I promised to be an Onmyoji, but what kind of monsters are I collecting?

Chapter 21 Evil Spirits Appear

By the time the study session ended, it was already dark.

Having gained a wealth of knowledge, Izumi Takumi was very satisfied, and now he was confident that he would rank among the top in the exam.

Looking at Kazuma Kato sitting opposite him, Izumi Takumi couldn't help but tease, "Wow, you two have a really good relationship."

After the seating arrangement was changed, Kazuma Kato sat next to Kei Fujita until the end of the study session.

Faced with such blatant teasing, the thick-skinned Kazuma Kato simply grinned and replied, "What, are you jealous?"

Fujita Kei took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and then said, "Izumi-san, please don't joke like that. I'm not interested in Kato-san."

"Fujita, we've fought side by side for so long, how could you betray me so quickly!" Kato Kazuma clutched his chest, feigning heartbreak: "It hurts! It hurts so much!"

"How inexplicable." Although she cursed, Fujita Kei's upturned lips betrayed her true feelings.

Just as everyone was joking around, Yukimura Yuri's expression suddenly changed.

At the same time, Bruce's voice echoed in Izumi Takumi's mind.

"Master, I sense a powerful evil spirit lurking nearby. Please be careful, and if necessary, release me to protect you."

After signing a contract with a shikigami, the shikigami's existence time is directly proportional to the spiritual power within the Onmyoji's body.

With Izumi Takumi's current spiritual power, if he were to summon Bruce in his complete form, he would probably be drained of his energy in less than a second.

Bruce in his mongrel form can hold out for a minute or two.

"Mashiro, you should take your friend home first. Izumi and I still have some things to take care of."

"……I see."

Yukimura Mashiro was about to ask what had happened, but when she saw her older sister's serious look, she immediately understood what had occurred.

Kazuma Kato had intended to leave as well, but something in his arms suddenly began to vibrate.

When I took it out, I found it was a worn-out compass with a needle spinning rapidly, not pointing in any direction.

This means that a powerful ghost has appeared.

Kazuma Kato walked to Izumi Takumi's side, then looked at the composed Yukimura Yuri: "President Yukimura, are you planning to take Izumi Takumi to find that demon?"

"So what if it is?"

"Then can I come along? I won't hold you back, and you don't need to worry about my life or death."

Yukimura Yuri sneered: "Give me a reason to bring you along."

"I am an Onmyoji from the Onmyo Bureau. I cannot allow a powerful demon to roam the city." Kato Kazuma gritted his teeth and continued, enduring the intense pressure, "If you are here to deal with that demon, I can assist you."

"But if you're just looking around, I'll ask the Onmyoji Bureau for help and ask them to send someone to resolve this."

Yukimura Yuri didn't speak, but just pondered quietly.

Judging from the aura she sensed, the evil spirit's strength should be comparable to hers.

Especially that intense resentment, which could affect her even from such a distance.

This city was, after all, where she lived. Life had finally become peaceful, and she didn't want a ghost to ruin it.

The reason I brought Izumi Takumi along was simply because he is an Onmyoji (a type of Japanese sorcerer), and perhaps he could be useful in exorcising demons.

However, now that the Yin-Yang Bureau is getting involved, she naturally has no complaints and can even save herself some effort.

She looked at Kazuma Kato, whose eyes were filled with sincerity: "I can take you with me, but you must, as you said, take responsibility for your own life and death."

"no problem."

Kato Kazuma took out his phone to send a message to his master, but before he could put it back in his pocket, Yukimura Yuri grabbed him by the back of his collar and lifted him up.

The same applies to Izumi Takumi.

Yukimura Yuri used her spiritual power to support the two of them, and after making sure they wouldn't be strangled, she suddenly flew out of the window.

"Hey! Won't ordinary people see this?!"

"I've placed invisibility talismans on you, so ordinary people can't sense your presence."

This concealment talisman was originally taken from the Onmyoji Guild, and I never expected it would be used on a member of the Onmyoji Guild now.

"But……"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Kazuma Kato immediately became obedient after being glared at by Yukimura Yuri.

Izumi Takumi almost laughed, but he held back considering the current situation.

Yukimura Yuri used her spiritual power to protect the two of them, so the strong wind did not affect them at all.

But this must be the first time I've faced a malevolent ghost since becoming an Onmyoji.

Kotoko Morishita still retains humanity; she's one of us now.

Since I started practicing, it seems like I've only been playing as an Onmyoji...

……

Meanwhile, directly above Chie City.

A cloud of black mist was wandering aimlessly.

Looking inside, a thick black mist was swirling around a man with a festering face and hollow eye sockets.

With its chin still attached to rotten flesh, the demon's gaze shifted downwards, fixing on a certain building.

The building's sign reads "Chie City People's Hospital" in large characters.

He smelled it; he could smell the fresh scent of blood emanating from there.

Driven by instinct, he began to descend, flying towards the hospital.

But in the next second, the twilight in the sky vanished instantly, replaced by a pure deep blue.

The stars dotted the scene, bringing light to those below.

Suddenly, a bald old man in a bathrobe appeared behind the evil spirit.

Staring at the disgusting body, the old man clicked his tongue in amazement: "I didn't expect a high-level vengeful spirit to appear. This intense resentment must be close to reaching the intermediate level, right?"

"hatred……"

A glimmer of light suddenly appeared in the demon's empty eye sockets.

A tiny green flame grew larger and larger until it filled the entire eye socket.

"I hate it!!!"

The old man scoffed, "Hate is useless. Humans and ghosts are different. You should reincarnate."

In an instant, a talisman appeared in the old man's hand.

With the talisman between his two fingers, the old man casually flicked his wrist, and the talisman shot out, landing squarely on the evil spirit's forehead.

The flowing mist instantly stopped, and the demon's ferocious expression froze on its face.

The old man floated triumphantly to the evil spirit's side: "It seems this newly drawn talisman is quite effective. I'll have to ask my good disciple for more."

Just as the old man reached out to touch the evil spirit, the talisman between his eyebrows suddenly exploded.

The demon scratched the old man's body with its long, black, sharp fingernails.

However, no blood flowed from the open wound.

Upon closer inspection, it was found that there was not only no blood, but also no flesh or blood.

It turns out that the old man was actually a paper figure.

The old man glanced down at his body, which was torn in half, and clicked his tongue.

"I was careless; the decoy was actually broken."

Just as the old man was about to end his control over the paper figure, he saw several figures suddenly appear on the horizon.

"The girl from the Yukimura family, my dear disciple, and that person...?"

Yukimura Yuri also saw the old man and his tattered paper doll body.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed he didn't need to come in his true form.

He held up a finger to Yukimura Yuri: "To solve this, you'll need a thousand high-grade talismans, the type is your choice."

Yukimura Yuri raised an eyebrow: "Two thousand sheets."

"1,500 sheets."

"make a deal."

……