"Did I kill your entire family?"
Facing the indignant crowd demanding that he take responsibility for their deceased family members, Nakano Yu did not get angry; instead, he retorted, although a murderous intent arose in his heart as he looked at them.
"You didn't kill them, but it's definitely because of you! It's all in the newspaper, you can't deny it!"
The leader said, throwing a newspaper. Carried by the Wind, it landed in his hand. Opening it, Nakano Yu was confused by the headline.
The headline was long, with densely packed small text, but Nakano Yu's gaze swept over it and instantly absorbed all the information it contained.
In short, the headline was simply a smear campaign against him.
Of course, it was not entirely a smear; the content of this headline took advantage of the opportunity, naturally, the public opinion stirred up by Tomie.
It claimed that the inaction of the Japanese government and the failure to punish his evil deeds angered some international justice organization. Therefore, that international organization bombarded the port city, the location of Nakano Yu released by the Police Department.
Who would have thought that even the bombardment could not kill Nakano Yu, nor even seriously injure him? Instead, it implicated all the people in the entire port city.
Looking at the headline, Nakano Yu could only respond with a cold laugh.
The content of this piece was full of loopholes. Nakano Yu did not know who would be so easily misled by such an article.
Leaving aside the fact that the article accused him without any evidence, just look at the reason for the destruction of the port city mentioned in the article.
Because some international justice organization bombarded him, a single person, with artillery, and thereby implicated the entire city? That was too far-fetched, even ridiculous.
If some international justice organization was dissatisfied with his actions, why wouldn't they publicly condemn him, or send someone to kill him one-on-one? Instead, they hid in the shadows and launched artillery attacks, even bombing the entire city.
Is that really an international justice organization, or a terrorist group?
"The newspaper has published about you! Are you still not going to admit it?! We came here as soon as we got the newspaper! Since the Police Department won't act, we will eliminate evil ourselves!"
"For the country, for justice! Get rid of this demon!"
Seeing Nakano Yu laugh while looking at the newspaper, endless anger ignited in the hearts of the crowd. Some even took out metal pipes they were carrying and pointed them at Nakano Yu.
However, as soon as the person finished speaking, he turned into a lifeless pillar of salt.
The sudden change stunned everyone present. They looked at Nakano Yu and the pillar of salt in disbelief, not knowing how to react.
Nakano Yu did not give them a chance to react. With a single glance from his silver-shining eyes, everyone present turned into pillars of salt.
After depriving these people of life, Nakano Yu expressionlessly dusted himself off, then his figure flickered and appeared in a car. He started the engine, stepped on the gas, and sped away in a cloud of dust.
Soon, Nakano Yu returned to Shinjuku Ward. However, just as he was about to enter Shinjuku Ward, a human wall blocked him. At the very front of that wall were two people Nakano Yu knew—Tsuchimikado Arima and Tachibana Gen.
Stopping the car, Nakano Yu slightly frowned, looking at the smiling Tsuchimikado Arima and the serious Tachibana Gen, and the human wall behind them.
"Welcome back, our great hero, Nakano!!!"
Stepping forward, Tsuchimikado Arima pulled out a confetti gun from his sleeve, and with a "bang," streamers flew out.
Hearing Tsuchimikado Arima's words, Nakano Yu was stunned. He looked at Tachibana Gen, who remained serious, and Nakano Yu felt even more confused.
Judging by the people he had just killed, public opinion about him in Japan should be quite negative, but now… what is this "hero"?
At that moment, Tsuchimikado Arima stepped forward, holding an open white folding fan, and slightly bowed, whispering:
"Yu-sama, please cooperate with our performance. We are currently live."
Hearing this, Nakano Yu raised an eyebrow, not quite understanding what Tsuchimikado Arima intended, but given the situation, a live broadcast… was he trying to clear his name?
In fact, that was exactly what Tsuchimikado Arima planned. Initially, the public opinion against Nakano Yu was under the control of the Police Department, but yesterday a few extra fools smeared Nakano Yu, adding fuel to the fire. For a time, even the Police Department could not control public opinion. In response, Tsuchimikado Arima came up with a plan.
Since public opinion about Nakano Yu could not be controlled, he would use even greater public opinion to guide its direction.
The method Tsuchimikado Arima came up with was: publicly reveal the existence of yokai, classify them into good and evil yokai, and then fabricate a story—a story of internal conflict among yokai, while humanity barely survives.
And now, Nakano Yu was one of the Twin Stars among Onmyoji, a hero! A symbol of hope!
To assign Nakano Yu the titles of hope and Son of God.
Initially, Tachibana Gen did not agree with this, but Tsuchimikado Arima persuaded him. For this, he even released photos of a statue of Nakano Yu worshipped as a god in the Faroe Islands, and a shortened video of Nakano Yu fighting Frey.
The title was, of course, "Onmyoji Twin Stars, one of the divine sons, Nakano Yu, destroys yokai."
The terrifying wolf head and crystal palace in the video threw all of Japan into deep shock. As a result, online public opinion about Nakano Yu quickly improved. More and more people came to their senses and discovered loopholes and inconsistencies in the previous videos and reports against Nakano Yu.
Since then, Nakano Yu transformed from a murderous demon into the divine son of the Twin Star of all Japan, and even the hope of humanity.
And the destroyed port city, instead of being bombed by an international justice organization, became the story of a young man bravely fighting countless yokai alone, not retreating even when the city was destroyed.
"Great Twin Star! Please return with honor and victory!"
"People have deeply misunderstood you, but please forgive them, and heal this world with your great power!"
Tsuchimikado Arima's chuunibyou speech made Nakano Yu feel a bit uncomfortable for a moment, but he remained expressionless, without smiling.
Immediately afterward, at Tsuchimikado Arima's signal, the crowd parted, and a patient, already on the verge of death, was brought forward on a stretcher.
The patient's face was abnormally pale, and his inhalations were shallower than his exhalations, clearly at the end of life.
"Yu-sama, I will use my spiritual energy to recover him a little for a moment. You just need to act."
Leaning close to Nakano Yu's ear, Tsuchimikado Arima finished speaking, then flipped his hand and took out a talisman. Just as he was about to place it on the patient, Nakano Yu stopped him.
Looking at Nakano Yu, Tsuchimikado Arima was a little stunned, but his face still carried that devout smile.
This was Tsuchimikado Arima's strategy. Since he wanted to elevate Nakano Yu as a public deity, he had to understand the needs of the public. In his opinion, what the public, and even the wealthy, needed was life!
To be alive! Therefore, as long as Nakano Yu showed the ability to cure incurable diseases, even if some did not believe it, he could still be placed on a pedestal.
But now it seemed… Nakano Yu did not want that?
If so, it would be difficult to finish this.
"I'll do it."
Seeing Tsuchimikado Arima's concern, Nakano Yu smiled slightly. As he spoke, a greenish glow radiated from his body.
In Nakano Yu's vision, thin lines appeared, slowly floating in the air.
Those lines were colorful, some from the people around Nakano Yu, some from vehicles, some from the Wind, some from the ground.
But the most noticeable among them were the red and white lines connected to the patient lying on the stretcher.
Looking at those lines, Nakano Yu cut them without hesitation, and the Cut Through disease on his body had no effect on Nakano Yu.
"Hmm?"
Seeing Nakano Yu's strange actions, the hearts of Tsuchimikado Arima and Tachibana Gen tightened, but soon Tsuchimikado Arima realized something was wrong.
He looked at the patient on the stretcher, and surprise flashed in his eyes.
He could feel the patient's life force rapidly increasing, and his pale cheeks quickly regaining normal color.
"This, how is this possible?!"
At this moment, the patient also felt the changes in his body. He, who had been too weak to even sit up, could now feel a slight surge of strength, and the discomfort in his body was rapidly disappearing.
"Grrr~"
After an unknown amount of time, the patient's stomach suddenly growled with hunger.
The patient sat up, rubbed his stomach, and looked at Tsuchimikado Arima. Tsuchimikado Arima understood, and with a flick of his hand took out a lollipop and put it into the patient's mouth:
"Eat."
He had no choice; the lollipop was the only food he had on him. Besides, the patient had just recovered and could not eat things like bread. It would be best to wait until they returned to Nakano Hospital and have someone prepare nutritious porridge for him.
Seeing the patient recover so well, not only Tsuchimikado Arima, but even Tachibana Gen, who was not far away, had tears in his eyes.
How could he not know that Yu had such an ability? If he used it on Fujimaru Chika and Marika, wouldn't that mean Fujimaru Chika and Marika could be saved?!
Thinking of this, Tachibana Gen trembled, and a sincere smile appeared on his face.
The rest of the process was nothing more than Tsuchimikado Arima lavishly praising Nakano Yu. Suddenly, a thick fog rose around them, quickly enveloping Nakano Yu and the others.
"They've arrived."
Seeing this, Tsuchimikado Arima smiled, closing his folding fan. Then figures appeared from the fog, approaching from the distance.
"W-what is that?!"
"Yokai! There are yokai flying in the sky!"
"That is… Yuki-onna?! And Aotabo!!"
"Nurarihyon! That is Nurarihyon!!"
Sinister figures of yokai appeared from the fog. The crowd gasped in shock, their faces full of fear as they looked at the yokai that only existed in horror stories.
They were not summoned by the Police Department or Tsuchimikado Arima; rather, they came out of curiosity after the Police Department and the Onmyoji revealed the existence of yokai in the world.
But what they did not expect was that their arrival would actually allow them to see real yokai.
At this moment, the yokai from the Nura Group moved quickly, passing through the crowd, leading the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons toward Nakano Yu.
Looking at the handsome, young Nurarihyon standing in front of the yokai, Nakano Yu raised an eyebrow.
This figure is… Nurarihyon? This appearance is much more handsome than the old man's appearance.
But why are these figures here at this moment?
Just as Nakano Yu was wondering what the yokai from the Nura Group were doing, Nurarihyon slightly bowed, carrying the respect of the Hundred Demons and the Nura Group. His voice was not loud, but everyone present heard it:
"Ukiyoe yokai, supreme commander of the Nura Group, Nurarihyon, together with the Hundred Demons, greets the Onmyoji Twin Stars!"
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