After hanging up the phone, Atobe turned around and saw Natori's complicated expression.

Keigo Atobe felt a little guilty for dragging Natori Monday into this mess. He coughed and explained to Natori Monday that he had just scolded the little girl who had overestimated herself and wanted to get involved.

"Indeed," Natori sighed after listening to Atobe's explanation. "It's better not to involve more people in this kind of thing."

"I've already contacted the Ise Shrine. The shrine will contact a powerful witch to come over."

Atobe comforted Natori and said lightly, "Except for the one in Suzuki's house, the rest of the VCDs that spread in the Ice Emperor should be with me. The curse shouldn't spread."

"Now the question is, where did this VCD come from?

How did Yui Hōjo provoke it? "

Before Atobe could finish his sentence, Kanna Hyuga called again.

Atobe frowned and picked up the phone. He ignored the noise from Kanai's phone and sternly warned Kanai, "Listen, little girl. I don't know where you learned about the Ice Emperor's curse, and I don't know where you got the courage to believe that you can solve it. The Ise Shrine has already intervened. I don't need a reckless girl like you to worry about the Ice Emperor. Do you understand?"

"… Atobe senpai."

On the other side of the phone, Kanna Hyuga said lightly, "The witch that the Ise Shrine contacted you with, is it Maid Prunus Hanayinensis?"

Atobe: "…"

Kanna Hyuga: "I just received a call from Ms. Hanayuan. She asked me to go to the Ice Emperor to help you break the curse."

Atobe: "…"

This was awkward.

Atobe's face turned red. He secretly complained about the Ise Shrine. After hanging up the phone, he gritted his teeth and asked Natori Monday, "The Ise Shrine actually asked a child to help?

Kanna Hyuga is only 14 years old, right?

Is there no one else in the Ise Shrine?! "

"Kanna Hyuga …" Natori Monday said with a smile, "That little girl from the Sunset Shrine is quite famous in Shinto. She was able to summon the legendary monster Gui Nu Red Leaf when she was only 14 years old. Since she was 11 years old, she has been killing monsters as both a Boundary Master and a Onmyoji. Even my Natori family can't compete with her. The fact that the Ise Shrine is willing to put down their pride and ask Kanna Hyuga for help shows that they really value the Atobe family."

Unlike the declining Natori family, the Sunset Shrine was already famous because Kagome Hyuga was the Guardian Witch of the Jade of the Four Souls. Their heir, Kanna Hyuga, was even more famous because she was the heir of both the Sunset Shrine and the Kumura family.

The Ise Shrine, which used to be noble and arrogant, had actually lowered itself to ask Kanna Hyuga to deal with such a curse. This in itself was a deliberate attempt to curry favor with her. Just as Atobe had complained casually, the Ise Shrine now … There weren't many Shinto who could deal with such a curse and were willing to remove it for the people, right?

The Ise Shrine had a great reputation and was the leader of Japan's Shinto. However, despite their reputation and followers, they were still declining. They could only watch helplessly as the Kumura family, the Yukimura family, the Sunset Shrine, the Toshiba Clan, and the Nura-gumi grew stronger day by day … The Ise Shrine must be panicking right now, right?

However, he couldn't tell Atobe about these things. Even the 14-year-old girl probably didn't know much about it, right?

Natori was all smiles on Monday, as if she didn't care that she was cursed to die in a few days.

"…" Atobe, who had been slapped in the face again, felt his stomach hurt.

Fortunately, Kanna Hyuga wasn't the type to hold grudges, and Tezuka Kunimitsu had already told Kanai about the unique style of this old rival of his, so she didn't particularly mind. She packed up the discs and Yin-Yang tools and prepared to go to Atobe's house. (Ibaraki & Red Leaf: Who says I don't mind?!

Just wait and see if I don't twist that kid's head off and kick it like a ball!)

Kanai originally planned to ask Red Leaf and Kendo to go with her, but Ibaraki, who usually didn't want to deal with such cases, insisted on going with Kanai. Kanai had no choice but to let Kendo stay at home and let Ibaraki and Red Leaf go with her.

"Let's make it clear first. You're not allowed to cause any trouble when you're there." Miko-sama glanced suspiciously at her natal Spirit-branded Retainer. No matter how she thought about it, she felt that something was wrong.

"I just want to visit the Modern World occasionally." Ibaraki didn't care and casually explained.

"… If you dare to hurt anyone, I'll ask my aunt to make you a prayer bead." Seeing Ibaraki's expression, Kanai immediately knew that he was going to cause trouble and immediately warned him.

— — The prayer bead was a prayer bead that Grandma Maple prepared for Inuyasha when he first met Kagome. It was said that after wearing it, there was no other way to remove it unless the shaman herself went through a complicated ritual to remove it.

After Kagome and Inuyasha got married, she also proposed to remove the prayer bead, but Inuyasha refused.

His reason was also very straightforward: "If I lose control for some reason in the future and hurt you, at least you can still control me."

Leaving aside the fact that the couple's public display of affection was too frightening, in the beginning, because Kanai's natal Spirit-branded Retainer was Ibaraki, Kagome also worriedly went to great lengths to prepare such a prayer bead for her niece. However, due to various reasons, Kanai refused.

And the prayer bead that Kagome specially made was still quietly lying in the Sunset Shrine.

"… I promise you, I, won't, hurt, anyone!" Thinking of that prayer bead, Ibaraki gritted his teeth and made a promise.

— — This brat actually dared to threaten me with the dog chain around the dog demon's neck!

Did she really think that I lived for hundreds of years for nothing?

After agreeing to Kanna Hyuga's request of 'not hurting anyone', Ibaraki revealed a sinister smile when he saw Keigo Atobe and began to release murderous intent towards him.

Kanna Hyuga: …

Where's the leash?

Give it to me!

He wanted to give Ibaraki ten of them!

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Compared to Huang Se, who knew nothing, Atobe, who had dealt with many Shinto practitioners, had seen many shikigami, such as Rain Girl, Sleeveless Hand, and Jiu Wu, who had special abilities. He had also seen how their demonic energy and spiritual energy clashed when they cast spells.

But there had never been a shikigami who could give him as much pressure as Ibaraki.

With just a glance, Atobe felt a sharp pain in his eyes. As the murderous aura of the Shikigami grew stronger, Keigo Atobe felt his entire body stiffen and couldn't help but tremble slightly.

He endured the intense fear rising from the bottom of his heart, clenched his teeth tightly, and supported his body so that he wouldn't show his fear in front of Kanna Hyuga.

In just half a minute, Kanai quickly stopped Ibaraki. Keigo Atobe's body went limp and he grabbed Natori Monday, who was also covered in cold sweat, to prevent himself from sitting on the ground.

"Ibaraki!" Kanai was furious and hurriedly apologized to Atobe and Ibaraki on behalf of her shikigami.

"… Ah," Atobe, who finally regained his composure, had a complicated expression on his face. His gaze wandered between Kanai and Ibaraki for a moment, "Kanna Hyuga, right?

I'm Keigo Atobe, just now … I underestimated you. "

Keigo Atobe frowned as if he wasn't used to apologizing like this, but he quickly returned to normal.

"Yes, I'm really sorry!"

Knowing that Keigo Atobe was doing this for her own good, Kanai, who was clumsy with her words, felt guilty and could only desperately apologize.

"Next to me are my shikigami Ibaraki Doji and Gui Nu Red Leaf. Ibaraki is used to being unruly, it's my fault for not disciplining her well —"

Ibaraki Doji?

Gui Nu Red Leaf?

Although Atobe's understanding of Shinto wasn't as good as Natori's, he was still familiar with the reputation of The Demon Of Rashomon. At this moment, he muttered to himself, 'Is it so easy to summon such a great demon now?

Why didn't Natori Monday summon one? '

Natori: "…"

Natori Monday, who was hit by these two heavy words, didn't want to speak anymore. Just how lucky was Kanna Hyuga?!

At this moment, he was practically possessed by countless unlucky people's resentment and tears. His entire body was emitting jealousy and disdain towards Kanai, a European. His face was so sad that he wanted to bend forward in frustration. He even wanted to call Shinji and ask him to hurry over to see God.

They were both Yin-Yang Masters, but she could casually summon a thousand-year-old demon from Pingan Jing, while he could only use a piece of paper to make a nameless shikigami. Wasn't he ashamed?

Kanai didn't notice the complicated expressions of the two in front of her. Ibaraki and Red Leaf didn't take it to heart even if they did. The little girl took out Hani Suzuki's disc from her small backpack and handed it to Atobe. "Atobe senpai, have you seen this type of disc before?"

“！”

Atobe's pupils shrank. He didn't have time to think about the two demon shikigami anymore. He pinched the disc between his fingers and asked, "Where did you find this disc?" How could there be a fish that slipped through the net?

.

"I found it in Hani Suzuki's bedroom," the little girl explained in a daze.

"There seemed to be traces of a curse on it, but when I looked at it, it didn't seem like anything —"

"What did you say!?" Atobe's expression changed drastically. "You saw the disc?!

When did you see it?

Did you receive any phone calls? "

This damned child was always so troublesome!

I should have told you not to get involved!

"I just saw it —" Kanai shrank back and said weakly, "I think there was a phone call, but I hung up."

Atobe and Natori: "…"

Atobe: "… Did anyone else see it besides you?"

The little girl shook her head. "Ibaraki, Red Leaf, and I looked at it, but there wasn't anything —"

"Give me the disc."

Atobe took the disc and was about to burn a copy when he helped Kanai take over the curse. He then explained to Kanna Hyuga what he had discovered so far.

The mysterious videotape that appeared from the dead Hōjō's body, the woman that came out of the well, the strange phone calls, the seven-day curse, and the vicious method to break the curse … As Atobe explained, even Kanai couldn't help but be shocked by how vicious the curse was.

Strictly speaking, burning the disc for others to see so that the victim would be safe wasn't breaking the curse, but rather a method to transfer the curse.

The vicious part of this method was that the victim would burn the disc in order to protect themselves. In order to ensure that others would watch the disc, the victim would deliberately choose a friend or someone close to the victim.

Long ago, Atobe had found out that Yui Hōjo and Hani Suzuki had secretly burned the disc. In other words, the two of them somehow knew how to break the curse and selfishly transferred the curse to others.

"… But Hōjō and Suzuki are still dead."

After listening to Atobe's explanation, Kanai felt that something was wrong. "It seems that the transfer method didn't work."

"What's the situation? Why don't we go to hell and ask?"

Ibaraki said casually, ignoring Natori's suddenly conflicted expression. He said to Kanai, "I'll go to hell and capture the souls of the two humans for you to interrogate."

Kanai: "…"

Please don't add to the mess, the hell now is different from the hell in Ping An capital!

Ghost Lantern -sama will smash your skull with his mace!

Kanai grabbed Ibaraki's hand and forced a smile to coax him. "Why don't you go somewhere else to play?

When I'm done, let's go back and eat red bean soup. "

Ibaraki: "…"

Eat, eat, eat, eat!

Who wants to eat red bean soup!

Ibaraki's anger continued to increase. His face was livid. He snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and jumped out of the window.

— — You don't want my kindness, I'm not going to serve you anymore!

Today, you can ignore me, but tomorrow, you won't be able to reach me!

(Don't believe me)

Natori Monday and Keigo Atobe, who had watched the whole process, were speechless. The Demon Of Rashomon, I've seen it for myself.

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Kanai calmly turned around and thanked Atobe as if nothing had happened. "Thank you, Senpai Atobe. I know you mean well, but you don't have to take the curse for me."

"I also want to know what that monster will do to me after seven days." The little Miko smiled resolutely, "I also want to know what that monster will do to me in seven days."

Seeing Kanai's smile, Natori Monday paused for a moment, and an inexplicable emotion overflowed in her heart.

Sunset Shrine …

When he saw Ibaraki Doji and Gui Nu Red Leaf, he no longer doubted the little witch's strength. At this moment, he just nodded gently and thanked Kanai with a smile.

Atobe, who didn't know the inside story of Shinto, was very anxious at this moment. He wanted to reject Kanai, but Natori beat him to it. He could only secretly swallow the mocking words he was about to say.

If something really happens to you, how am I going to explain it to Tezuka?!

Atobe's expression was ugly, but he said coldly, "Up to you."