuye lay on her side, curled up in a ball, and even in her deep sleep, there were still tear stains on the corners of her eyes.

He let out a soft breath, glanced at the various medicine bottles filling the bedside table, and when he realized they were sedative-type psychotropic drugs, his gaze darkened again. He wrapped them in his inner energy and threw them all into the trash bag, finally giving a cold look at the hospital address on the receipt.

He turned and left the bedroom, then the living room, transforming into a beam of light in the courtyard as he rushed towards the back mountain.

At the bottom of the surging river, a large turtle was sleeping soundly, curled up in its shell.

A knocking sound suddenly came from the shell, entered its mind, and woke it from its dream.

The giant tortoise suddenly opened its eyes, filled with anger at being woken up, but the next second, that anger vanished completely, replaced by deep resentment.

"What are you doing? I've been guarding this place all along."

It looked at Furudeawa standing in front of it and spoke in human language.

Kotegawa pointed upwards, then turned and left Taiga ahead of everyone else.

The large turtle reluctantly stretched out its limbs, yet dared not refuse, and with each stroke, it rose to the surface.

Kotegawa, who was waiting for it, threw a bottle of demon energy pills at it. It instinctively opened its mouth and swallowed the bottle along with its contents. Its previous dissatisfaction and grievances vanished instantly, replaced by a fawning smile: "You're back!"

Kotegawa had no time for reminiscing and asked expressionlessly, "Have any monsters broken into the village in the past two months?"

Just as the giant tortoise was about to blurt out that there was no such thing, a chill suddenly ran through him, and he quickly swallowed back the words on his lips. He cautiously said, "You might not believe it, but a while ago, some creature of unknown origin broke into the village. It was incredibly fast and its strength was boundless... You probably chased after it too."

"Besides it?"

This time, the giant tortoise shook its head without hesitation: "Then there aren't any! Absolutely none!"

Kotegawa pondered for a moment, then reached into his pocket and took out a photograph with yellowed edges. Pointing to the little boy in the picture, he asked, "Have you seen him before?"

The giant tortoise moved closer, looking quite troubled: "Well, humans all seem to look pretty much the same..."

Kotegawa silently put the photo away and said to it, "Thank you for your hard work these past few days. Please continue in the future. Go back to sleep. I'm sorry for bothering you."

He transformed into clouds and mist, instantly rushing into the mountains.

The giant turtle watched in disbelief, its heart trembling. Without hesitation, it plunged into the riverbed and hid deep within its shell.

As Kotegawa gracefully entered the mountains and forests, he steadily rose higher, hovering high in the sky, looking down at the mountains and rivers below. The powerful true energy within his dantian, as vast as the ocean, instantly surged, and the pressure of a true king spread out with a roar, causing even the air to tremble. Countless demons and ghosts prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling and unable to even utter a mournful cry.

Kotegawa's perception began to rise along with the momentum, soaring straight into the sky.

A mysterious, profound will awakened in the distance, casting its gaze in their direction.

Even Kitamori Takezon, who was far away in the Daisetsuzan Mountains of Hokkaido, let out a soft exclamation and turned his gaze to a certain place.

His true king seems very angry...

Kotegawa, his eyes almost completely filled with golden light, roared like thunder: "Come out! Come out! Come out!"

The person he wanted to see never showed up, and Kotekawa became truly enraged for the first time. He glared, and streaks of patterns spread across his face. Golden flames suddenly erupted around him, and an even stronger pressure spread outwards, stirring up a gale on the ground, bending the trees deeply, and making them wail.

"I know you're hiding! You'd better keep hiding! I'll find you even if I have to turn the whole world upside down! You coward!"

He plunged downwards with a roar, like a golden comet streaking across the sky above the mountains, searching with even greater ferocity.

The giant turtle at the bottom of the river began to tremble. Just a glance through the water had filled it with boundless fear, and it howled in its mind, "Demon! He's actually become a demon!"

Chapter 111 Let's Turn the World Upside Down

"Beep beep, beep beep..."

The white cat-shaped digital clock on the bedside table emitted a crisp electronic sound, just like countless mornings before, strictly adhering to the time set by its owner.

Qiuye sat up, leaned against the headboard, covered her mouth and yawned, as if she had finally had a good night's sleep in a long time.

She turned off the slightly noisy alarm, threw back the covers, and was about to get out of bed to prepare breakfast when suddenly, a swollen and painful sensation came from her ankle. She hissed in pain and froze.

Countless memories surged into my mind.

Just then, the bedroom door was pushed open, and a gentle voice came from the doorway: "Good morning. There's just a little bruising on your leg, nothing serious, it'll go away in a few days."

Aunt Akiba subconsciously turned her head and saw Kotegawa, who was wearing an apron around his waist and carrying a washbasin and a towel.

"I'm just a humble person..."

Kotegawa walked over, pulled the cleaned bedside table aside, put down the steaming washbasin, and said gently, "Wash your face first, breakfast will be ready soon."

Aunt Qiuye silently took the towel, held it in her hand, lowered her head, and her shoulders trembled uncontrollably.

No one believed her; everyone thought she was crazy.

Kotegawa felt a pang in his heart. He leaned forward slightly and said more gently, "I know you are not sick or hallucinating. Yosuke may have really come. It's alright, I will definitely find him."

Aunt Qiuye was somewhat stunned: "You...you believe me?"

Kotegawa said firmly, "I will definitely bring Yosuke back, even if he has hidden in the underworld, I will bring him back!"

Last night he searched the entire mountain and asked every monster he could find, but he couldn't find any information related to Yosuke. But it doesn't matter. If he can't find it in Nagano, he can go to Yamanashi, Gifu, Nagoya, Kyoto... Even if he can't find it in the whole country, there are still overseas places, there are demon countries.

Aunt Qiuye covered her face tightly with a towel for a while before raising her head, her eyes filled with expectation: "Auntie really doesn't lie to you. Auntie knows where Yosuke is. Let's go find him together?"

Kotegawa paused for a moment, then subconsciously said, "Where is he? I'll go find him."

"No..." Aunt Qiuye looked troubled. "Auntie can't say exactly where it is, but Auntie knows he's there."

Uncle Jian, who was sitting in the living room, couldn't sit still any longer. He walked to the door, his face stern, and said, "Breakfast is ready. Let's eat breakfast first."

Aunt Qiuye's face immediately turned cold, and she didn't even glance at Uncle Jian: "Once we find Yangjie, we'll get a divorce!"

Kenji's face twitched.

Kotegawa quickly said, "Uncle Kenji can't do anything about it. It's not his fault, it's the guys who tried to take you away. Don't worry, I'll definitely teach them a lesson later!"

He had never heard of a mental hospital that would forcibly take people away without tying them up... He would never let that hospital and those guys get away with it.

Aunt Qiuye turned her head away, closed her eyes, and refused to speak to Uncle Jian.

In fact, she stopped talking to the man after she was tied up.

Uncle Jian silently turned around and left the bedroom door.

Aunt Qiuye washed her face, endured the pain in her legs, stood up, and walked outside: "Let's find a cane and go. We've already been delayed for too long. If we drag this out any longer, Yosuke will leave."

Uncle Kenji in the living room couldn't help but turn around, his face filled with sorrow: "Qiuye!"

"You're not allowed to talk to me!" Aunt Qiuye quickened her pace and rushed to the wardrobe.

Kotegawa carried the basin of water out of the bedroom, closed the door, and stood in the doorway, soothingly saying, "Don't be angry, and don't rush. Take your time... Give me a morning to prepare. Once I'm ready, we can go find Yosuke together, okay?"

"Xiao Jian, Auntie will listen to you... but don't lie to Auntie."

"No, I wouldn't lie to you."

Kotegawa turned around, looked at Kenji's ashen face, shook his head, and walked outside with him.

Standing in the courtyard, Uncle Kenji finally couldn't hold back any longer: "How could you agree to that? Even if Yosuke really became a ghost, how can you go find him? You know how dangerous it is in the wild!"

"Uncle Kenji, don't worry, I didn't agree impulsively." Kotegawa said honestly, raising his right hand with his palm facing upward.

Uncle Jian paused, then frowned slightly.

At that moment, the sky inexplicably darkened, and blazing golden flames ignited from Kotegawa's outstretched palm, then transformed into a towering inferno.

The scorching heatwave distorted the air itself.

Startled, Uncle Kenji couldn't help but stagger backward, but Kotegawa caught him in time. Protective energy enveloped the two of them, so they couldn't feel any heat at all.

A moment later, Kotegawa clenched his fist, the blazing flames silently dissipated, and the sky returned to clarity, revealing Kenji's shocked and bewildered eyes.

Kotegawa said in a low voice, "I'm sorry I didn't say that... but you don't need to worry about safety. If you really encounter a monster, it's them who will worry about their own safety. Just wait at home. I'll go with Aunt Akiba and bring Yosuke back no matter where he is."

He turned and left after saying that.

Uncle Jian watched his retreating figure, his lips moved slightly, but in the end he didn't call out to him.

Kotegawa, having set out, had no desire to travel slowly. Upon reaching a secluded spot, he transformed into a cloud of mist, found his car parked outside, and with a roll of the wheels, sped towards the city center. He found the largest shopping mall, and, despite the nightmare, began a shopping spree. After filling up the car with gas, he ate a meat pie and drove home.

In the living room, Aunt Qiuye had just finished breakfast, wearing her usual hiking clothes and boots, with her walking stick beside her. Uncle Jian was nowhere to be seen.

When she saw Kotegawa return, she immediately stood up, leaning on her cane, and walked towards the door.

Kotegawa looked at his cane and asked softly, "Which direction is Yosuke in? Maybe we can drive there, or find another faster way."