In fact.
Ao Jizō had no intention of gloating.
After all, he and Hagoromo Fox shared the same goal when it came to reviving Abe no Seimei.
At that moment, he was also troubled by the World Government's interference.
"Kyokotsu is in trouble!"
Hagoromo Fox, who had her back to the living room's floor-to-ceiling windows, narrowed her eyes and immediately turned toward the front door.
"Where are you going?" Ao Jizō looked at her in confusion.
"Kiyomizu-dera. We'll break the fifth seal and rescue Kyokotsu at the same time!"
Hagoromo Fox replied coldly without looking back.
Though she usually appeared cold and heartless, she cared, to some extent, about the Hundred Demons Yoma who followed her.
Among them was Kyokotsu's daughter, Little Kyoukotsu. Though they had only known each other for a short time.
Her sweet cries of "Big Sister" had still earned Hagoromo Fox's favor.
"Indeed. They just went through a major battle, so they must have suffered casualties, and they probably aren't in good condition either."
"There's a high chance we can retake Kiyomizu-dera if we head there now."
"Better yet, we might capture someone from their middle or upper ranks and obtain more intelligence on the World Government."
Ao Jizō followed behind Hagoromo Fox, muttering thoughtfully to himself.
"Hmm?!"
However, just as they were about to reach the front door and head outside.
Both of them turned toward the east side of Kyoto City at the same time.
Though walls blocked their line of sight.
Hagoromo Fox and Ao Jizō could still clearly sense the fourth "pillar of resentment" rising over there.
In other words, Kiyomizu-dera's Spiral Seal had already been broken!
The pillar of resentment.
Put simply, it was a supernatural torrent of energy formed by the resentment buried beneath Kyoto for more than four hundred