Five days later, Nishitokyo, Onmyoji Association.

Taro Yamamoto, this is a very common name, in Japan, the person who calls this name has eighty if not a hundred, in short, it is similar to the existence of that kind of public face. However, if it is said that the onmyoji Yamamoto Taro, it is a unique existence, and his talent is even known as catching up with Abe Harumi.

Now twenty-five-year-old Yamamoto Tairo is already one of the best masters of the Onmyoji, and his strength not only stands out among the younger generation, but even the older generation of Onmyoji is rarely his opponent, if there is no accident, he can become the next leader of the Onmyoji Association within five years...... Of course, before that, he must first inherit the sword of the wind inherited by Haruaki Abe, Yukura.

However, this sword, which represents the inheritance of the Onmyoji, is afraid that he will never be able to get it again.

Because, the current owner of the sunset sky is the twenty-fourth generation saintess of the Onmyoji Association - Sakurashita Kurayu!

Perhaps among most of the organizational forces, the existence of the Holy Maiden is just a symbolic façade, or the heir of the next head of the family, and its status cannot be compared to the current leader, but in the Onmyoji Association, although the Holy Maiden does not have much real power, her status is above the master.

In other words, since Yuki was passed down to Sakurashita Kurayu, no one could take this sword away before she died, not even the head of the family.

And Sakurashitokura Yui is only twenty years old this year, even if her lifespan will not be higher than that of Yamamoto Taro, by the time Sakurashitokura Yui dies, Yamamoto Taro will already be an old man who has half a foot in the coffin, at that time, even if he can still hold the sunset, the Onmyoji Association is afraid that he will not hand over this sword to him.

Therefore, the existence of Yui Sakurashita can be regarded as indirectly ruining the future of Taro Yamamoto.

Because of this, all the time. Yamamoto Tairo is full of resentment towards Sakurashita Kurayu, as the biggest thorn in his life, and what makes him even more depressed is that he is also arranged as a guard, and he must protect this thorn in the eye with the name of the saint with his life.

Taro Yamamoto is full of unwillingness to his fate, and he is also full of hostility to Yui Sakurashita.

However, not long ago, by chance, Taro Yamamoto discovered a certain truth.

"Damn it! It turned out to be like this! How could it be...... Although I had long suspected that there was some kind of darkness hidden in the Onmyoji Association, I didn't expect it to be like this, damn it...... Those people. Do they have in their heads? This inhumane thing ......"

Taro Yamamoto walked in the mahogany paved corridor, clenching his fists and gritting his teeth, his eyes full of anger, as if he was going to eat people alive.

A moment later, Taro Yamamoto was already in front of a hut full of Japanese atmosphere, but before he could get closer, two ninja-like figures were already in front of him. He said expressionlessly: "This is the resting place of the Holy Maiden, outsiders are forbidden to enter, please go back." ”

Yamamoto Tairo had a gloomy face, "I'm not an outsider. I am the saint's guard. ”

He once hated this identity so much that he never wanted to admit it, but now he had to say it himself...... Thinking of this, the depression in his heart was even more incomprehensible.

"We know that you are the saint's guard. But now, we have taken over the protection of the Holy Maiden, and three days later there will be sacrifices. There is a command from above, and no one is allowed to approach the Holy Maiden during this time......"

I can't take it anymore!

Before the two finished speaking, Taro Yamamoto's forehead had already burst out of green tendons, and he shouted: "Get out of here!" ”

As the words fell, a curtain of water suddenly rose from the feet of the two ninjas, enveloping them in an instant, struggling desperately with their hands like drowning people, and then in less than three seconds, the two of them had fallen unconscious.

Taro Yamamoto didn't look at it, and stepped directly past the bodies of the two and walked into the cabin.

Bang!

Pushing open the door roughly, Taro Yamamoto shouted inside, "Yui Sakurashita! ”

A neatly dressed girl in a kimono slowly walked out from behind the screen, looked at Yamamoto Tairo and said indifferently, "Is there anything you have to do with me?" ”

"You should know." Taro Yamamoto said in a deep voice.

"I don't understand what you're saying."

"Bastard!" Taro Yamamoto scolded angrily, "Do you know what the sacrifice is three days later? ”

Sakurashita Kura Yui was not angry, still with that indifferent expression, and said lightly: "Since you know that there will be a sacrifice in three days, you should know that you can't come here during this time...... Did you knock down the guards outside? Sure enough, it is worthy of being a genius whose talent catches up with Abe Harumi. ”

"Sure enough, you know!" Taro Yamamoto looked at her directly, gritted his teeth and said, "Since you know everything, why do you want to stay here?" ”

"Because I am a saint." Sakurashimokura said as a matter of course.

"Because you are a saint, are you going to die?" Taro Yamamoto asked, and then without waiting for Yui Sakurashita to answer, he continued, "I already know everything about the saint, about the sacrifice, about the resurrection of Abe Harumi...... For a long time, I have always thought it was strange, obviously in the rules of the Onmyoji Association, the status of the saint must be above the head of the family, but there is almost no real power, and there are even very few records of the saint. In the past, the old guys told them that the Holy Maiden was the highest secret of the Onmyoji Association, and for fear of being stolen by hostile forces, it was not recorded in writing, but passed down orally by each generation of family heads and elders......"

"It's a big lie!" Yamamoto Taro slapped the table angrily and said in a deep voice, "This kind of remark is simply to deceive us ignorant people, and the real reason is ...... The Holy Maiden is not needed! The existence of the saint is entirely for the resurrection of Abe Harumi as a sacrifice for the resurrection of Abe Haruaki! Isn't it? Yui Sakurashita! ”

"You already know it, so why ask me." Sakurashimokura Yui said.

Sure enough, this woman is still as disgusting as ever.

Yamamoto Tairo frowned, the polite Sakurashita Yui in the past made him feel hypocritical, and now this Sakurashita Kura Yui who doesn't seem to take everyone in his eyes also makes him feel disgusted, he really can't treat this woman as his own, but even so, he won't forget the reason why he is standing here.

"Get out of here!"

"What?" Sakurashita Kura Yui was slightly stunned. I don't seem to understand.

"I told you to get out of here, leave the Onmyoji Association, leave Japan, no matter where you go, in short, find you a place where no one can find you, hide honestly for me, and never show up again!" Yamamoto Taro Masasemichi.

"Leave the Onmyoji Association...... Do you mean to tell me to abdicate my responsibilities? ”

"Is it your duty to die?" Taro Yamamoto asked rhetorically.

"Yes." Sakurashimoto Yui nodded, and then said slowly in Taro Yamamoto's eyes full of surprise. "From the time I became a saint when I was eight years old, I already knew my future destiny, I didn't exist for myself, but for the resurrection of Abe Harumi, this is what I have always received, this responsibility has been engraved in the depths of my soul, and other than that, I have no meaning to exist......"

Speaking of this, Sakurashita Yui paused. looked at Taro Yamamoto and said with a smile, "With me like this, do you think I will make other choices?" ”

"You've been completely brainwashed!"

"Perhaps." Sakurashimokura Yui smiled indifferently. "But it's nothing to me, I accepted my fate at the beginning, so I'm not going to resist, even if I die."

"You ......" heard the words. Yamamoto Taro was speechless for a moment, originally thinking that Sakurashitokura Yui was just powerless to resist and would accept such a fate. But he didn't expect that the other party had no intention of resisting at all, so what was the point of coming here?

"Oh, although I just received a report that someone trespassed on the shrine of the Holy Maiden, I didn't expect it to be you, my stupid brother." At this moment, a strange voice came in from outside.

Hearing this voice, Taro Yamamoto's face changed suddenly, and he turned around almost reflexively, and his hands were already ready to meet the enemy at this moment.

On the opposite side, a man in a black trench coat walked slowly with a smiling expression.

"Kurama Katsuji, do you really know the inside story!" Taro Yamamoto looked at each other solemnly, "Also, don't call me brother, I don't have that relationship with you." ”

"Hehe, you are my father's adopted son, what's wrong with me calling you brother?"

"Don't tell me that you don't have any of these." Taro Yamamoto had an impatient expression on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Since you are here, that is, you are also part of the shady scene in the Onmyoji Association, I originally thought that you had nothing to do with this matter...... Katsuharu Kurama, do you know what you're doing right now? ”

"I should have asked you about that." Kurama Katsuji said with a smile, "Fortunately, Her Royal Highness the Holy Maiden knows the general situation and has not been fooled by your words, otherwise...... It's not just me here. ”

Then, without waiting for Yamamoto Taro to speak, his face suddenly sank, "Since you are my younger brother and a talent who is unanimously favored by the elders, Tailang, as long as you leave here immediately and don't interfere in this matter again, I can assume that today's incident has never happened." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, but I can't!" Yamamoto didn't even hesitate for a second, and sneered, "If I don't know, it's fine, since I already know that there is this kind of darkness in the Onmyoji Association, how can I sit idly by!" ”

"Why?" Hearing this, Kurama Katsuji showed a blank expression, "If I'm not mistaken, you should be hostile to Her Highness the Holy Maiden, right?" Why save her? ”

"You're right, I do hate this woman." Yamamoto Taro said in a deep voice, "Since I was a child, I have been called a genius by the people around me, and even cultivated as one of the candidates for the head of the family, as an outcast, I know how difficult it is to come by such happiness, and in order to live up to everyone's expectations, I work harder than anyone else, gradually, the goal that everyone set for me has finally become my ideal, and I believe that as long as I become good enough, I can achieve this ideal one day, but ...... With the appearance of Sakurashita Kurayu, my hopes were completely shattered, I lost the night sky that should have belonged to me, my nearly twenty years of hard work were all in vain, and more importantly, Uncle Muto, who was half father and half master for me, also died because of Sakurashita Kurayu, so in this world. No one hates this woman more than I do! ”

"So, why are you doing this?" Kurama Katsuji was even more at a loss, "As soon as the sacrifice is over, the sunset sky will return to your hands, and you are still the most powerful candidate for the next leader, isn't this a good thing for you?" Why self-destruct your future? ”

"Those are two different things!" Taro Yamamoto said loudly, "I hate Yui Sakurashimoto and I have no connection with me trying to save her. Onmyoji, something that exists to deal with demons and monsters, Onmyoji. It is also a person who appears to deal with demons and monsters, and even more so the Onmyoji Association, these ...... It's all about fighting the darkness, not for someone! Although I admit that Haruaki Abe is the hero of our Onmyoji, and his contribution to the Onmyoji Association is unsurpassed, but he is dead, a figure who has been dead for more than a thousand years, and what we need is remembrance. Rather than a resurrection, which is based on more sacrifice of life...... So ......"

"This behavior of yours is wrong!" Yamamoto suddenly stretched out his hand, gritted his teeth, and said, "You should know this yourself." Otherwise, you would not have told such a big lie and deceived all of us, precisely because you know that once the truth of the matter is revealed. At least more than half of the Onmyoji will oppose it, which is why such a shady curtain is created...... And the reason why I am standing here is to correct this error and darkness. That's all! ”

"And...... And Uncle Muto also asked me before he died.,Told me to protect Sakurashita Yui.,That's the only time Uncle asked me.,Do you think I'm like this.,Can I escape in disgrace?! ”

"Whew!" After hearing this, Kurama Katsuji couldn't help sighing, and said helplessly, "Sure enough, you are a naïve and stupid person, not long ago my father said that he wanted me to tell you the truth, so that you can also join our plan, fortunately, I spoke out against this proposal, otherwise I don't know what you will do...... Since you still have such naïve fantasies in your heart, then die with this innocence. ”

As he spoke, Kurama Katsuji's eyes revealed a cold murderous aura, and at the moment when the murderous aura appeared, a translucent square enchantment appeared beside Yamamoto Taro, enveloping him in it, and then the enchantment compressed like lightning, squeezing the surprised Yamamoto Taro into nothingness almost instantly.

"You brought it on yourself, if you want to blame it, blame why you are so naïve...... Well? ”

Kurama Katsuji shook his head and sighed, but before he could finish speaking, he felt a strange aura in the air.

"Spatial binding, huh? Do you think I'll be defenseless? Almost at the same moment as Yamamoto's voice sounded, several wisps of waterline appeared in mid-air, surrounding Kurama Katsuji, and then, when he saw them, the waterlines were completely connected.

"This is?!" Kurama's face suddenly changed, and the next moment, he fell straight down, and his body became dry as if all the water had been drained.

At the same time, Taro Yamamoto came out of the air, clapped his hands and smiled, "That's it." ”

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Kurama Katsuji's body suddenly turned into a burst of flames, and he rushed towards Yamamoto Taro like lightning, and he was caught off guard, and the latter suddenly burst into flames and let out a scream of pain.

"You're so naïve, my stupid brother." The real Kurama Katsuji appeared, looked at the burning man, and said, "Water repulsion, which can force out the water in the enemy's body in an instant, this is your best yin-yang technique, but have you forgotten?" I taught you this technique, do you think it will work with the spell I gave you against me? ”

"Of course it works." As the so-called battle changes rapidly, Katsuji Kurama has just finished speaking, and Taro Yamamoto, who should have been burned to death, suddenly appeared beside him without any damage and patted him lightly on the shoulder.

Kurama Katsuji's body suddenly hanged, and his face was full of incredulous expressions, "You...... You're ......"

Before he finished speaking, Katsuji Kurama slowly collapsed, but this time he couldn't get up again.

"The water repulsion is just to lure your real body to appear, and my real killing move is this." Yamamoto Taro looked at Katsuji Kurama's motionless body and said with a smile, "Although half of my skills were taught by you, I have already surpassed you, what do you want to ask...... Because I'm a genius! ”

"Alright." After finishing speaking, Taro Yamamoto turned to look at Sakurashita Kurayu, "This guy will never wake up in five or six hours, take this opportunity, let's get out of here quickly, of course, if you don't want to leave, I will forcibly take you away by force." ”

When the two of them were fighting, Sakurashita Kura Yui stood by and watched, saying nothing or doing anything, because she knew the outcome of this battle as early as the beginning.

But now she shook her head, "Impossible, you can't have any strength at all, even if I am willing to leave, you can't take me away, while their real master has not arrived, you can run for your life quickly." ”

"A real master?" Yamamoto Taro was slightly stunned, and before he could understand the meaning of this sentence, he suddenly felt a pain in his back, and then a suffocating feeling came.

"This ...... This is? ”

"Even if you are a genius, if you are crushed in the heart, you should die, right?"

A voice from the dark side came from behind him, and Taro Yamamoto turned his head with difficulty, and suddenly saw a face like a dead man.

"You...... You're not an onmyoji......" (To be continued......