"If possible, when it's convenient... lend the Nura Clan a hand."
After giving a whole string of instructions, Mei felt that was about enough.
Using barrier techniques powered by the all-purpose Honkai energy in conjunction with magecraft, Mei completely erased her presence. To the yokai of this world, both Honkai energy and magecraft were highly unusual and unfamiliar powers, so... even Hagoromo Gitsune could not detect Mei.
After leaving Hiyamaru and the others, Mei began infiltrating the Imperial Palace alone. Nue's—Seimei's—time of birth was the Hour of Demons. There were still one or two hours left, and Mei had to ensure that Nue was born safely.
After entering the Imperial Palace, Mei passed right by the Great Tengu, who did not notice her at all. But after entering the palace, when she encountered another great yokai, Kidomaru, he seemed to sense something.
Yet in the blink of an eye, he looked confused again...
By then, Mei had completely entered the Imperial Palace and detected Hagoromo Gitsune's location.
Hagoromo Gitsune was behind the Imperial Palace... inside an extremely concealed building. It was filled with resentment and all kinds of negative emotions, so much so that those negative emotions had practically taken physical form.
The Battle of Kyoto (1)
After carefully entering the side hall she had sensed, Mei did not find Hagoromo Gitsune. In fact... there was not a single person here, nor were there any yokai.
"No one... Hagoromo Gitsune isn't here? No... she's underground."
After observing carefully for a while, Mei noticed something was wrong...
That was... all the resentment and negative energy in Japan was converging upon Kyoto. Then... all of Kyoto's negative energy was converging here. It had even... nearly reached the point where it was visible to the naked eye.
That made Mei