Part 4
Everyone had withdrawn from the shared building that had become the focal point. But although it was the dead of night, this was still Roppongi. After the 'spiritual disaster purification' that the Onmyou Agency carried out ended, a large number of pedestrians gathered, noisily surrounding the building.
A young male mixed in with that group of people left the building.
He had already decided the meeting place beforehand. He went under a traffic light, passed through an intersection, and entered a small alley. He had chosen a road that as few people headed through as possible. The boy's pace looked indifferent at first glance, but he was actually surveying the surrounding presences without dropping his guard. He watched out for prying eyes and paid attention to the surroundings while cautiously walking.
But even so, he didn't seem timid. Rather, he seemed inexplicably imposing and fearless, because that was his nature. He wore a leather jacket with a V-neck sweater. He wore long boots over his thin trousers.
Also, the bandanna tied around his forehead freely tied up his somewhat long hair.
Just then.
"Touji, here."
He stopped because of that sudden voice.
It came from a narrow side road. But there was no one there even when he turned his head. Also, he hadn't seen any particularly suspicious aura.
But a streetlamp stood in front of the side road. Hiss. Something small silently dropped down in front on that light.
That small thing stopped in midair at eye level. It was a thumb-sized spider hanging on a thin strand. Also, the small body illuminated by the light of the streetlamp was pale blue.
The boy - Touji - entered the side road from the sidewalk. Halfway through, the blue spider left its strand and jumped onto Touji's shoulder. But Touji didn't care, letting the blue spider ride its shoulder as he passed through the side road.
"Were you able to meet?"
"No."
"Why, did you not make it?"
"No, I managed to at the end. But it wasn't a situation I could carelessly approach. Watching from afar was the limit. Even so, it took a lot of work to keep from being exposed while approaching."
Touji replied sincerely to the voice coming from the spider riding on his shoulder.
Actually, it would have been impossible to approach if the Divine General Special Senser hadn't left the scene. Even so, the Onmyouji present had all been National First-Class Onmyouji. Their spirit-seeing abilities weren't things that ordinary Onmyouji could compare to. That was why Touji had only been able to approach to a distance where he could see while staying unnoticed amidst such an intense battle.
"I was planning on trying my luck and contacting him if it were only Sensei...... But the Mystical Investigators showed up too. Being noticed by Kogure-san would be a bit......"
"Is that guy seriously doing Mystical Investigator work?"
"It's not that simple. How should I describe it...... he seems possessed."
"Hehe. Quite a clever thing for a living spirit to say."
"Give me a break."
Touji furrowed his brows because of the cheerful voice from the spider. But although his language was courteous, that tone was thoroughly brusque and unruly, just like Touji's style.
That said, the battle before had indeed been on an unprecedented level. Ohtomo and Kogure. Yamashiro was a newcomer to the Twelve Divine Generals. Two true oni, and finally even Ashiya Doman had appeared. It wouldn't have been strange for one or two buildings to have been knocked over. It was incredible that it had been held back to only this much damage.
"But it looks like Tokyo's become unsafe too, with magical battle suddenly popping out on the street."
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