The Self-cultivation of the Passerby Male Protagonist

"Then I'll go back first, and it's getting late." Although it's a shrine, there are actually no special products to bring, so it's a little uncomfortable for Takeya to leave empty-handed.

It's just that Yunmeng's enthusiasm is beyond his expectation: "Remember to come again."

"Oh!" Feeling warm in his heart, Wu Ye responded loudly to Yun Meng, who would have expected that the other party's next sentence would be——

"Remember to come back and finish the rest of the work."

"...Give me back my emotion!"

Chapter 31 A distant ideal

"Come back? So fast, I thought you wouldn't be back until at least night."

"What a delicate time, why?"

"With the laziness of Yumeng, the torii gate must not have been repaired."

"Sure enough, you did it on purpose! Bastard Yuko! You actually asked me to pay off your debt!"

"Hey hey hey."

Wu Ye, who returned to the West Xingzhai early, besides seeing Yuko's black belly again, probably can only lament his own innocence.

"Here, tea." With a flattering smile, Yuko also handed over a cup of tea to Wu. Did she think that a mere cup of tea could dispel her grievances?Heh——Actually, Yuko's tea is quite delicious.

A cup of tea melted away the scorching heat of summer, and Wu also felt a lot calmer.

"By the way," Wu Ye said curiously after putting down the teacup, "When I came back, I saw that the pedestrians on the road were all in a hurry. What happened?"

"Huh? Takeya, don't you know? I thought Seimei must have told you," Yuko looked at Takeya in surprise, and said calmly, "Those are businessmen, common occurrences."

"Often things?"

"It's their instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. They heard that monsters are coming, so naturally they won't stay in the capital."

"Didn't the monster come early?"

"No, look at this." Saying that, Yuko took a long letter, which is more suitable as a report than a letter, because it is too long, and it is still pointed out after being folded several times. The thickness of the tip.

Wu Ye took it and flipped through it seriously, and then said to Yuko solemnly: "I don't understand."

"..."

In desperation, Yuko had no choice but to personally explain the content of the letter to Wu Ye. The main summary was one sentence - another city fell.

This is shocking news. You must know that they just repelled the Tengu troops who came to investigate yesterday, so what kind of fairy operation is it that they lost their territory today?

"Well, it's actually an intelligence error." Yuko's tone suddenly became a little awkward.

After some explanations from her, Wu also understood the problem. It turned out that the Wenwen he and Seimei repelled yesterday was not a "reconnaissance force" at all, but the vanguard of the monsters who came to show off their power near Kyoto after the victory.

Youkai made a surprise attack plan earlier. With their powerful strength and various strange abilities, youkai easily cut off most of the outposts north of Kyoto. When Kyoto got the news, the Northland had already fallen. .

And Wenwen and the others just accidentally ran into a human scouting team when they were out for a "walk", and they were dismissed by Seimei by the way.

On the surface, it seems that this is indeed a hard-won victory for mankind, but in reality it is not much different, but it is accompanied by the sad news of the complete destruction of the Northland.

The complete fall of the Northland meant that no other city could serve as the defense line of Kyoto, and this luxurious capital would become the front line against monsters.

"No wonder those businessmen want to run away." Wu also sighed with emotion.

Naturally, the front-line cities would not be too safe. Even though the strongest power of mankind is concentrated here, businessmen always have to leave a way out for themselves.

Yuko was not surprised by this, as if she was used to it, she even joked: "Takeya, if you have something you want, you can definitely get it at the cheapest price in the street market now."

"You are quite open-minded."

"It's nothing strange, isn't it a matter of time?"

Yuko is not surprised because she is Yakumo Zi's friend, so she must have an intuitive understanding of the strength of monsters. In contrast, it is only natural for humans to retreat steadily.

Although Wu also knew the gap between the two, he still didn't expect it.

I didn't expect humans to lose so quickly.

But thanks to the speed of the monster's march, I'm afraid he will be able to meet Yakumo Zi in a short time... Although this kind of thinking seems a bit heartless, there is no way, he didn't come here to be the savior.

Besides, anyway, according to the trend of history, human beings will win in the end, and it's over when the monsters lose by themselves.

After comforting himself with selfish thoughts, Wu also found that his depressed mood did not seem to be relieved.

"What's the matter, Wu Ye, with a sad face."

Youzi filled the cups of both of them with tea, and comforted them meaningfully: "Don't worry, at least this capital will not fall."

"So confident? Zi, cough, have you seen the strength of the monster sage? There is also such a powerful army. I admit that Qingming is ridiculously strong, but can she stop all the monsters by herself?"

"You're right, Seimei is no match for the monster army no matter how strong he is."

"Then why are you-"

"But what if the monsters themselves have no intention of attacking Kyoto?" Yuko said with a sly smile, "You know, Zi is the monster sage who leads them."

"what……"

I remember that Yuko seemed to have said something like this to herself yesterday - "Zi also thinks so".

That is to say, it is not only the whimsical Yuko who wishes for peace, but also the yokai sage Yakumo Zi who accompanies her to daydream.