Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

As Ye Xing's words fell, the surface of Onimaru Kunitsuna's jet-black blade instantly erupted with surging spiritual power. Amidst this intense surge of spiritual energy, the katana shattered into fragments, vanishing along with the black aura.

In the next second, from the perspectives of Ruka Urushihara and Marin Kitagawa, the jet-black Onimaru Kunitsuna instantly disappeared.

However, Mitsuha Miyamizu and the others saw a beautiful woman in black mourning attire appear, her exquisite face displaying a slight frown, as if in distaste.

"So disgusting… and it doesn't seem to do anything… It seems I don't possess my master's ability."

This was the first time Onimaru Kunitsuna had encountered such a wild spiritual longsword. She had been wondering if she could enhance her own power through devouring, like Ye Xing.

The result was obvious.

Besides allowing her to experience the feeling her master had when eating Yui Yuigahama's cooking, achieving a so-called shared suffering achievement, there was absolutely nothing…

On second thought, being able to understand her master's feelings seemed like a reward in some sense for Onimaru Kunitsuna.

"Alright, the source of the evil has been dealt with."

Seeing the longsword completely devoured by Onimaru Kunitsuna, Ye Xing shrugged and said with a smile.

"However, the incident is far from over."

"Yes…"

Mitsuha Miyamizu nodded, frowning as she muttered to herself.

"Did the person Urushihara-san mentioned, the one who enshrined this katana, know that it would attract evil spirits and deliberately enshrine it? But even if it's just a coincidence, the reputation of Yanagihara Shrine has been affected. If they continue with the same simple and unadorned management style as before, I'm afraid the number of people who come to worship will decrease more and more, until eventually… there will be no one left."

Hearing Mitsuha Miyamizu's words, Ruka Urushihara's expression also became somewhat dim.

Kyoto is not Itomori Town. Among all the cities in the Sakura Province, Kyoto, with its long history, has the largest number of shrines.

In other words, if you want to worship a deity in Itomori Town, you can only go to the Miyamizu family, and you can only enshrine the former guardian deity of Itomori Town, the current Matchmaking God. There's no choice.

But Yanagihara Shrine, located in Kyoto, has many competitors.

"Everyone is grinding. If you don't have a unique skill, how can you survive?"

Hearing Ye Xing's earnest words, Ruka Urushihara raised her head, her beautiful eyes shining with admiration.

"Ye Xing-san, please help us."

"This…"

Seeing Ye Xing looking slightly hesitant, as if wanting to say something but stopping, the Matchmaking God quickly approached him, smiling.

"You and Ruka-chan… have a red string of fate, you know."

Hearing the Matchmaking God say that there was a connection of fate between Ye Xing and Ruka Urushihara, Marin Kitagawa, Saki Kawasaki, and Mitsuha Miyamizu showed no surprise or unexpected reaction. Instead, they looked as if it was to be expected.

In this world, there are only three types of girls.

The first type has no interaction with Ye Xing.

The second type has interaction with Ye Xing, but is not good-looking or is too old.

The third type has a red string of fate with this guy.

Ruka Urushihara having a red string of fate with Ye Xing is very normal.

If she didn't, Marin Kitagawa and the others would feel surprised and even begin to suspect whether this god of the harem had been possessed by someone else.

"Cough cough, in that case…"

Ye Xing first waved his hand. Seeing this, Ruka Urushihara couldn't help but show a disappointed look, forcing a smile, and lowering her eyes, she whispered.

"I see… I'm sorry, my request was too demanding. Ye Xing-san, you also have your own things to do… and we can't offer any reward…"

"Incorrect."

Ye Xing looked righteous and spoke solemnly.

"You are Saika's friend, and Saika is my friend, so you are my friend. How can I stand idly by when a friend is in trouble?"

"Waving my hand doesn't mean rejection, but rather that Urushihara-san, you don't need to say anything more."

"As for the reward…"

"There will be one."

Chapter 433: Utaha Kasumigaoka's Book Signing, the Smile of the Victorious Blonde Underdog

Hearing Ye Xing say this, Ruka Urushihara finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then couldn't help but curiously ask.

"Then Ye Xing-san… what should we do next… should we hold some kind of event?"

"Hmm… we do need to have some activities."

Ye Xing looked thoughtful, looking at the people in front of him. When he saw his gaze turn to her, Mitsuha Miyamizu couldn't help but show a flustered look. She first wanted to say something, but after noticing Ruka Urushihara's expectant look, she swallowed the words that were about to come out, biting her silver teeth lightly, as if she had made a big decision, and said.

"I… I brought the miko outfit… if you let me… let me dance that kind of ritual dance to the gods… or chew sake… I have no problem with that."

"Still talking about chewed sake?"

Ye Xing waved his hand and said in a calm tone.

"You came to Kyoto because you didn't want to do those things, so how could I possibly wrong you by asking you to do things you don't want to do in order to help Urushihara-san?"

Mitsuha Miyamizu was moved upon hearing this. After all, she had been doing all these things, chewing sake and performing ritual dances to the gods, since she was a child, and she could no longer bear it. Although Mitsuha Miyamizu's personality was very kind and she was willing to do her old job again to help Ruka Urushihara, it would naturally be best to avoid it if possible.

"But… then what can we do to increase the popularity of Yanagihara Shrine?"

"Hmm… let me think…"

Ye Xing opened his phone and glanced at a certain number. Suddenly, he had an idea, and he raised his head and smiled at the women in front of him.

"Let's hold a signing event for the author of a best-selling light novel at Yanagihara Shrine."

…

The next morning, inside Yanagihara Shrine.

"You only came to me after so long, and it turns out it's for something like this…"

Utaha Kasumigaoka sat behind a temporarily set up table, with her best-selling light novel, the "Love Metronome" series, and related merchandise placed in front of her. Looking at the long line of readers who were already lined up, eagerly waiting for her autograph, she sighed slightly, glanced at Ye Xing sitting beside her, and her tone seemed a little unhappy.

"I thought you suddenly called to invite me to dinner or something, but it's just to have me host a book signing event, and…"

Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at Uruhara Luka, who was standing not far away, wearing a miko outfit, with fair skin, a delicate face, a slender figure, and behaving like a traditional Yamato Nadeshiko, and curled her lips, saying unhappily.

"Having me hold a signing event at the shrine is for this girl, isn't it? Being so blatant… really is a bit much, Yozora-kun."

Faced with Kasumigaoka Utaha's accusation, Yozora simply shrugged nonchalantly, replying without panic.

"Isn't that how connections are used? The writer Nagumo Ryunosuke is also a woman, but didn't I have her help you too? People need to help each other, Kasumigaoka-kun."

"I can understand that, since I do owe you a favor, but…"

Kasumigaoka Utaha's gaze passed over Yozora, landing on Eriri, who was sitting at the other end of the table, glaring at her fiercely, and she said unhappily.

"What did you bring this brainless chihuahua here for? She'll only cause trouble."

"You're the chihuahua!"

Eriri looked furious, retorting without backing down.

"I came to see Yozora, what's it to you?"

"Hehe, she came to see me, and I'm holding the signing event, so what about you?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha wore a kind smile, stood up, walked to Eriri's side, leaned in, and slowly opened her mouth.

"You… you just draw doujinshi. If you're so capable, hold a signing event too, huh? Can you? Huh?"

"You… you… you…"

Kasumigaoka Utaha's words hit Eriri's sore spot.

The doujinshi she draws are very popular, and sales are extremely high, always selling out at comic conventions, but the problem is…

Eriri can never be like Kasumigaoka Utaha now, holding a signing event with her real face and identity, because… she draws doujinshi.

Thinking of this, Eriri glanced at Yozora in the middle, a hint of guilt in her eyes.

She couldn't help but think, if she could be like Kasumigaoka Utaha, revealing her identity and gathering so many fans… when the other party needed help, could she be of assistance?

"By the way, Kasumigaoka-kun."

Although Yozora noticed Eriri's emotions, he didn't directly point it out, because she has a very high self-esteem and wouldn't admit that she felt useless, she would just stubbornly deny it.

"Didn't you say that your original illustrator's style didn't quite match you, and you wanted to change illustrators?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"Yes, I did say that, after all, I'm writing a light novel, and the illustrations are very important."

Among the light novels in Sakura Prefecture, there are not a few who are just filling the ranks, the so-called "buy toilet paper, get illustrations free."

The quality of Kasumigaoka Utaha's "Love Metronome" is very high, but after all, it's still a light novel, and illustrations are naturally very important.

The original illustrator, to put it nicely, didn't match her style, but to put it bluntly, the quality was too poor, and the characters drawn didn't match her vision of the characters when she wrote those words, and communication was also very troublesome.

Now that "Love Metronome" has become a best-selling light novel, Kasumigaoka Utaha is considering changing illustrators to be responsible to the readers and to match her vision.

"Look at this one…"

Yozora pointed to Eriri sitting next to him, smiling as he said.

"How about having her draw the illustrations for you?"

"Her?"

"Me?"

Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes met briefly, both looking disgusted, and they said in unison.

"I don't want to work with this guy!"

"I know you're anxious, but don't be."

Looking at the two of them with their arms crossed in front of their chests, turning their faces away, unwilling to look at each other, Yozora smiled and said.

"First of all, Kasumigaoka-kun, you have to admit that Eriri's drawing skills are exquisite, that's undeniable, right?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha curled her lips, trying to maintain a poker face, and snorted softly.

"Her drawing skills are exquisite, that's true…"

Even if Kasumigaoka Utaha hates Eriri as a person, she can't deny the other party's outstanding talent in art, especially the ability to achieve success in both doujinshi and art exhibitions, this kind of casual switching of styles is not something ordinary artists can do.

"Hmph."

Just as Kasumigaoka Utaha was halfway through her words, she saw Eriri with a triumphant, high-and-mighty posture, she couldn't help but frown, changing her tone.

"Hmph, I barely praised you a little, do you have to be so happy? As expected, a chihuahua is a chihuahua, a brainless, stupid creature, its tail is already wagging to the sky."

"Hmph."

To Kasumigaoka Utaha's surprise, Eriri just wore a meaningful smile, looking at her like that, completely different from her usual behavior, not anxious or annoyed at all, with a calm and gentle appearance, even revealing a hint of pity in her eyes, shaking her head and sighing slightly, pretending to be profound.

"Alas… and you still write romance light novels, you don't even understand this, as expected, after the nutrients all run to certain places, the brain is not enough to use."

Kasumigaoka Utaha really doesn't understand, it was like this last time when they had dinner, and it's like this this time when they're holding the signing event.

Eriri, who is usually easily triggered by a word or two from her, why does she suddenly show a sense of superiority in front of her at certain times?

What does this mean?

Kasumigaoka Utaha doesn't understand, but Yozora knows the reason for Eriri's current appearance.

As the number one ero-game player in Kyoto, he understands girls' emotions too well.

When he addressed Kasumigaoka Utaha, he used "Kasumigaoka-kun," but when he called Eriri, he didn't use a title like "Sawamura-kun," but directly called her name.

In Eriri's eyes, what does this mean? Isn't it obvious enough?

You, Kasumigaoka Utaha, are just an outsider.

I, Sawamura Spencer Eriri, am the companion that Yozora and "Mask" trust!

The victor is me, Kashiwagi Eri!