Chapter 218 – 218. Yin-Yang Union (1)

Takuya’s plan wasn’t difficult.

Her goal would be achieved anyway. But that was in the future.

He just needed to speak as if he were making happen something in the future that she didn’t know about.

From the start, her appearance was inevitable.

From the beginning of [Genius Exorcist Misaki ~ The Genius Exorcist Never Yields to Yokai], it was clear that Misaki would be walking through streets filled with yokai.

For reference, it’s not like the game’s setting was completely overrun by yokai.

The Tachibana family was the best in the exorcism industry in Japan, but there were also small and large exorcists in Japan, and there was a place for exorcism in each country.

So, Japan wasn’t occupied by yokai.

To be precise, some people believed it was, but the government had firmly denied it.

Instead, the number of missing persons reports and disappearances, and even the murder rate, had just risen dramatically.

The country of Japan was safe.

The reason for this, according to the game, was that the seal on Nyotengu was incompletely released.

Originally, she had escaped when the seal created by the Tachibana family had loosened during the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Of course, the Tachibana family also knew this, and they offered the family’s exorcists as sacrifices to prevent her from escaping.

So why was she released? The answer is simple.

Before she was sealed, she released her powerful henchmen from their seals and attacked the remaining members of the Tachibana family.

The Tachibana family, at their weakest, was destroyed, and Misaki was left alone.

But even in such poverty, Misaki didn’t lose hope and grew up wonderfully. Later, she began exorcising yokai on her own, and in the process, the yokai tried to completely release Nyotengu from her seal.

The final chapter of [Genius Exorcist Misaki ~ The Genius Exorcist Never Yields to Yokai] is about the yokai’s plan succeeding, and Nyotengu descending to earth, where she clashes with Misaki.

That was a long story.

So, what I want to say is that she will achieve what she wants anyway.

Takuya was just adding a little bit to what was going to happen anyway.

‘I don’t have a big connection with Misaki, but I should still save her.’

He was going to take care of Misaki’s future hardships all at once.

—Crack!

“Why can’t you speak? Could it be that it was a lie?”

Although he could have his neck cut off at any moment.

Takuya took a breath and opened his mouth.

“First, there are three conditions necessary to release your seal.”

At Takuya’s words, she frowned slightly, as if uncomfortable, then nodded and said.

“Tell me.”
“One is the exact location of the sealed place.”
“I know that.”
“Then, one of the biggest problems is solved.”

Nyotengu, puzzled by Takuya’s confident voice, said.

“What makes you so sure?”
“That’s a secret.”

Takuya’s bold words left her speechless.

Anyway, Nyotengu asked again, with Takuya’s confident voice.

“Then what are the other conditions?”

The other conditions, that was the reason he brought this up.

“Help me exactly when I need it.”
“Are you asking for help?”
“Yes, lend me your strength.”

Nyotengu nodded without hesitation at Takuya’s words.

“If the seal is released, helping you is nothing.”

It seemed like a trivial matter compared to having the seal released.

“Then what is the last condition?”

Now for the last condition.

The last condition, that is.

“I need assurance that even if you are released from the seal, it won’t harm me, or anyone.”

At Takuya’s words, Nyotengu looked surprised for a moment, then laughed as if she was dumbfounded.

“Hahaha! You’re trying to find a way to release me without causing harm, do you not know who I am?”
“I heard a rough story about you from Yuki Onna.”
“Knowing that, you still make such a condition?”

I answered without hesitation to her words.

“Yes.”

Perhaps it was because of Takuya’s answer.

“Interesting.”

Nyotengu muttered as if she was somewhat lost.

Then, after a moment, she looked at Takuya and said.

“Alright. I accept all of your conditions.”

At her words, Takuya desperately held back a smile.

‘I succeeded.’

He had been quite prepared for failure, so succeeding made the joy even greater.

But he shouldn’t show it.

At least not until the contract was signed.

“So, what is this plan?”
“I can’t say yet.”
“Even though I said I would do it?”
“It’s still just verbal.”

At Takuya’s words, Nyotengu laughed as if amused and said.

“Then let’s make a contract quickly.”
“Yes, then once Yuki Onna comes, we can make a contract…”
“No. It’s not necessary.”
“Huh?”

Takuya was flustered by Nyotengu’s words.

‘No. To make a contract between yokai, you need to meet Yuki Onna, right?’

Yuki Onna had said that contracts with yokai could be made by making a promise to one’s true name, not with documents.

Yes. It’s similar to making a promise to mana in fantasy.

Another similarity to fantasy is that if you don’t keep your promise, you lose a significant portion of your power.

Of course, you couldn’t just make a promise with your true name.

To be precise, you shouldn’t do that when making a contract between a human and a yokai.

They could take advantage of the short lifespan of humans and run wild after they died.

In fact, if the human died, the contract would be almost ineffective.

So, usually, they would bring a long-lived yokai, make them the guarantor yokai, and then make a contract.

In other words, Takuya was saying that Yuki Onna was needed for Nyotengu to make a formal contract, but now Nyotengu was trying to ignore that.

Of course, Takuya was about to protest that it wouldn’t work.

“Then I will negotiate—Ugh?!”

Suddenly, Nyotengu teleported in front of him and before he knew it, she was taking his lips.

Takuya was flustered by Nyotengu’s sudden action, but there was still much more to be surprised about.

—Flap!

Nyotengu not only took Takuya’s lips, but also instantly wrapped him in her huge wings behind her back.

‘Ah, I can’t see anything?!’

At that action, Takuya realized the moment he felt his vision was blocked.

‘Did I enter Nyotengu’s domain?’

The inside of the wings that Nyotengu had wrapped him in was her own space.

Why did he realize that?

Well…

“Are you flustered?”

Just as he was about to continue thinking. Takuya felt his vision returning with a sound that seemed to ring in his head.

What came into view as his vision gradually returned was.

“Where is this?”

Nyotengu, dressed in a black yukata, was looking at Takuya in a normal-looking tatami room.

At Takuya’s question, she smiled and answered.

“This is my inner world.”
“Inner world?”
“Well, it’s a kind of trick that a great yokai like me can use.”

While Takuya was slightly amazed at the fantasy-like name, Nyotengu said.

“Now that you’ve come to my world, let’s proceed with the contract.”

To be precise.

—Slither.

She suddenly untied the belt on her yukata.

“W-what suddenly…?!”

At Takuya’s voice, which seemed flustered, Nyotengu said.

“If you want to make a contract with me, the easiest way is to have intercourse, accept it.”
“What are you talking about?”

No. What is she talking about?!

“The method of using that snow woman as a guarantor to make a contract is not wrong, but if you do that, your body won’t be able to handle it.”

At those words, Takuya was puzzled.

No. My body can’t handle it, what does that mean?

It was natural. Why would my body suddenly be unable to handle it just because of a contract?

Nyotengu kindly explained the contract of yokai to Takuya.

“A yokai contract is a concept where the contracted yokai divides a certain amount of power, and if the contract fails, the other side steals that power.”
“Huh?”
“In short, if I don’t fulfill the contract, you will be a vessel for my power.”

That was the structure?

While Takuya was amazed by the structure of yokai contracts, Nyotengu continued.

“If you were making a contract with a normal yokai, this method wouldn’t be bad, but if you make a contract with a great yokai like me and I don’t fulfill the contract, your body will not be able to handle it and you will die.”

Takuya swallowed hard at Nyotengu’s confident words.

Certainly, this was information that only a great yokai would know.

“So, I’m going to make a contract in a different way.”
“A different way…?”

When Takuya asked, Nyotengu smiled and approached him.

—Thud.

She knocked Takuya down onto the tatami.

“I’m going to slowly transfer my power to you little by little and make your body able to withstand my yokai power. And the way to give you that power is.”

Takuya, flustered by the situation of being pinned down, looked at Nyotengu, who said with a slightly excited expression.

“It’s called Yin-Yang Union.”

At her words, Takuya couldn’t say anything.