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In the present world, at the Kamiya residence.

"...Teacher, that's about it."

In the living room, Tsurumi Aoi knelt on the tatami mat, her posture upright.

The young girl had a calm expression, but her eyes held a sharp, melancholic look that was beyond her years, like a blade half-drawn from its sheath.

She laid out several reports provided by the countermeasures office on the table and explained the recent situation in the world to Kamiyagawa in detail—

Frequent visits by demons and ghosts, rampant apocalyptic theories, and the recent surge in the worship of the Yomi (the underworld) deities such as "Izanami" and "Ashiya Dōman".

Such a chaotic situation has caused widespread anxiety among the people.

Fear itself is the food of demons and ghosts, which in turn nourishes even larger-scale demonic chaos.

As for the original source of these extremely aggressive and ferocious demons, they probably came from the "Abyss".

When the god of poverty escaped from the abyss, he mentioned that strange and grotesque monsters and ghosts could be found everywhere in the abyss.

However, when Kamiyagawa later went to explore the "Abyss," he only found the Hollow Boat and Takemikazuchi, who was possessed by the Ugly Woman of Izumi...

"Presumably, the demons that were originally hiding in the abyss had already escaped before the teacher entered it. Now that Ashiya Dōman is about to be resurrected, they have become the vanguard of the underworld's invasion of the present world."

Tsurumi Aoi raised her eyelids, her slightly narrowed pupils dark and deep. The famous sword hidden in her sleeve by her Sosso technique was not revealed, but her fighting spirit was surging.

"Master!"

Kanoya Yukino couldn't help but chime in. Compared to Tsurumi Aoi's gloom, she still exuded youthful vigor, but the playfulness of the past had faded somewhat, replaced by a calm and sharp air similar to her junior sister:

"These evil things keep popping up here and there like whack-a-mole. My junior sister, the people in the countermeasures office, and I have been working around the clock for two weeks. Every time we take one down, another one pops up from somewhere else. This can't go on. I think we have to organize a complete and massive crackdown on these evil spirits!"

As they spoke, the indignant little deer was surrounded by her shikigami—

The pure white wolf lay coiled behind the deer like a calf, the lantern hanging around its neck emitting a soft light that made its silvery-white fur shimmer with a hazy glow.

The ragged, thin, impoverished god sat upright, his withered hands folded on his knees; a family of three weasels squeaked and whispered to each other, their furry tails occasionally brushing against the tatami mat; a deer sat to its master's left with wide, "wise" eyes, its massive antlers shrouded in a cloud of ignorance.
As for the little kappa Mimiko, she probably couldn't understand the complex discussion, but she waved her fist and firmly agreed with the deer's words, though she only vaguely understood.

Before I knew it, all the shikigami under Xiao Lu's command were enough to take up most of the living room space.

"You mean the large-scale encirclement and suppression..." Kamiya gently put down the documents in his hand, his fingers rhythmically tapping on the table.

He sat quietly in the main seat, his gaze slowly sweeping over his two disciples. These two sisters from the same sect—

One is a naive island girl who is born as a spirit fetus and is destined to die young because she is always at risk of being corrupted by her own spiritual power; the other is a noble lady from a family of exorcists who is born "deaf to spiritual power" and feels sorry for herself because of it, becoming taciturn.

After meeting Kamiya, their original fates were completely rewritten.

Even now, whether it's the little deer or the little aoi, Kamiya can see a bit of his own past self in them.

They have both really grown a lot.

All I can say is that he is indeed a disciple trained by Kamiyagawa.

So... they are capable of becoming the next successors in New Takamagahara, right?

Of course, this is on the premise that they are willing.

“There will be opportunities to encircle and annihilate them.” Kamiyagawa turned his gaze away from his disciples and continued the current topic.

Upon hearing this, Aoi stared intently at her teacher, a sharp glint flashing in her calm eyes. Little Deer's eyes lit up, and she eagerly asked, "When!?"

"The Ghost Festival is approaching."

Yes, the annual Ullambana Festival, a time for sending off the dead and ghosts, is approaching again.

In Japan, this is a festival for the dead and their spirits.

Even when the present world is still considered "normal," the boundary between the present world and the ordinary world becomes slightly blurred during the Ghost Festival, not to mention the current situation where demons and ghosts are rampant.

When the Ghost Festival arrives, the activities of demons and ghosts in the mortal world will definitely intensify.

At the same time, this is also an opportunity for Kamiya to organize a large-scale targeted counterattack.

"Currently, there are reports of 'dark torii gates and visions of Yomi shrines' appearing throughout Japan, along with visits to Izanami and Ashiya Dōman, primarily concentrated in the Tokyo area. The demons causing this trouble mostly originate from the abyss and are closely related to Yomi. Adding to this the information gathered by the little old man's clones, and the report from the countermeasures office just now—"

"On the day of Obon, there is a high probability that a parade of a hundred demons, led by the spirits of the dead, will take place throughout Tokyo."

Kamiya added.

Although he has recently focused his main efforts on the study of the "new law," he remains well-informed about the current situation.

"Understood, Master!" Little Deer braced herself on the table and stood up abruptly, then patted her chest vigorously. "I will definitely beat those evil spirits of the underworld to a pulp!"

"You won't be the only one acting at that time."

"That Xiao Kui definitely... oh dear!"

"You have to follow orders." Kamiya raised his hand and pressed down on his eldest apprentice's restless head, urging her back to her seat. "The two of you will be in charge of coordinating and organizing the countermeasures office. In addition, I will arrange sufficient manpower to assist you."

The "manpower" he referred to, of course, came from Shin-Takamagahara.

Among them, the model worker Yatagarasu goes without saying. As one of the few gods who can move freely, she has long been stationed by her two disciples' side.

In addition—the Paradise Market led by Usamaru, the Ooeyama troops led by Hoshiguma and Kinkuma, the Sea Kingdom forces led by Isohime and Kani-hime, the Moon People commanded by Oboro, the 808 Tanuki and Iyo Fox Clan under the command of Gyobu Tanuki, the Seven Queens of the Live Fish Inn, Kaoru Kaori's subordinates from the Sanzu River, and the Demon Mother…

Given the current size of New Takamagahara, it can mobilize a considerable number of combat units to intervene in the real world.

At that time, it is not impossible to instigate a parade of a hundred ghosts on our own!

However, whether Kamiya himself and his divine spirits will participate in the counterattack against the demons of the mortal world depends on the circumstances.

The deadline given by Satoru for Ashiya Doman to awaken within a year is fast approaching, and the decisive battle with Doman is just around the corner.

If Takamagahara were to intervene in the human world on the day of the Obon festival, would... Doman appear?
If the demons and ghosts causing trouble in the mortal world are merely the "vanguard" of the underworld, then where will Doman, as the "general," appear?

Is it the decaying seal of "Ruins"—Yomihirasaka and the Dark Side of the Moon, or the Takamagahara Shrine itself?

In any case, the security of these three key locations must be guaranteed.

Kamiya had a feeling that the battlefield for his final battle with Doman would most likely not be in the mortal world. (End of Chapter)