I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

We arrived at the secluded little house.

Upon entering, the room was covered with all sorts of talismans, and on both sides of the walls were rows of stone-carved Ksitigarbha statues.

The air was thick with the scent of incense, accompanied by faint Buddhist chants.

Everything.

They were all enshrined on the altar, and the boxes were covered with layers upon layers of densely packed talismans.

Gao Chuanlong Shiran stepped forward.

It's easy.

Then they opened the box that sealed the terrifying creature.

Inside was a withered hand with five fingers, and as if sensing my arrival, a large mouth appeared in its palm.

"Hey, kid!"

The palm emitted an extremely arrogant sound.

"When are you going to eat my finger? I can't wait! You're in great shape!"

"I won't eat it."

"Is that so? Well then, when I get a new body, the first thing I'll do is kill you, brat! Be terrified, tremble, and then I'll tear you to pieces, hehe!"

Chapter Sixteen: The Deity Who Came Across the Sea

"So joyful, so joyful, so joyful, so joyful..."

Hard to imagine.

It's incredible that a single hand could produce such a bizarre sound.

[Ryomen Sukuna is a guy with something wrong with his head...]

Takakawa Ryu couldn't help but think this.

That's right.

Sealed inside the box are the five fingers of the terrifying "SS"-level demon, [Ryomen Sukuna], a being powerful enough to bring the entire city of Tokyo to a standstill.

Although he is still a force to be reckoned with, this guy's strength is now only about a quarter of what it used to be.

Therefore, it was once cut down by Takagawa Ryu and sealed here.

This is a long story.

In summary, within fourteen characters, it can be said that "someone tried to resurrect Sukuna but was killed by himself."

The five fingers it swallowed also became its spoils of war.

It's that simple.

Takagawa Ryu secretly kept this item, and of course, he had his own reasons for doing so.

That is……

……

He tossed over the piece of flesh from the other person's finger that he had just collected.

The hand inside the box immediately jumped up as if by reflex—though it was only a dozen centimeters long, so it looked a bit funny.

He swallowed it whole.

Chew, chew, chew...

"That's all? Kid! You were going to resurrect me, but you haven't even found a single finger after all this time. You're such a waste!!"

"What kind of guy loses to trash?"

"..."

The silence was deafening.

Gao Chuanlong's words seemed to make the five fingers of Su Nuo realize something.

and so……

He breathed out.

"Arrogant! Brat!! You only beat me when I had incomplete power, and that piece of trash's body was absolutely terrible, he couldn't even unleash that little bit of power..."

"Excuse?"

"Tearing you to pieces isn't enough, brat!! I'll kill everything you care about right in front of your head!!"

"To be honest, I was a little hesitant myself."

Completely ignoring the ferocity of the hand, Takagawa Takayuki continued speaking softly.

The first rule of arguing with someone is never to listen to what the other person is saying; just focus on giving your own feedback.

"Are you really that strong? You were called a god in the past, but that was only because the guys of that era were all trash. You're just an ordinary person born in an era without me."

"??!"

"I said so."

Gao Chuanlong lowered his eyes, his face remaining calm.

"Having eaten twenty fingers, can you really kill a god? I'm starting to have my doubts. What if I just waste my time?"

"Is this what you wanted, brat?"

"if not?"

Would you like to play if I resurrected you?

Of course, Takagawa Takayuki also had things he wanted to do.

"But it doesn't really matter. If you win, I'll kill you again; if you lose, I'll kill that god again. As for..."

"If the infamous [Ryomen Sukuna] is willing to join forces with other guys to kill me."

"I'll kill both of you."

!!!

With a snap, Gao Chuanlong closed the box before his hand went completely berserk.

The room fell completely silent.

I feel much more refreshed.

"Including the four fingers my family keeps in Kyoto, I'm still short eleven..."

Reviving Ryomen Sukuna to kill a certain god was a plan that Takagawa Takayuki had been considering for several years.

There was some uncertainty before.

But after activating the cheat code, I gained more confidence.

"Then, let's exercise for a while before bed."

With that thought in mind, Takakawa Ryu walked towards the courtyard.

As for the "god" he wanted to kill, at this very moment, He was still in Kyoto...

……

Kyoto.

Heian Shrine.

Beneath the vermilion beams, the cool moonlight falls amidst the dazzling modern neon lights.

The elderly woman, dressed in a red and white shrine maiden outfit, was about fifty years old. She had her long gray hair tied up, and even in her old age, one could still tell that she had been a beautiful woman like a Yamato Nadeshiko in her youth.

"Crack".

He lit a cigarette.

Having just finished work, Gao Chuanfugui picked up his phone and made a video call to Gao Chuanlong.

But when the call connected, a charming fox face appeared instead.

"Oh, it's Chizuru. Where's Taniguchi?"

"Practicing martial arts outside?"

"When did this child become so hardworking...?"

"Forget it, don't bother calling him. It's nothing important anyway."

"Really? Long went out to work with a pretty girl yesterday. Well, that's normal. There are only men and women in this world, so it's inevitable that female clients will come in. Long isn't that kind of fickle guy..."

"That's settled then. No need for him to call me. We'll be done here soon, and then we can take a break..."

There are indeed not many spirits in Kyoto.

Because its population is only one-tenth that of Tokyo.

In addition, being the birthplace of the spiritual medium profession, the number of spiritual mediums is scarce while there are many others in the profession, making it relatively difficult to find work.

of course.

The Takagawa family, renowned in the industry, has a fixed official cooperative project—responsible for suppressing nearly half of the [gods] in Kyoto.

Japanese Shintoism believes in "eight million gods".

This is the so-called animism.

This has spawned a whole bunch of weird and wonderful things since ancient times, but compared to the ghost stories, evil gods, and containment objects that modern young people believe in, it's all quite different.

The old ideas were actually quite simple.

The so-called "gods" are basically the same as "monsters" or "ghosts" in the traditional sense.

And most of them have been sealed away.

Some of them are placed at Heian Shrine, and the Takagawa family's recent work has been to strengthen the barrier here.

It seems to be a routine elevator maintenance and inspection.

"Wealth and honor, it's over, there's no problem."

Takagawa Shinobu bid farewell to the shrine staff member standing nearby and walked towards the old woman who was smoking.

As a gentleman also over fifty, he combed his short, gray hair into a slicked-back style, and wore a well-tailored black and white suit with impeccable precision. Despite his age, he still stood up straight.

Even while wearing black-rimmed glasses.

Those sharp eyes, as if they were about to unleash a killing spree at any moment, and that equally sharp and stern face, were still quite frightening.

It's very similar to the "great swordsman" of ancient times.

This is how many people describe Shinobu Takagawa, and indeed, he had three samurai swords strapped to his waist at that moment.

"Let's go."

"Ah... wait until I finish this one, then smoking is prohibited outside."

Smoking is prohibited here as well.

"Enough with the chit-chat. Anyway, nobody here dares to say anything, but there will be kids complaining outside."

"That's what you deserve."

"No, it's society's fault."

A significant portion of Heian Shrine has been opened to the public as a tourist attraction.

After going outside.

The colorful light strips and the gorgeous lanterns hanging among the trees almost completely dispelled the darkness of the night.

The long street in front of us looked just like a summer festival.

The outfits worn by Takagawa Fuki and Takagawa Shinobu attracted the attention of the young people around them, who took many photos.

Is it cosplay?

"What an elegant and refined elderly lady and gentleman."