When Asako Todai and others hurried to the minister's office, they saw such a scene:

Gao Gangxiongdou, the head of the special department, crossed his chin with his hands and did not say a word;

Todai Ayako seemed to be sitting upright, but her eyes didn't know where to drift for a long time;

Kazuhiko Hayahara and several other high-ranking members of the special department all looked like they had a headache and helplessness;

And standing in the middle of the office is one of the sword owners of the Demon Exorcism Knife - Asano Yuma.

It's only been a few days since I saw him, but the change in Asano has surprised Asako Todai and Aya Sonoda, two comrades-in-arms who once fought side by side.

The noble-born Yuma Asano has always been a gentle and elegant nobleman, although he does not lose his blood when fighting, but he usually pays great attention to his appearance, and never makes his dress dirty.

But now he has thin cheeks, oily hair, bloodshot eyes, and even his chin can see the untended stubble, just like a middle-aged uncle.

It's hard to believe that this decadent man could be the high-spirited Yuma Asano.

Aya Sonoda also noticed a detail, that is, Yuma Asano's exorcism knife was not in his hand, but was sealed and placed on Minister Takaoka's desk.

Yuma Asano really doesn't want to do it anymore? What's going on?

The office was quiet, and Yuma Asano lowered his head in frustration and didn't say a word, except for the sound of Takaoka Yuto tapping his nails on the table.

The three people who had just come in all subconsciously lowered their breathing and moved to Ayako Todai's side in small steps.

Ayako Todai smiled brightly at her sister, turned her head and returned to her serious appearance.

It seems that the arrival of the three broke the original balance, and Gao Gang Xiongdou took the lead in speaking:

"Winning and losing is a very common thing, and it wasn't just you at the time, our entire special class was played around, so this is not a reason for you to be decadent."

Gao Gang Xiongdou was the first to speak, and several other high-level officials also followed suit, but Asano Yuzhen's smile was still very reluctant.

He shook his head bitterly:

"I'm sorry, I've thought about it many times in the past few days, but I can't convince myself after all."

Gao Gangxiong straightened his body: "Maybe it's because your life has been smooth sailing that makes you unable to accept such a blow, but you must know that it is impossible for people to be smooth sailing on the road of growth." You used to be successful because your family smoothed out the waves for you, but when you grow to a certain height, they can't still pave everything for you. Setbacks are something you have to go through, but it's also something you have to overcome, and Advisor Asano, I hope you can listen to that. ”

He spoke out to convince him, but Yuma Asano's face did not improve in the slightest.

How can something that has been thought about for several days and can't figure it out be something that can be understood by someone else's persuasion in a sentence or two? If you don't let him completely roll over in the sinking, I'm afraid it will be difficult to wake up on his own.

Naturally, Yuto Takaoka understands this problem, but Asano's identity makes it necessary for them to find ways to persuade him.

Yuma Asano lowered his head a little more: "I know that you are for my own good, but I really can't trust my own abilities anymore, and every night I will dream of Aozuki and wake up scared." ”

He smiled silently: "It's ridiculous, a transcendent person can be woken up by a nightmare, or is it like this every day, even I don't believe in myself anymore, how can I make others believe in me?" ”

As Takaoka said, his life so far has been too smooth.

Coming out of Japan's top Shinto family, he was qualified to grow up with the royal family since he was a child, and he was the perfect Prince Charming image in the eyes of the general public.

In terms of family background, there are few imaginary except for the royal family and some top Chinese families;

In terms of appearance, he has never lacked girls who pursue him since he was a child;

In terms of grades, whether it is kindergarten or university, it is basically among the best;

In terms of martial arts, even if he learns to perform kendo, he can still beat most of the swordsmen;

In terms of future, he is the youngest and brightest official priest of Japan's No. 1 Shrine;

And then there was the point that he was most proud of, that is, he successfully won the last in the selection of thousands of the best priests and shrines in all the major shrines, and became the envy of everyone.

But how bright, proud, and confident he was in the past, and how decadent he is now.

The group of people who were tricked by the Aoyue Evil God on Takao Mountain may not be a big deal for others, but it was solved in the end anyway, but it was a fatal blow to him.

When he knew that all the decisions he had made as the captain, including the confident order to destroy the corpse of the old monk, were actually the inducements of the evil god in order for them to destroy the key to the seal and get himself out of the cage, he really broke down.

He was also full of confidence and thought that he had led the team to solve the monster, but he didn't expect that he released a terrible evil god, and even the evil god has not been eliminated yet, and he doesn't know when it will reappear and disturb the world.

He simply couldn't afford such an outcome.

After several days of decadence, he made up his mind that he could no longer fight for the protection of his people as a transcendent.

So today, it's time for him to hand in the Demon Removal Sword and ask for his resignation.

The office is terriblely quiet.

Yuma Asano's overflowing frustration and despair can be seen without saying anything, so that others don't know how to persuade if they want to continue to persuade.

Gao Gangxiongdou's ten fingers that were constantly rolling stopped, and a rare trace of helplessness appeared on his cold and hard face.

"If you insist, then I agree with your resignation, but—"

He changed his tone and accentuated:

"It's just for you to go back to Ise Jingu to relax and think about it, and you can bring back the exorcism knife too, I'm sure you'll be back soon."

Although the Demon Exorcism Knife has prepared a lot of reserve sword masters from the beginning, just waiting for the front to give way and the back to make up for it, but Asano Yu is really different.

The Asano family is a long-established Shinto family, and his grandfather is the current Ise Jingu Shinjo Shrine Priest Yuya Asano, and he himself is the most outstanding contemporary descendant of the Asano family.

In other words, if nothing else, he will be the next god of Ise Jingu.

Ise Jingu is not an ordinary shrine, it is the shrine of the main priest of Amaterasu, and it is the first shrine of Shintoism.

What's more, if Anamesu's god awakens one day, then Asano Yuma is the closest attendant to Amaterasu, and this status is even more noble than most gods.

Since the special class has established a friendly relationship with such a promising young man, there is no reason not to maintain and deepen it, anyway, with the increasing number of extraordinary people in the special class, the combat power of a demon exorcism knife is not impossible to lose.

Gao Gang Xiongdou stared at Asano Yuma fixedly, Asano Yuma also raised his head in surprise, and glanced at the minister, who had never been close to people, and was a little surprised that he was retained.

Yuma Asano pursed her lips.

"Thank you, Minister."

He was gone, and the Exorcist remained on his desk.