I'm surrounded by devil sisters!

But the boy's calm voice behind him interrupted him: "It's not 'we', it's 'I'."

"What? Aren't you also from the Gremory family... No, you're not a demon?"

Donashik was surprised.

He originally thought that Hanakaiin Fukui was also a demon under the command of the Gremory family, but after careful perception, he found that this was not the case.

This is... a human?!

"The Hanakaiin family in Kyoto is acting on their behalf, and the Hanakaiin family is converting to Buddhism."

The young man turned slightly and glanced at him from the side, speaking word by word.

"I was the one who broke the barrier, and I was the one who called Rias and the others here, so if the cult dares to have any objections, they can tell me..."

"I will let them know that the most useless thing in the world is reason."

"you……!"

Donashik was stunned. He had never seen such an arrogant human being.

You have to know that this is Japan, which was once influenced by the Tang Dynasty in the East. Currently, Buddhism is the most widely spread religion in Japan. In addition, there are also eight million gods in Japan. Are there still Japanese who do not believe in the saying that "there are gods three feet above your head"?

"You, you destroyed the cult's holy light barrier. Aren't you afraid of God's punishment?!"

"Then He can give it a try."

Huakaiyuan Fogui put his elbows in, clenched his fingers and raised his fists. Although there was no dazzling spiritual power floating on the surface of his body, a golden light penetrated his body and gathered at the peak of his fists, as if it contained unparalleled power.

The boy said expressionlessly.

"Spreading faith and building churches, yet sheltering evil heretics, allowing those who abandon their faith to wantonly slaughter ordinary people—"

"If this can be called a god, then I will destroy this false god!"

"If God doesn't save us, then I will!"

There is no angry look of the Vajra, nor is there any lowered brow of the Bodhisattva.

The young man's voice was like a loud bell, shaking the entire church. The fallen angels who had been pretending to negotiate a second ago finally tore off their last disguise.

Since raising the banner doesn’t work, we can only start a war!

Donashik and Kalavana were the first to flap their wings and rise into the air, the magic power in their palms gathered and condensed into black light spears.

At the same time, Linali, holding Asia under her arm, rushed forward with all her strength. Mitto, who had been prepared for a long time, had already opened the passage to the underground secret room for her.

They had to follow the previously established plan, with the first two people holding back the enemy, while Linali would use this time to complete the ceremony, snatch Asia's healing ability, and then come out to help kill the enemy!

"Beware!"

"Be careful, Buddha!"

Seeing this, Rias and Himejima Akeno outside the door also attacked at the same time.

The red destructive magic and the pale lightning of the witch suddenly appeared and rose, intertwining.

But the one who moved faster than them was the kitten from Tacheng.

This seemingly petite white-haired girl was like an agile cat. The moment the fallen angels took action, she squatted down and exerted force with her legs. The moment she stepped on the ground with one foot, she stomped out a circular deep pit covered with spider-web-like cracks on the ground. Then she shot out like a cannonball and rushed into the battlefield in the blink of an eye.

And her target was one of the two fallen angels who were about to throw a light spear in the air... Huh?

As if she suddenly noticed something strange, the white-haired girl's beautiful golden eyes widened slightly for a moment.

The same reaction also came from Himejima Akeno, who was surrounded by lightning at the church door.

But compared to the kitten from Tacheng, there was a bit more nostalgia in her eyes.

It's like meeting an old friend after a long separation.

Hanakaiin Fugui, who was supposed to be in the center of the encirclement, actually came to the top of the two fallen angels at a faster speed than her. He clenched his fists and twisted his body. A red battle pattern in the shape of a dragon claw appeared on his forehead, and unparalleled fist power was condensed on the peak of his fist.

We warriors should have no one in front of us.

With one punch, he was at the peak of his career.

He wanted to make the heaven and earth change color and force the gods to kneel down and kowtow.

To make them feel that the person in front of them——

Invincible in the world!

【Buddha-killing Fist】!

Chapter 23 That Day, the Girl Met Her God

The moment the young man clenched his fist and struck down, Himejima Akeno's thoughts were brought back to the afternoon ten years ago that was the most unforgettable and the one she least wanted to recall in her life.

A raging fire engulfed the shrine, and the leaping bright red flames illuminated the mother's gradually cold body, staining the white shrine maiden's uniform with the blood of death. The usually peaceful woods were filled with the shouts and cries of the Himejima family's demon-exorcising troops.

"Catch her, don't let that little bastard get away!"

"It doesn't matter what happens to the other things, but that little bastard must be taken back! This is the order of the head of the family!"

"That's the bastard Zhu Li's betrayal of our Himejima family and the fallen angel. If this gets out and gets spread outside, our entire Himejima family's reputation will be ruined!"

"Kill her!"

"Kill her!"

"Kill her!"

Who can help me……

Help... Mom...

The screams of killing from behind resounded throughout the mountains and forests, and in the woods on the hillside to the west, a small girl was running desperately.

The girl's hair was disheveled, and the loose and comfortable shrine maiden costume she usually wore now became her biggest burden. She quickly shuttled through the woods, and was torn into tatters by the branches of the bushes. Red and white scraps of cloth were scattered along the way, like natural guiding signs.

But the girl didn't care about that at the moment. She only remembered the last words her mother said before she fell down to protect herself.

"Akeno, run away, go find... Daddy."

But the question is, where is Dad?

Dad is a fallen angel cadre, and he went to carry out the mission of the fallen angel governor.

So the Himejima family came, they killed my mother, and now she herself is about to be killed...

The sounds of killing behind her were gradually getting closer. This time, the troops sent by the Himejima family to hunt them down were all elite troops of the family. Even though it was only a few minutes, the clues she left along the way were eventually discovered.

"Here! She ran this way!"

"Follow the footprints and the rags, it's absolutely right!"

"She must be killed!"

Like a countdown to death, as the dense footsteps of the large army behind her became increasingly close, the girl, whose physical and mental strength were about to be exhausted, finally broke down emotionally.

"Dad, where are you... cough cough!!"

Her dry and bloody throat couldn't even support her shouting out the last complete sentence. She just started coughing uncontrollably and even stopped running. She could only squat on the spot, supporting her knees with her hands, gasping for breath, and her throat was full of the smell of rust.

About to be caught up...

I can't run away anymore...

Mommy…Daddy…

I feel like...I'm going to die too.

I don't know whether to say that she was completely numb or had given up resistance. The girl, no longer afraid of being pierced through the chest by the weapon, wiped the faint trace of blood from the corner of her mouth and stood up.

Just as she was about to look up through the dense woods above her head to take a last look at the afternoon sunlight filtering through the leaves, what came into her sight was not the ferocious and ecstatic faces of the exorcists of her family's elite exorcist unit.

Instead, it was a young man who looked like he was on a journey, with a bag on his shoulders, looking at him with curiosity.

"Wake up, I'm not your father. Are you really a man like this?"

Run away!

The girl opened her mouth with all her might, trying to tell the boy to escape from here as soon as possible.

She knew the cruelty of her family's elite demon-hunting troops. In order to conceal the fact that the Himejima family had a "bastard" like her from outsiders, those people were willing to massacre their own family members, let alone deal with outsiders.

If I really have to die today, then at least I have to let the unrelated people escape and survive!

However, no sound could come out of his parched throat.

At the same time, the sound of pursuit came from behind.

"Really? After all this effort, you can't escape anymore."

"But this is the right thing to do. After all, he's just a seven or eight-year-old kid. It's remarkable that he can run this far."

"What a shame! If you were a normal person with that kind of physical strength, it would be great. With proper training at the Himejima family, you might even be able to become an elite exorcist. But you ended up getting mixed up with the filthy blood of a fallen angel. You can only blame your indecent mother for running off to hang out with evil demons!"

As if speaking the final words of judgment before the execution of the criminals, the leader of the elite troops strode forward, brandishing a naginata.

The girl closed her eyes in fear.

However, the boy's calm voice rang out.

"Those clothes... So they belong to the Himejima family's demon-exorcist unit? Why are they running to a place like this to hunt down a child instead of helping those sorcerers exterminate the cursed spirits?"

"Um?!"

It was not until then that the team leader discovered that there was another small figure beside the girl.

"A little kid you don't know? There's nothing I can do. Although I'm sorry, since the secret of our Himejima family has been revealed, I can only ask you to die."

"what?"

The young man was obviously stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he couldn't help muttering to himself.

"Kill me? Then you're truly brave. If I give you this vote and you succeed, everyone in the Brave Village will be grateful to you..."

……

In just one-eighth of an incense stick's time, several huge gaps appeared on the top of the mountain, as if they were created by meteorites from outer space. The forest, which had been bustling for half the afternoon, finally returned to tranquility.

The leader of the demon-exorcising team was the last one to be carried away.

Before he died, the armor on his body shattered into pieces. It made a rattling sound when he touched it casually, and it peeled off like fish scales plowed by the back of a knife. The naginata, a spiritual weapon that had slain countless demons, was broken into three pieces.

But even so, he still cared about his powerful family power.

"You...you can't kill me, you can't kill me! If you kill me...the head of the Himejima family will never let you go!!"

"Oh? Are you really not going to let me go?"

The young man, still neatly dressed, looked down at his ears with his little finger and then blew a breath.

"Then there's nothing we can do..."

After saying that, he threw a punch, sending the man to his death.

"...Hey, are you okay? Do you want some water or something to eat?"

When he returned to the girl's side, the boy took out a fine water bottle with the word "flower" printed on it and a large bag of classic original potato chips from his bag and handed them to her.

"This and this are both for you. You can take this kettle and take the high-speed train to Kyoto. Then, find the fox sister with huge breasts at Yasaka Shrine. Show her this and she'll know. She'll take care of you. It's safe there... Oh, and I'll give you some money for the train too. I happen to have some change on me."

"Hmm? What do you think I should do? It doesn't matter. I don't really need this. It's just that my mom was worried and insisted I bring it with me before I left."

"Now, if you walk north from here for about twenty minutes, you'll reach the main road. Then, from the high-speed rail station, you can take a two-hour train to Kyoto. If all goes well, you'll reach Yasaka Shrine before sunset."

"Well, I have other things on hand, so let's say goodbye for now."

"My name is Hanakaiin Buddhagui. All the gods and Buddhas take refuge in me. I am the current representative of the Hanakaiin family in Kyoto. I am currently traveling alone."

The next day, the major news made headlines in newspapers.

The main shrine of Himejima Taisha was razed to the ground, and the head of the shrine, Himejima Suzuho, ​​was killed in the battle and his head was cut off and embedded in the torii gate.

Chapter 24: Sister's Favorability Maximized

Back to the present, the battle in the church has ended.

Black crow feathers fell like rain of flowers.

In the moonlight, Asia, who had taken off her nun's headscarf, lay blankly in the boy's arms. Her little head had not yet reacted to the series of events that had just happened.