The Sword Deity In Tokyo

Kimura Kazuki and Harunaka walked out of the train station as soon as they got down from the s.h.i.+nkansen.

Harunaka"s eyes were wandering around. Previously, she would always travel to other districts with her sisters. It was her first time going out with a guy and he was her senior whom she had mixed feelings about.

After they got out of the train station and without the need for her senior to lead the way, Harunaka saw a boy holding up a sign with Kimura Kazuki"s name on it. That boy was Asuka s.h.i.+geru while the person standing next to him was Mei s.h.i.+geru. The siblings waved at Kimura Kazuki when they saw him.

“Master Kimura, over here.” Both Asuka and Mei knew the strength of Kimura Kazuki and thus they did not dare to disrespect him.

Upon hearing their greetings, all the bypa.s.sers looked in their direction as they thought some big shot was here. However they were speechless as all they saw were four teenagers. Perhaps they were thinking that four of them were playing some sort of role playing game.

Harunaka looked at Asuka and Mei with curiosity. Asuka and Mei were also looking at Harunaka who was next to Kimura Kazuki curiously.

“Where"s your grandfather?”

“He"s drawing talismans in the hotel,” Asuka answered truthfully. He and his sister had watched the Jade Dragon Flag Compet.i.tion, thus they knew exactly how strong Kimura Kazuki was. Furthermore, Sei s.h.i.+geru had gotten to know the reason behind the incident during his past visits to the Arisu Shrine, even though he ran away as soon as he saw Kimura Kazuki. Thus, Sei s.h.i.+geru had told Asuka and Mei everything about the Arisu family.

That left Asuka and Mei speechless as they did not expect the Kimura Kazuki they first met at Mount Tobiuo to be so powerful.

As for the death of Arisu Yuusuke, both of them did not think that Kimura Kazuki was cruel. On the contrary, they would be surprised if Kimura Kazuki failed to act.

Under the lead of Asuka and Mei, both Kimura Kazuki and Harunaka arrived at the Seven Summers Hotel in a short period of time.

Even though Harunaka did not know Mei, Mei knew who she was. Thus, they had a great conversation along the way to the hotel. After all, she had watched Harunaka"s performance in the Jade Dragon Flag Compet.i.tion on television. Mei was especially amazed by the Youbi Sword Drawing Skill that she had pulled off.

Although it was taught by Kimura Kazuki, Mei still admired Harunaka as she managed to pull off such a powerful sword style even though she was of her age.

However, it was unfortunate that Mei did not master any sword style. She was the president of the Archery Club back in her school. At first, she wanted to partic.i.p.ate in the national compet.i.tion, but the compet.i.tion was held in the summer holiday and she was occupied during that time. Thus, she could not partic.i.p.ate in it.

Kimura Kazuki met Sei s.h.i.+geru when they arrived at the hotel. After Kimura Kazuki and Harunaka put away their luggage, Sei s.h.i.+geru along with the others rushed to f.u.kuyama Shrine.

f.u.kuyama Shrine was one of the most famous shrines in Kyoto. It was called the Toyama Shrine 300 years ago. After being taken over by the f.u.kuyama family, it was renamed as f.u.kuyama Shrine.

f.u.kuyama Shrine was also one of the main forces of the Deity Rising Palace. Since ancient times, the f.u.kuyama family had pa.s.sed down the f.u.kuyama s.h.i.+ne for almost 300 years.

Harunaka who was at the side became very quiet once she met Asuka and Mei. She was not afraid of strangers. It was just that Asuka and Mei were not ordinary people, thus she was a little restrained. Furthermore, she would not speak blatantly since senpai was on her side.

Harunaka totally agreed with the phrase that “silence is golden”.

Harunaka"s eyes widened as she heard that f.u.kuyama Shrine belonged to the f.u.kuyama family.

Although she had never been to Kyoto, she had heard of f.u.kuyama Shrine. f.u.kuyama Shrine was one of Kyoto"s tourist spots. Every year during the holiday season, a large number of tourists would visit f.u.kuyama Shrine to pray for blessings.

Most importantly, if she remembered correctly, Akino had once mentioned that one of the scenes in an animated film was taken in f.u.kuyama Shrine. After the anime movie was aired, f.u.kuyama Shrine became the sacred land for otakus. That year, a large number of people came to the holy land for a tour.

Soon, the group of people arrived at f.u.kuyama Shrine.

Kimura Kazuki noticed that f.u.kuyama Shrine was not only bigger than Arisu Shrine, the crowd was also much bigger than Arisu Shrine.

Arisu Shrine was famous locally, but it was unknown to many outside of the region. As for the f.u.kuyama Shrine, it was well-known throughout the nation. Even foreigners would visit it when they came to j.a.pan. Hence, there was a big difference on the scale of tourists.

As soon as they stepped into the Torii, they could feel a different aura. The next moment, a cat in pure white fur came out from the fox statue located in the middle back area of the Torii.

A cat coming out from a fox statue? Harunaka was too shocked to speak.

Although she had been practicing sword styles, Kendo was a culture that had been pa.s.sed down from the ancient times. It could be seen and felt. The Onmyoji had also been spread widely and had a long history. However, they were considered superst.i.tions in modern times. Hence when Harunaka saw this, she subconsciously wanted to take her phone out for a photo.

Then she realized that something was not right. If she could see the cat, then everyone should also be seeing it. But, why did not the pa.s.serby react? Harunaka stared blankly at the cat as it approached. She did not know how to react.

“Welcome, Patriarch s.h.i.+geru.” s.h.i.+roneko walked with four of its limbs in an elegant and sophisticated manner. Its voice was euphony and clear. It then looked at the two people who were standing at Sei s.h.i.+geru"s left and right and greeted them with a smile that even its eyes squinted. “Welcome to f.u.kuyama Shrine, Asuka and Mei.”

“Greetings, Master f.u.kuyama.” Mei and Asuke bowed as they greeted. Their faces were full of respect.

It nodded lightly and moved its gaze to Kimura Kazuki. It then lifted its head and observed the young man in front of him. It lowered its head and spoke with a respectful tone, “Kimursama, I"ve heard a lot about you. Welcome to f.u.kuyama Shrine. I have already asked Bun f.u.kuyama to prepare a banquet for all of you.”

Was the f.u.kuyama Shrine powerful? Yes, it was very powerful. What about Arisu Shrine? It was almost equal to f.u.kuyama Shrine.

The reason why the crowd was bigger in f.u.kuyama Shrine was because f.u.kuyama Shrine was better in their operation compared to Arisu Shrine. There were not many differences in their strengths. As for why Arisu Shrine succ.u.mbed to Kimura Kazuki… They had already inquired about it and it was all because of a trivial incident. It could only be said that sometimes reality was more outrageous than fiction.

However without Arisu Yuusuke"s stubbornness, perhaps many people would never get to know that a powerful cultivator named Kimura Kazuki existed for their entire lives. Hence, s.h.i.+roneko dared not neglect Kimura Kazuki.

“Thank you.” Kimura Kazuki nodded his head slightly.

He looked at s.h.i.+roneko, guessing that it might be similar to the red bird and green bird in Arisu Shrine. It existed like an old antique for the f.u.kuyama family. The existence of the s.h.i.+roneko was to serve as a guardian spirit. Even though they were powerful, the price that they had to pay for staying in the mortal world after their deaths was that their strengths would never be improved in their lifetime and that they could never leave the Torii.

Later, without waiting for s.h.i.+roneko to speak, Kimura Kazuki grabbed Harunaka who was by his side and said solemnly, “The reason why I"m here at f.u.kuyama Shrine is to lend the power of f.u.kuyama Shrine to activate Harunaka"s consanguinity in order to fuse with the s.h.i.+kigami. Once it is done, I will offer a reward that f.u.kuyama Shrine will be satisfied with.”