But suddenly, a message from another source appeared in his mind.
"The time has come."
Those simple four words struck the middle-aged great demon like a heavy blow, freezing his body stiff. After an unknown amount of time, the book in his hand had already been crushed to pieces before he suddenly came back to his senses.
"Haa..." He lightly exhaled the tainted air from his lungs, then rose to his feet. His body flickered, and he vanished from the room.
"Hide."
The middle-aged monster stepped out of his room and formed a demonic hand seal with both hands. Demonic energy surged as he stepped into the void and lightly took a step back. His body then appeared directly to the right before disappearing again. Yet in the air where he had originally stood, a subtle demonic energy suddenly stirred before completely dissipating.
After the middle-aged monster vanished from Monster Apartment, Kagome Higurashi also bid farewell to her classmates and headed home.
When she returned home, Kagome Higurashi looked at her shrine without falling into a daze. She did not know when it had begun, but she always felt as though something inside the shrine was calling to her.
That mysterious thing did not seem like a living creature, but rather like fate itself.
Whoosh!
As Kagome Higurashi absentmindedly stared at the shrine, the sky suddenly became unstable. Then, without Kagome Higurashi noticing, the middle-aged monster appeared and hid among the clouds.
"Release!"
The middle-aged great demon formed a demonic seal in his hand, then lightly pointed at Kagome Higurashi's body. Immediately afterward, a deep violet light suddenly bloomed from Kagome Higurashi's right side.
Fortunately, it was daytime, so although the violet light appeared, it went unnoticed. However, even though Kagome Higurashi did not notice the sudden abnormality in her