I promised to be an Onmyoji, but what kind of monsters are I collecting?

Chapter 8 Casting a Curse

Buzzing! Buzzing!

The vibration of his phone pulled Izumi Takumi's thoughts back from the scroll.

Rubbing his slightly throbbing temples, Izumi Takumi picked up his phone from the table and glanced at the caller ID.

It was a call from Yukimura Yuri.

"Calling at this hour, something must have happened, right?"

He quickly answered the phone, and Yukimura Yuri's serious voice immediately came through the receiver.

"Izumi, I might need your help now."

"Is the Onmyoji Bureau starting to cause trouble?"

"Well, this time it's a bit inexplicable. In the past, they would at least find an excuse, but this time they just took action without saying a word."

Mashiro Yukimura's voice came through the microphone: "Sister, please call Izumi-kun over here, I can't take it anymore!"

"In short, the current situation is not optimistic. Although your current strength is not up to par, it would be good for you to come and see and broaden your horizons."

"I understand. Send me the address, I'm on my way there now."

After hanging up the phone, Kotoko Morishita floated down from the roof.

"Time to get to work?"

Izumi Takuya changed his clothes by the sea, preparing things he might need later.

Wearing your school uniform outside at night will get you a warning from the police.

So it's better to change into your own clothes.

On her phone, Yukimura Yuri also sent over the address and left a message.

[Yukimura Yuri: Take a taxi, I'll reimburse the fare.]

Taxi fares are very high in Japan.

Izumi Takumi had originally planned to take a taxi there, but now that Yukimura Yuri offered to reimburse him, he was more than happy to oblige.

As she stood at the door changing her shoes, Kotoko Morishita said with a worried expression, "Be careful, come back soon, I'll be waiting for you."

Izumi Takumi paused, looking up at her: "Why are you using your older sister demeanor on me?"

"I'm older than you, I'm your older sister!" Kotoko Morishita pouted. "As for my age, I'm eighteen!"

"I didn't ask." Despite his complaints, Izumi Takumi accepted Morishita Kotoko's concern.

It feels really good to have someone care about you.

After school, there are playful arguments, unlike before when I would eat a half-price bento box alone while scrolling through my phone.

Speaking of which, have I had dinner yet?

……

After getting off the car, Izumi Takumi looked at the tall building in front of him with undisguised astonishment in his eyes.

Although he knew the Yukimura family might be very powerful, he never expected that this well-known company was also owned by the Yukimura family.

Looking at the neon sign for "Snow Music" hanging upstairs, Izumi Takumi stepped inside.

"Hello, do you have an appointment?"

The receptionist stopped Izumi Takumi.

Seeing how young he was, the receptionist calmly pointed outside: "This is a private company; the arcade is on the next street."

"This is my guest."

As the receptionist was speaking, Yukimura Yuri quietly appeared.

"Good evening, Miss." The receptionist bowed respectfully.

Nodding, Yukimura Yuri gestured with her eyes for Izumi Takumi to follow her.

After the two of them got on the elevator, Yukimura Yuri took out her access card, swiped it, and then slowly recounted what had happened.

"Around 7 PM tonight, the Yin-Yang Bureau cast a spell on this building. Based on my observation, I believe the spell affects luck and attracts various insects."

Looking at her reflection in the elevator glass, Yukimura Yuri shifted her gaze to Izumi Takumi.

"Do you have a solution?"

After a moment of contemplation, Izumi Takumi looked up and said, "I need to see how things go; maybe I can resolve this."

Izumi Takumi also gained a lot from the inheritance in the scrolls.

The inheritance of spells was precisely what he gained.

"You really have a way to solve this?" Yukimura Yuri was surprised to see Izumi Takumi's confident expression.

Even geniuses aren't like this, are they?

Although this spell was just a minor, low-level spell used by the Yin-Yang Bureau to disgust the demon race, it was not something that could be presented openly.

But if Izumi Takumi, who has been an Onmyoji for less than a day, were to actually solve it...

If word gets out, the entire Yin-Yang realm will probably be shaken.

Such promising talents will not only be sought after by the Yin-Yang Guild, but other major factions will likely also send people to cause trouble.

"Yes, I learned quite a bit from that scroll of inheritance. Just the lower-level inheritance contains so much profound knowledge. I'm afraid the owner of this inheritance must have been a formidable figure." Izumi Takumi chuckled. "However, I have to thank President Yuri for enabling me to obtain this inheritance."

"No need to be so polite with me. We're in a cooperative relationship. The more powerful you are, the more useful you will be to the Yukimura family. Naturally, I won't hold back." Yukimura Yuri replied calmly. "Besides, our demon race can't cultivate the Onmyoji tradition of you humans. It would be a waste to leave this tradition in the Yukimura family."

Without saying another word, Izumi Takumi felt even more grateful to Yukimura Yuri.

"President Yuri is being all high and mighty again, her tail practically wagging in the air, yet she's still pretending to be calm," Izumi Takumi chuckled to himself.

Ever since they learned that they could see the animal ears and tails of the monsters, the Yukimura sisters strengthened their shielding spells.

It was a bit of a pity that he couldn't see the beast ears, but with his understanding of the Onmyoji tradition, he easily used his spiritual power in conjunction with his Yin-Yang eyes to break Yukimura Yuri's minor spell that concealed the characteristics of the demon race.

The elevator arrived at the designated floor, and the two stepped out.

Walk through a short corridor until you reach the end.

Yukimura Yuri pushed open the door and saw Yukimura Mashiro inside the room, vigorously waving an electric mosquito swatter.

The ground was covered with countless dead insects.

"Mosquitoes, termites, cockroaches, centipedes..."

Upon witnessing this scene, Izumi Takumi inevitably got goosebumps.

"Ahhh, Izumi-kun, you're finally here!" Yukimura Mashiro ran towards the two with a tearful expression on her face.

"I kept hitting and hitting, but these bugs just wouldn't go away. I was so angry I wanted to use my spiritual power, but I was afraid I wouldn't be able to control myself and would destroy my sister's office..."

Yukimura Yuri didn't react much. She could control her spiritual power well and crush the flying insects.

"Mashiro, didn't I tell you to train properly? You still can't even control your spiritual power accurately." With a cold snort, Yukimura Yuri's body suddenly erupted with a wave of energy.

Wherever the shockwave passed, the insect swarm was reduced to ashes.

Even the dead insects on the ground vanished without a trace.

"Izumi, take a look at where the problem lies. I've already asked the ordinary people in the building to leave first."

Izumi Takumi hummed in agreement, walked around the room once, then pushed open the door and went out into the hallway.

Knowledge about spells came to mind, and Izumi Takumi closed his eyes.

Spells can be broadly divided into two types: one is to cast a spell on an individual using a medium.

Another method is to cast a curse on a specific area, but these regional curses are mostly not fatal.

To cast a spell on an area, you need to set up an array.

Once you find the core of the formation, you can break it.

But the key question is, what is the core of the formation?

The core of a formation can be many things: a talisman, a spirit, a book...

The effects of a magic array vary depending on the key element within it.

"The Yin-Yang Bureau only wants to expel the demon race, so they shouldn't go so far as to kill them all. Therefore, the core of the formation should be a small item."

"But downstairs, I didn't see a lot of insects."

"But there are so many flying insects on the higher floors..."

Just as he was pondering, Izumi Takumi suddenly felt a stirring in his heart, and a strange feeling spread throughout his body.

He instinctively dodged to the side.

The next moment, a dead rat covered in ants fell from the ceiling and landed right where he had just been standing.

Izumi Takumi looked up at the ceiling, lost in thought.

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