They arrived at the parking lot where they parked their car before. Many fresh leaves and branches filled this parking lot, resulting from the previous Yokais battle. Ken’s expression turned surprised.
“The Yokais fight had an impact here, even though the distance is far from the dam.”
Makoto nodded.
“The impact could go even further if the fight continues.”
Ken replied.
“If I recall, what I just witnessed was quite an extraordinary experience….”
Makoto smiled.
“I thought so too.”
Shinra turned towards Yukari; black smoke all over his body began to billow more and more.
"I'm almost at my limit; I'm going to sleep first, Yukari."
Yukari turned to Shinra and smiled.
“Of course, you've maintained your Yokai form for a long time. You did well against the crow Yokai; you can rest now, Shinra."
Shinra nodded. Black smoke began to billow increasingly and enveloped Shinra’s whole body. From behind the black smoke, Shinra reappeared in his stuffed doll form of Yokai medium; Yukari then took it. Ken walked up to Yukari.
"I wonder if Asanuma can enter a Demigod mode like Shinra."
Ken said while looking at the glove puppet Asanuma in his hand. Yukari turned to Ken and smiled.
"I'm sure he can do it soon."
Ken smiled and nodded. They put their stuff in the back trunk of the car, then got into the car with Makoto driving; Shu sat beside him, while Yukari and Ken sat in the middle row seats while carrying their Yokai mediums. Their car sped away from here, past leaves and branches that sent them flying.
After a while of driving, their car was now further away from the dam area. While driving, Makoto's expression turned serious.
“Now we know why there was no news about the crow Yokai when he chased us in the middle of the city. So, it’s true that something is behind all of this, which most likely deliberately erased crow Yokai traces.”
Ken looked at Makoto with a curious expression.
“Grandpa mean G.O.DS and Tower Corp?”
Makoto nodded.
“Right, we can conclude that they can move more freely even while with Yokai….”
Shu's expression turned serious.
“Fujiyama has something to do with them. We would continue our investigation after this if it weren't for Fujiyama's request.”
Yukari replied.
"Are we going to obey Father's request? It seems dangerous to let him act alone….”
Shu smiled.
“I've known Fujiyama for a long time; he wouldn't do anything dangerous without a good reason. I had doubts because he suddenly disappeared, but We just have to wait to hear from him."
Makoto nodded.
"Right; I guess it would be too rash to ignore Fujiyama's warning after everything that happened."
Yukari looked still a little doubtful; she then nodded.
"I guess that's right."
They have agreed on this. The afternoon sun was getting more orange; their car sped past the highway through the forest.
Back at Fujiyama, Fujiyama was still restraining Kozagawa with his technique. Kozagawa appeared to be recovering well, white smoke rising from every wound on his body and broken armor. Kozagawa previously collapsed armor had almost returned to its original state. Kozawa looked astonished.
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"It's been an hour since they left; how long will you hold me like this?"
Fujiyama looked surprised.
“Huh? Doesn't you indeed can break away once your strength recovers.”
Kozagawa looked astonished.
"You want me to do that?"
Kozagawa said, knowing that if he broke and shattered Fujiyama's soul chains would give Fujiyama intense momentary pain.
Behind his fox mask, Fujiyama smiled; he then released his red soul chains from Kozagawa, and at that moment, Kozagawa could move freely. Fujiyama took a sitting position on Kozagawa's head. Kozagawa looked at the sight of the forest and hills crumbling around him, the wind blowing gently against Fujiyama, making his overcoat wave forward. Kozagawa said.
"After what you did, maybe we'll get into trouble."
Behind his mask, Fujiyama smiled.
"I don't know, but I know where to ask for help."
Kozagawa sighed and smiled.
Not long after, Yuma, with his gigantic body, crept closer to Fujiyama and Kozagawa, then took a standing position, immediately catching the attention of Fujiyama and Kozagawa.
"You know what have you done, The Flame Crow Leader?"
Fujiyama replied.
"You mean for letting them go or for fighting Kozagawa?"
Yuma replied.
“Could be both.”
Fujiyama replied.
“I'm ready with all the consequences and worst-case scenarios if that's what you mean.”
Yuma looked serious.
“Why are you so defensive of those intruders anyway.”
Yuma appeared to have realized something.
“Don't say they indeed have anything to do with you.”
Behind his fox mask, Fujiyama smiled.
“I won't comment on that.”
Yuma was slightly taken aback, thinking that the leader of the Flame Crow might have something to do with Fujiyama or even Fujiyama himself. Yuma shook his head in astonishment; he then let out a long sigh.
"I didn't see anything today, whatever you explain to Tower Corp."
Yuma looked away from Fujiyama. Behind his mask, Fujiyama was slightly surprised by that; he then smiled.
"Let's go from here."
Yuma and Kozagawa nodded. Kozagawa ran with the support of both his wings, then jumped and took off with a hard stomp that shattered the ground and carried Fujiyama above his head. Kozagawa and Fujiyama flew away from this place, black smoke billowing from all over Kozagawa's body, making his body leave a trail of black smoke in the sky that extended toward behind. From behind the black smoke, Kozagawa reappeared with a smaller body, and Fujiyama kneeled on his front back which was still wide for Fujiyama to ride freely. Kozagawa continued to fly faster. On the other hand, black smoke billowed from all over Yuma's body. From behind the black smoke, Yuma reappeared with a body only the size of a Python snake, then slithered away from here.
The current time is 5:00 pm. The late afternoon sun shone gently and colored the clear and slightly cloudy sky. Suga Hisoka was walking alone on a sidewalk, wearing his high school uniform, with his hair slightly long and stylishly styled. He wears a white long-sleeved shirt with the collar unbuttoned and tie loosened, black trousers, a waistcoat that has his school's crest on the left chest part, black loafers, and a black attache case school bag that he carries in his right hand. The owl Yokai shiny brown wooden key chain statue of Nellson is hanging from his school bag and is a medium from the owl Yokai partner of Suga. Suga walks while assisted by the cane he carries in his left hand because his eyes are blind, looking far away down. Even so, Suga's expression smiled gently as if something made him happy. Almost all the pedestrians who passed by Suga looked at him with various expressions; some were surprised, pitied, or wanted to help but didn't do it.
Suga walks on the sidewalk with a fairly busy highway on his right and a river on his left that has a row of sakura trees that have not yet bloomed, a pedestrian-only road with a railing right on the river's edge with a row of long metal framed wooden bench armchairs and the row of the lamp posts. The grass slope separates this pedestrian-only road from the sidewalk where Suga walks now. Suga pointed his cane to the left as if he already knew where he was going. Not long after, Suga's cane hit a short pole from the stairs railing going down to the area by the river earlier. Suga carefully descended the stairs and arrived at a pedestrian-only street with a rough floor. The wind blew gently from behind Suga; the fallen leaves then also hit him from behind.
Suga walked with the help of his cane, following this pedestrian-only road and looking for something. Shortly after that, Suga's cane hit an empty long bench. Suga smiled.
"Is this seat empty?"
Suga said in a friendly tone, but no one answered him. After confirming that this seat was empty, Suga sat on this bench facing the river a short distance away. Suga then put his school bag next to him. Suga took out the locket he wore around his neck from under his shirt through his collar. Suga then opened this locket, which turned out to contain a photo. Suga sat blocking the direction of this locket so that the photo in Suga's locket couldn't be seen, but he smiled.
On the side of the main road, the black sedan that Suga usually rides in is moving slowly; the driver in the car is paying attention to the area on the riverbank as if looking for something and finally sees Suga sitting on one of the benches by the river. The driver appeared to have expected this and parked his car here, waiting for Suga. The driver smiled, but for some reason, there was sadness hidden behind his smile.
Back at Suga, he's sitting here smiling while holding a locket in his right hand. Moments later, his smartphone rang, startling him a little. Suga didn't expect this; he put his locket back under his shirt through his collar. Suga fumbled in his school bag and took out his smartphone. Suga's smartphone screen says "East Leader" as the contact's name. Suga answered this call without knowing who was calling him. The eastern leader's voice was then heard from his phone line.
"I have something to talk to you. It's about the "Wandering Demon"."
Just from this man's voice, Suga immediately recognized who was calling him. Suga's expression turned slightly surprised; his expression then turned serious.
"Of course."