Chapter 103: Coveting Her Body, Despicable!

The next day.

The sun rose in glory, the sky clear and bright.

Along the street, shopkeepers pulled up their iron shutters and stepped out, ready to open for business—the morning holds the key to the day.

"The weather is perfect today, ideal for an outing."

Kamikawa Chiemi stepped out of her apartment, raised her head, shaded her eyes with her hand, her bright pupils reflecting white clouds and blue sky.

After seeing Kamikawa Chiemi off to school, Kamikawa Mitsu walked toward school.

On the way, people chatted about the supernatural and monsters.

Children, wielding sticks or toy swords, played at being supernatural beings and monsters, laughing and shouting as they ran and fought.

Since the Yunhu incident, the supernatural and monsters had become common topics of conversation over tea and meals.

"The streets are much livelier than before."

Kamikawa Mitsu glanced around; this street had never been busy, but now foot traffic had doubled—these people weren't from Arakawa Ward, but from other districts of Tokyo, even other parts of Japan.

According to statistics from Japan's economic authorities, Arakawa Ward, once a slum, had experienced explosive economic growth in just half a month, and was expected to soon shed its slum status—a development no one would have believed possible before.

All of it was due to monsters and the supernatural.

Now everyone knew the supernatural and monsters were real, and if you wanted to see them, you went to Arakawa Ward, for that was where all supernatural and monster activity currently occurred—Arakawa Ward was clearly becoming a distinctive district: the Monster District.

"Am I indirectly boosting my hometown's development?"

Listening to the chatter around him, Kamikawa Mitsu learned that many businesses and merchants had moved into Arakawa Ward, spanning countless industries.

At that moment, a woman stopped Kamikawa Mitsu.

"Hey, are you Kamikawa Mitsu?"

She held a camera and phone—clearly a streamer. In the past few days, the most common professions in Arakawa Ward had been streamers and reporters; you could find one on nearly every street.

They streamed outdoors every day, wandering everywhere, just hoping to encounter a monster or supernatural being.

"You've got the wrong person. I'm not Kamikawa Mitsu. I'm Tada Eiichiro."

To avoid trouble and not risk being late for school, Kamikawa Mitsu gave a casual reply.

The female streamer blinked: "Oh, really? Sorry about that."

Sigh… so she got the wrong person…

Huh? Wait—Tada Eiichiro? That name sounds familiar.

Inside the livestream.

【Everyone leave, this streamer's probably an idiot.】

【Brain check: a cute idiot.】

【Wow~ Kamikawa Mitsu looks even better in person than on TV, so hot, sis I'm done, what about you?】

Later, the female streamer realized what had happened and stomped her foot in anger.

"No, today I'm definitely interviewing you."

Without another word, the female streamer used her viewers' crowd-sourcing power to find Kamikawa Mitsu's school and headed straight there.

The supernatural and monsters were today's dominant topic; the late King, as one of the supernatural, had his videos watched by countless people, his fanbase exceeding tens of millions. Kamikawa Mitsu, as one of the three main figures in one of those videos, naturally gained fame along with them.

Interviewing Kamikawa Mitsu would bring her massive traffic.

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Tokyo, Japan—Arakawa High School.

"Kamikawa-kun."

No sooner had he stepped into the classroom than a voice came from behind; he turned around.

"Tsuchimikado-san."

Tsuchimikado Xia Mei carried her schoolbag, her delicate, beautiful face lit with a warm smile. She knew she had no magical power, but she had no intention of transferring schools—she felt this place was good, her classmates were nice, and most importantly, here was a classmate who could talk with her about the Divine Way: Kamikawa Mitsu.

At her previous school, no one could discuss the Divine Way with Tsuchimikado Xia Mei.

She sat down at her desk.

"Kamikawa-kun, what do you think about the myths…"

Tsuchimikado Xia Mei eagerly began talking to Kamikawa Mitsu about divine stories.

Lacking magical power had not diminished her love for the Divine Way—she had merely shifted her focus. No longer seeking to exorcise demons and vanquish monsters, she now wished to study and explore whether the history of the Divine Way matched historical records—or if there were grand, unknown truths hidden within it, aiming to revive and spread the Divine Way.

"Kamikawa-kun, do you think Yamata no Orochi really came from China, as the internet says?"

"I think it's quite possible. By the way, may I ask you something? Online, they say your family are descendants of Abe no Seimei, and that the 'Collection of Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit' wasn't written by him—then what did Abe no Seimei actually write? I'm curious."

"Ah, actually, I don't know. My family has many ancient texts, and there's plenty about our ancestor Abe no Seimei, but as you know, after a thousand years, it's hard to preserve everything—some of the ancestral texts are missing. Kamikawa-kun, are you very interested in my ancestor?"

"Abe no Seimei was the first master of Yin-Yang Dao within the Divine Way, and a legendary figure in the Divine Way—how could I not be interested?"

"I've read some of my family's texts, but I haven't finished the sections on Abe no Seimei. If you want to learn more, you can come to my house—I'll show you."

"That would be too much trouble."

"No problem! I'll tell you, we have a lot of ancient texts—some on Abe no Seimei, others on generations of our family's historical figures, like Abe no Yasachika, one of the three famous Yin-Yang Masters and Abe no Seimei's fifth-generation grandson, or Abe no Arishige, another of the three great Yin-Yang Masters who later changed the family name to Tsuchimikado, and even Tsuchimikado Yasufuku, the founder of Tsuchimikado Divine Way—there are records of all their lives."

When Tsuchimikado Xia Mei spoke of the Divine Way, especially her own Tsuchimikado family, pride welled up on her face.

Her clear, water-like eyes sparkled.

She puffed out her chest, looking proud and radiant.

"Besides our family's ancestral records, we've also collected ancient texts on Divine Way figures from every era—very rich content. Though some are lost, we still have a portion preserved, and some of these texts can't be found online—only we have them."

"Tsuchimikado-san, if you say that, I'm definitely going to your house to see them—you can't refuse me now."

Kamikawa Mitsu smiled, ignoring the "FFF Gang" glares from classmates around him.

To perfect his grand mythological Ghost and monster world, he needed to understand the Divine Way—more detail, the better.

Originally, he thought a boy visiting a girl's home would invite gossip, but now that Tsuchimikado Xia Mei had said so much, his curiosity was fully aroused—he had to go see for himself, to learn more about the Divine Way.

"How could I refuse? Kamikawa-san is my friend, and I'd be very happy to have you. My dad, mom, and grandpa are also very happy for me to bring a friend home as a guest."

Tsuchimikado Xia Mei was delighted—this was the first time she had ever invited a male friend home.

She had never invited anyone before, because she couldn't really talk with those male friends. She could tell that those male friends didn't truly like Shinto—they were all just pretending. She could tell that Kamikawa Mitsu was genuinely interested in Shinto.

That look of curiosity about Shinto was the same as hers.

Unfortunately, the classmates around her couldn't see any of that. All they saw were those male students either burying themselves in their books or glaring with fire in their eyes, looking ready to burn Kamikawa Mitsu down.

In their eyes, Kamikawa Mitsu didn't have a look of intellectual curiosity—that was the look of a man lusting after Tsuchimikado Xia Mei's body. That's right, that look was just as base as theirs—it was pure lust for her body.

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