Timeskip — Saturday,
Ding dong—!
The doorbell rang.
"I'm coming!"
Umaru Gojo, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room and playing a new game on her phone, heard the doorbell, shouted back, and ran straight to the door barefoot.
Creaak—
She opened the door.
Standing outside was Marin Kitagawa, smiling brightly as always.
"Good afternoon, Umaru-chan."
"Good afternoon, Kitagawa-san! Are you here to look for Big Brother?"
Umaru let go of the handle and asked while pulling out slippers from the shoe cabinet.
Her big brother had told her Marin might come today, saying she had something to ask him.
"That's right. Is Gojo-sensei inside?"
After putting on the slippers Umaru took out, Marin peeked inside and asked.
"Onii-chan! Kitagawa-san is here looking for you!"
Umaru shouted into the house.
Her voice was so loud that even Marin was startled.
A few seconds passed.
Click.
The room door opened.
Gojo Satoru walked out.
But the current Gojo Satoru was giving off an extremely lazy atmosphere.
He was wearing a loose black top, the collar slightly open, showing his sharp collarbone. His hair was messy in a way that somehow still looked expensive, and his eyes were covered with black sunglasses.
He raised his right hand and greeted lazily.
"Yo, Kitagawa-san. You're here."
"Good afternoon, Gojo-sensei."
Seeing her teacher dressed like this, Marin felt it was strangely fresh.
The temperament, the appearance, the height—everything was a huge plus.
"Want coffee? Then we'll go after that."
Gojo Satoru walked toward the refrigerator, rummaging casually for coffee powder while speaking.
"Okay."
Marin nodded.
"Umaru, you want something?"
"I'm not drinking that. You guys drink it."
Umaru shook her head.
She didn't like this kind of bitter adult drink.
Compared to coffee, she would rather drink cola.
After all—
Only cola is Kami!
A few minutes later.
Marin looked at the coffee placed in front of her and took a small sip.
It had sugar cubes added.
Not bitter, not too sweet.
Just right.
"By the way, Gojo-sensei… isn't Benio at home?"
A hint of doubt appeared on Marin's face.
Ever since she started coming to Gojo Satoru's house to hang out, she had learned that Benio Adashino was also staying here.
When she had found out, she had been shocked for a long time.
"Benio?"
Gojo Satoru paused, then answered slowly.
"She went out for something."
That was true.
Benio had gone out to deal with some kegare. She had been irritated lately and was basically looking for trouble with filth to vent.
"Ah… okay."
Marin nodded, a little disappointed.
When she came today, she wanted to ask Benio if she wanted to go to the mall together.
But she wasn't home.
Of course, Marin had also asked Shirakawa Shiroha and Mei Misaki.
Shiroha said it was too hot to go out.
Mei didn't even answer her phone.
Obviously, she was sleeping like a corpse after staying up all night.
"But Onii-chan, where are you and Marin going?"
Umaru, who was sitting on the sofa and eating potato chips, asked curiously.
"A few days ago, I asked Gojo-sensei to help me with making clothes."
Marin spoke first before Gojo could.
"We're going to the mall later. Umaru-chan, do you want to come with us?"
When she heard she would have to go outside to the mall, Umaru refused without hesitation.
"I'm not going. You go."
If she had time to go to the mall, she might as well stay home and play games.
"Alright."
Gojo Satoru reached out and lightly patted Umaru's head.
"Then stay home obediently. If someone knocks, check who it is before opening the door."
"I know, Onii-chan."
Umaru complained with her mouth.
"You treat me like a little kid."
But her heart felt warm.
After all…
Who doesn't want to be valued by their only family?
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Exorcist Headquarters,
Tsuchimikado Arima stared silently at the "New Type of Kegare — Appearance and Ability Report" in his hand.
*****
Name: Unknown.
Gender: Suspected male.
Ability: Can control volcanoes and flames with extremely high lethality. Can cast an unknown barrier and forcibly drag targets inside.
Battle report: Has human-level intelligence and can speak. Under normal circumstances, ordinary humans cannot see it. During battle with the Twelve Heavenly Commanders — "Teng Snake," Teng Snake (Tatara) was heavily injured with severe burns over most of his body. It is suspected that the damage was caused by an unknown technique.
Danger level: At least Basara-class.
Activity range: First appeared on the outskirts of Kyoto, then rushed toward Nagoya, and the last confirmed location was Tokyo.
*****
Arima looked at the portrait.
It resembled a kegare shaped like Mount Fuji.
But the more he stared at it, the more unsettled he became.
This new "kegare" was very different from traditional kegare.
Even the way it fought felt wrong.
Arima had a strong suspicion—
This thing wasn't kegare at all.
"Master Arima, may I come in?"
At that moment, Tsuchimikado Mikage's voice came from outside.
"Come in, Mikage-kun."
Arima didn't lift his head.
He continued staring at the portrait.
The door was pushed open.
Mikage bowed solemnly first, then placed a document on the table with both hands and spoke at the same time.
"Master Arima, this is updated information resent by the Holy Empress (Subaru Mitejima) ."
Information from Mitejima?
Arima finally raised his head.
He quickly put down the old document and picked up the new one.
The contents were mostly the same.
But there were key differences.
Battle report: The barrier that injured Teng Snake was confirmed to be a type of "domain." When the exorcists arrived, it was already too late. After the domain disappeared, Teng Snake was on the verge of death. That "kegare" was also severely injured and attempted to flee, but we were unable to pursue.
Arima narrowed his eyes.
A domain?
That wasn't something kegare could do!
He continued reading.
Then he saw a sentence that made his expression change completely.
"The spiritual power fluctuations emitted by this kegare are completely different from normal kegare. Even Basara cannot alter their spiritual signature. Furthermore, the structure of its energy system feels… strangely close to something like… a different kind of energy."
Breathing out a foul breath, Tsuchimikado Arima rubbed his temples.
So it wasn't just him who think that!
Even Mitejima seem to felt it.
Sure enough, this 'thing' wasn't Kegare at all, it was a completely new monster that had never appeared before.
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