Chapter 144

Facing the fact that the Kamikawa family was the lineage of Ayabe Dōman, Kamikawa Mitsu felt as if struck by lightning, as if he'd always walked by the river and finally got his shoes wet.

Having understood the multiverse invasions, Kamikawa Mitsu knew well that the extraordinary was not as wonderful as imagined—ordinary life was the true beauty.

For this reason, he planned meticulously, hiding himself behind the scenes, solely to let Kamikawa Chie live an ordinary, free life, untouched by any external forces.

But he overlooked the Kamikawa family's origins.

It wasn't that Kamikawa Mitsu was careless—it was simply unimaginable that a family living in the impoverished Higashi-Arakawa district of Tokyo, in a dilapidated apartment, could be tied to the legendary onmyōji Ayabe Dōman; it felt like a lottery ticket worth one hundred million yen fluttering onto your face while walking down the street.

The probability was tiny.

Nearly zero.

What else could he say but "Damn, that's intense"? Nothing else.

Then, as Kamikawa Mitsu thought of it, his mouth twitched, and he slowly uttered:

"Chie was right after all."

He suddenly recalled that a few days ago, Kamikawa Chie had asked him a bizarre question—starting with anime about Inuyasha, then abruptly shifting to ask if the Kamikawa family might be a Divine Path Realm lineage.

He remembered telling her plainly that she was imagining nonsense—it was impossible.

But she had replied, "Maybe our ancestors were—perhaps they fell from grace, lost their fortune."

Now it turned out Kamikawa Chie had been right—the Kamikawa family was of the Divine Path Realm.

As for the latter part—fallen, lost fortune…

"Could Chie have been right about that too?" Kamikawa Mitsu's eyelid twitched.

Morita Takeshi had said the Kamikawa family was the Ayabe family, but gave no specific reason why the Ayabe family had changed its name to Kamikawa overnight.

The next second.

Kamikawa Mitsu said without hesitation to the system: "System, consume script points—I want to know why the Ayabe family changed its name to Kamikawa."

Ding! Consumed 10 system points. Acquired the history of the Ayabe family's name change to Kamikawa.

A flash of insight passed through his mind.

Kamikawa Mitsu's mind now held the reason the Ayabe family changed its name.

In an instant.

His spine straightened; his body turned to stone, sitting frozen on the sofa for a long while before he snapped back to awareness.

"I… Chie was right after all!!"

His tone brimmed with awe, revealing the shock within.

The reason the Ayabe family changed its name was exactly what Kamikawa Chie had guessed—it changed because the Ayabe family had fallen, its descendants dwindling; under this trend, its decline was inevitable, so to avoid disgracing its ancestors' glory, it decided to change its name to Kamikawa.

Better that future generations wonder at the mysterious disappearance of the illustrious Ayabe Dōman's lineage than witness its decay, preserving the ancestors' honor.

One day in the future, when the family rose again, it would reclaim its original name and restore its ancestors' glory.

It was a fine idea—but the Ayabe family never recovered, never rose again, until Kamikawa Mitsu's generation, when only Kamikawa Mitsu and his sister remained, and Kamikawa Mitsu was the sole male heir capable of continuing the lineage.

The history of the Ayabe family's name change echoed in his mind; Kamikawa Mitsu fell silent, wanting desperately to shout out loud, to vent his awe at Kamikawa Chie's divine prophecy.

Such an improbable thing had come true.

Sister, you're the legendary seer with infinite gold-water kill confirmation, aren't you?

After calming down, Kamikawa Mitsu shook his head with a bitter smile.

If Chie found out the Kamikawa family was the descendant lineage of Ayabe Dōman, she'd probably jump up, puff out her chest like a rooster, and brag to her friends.

"Even if I now want to deny any connection to the deceased King, I can't wash it off—even jumping into the Yellow River won't cleanse me," Kamikawa Mitsu murmured.

With the identity of Ayabe Dōman's descendant, he could be tied to the extraordinary—not just slightly, but as a noble lineage of the extraordinary.

Kamikawa Mitsu glanced toward Director Takahashi.

As expected, Director Takahashi's group had already begun heated discussion.

"So Kamikawa Mitsu is one of the extraordinary? Now it's confirmed—the videos made by the deceased King were all related to the extraordinary. The first video seemed unrelated, but in truth, it was deeply connected—not only was the crow influenced by the extraordinary, but the main figures in the video were renowned ancient descendants of the extraordinary."

Because the Tamamo-no-Mae incident had occurred not long ago, Director Saitō and his team's minds were still active, but they dared not discuss the matter of reincarnation, each of them stifled, with nowhere to vent.

Now that the Kamikawa family was revealed as Ayabe Dōman's lineage, their thoughts all focused on this, analyzing endlessly, growing more and more exaggerated.

Eventually, even the Original Battlefield was dragged into their speculation.

They speculated whether Ayabe Dōman's family changed its name overnight because Ayabe Dōman himself had gone to the Original Battlefield, perhaps even perished there, forcing them to change names to avoid enemies, and so on.

Knowing what Abe no Minamoto had said, and recalling the recent reappearance of the ancient celestial scene, it was clear that all divine beings had gone to the Original Battlefield—not just gods, but the extraordinary and demons likely had too.

Ancient figures like Saichō, Master Konghai, and Abe no Yasunori had all gone to the Original Battlefield—so it was not impossible that Ayabe Dōman went as well.

Besides, after Tamamo-no-Mae destroyed the ancient extraordinary lineages, Abe no Seimei never appeared—only Abe no Minamoto showed up. Either Abe no Seimei had cowered, or something prevented him from arriving. What could stop Abe no Seimei? The most plausible answer was the Original Battlefield—Director Takahashi's group leaned heavily toward the latter.

Seeing this, Kamikawa Mitsu was covered in black lines, utterly speechless.

He'd once thought their delusions were helpful—they'd filled gaps in his fabricated myths and monsters—but now it just felt agonizing.

Kamikawa Mitsu could imagine that, if Director Saitō and his team kept going like this, he and his sister Chie would be labeled the future Yin-Yang Twin Stars of the Ayabe family.

Better not look.

Kamikawa Mitsu shook his head, deciding to peek at others to distract himself.

Huh? No—that's using spying to distract myself? How am I turning into a pervert?

Better think of something else.

Then Kamikawa Mitsu sat down, thinking how to shed the Ayabe family identity—he must not drag Chie into the extraordinary world.

Hmm… speaking of Chie and the extraordinary, didn't she mention before I even got involved in the extraordinary that gods and the extraordinary existed? Later, she even claimed that Tomonori Natsuki was Kikyo and I was Inuyasha.

He hadn't realized it before—but now, thinking about it, he was startled.

Kamikawa Mitsu was astonished.

He realized that Chie's innocent, offhand remarks had later come true.

She said, "It'd be nice if the extraordinary existed"—and then the extraordinary appeared; though it was Kamikawa Mitsu himself who created it, he didn't count himself—he didn't know about it, she merely spoke casually and it came true. Then Tomonori Xia Mei appeared—right after Chie said she was Kikyo, Xia Mei showed up before the Six-Eyed Demon to exorcise it. Now the Kamikawa family too.

It was exactly as if whatever Kamikawa Chie said would come true.

Faced with these situations that clearly didn't look like coincidences but actually were, Kamikawa Mitsu couldn't help but complain.

"Chie's mouth must have been blessed by a monk."

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