"What about the false body?"
Relying on the stone he had previously given to Shuzen Akua, Fujisaki Miyabi sensed that she had returned to the Yokai Realm, and his brow furrowed slightly.
He couldn't sense the false body.
'Could something have happened...'
Fujisaki Miyabi narrowed his eyes, lost in thought.
With his understanding of the Human Realm, aside from a few exceptions, the false body should have been able to escape even if it couldn't win.
At the very least, it should have been able to send back a message.
Now Shuzen Akua had returned to the Yokai Realm, but the false body wasn't with her.
So who destroyed the false body?.
And seemingly without any resistance.
Impossible. Highly unlikely.
Even if it had run into Dongfang Bubai, it should have at least been able to send a message back.
What on earth happened?
Fujisaki Miyabi closed his eyes.
He sensed 'Shuzen Akua' moving quickly. Based on her direction, it seemed she was heading for Yokai Academy.
"...."
He slowly opened his eyes.
A thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
Although he wanted to find Shuzen Akua, he hesitated, remembering that their 'ten-day agreement' was not yet up.
Forget it, I'll wait a little longer.
She is my 'granddaughter,' after all. I should give her some time.
With that thought, Fujisaki Miyabi temporarily put the matter out of his mind.
Little did he know that his own granddaughter had already given up on him to be with her husband and sister.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
With Shuzen Akua giving directions.
Lin, carrying her, flew through the sky for over ten minutes, arriving at the sprawling campus of the yokai school, Yokai Academy.
There was a reason for coming here.
Because Fujisaki Miyabi was usually elusive; unless he chose to appear, basically no one could find him.
Shuzen Akua couldn't find him either.
Regarding this, Lin thought back carefully and remembered someone.
Hokuto Kaneshiro.
Originally a human, he had turned into a ghoul after receiving yokai blood.
As the leader of the Anti-Academy Faction, he was an officer in the first branch of Otogi no Kuni and seemed to be one of Fujisaki Miyabi's subordinates.
He was usually active at Yokai Academy.
He should be able to find Fujisaki Miyabi.
Landing outside the gates of Yokai Academy, Lin released his spiritual sense, instantly covering every corner of the school.
Everything was within his 'sight.'
He didn't detect the presence of any security forces.
Although one of the Three Dark Lords, 'Shikigami Tenmei,' was not present.
He did, however, suspect he had found Hokuto Kaneshiro.
The reason for his suspicion was that Lin wasn't entirely sure it was him.
The Hokuto Kaneshiro he remembered hadn't turned into a ghoul at the beginning.
He seemed to have always been a pure human, merely living in disguise at Yokai Academy.
Because it was modeled after a human school.
The yokai at Yokai Academy had to maintain human form at all times.
Their appearances were the same as humans.
Although their appearances were human, they were still essentially yokai.
And Lin didn't sense any pure humans among the many yokai.
Only one of them had a lingering human aura deep within his body.
He was already ninety percent converted into a yokai.
An ordinary being would be unable to detect it.
But under Lin's spiritual sense, his true nature was laid bare.
In the entire school, only he had a trace of human aura left in him.
It might be Hokuto Kaneshiro.
After pinpointing the direction, Lin and Shuzen Akua entered Yokai Academy and walked toward Hokuto Kaneshiro's location.
There wasn't even a guard at the school gate.
After entering the school, the two of them gradually encountered some yokai.
Seeing Lin and Shuzen Akua, those yokai were somewhat curious.
Mainly because the two of them were so striking.
Especially Lin.
He drew the yokai's gazes like a magnet attracting iron.
However, no yokai came looking for trouble.
This was because Shuzen Akua currently wore a blank expression, her gaze slightly cold, and she exuded an intangible aura of authority.
Though she was just over 1.6 meters tall, she gave off the oppressive feeling of someone three meters tall.
One look was enough to know she wasn't to be trifled with.
During this time, the Codex of All Things continuously sent out notifications about recording new entries.
This made Lin frown slightly.
Fortunately, he adapted quickly.
Looking at the 'rewards' around him, Lin couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
A flash of killing intent flickered through him.
Fortunately, rationality ultimately prevailed, and he erased the killing intent from his heart.
He had no grievance with these yokai, and he couldn't bring himself to go on a killing spree just for some low-value rewards.
Nor was he in the mood to befriend them.
They weren't 'waifus' he knew before he transmigrated.
So it was fine not to unlock their Codex entries.
Back when he was subjugating vengeful spirits with Yotsuya Miko, the Codex entries for the spirits she defeated weren't unlocked either.
Their value was too low; they were dispensable.
If their value were high, he certainly wouldn't let them go so easily.
"Hmm!?"
The moment that trace of killing intent arose in Lin's heart, the nearby yokai suddenly felt a chill run through their bodies.
It came as quickly as it went.
This left the yokai quite puzzled.
They had no idea they had just narrowly escaped the gates of hell.
Spared only because they were looked down upon.
About twenty minutes later.
Lin and Shuzen Akua arrived at a grassy area and saw their target.
A man wearing a white shirt under a suit vest, with glasses.
Next to him was another man.
He had ear-length hair parted in the middle and was wearing the Yokai Academy uniform.
"Are you Hokuto Kaneshiro?"
Looking at the suspected target, Lin sized him up and asked.
Beside him, Shuzen Akua's eyes shifted slightly.
She knew there was such a person in Otogi no Kuni, but she had never met him.
"I am. Who are you?"
Hokuto Kaneshiro discreetly observed Lin and Shuzen Akua.
Upon seeing Shuzen Akua, his heart wavered slightly.
He recognized her.
Although he had always stayed at Yokai Academy, he had some degree of knowledge about every executive in Otogi no Kuni.
He knew what Shuzen Akua looked like.
"Where is Fujisaki Miyabi?"
After confirming his identity, Lin wasted no time and got straight to the point.
"Fujisaki Miyabi..."
Seeing that Lin seemed to have ill intentions, Hokuto Kaneshiro's eyes flickered, and a strange look passed through them.
Numerous thoughts raced through his mind.
He feigned ignorance and looked at Lin:
"Who is Fujisaki Miyabi? My good student, you must have the wrong person."
The man with the center-parted hair next to Hokuto Kaneshiro studied Lin and Shuzen Akua, his eyes glinting slightly as the corners of his mouth turned up.
As if he had thought of something interesting.
"Hmm?"
Lin's expression suddenly shifted.
He looked at the man with the center-parted hair, his gaze turning sharp.
Noticing the man's gaze, he unleashed a blast of invisible psychokinesis.
With a muffled bang.
The man with the center-parted hair didn't even have a chance to react; his entire body instantly exploded into a bloody mist that sprayed backward.
"...Yoshii!!"
Hokuto Kaneshiro froze for a moment, and when he came to his senses, his expression changed drastically.
He never imagined that Yoshii, whose strength was no less than his own, would be made to explode with just a single look from the boy before him.
Instantly reduced to a bloody mist.
Utterly terrified, he didn't have time to think. He instantly unleashed his yokai power and fled into the distance without looking back.
"Heh, trying to escape."
Seeing this, Lin put his hands in his pockets, a disdainful smile playing on his lips.
His powerful psychokinesis formed an invisible giant hand that directly snatched Hokuto Kaneshiro, who had already fled a hundred meters, and dragged him back.
Hokuto Kaneshiro wanted to struggle.
However, it was like an ant trying to shake a tree. He was firmly gripped by the invisible psychokinetic hand, bound in front of Lin and Shuzen Akua.
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