The illuminated Tokyo Tower shimmered in the night.
At the top of Tokyo Tower, where the beacon flashed, a beautiful woman with long, straight black hair and a black sailor uniform rested one hand against the tower, seemingly waiting quietly for something.
Before long, a petite figure came bounding up and easily reached the top of Tokyo Tower. A pretty young woman knelt before the black-clad beauty and said respectfully,
"Lady Hagoromo Gitsune, we've confirmed that the human known as the Young Duke has arrived in Tokyo. It seems their cruise ship was attacked by pirates at sea, and after he dealt with the problem, they temporarily settled in Tokyo."
As she spoke, Kyōkotsu clumsily pulled out a phone from the human world, opened the relevant video, and handed it to Hagoromo Gitsune.
Hagoromo Gitsune watched the video in her hand, her expression calm throughout. Even the later footage of the Basilisk appearing and slaughtering its way through the pirates failed to stir her.
"His onmyōdō is very advanced, and he commands such a powerful shikigami. That snake demon's eyes are dangerous. They may be capable of killing instantly by directly attacking the soul."
Hagoromo Gitsune was a thousand-year-old fox demon who had reincarnated again and again, and had even given birth to the great onmyōji Seimei.
But she had previously been defeated and sealed by the combined efforts of the Nurarihyon and the onmyōji Hidemoto Hagiwara. She had only recently broken free when the world's boundaries began to weaken.
However, in this reincarnation, she had merged with the soul of her reincarnated body, Yuki-onna, which had added a great deal of maternal warmth to her once cruel, cold nature. She had also developed a motherly affection for the child of Yuki-onna's husband: Nura Rikuo, who had become the head