On the streets of Tokyo at night, office workers have finished their work day, and most of them will meet up to have a drink at a street pub.

A drink after work is an essential part of the day for many people. Only at this time every day can we feel truly alive.

"Kumamaru, did you hear anything?" Walking through the alley towards the tavern, Koji suddenly felt a little cold, not from the coldness of his body, but as if he was being watched by an ominous sight.

"Why, you're drunk before you even drink." Xiongmaru laughed and didn't take it seriously.

Ever since the Awa people's surrender appeared on the front page of the newspaper half a year ago, there has been no news about Super Beasts in Tokyo in the past six months.

Not long ago, the Shinkansen and commercial airliners were attacked, which caused people to panic for a while, but before the citizens started to become anxious, the Super Beast was defeated the next day.

It’s over before it even begins. With such a dedicated TAC team, it’s hard to get nervous.

So, today, a few months later, nightlife began to flourish again.

Of course, some people still have anxiety in their hearts.

A kind of psychological disease called post-war traumatic syndrome is recognized by people. They are always anxious about everything and believe that they will be attacked by super beast aliens at any time. This is a type of persecutory delusion.

It's so serious that I don't even believe in my own family. I always feel that my relatives and friends have been replaced by aliens. I live in fear and panic all day long.

In Kumamaru's opinion, the neurotic Kuji is about to become like this.

"Relax, Jiuji, drink some wine, and everything will be gone. If there is a super beast, the TAC team will alert you and evacuate."

Having said that, Jiu Er was still a little panicked. There were no street lights in the alley, and he always felt like there was something in the darkness.

Maybe he really has a mental illness?

"By the way, your kid took a week's leave because he's getting married?"

"Yes, we will go back to our hometown to get married." When he said this, Jiu Er temporarily put aside his previous uneasiness and smiled silly.

"Where is your hometown? Yamagata?"

"No, it's a small place in the countryside of Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture, a neighboring county to Yamagata."

"Kitakata, I heard that the miso there is very famous."

"Ah, my family makes soybean paste. Do you like this? I've smelled this since I was a child, and now I have a headache when I see soybeans. If you like it, I'll bring you some when you come back next week."

At the corner of the trash can on the street, a corner that was too dark to be seen, the dark figure opened its scarlet eyes and stared at the two people who were chatting and getting closer.

It's not a black dog or a black wolf. It's much larger, with two heads attached to its shoulders.

At a certain moment, it suddenly pounced towards the two of them. The speed was faster than that of a cheetah, making it completely invisible.

But at this moment, another black shadow fell from the sky and smashed it directly into the trash can.

Plop!

This sound was not an illusion, because the trash cans were knocked over.

Both Jiuji and Xiongmaru were shocked.

"What is that?"

"Wildcat?"

"How can there be such a big wild cat! Like a black panther!"

The black shadow just flashed past, and even the retina could barely capture it. Only an afterimage remained in the memory for a short time, but it failed to leave any trace.

The two of them said that they did not dare to get close to take a look. The trash can was dumped in the middle of the road, blocking the way. The two of them looked at each other and felt guilty.

"Yes, why don't you go another way?"

Although they had to walk a few more blocks and hundreds of meters more to change roads, the two of them still stepped back step by step and fled in a hurry.

It is better to take a few more steps on the road under your feet than to take decades less on the road of life.

After a while, a hunchbacked old man appeared where the trash can was. Under his feet was a vicious dog with two heads. His chest and abdomen had been pierced, and it quickly turned into black smoke and dissipated.

"There are more and more irrational evil spirits." Tianxiegui said to himself.

Those are monsters too, but they have no reason, they are just monsters.

Unable to communicate or tame, they have never been recognized as members of the same race by the ghosts. They even often fight each other.

Such monsters are more hated by the world than the Hundred Ghosts, and have not been seen for many years.

Tianxiegui knows that it is because the night before yesterday, Heavenly Dao suddenly released its restrictions on dark things, including hundreds of ghosts, and of course these monsters.

There are also the night walks of a hundred ghosts, which give these monsters that have been buried in the underworld a chance to wake up.

These monsters will attack humans indiscriminately, and even attack monsters of the same kind. They have no reason, only a desire for destruction and keen intuition.

Now, because of the emergence of Gensokyo, they are ready to move.

He didn't know whether the eldest lady knew about it. In the eyes of Tian Xie Gui, these things were just rubbish to the eldest lady, and they could be re-suppressed into the netherworld with a raise of her hands, but she shouldn't bother her to do such trivial matters herself.

So he took the initiative to take on the job of hunting.

The number of monsters is somewhat unexpected. From nightfall to now, in just two hours, no fewer than ten of the evil demons wandering through the streets of Tokyo have been killed. Correspondingly, they are weak enough that even ordinary humans can kill them if they have the courage.

As for weapons, three or five people can hunt one.

However, there is certainly no problem with such an unconscious evil spirit, but if some more troublesome things that were sealed wake up due to the release of the restraints the day before, maybe he will be helpless.

I hope there won't be such trouble, otherwise it would be remiss of him to trouble the young lady to do it herself.

When she got up in the morning, Ling was a little surprised to see Tian Xie Gui again in the living room.

"Didn't you go to Gensokyo?"

Creating Gensokyo was originally an agreement and commitment between her and Ten Xie Gui. Unexpectedly, almost all the monsters in the island country went there, but Ten Xie Gui himself did not go there.

"Miss, these are the apples I picked this morning."

He is like an ordinary old farmer. Perhaps because of the origin of the legend of Tianxiegui, his accent also has a tone unique to the Kansai countryside. But this is not unexpected, in this family, he is an old farmer.

For a god who can create the world, there should be a more respectful title. The most noble one is called Zun, and the self-retaining one is called Ming. But Tian Xie Gui didn’t call him anything else. He was still called ‘Eldest Lady’, which is unique.

"After living here for so many years, I still feel a little reluctant to leave."

This sentence was in response to the eldest lady’s inquiry just now about why he didn’t go to Gensokyo.

He cleaned up some unconscious cursed objects last night. Tokyo is still not peaceful these two days, and there are still some things that he needs to clean up, but this is not the main reason.

As he said, the real reason is that he is reluctant to let go.

In this world that suppresses him so severely, ask him what he is reluctant to leave? He really can't tell. It's just that he really wants to leave, but he feels as if he hasn't done a lot of things.

"Wait for summer, wait until I finish planting those seedlings." Tian Xie Gui said this. The menu behind the manor usually belongs to Maria's care, and it is also where Tian Xie Gui works these days.

He will finish planting the seedlings in spring, but after summer, he may have other things to do.

"Then stay here. Maria told me the day before yesterday that with the help of Tianxiegui, her vegetable garden is well taken care of."

Then? Then stay. He didn’t want to leave in the first place, and Gensokyo was also for his fellow tribesmen.

"I understand, as long as the eldest lady doesn't dislike me, an old guy."

Except for a few mascots like Zashiki Warashi, monsters can bring bad luck. Of course he does too.

However, Tian Xie Gui knows that even if he is ten times more powerful, he cannot bring bad luck to this manor. Here, he is just an ordinary old farmer.

"Of course I won't dislike it. You can stay here as long as you want."

Tianxiegui opened his mouth to speak, but his voice stopped in his throat.

My body suddenly felt relaxed, it had never felt lighter before. Even when the bonds between heaven and earth were released the night before yesterday, it was far less complete than the complete liberation now.

You know, even in the era known as Mokyo a thousand years ago, people still reject monsters.

This kind of rejection has been with them since the birth of these monsters. They are unclean and are instinctively disgusted by the world.

It has completely disappeared at this moment.

【You can stay as long as you want.】

This is just a casual remark made by the eldest lady, but on this planet, whether Lingya realizes it or not, her words sometimes become the rules.

Because of this sentence, the world no longer has any rejection of evil spirits and ghosts, and he no longer needs human lies and fear to anchor himself.

It's true. From now on, he can stay here as long as he wants.

Because of this sentence, he got rid of his identity as a monster and became an existence that complied with the regulations of heaven.

In ancient times, such beings were called "gods".

He suddenly realized that this was the conferring of gods. Even though it was so simple, it was a complete ceremony.

There is no need for cumbersome altar rituals or complicated procedures to pray to heaven and earth, because she is heaven and earth.

If heaven and earth have any decision, it is God's will. If heaven and earth have any plan, it is destiny. If heaven and earth have any idea, it is the truth that all things pursue.

If the sky has feelings, the sky will also grow old. But he knows that the sky on this planet has not aged, she is still such a little girl.

Ling didn't know what Tian Xie Gui was thinking, she didn't even know what had just happened.

Gensokyo has been completed, and almost all the monsters in Japan have gone there. Fortunately, Gensokyo is large enough, covering the entire area of ​​Tokyo, not the city of Tokyo in the narrow sense, but the Tokyo metropolitan area in the broad sense, which is more than enough to accommodate the yōkai clan.<
To be continued...