Saburo Watanabe is a lone demon hunter, but he is not a lone ranger in the conventional sense. In addition to a few capable shikigami, he also has a secret partner, which is why he hardly interacts with other people.

Because this partner is a curser.

Watanabe Saburo, who hooked up with the curser, is naturally not a good person. He once used his shikigami to pretend to be a wild monster, and then he went to the monster's house to kill it to make money. This trick has been tried and tested and has always worked.

But he didn't dare to be too ostentatious, because demon hunters have natural power such as associations and families. If his presence was remembered, he would be recognized quickly.

So, after hitting it off with the curser, one of them was responsible for being the bad guy, while the other was responsible for "destroying" him.

When he committed a crime alone, he only dared to scare the victim. However, after colluding with the curser, blood would often be shed. Only after the victim had died would they be willing to pay a large sum of money to hire him to do the job.

In addition to this kind of fraud, they also colluded with others to commit many despicable activities.

Thanks to the curser who attracted the attention and his careful and covert actions, his actions were not exposed.

But after being together for a long time, they became more wary of each other.

Firstly, he was familiar with the opponent's strength, and secondly, the curser's price was getting higher and higher, and he even said, "If I hadn't cooperated with you, you wouldn't have made this money." This made the narrow-minded Watanabe Saburo feel nervous.

Even if I don't do it anymore, I don't want to be blackmailed by this kind of guy - this thought came to my mind.

So, he took advantage of the time before to secretly capture a powerful monster as a shikigami, intending to find an opportunity to kill it.

But he still had to pretend to be normal in front of the curser, for fear that the curser might have the same idea and want to harm him.

However, after this success, he originally planned to get rid of the curser, but the other party seemed to have obtained something good.

Watanabe Saburo tried to insinuate the issue, but the other party remained tight-lipped, saying only, "There have been a lot of turmoil recently, and I was just taking advantage of the situation. I can't tell him in detail."

This made Watanabe Saburo very dissatisfied and he suspected that the other party was already on guard against him.

The curser's power has improved, so Watanabe Saburo has to postpone his plan.

But he secretly comforted himself: "Fortunately, I have already caught a powerful monster. With this monster as my shikigami, go catch another powerful monster for me, and I will be strong enough to get rid of that guy."

With this thought in mind, he happened to encounter a powerful monster!

A few days ago, when his mobile phone fell into the water, Saburo Watanabe felt that he was unlucky. When he saw Hachisha, he wondered if this was a blessing in disguise.

He immediately ordered the shikigami to attack, trying to block Hachishaku's escape route, and made a declaration full of justice to the young man in his arms.

"Don't be afraid! I will save you from the monster right now!"

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Saburo Watanabe commanded his shikigami to try to restrain Hachishaku's movements, and found an opportunity to release a second shikigami. At the same time, he closed the distance, intending to use the talisman as a tool to assist in the battle and restrain Hachishaku.

"Let go of that boy." He shouted at Bashi in a stern voice, and he actually seemed to have some sense of justice.

"...Huh?" Bashi tilted his head, his long hair hanging in front of him in dissatisfaction, "What are you talking about..."

"Wait, there's a misunderstanding here - he's not a monster that wants to harm me."

Jiuyuan "tried to convince" the other party.

But I was thinking: No way? No way? Does this person really not read the news? Did he run into a demon hunter who usually lives in seclusion?

[System: Wow, Master... He has a lot of karma. He must have killed a lot of people.]

Jiuyuan: "...He is so shameless that he is still acting in front of me now."

He looked at Bashi's burning eyes and couldn't figure out what his purpose was.

Saburo Watanabe looked to be around 40 years old, but he already had a lot of white hair on his forehead, and his hair was messy and unkempt. He seemed to want to present himself as a hermit, but accidentally made himself look a bit like a tramp.

"Don't say such naive things! Monsters are not friendly to humans. They only think about how to knock out your marrow, squeeze out your flesh and blood, and use you as food... um...?"

After he got closer, he found that the young man's aura seemed a little disordered.

It actually looks a bit like... a half-demon?

No, it could also be that he was possessed by a monster.

"So that's how it is... The evil aura on you is so evil, are you really a monster too?"

Saburo Watanabe, who had just been "advising" the young man, frowned, thinking in his heart: Is this young half-demon very strong? If he can eat these two monsters in one breath, his strength will definitely increase greatly.

Kuen, whom he called an "evil monster", looked "surprised" and seemed to not understand why Watanabe Saburo's attitude changed so quickly.

However, he was speechless as he was held by Hachisha.

Just as Hachisha was about to put him down, a silver spear stabbed straight at him from the front. It was the monster that used a spear to attack them at the beginning. The monster had a pointed mouth with wings, a broken mask on its head, and used a spear very skillfully.

In addition, with the help of wings, it can also engage in air combat.

Saburo Watanabe didn't think he would lose at all, after all, he still had several shikigami that he hadn't used.

In front of the young man, a hunting dog came out and made a mournful "wool-woo" sound. After being gently tapped on the forehead, it turned around and started baring its teeth at Watanabe Saburo, as if it was ready to pounce on him and bite off his flesh at any time.

"…If I say that I am not a monster, would you believe it?" the young man asked softly.

There seems to be an unresolvable sigh in this.

Watanabe Saburo didn't want to waste time talking to him, so he took out the talisman and planned to fight him together with his shikigami in a mixed doubles match.

Hachishaku pulled out the opponent's spear that had been inserted into the ground earlier, and stared at the short-sighted shikigami flapping its wings in the air with an unfriendly look.

"Look at me, I will tear your evil featherless wings to pieces--" He actually grabbed the tree next to him and flew into the air, jumping high, trying to hit the opponent with the cold weapon.

"What a trifle! I'm an expert in aerial combat!" The shikigami proudly flapped his wings to dodge, and when he saw Hachisha fall to the ground again, he laughed, "You were shot into a sieve on the ground by me—"

Before he could finish his words, a bolt of black lightning pierced through his body.

Hachisha extended his demonic power to his weapon and shot the opponent directly to death.

[System: I see. This is a move from ble○ch, right? Ah, but that is a Zanpakutō…]

Ignoring the overly relaxed system, Jiuyuan glanced calmly at the shattered body of the Shikigami.

He felt a little sorry and said, "... Now the topic has been killed."

Seeing his shikigami being killed in one blow, Watanabe Saburo did not feel heartbroken at all. Instead, he became more satisfied with Hachisha's strength. The extremely pure demonic power he just displayed was the best proof of his strength!

As long as I tame this monster, I will be the owner of this power!

This greed, coupled with the desire to kill the curser as well, made him forget the potential danger, and he simply used three shikigami at the same time.

He is determined to capture this monster!

The shikigami of Saburo Watanabe are a snake girl, a toad, and a thin and shapeless monster. The toad leaps up into the sky, sticks out its tongue and tries to entangle Hachishaku, but is chopped into several pieces by the opponent's gun. Afterwards, Hachishaku leans over and condenses his demonic power into a black whip-like object and throws it outwards.

“Shua——”

The thin monster was also cut in half by the waist, but his body did not dissipate. Instead, it split into two on the ground and crawled forward.

Seeing that the target was not killed with one strike, Basha excitedly increased his horsepower output, condensed the demonic power into a domain, and directly burned the monster into ashes.

In order to protect her master, the snake girl took Saburo Watanabe away from the station.

Jiuyuan naturally wouldn't let him go just like that, he touched the hound's head.

"Go ahead, good boy."

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There was no surprise that Saburo Watanabe would be defeated. He was not considered a strong man. Although he had many shikigami, the performance of the shikigami also depended on the capacity of their owner.

Jiuyuan found a lot of interesting talismans on him and simply threw them into the warehouse.

From this guy, Jiuyuan learned that he had an accomplice.

"The Curse Master...where is he now?"

"Did you think I would tell you?"

"Forget it, I can find it myself." Jiuyuan stood up and clapped his hands, shaking off the dust on his body. "Oh, what are you doing here?"

"Why..." Watanabe Saburo wanted to keep silent at first, but suddenly he thought of an idea to divert the trouble to the east, "Do you know the Book of Friends? My companions and I came here for that thing."

He knew that there was a big monster lurking beside the owner of the Book of Friends. If he let the guy in front of him go to die...

"You said the same thing to your companion, right?" Jiuyuan said with a smile, "It seems that you hate him very much."

Saburo Watanabe kept silent.

His little trick was seen through by the other party, so he simply started to play dead and turned his head away.

[System: Master, do we still need to look for Natsume now? ]

Jiuyuan: "Go, why not go."

It's just right to borrow that curser for use.

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What made him laugh and cry was that when they arrived, Natsume had already met the curser. The other party was quite cunning, good at causing trouble in the dark, and had made arrangements in advance.

Even a cat teacher can't cover everything sometimes.

A ground mine exploded between Natsume and Madara, pushing them both to the left and right.

The shockwave from the explosion sent Natsume flying a few meters away. Just when he thought he was going to hit the tree behind him, someone suddenly rushed over from the side and hugged him.

The two rolled around on the grass several times, their bodies covered with grass debris.

Madara roared from behind: "Natsume!"

"I'm fine... Teacher..." The boy replied subconsciously, but found himself lying on the ground. Above him, the person who had just rescued him was supporting himself on the ground with his hands, using his back to protect himself from the damage.

Natsume's eyes widened: "You——"

This is the possessed boy!

The other party looked a little weak, but forced a smile and asked, "... Natsume-san, are you okay? Ahem, ahem..."

Only then did Natsume realize that the opponent's left shoulder seemed to be cut by the fragments, and there was a wound on his arm that was bleeding.

However, the young man didn't care.

"Thank you, why...?"

And the boy just smiled at him.

"If Natsume-san is willing to believe me, I'll talk about this later."