Niankou Sansan—or rather, Nyanko-sensei—the Great Yokai whose true name was Madara, sealed beneath the appearance of a lucky cat, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
The moment that figure had appeared without warning, only one glaring instinct had remained in his mind—right then and there, he had better truly be a cat.
Thus, during that brief bout of petting, Madara suppressed every one of his instincts. He did not even cosplay a Spinosaurus or bare his fangs.
"But..."
Seeing that Natsume still seemed worried about it, Madara leaped onto his shoulder.
"Enough with the buts. Just treat this sort of unexpected incident as force majeure... Ah, looks like we're about to be late!"
"My, my. I suppose I've fulfilled one lingering wish."
Although Niankou Sansan, as a pig-cat, had long exceeded the weight class of an ordinary cat, honestly, who had not wanted to stroke Niankou Sansan's fur while watching Natsume's Book of Friends?
Looking ahead, Diga silently thought:
"Above the world where Kagutsuchi was the strongest being to appear, should be Onmyoji's Heian-kyō, right?"
Even if it was not the Heian-kyō from that Onmyoji, it was probably still a world where more of Takamagahara's Gods walked openly among mortals. And in such a setting, Abe no Seimei would most likely be around.
"Hm?"
Diga suddenly stopped before stepping into the world.
The world before him displayed a complex internal structure, a sign of multiple parallel worlds existing side by side. Diga was not surprised in the slightest; instead, he was delighted.
The world of Onmyoji had multiple parallel worlds running in parallel.
Yet Diga stopped there and did not step further into that world, because he had discovered a trace of familiar power within it. This power had nearly caused his ritual to collapse halfway through.
Cthulhu!
"How... did