There is nothing wrong with the training method of the Justice Messenger

In particular, Dalian Temple Suzuka was reminded that she had been identified as the resolver of the incident, and should be careful to behave appropriately in front of the media that would inevitably come later.

"Humph, as always, you use a solution full of cover-ups and deceptions to protect your reputation." Dalian Temple Suzuka waved her hand impatiently: "Okay, stop talking about these useless things. I'm not interested in dealing with those media either. Just pass it on."

"Please go ahead and push it yourself, Mr. Prodigy. I am just a small civil servant and I can't take care of this."

Li Nian still frowned in dissatisfaction: "That's it? That's all? What about the most important details about the Earth Spider?"

"Don't be impatient." Jianshan said seriously: "This is the point I'm going to talk about next. What I'm going to tell you next is the message that Lord Tian Ruo personally ordered me to convey to you after hearing about this matter."

The sudden appearance of the name made Li Nian and Dalian Temple Suzuka both stunned and looked at each other.

Involving Tian Ruo Qing Xian...

Well, as long as you have fought with the Tsuchigumo, you will know what a dangerous guy he is. As the director of the Curse Search Department, it would be strange for Amanaka Kiyotaka not to pay attention to such a big monster. It seems that he knows some information about the Tsuchigumo.

"What is it you want to say?"

"First, Lord Dalianji..."

"...What?" Dalianji Suzuka showed a puzzled expression.

After taking a look at Dalianji Suzuka, Isayama coughed, and imitated the tone that Lord Tenruo used when talking to him, making an expression of indifference with a hint of surprise, and then uttered a cold sigh with a hint of relief.

"[It's strange that this damn dwarf didn't die at the hands of Tsuchigumo. It seems that he has been practicing seriously recently and has made some progress?]"

"...That contemptuous tone! It was definitely him..."

Dalian Temple Suzuka was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but she couldn't say anything to refute, because if Li Nian hadn't come to her rescue, she might have really died at the hands of Tsuchigumo. She knew very well that this was the result of the big monster letting her go. If Tsuchigumo was serious about killing her, she would have died a thousand times before Li Nian came.

This sentence perfectly reflects how that bastard looks down on his own strength... But this is just a sarcastic trash talk, without any information contained. Is there any need to say it?

Ignoring the suspicious gaze of Dairenji Suzuka, Isayama continued to repeat his words in the tone of Amaruka Seigen.

"【I know you have fought against Tsuchigumo and have felt his strength. I wonder where such a powerful guy came from. If you ask me, I don't know either. I only know that Tsuchigumo is a monster that has existed for a long, long time. I don't know when and by whom it was sealed, and then it broke the seal and reappeared in the world recently... What is certain is that during the time when Yuyuko dominated Kyoto, it had contact with him and even knew where he was sealed, which is why it sent people there to help him remove the seal not long ago, and then brought him to its side - and then fought with him."

"After rescuing him from the seal, there was a fight?" Li Nian raised his eyebrows, thought about it, but couldn't help laughing: "It was that guy who took the initiative to provoke it..."

"[It was a big commotion at the time, and both sides were injured, but overall it seems that Yuyuko was the winner. I don't know the details, but it seems that Yuyuko made some demands on Tsuchigumo as a condition for victory, and sent him to the Nura Group headquarters to cause trouble. That's all I know.]"

Chapter 286: The Response of the Nura Group

Had a fight with Yuyuko and lost?

For Li Nian, she was quite curious about what the situation would be like at that time.

Judging from the fight between Tsuchigumo, Suzuka Dalianji, and Nura Rikuo, although Li Nian arrived at the scene last, just from the movement he felt before and the power that erupted when the giant man blocked the demon-subduing pestle when he arrived at the scene, he could clearly understand that this guy's standard as a monster was stronger than he had ever seen before.

Just this alone is not enough to witness the full strength of Tsuchigumo.

Although after Li Nian made another palm strike, the idiot who chose to take on the powerful technique that displayed the full strength of Dalian Temple Suzuka head-on seemed to be overwhelmed, it was obvious that Tsuchigumo was only caught off guard and suffered a loss, not to mention that the upper limit of his strength was only this level - the basis for making this judgment did not come only from the ambiguous "sense of danger", but from a very simple basis for judgment.

Tsuchigumo maintained its human form from beginning to end and did not reveal its true form as a monster.

After being stabbed, he stood up as if nothing had happened and still maintained his human form. From the posture he saw at that time, his aura became more and more powerful. It should be after that that he was planning to reveal his true form and start fighting with Li Nian with all his strength.

If we continue with the process at that time, perhaps we can see the true appearance of the great monster.

In short, the power of the Tsuchigumo was definitely not fully released at that time.

Moreover, according to Dalianji Suzuka's description, when fighting with her and Nura Rikuo, Tsuchigumo didn't seem to be fighting seriously. He was more confident of his strong strength and almost took all the attacks from the two head-on. That state was not at all an all-out effort.

Even so, he still managed to suppress the combined forces of Dairenji Suzuka and Nura Rikuo and defeated them easily.

Such a guy fights with Yuyuko.

Then lost.

I'm not too surprised at this result. Since it's a big monster that stood at the top of the demons and monsters hundreds of years ago and is now stirring up the situation with great fanfare, it would be strange if Yuyuko didn't have the strength to overwhelm the rest.

Li Nian was just very curious about what an exaggerated scene it would be. Even without much contact, he could clearly understand that Tsuchigumo was a typical battle maniac who would get excited when meeting a strong person. Since he was fighting against Yuyuko and was forced to the point of defeat, he should have fought with all his strength.

However, even if she asked Isayama here how he fought specifically, she would not know. She could only regretfully suppress her curiosity - she decided to ask the person involved in person when she had the chance.

"...Anyway, this is all that Lord Amanaka, the head of the Curse Search Department, knows about the Tsuchigumo?"

"……seems like it."

"Apart from reminding us once again that this is a very powerful monster, there is basically no useful information..."

There is no information about its origin, life story, specific appearance as a monster, abilities, etc.

But it is understandable. It seems that the Tsuchigumo is a monster that was sealed for hundreds of years and only recently broke the seal and saw the light of day. If no one knows about the seal, it means that the Tsuchigumo has disappeared from the world for so many years, that is, his existence is unknown. Perhaps there were records about this dangerous guy, but in such a long time, these records were probably lost or damaged. Even if the Curse Search Department wants to investigate, they cannot start from ancient books and can only re-investigate. It is already very good to be able to find these things from Yuyuko.

But Dalian Temple was very dissatisfied.

"The head of the Curse Search Department has only found this much? Tsk, has Tenruo Qingxian become so old and muddleheaded that he is useless." Finally finding a point that can be used to attack that person, Dalian Temple Suzuka immediately made a sarcastic complaint, complaining from the bottom of her heart: "And even if you know this little information, you should have told us earlier, right? Waiting until I ran into such a dangerous monster and was almost beaten to death before telling us? What a useless hindsight."

Indeed, if Dalian Temple had known in advance that such a dangerous creature was coming here, it would definitely not be unprepared for the earth spider. If there had been eyewitness intelligence of the earth spider, they would have known its appearance in human form earlier, and would not have seen it in the park and not known that the dangerous creature was right beside them.

Now that he thought about it, it was easy to understand that Fujiki deliberately chose the park to meet her. Yato and Fei were not around because they were not needed. The Tsuchigumo lying there was a better means of defense that was enough to block him and the others.

If he had known that the giant man lying on the bench was a dangerous monster, Dalianji would not have rashly launched an attack with Nura Rikuo, leading to this unexpected battle with a powerful enemy.

Isayama pretended not to hear the sarcasm, but he still had something to say about Dalianji's complaint about the delay in providing information by Tenruka Seigen, and he glanced at Li Nian at this time.

"If Tsuchigumo didn't make such a big fuss, the higher-ups really didn't know he was here. And after investigation, we found out that there was an incident involving Tsuchigumo before, and the exorcist who went to deal with it at that time was someone over there."

Now Dalian Temple also cast a critical look over.

"It's you? Did you know that such a guy would appear nearby?"

Li Nian, who was eating rice in big mouthfuls, was stunned for a moment. After thinking about it, he realized that he was talking about the first time the tavern and the Tsuchigumo met, and said helplessly.

"He was very quiet at the time. I thought he was related to the Nura group, and he didn't seem like someone who would cause trouble, so I didn't think much about it. Sorry."

"Really, if you had said so earlier..."

Dalian Temple muttered, with an expression of being unable to let go.

Indeed, thinking back on it, if Li Nian had reported it, the Onmyoji Bureau would have noticed the existence of the Tsuchigumo earlier, and perhaps Dalianji and Nura Rikuo would have been alerted first.

Dalian Temple finally sighed: "Forget it."

She didn't delve further into the blame because, in the final analysis, it was Suzuka Dairenji's own problem for rashly attending the meeting alone, and it was also Nura Rikuo's problem for launching the attack without authorization. They both brought it upon themselves.

"What else did you say?" Li Nian asked.

"Besides that, this is a warning to you, Li Nian."

"A warning to me?"

"They say the Earth Spider is probably coming for you."

"Haha..." Li Nian smiled indifferently: "I guess so."

When I was drinking before, I was asked a question like "Do you know any powerful exorcists around here?" Now that I think about it, that guy was referring to me. Maybe the reason why Tsuchigumo, who was seeking a strong man, was willing to listen to Yuyuko's words was because he was attracted by my deeds.

"Don't be indifferent. Lord Dalian Temple is right. We have already seen the strength of that guy. He has also seen his face and has been eyeing you. You should be more careful."

"well enough."

"Whatever you say..."

"It's really okay that this kind of thing is coming directly to me alone."

Isayama fell silent, recalling that when Li Nian was found by Ibaraki Douji and others, Li Nian was suddenly attacked and almost affected the people around him, which was why his identity was exposed in front of Kasumigaoka and others.

Then I understood why Li Nian said that.

For Li Nian, such an upright guy is easier to deal with. Neither of them intends to involve anyone irrelevant. The worst that can happen is a fight to decide life or death.

Li Nian continued, "Even if he doesn't come to see me, I will go to see him later. After all, I promised him."

"Are you really going to meet him as promised?!" Dalian Si looked at him with an expression as if he was a psychopath.

“That’s what I said at the time.”

"I thought you were just fooling him... Are you serious? Why are you going to look for him?"

"Ask something, and then there will definitely be a fight."

"Really fight him!? Are you looking for death?"

"I won't die so easily."

"You also understand, right? The guy who fought us didn't give his all. With that kind of strength, even you wouldn't dare to say that you can win, right?"

"I don't dare."

"Then you still..."

"We still have to fight. We have to fight." Li Nian said, "He doesn't seem like a patient person. Although he was willing to put the fight aside out of some friendship, it's only temporary. He will definitely not give up before fighting me. Rather than coming to me after he gets impatient and start a fight regardless of time, place or situation, it's better for me to take the initiative to choose a time, place and venue and fight him to the end."

Then he suddenly laughed.

"Besides, it's rare for me to meet such an opponent. It would be a shame if we don't fight him."

"…Are you both the same type of psychopaths?"

Dalianji remembered that this guy had the same expression when he was fighting with the god named Yato.

I really can't understand their stupid desire to fight.

Li Nian was too lazy to explain anything to her and asked Jianshan directly.

"Have you figured out his whereabouts?"

"…We sent people to follow him, but they were just ordinary police officers. Tsuchigumo must have known that he was being followed, but he didn't seem to care. He didn't hide himself after that and just swaggered around the streets… Fortunately, he didn't cause any other commotion. He really seems to be a very honest person at ordinary times."

"Well, when I need to find him, I'll ask you where he is."

Isayama did not agree directly, but looked into Li Nian's eyes and asked solemnly.

"Are you really sure you won't die?"

"...Yes, I won't joke about my life. You know how tough I am."

Isayama sighed, but still nodded: "I understand, I'll tell you when the time comes."

"Hey, hey, hey, are you going crazy with him too?" Dalianji Suzuka looked at Isayama in disbelief.

"What Li Nian said makes sense. We must deal with the Earth Spider before it causes any trouble."

"Even so..." Daliansi wanted to say something, but a glance at the calm Li Nian showed that he had made up his mind. Now that Isayama agreed, no one could stop him. Daliansi gritted his teeth, waved his hand impatiently, and turned his face away: "Forget it, it's up to you. If you die, I won't be the one to collect your body anyway."

Suddenly remembering something, she continued.

"It doesn't necessarily require you, Li Nian, to take action. We all heard the threat from the little monster next to Nura Rikuo. Nura Group will not let it go after Nura Rikuo was beaten like this. They should have gone to cause trouble for him before you did, right? Maybe they have already dealt with that guy by now..."

"Hmph." Li Nian chuckled. The Tsuchigumo spider was not someone that could be dealt with so easily. However, when it came to the situation at the Nura clan, it was indeed quite important. Li Nian asked Isayama who must have known all this.

"...Isayama, what's the situation with Nura Rikuo? What's the reaction of the Nura Clan?"

"While I was dealing with a lot of things, I didn't forget to pay attention to the reaction of the Nura Group. When Nura Rikuo was first sent back, there was a big commotion over there, but then it suddenly became quiet." Isayama had been worried that the Nura Group would not give up, and would gather together the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons to find the Tsuchigumo and start another huge battle, so he paid attention to the movements of the Nura Group, but fortunately it didn't turn out like that. However, this also made Isayama feel strange: "From the looks of it, the Nura Group should have wanted to retaliate at the first opportunity, but someone stopped them, and until now they haven't seen any movement... There are not many people who have the right to speak, and they can calm down the hundreds of demons when the young master was seriously injured and unconscious..."

"It must be Nurarihyon." Li Nian nodded thoughtfully: "Come to think of it, he is a great monster from the same era as Yuyuko. He may know Tsuchigumo's name and strength better than us."

Dalian Temple Suzuka still didn't quite believe it, and said in confusion: "Even so, can we just swallow this anger and pretend nothing happened? The current commander-in-chief of the Nura Clan was beaten."

——"So what if I was beaten to death? It's because I'm not as skilled as others. I can't blame anyone else."

Along with a calm voice that suddenly interrupted, a man sat down next to the three exorcists, attracting everyone's attention.

The one who could approach like this without being noticed and without any breath was naturally Nura Rikuo.

He was in human form, and it looked like there was nothing wrong with him.

Dalian Temple Suzuka showed a surprised look.

"Lord Rikuo..." Isayama didn't expect Nura Rikuo to appear here: "You have already..."

"...I thought you just needed to lie down for a few more days before your injury healed. It seems like the recovery ability of monsters is quite strong." Li Nianqi asked.

"Don't think that just because you're a monster you have the same horrible recovery ability as you, okay?" Nura Rikuo rolled his eyes: "My injuries haven't healed yet, and I still feel pain all over my body. I can only walk on the ground."

"Why don't you go back and lie down more?"

"I've already done what I should do. Lying down won't help me recover faster. Since I can move, I might as well come to school."

"Tsk tsk, this is what a good student is like. If I had an excuse to slack off, I would never come... So, what's going on? You really don't have any intention of getting back at me?"

"Not yet."