Onmyoji, a nobleman in Heian-kyo

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When he first woke up, he used his heightened senses to observe the surroundings of the manor and naturally discovered that the manor's location was indeed very fortunate.

Judging from the extent to which "nothingness" is eroding the land, it will take at least half a month to reach him, and half a month is enough time for him to do many things.

It's not impossible that Orochi might have been killed during this period.

Of course, it feels quite difficult, but no matter what, we can still try to get half a month, which is more important than anything else.

"Tell me when you find a way to combat 'nothingness,' I'll be much happier then."

"I probably won't even need to ask; the divine messengers of Takamagahara will come and take care of it themselves."

"I've had that thought too. But it's boring to place your expectations on others."

"Then you need to see what the problem really is. I think even the Yamata no Orochi dared to cling to 'nothingness,' something even he would avoid like the plague."

"Probably, we'll have to use a special method."

"How about we have a meal first? It won't take a meal to completely destroy the Sanzu River. Lord Enma is probably already diligently working on re-dredging it."

"Heh, it's all in vain no matter what."

"But, the red spider lily, it is precisely because Lord Enma continues to repair the Sanzu River that other spirits are able to continue to enter the cycle of reincarnation."

Kyosuke Kosaka placed his finger on the spider lily's mouth, effectively silencing her.

He didn't like the way the people around him looked down on those who did selfless things.

"Ah."

The red spider lily smiled and nodded gently.

Kyosuke Kosaka was stunned. Could it be that his PUA tactics over the past few days had finally yielded results?

427. The origin of Enma / What she can do / The current situation

Half an hour later.

Kyosuke Kousaka, Menreiki, Renka, and the others had returned to the manor with the underworld's spider lily and Aohime, and were enjoying the lovingly prepared meal by Nino and Miku.

When he returned, Su Yi Su Chang, Kagura, Kinara and others also came to check on Kousaka Kyosuke.

After Kyosuke Kosaka finished his meal, everyone started talking about serious business.

"Lord Kyosuke, this is the information of the internment personnel."

Su Yi handed a piece of paper with a record to Kousaka Kyosuke.

Kyosuke Kosaka took a look and found that they had taken in many more women and children, almost reaching a thousand. There was nothing he could do about it; it was never right to leave someone to die.

Especially after obtaining the potato and sweet potato seeds modified by Mikoto.

It is still necessary to utilize them efficiently and maximize their value.

"Can so many be saved?" The other shore flower also saw the details of the record and chuckled.

Kyosuke Kosaka replied, "I'll do my best within my capabilities. If I can't save them, I can only politely decline and continue to pray for them."

"Just as stubborn as that woman."

"No, I'm very flexible in dealing with problems; I'm not rigid."

Kyosuke Kosaka knew who the other shore flower was referring to, and he simply denied it.

"Are you talking about Lord Yama, the Spider Lily?" Su Chang asked.

She didn't ask much of Kousaka Kyosuke, Higanbana, and the others during their meal, because she felt they were all very tired and needed to have a quiet meal to relax.

When Su Chang asked the question, the red spider lily smiled and answered.

"Yes, the underworld today is just like it was thousands of years ago. The path for the dead has been corrupted into a dark and broken purgatory by the endless sins of evil gods. That woman is planning to start again, just like when she first established the underworld, only this time there are many more dangers."

"First, the problem of 'nothingness' is unsolvable. Like the mortal realm, the underworld is suffering irreparable erosion, and its territory is gradually shrinking. Second, the rules of the underworld are broken. Countless ghost messengers have lost their contract with that woman, reverting to their original forms as spirits, and..."

Su Chang became increasingly confused as she listened, and finally couldn't help but ask again, "Then what should we do?"

When she asked the question, Su Chang looked at Kosaka Kyosuke. Who?

Kousaka Kyosuke is Susho's husband, and he always manages to come up with solutions, so Susho believes that this difficulty shouldn't be too hard for Kousaka Kyosuke either; at the very least, he must have some ideas.

“I asked Seimei through magic, and he said that Lord Ara wouldn’t be able to resolve the problem so quickly. It would take at least two more days. So for now, we can only hope for Lord Enma. She seems to be much stronger than I saw before. It shouldn’t be a problem for her to hold out for a few days and maintain the Underworld.”

The red spider lily explained softly.

"Powerful... Enma's real name is Yamaten. She was the first person born in the mortal realm, the realm of gods and humans, to die because of an evil god. When she died, she arrived in the underworld with her physical body. On her way to reincarnation, she killed many demons. The spirits of those who had not yet become demons, unable to reincarnate because of their sins, followed behind her..."

Quite rare, the red spider lily tells a story from a very, very long time ago.

That was a secret known to only a select few.

The people who listened quietly gradually learned the basic story of how Yama established the cycle of reincarnation.

"So, Lord Enma has now regained the divine power that was scattered?" Kagura asked after hearing the story.

The Spider Lily: "That's right. She has indeed become very powerful, and has even repaired the scattered Netherworld and the Sanzu River many times. However, a monster that has absorbed the power of evil is constantly causing trouble, not to mention the 'Void,' for which there is currently no solution."

Kagura thought for a moment and said, "We can try sealing it. I can use my summoning power to try and seal powerful gods. If it's Orochi that hasn't fully recovered its power before, I feel that we can work with Kyosuke to seal it..."

“That’s true,” Kousaka Kyosuke sighed. “Orochi has simply completely detached himself from Ame no Habakiri and is no longer bound by any constraints. His power has increased by at least several dozen times.”

Only through personal experience can one truly understand that the Yamata no Orochi, having regained its divine status, is practically a top-tier entity capable of overwhelming Japan at any moment.

Looking back now, Kyosuke Kosaka realizes how overconfident he had been.

Fortunately, because of this, he is about to become an immortal. Right now, he is just waiting for a true tribulation to completely cleanse the impurities in his body before he can become a flawless being.

“But even if Orochi doesn’t regain his power, his level is still unimaginable to ordinary people. No technique or martial art poses a threat to him, and it would be very difficult to find a weakness before sealing him away,” Su Yi said.

Kyosuke Kosaka chimed in, "That's right. I was struggling to restrain him back then, and he seemed to be handling it with ease. Luckily, he didn't seem to care about using magic on me."

It has to be said that gods are beings with superhuman abilities.

It has high resistance to both physical and magical attacks, and yet it's also proficient in them?

"Then we can try to seal that monster with sealing techniques?" Menreiki asked.

She didn't think things were that simple.

She knew that Kyosuke Kousaka could see very far with his eyes, and also see many other things.

Therefore, if it were really that easy, Kyosuke Kousaka would have gone over to help just now.

“It probably won’t be very effective,” Kousaka Kyosuke said with a helpless expression. “When I went down to the underworld just now, I could still see it raining there. That rain was full of sin, and that rain of sin seemed to be as difficult to dispel as ‘nothingness.’”

Lianhua looked enlightened: "That means even if that monster is sealed away, other monsters will still be born..."

Kousaka Kyosuke: "Probably so."

Kagura felt a pang of regret upon hearing this.

Su Chang had a headache, but there was nothing she could do.

"This is really tricky."

Both the mortal realm and the underworld are in such a terrible state; if this continues, the world will truly perish.

She still wants to live happily with everyone.

That wretched Yamata no Orochi!

"Kyosuke," Aohime said with concern, "the affairs of the mortal realm are already troublesome enough, you don't need to take the affairs of the underworld to heart so much..."

Kyosuke Kousaka: "I understand."

The others who listened quietly to the story felt conflicted.

Day 483 of crossing

Kyosuke Kousaka also went back to Kyoto.

Besides comforting his partner, he also secretly went to Kyoto to see what was going on.

Yes, it's "secretly".

While at the manor, Kyosuke Kosaka informed the people of Kyoto that he was still in a weak, unconscious state, to avoid being used as a bodyguard.

Ultimately, the live stream featuring Orochi that day made him known to almost everyone in the country, which naturally made him famous.

It's quite normal that some nobles and even members of the Imperial Family in Kyoto wanted him to go and protect them.

Kyosuke Kosaka never underestimated the integrity of nobles.

Especially when it comes to life safety, Kyosuke Kosaka believes that being cautious is always the right thing to do.

"I don't want to face annoying political struggles when I'm already facing a crisis..." Kyosuke Kousaka thought to himself.

After quietly returning home, Kousaka Kyosuke reassured his companions and then went to Fujiwara Michitsuna's place alone.

He wanted to learn more about the situation in Kyoto.

"How is it going?"

Seeing that no one was around Fujiwara Michitsuna, Kousaka Kyosuke revealed himself.

When Fujiwara Michitsuna saw Kousaka Kyosuke suddenly appear, he was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh.

Kyosuke Kosaka's face darkened: "I don't think there's anything funny about this."