Onmyoji, a nobleman in Heian-kyo

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Yingcao immediately replied.

She had long noticed that Kousaka Kyosuke liked to bring along his two seniors, Yoto Hime and Hakuro.

She understood this, because her overall strength was still too weak. The problem was that her healing ability was excellent, and she also had the ability to protect herself!

"Lord Kyosuke, Yamausagi and Hotaru are already quite strong, even stronger than many Onmyoji's shikigami. You should keep them with you," Su Yi advised.

Kyosuke Kosaka looked helpless: "It's not like we're really going to go together. When Yamausagi and Hotaru went, they were just breaking the array's core with my phantom."

Su Yi was not fooled.

"At that time, we will still meet at the place where humans and ghosts meet around Mount Kuroya and Mount Ooe."

"Lord Kyosuke, we will protect ourselves!" Yamausagi immediately followed up on what Su-i had said, her red eyes fixed on Kousaka Kyosuke.

Yingcao was just like Yamausagi: "That's right, Yamausagi and I will protect ourselves!"

After being reminded by Yamausagi, Yingcao suddenly realized that Kousaka Kyosuke didn't think they couldn't help, but rather that he was worried they would be seriously injured or killed.

Therefore, the most important guarantee now should be one's own safety!

"Hmm... alright then. But I still have to remind you, especially Yingcao, that you can't use healing powers casually. You can only use them on people who can easily influence the overall situation. Although what I'm saying may sound cold, the truth is that these are the people who can save more people."

After much deliberation, Kyosuke Kosaka finally decided to give Yingcao a serious reminder.

He was worried that Yingcao had overused too much of her demonic power to save people, which would probably be very bad. Perhaps it would be better for her to stay here.

"I know! Lord Kyosuke! I will conserve my strength for this great battle; I just want to help you!"

Yingcao agreed without much hesitation.

To be honest, Yingcao certainly had a lot of confidence in Kousaka Kyosuke, but the enemy was an evil god who had lived for who knows how many years!

Even though she really hoped that Kyosuke Kousaka would be completely unharmed, no matter how much she overestimated him, she felt that it was impossible for him to be without any injury.

Therefore, Yingcao really hopes to treat Kousaka Kyosuke in time if he is ever seriously injured.

"Kyosuke, I want to go!" Kinnara said in a singing tone.

"Okay, let's go together with Yaodao-hime and the others."

“Lord Kyosuke, and me too!” someone else added, following Kinara.

"Your poison is not very effective against the snake demon, rejected."

Kyosuke Kosaka immediately retorted to his own shikigami—Zhen.

The poisonous creature was a shikigami he had recently acquired, and he had also researched matters related to mental toxins, but he had not yet found a better clue.

Even so, Kyosuke Kousaka still treated her the same way he treated other shikigami, giving her everything that everyone else had.

Unfortunately, she cannot easily participate in this combat duty.

The fact is that the poison did not have an immediate effect on the snake demon, so for Zhen's safety, she could not be put to risk.

"me--"

Zhen stammered, unable to utter a single word.

Kyosuke Kosaka couldn't help but show a smug expression, walked up to her and patted her head.

"You should think more about how to adjust the power of the poison. Your poison is strong, but it is very likely to accidentally hurt other people, so you need to be careful."

"..."

When Kyosuke Kosaka patted her head for the first time, Zashiki was a little confused, a little sad, and also seemed a little happy.

In short, she had mixed feelings. She wanted to help like everyone else, but what Kousaka Kyosuke said was the truth.

Her poison can inflict considerable damage on most living beings, even zombies that are not afraid of poison, but it is only so-so against the snake demon Yamata no Orochi.

The snake demons themselves contain a considerable amount of venom, not to mention their tenacious vitality; they won't die immediately from poisoning, so her effects would be practically negligible.

Ultimately, there were far too many snake demons, and due to her limited means of resistance, she was at a disadvantage from the very beginning.

"Lord Kyosuke is so smug," Su Chang remarked.

The shikigami such as Yoto Hime and Hakuro are also quite subtle.

This is why they sometimes treat Kousaka Kyosuke strangely.

"Lord Kyosuke, I'm very skilled at healing people, not much worse than Yingcao..."

Another voice came through, this time sounding a little timid.

Without even looking at him, Kousaka Kyosuke said, "Rejected. Hiyoribou, you're clearly more useful as an office worker here at the manor. The main problem is that you don't know how to fight at all. To be honest, I never intended to train you as a fighting shikigami in the first place."

Even in the game "Onmyoji", Hiyoribou is a pure healing shikigami.

No matter how much you nurture her, you can never turn her into a fighting shikigami.

"Alright, it's Hiyoribou's turn~"

His smug expression remained unchanged.

Kyosuke Kosaka released his hand from Zashiki and then walked up to Hiyoribou and patted her head.

Her black hair was fluffy and she wore two big braids in front of her, just like Yaobikuni, but she was much cuter than Yaobikuni. However, Yaobikuni couldn't hear this, as she was very sensitive to such comments.

I remember teasing her once before and getting a gentle response.

She really is a terrifying woman.

Hiyoribou is still the best, so cute!

"Kyosuke-sama, I—" Itsumade, who had come here with Kousaka Kyosuke, began.

"Rejected. You and your clansmen, as well as Azhi and Cat Shopkeeper, will all stay here. After all, you haven't experienced as many battles as my shikigami. If you really go to the battlefield, you'll definitely become a dead bird immediately."

"Kyosuke-sama is so mean... he gave me the nickname 'Dead Bird'."

"Itsumade said in a low voice, looking very disappointed with her head down.

Kyosuke Kousaka had no choice but to release Hiyoribou and go to comfort Itsumade.

"Lord Kyosuke, we should be able to fight here too, right?" Aori asked softly. "As youkai, we are stronger than ordinary people no matter what."

“Yes, yes, we can’t just stay here and do nothing!” the cat shopkeeper said.

Itsumade's clansmen all nodded in agreement... They all looked almost identical, it was almost dizzying.

Kousaka Kyosuke thought to himself, but said aloud:

"Just follow the instructions when the time comes; you'll have plenty to do."

After he finished speaking, another person asked a question.

"Lord Kyosuke, may I ask how I should proceed? My power is greater than that of ordinary yokai."

Who is speaking?

It was Shiranui, whom Kousaka Kyosuke hadn't seen for quite some time, and whom he'd only kept in touch with through fate threads.

Yes, given the current critical situation, it's certainly impossible for Shiranui, who lives on a nearby island, not to come.

"First of all, I must emphasize that I have always maintained a very objective attitude in handling matters, and everyone would admire and praise me for this attitude..."

Now it was Kousaka Kyosuke's turn to pat the cat shopkeeper's head, and he began to explain his reasoning in an orderly manner.

Before reasoning, there must be some objective facts, so he wasn't praising himself.

That's what Kyosuke Kousaka thinks.

The others are not—

At this very moment, the vast office of the Water Department is filled with many monsters.

Not only were there Oori, Itsumade, and Neko-sou, who were brought by Kousaka Kyosuke, but also other yokai such as Menreiki, Renka, Shiranui, Ubume, Mayoi, Sakura-you, and Momo-you who came after hearing the news.

The team is undeniably luxurious, perhaps even excessively so.

It's fortunate that Kyosuke Kosaka specifically designed the office space to be spacious when it was built; otherwise, it would have been very unpleasant for a bunch of people to be crammed together.

"He's already praising himself," Lianhua whispered to Menreiki.

Because of her lack of strength and unsuitability for direct combat, she had long since given up the idea of ​​following Kousaka Kyosuke.

At this point, they were just enjoying the show with Menreiki and taking a look at Kousaka Kyosuke.

After all, Kyosuke Kousaka will be fighting Orochi tomorrow, and my going there would only be causing trouble.

He was trying to smooth things over.

"Smooth things over?"

"Um……"

Menreiki nodded and didn't continue speaking.

This time, she unusually refrained from explaining the meaning behind Kousaka Kyosuke's actions to Renka.

Before a life-or-death separation, no one wants the atmosphere to be too bad.

Half an hour later.

Kyosuke Kousaka rejected all the other yokai except for the Ubume.

They refused to let them join the team fighting against Orochi.