You've Got This / Resignation and Last Words

"Even if I had that kind of seat, what good would it be? A seat without anyone's support is just an empty one. Besides, how exactly do they think I can still speak with that person?"

"You were the only one who stood by Lord Yotsuya's side in this incident, and you saved Vice Minister Yuria."

"That's because their intelligence was incomplete."

Okita Qishen shook his head. Although he was in a daze at the time, he understood the reason when he woke up. The monster had controlled him for some reason. Rather than saving Yuria, it was more like the monster had set up a trap to make him bring Yuria into it.

In other words, he's making things worse.

"I haven't been able to help at all. If you think it's difficult to ask her yourself, why don't you ask Vice Minister Yuria?"

He wasn't about to be dumped on his shoulders. After all, he had painstakingly worked to bridge the gap between Yotsuya Miko, Divine Gate, and the Wagen Family, only to have it all ruined like this. And now they wanted him to fix it? There was no such thing as a free lunch.

"I won't do it, no matter what. Even if I step down, I won't do it. To Divine Gate Kamimikado!"

The more he talked, the angrier he became, and he even slammed his fist on the table, intending to resign from his position as head of the Investigation Department.

He was just angry, but he wouldn't actually do it, since he still needed to eat.

After venting his emotions, Okita Qishen still honestly began to think about what to do. However, he really didn't have a good solution to this problem. What could he do if Yotsuya Miko really wanted to carry out a major purge? He could only sit and watch Yotsuya Miko clean up the mess one by one.

Moreover, if a purge were to be carried out, there would be people who could fill the vacant positions. The country would inevitably suffer heavy losses, but it wouldn't be to the point of national collapse, as at least the army would still be there.

Moreover, with a strange... no, Yotsuya Miko in the country, probably few countries would dare to attack their own.

Thinking about it this way, Okita Qishen suddenly found things much simpler. After all, if anyone was going to die, it would only be the troublemakers. While Yotsuya Miko was a bit ruthless, she wouldn't vent her anger on innocent people.

This can be seen to some extent from their Yotsuya Miko. Sigh, if those people had just been less troublesome, would things have turned out like this?

Thinking of this, Okita Qishen once again felt the brain damage of the higher-ups. Unlike him, Yotsuya Miko with his own eyes, knew she was someone he couldn't afford to offend and needed to treat with caution.

Chapter 251 Keep it up!

Time flew by, as if it had never happened.

When Yotsuya Miko said goodbye to Yuria and returned home, the blood and other fluids on her body had completely disappeared.

However, upon seeing her mother Yotsuya Touko, standing silently at the door waiting, she paused slightly.

"I'm back."

"Yes, welcome back, Miko."

Her mother's words were brief; she opened the door and let Yotsuya Miko go in first.

This kind of waiting is like waiting without any purpose, just because you suddenly thought of doing it.

The front door closed gently, and the atmosphere inside the house was very quiet. After the "click" of the door, only the faint sound of footsteps could be heard.

"How is Kyosuke?"

He's still sleeping; he'll probably wake up in a while.

"Hmm... Mom, you're planning to ask me something, right?"

The silence didn't last long. Yotsuya Miko looked back at her mother, whose expression was a mixture of joy and sorrow, and words caught in her throat.

"Perhaps it did exist in the past."

The mother simply stroked her head and finally smiled.

"I'm fine, you don't need to worry."

People cannot be brought back to life after death, not even as spirits. When Yotsuya Touko saw that email, she understood everything behind it.

"I'm just... just a little upset. How could he say something like that?"

Yotsuya Touko tilted her head back slightly, stopping the tears that were about to flow from her eyes again, but a smile appeared on her face.

How could I forget?

Miko remained silent, she was about to go and comfort him when one of the doors in the room opened.

"Mom! Is that Dad?"

Yotsuya Kyosuke hurriedly pushed open the door to the room, and in his excitement, the wooden door slammed against the wall with a loud bang.

The loud bang, combined with the child's excited expression, greatly disrupted the atmosphere of the scene.

"What exactly happened? It seems like we were... by your sister?"

He was shouting as he ran to the living room when he finally noticed Miko's figure, revealing a perfectly appropriate look of confusion.

What are you doing here?

"I came back because everything was taken care of."

Yotsuya Miko rubbed her head. Although such an interruption was indeed a bit inconsiderate of the atmosphere, well done.

"I also bought you some good food, want some?"

"Of course I want it."

The little kid answered without thinking, then realized that this was definitely not the time to do such a thing.

"No! Sister, what did you do? Were those guys here to kill me and Mom? Why is Dad here...?"

A string of words came out of his mouth like machine gun fire, and his footsteps gradually drew closer to Miko.

"Sister... you wouldn't have betrayed us, would you?"

"If I had betrayed them, would the three of us still be here?"

Yotsuya Miko couldn't understand his thought process, so she shook her head and denied it.

"It was just that we became enemies with this country and incidentally won."

"It's good that they didn't betray us."

Yotsuya Kyosuke first breathed a sigh of relief, but the thought of such a scene in the movie made him extremely nervous. Then he realized that what Miko had done seemed even more outrageous than betrayal.

"To be an enemy of the country?! And to win?!"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Yotsuya Miko smiled as she looked at her younger brother, who had crashed due to the overwhelming amount of information, and stopped teasing him.

"Well, explaining things in a short time isn't something that can be done quickly. Let's wait for Yuria to explain it to you."

After separating from Yuria and confirming that the matter was truly over, she had no interest in continuing her killing spree.

Just as Okita Qishen and Oune Tatsu thought, if all the forces involved in this incident were investigated, then one in ten of the country's top leadership would be gone, which would undoubtedly be a catastrophic blow to the country's economy and other aspects.

Such a blow is extremely unfair to those innocent people. Moreover, with the ringleader brought to justice and the necessary deterrent effect exerted, her anger has largely dissipated.

Rather than pursuing this matter further, there were other things waiting for her to do. For example, her relationship with Yuria. Given the circumstances, she had admitted her feelings for Yuria, so how should Yurikawa Hana respond?

The thought of this gave her a headache. Given her abilities, she didn't need to worry about legal or moral pressures. However, matters of the heart weren't something external pressures could force.

Moreover, due to the Demon Slaying Sha God Control's protection, she faced another problem: how to tell her mother about her father. Fortunately, things hadn't gotten to the point where they couldn't be discussed.

Looking at Yotsuya Kyosuke, who was starting to question his existence, she actually had to thank him for his sudden appearance.

"Sister, are you some kind of ruthless big boss?"

"According to you, shouldn't I be the one to be defeated?"

She responded to Kyosuke's hypothetical question with this, glancing briefly at her left chest.

"Anyway, I won. By the way, don't you really want to eat these snacks? I had a hard time buying them on the way here."

As if by magic, she pulled a bag of snacks from her shoulder bag, and after the heavy rain caused by the magic stopped, the shops resumed business.

Before parting ways with Yuria, she took Yuria for a walk to soothe her friend's... well, now it should be called her girlfriend's mood? On the way, she bought some extra snacks and put them in her bag for when she needed them.

Now is the time to use it.

"... I have absolutely no appetite for this stuff right now, sister. What you're saying is just too outrageous, isn't it?"

Despite saying that, Kyosuke still took the large bag of snacks from Miko's hand and took one out. Just as he was about to eat it, another outrageous remark came from his older sister's mouth.

"Then I'll just talk about something small: Yuria and I have confirmed our relationship."

Ah, confirmed.

"Cough cough cough--!"

The food he was about to eat choked him, and even Yotsuya Touko, who had been silent, couldn't help but look at Yotsuya Miko in surprise.

"You and this child..."

"Ahem, what about Sister Hua?"

"So, I started having a headache."

Yotsuya Miko sighed.

"I don't understand this myself, and I don't know what Hua will think. But you and Mom found out about it, didn't you? Yuria told you about it at the amusement park last time, right?"

"... Isn't this the time to worry about this? Rather, isn't your current situation worse than what you previously called 'fighting the world'?"

Yotsuya Kyosuke's expression gradually became strange.

"Sister, what are you really thinking?"

"I want both."

"... Good luck!"

Chapter 252 Resignation and Last Words

Divine Gate probably lost his job, Okita Qishen thought to himself as he dragged his tired body to work the day after the incident.

While anxiously awaiting the final judgment, the staff of various branches of the Divine Gate discovered that almost all the spirits in the country had disappeared, and the remaining spirits were those that had only been born a few days ago.

Without a doubt, this was once again the work of Yotsuya Miko. Accompanying the heavy rain was not only a deterrent to people, but also a purification of the spirits that exist in the world and cause inconvenience and harm to people.

However, such things no longer mattered. Even if Yotsuya Miko displayed any more extraordinary abilities, Okita Qishen would no longer be surprised. Rather, he had become accustomed to the power of this deity.

However, the disappearance of the spirits did bring some inconvenience to the work of the Divine Gate. Their work became much less busy, and they couldn't find anything to do all day. Even if they wanted to write something on their work sheets, they simply couldn't.

So Okita Qishen and Oune Tatsu sat in their chairs, drinking coffee, waiting for Yuria to arrive.

The reason they drank coffee was that the two of them had stayed up all night in the same room, thinking about what to say when they saw Yuria.

However, it's clear that there's really nothing to say.

As the door opened, their gazes shifted from their coffee cups to the blonde girl who walked in.

"Good morning, Minister Okita and Vice Minister One."

Good morning, Deputy Minister Yuria.

Okita Qishen stood up and responded. Although he had many things he wanted to say tactfully, deep down he had already begun to give up.

After all, the fact that he could think about this kind of thing for a whole night already shows that he's quite responsible.

"Regarding yesterday's events, I wonder what Vice Minister Yuria's thoughts are?"

He went straight to the point, without any ambiguity. Yuria simply sighed and handed a blank sheet of paper to Okita Qishen.

"I'm here to resign."

As soon as the words were spoken, the head and deputy head of the Investigation Department looked at each other in bewilderment, and Okita Qishen.

"Why?"

"Because I have more important things to do."

Yuria smiled as she spoke.

"So, can you approve my resignation?"

"Absolutely no problem."

Even though the contract period hadn't expired, Okita Qishen could only give Yuria the answer she wanted when faced with her question. After all, what did a contract mean to Yotsuya Miko?

As for why Yuria left Divine Gate, it's quite understandable upon closer examination. Furthermore, the spirits of this country are practically gone, so Divine Gate serves no other purpose than guarding the "Gate of the Underworld." Or rather, even the "Gate of the Underworld" probably doesn't need guarding anymore, since there likely won't be any more gate-related uprisings in the future.

The existence of Yotsuya Miko makes anyone who wants to do these things think twice before considering whether they are courting death.

Without the riots at the gates, without the scourge of the spirits, the significance of Divine Gate will gradually fade away.

What the future holds for the country depends on Yotsuya Miko's decision.

The two people present clearly understood this point: for this country, Yotsuya Miko was an absolute deity, a deity who could control the fate of the nation.