Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

Yotsuya Miko, who hadn't spoken until now, seemed to have thought of something and murmured.

“Does that mean… eliminating the target outside the Kyoto city limits, in another city? But the target is a high-ranking official in the Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters. How can we get him to leave his jurisdiction and go to another city…?”

“Putting aside how to even accomplish that, if we eliminate the target in another city, the sudden death of a high-ranking police official would definitely trigger a full-scale investigation by the police, whether to quell public opinion or maintain order.”

“Under such circumstances, our movements are likely to be exposed. After all, several high school students suddenly leaving their city of residence without any particular reason and going to another city, where a high-ranking police official happens to be murdered on the same day… such a coincidence would be enough to raise suspicion.”

“Although we wouldn't leave any legally valid evidence, mere suspicion would be enough reason for the mastermind to take action. Even if they're wrong, it would only be killing a few innocent high school students. Given the moral values they've demonstrated, that's not something they'd care about at all.”

Hearing the questions raised by Yotsuya Miko, Futaba Rio nodded slightly and said softly.

“Getting him to Osaka isn't difficult. After all, that Shinomya Gan'an has reached some kind of agreement with Yozora, and although Director Yagami is no longer the director and has been transferred to Tokyo, he still has some connections within the police force.”

“As for the other issues you mentioned…”

Futaba Rio sighed slightly, her expression complex.

“That's what makes Yagami Light so formidable. Honestly, I'm very grateful that he shares the same ideals as Yozora and is a comrade who can understand us and stand on our side. If he were in the opposing camp, he would be an extremely terrifying enemy.”

Just then, there was a knock on the activity room door.

“Come in.”

Hiratsuka Shizuka walked in, glanced at the members of the Supernatural Society present, and then sighed slightly.

“Have you decided on the location for the school trip? And… Yozora… will he be going? He seems to have taken leave, just barely covering the start of the school trip.”

“He will be going.”

Futaba Rio replied faintly at first, then added quickly.

“As for the location of the school trip, we've decided on that too.”

“Where to?”

Honestly, Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't really care where they went for the school trip, as long as Yozora came along.

She realized that when he wasn't at school, she was incredibly bored, and she didn't even know what to do each day.

Futaba Rio looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka standing at the door, a smile on her face, and said softly.

“Osaka.”

…

That night, in the Miyazumi household, in Miyazumi Mitsuha's room.

“I still didn't find anything today…”

Miyazumi Mitsuha lay on the futon, looking exhausted. She sighed first, then looked at Yozora sitting there, propped herself up with her tired body, and said softly.

“I'll ask for a day off from school tomorrow. There are still many places in town we haven't been to.”

“Okay.”

Yozora smiled and replied casually.

“However, a lot of people are already spreading rumors, saying that a young girl like you spends every weekend with her boyfriend, going deep into the mountains and remote, uninhabited places. Some people even say…”

Miyazumi Mitsuha asked in confusion.

“Say what?”

“They say you're afraid of your mayor father finding out, so you don't dare go to an open inn, so you have to go to some remote places in the deep mountains to do some loving things with your dear boyfriend.”

“Eh?”

Miyazumi Mitsuha made a confused sound first, then her face turned red.

“Eh!? Th-th-th-that…”

“Can't even straighten your tongue?”

Seeing Yozora's smiling face, Miyazumi Mitsuha said in embarrassment and anger.

“Y-you're still laughing! Th-th-that… how am I supposed to stay in town after this? And there's no way to explain it to others…”

“It's simple.”

Yozora replied nonchalantly.

“After things are resolved, you can just come to Kyoto to live with me, right?”

“Kyoto?”

Hearing this, Miyazumi Mitsuha's eyes flickered, first with a look of great anticipation, then with a look of sadness, and she murmured.

“My father… probably won't agree to me leaving here, and… the Miyazumi family still needs a shrine maiden…”

Just as Miyazumi Mitsuha finished speaking, a strand of red string suddenly appeared in front of her, forming four large characters.

“I have no objections.”

Miyazumi Mitsuha: “…”

Speaking of which, this matter is really a bit strange.

As a family of shrine maidens, the Miyazumi family does have the lifelong duty of serving the gods as shrine maidens, that's true.

But the gods themselves said they have no objections…

This problem is no longer a problem.

“You saw it, right? He has no objections.”

Yozora understood the guardian deity of Itomori Town.

Would he object? Impossible.

This guardian deity of Itomori Town couldn't wait for him to consummate his relationship with Miyazumi Mitsuha tonight, to cook the rice and make it a done deal, to do all the things that should be done.

Thinking about it, it's normal. After all, he has existed for thousands of years. In the guardian deity of Itomori Town's view, sixteen or seventeen-year-old men and women should have been married and had children long ago.

“As for your father's side…”

Yozora rested his chin on one hand, looked at Miyazumi Mitsuha, and said with a smile.

“There are already such rumors. Itomori Town is a small place. If you stay here, you won't be able to marry anyone. If you do marry, you can only marry me.”

Chapter 307: Mitsuha's Determination, the "Door" in the Town Hall

Hearing this, Miyazumi Mitsuha probably guessed Yozora's thoughts. She was slightly stunned at first, then shook her head with a wry smile.

“Are you kidding? My father would never agree to me leaving Itomori Town and running off to Kyoto to study alone.”

“Alone?”

Yozora replied in a flat tone.

“Your sister and your grandmother can of course go with you. Why alone?”

“But the duty of the Miyazumi family is…”

Before Mitsuha could finish her sentence, the guardian deity of Itomori Town quickly manipulated the red string to form a new sentence.

“Don't worry, Little Mitsuha, I'll go with you too.”

“Huh?”

Miyazumi Mitsuha looked puzzled and asked cautiously.

“But your shrine… isn't it all in Itomori Town? And… you are the guardian deity of Itomori Town…”

“Mitsuba, after this crisis is resolved, Futomiki Town will no longer need guarding. I will have fulfilled my duty. What I need to do next, of course, is follow Lord Yexing, along with my favorite Ichiyo, Yotsuba, and you, Mitsuba, to Kyoto City, to contribute to creating a better world.”

Mitsuba didn't notice the slight change in Yexing's expression when he heard this. All her attention was focused on the shocking content of what the guardian deity of Futomiki Town had said.

“This…”

Mitsuba opened her lips, only to realize that, unknowingly, most of the obstacles in her dream of living in a big city had disappeared.

The duty of the Miyamizu family's generations of shrine maidens?

The enshrined deity has been abducted. What's the point of her, her sister, and her grandmother continuing to stay here? What's the point of holding those rituals, offering the kuchikamizake they make themselves? What meaning could any of this have?

If they were to follow the rules passed down through the Miyamizu family, then since the guardian deity has followed Yexing, they should all go to Kyoto together. That's what it means to be a dutiful shrine maiden.

If Ichiyo, Mitsuba's grandmother, knew this news, it's uncertain whether she would go along. After all, she has lived in Futomiki Town her whole life, and moving to Kyoto at such an old age would probably be a bit uncomfortable.

And to take care of her grandmother, Yotsuba probably wouldn't want to leave either. But both of them would definitely not object to Mitsuba going to Kyoto, and might even be very supportive.

“But… my father…”

Mitsuba sighed, a worried look on her face, and muttered to herself.

“If it's to that… private Shuchiin Academy… my father might agree…”

Saying this, Mitsuba suddenly noticed that Yexing, who was sitting in front of her, and the pattern representing the red thread of Futomiki Town, floating in the air, were both looking at her with an expression as if she were an idiot, which made her feel a little overwhelmed, and she hesitated.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Are you okay?”

Yexing reached out and touched Mitsuba's forehead, muttering to himself.

“She doesn't have a fever. Why is she talking nonsense?”

“Screw you, you're the one talking nonsense.”

“Don't you know how outrageous what you just said was? Even I think it's outrageous, which means it's reached the pinnacle of outrageousness.”

Yexing shook his head, helplessly.

“Get one thing straight. Shuchiin Academy not only practices elite education, but also has elite admission standards. The so-called elites in the eyes of the school are either children from top families, or geniuses with outstanding abilities that cannot be ignored. Even so, the proportion of students from ordinary families among the new students admitted each year does not exceed one percent at most, belonging to special admissions.”

Saying this, Yexing paused slightly, looking at Mitsuba and smiling dumbfounded.

“I'll just say it straight. Your father is just a small town councilor, and your own grades aren't good enough to meet Shuchiin's special admission standards. What you just said is equivalent to saying that if Todai were willing to offer you a full scholarship and let you choose any major you want, you might consider it. Very outrageous, understand?”

“You think I don't know that?”

Mitsuba rolled her eyes, annoyed.

“I'm just saying that unless it's a school like Shuchiin Academy, my father might agree to me leaving Futomiki Town to study in another place alone. He wouldn't agree to an ordinary high school.”

“Eh, isn't that a coincidence?”

Hearing this, Yexing smiled and said, as if he had expected it.

“There happens to be a school in Kyoto City that brings together a former national idol actress, a genius girl who started studying quantum mechanics in high school, a piano prodigy who will become a piano master, a 100% sunshine girl who can control the weather, a cute girl with golden eyes who cries very seductively, the daughter of a prefectural assemblyman and a construction company president, a pure and spicy girl who is good at cosplay, an orange short-haired loli who is unmatched in a certain aspect, a master assassin of cuisine, the mastermind in the kitchen, the master of taste buds, and most importantly, there is also…”

“Sitting in front of you now is Kyoto City's number one eroge shooter, the strongest exorcist in history, the Sakura Province's top scorer in the joint entrance exam, the demon king of Soubu High who defeated the entire first year of Shuchiin, the founder of the Supernatural Quantum Mechanics Research Society, the future heir of Yukinoshita Construction Company, the person who plays the suona, a master musician for red and white weddings, the savior of beautiful girls, the nemesis of love triangles, the god of harems, and the top player who achieved the only perfect ending in White Album 2.”

“Credibility, understand?”

Hearing the long list of titles that Yexing rattled off, Mitsuba was stunned. It took several seconds before she reacted, surprised.

“You… you're the top scorer in the joint entrance exam?”

“That's right.”

Yexing nodded, smiling softly.

“And if you come to Soubu High, tuition is free, and you'll also be arranged an apartment, right in the same class as me and Amano Hina, whom you met last time. Wouldn't that be a wonderful thing?”

“That's true, but my father…”

Halfway through her sentence, Mitsuba shook her head, a look of determination appearing in her eyes.

“No… this has nothing to do with my father's thoughts. I have always been very clear about what kind of life I want, so… I will work hard to fight for it.”

Mitsuba clenched her hands involuntarily, her voice no longer containing the slightest confusion.

“After this crisis is resolved, I will go to my father and tell him in person that I want to go to Kyoto, want to… want to…”

“Want to what?”

Mitsuba glanced at Yexing sitting opposite her, and finally withdrew the words that were on the tip of her tongue, blushing and whispering.

“No, it's nothing.”

The guardian deity of Futomiki Town watched from the side, and the whole deity was speechless.

She's really not competitive enough.

I'm so anxious to connect the two of you, I'm almost jumping up and down. The red string is about to spark, and then you, Mitsuba, are playing coy, acting evasive, and running away at the last minute, are you?