Natural Swordmaster 80

Title: Before You Stands, the Greatest Swordsman in the World – Nohara Shinnosuke!

They were led by a monk into the shrine. The shrine wasn’t very large, the layout was rather cramped, and the various decorations inside were very new, quite different from the impression of famous ancient temples.

Yukino highly doubted whether such a shrine could really be efficacious. Wasn’t this just a scam?

She also didn’t know what had happened at home that made her usually calm grandfather so panicked. Were all old people like this?

“Two young ladies, please burn incense and pray here.”

The monk led the two of them to a room behind the main hall of the shrine. This room was much smaller, but inside was a Buddha statue with a very strange shape.

The Buddha statue was wrapped in red cloth, its true form unseen. Yukino felt this Buddha statue was much smaller than ordinary Buddha statues. She didn’t pay much attention to it and just wanted to leave this strange shrine as soon as possible.

Following the monk’s instructions, the two Yukinoshita sisters each lit three incense sticks.

Receiving the red envelope handed over by Haruno, the two monks smiled broadly.

“Please accept this amulet, please keep it with you for at least a week.”

“As long as this amulet is with you, your wishes will surely be granted!”

Haruno smiled uncertainly, accepted the amulet, and handed one to Yukino.

“It’s already quite late today, the dormitory is closed, how about we stay at your place?”

Yukino looked at Haruno with disdain.

“Such a playboy remark.”

However, Yukino didn’t refuse. She happened to want to ask her sister what exactly had happened at home tonight.

When exiting the shrine, for some reason Yukino suddenly wanted to turn back. She saw a bewitching woman wearing a black kimono standing in place, staring straight at the two of them.

The woman’s beauty was completely different from the other pilgrims around, but when Yukino looked closer, the woman disappeared.

She rubbed her eyes, but still couldn’t see the woman’s figure. Did she just vanish?

The driver took the two sisters back to the apartment and then left.

“I’m so tired, Yukino-chan. For some reason, I’m so sleepy today.”

After returning from the shrine, Haruno felt extremely tired and sleepy, wanting to lie down and sleep immediately.

“Nee-san won’t wash her face or brush her teeth today, Yukino-chan won’t be disgusted with me, right?”

Yukino’s condition wasn’t much better than Haruno’s; she was sleepy and couldn’t even stand up straight.

“I’m also a bit sleepy, how about we sleep for a while before washing our faces and brushing our teeth?”

Yukino and Haruno laboriously walked to the bedroom. They didn’t even have the energy to take off their clothes and fell asleep immediately after lying down.

Haruno used her last bit of strength to hug Yukino and fell asleep with a happy face.

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To thank Shinnosuke for practicing kendo with her, Saeko invited him to have dinner together.

Originally, Saeko wanted to bring Shinnosuke back to her house, but because there was a special edition broadcast of a Gundam robot tonight, Shinnosuke ate a bowl of ramen with Saeko and immediately hurried back.

He jogged all the way just to catch the episode!

Under the apartment building, a woman wearing a black kimono slowly walked closer. The woman was very beautiful but looked like a rose about to wither, cold and fragile.

She was the nekomata (two-tailed cat spirit) from the shrine!

In legends, nekomata would eat humans and then transform into that person to deceive others, relying on eating humans to maintain their spiritual power.

But this transformation didn’t last long, only able to be maintained temporarily each time. Clearly, this nekomata was eyeing the two beautiful Yukinoshita sisters.

‘Who should I eat first? The older sister or the younger sister?’

Thinking of this, it couldn’t help but stick out its tongue and lick its lips.

“Excuse me!”

Just as it was thinking about who to eat first, an anxious voice came from behind it.

Turning back, the nekomata’s eyes lit up when it saw Shinnosuke.

‘Such a perfect body!’

Just looking at it was already so delicious. If it could take a bite, it would truly be the greatest pleasure in a cat’s life!

No, that’s not right, how could such a delicacy be eaten in one bite? It would raise this man and make him its pet!

“Young master, why the rush?”

The cat spirit looked shy, putting on a seductive expression, its beautiful and charming face full of demonic allure.

“Huh?”

Shinnosuke looked strangely at the cat spirit in front of him, then immediately pinched his nose.

“You stink!”

This woman in front of him was clearly very beautiful and had a good figure, but Shinnosuke looked at her and felt no interest at all, even a little disgusted.

And he also smelled a pungent animal odor from her body. If he wasn’t experienced with Hiroshi’s stinky sock smell, he might have vomited on the spot.

‘Stink?’

The nekomata was furious.

‘How dare he say I stink? This body was carefully chosen by me. If it wasn’t about to rot soon, I wouldn’t be willing to change it at all.’

Relying on this body, it had deceived many people.

This little brat dared to say it stank?

“How could that be, it’s just your illusion. Young master, my wallet and keys are lost, can you help me?”

Based on the nekomata’s experience, this body of hers was extremely beautiful. As long as she spoke, these smelly men would definitely be captivated!

“It stinks! If your things are lost, why not look for the police! Just looking at you twice made me lose interest in watching Gundam robots!”

The woman was indeed beautiful, but the faint smell that wafted over made Shinnosuke very disgusted. And a woman who approached him with such initiative, what good things could she offer? Shinnosuke didn’t want any part of it!

After finishing speaking, Shinnosuke no longer paid attention to her and turned to run towards the apartment. If he was any later, he might miss it!

Watching Shinnosuke run away, the nekomata’s expression became terrifying, revealing its sharp teeth.

‘Damn little brat! Just you wait! I’ll raise you!’

It also didn’t care about the two Yukinoshita sisters who were still fast asleep in the room. The nekomata followed Shinnosuke’s scent.

Shinnosuke had just turned on the television when there was a hurried knock on the door. This time he was truly angry.

Why couldn’t he watch television in peace!

After tuning the channel, the knocking stopped, and the bedroom door made a clicking sound, as if someone was opening it.

“Woof woof woof!”

Shiro, who had been curled up at Shinnosuke’s side, straightened up and barked wildly at the door, as if seeing something extremely terrifying.

The door closed, and a creepy laugh came from outside the door.

“Hehehe, young master, why won’t you help me?”

“And this little dog, quite interesting, does it also have youkai blood?”

The nekomata seemed confident of its victory. It closed the door and step by step walked towards the room, seemingly enjoying the sensation of cornering its prey.

“Young master, if you beg for mercy now, perhaps I will spare your life.”

‘Strange, why isn’t this boy speaking? Is he too scared?’ The nekomata felt odd.

Walking into the room, it saw a boy holding a short knife. The knife was already drawn, and the blade reflected the dim light from the lamp.

The boy’s eyes were sharp, staring intently at it, and this boy was none other than the greatest swordsman in the world – Nohara Shinnosuke!