Seihōganji Temple.
In other worlds, it was called Nishi Hongan-ji in Japan, its full name being Ryūkoku-zan Hongan-ji.
It was the largest sect of Japan's Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist tradition, and also the location of the fourth Spiral Seal.
According to the original sequence of events, after Hagoromo Fox's demons broke through Kiyomizu-dera tonight, they would come to attack this place tomorrow or the day after.
In other words, it was still in the hands of the Hanakaiin Clan's onmyoji.
The branch family responsible for guarding Seihōganji Temple was the Idoro School lineage.
Its head was Hanakaiin Huigo, a man in his prime.
(Image of him thirteen years after the "original timeline")
Inside Mikage Hall.
Hanakaiin Huigo, dressed in a loose kimono that could not conceal his robust physique, sat on a tatami mat laid over the wooden floor, his right arm resting against a low armrest as he solemnly surveyed a map of Kyoto Prefecture and its surrounding regions spread across the table.
"How did this happen? Everything's a mess!"
Hearing their clan head mutter, the elders seated on either side nodded in agreement.
"Yes. Right now, that World Government army—oh, they're called the Astral Legion—is approaching Kyoto from Aichi Prefecture. They're fighting nearly ten thousand demon troops around Hino City, led by Hakuzōsu, one of Hagoromo Fox's officers!"
"For a human army to contend against demons on such a scale... frankly, not only is there no record of it in history, it is utterly unheard of."
"I think what deserves more attention is the force currently helping us retake Inari Shrine, Katsura Imperial Villa, and Ryūenji Temple, as well as supporting Kiyomizu-dera!"
"Is there even a need to guess?"
"They must be World Government people as well. We thought they were being too reckless before, but it seems they