I asked Futaba to deploy her divine domain and as usual, chopped the variants with my sword and burned their corpses to the ground.
You might already call it a pattern.
Though this is the most efficient way to deal with lesser variants.
In any case, I woke Watanabe up.
「Hnn?….were were those guys just now……?」
「They ran away when we arrived.」
「Is that so? Thanks」
Watanabe doesn’t seem to be thinking straight yet.
Before she starts asking troublesome questions, let’s ask her for info first.
Watanabe told us where Onimatsuri might go.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t get any information on Kurusu.
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Onimatsuri often goes to two places on holidays.
One is a street and the other is a building where gyaru customers go.
However, she has recently changed her appearance to a more innocent one so she rarely goes there unless she is invited by her gyaru friends.
Another place is, of course, her home. However, she did not answer the phone in her house.
Unlike Watanabe, neither Onimatsuri nor Kurusu have cell phones.
「Time is of the essence. Let’s split up. I’ll go with Mimi. If you ever meet a variant, don’t push yourself too hard.」
I know it’s not good to spread out our forces but speed is our priority.
Since both groups need to be competitive, Yui and I must be separated.
Comparing Futaba and Mimi, Futaba has a higher fighting power so it’s a natural combination.
With the two of them, unless something bad happens, they would be able to escape even in the worst-case scenario.
We nodded to each other and quickly dispersed.
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「I’m a princess again……like always……」
I held Mimi, who’s in her fantasy world again, in my arms and didn’t bother about her delusions.
The street that Watanabe told me about is a fashion shopping district for the young with about a hundred stores.
The next year or so, ganguro would appear but at this time, kogyaru were still the mainstream.
It is a famous place that attracts tourists from abroad.
The street, only 3 meters wide, was crowded with people during the summer vacation.
It is very difficult to find Onimatsuri here…….
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No, on the contrary, it would be better to look for a place where there are few people.
If the human dispersing effect of variant is in effect, there should be an unpopular spot in the crowded street.
And considering the possibility that Onimatsuri is not here, we should join Yui’s team when we have searched the whole area.
It was not a given that Onimatsuri would be attacked in the first place.
However, considering that Watanabe was attacked, the possibility is still quite high.
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So, we searched mainly in back alleys and other places where people were sparsely seen but could not find Onimatsuri.
Instead, I found Kurusu.
He was rummaging for silver jewelry.
He was posing in front of a mirror, putting them on his neck and hands without any restraints.
Is he aiming for his summer vacation debut?
He was supposed to be aiming for Watanabe but I think he’s going in the wrong direction with that fashion.
Well……it’s not like I know anything about fashion.
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I’m not sure what to say about fashion but I can say that Kurusu is safe.
I put some magic power on Kurusu just in case.
This way, if something with strong magic power appears around him, I will be aware of it.
This will make him stand out in terms of having magic power around him but as long as there is a possibility that he will be targeted, there is nothing I can do about it.
In order to make the magic power emitting from him as small as possible, I set a duration of a few days.
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Onimatsuri was apparently in the place where Yui’s party went.
Just as Yui’s party found Onimatsuri, a variant appeared, and they defeated it without difficulty.
After the four of us gathered, another lesser oni appeared at Kurusu’s place.
So I decided to rush to him.
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All of them were Japanese mythology variants.
Just to be sure, I went around to my classmates whose address I knew but did not encounter any more variants.
In other words, only my classmates who went to the beach with me were attacked by variants today.
Those who were after me were trying to set some kind of trap and the source of information about my friend circle was the ocean trip……?
Come to think of it, Himiko used the word “main force”.
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I went around applying magic power, like what I did to Kurusu, to as many people I could think of.
This should lessen the chance of them making unnecessary attempts to mess with me before the decisive battle in Nagano.
It was a little weird not knowing what the other party was trying to do but I was able to stop them.
Am I right to think so……?
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