Living with a magical girl, but a weirdo cadre

　"Chirp chirp, chirp chirp!"

　"Chirp chirp, chirp chirp."

　"..." For some reason, Cong Yu felt that this posture and aura, this self-righteous look, were very familiar, but she couldn't quite remember where she had seen it before.

　"Pfft-"

　Xiao Cui couldn't help but laugh out loud, and then, under everyone's curious gaze, she said, "【We're just little elves, you're asking me?】 That's what they said."

　Upon hearing this, Cong Yu couldn't help but burst into laughter.

　Hikaru Yokawa and Nagisa Aoi didn't understand what was so funny... because they had never seen Nozomi Nagashima say such things before, so they didn't get the joke.

　In fact, even if you explain the joke, it won't make the two of them laugh out loud.

　A joke that explains the punchline won't make anyone laugh out loud... regardless of whether the person originally understood it or not.

　Analysis of the humor: The little elves learned their moves from Nagashima Koki.

　"..." Then, Cong Yu, whose smile had faded, nodded seriously and analyzed the situation... In other words, Xiao Cui's journey to the Fairy Land was due to a stroke of luck.

　Or rather, it was Xiao Cui's own spell that caused some fluctuation, rather than the extinction spell gaining the ability to act on its own.

　The little elves are not the main body of the extermination spell.

　The main body is undoubtedly...

　It is the Fairy Village itself.

　……

　As Cong Yu made this speculation, his phone rang in his pocket. He casually picked it up and glanced at Linx's message...

　"what?"

　Cong Yu raised this question.

　-

　[Shuten: What's this random foreigner doing here, talking bad about Murasame?]

　[Cong Yu: Huh?]

　[Tamamo: Hey, what a coincidence! It seems a foreigner just came by and asked to see me.]

　[Snow Woman: ?]

　【Takemikazuchi: Mikami Mikami?】

　Chapter 536 The Sower

　Japan is truly a very special place.

　It's so special it's "over the top"...

　In each of the other kingdoms, there is a freak king who occupies a country, or even a region that was once "countless countries".

　Just like Odin, the god-king who encompasses the five Nordic countries and islands, and the saint king who controls the entire Britain.

　Neon lights, on the other hand, are exactly the opposite.

　In this small country, five strange kings are densely packed together... and they seem to be living in peace with each other.

　This is something everyone knows perfectly well.

　After Yuki-onna officially became queen and the King of Fuuto ruled as half-king, Takemikazuchi, who had previously been elusive, also became king of the Central Castle.

　Although neither Tamamo nor Shuten-dōji, the two King-level monsters from Kyoto, appear to be formally controlling the spiritual veins, this is not actually the case.

　The current state of Kyoto is a surprisingly harmonious one, even by global standards... Strange people and humans have learned to coexist normally.

　Although their relationship wasn't exactly pleasant due to the power imbalance between them, it was still harmonious nonetheless...

　Unpleasant coexistence is still coexistence.

　It's much better than a frenzied bloodbath.

　However, without a doubt...

　At least in the eyes of the vast majority of people who don't know much about the situation in Japan and don't quite understand what's going on between the Monster Kings.

　There's no doubt that the King of Wind City has been making quite a bit of a racket lately.

　It was his decision to consume nuclear wastewater, and he even brought in a foreign monster, King.

　The cabinet purge was his doing, plunging the situation in Japan into chaos.

　He was the one who first showed goodwill towards humans, and he is the only monster king in the world to publicly declare the so-called "Half-King Rule".

　Therefore, the other monster kings would obviously be dissatisfied with him.

　Such dissatisfaction can be exploited.

　Yes, it can be used...

　...

　Many people think so.

　"Hmm... I didn't understand. Could you be more specific?"

　Shuten gestured to the human woman opposite her, tapping on her phone while watching her, waiting for the woman to continue her provocations.

　"Yes, esteemed Lord Shuten-dōji."

　As she said this, the woman nodded respectfully and repeatedly listed the faults of the King of Fuuto: "Japan is clearly a country jointly ruled by you five monster kings, but the King of Fuuto has gone too far."

　Shuten nodded in response, listening to the woman who was now speaking more bluntly... even though her previous words had been more tactful.

　Perhaps considering that Shuten-dōji said, "I didn't understand," they felt that Shuten-dōji was someone whose personality couldn't be hinted at through subtle, manipulative methods.

　In reality, Shuten-dōji was Shuten-dōji, not Takemikazuchi. Therefore, she could understand that level of criticism.

　The reason for asking the other party to repeat themselves...

　It's because Shuten-dōji has turned on voice chat.

　At this very moment, what the other party was saying was being broadcast live in the small group chat of the Five Kings of Japan... Everyone could hear it.

　However, unaware of this, the woman continued, "These days, the Japanese cabinet has been massacred by the King of the Wind City."

　"The money has also been looted... Although we don't know if the King of Wind City has distributed the supplies to you, it probably wasn't a fair amount."

　"Furthermore, the King of Fuuto is also killing people at will in our country in the name of the King of Neon, this..."

　Before the woman could finish speaking, another woman's voice suddenly came from Shuten's phone: "Respected Lady Tamamo, I wonder if you have recently spoken with other kings of Japan, and if you know anything about..."

　"..." The woman sitting opposite Shuten-dōji paused for a moment, and stopped talking... Wasn't that the voice of her companion who had come together to sow discord?

　The Lord of Mount Ōe is speaking with the Lord of Tamamo-no-Miya.

　broken! ! !

　Shuten was speechless at this unexpected situation. She picked up her phone and complained, "Tamamo, what are you doing? The guy on my end heard everything!"

　Tamamo was also somewhat taken aback by this.

　"Huh? So we can still hear each other after all?"

　Tamamo's voice came from the other side... Well, she had obviously misunderstood something and thought the microphone on this communication interface was set up differently.

　They probably thought that "only five people could hear it," so they just turned it on... something like that.

　Shuten-dōji was in a rather awkward position...

　However, it wasn't because of embarrassment towards the strange woman in front of them... Everyone could guess what she was thinking.

　He simply disliked Cong Yu and wanted to use someone else to do his dirty work.

　Shuten-dōji didn't waste any words, simply saying to Tamamo, "Hehe, then you can just make your move. I'm going to make my move too."

　After saying this, before the woman in front of him could react...

　Shuten-dōji immediately threw a punch at him.

　"Gah-spray!!!"

　With just a light punch, Shuten-dōji blasted his opponent's jaw off... The jawbone and flesh instantly separated from the opponent's head.

　Most of the tongue had been torn off, hanging there bleeding profusely. Only a tiny bit remained, clinging to the base of the other person's tongue.

　"Waaaaah! Waaaaah! I..."

　The woman screamed in agony, and the ensuing excruciating pain caused her to collapse to the ground, unconscious... If left unattended, she would surely die.

　But Shuten-dōji only hoped that the other party wouldn't bite their tongue and commit suicide, not that he wanted to kill them, which just shows how weak he was.

　"Ordinary humans are far too fragile."

　As he pondered this, Shuten seemed to remember something and asked the person on the other end of the phone, "Tamamo, you held back, didn't you? You didn't kill him, did you?"

　If we kill him, our intelligence gathering will be ruined.

　Before Tamamo could respond, Murasame's voice came calmly: "Tamamo knows illusion magic, Shuten-dōji, you didn't kill her, did you?"

　Congyu suspected that Shuten-dōji had gone too far and killed the person, which is why he anxiously asked Tamamo about it.

　Tamamo: "I controlled it with illusion magic."

　Hearing this answer, Shuten breathed a sigh of relief, then retorted, "I didn't kill anyone... he's just about to die."

　"..."

　"..." There was a long silence in the voice call, followed by Cong Yu's sigh: "I understand, I'll be right there."

　While listening to Cong Yu's words, Takemikazuchi and Yuki-onna exchanged a glance while eating.

　Then, Takemikazuchi, who was freeloading at the Yuki-onna's place, immediately suggested, "I want to go too, come and pick us up..."

　As Takemikazuchi spoke, Yuki-onna glanced at the pile of paper documents on her desk: "You guys go ahead... I still have work to do."

　There's no rush to go out and have fun together.

　It's best not to disturb Cong Yu now, after all...

　Cong Yu also has her own life.

　Chapter 537 The Idiots of the Old Era

　To sow discord... or rather, to sow discord.

　This has always been a very effective tactic, although it is impossible for a divisive tactic to be completely flawless and watertight throughout history.

　But this is precisely what is meant by sowing discord.

　The reason for the "good plan".

　This is not a conspiracy that becomes useless once it's seen through, but a perfectly legitimate open strategy... Of course, modern people also misunderstand open strategies.

　In fact, overt strategies are not necessarily greater than covert ones.

　There's no clear distinction between the merits of killing someone in public and striking them unexpectedly.

　As for conspiracies... when you want to deal with someone, if they don't take the bait, then all your plans and arrangements will be in vain.

　However, if you take the bait, it will be a devastating blow that could lead to "all your efforts being in vain"... In other words, it's a gamble on the success rate.

　The better the conspiracy, the higher the success rate.

　An open conspiracy, on the other hand, can be effective regardless of whether it is discovered, but unfortunately, it is too blatant. Therefore, it is not such an unacceptable scheme to some extent... What you swallow is not poison, but a defense.

　The better the open strategy, the worse the defense will be.

　What? You mean a conspiracy as potent as poison?

　That wasn't a calculated scheme; it was the prevailing trend, or something that was no longer on the same level. To call it a "scheme" would be going too far.

　The strategy of sowing discord is precisely such an open and aboveboard scheme.

　If it's not so obvious, it takes more thought to realize it's a divisive tactic; but if it were more obvious...

　Or perhaps the Monster King is a bit more quick-witted, in which case it would be natural for him to know their thoughts and intentions...

　Such a strategy is revealed in the words he speaks.

　In any case, what they said was true; they genuinely laid bare what the King of Fengdu had done.

　Even if they were killed on the spot, it would still leave a thorn in the hearts of Tamamo and Shuten-dōji, the two monster kings.