Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

With just a glance, Yae Hoshi could confirm that the source of the blackish-red swirling clouds was…

Miyamizu Shrine, less than a hundred meters away.

When Yae Hoshi and the guardian deity of Itomori Town arrived at the entrance of Miyamizu Shrine, they saw that the shrine's gate had become dilapidated, weathered by time, and blackish-red mist was pouring out from the open crack.

“Yae Hoshi-kun…”

The guardian deity of Itomori Town looked at the gate emitting blackish-red mist and slowly formed a sentence.

“Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you anymore.”

“Five years ago, such a gate appeared in Itomori Town. At that time, I was in a state of slumber. Although I knew what was happening outside, I had no ability to interfere.”

“My divine messenger, Miyamizu Futaba, the mother of Mitsuha and Yotsuha, possessed powerful spiritual power innately, so she observed this peculiar gate.”

“In order to suppress the 'disaster' within from descending, she had been using her spiritual power to resist it, which is why her body was getting worse and worse.”

“As time went on, Futaba found it increasingly difficult to suppress the 'disaster' within the gate. In the end, she made a decision.”

“She, Miyamizu Futaba, would become the suppressing object to seal this gate.”

Speaking of this, the guardian deity of Itomori Town paused slightly before continuing to form a sentence.

“And Futaba's soul is now within this gate, in that world called 'Tokoyo'.”

“The crisis in Itomori Town has been resolved, and my mission as a guardian deity has been completed. Only one last task remains.”

“I will replace Futaba and become the seal to lock this gate.”

Seeing these words, Yae Hoshi simply nodded noncommittally and said softly.

“Then what is the state of Futaba after leaving?”

“A spiritual body, but… Yotsuha, Mitsuha, and Ichiyo, these three as my divine messengers, possess some spiritual power and have a blood relationship with Futaba, so they can definitely see her. As for Miyamizu Toshiki… if his longing for his wife is strong enough and he can reverse his views and acknowledge the truths he used to ignore, perhaps he can also see her.”

After saying this, the red threads of the guardian deity of Itomori Town formed a smiling face, accompanied by a sentence.

“Yae Hoshi-kun… it's been a pleasure meeting you.”

…

Five minutes later, on the mountain road of Itomori Town.

“Huff… huff…”

Miyamizu Mitsuha was riding her bicycle, her forehead already covered with fine beads of sweat. Each breath made her feel as if her lungs were burning.

“Bang.”

Suddenly, the bicycle skidded and slipped down the hillside.

Fortunately, Miyamizu Mitsuha reacted in time. Although she fell to the ground and scraped her hands and knees, she was not seriously injured.

“It hurts…”

Miyamizu Mitsuha gasped and looked at the road ahead, but she endured the pain and got up.

She wanted to see Yae Hoshi.

She couldn't wait another minute. She just wanted to make sure he was safe now.

For some reason, Miyamizu Mitsuha had a feeling in her heart.

Yae Hoshi was at the entrance of her family's Miyamizu Shrine.

Covered in wounds, Miyamizu Mitsuha braced her tired body and ran towards Miyamizu Shrine.

When she arrived at the entrance of the familiar shrine, her eyes reflected that familiar figure.

“Yae Hoshi…”

Before Miyamizu Mitsuha could finish speaking, she suddenly noticed that the gate of her family's shrine had become a dilapidated door emitting blackish-red mist, just like the one she had seen in the office building that day.

“That is… the gate to the other world!?”

Miyamizu Mitsuha's expression changed. Just as she walked to Yae Hoshi's side, before she could speak, she suddenly saw a familiar figure wearing a kimono slowly walking out of the door.

When she saw the other person's face clearly, Miyamizu Mitsuha's pupils widened in shock, and she murmured.

“Mom… Mom?”

…

At this time, the guardian deity of Itomori Town, who was inside the gate to the other world, felt as if he had fallen into a cold ice cave.

He could clearly feel that his body… although he didn't have a body in the true sense, he could still feel his body freezing little by little.

“Is this… the end…?”

The guardian deity of Itomori Town felt his consciousness beginning to become increasingly blurred, time became blurred, as if he had only been here for a second, and as if he had been here for thousands of years. He couldn't remember many things.

During this time… what did I do?

“I seem to… have known someone…”

“Who is it… The name is clearly on the tip of my tongue… but I can't remember it.”

“Oh well, it doesn't matter anymore…”

The guardian deity of Itomori Town felt as if he had fallen into the sea. As he fell further and further down, the light on the surface of the sea became dimmer and dimmer. Until the end, all he could feel was the coldness of the sea and the boundless darkness.

As his consciousness became increasingly blurred, strands of red thread gradually wrapped around the gate, retracting the opened door inward.

Just as the door was about to close completely, a hand suddenly grabbed the edge of the door, forcefully reopening the door that was about to close.

The guardian deity of Itomori Town's consciousness also completely regained consciousness at this moment.

A familiar voice came from outside the door.

“Forgot to tell you.”

“I'm also very happy to meet you.”

“You saved Futaba, now it's my turn to fulfill the treaty and save everything in Itomori Town, including you, the guardian deity who likes to cause trouble.”

The guardian deity of Itomori Town gradually regained consciousness, looked at that familiar face, wanted to say something, but in the end only formed a few short words with red threads.

“Your name is…”

“Whoa, good grief.”

Seeing this sentence, Yae Hoshi, who had already stepped into the door, couldn't help but smile wryly and complain.

“I thought Mitsuha was the female lead, so you're the one? The classic lines are out.”

The guardian deity of Itomori Town was stunned for a moment, and quickly formed a sentence of anxious words with red threads.

“Please leave here quickly. All the time experienced in this place is gathering within the door, including the time from 1200 years ago…”

“I know.”

Yexing interrupted the guardian deity of Itomori Town, looking at the dense, black ghostly figures emerging from the huge meteorite crater, his expression remaining calm as he murmured to himself.

“The meteorite fell 1200 years ago, and all the evil spirits born from that disaster are gathered within this door… ”

“You… you…”

At that moment, the guardian deity of Itomori Town finally broke free from her previous state, recalling everything, and said urgently.

“Lord Yexing, leave here quickly! There are too many evil spirits, you will be in danger!”

After saying this, the guardian deity of Itomori Town was stunned for a moment, belatedly realizing how she had started speaking.

She… or rather, she should now be called 'she,' lowered her head and saw that she was wearing a large shrine maiden's robe. Although she couldn't see the full extent of her body, she could roughly sense that her figure was petite.

“Lord Yexing… I…”

The guardian deity of Itomori Town noticed that a red thread was tied to her snow-white, slender wrist, connecting her to Yexing, who was standing not far away.

“So, you really are a deity who likes to cause trouble for others.”

Yexing slowly closed the door behind him, walked up to the guardian deity of Itomori Town, and chuckled as he rubbed her head, seeing her transformed into a human form for the first time.

“Just leave it to me.”

“Sealing such things is simply unnecessary…”

Yexing looked at the dense mass in the distance, like a black wave, surging towards the direction where he was standing. The pupils of countless evil spirits gradually changed, forming a red pattern.

“As long as all the evil spirits within this door are eliminated, there will be no need for any seals.”

“Amaterasu.”

As a trace of blood flowed from Yexing's eye sockets, the jet-black flames collided with the wave formed by the distant black ghostly figures.

Listening to the twisted screams of the evil spirits being burned and devoured, the guardian deity of Itomori Town's mood was not relaxed at all, but instead became even heavier.

If Yexing was in his prime, she believed he could win.

But…

Having just dealt with five huge meteorites that could destroy a town, without any time to catch his breath, he had to enter this door to fight against all the evil spirits formed from the resentment of Itomori Town over the 1200 years since the meteorite fall…

How could he possibly win?

“Lord Yexing, don't do this anymore!”

The guardian deity of Itomori Town looked at Yexing's bloodshot eyes, with blood seeping from his eye sockets and dripping onto the ground. She ran over with a look of anxiety.

“Leave here! Let me fulfill my duty. If this continues, you will be in danger!”

As if responding to the words of the guardian deity of Itomori Town, the group of evil spirits, less than fifty meters away from the two, suddenly let out a shrill roar, and their bodies quickly merged together, forming a disgusting object more than fifty meters tall, with hundreds of human-sized heads protruding from its surface, emitting mournful cries that sent chills down the spine.

Not only that, but the black-red vortex clouds that were originally floating in the air also converged into a long strip, like an earthworm, only its shape was expanded countless times.

“Worm Calamity… and… this thing looks too disgusting, I'm too lazy to name it.”

Although Yexing's tone still carried a smile, the guardian deity of Itomori Town's mood remained heavy.

Twelve hundred years, what a long time that was?

From the fall of that meteorite back then, until this very day, the resentment and pain of all those who died unjustly had gathered into this monster, which was far from comparable to ordinary evil spirits.

“Lord Yexing…”

“I will win.”

Looking at the two monsters that were approaching, Yexing simply grasped the hand of the guardian deity of Itomori Town and said softly.

“I am the chosen one, the strongest person on the Fool's Journey.”

Saying this, Yexing took a deep breath, and a shell formed from black spiritual power, like a skeleton, appeared around him and the guardian deity of Itomori Town.

And this time, it wasn't just a skeleton, the shell even began to be covered with something like a layer of muscle, and the figure was also becoming taller and taller, soaring to nearly a hundred meters.

“Complete Body, Susanoo.”

…

On the other side, Miyamasu Mitsuha, who didn't know why her mother had suddenly appeared, couldn't think about so much. Looking at her mother standing in front of her, exactly the same as in her memories, she immediately rushed up and hugged her, tears welling up in her eyes.

“Mom… you… how could you…”

Futaba's voice was very gentle, the kind of unhurried, very gentle personality.

“These years, although I have not been by your and Yotsuha's side, I have been watching the two of you. You have done very well, and you have worked hard.”

“Mom…”

Miyamizu Mitsuha wiped the tears from her face and looked at the door in front of her, which was closed but had not returned to its original state, with a look of anxiety.

“Yexing… and the deity, are all inside, they will be in danger…”

Seeing Mitsuha wanting to run over and push open the door to enter the inner world, Miyamizu Futaba directly grabbed her hand, shook her head, and said softly.

“No… even if you go in, you can't do anything. All we can do now is wait silently.”

Although Miyamizu Mitsuha was anxious, she also knew that what her mother said was true.

In the agonizing wait, a full fifteen minutes passed.

Just as Miyamizu Mitsuha couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to enter the inner world to find out, the door in front of her was suddenly pushed open slowly.

A slender little hand rested on the door frame.

That was not Yexing's hand.