Chapter 94: You wouldn't want them to be bullied, would you?
They weren't here to blockade and arrest them, but to protect them?
Hearing this, not only Yakushiji Ken froze; even the Yukinoshita family seemed stunned on the spot.
Could this man actually have secret ties to the Garrison?
But while everyone was puzzled, Yakushiji Katsuhiko chuckled softly.
"Does the military blockade affect us?"
"Of course it does."
"But who does it affect more? The Garrison enforcing the blockade, and the Onmyoryo, which can't enter Chiba to intercept and kill us because of that blockade.
"Although I've always spoken contemptuously of those incompetent onmyoji in the Onmyoryo, I have to admit that the vast majority of national-level sorcerers, including those few grand onmyoji, are extremely troublesome enemies.
"And now the equally troublesome Garrison has stopped them outside Chiba. Isn't that a good thing for us?"
Hearing this explanation, Yakushiji Ken first froze, then his eyes lit up with delight, and he smiled.
"My understanding was too shallow."
"This really is a good thing. No wonder you deliberately leaked the news that Chiba City was where a demon was sealed, Uncle. You'd already calculated everything that would happen."
What?
The Onmyoryo? National-level sorcerers? Grand onmyoji? And demons?
Listening to these terms that seemed straight out of fiction, Yukinoshita Haruno wore a completely blank expression.
If Yakushiji Katsuhiko hadn't taken her hostage, and if she hadn't recognized him as a senior executive of the police equipment supplier group, she certainly wouldn't have believed in these things that existed only in fantasy.
But now, did those exaggerated-sounding terms seem to refer to things that actually existed in this world?
Just then, Yukinoshita Haruno heard a quiet murmur.
"...Chunibyo?"
Hearing that faint voice, Yukinoshita Haruno's expression stiffened.
Because the one who had spoken was