Chapter 312: True Sight Eye, Peering Into Everything! Corrupting The Terrifying Huo Jin Ri Shen With Happy Water And Games
Come to think of it, he really hadn’t gone to the Assembly to see Magatsu-kami in quite a while.
He had clearly told Her last time, “Please look forward to our next meeting.”
Accidentally leaving Magatsu-kami as the stay-at-home “child,” Shangshan Che felt a slight pang of guilt.
At this moment, Nanjo Emi’s warnings were still flooding the screen.
【Nanjo Emi: Don’t mess around. Touching anything related to Magatsu-kami’s sacrificial awareness or curse can really kill you, and if you’re not careful, it might even pollute the entire district.
Among the many verifiable existing deities, Her temper is among the worst!】
【Moon Sand Sauce: Got it, got it.】
Magatsu-kami’s temper is bad, which was evident from nearly being one-shot by Her at their first meeting… but that depends on who it is!
Shangshan Che chuckled silently in his heart.
—Bro, he’s the sole survivor of the Assembly now. How can he be treated the same as those random, unclean guys outside?
【Nanjo Emi: Don’t act like you get it. Do you know Tsuchimikado Ran? The last time he fought you, he tried to borrow that person’s power to curse you, but ended up backfiring so badly he had to be carried home.】
Seeing this message, Shangshan Che was stunned, thinking it was no wonder Tsuchimikado Ran made such a big fuss back then, looking like he had played his trump card, yet he himself ended up fine.
Look at that, begging Magatsu-kami to curse him… how could such a big flood wash out the Dragon King Temple!
In this line of work, it’s not just about having strength.
The most important thing is having connections.
【Moon Sand Sauce: By the way, Sister Nanjo, did you manage to get that historical book I mentioned earlier?】
【Nanjo Emi: Got it done ages ago, forgot to give it to you after the Seed Battle started. Should’ve said something sooner.】
Shangshan Che touched his chin, hesitated for a moment, then continued typing.
【Moon Sand Sauce: Oh, and a few cases of cola, Fanta, potato chips, and other soda snacks. Best if you can get a full set of solar-powered gaming and viewing equipment, projector screen, and such.】
【Nanjo Emi: ? Can’t you buy these things yourself… whatever, I’ll have Ran get them.】
Akatsuki Ran had undergone specialized ninja training for a while, so she was very fast.
This was right up her alley.
【Moon Sand Sauce: These things are pretty important.】
How could they not be important?
These were all good stuff to exchange for that… utterly ferocious disaster deity’s divine blood!
……
Earlier, not long after Tamamo led Chisa away from the aisle.
Tamamo planned to return to her seat and bid farewell to Hozoin Inrai next to her, with his god-given treasure.
Because she was too excited after Shangshan Che won the championship, she forgot to add the other party’s Line.
She couldn’t miss out on such an important connection.
Chisa walked forward while being led by her sister, examining the shiny silver pigeon egg in her hand,
“Let me try… the gift from Master.”
The girl murmured softly, her eyes curving into smiling slits when she said “Master,” a rare sight.
Chisa held the silver Hundred Eyes and pressed it to her forehead.
Soon, the Hundred Eyes melted into silver light that flowed from her brow into her body.
A few seconds later, Chisa opened her eyes again.
A faint, imperceptible silver gleam flashed in the girl’s eyes.
Having noticed her sister’s actions long ago, Tamamo stopped and was about to speak when Chisa’s little hand reached out,
“Sister, your hair fell down.”
Tamamo felt her hair being tucked back behind her ear, paused, then smiled and asked with concern, “How does it feel? Any changes? Anywhere uncomfortable?”
Chisa shook her head: “No discomfort, just seeing things more clearly, farther away.”
“Farther… how far?”
Chisa looked up and gestured toward the sky: “Probably clear enough to see over a thousand meters away.”
Tamamo was stunned, her expression changing slightly.
Deep respect.
She continued, “Then Chisa, can you take it out again?”
Chisa didn’t think much, willed it, and turned the Hundred Eyes back into physical form in her hand.
The disorienting drop from 4K world to 480p made the girl frown, then she waved the Hundred Eyes in front of Tamamo.
Tamamo breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.
No safety issues, as long as it can be taken out freely…
This was probably Elder Brother Uesugi’s way of enhancing Chisa’s vision with an amulet to help her learn sword technique better later.
Tamamo silently admired it twice, while Chisa pressed the Hundred Eyes to her forehead again.
Next, while walking, Chisa discovered a very magical phenomenon—
As long as she stared a bit longer, labels—or rather, their names—would pop up above people’s heads!
Chisa blinked, looking curiously at her own sister’s head.
Moments later, characters with faint silver light appeared above Tamamo’s head, swaying left and right with her steps.
【Tamamo】
【—An experienced, resolute Special Affairs Office intelligence agent, your great helper on missions! But the flaw is… she seems to have no fighting ability.
In short, dealing with her just takes one adult rooster.】
“Pfft~”
Seeing the end, Chisa couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.
“What’s wrong?”
Tamamo looked puzzled at her inexplicably laughing sister.
Before, Chisa rarely “laughed out loud” like this, especially in public.
“Nothing, nothing.” Chisa waved her hands quickly; she couldn’t tell her sister she only had the power of one rooster. “Just remembered something funny…”
Tamamo acknowledged it but glanced back with a strange feeling.
Something felt off.
Chisa didn’t look at Tamamo anymore but took out a small mirror from her pocket and stared at her own head in it.
Sure enough, characters popped up soon.
【Chisa】
【—Disciple of the powerful existence “Shangshan Che.” No practical experience or strength yet, but quick-thinking, calm in crises, with great future potential.】
Seeing the latter part, Chisa’s little face blushed.
Praising me like this… hehe, a bit embarrassing.
She looked at the passersby around, finding most had only a lone name tag above their heads.
Even if there was a second line, it was just a description of origin like “from xxx.”
Hmm…
Not long after climbing to the high audience seats, Chisa, looking around, spotted under the arena that formal-dressed uncle who had been floating in the sky earlier.
Or rather, Onmyo Assistant.
From several hundred meters away in the crowd, Chisa didn’t think much and cast her gaze directly over.
Moments later, characters popped up.
【???】
【—Hey! Little fellow, that’s not something you can peek at. Don’t look anymore!】
At the same time, the Onmyo Assistant, who had been talking to the Ghost God Judge, looked up with a warm smile toward Chisa.
!
Chisa was startled, lowering her head like a naughty child caught doing wrong, not daring to glance around anymore.
The referee looked in that direction puzzled but saw nothing,
“Your Excellency, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
The Onmyo Assistant shook his head and said mildly, “A pretty good girl.”
After the little incident, the head-lowered Chisa was obediently led back to her seat.
She listened to Tamamo chatting with the little monk who was about to leave, then raised her head and said goodbye to him.
But just after, familiar characters bounced above the little monk’s head.
【Hozoin Inrai】
【—Rare genius, god-given treasure of spear technique.】
That amazing?!
Rare genius… is that talent a hundred or thousand times better than mine?
Chisa’s little mouth formed a small O, noticed by Hozoin Inrai.
“Benefactor Chisa, did something good happen?”
Hozoin Inrai asked with a smile, sensing something.
Tamamo replied cheerfully, “We just took a group photo with Shangshan Jun, and had him do a signed pose. You can’t get that anywhere else!”
“That’s impressive.”
The little monk gave a token compliment, memorizing Chisa’s face and voice before turning to leave.
“Your Excellency Ogasawara, not coming with?”
“I won’t…”
【Okabe Motonobu】
【—Come…】
Okabe Motonobu’s words cut off midway as she abruptly turned back coldly, revealing the icy black pupils under her sunglasses toward Chisa.
Chisa hadn’t even seen the note under the name when the gaze pierced her eyes painfully.
“Ugh…”
The girl closed her eyes in pain, prompting the originally amicable Tamamo to step in front of her, staring coldly at the tall Okabe Motonobu.
“Keep your sister in check, don’t let her stare everywhere.”
Already in a foul mood, Okabe Motonobu glanced at Tamamo, readjusted her sunglasses, and warned coldly, “Others might not be as good-tempered as me and Inrai.”
“Sorry…”
A sincere apology came from behind Tamamo.
Okabe Motonobu said no more, leaving the audience seats alone and striding away.
“Huh? Ah?”
Tamamo watched the rapidly departing back, then her sister who looked all “I know I was wrong,” unsure whether to call her back.
In the end, she didn’t even know what happened.
She had thought it was that Ogasawara randomly attacking her sister.
But judging by Chisa’s reaction now, it wasn’t?
After a while, once the little monk and his senior brother Enshō had left, Tamamo patted her sister’s back and whispered, “What happened just now?”
“Sister… Chisa knows not to stare at others randomly anymore.”
Before this, the education Chisa received was only “don’t stare directly into others’ eyes when talking,” as it’s rude.
So she had just been staring at Okabe Motonobu’s back, thinking there was no issue.
But unexpectedly, Okabe Motonobu turned back suddenly, teaching her with action that this wasn’t allowed either.
Even if looking, she had to restrain her gaze… at least not let them notice.
Chisa’s mind turned quickly.
“Oh… yeah, that makes sense.” Tamamo thought, so that’s it. “In the future, when encountering strong or powerful people, don’t stare at them too long; it can cause trouble.”
“Mm-hmm.”
Chisa was about to look up when two lines of characters popped from the nearby seat back.
【Sky City Arena Seat】
【—High toughness, high twist resistance, high strength! The most reliable seats! Even an 8.0 earthquake can’t faze them!】
Huh?
Chisa’s big watery eyes widened instantly.
Items work too?
This shiny silver gem from Master is really magical.
After that, even after leaving Sky Castle, Tamamo noticed Chisa kept turning her head to look around, sometimes giggling foolishly.
Tamamo found it strange and asked her little sister what she was doing.
Chisa replied nothing, just seeing the world so clearly she wanted to look more.
The magical effect of this silver gem was her and Master’s little secret.
Mm, not telling anyone else.
Not even sister.
……
After exchanging and spending a few hours in the quiet room learning the Myriad Spirit Cauldron【Myriad Spirit Cauldron】, Shangshan Che found the cultivation logic of this onmyōdō really simple.
The more you spend, the stronger you get!
Of course, within the limits of body and willpower.
Otherwise, activating the Myriad Spirit Cauldron would blow you to bits everywhere… what a mess that would be.
In the Exchange Office, Lili Zi was still chattering with Kitamura Yūyū, Hayashi Jin’ya, and others about who knows what; it didn’t look like they’d finish anytime soon.
Perfectly, Two-Foot Adult also wanted to hang out more in Sky Castle, saying lots of people were still asking for photos and autographs.
She was so excited she could barely speak properly.
Shangshan Che, who refused all photos, told her to stay in touch with Lili Zi so she wouldn’t get lost, then took back the tired Little Jia.
Then, he found Nanjo Emi, who was still sending him location pins in Sky Castle.
In a brand-new secluded little warehouse, the historical scrolls, snacks, iced soda, and full set of solar gaming and viewing equipment Shangshan Che needed were all ready!
“Here, your little things.”
Shangshan Che didn’t stand on ceremony, waved to store everything in the storage bag, thanked her, then hurried to find a place to lie down and enter the Walking Assembly.
Suddenly, Nanjo Emi’s voice came from behind,
“Want to grab a drink tonight?”
Shangshan Che turned back to see Nanjo Emi loosening her tie and saying,
“Didn’t we talk about it before? To celebrate you becoming the Seed Battle Champion.”
“Oh, sure.” Shangshan Che nodded. “Then I’ll call Lili Zi and Tamamo later…”
Before he finished, Nanjo Emi interrupted.
She shook her head, pointing at Shangshan Che: “No, just you and me.”
Shangshan Che immediately got serious,
“Got some confidential work to discuss?”
Nanjo Emi paused, looking helpless: “No work talk, just the future.”
Under Shangshan Che’s puzzled gaze, Nanjo Emi spoke,
“Because I’m about to be transferred out of Tokyo.”
“Sister Nanjo, you can just refuse a transfer like that, right…”
“To be precise, a promotion.” Nanjo Emi said. “The new Five Person Council explicitly stated they can’t do without me there.”
“—They’re begging me to go.”
Shangshan Che fell silent.
“So…”
“From now on, the entire Hokkaido is mine.”
“What do you think, Shangshan Jun? Interested?”
……
Temporarily parting from Nanjo Emi, Shangshan Che borrowed the Exchange Office’s quiet room again.
He activated the Assembly Token inside, entering the Walking Assembly.
Opening his eyes again, Shangshan Che saw Magatsu-kami sitting nearby, propping her chin with her hand, staring at the shrine—as if She knew he’d appear right then.
And the cola bottle in her hand, still full and shaking.
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