Chapter 406
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He was the only one who needed to tie a stick. Chiaki, Feng Wu, and Ling Yang drew "Ji," while Mika and Nozomi both drew "Daikon."
It seemed that the Uehara Family would have good luck this year.
Next up was asking for a talisman and writing "Ikuma." An Ikuma was a small wooden sign on which one could write their wishes and place it in a place of worship to pray for the gods' protection.
After doing all this, the worship ended.
...
After lunch, Seiji went to his study and began drawing.
He wanted to finish the illustrations as soon as possible so that "Brother Monogatari" could be published.
By the way, would the demon attack incident affect sales? Seiji was rather concerned about it.
Although he didn't lack money, he still hoped that his and Little Shi's story would have as many readers as possible. It would be bad if this incident affected sales.
But worrying about it was useless. He cast aside all distracting thoughts and focused on drawing.
In the afternoon, he received a phone call from Summer Night.
"Are you at home right now?"
"Yeah."
"Is it alright for me to go over to your place later?"
"Of course. What's the matter?"
"I'm here to give you something."
Not long after the short phone call, the Grand Mistress arrived.
Summer Night was rather surprised to see Feng Wu playing video games together with Little Ling Yang.
"Juumonji-sensei... why is she here?"
"She lives upstairs. She's our neighbor," Seiji explained.
"Good afternoon, President Wanhua," the blonde teacher greeted politely.
"Good afternoon..."
The Grand Mistress looked at him with a subtle expression in her eyes.
"Cough, let me explain. Juumonji-sensei is..." Seiji wanted to explain.
"I know who she is. I just didn't expect that she would live here." Summer Night told him before looking towards Feng Wu. "Juumonji-sensei, thank you for taking care of me at that time."
"Please don't be so polite, President Wanhua." Feng Wu responded with a smile. "It's our honor to be able to help you."
Their gazes met, as if they were communicating something.
"Seiji, let's not disturb Sensei and Tachibana-chan's game. Let's talk in another room."
Hearing Summer Night's words, Seiji led her to the study.
Feng Wu's eyes flickered as she watched the two of them leave.
"How long has she lived here?" Summer Night asked as soon as she entered the study.
"It's only been a little more than a month … The second day she arrived was the first day she went to school." Seiji thought about it. "Right, the day she moved in was the day I delivered your talismans to the Juumonji Group."
Summer Night was rendered speechless.
"I'm also surprised that she moved here … but we're just neighbors." Seiji scratched his face.
"Staying in your living room so naturally and playing with the little sister you took in, she doesn't look like an ordinary neighbor at all."
"Er …"
"Were you the one who had her take care of Ling Yang Tachibana?"
"No … she's the one who gets along really well with Ling Yang …"
Something flashed in Summer Night's eyes.
Seiji mysteriously felt guilty.
"I came here this time to give you this." After a moment of silence, the Grand Mistress changed the topic.
She lifted the long box in her hand and handed it to Seiji.
Seiji accepted it.
"This is?"
"A spiritual weapon that I promised to give you during the Winter Snow Festival."
Seiji's eyes lit up as he placed the box on the table and opened it.
He saw a bronze-yellow wooden sword inside.
The sword had a faint sheen to it. Tiny runes were carved onto it, giving it a beautiful overall appearance.
"This is custom-made from the trunk of a Kasaya Tree that was nurtured using a spiritual technique. Normally, it's as hard as an iron rod. You can increase its hardness or sharpness after injecting Mana into it. You can use it as a club or sword, and it can attack both spiritual and physical bodies," Summer Night explained.
"If you're at ease with it, you can even unleash a sword wave to attack or cut a target from afar."
"Oh …" Seiji picked up the wooden sword and felt that it was rather heavy. It felt like an iron rod, but slightly lighter.
Seiji grasped the handle and felt comfortable.
He tried swinging it twice, and it made a whooshing sound.
"Amazing, I like it!" Seiji praised it sincerely.
"That's good. There's an instruction manual in the box. Take a closer look. "
A wooden sword with an instruction manual … it was probably just a basic spiritual sword technique.
He picked up a small white booklet from the box and skimmed through it.
The content wasn't difficult to understand. It was beginner-level as expected.
"Apart from the wooden sword, I also want to give you this."
Summer Night handed him a black thumb drive.
"What's in here?"
"Information regarding the Challenger's Blood Wine. The password to open the file is 44657. The file will automatically delete itself one hour after you open it, so you need to finish reading it as soon as possible. Also, don't do anything like moving or copying the file. Otherwise, it'll automatically delete itself. "
"Got it." Seiji took the thumb drive. "Thank you."
"No need to be polite."
He put the thumb drive away, then returned the wooden sword to the box.
"About the Midnight technique … did you find out anything about that spell last night?"
"I haven't received any official information yet. However, I heard that it's already been confirmed that it was the work of a secret organization called 'Soul World.'" Summer Night blinked. "You called that spell the 'Midnight technique?'"
"Yeah, I'll call it that for now."
"I think it's quite appropriate." Grand Mistress agreed.
"You can try promoting it." Seiji chuckled. "By the way, 'secret organization' … could it be the so-called 'mysterious organization?'"
"You could say that … no, it's actually the so-called mysterious organization." Summer Night sighed. "None of their members that have ever appeared in public can be found, nor can we find out where these people came from.
The location of this organization's headquarters is unknown, and the real names and backgrounds of their members are all unknown. It's like a shroud of mystery.
It's said that their members will sometimes sell strange yet highly effective items to certain people, and they'll demand that these items be kept secret … Do you still remember the mysterious medicine that I told you about Okubo? It's highly likely that it was created by Soul World members. "
Seiji recalled the scene of his duel with Okubo and furrowed his eyebrows slightly.
"Then what about the night of one hundred demons … the demon attack incident?" Seiji continued asking questions. "Just how did it happen? Will it continue? "
"Regarding this, the only thing we can confirm right now is that many demons have indeed appeared and attacked people. As for the specifics, it's still unclear." Summer Night paused for a moment. "It might be the effect of that spell … the Midnight technique, or it might be another one of Soul World's actions. It might even be the work of another organization."
"I don't know if it'll continue or not. However, everyone is already on guard against it. If something like this happens again tonight, more investigators will be sent to investigate the situation and come up with a plan to stop it. "
"That's good, then."
"Compared to a power outage and a lack of communication, demons appearing and attacking people … the night of one hundred demons will directly shake the public and expose the existence of the mystical realm. That's why we definitely need to stop it as soon as possible."
'Just as I expected.' Seiji thought to himself.
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