Chapter 320

"...I see." Asaya Michiman reappeared on the treetops. His eyes, fully stimulated by magic, found the glowing blue magic thread that connected the shikigami and the operator in the darkness. "But, this direction - is it Tokyo? How strange, even if it's 'I', it shouldn't be possible to maintain the magic supply to the shikigami at such a long distance."

"To put it in an exaggerated way, even Abe can't do it?" The Avenger walked out of the suddenly ignited black flames, looked at the lifeless yard in front of him, and confirmed to Asaya.

"Let's not talk about the fact that Harumi would never do such a thing—" Asiya Michimitsu changed the subject with interest in Edmund's warning gaze and returned to the main topic, "Because the material of the shikigami is 'inanimate matter', the state is more like Avisbronn's puppet familiar. The two shikigami we normally serve are similar to servants, with their own lives, can act independently, and don't even need the spiritual power provided by the Onmyoji to maintain their existence—this type of shikigami has no distance limit from the master."

"But familiars made from 'inanimate matter' must have a stable supply of magic power to keep them alive and complete the orders given by their masters. Generally speaking, the hearth is the one that provides the magic power, such as the puppets made by Avisbron and the familiars made by Alice that are responsible for making nutritious meals."

"But if we want to give precise enough commands, we can't just engrave program instructions into the familiar like Lord Lansemelo did." Edmund looked towards the dark courtyard, staring at the points connected by magic threads. "We must give commands to the familiar directly nearby, and the magic should be provided by the manipulator himself."

"Yes, so that guy should have been at the scene at least at that time." Suwudao sighed and looked at Edmund, "But I didn't find any suspicious traces at the scene-"

"? Is the one who is said to be from the Doemon family okay?" Edmund raised his eyebrows, turned around and looked at Asaya Doman, "Isn't this family a descendant of Abe?"

"No, we are not Moriarty and Holmes--"

"Then please recall the content of your first self-introduction to the Master."

"Gu! No, that, I used the name of Harumi for a reason..." Asiyamichi struggled desperately, but finally gave up decisively, "Let's just leave it at that. But I asked the shikigami to pay attention, and that guy is indeed fine - and don't you think that if it was 'me', using the pseudonym Abe would be more in line with 'my' aesthetics?"

"And if you want to talk about suspects, the most likely suspects should be Abe Harusai and Ashiya Hanae - their surnames, backgrounds, and places of residence all meet the requirements perfectly."

"But the Master didn't find any problems with them." Edmund firmly defended the correctness of Fujimaru Ritsuka's judgment.

"I'm not saying that Ritsuka made a wrong judgment." Asaya said with a sigh, "I just want to say that because Abe Harusai's identity may be related to Abe Haruaki in this world, they are more likely to attract my attention and be chosen by me than others."

"Do you want to go to Tokyo to see what's going on?" Edmund asked Asiya Doman.

"Let Qingming go out and take a look." Asiya Doman blinked, "I always feel that this matter is not that simple - the Master's judgment on them is based on the observation of the fluctuations of the Holy Grail, which is to confirm that they have nothing to do with the Holy Grail. But she should not ignore the fluctuations similar to ours, so the 'me' in this world should not be on them..."

"This is a bit difficult."

"A thread from Kyoto? I can't see any thread made of magic here." Abe Haruaki coldly poured cold water on the two people from Kyoto, "Doman, you should have more confidence in your Onmyojitsu - the Onmyojitsu that hides the connection between the Shikigami and the Onmyoji is not difficult for you. But I tried the Onmyojitsu used to crack it, and everything in front of me still didn't change. "

"So the clues are broken again?" Asaya Michimitsu put his hands into his wide sleeves, "It's very obvious here in Kyoto."

"Then you can follow the clues yourself and see if you can find them." Abe Haruaki replied to Asaya Michiman unhappily, "Ritsuka said that their club activities will be less scheduled in the future, so Mashu will also join our team to participate in the search for clues. Why don't you stop investigating the situation there for the time being? And follow Iwanaga Kotoko like the Cave King?"

"At least I can guarantee that you will never be able to find that guy based on this clue - have you ever thought about this, if the 'I' in this world is dead and can't appear again, then in what form did the 'you' in this world survive until today and still have the energy to create events?"

"...It seems that someone will have to take charge of our three meals in the future." Fujimaru Ritsuka sat next to Mashu, looked up at the moon outside the window, and synchronized the changes in the plan with Mashu, "Mr. Doman plans to follow Iwanaga Kotoko directly like Edmund - the clues brought by this incident are broken again, so we can only follow the protagonist of one of the parties to advance the incident."

"Speaking of which, they didn't make it through the preliminaries, so we'll have a little more slack in our schedule this year - I hope to let you take care of Abe Harusai and Ashiya Hanae, Mashu." Fujimaru Ritsuka turned his head to look at Mashu and arranged the actions after this semester, "The club only needs one manager to take care of the rest of the things, so I want you to pay attention to the follow-up of those events... Is that okay?"

"Okay, please leave it to me, Senior!"

On the other hand, the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments brought Iwanaga Kotoko and others to a seal array somewhere on the edge of the hidden world.

"It's right here." Justice pushed aside the dense grass in front of everyone, revealing the damaged formation traces on the ground. "Sure enough, that guy has found a way to destroy it - these guys who can't die are really troublesome. They can't be killed, and even if they are sealed, sooner or later they will break the seal..."

"I was not a legislator during the Heian period, but I do know a little about the relationship between Abe Haruaki and Asahi Michiman." The legislator looked at the situation in front of him and leisurely supplemented the knowledge of the young humans. "Asahi Michiman unilaterally regarded Abe Haruaki as his old enemy, opponent, and close friend - Abe Haruaki often felt troubled because he did not understand what he was saying..."

"Wait, there shouldn't have been people like Hanae, me, and Kuro-senpai who use their real names and walk in the hidden world before, right?" Iwanaga Kotoko frowned and interrupted Li Fa's words.

"Of course it has never appeared before - you and Kuro-sama are no longer human in the eyes of the monsters, so there is no problem with using your real name, and we are the only ones who know that Hanae is a human." The administrator sighed and answered Iwanaga Kotoko's question, "Generally speaking, you should have a pseudonym like Itsuki."

"But Abe Haruaki and Ashiya Michiman - even if they are very famous among humans, in the eyes of monsters with long lives, they should be more accustomed to the names they use when walking in the hidden world." After getting the answer from the administration, Iwanaga Kotoko raised a question.

"Didn't I tell you?" Legislative blinked in surprise, "Itsuki-chan is the only human who serves as the master of a monster anzai."

"From your perspective, Abe Haruaki can't be considered a human being." Iwanaga Kotoko looked at Lifa disapprovingly, "He is the son of a white fox, and has half of his blood from the monster side..."

"No, Seimei is the white fox, right?" Siju, who had already leaned against the tree trunk and was about to fall asleep, yawned and looked at Iwanaga Kotoko in confusion. "I have never smelled the scent of a human being on him. It is the pure scent of a white fox with the scent of a god. When I first saw him, I thought he was a follower of the god Inari."

"Well, since Abe Haruaki first entered the secluded world, our records have always been about white foxes." The Administration supplemented what the Judiciary said, "If it is a hybrid with humans, the previous Administration, Legislative Council, or Judiciary would definitely leave a record for the successors - but none of the three of us have seen such content."

"...What about Asaya Doman?" Abe Harusai spoke decisively to let the others skip over the question that was becoming more and more strange the more they thought about it. "Abe Haruaki is a monster, so it's okay even if his real name is told to everyone in the hidden world - what about Doman? He is not even considered to have monster blood like the legend that Abe Haruaki has the son of a white fox. He should be a pure human..."

"When Abe Haruaki first mentioned Ashiya Doman in the records, this man was still an ordinary human Onmyoji." The administrator said with a sour face, not disappointing the public's expectations. "But when he was sealed, Abe Haruaki called him a guy who fell into the devil."

"If he can't be killed, but can only be sealed, or if he's a demon..." Iwanaga Kotoko looked at the traces of the seal array in front of her and confirmed with the administrator, "Did Asaya Michimitsu abandon his own human body? He relied on shikigami techniques to create a body for himself to move around in - is his true self mist that can't be caught?"

"You got it all right." The administrator put his hands behind his back and looked at Iwanaga Kotoko who was thinking, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"Do you have anything else to add about Asoya Doman?" Iwanaga Kotoko withdrew her gaze from the seal array and looked up at the legislative, judicial and administrative departments. "Without a physical entity, it will be a little more difficult to track him. I hope to know more about Asoya Doman."

"Ah, there's no need to tell you how Asaya Doman was defeated by Abe Haruaki. It's recorded in our human history."

"Ah... Actually, this guy is a fanatical Abe Haruaki fan." The legislator, who is the real boss of Monster An, looked away and replied to Iwanaga Kotoko in a subtle tone, "Among the new words you humans use - 'toxic fan' and 'sasaeng fan'... I think these two words are quite suitable to describe him."

"Huh?"

"After all, the first thing Asaya Doman did after throwing away his body was to follow Abe Haruaki and observe his daily life... and that was all he did."