Why are there only loser heroines around me?

She was very grateful to the "boss" for lending her his wallet today, allowing her to experience the feeling of being a rich person. Although it was only a short few dozen minutes, Xiaoju felt that she had become more confident during the journey to buy fruit. But now it is no longer suitable for her to stay with the boss. The boss wants to be intimate with his woman, and she, the little brother, will seem redundant if she stays by his side.

How did Ukyo know that Xiaoju could come up with so many random things on her own?

She bowed to the two of them in panic, then picked up her schoolbag and ran away.

Ukyo frowned slightly. "What happened to her?"

Yanaijian put the lychee into his mouth and said with some confidence, "I almost know the reason~"

Yes, she has always been very good at controlling the "atmosphere". At that time, she even easily saw the "secret love affair" between Mitsuki and Chihaya. In this regard, even Ukyo felt that she was far behind. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, and Ukyo is a person who can't control the atmosphere.

Youjing originally wanted Xiaoju to take a box of fruit back so that she wouldn't have to run an errand in vain, but she walked too fast, or rather, she ran away too fast.

The next time they meet may have to wait until the second day back to school in more than ten days. If Xiaoju is interested in kendo, he might consider giving her another membership card worth 30 yen.

.......

Lemon Spirit brought back a group of fruit minions.

Most of them are of the same kind, and the others are mostly common summer fruits. They have all been wilted by the sun and look like they are about to die.

But they can be revived after receiving fresh fruit.

In the blink of an eye, Yanai suddenly realized that half of the fruits on the table were gone.

"Ukyo, you..." There were only the two of them in the room, so Yanami naturally thought that Ukyo had eaten the fruit. Her eyes had just awakened and were not as useful as Ukyo's, so she could not see these little things with humble demonic powers.

It was not until they lined up and put their hand seals on Ukyo's talisman paper, becoming an "APP symbol" in the mobile phone, that Yanami was able to see them.

Fruit spirits can't speak, but cats can, so their words are relayed by cats.

The little black cat on the screen stood with his hands on his hips, looking very reluctant.

"A mango told you that it saw a birdman holding a child in Oshino Hakkai."

"Huh?" The cat was suddenly startled again. "Isn't that my territory? As soon as I left, someone else took over my home?"

The cat on the screen was furious again. "That clown is such a bastard! I must kill him!"

The cat started to go crazy on the screen again.

Ukyo locked the screen and forced him to be quiet.

But Yanami's eyes began to light up, "We're going to the hot springs, right?"

"I'll go," Ukyo corrected... "You should prepare well for tomorrow's promotion exam."

"Eh?" Yanaijian suddenly realized something. "Why is it stuck at this time? Doesn't that mean you can't come to watch my promotion match?"

Ukyo said, "I'll go tonight and finish before sunrise tomorrow morning."

He remembered that he seemed to have promised Yanami. Ukyo hated people who said things but couldn't do them. Although he knew that there were reasons why his father always made up lies, Ukyo hoped that he could fulfill his promise.

Volume 69: Chapter : Another Death in Your Record (Main Story, Do Not Skip)

Ukyo had heard many stories about monsters that ate children.

Many Western evil spirits love babies. It is said that babies' flesh and blood are very sweet in the devil's diet.

At the same time, if some demons sealed in hell want to come to the world, a mindless baby is the best carrier.

But since he is interested in babies, has the image of a birdman, and is located in Japan, the most likely monster that Ukyo can think of is the Gyouko bird.

This image has been fabricated too many times by later generations, and there are countless secondary images created by Japanese authors.

If its ability was limited solely to the image of the Gyokujo in "A Hundred Demons Night Parade", then what Ukyo needed to do would be very simple. He would just have to find the opponent's position and send it off with the new sword he had just brought from Tokyo.

But it would be terrible if the Guhuo Bird also had many artificially fabricated abilities like the "Lanster People" and "Hanba".

What irritated Ukyo was that when he searched for "Kyuu-no-tori" on Google, he unexpectedly found a special effects entry for Ultraman... Rumor has it that these plasma creatures, living in the ionosphere, are capable of unleashing powerful plasma beams and lightning strikes. The terrifying thing is that this image is so well-known that it might actually become a "supplementary ability" for the Kyuu-no-tori.

On the Japanese internet, a re-creation of the character Gyouhuo from an anime is extremely popular, with the creator adding the ability to create illusions of various dimensions. A Chinese mobile game has been lukewarm in Japan, but its psychic resurgence has spread globally. Therefore, upon arriving at Oshino Hakkai, Ukyo is prepared to face the "Sky-High Crane Slash" and "Ink Shadow Sword Light."

......

"Boss, an hourly room, stay until six tomorrow morning."

Six o'clock is his ideal ending time. The Yanami promotion tournament starts at eight in the morning. The opponent in the promotion test is a swordsman who is also a "second dan" and is also participating in the test this year. The assessment criteria for the second dan is whether the candidate can seize the opponent's negligence and take the initiative to attack, and whether he can effectively use combo techniques. The purpose is to "score" rather than knock the opponent down.

He didn't know which number Yanami had drawn. If her number was the first one at 8 a.m., then 6 a.m. would be just enough time for him to ride his motorcycle back to the city.

The phone tapped the application box labeled "Fruit Brothers" and released all the fruit essences in an instant.

"Find the Guhuo Bird and take me there."

Ukyo gave the simplest instructions, and the cat kept tapping and jumping on the screen, trying to attract Ukyo's attention. It had already arrived home. Oshino Hakkai was its territory. It was familiar with this place and knew where people could hide. It ran much faster than those clumsy short-legged fruits. Once it found the Gyuto, it would immediately come back to report to the Onmyoji.

How could Ukyo not know what the cat was up to? It really wanted to fight the unknown monster that occupied its territory, but Qingming's "Platycodon Seal" had a range limit. If the shikigami and the Onmyoji were not on the same page, then once it exceeded the range of the Platycodon Seal, it could break free from the Onmyoji's control.

There has been the story of Liu Zhang letting the tiger go back to the mountains since ancient times. How could a cat be willing to be trapped in this palm-sized space?

"Please, Lord Ukyo~, I'm loyal to you, please let me out~" It begged Ukyo in a "Fukuoka Prefecture" accent. The Fukuoka Prefecture accent is gentle and steady with a lot of cute tones and final particles.

But who was Ukyo? He could ignore the coquettishness of a beautiful girl, let alone a demon? If a pet cat rubbed against his legs, he might lean over and stroke its fur. But a cat is a spirit that can fight tigers in the forest. When it wags its tail and begs for mercy, it's just waiting for you to show a flaw so it can kill you with one strike!

.......

22:00....

The fruit spirits didn't move.

Ukyo was not in a hurry. The monsters would only start to move after humans had generally rested. Ukyo estimated that the news would be transmitted back between 23:00 and 24:00.

In order to kill the boring time waiting for information, Ukyo began to summarize the possible singularities that might appear on the Kuhuo Bird.

1. Devour children/Protect children (Both legends are mentioned in the original game. Ukyo is still unclear about the true purpose of the Gyuto, so I wrote two options objectively.)

2. Discharge (Special effects can't just be for fun. All the abilities of the Lansters were fabricated by later creators. Fictional abilities can really be added to monsters.)

3. Swordsmanship (If this fictional swordsmanship were to be applied to reality, it would be enough to kill any eighth-level master in seconds. Ukyo thinks this can basically be ruled out because she is afraid of humans. If it can really use "Sky-Soaring Crane Slash" or "Ink Shadow Sword Light", then there is no reason for it to hide everywhere. If the next person she is facing is this kind of fictional master, then unless he can really use the "Secret Sword Xixue" and "Flying Swallow Six-Combination Slash" of the swordsman of the same name)

While waiting for the message, I took a look at the updates on LINE.

In the Night Watcher channel, Tamaki was discussing the channel's purpose with a few people. He'd heard Ukyo was investigating the "missing child case," so he sent him images of child-eating monsters that his author friends had used as references. These included Francisco's famous work "Saturn the Child-Eater," a cat-faced old woman, and even the carp in Guanyin's lotus pond that transformed into the King of Inspiration. And the eyeless monster from "Pan's Labyrinth."

Ukyo lamented Tamaki's "extensive" circle of friends on the Internet, saying that the images he mentioned were not so easy to find on Google.

Perhaps he should consider giving the Night Watch Channel some extra non-staff positions, mainly to recruit novelists from all over the world who are interested in it, and form a support team like Xiaoju who can provide him with "information support".

At 22:30, Youjing clicked on the status update.

Ma Titian Aixing from the Student Union was located only 15 meters away from him. The Student Union seemed to be doing a team-building activity. Zhi Xiwu and Fang Huyuan were also located near him. There were also some Student Union minions whose names he had forgotten after adding them as friends. Their locations were all gathered together.

Ukyo saw their updated status.

There was no need for him to get involved in other people's student union affairs; just let them have their own fun.

But Yunque seemed to have noticed his location and actually sent him a private message, "Boy next door, would you like to have a drink with us?"... The tone of her typing was different from her usual speaking tone, and she seemed more relaxed. I don't know which one is her true character.

"You guys go ahead and have fun." You Jing politely declined the invitation. "I have to ride my bike away at six tomorrow morning. I can't stay drunk until dawn."

"The party uses pineapple wine." Yunque only explained this and then fell silent.

Pineapple wine has basically no alcohol content and is classified as a beverage in Japan, so minors are allowed to drink it.

She seemed to be afraid that her image as a law-abiding student council president would collapse in front of Ukyo, so she explained it.

23:00.....

Lemon Essence brought back news about the Guhuo Bird—

The talking cat will translate for me.

"It said it saw a birdman fighting with an ugly-looking human in a nearby hot spring pool."

Ugly person?

The first thing Ukyo thought of was other Onmyojis hiding in the city. Appearance is a subjective thing, and there is no such thing as being unable to exorcise demons if you are ugly. Ukyo would never discriminate against someone just because he is ugly.

"Lemon, lead the way."

He had to move quickly, because the "Birdman" was good at escaping. If it was being attacked by other Onmyoji at this moment, it would probably slip away again.

When Youjing arrived at the scene, he saw that in the wet breeze of the hot spring pool, a corpse wrapped in bandages had crashed through the wooden partition between the pools and rushed around. Several beautiful girls immersed in the pool water looked terrified, not understanding why the wooden wall suddenly broke.

This bandaged corpse was chasing a graceful bird figure. She was tall and thin with a protruding chest, looking like a thin human woman, but the long and pointed bird beak on her head looked particularly incongruous. It was about as long as a palm, and her arms were bird wings, and she carried a thin sword on her body.

The headless corpse was almost completely stained with blood, its skin was a strange black copper color, its finger joints were wide, and it was running on all fours, as swift as a tiger or leopard.

While pursuing the Guhuo Bird, the corpse even managed to snap the neck of a frightened young girl and fling it towards the fleeing Guhuo Bird. The corpse somersaulted three or four times in mid-air, its flesh and blood swirling in a tangle! Upon seeing the dark copper-colored mummy, Ukyo was reminded of one of the many pieces of information sent by Tamaki... the Thai cannibal, the Thin Tail! From 1954 to 1958, six children were killed by it, all of whom had their organs removed. Its brutality was truly extraordinary. Due to its former influence and abhorrent aura, it has been repeatedly featured in novels by numerous secondary authors, often appearing as an early boss.

This can be easily seen from the various strangely shaped wounds on his body.

According to local news reports in Thailand, considering the public's desire to see what the cannibal demon looked like, he was mummified by the local government after his death and exhibited in a museum. The materials used to make mummies include tar, alcohol, resin and other flammable substances, so Ukyo speculated that these substances should be weak to fire.

He casually picked up a bottle of shochu next to the hot spring, said "borrow it" to a frightened half-naked lady next to him, then suddenly poured the shochu into his mouth and sprayed it on the knife. He then took out a lighter and lit the blade. The flame on the Muramasa danced in the drizzle!

"Nekomata, this is your home, take me to the path I must take to stop it!"

The cat did not hesitate. It had figured it out long ago. Even if it was used as a coolie, it was better than continuing to be imprisoned.

........

Guhuo Bird realized that continuing to run was not a solution, so she turned around and fought with the monster corpse with her sword. It was this sword that made her regret. She stabbed the monster in the forehead. However, the Ogre Textbook, which had been whipped countless times by the second creator in fictional works, was not afraid of this little pain. "Give me the child!" While running wildly in the hot spring, she was still shouting madly, her eyes fixed on the baby hanging in the bandage on Guhuo Bird's chest.

This is the newborn child of the Tangquan owner. The Guhuo Bird intercepted the man-eating monster corpse in the last few days because it noticed its movements.

Once the monster corpse locks onto its target, it will pursue it relentlessly, so she had no choice but to hide the two children who had been targeted before in the mountains, using her magic power to cover up her breath and feed them with her own milk. It was once fabricated that it had the characteristic of "breastfeeding humans", so her milk could also be used to feed human babies.

The strange corpse couldn't find its previous target, so it had to choose other targets to hunt, and the Guhuo Bird followed it all the way and snatched the child before it could attack him.

She suddenly appeared in the world about a month ago, with no memory of her own. She could only hear the distant cries of babies in her mind. At the same time, her eyes could distinguish those who were hostile to babies. She had no idea of ​​her spiritual resurrection, nor did she know which creator had created her. But she felt sadness for the crying babies. To stifle this "sorrow," she began quietly staying by their side at midnight. Strangely, the crying babies would stop crying at the sight of her.

And some "little demons" that lurk around babies and try to bring diseases to them will be scared away by her arrival.

Until that strange corpse appeared...

The clouds just dispersed, and the moonlight fell on its body. Its dark copper skin was covered with wounds from various ancient weapons. The black air kept eating away at these wounds, causing it to suffer terrible pain all the time. This drove it crazy, and the gasps from its mouth sounded like the wind from hell.

"Bang!" The corpse grabbed the frail Guhuo bird by the neck and slammed her back against a viewing tree. The devil extended his iron-thick right fist and smashed her head into a bloody mess. Guhuo bird wrapped its wings around the child in its arms, concentrating all its demonic power to create a barrier within the small space. This action further infuriated the corpse, but its second punch abruptly stopped in mid-air.

The flames severed its arm. As it tilted its head to look, the young man's cat-like green eyes met a pair of pale, lifeless eyes that had long since lost all life. "Your death record has been added to yours. Return to hell and be punished." Flames suddenly pierced his throat. Ukyo flattened the blade and slashed to the right. The flames swirled, and the corpse's head tumbled to the ground.

He slowly sheathed his knife in the humid air, and the flames on the blade dissipated as the air blocked it.

Ukyo squatted down and checked the condition of the Gyoutiao.

A Guhuo bird that was just born under the influence of spiritual revival does not have so many abilities, and even its demonic power is very weak. It looks like it is dying.

At least she was a "good demon" who saved three children. Ukyo didn't want to see her die like this. She couldn't speak at all in this state. Ukyo also had to know where she hid the other two babies, so she had to live.

"Nekomata, are there any medical experts among you monsters?"

Nekomata, the shikigami, released her possession and floated on Ukyo's left shoulder, invisible to ordinary people. Seeing the strange curse appearing behind him, she helplessly spread her hands and said, "There's no such thing. We rely entirely on demonic power to heal our wounds. Sign a shikigami contract with her. As long as she shares your demonic power, even the most serious injuries can be healed."

You Jing was startled and asked, "Do I also have demonic powers?"

"Of course I have. The talisman you used to kill me the first time wasn't something an ordinary Onmyoji could use. If your demonic power wasn't strong enough, it would have been drained out long ago. But now you're jumping around like nothing happened, which is enough to prove that your demonic power reserves are quite terrifying."

Volume 70: Chapter Your daughter is talented and the world needs her

Ukyo thought the cat might be looking for another cellmate, but the bird was in such a dying state that it probably wouldn't last more than a few minutes. He had no choice but to take out the Platycodon seal and press it on the bird's forehead...

What followed was a square APP in the phone, with a close-up photo of the Gūhōu bird printed on the top. However, the color of the APP was very dark, and there was a circular "download icon" on it that was slowly reading a bar.

Ukyo narrowed his eyes and involuntarily held the phone away.

He still hasn't figured out the principle behind this, and wonders whether other modern Onmyojis have also broken free from the limitations of talismans and started using mobile phones to "control" Shikigami.

All in all, tonight went pretty well.

The only bad thing is that all the hot springs around Oshino Hakkai have been destroyed. I wonder if the owners here have insured their hot springs.

The Guhuo Bird responded quickly, but its current demonic power was not enough to support its transformation, so it could only verbally tell Youjing where she had hidden the child.

There was still some time before dawn, enough time for Youjing to send the two children home.

Youjing originally wanted to send the children back secretly without disturbing them, but the two mothers were waiting at the window with their eyes wide open in the middle of the night, and one of them was holding a knife in her hand, as if she was going to ambush the robber who had taken their children away.

Ukyo was almost ambushed as a villain, but fortunately his good looks helped a lot. The mothers knew from his appearance that Ukyo was most likely a "hero" who helped them find their children, rather than a thief. Ukyo did not advocate judging people by their appearance, but he had to admit that being handsome was indeed useful sometimes.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

Ukyo showed up at the stadium for the promotion tournament on time.