In Zongman, the evil spirits are eliminated physically.

Qinzi was startled and almost fell off the chair. Fortunately, she quickly steady herself and avoided making a fool of herself in front of Ouyang Xuan.

"Hey, you can't scare your girlfriend like this. Although the chair is not high, it will still hurt if you fall down." The boss said with a smile, handing Qinzi a glass of ice water and a roll of hot towel.

"She's not my girlfriend."

"Oh oh oh, I understand, I understand." The boss looked as if he saw through something and gave the seat at the bar to Ouyang Jun and Qinzi.

"Why are you staring at me?" Ouyang Falcon asked, "My activities here shouldn't require any contact with the youkai leaders from your island nation."

"I just happened to run into you." Kotoko straightened her clothes. "Thank you for stopping your girlfriend at the hospital just now. If a fight really broke out, I might not be able to protect those monsters."

"Girlfriend?" Ouyang Xuan thought for a moment, "Are you talking about Lu Xiaoyu?"

"She was just my friend. She came to visit me on the island country and she accidentally fell into the sewer manhole."

"That sounds like a very... um... disgusting story."

Kotoko got goosebumps just by imagining herself falling into a sewer full of sewage and dirt, not to mention that such a cute girl actually fell into the sewer.

"Then let me introduce myself again." Kotoko extended her hand. "Iwanaga Kotoko, I am now the God of Wisdom for the island nation's monsters. I work hard to help monsters integrate into human society."

"Ouyang Falcon, a disciple of Mount Longhu, is looking for something."

After a simple handshake, Ouyang Jun let go of Qinzi's hand indifferently and turned his attention back to the menu.

"Although this restaurant serves Chinese cuisine, the dishes have undergone many localized improvements. If you don't know what to choose, I can recommend some to you."

"I've been to this restaurant several times, so I have some idea of which dishes are delicious."

Ouyang Xuan didn't say it directly, but put the menu in front of Qinzi, obviously asking Qinzi to recommend dishes to him.

"This restaurant has three signature dishes: Mapo Tofu, Dandan Noodles, and Mouth-Watering Chicken. As for the innovative menu of the owner's son, let's put it aside for now."

Even as an islander, Kotoko couldn't understand the dishes on this innovative menu. Were these things meant for humans to eat? Was the chef's last name Raiden or Kaslana?

"This Mapo Tofu is a little different from the ones you have in mainland China. The spiciness is reduced a lot, which highlights the umami flavor of the tofu and the sweetness of the sauce. It's a great choice whether you use it with noodles or rice."

Pointing at the pictures on the menu, Qinzi recommended to Ouyang Xuan based on her memory. Then when she looked up to see Ouyang Xuan's reaction, although it was very slight, Qinzi was sure that she was not mistaken. An expression of disgust appeared on Ouyang Xuan's face, which had always been expressionless.

Ouyang Sun is a southerner in the narrow sense of the word. He doesn't particularly like spicy food, nor can he handle it well. However, adhering to the belief that food should be authentic, when Ouyang Sun tries Hunan and Sichuan cuisine, he only asks for less chili, but he often completely eliminates the chili from dishes, turning spicy dishes into sweet ones...

Radicals believe that this behavior is undoubtedly a dung beetle passing by a public toilet and taking in the feces.

Conservatives think the radicals are too conservative.

"Next next."

Kotoko skipped the mapo tofu and slid her finger to the picture of the mouth-watering chicken.

"Compared to Mapo Tofu, which has undergone many refinements to make it less spicy, this mouth-watering chicken retains its original spicy flavor. The chicken is very tender and smooth, and when you take a bite, the sweet and spicy juices splash out from the chicken, filling your entire mouth. Chewing the juices with the chicken allows you to not only taste the chicken's fragrance, but also experience the pleasure of the juice, which is a bit sweet at first, quickly becoming spicy in your mouth."

Unlike his obvious dislike for Mapo Tofu, Ouyang Jun seemed to have no interest in the mouth-watering chicken that Qinzi described vividly, with no expression on his face. Qinzi could only move on to talk about the next dish, Dandan noodles.

After hearing Qinzi's acceptance, Ouyang Jun was too lazy to continue looking at the menu. He directly ordered a plate of mapo tofu and two bowls of dandan noodles to take away. While waiting for the boss to cook, Ouyang Jun saw a dish that looked quite traditional in the corner of the menu and ordered that as well.

Kotoko did not choose to take the food away, but to eat in the restaurant. Kotoko chose a combination of Tianjin rice and miso soup. Before Kotoko's meal was served, Ouyang Jun left with the takeaway. After ordering the dishes, the two had no common topics to talk about, so they just waited in silence for the dishes to be served. In the middle, Kotoko also found some topics to talk about. For example, after knowing that Ouyang Jun opened an exorcism agency in the island country, Kotoko asked herself if she could entrust Ouyang Jun with help if she encountered any trouble.

"Here, Miss, your cooking."

"Huh? Boss, what is this?" Qinzi pointed to a small bowl of broken meat.

"This is what the guy just ordered for you. It's a super popular dish from the Shu region of the mainland. You must try it."

"is it?"

Kotoko picked up a piece of meat and put it in her mouth. Her teeth gently ground the shredded meat, and a spicy taste immediately rushed out. Then came the aroma of a very fragrant meat that Kotoko had never eaten before. Kotoko, who couldn't eat spicy food very well, endured the spiciness of the chili pepper and swallowed the meat in her mouth.

"This is delicious, but a little too spicy." Qinzi took a sip of ice water to suppress the spiciness in her mouth.

"Haha, this is different from the other dishes in the store that have been modified in taste. This is exactly the same as the one sold in Shu on the mainland. Whether it's the rabbit head or the chili peppers, they are all air-shipped from there, just to give you the original taste."

"However, not many people eat this on this island. I buy it and cook it myself. I only put it on the menu to see if there are any mainland tourists who order it."

"Rabbit..head..." After taking another bite, Kotoko looked up at the boss before swallowing it.

"Yes, this is a famous dish from the Shu region of the mainland, spicy rabbit head."

Looking at the rabbit head taken out of the small bowl, Qinzi thought of many things, the lively rabbit, the rabbit demon who accompanied her to the hospital, but what appeared in the end was this bowl of delicious spicy rabbit head.

Sorry, Miss Bunny, your kind smells so good.

In the face of the delicious food, all Kotoko could do was apologize to the rabbit demon in her heart, and then eat it with relish. Afterwards, when she packed the lettuce and cabbage salad for her, she added a little more mayonnaise to it.

Chapter 8 Five Thunder Methods

In legends of every country, night is the time when monsters and the like appear. Exorcists or witches and wizards from the other world will also come out at this time to exorcise monsters or fight for territory.

Kotoko used to work mostly at this time, which made her develop a biological clock that requires her to go to bed late or just stay up all night. After tossing and turning all day, Rabbit Demon Rabbit has fallen asleep. Kotoko sits on a chair in the room, watching Rabbit Rabbit sleeping soundly.

When packing dinner for Rabbit, Kotoko felt an inexplicable depression, as if something was pressing on her heart. Although this feeling only lasted for a short second, it made Kotoko alert. As the god of wisdom among monsters, Kotoko knew very well that her flash of inspiration was not without warning.

Something might happen tonight.

Knowing this, Kotoko also made some advance preparations to ensure that she and Rabbit could escape unscathed from any incident that might occur tonight. Of course, it would be best if they could smash that thing here.

The single ward also needs to be checked. When Kotoko was awake and watching the clock hand turn towards three o'clock in the morning, the door of the ward was pushed open quietly. A nurse holding a notebook looked at Kotoko in surprise because she was not sleeping.

"Hello, miss. I'm here to check on the ward." The nurse said in a very soft voice as she walked to Kotoko's side.

"Thanks a lot."

After talking to Kotoko, the nurse tiptoed towards Rabbit on the bed. She walked on tiptoe without making any sound, but her steps were very fast. She soon reached Rabbit's bed. Just as she was about to bend down to check on Rabbit's condition, a cane hit her head.

"Don't sleep! Get up!"

Kotoko succeeded in her sneak attack and immediately pulled up the sleeping rabbit. The awakened rabbit's mind was not fully awake yet, but his body should have absolute trust in Kotoko and followed her.

The door of the ward was not closed after the nurse opened it, which saved Kotoko the time to open the door. She grabbed Rabbit's hand and ran out quickly.

As soon as the nurse came in, Kotoko became alert to her. Ward rounds were indeed a normal thing, and it was also normal to do rounds in the middle of the night. However, as this was the most upscale hospital in Tokyo, rounds were usually done in groups of three nurses, and at most they would just take a look outside the ward and would not enter the single room.

When the nurse approached her, Kotoko could not hear any footsteps at all, and there was not even any sound of the floor rubbing against the ground. The nurse walked so fast that it was very strange at first glance. When she looked down, she could even see that the nurse was walking on tiptoe.

When some monsters and ghosts possess humans, they do not enter the human body, but stay outside the human body, grab the human wrist and swing it to hold it, and walk with their feet under the human feet. This method of possession looks like a puppet. Although it is easy to be detected by humans, the threshold for entry is low and it is convenient, which is very suitable for monsters who do not have enough skills in this area.

"You can't run away."

The nurse who was hit by Kotoko's cane and had her forehead bleeding and was staggering against the wall stood up. She stood beside the bed, grinning and laughing unpleasantly. As she spoke, her head suddenly tilted 90 degrees to the left. This was an action that no human could do. Coupled with the unpleasant and ugly laughter and the blood flowing from her forehead to her face, it was extremely horrifying to look at.

"I'm feeling it now, Kale Kaleda."

"Little rabbit, don't run away, reunite with your husband in my belly!"

The nurse's limbs became twisted with a series of creaking sounds, and then they folded behind her back. She lay on the ground with her head facing the floor, crawling on the ground like a spider at an incredibly fast speed. Not only did she immediately catch up with Kotoko and Rabbit who were about to rush out the door, she also found the time to perform a bit of performance art. During the crawling process, she also formed a spiral shape, and as she crawled, she finally climbed to the ceiling.

When Kotoko walked out of the ward, the first thing she saw was not the familiar corridor, but a long corridor that seemed to have no end. Except for the door behind her, there was not even a door or window in this corridor. It was as depressing and closed as the corridors in the northern teaching buildings.

"Come on!"

After all, Kotoko had solved many incidents caused by monsters, so she was not surprised by this kind of behavior. She was not scared at all. She took Rabbit's hand, turned around and ran to the right. While running, she kept knocking on the wall with her cane, as if looking for a gap.

At this time, Rabbit, who had become sober, immediately understood her current situation. The monster who killed her first husband and chased her all the way to Tokyo has now found her here.

"Princess, let me hold you."

No matter how weak the rabbit monster's fighting ability is, it is still a monster, and its running speed is much faster than that of Kotoko, who is a human. The rabbit grabbed Kotoko's waist and carried her on his shoulders. He suddenly exerted force with his legs and ran in the corridor like a car.

"Hold on...I...will...help..."

"Princess, what are you talking about? The wind is so strong, I—"

Rabbit wanted to ask Kotoko what she said, but the next second, the wall beside her suddenly disappeared, and a tail made of red energy stretched out from it and hit Rabbit's body fiercely. The sprint speed was instantly interrupted, and Rabbit and Kotoko, who was carried on her shoulders, flew backwards.

Qinzi, who was not directly attacked, fell heavily to the ground and stopped after a few circles. Rabbit, who was directly attacked, fell to the ground with blood spitting out of his mouth, and more blood was spitting out of his mouth with every breath.

"Hold on, someone will come to rescue us soon."

Kotoko endured the severe pain in her body. The prosthesis of her left leg was damaged due to the great impact. Kotoko crawled to the side of Rabbit, bit her hand with her teeth, and placed her hand on Rabbit's head. The faint green light emitted was the spiritual power-rich blood of Kotoko after she became the God of Wisdom, which was used to heal Rabbit.

"I was just trying to catch some saury, but I ended up catching some tuna along the way," the nurse said, climbing out from the ceiling of the vanishing wall. "Compared to rabbit, the flesh of the God of Wisdom must taste even better."

"You know I'm the God of Wisdom, yet you still dare to attack me? Aren't you afraid of being strangled by other monsters?"

"Monsters? Are you talking about those beasts tamed by humans?" The nurse laughed eerily on the ceiling. "You really think you're some god of wisdom? You're just a lobbyist chosen by those beasts to mediate conflicts and deceive themselves. If you die, the worst that can happen is they'll just fool someone else. Human cubs are so stupid anyway. They'll give up their eyes and legs after a few words."

This was the first time. Kotoko had never encountered such a primitive monster before. It had no idea of integrating into human society and had no interest in living with humans. It just wanted to fight and kill. His ending would most likely be that he would be noticed by the Onmyoji of the island country in the midst of constant killing, and then strangled in some unknown corner. However, for Kotoko and him, this ending has not yet come.

Just as he said, although Kotoko was revered as the god of wisdom, her own fighting ability was not very strong. Those monsters were willing to listen to Kotoko's words and accept the explanations and mediation given by Kotoko. Not many of them would attack Kotoko. For the few that did, Kotoko could deal with and solve them with her own wisdom. But tonight this one was not so good. He just wanted to eat Kotoko and Rabbit.

You can't reason with a madman. The only thing he understands is his fists.

Those who are wise but lack strength must learn to use everything in the outside world to fight.

"You can still laugh at this time. Are you scared silly because of the fear of death?"

"I'm just thankful that I realized something was wrong that afternoon and made arrangements. They should have noticed something was wrong by now."

While talking to the nurse, Kotoko didn't even look up. She helped Rabbit up to stop her from coughing up blood and continued to use her own blood to treat Rabbit, as if she didn't take the nurse seriously, even though the nurse could kill her at any time.

Four tails composed of dark red energy appeared beside the nurse, and then these four tails changed direction, like four thick spears, pointing at Kotoko and Bunny on the ground with a terrifying bloody light, bending backwards to gather power, ready to pierce Kotoko's fragile human body with one blow.

"Arrange it. Then—I'll arrange a death for you, too!"

"Five thunders rectify the law!"

A bluish-white lightning bolt as big as a manhole cover suddenly appeared from a place in the corridor that was out of view of the camera, like a swimming dragon. Accompanied by a girl's cry, it not only illuminated the corridor, but also enveloped the ceiling and the nurse crawling on it in bluish-white lightning.

The nurse on the ceiling couldn't even scream. She turned into a piece of charcoal and fell from the ceiling, as if she had been killed by the Five Thunders Righteousness just now.

After the nurse was knocked down, this endlessly long corridor could no longer be maintained. Everything around it began to distort, and then disappeared with a pop sound, as if a bubble had been popped.

Kotoko's all-out run just now, coupled with the time when she was carried by Rabbit, made her feel like she had run a very long distance. However, when she looked back, she had only run from the ward to the end of the corridor. The doors of the other wards were still tightly closed. Only the door of the ward that Kotoko had just run out of and the door of the ward next to it where Lu Xiaoyu lived were open.

Lu Xiaoyu was sitting in a wheelchair, holding a piece of talisman paper in his hand. The Five Thunders Righteousness Method just now was performed by Lu Xiaoyu using the talisman paper in his hand.

"Hmph, playing dead is useless in front of me, the future Grand Heavenly Master of the Heavenly Master's Mansion in Shu." Lu Xiaoyu continued to cast spells at the black thing on the ground, "Exorcism Spell!"

The charred corpse lying on the ground suddenly started moving again, its limbs and body dancing strangely. The black charcoal outer layer on the nurse's body was peeled off from the nurse like a facial mask, and the nurse inside was still alive and well and spit out. Lu Xiaoyu's magic pulled the monster attached to the nurse off, but even after separating the two people, it was impossible to tell what kind of monster it was. He had been beaten into a charcoal-like state by the Five Thunders Method, and even his facial features were not clear.

"It's okay, it's okay." The monster that was driven out from the nurse's body shouted in a low and sharp voice that it was okay. The blood-red eyes, the only color in the charcoal-black body, formed a sharp contrast with what he said. He looked almost crazy.

"Just eat her! I'll be fine!"

After being hit directly by Lu Xiaoyu's Five Thunders Righteous Method, the monster's body was on the verge of collapse. Beneath the dark skin, bright red blood began to gradually overflow from the broken skin, which looked very terrifying.

His body was already in a state of bruises, and the monster could only get more fearful. Behind him was Lu Xiaoyu, who could use powerful spells. He might be able to hold off a few more attacks if he was in his prime, but now in this half-dead state, he would die if he faced Lu Xiaoyu. His eyes were cast on Qinzi, the weak body full of spiritual power.

"If I drink a mouthful of your blood, I'll be able to regain enough demonic strength to run away!"

"I caught you red-handed and you still want to harm others!"

The monster's body moved, and Lu Xiaoyu's magic also started to move immediately. The talisman paper in his hand turned into several chains shining with golden light and flew towards the monster. Unfortunately, due to the long distance and the fact that his speed was not as fast as the monster's, Lu Xiaoyu's magic had only gone halfway when the monster had already killed Qinzi behind him.

Although she felt the monster attacking from behind, Kotoko did not look up. It was something that came out of nowhere. Kotoko thought that Ouyang Falcon would come to protect her, and she only needed to take good care of Rabbit.

"Give me your blood!"

"Would you like me to shoot you?"

"Woo~~"

Ouyang Jun suddenly appeared in front of Qinzi, raised the AA-12 shotgun in his hand, blocked the monster's open mouth, and prepared to bite Qinzi. He raised the muzzle slightly and lifted the monster up by the upper jaw.

"Where are you from—"

Ouyang Xuan had no interest in answering the monster's words, and he pulled the trigger directly. Dozens or hundreds of steel bullets wrapped in Ouyang Xuan's magic power smashed the monster's head to pieces. The headless body fell to the ground. Ouyang Xuan lowered the muzzle of the gun and shot another shot at the body that was slowly dissipating.

"Are you okay?" After the monster's body completely disappeared, Ouyang Xuan turned around and asked Qinzi.

"Still alive." Qinzi finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Mr. Taoist from the mainland."

"You're welcome, Miss God from the island nation."

Chapter 9 I’ve Placed an Order for All the Underwear!!

High-end ingredients often only require simple cooking. The sliced matsutake mushrooms and wagyu beef slices placed on the electric oven emit a rich aroma, filling Ouyang Xuan's small apartment with smoke and a fragrant aroma.

"I am back."

Kotoko opened the door and walked in carrying a large bag of food.

"Are you guys grilling now? My chicken skewers are just finished."