Continental Hotel...
Conference Room...
"What!!! Are you kidding me?"
Ryuji, with wide-open eyes, pointed angrily at Leo and shouted.
The other onmyoji were also shocked hearing Leo's insane plan and were in the same situation as Ryuji, looking at Leo with wide-open eyes and waiting for an explanation.
The atmosphere inside the conference room became very tense.
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Everyone, except Hidemoto, who was silently watching Leo's expression, tried to find any deception or mockery in his face.
Even Elder Chiyo and Elder Terra became agitated, starting to panic with wild imaginations, thinking both Leo and Hogoromo Gitsune were partners.
Yura tried to pacify her fellow clan onmyoji members and defuse the tense atmosphere.
Deep breath~
Taking a deep breath and raising his hand, signalling everyone to be quiet.
Seeing their clan head signal them to quiet down, every onmyoji in the room fell silent.
Even Elder Chiyo and Elder Terra quieted down, though they wanted to argue with Leo.
"Mr. Leo, you understand that if the seal in the pillars were to be lifted, the Kyoto yokai would destroy and cause huge damage to Kyoto, right?"
A few minutes earlier...
After telling the story of Hogoromo Gitsune to all the onmyoji present in the conference room...
"So to solve Hogoromo Gitsune once and for all..."
Leo's eyes swept through the room, looking at everyone who was staring at him expectantly.
Sigh~
"You need to first release the seals in the four guardian pillars in Kyoto."
With a sigh, Leo started to explain his plan but was stopped halfway by the outburst of Ryuji and the other onmyoji, who were shocked by Leo's crazy idea.
Present...
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Um~
"Yes, I know, but if we work together, we can prevent them from causing any trouble in Kyoto."
Leo nodded, his face serious, and shared what was on his mind.
"It's too dangerous... We can't risk innocent lives like this."
Akifusa Keikain was the first to shake his head in denial.
As the guardian responsible for protecting the first guardian pillar, he knew how dangerous the plan was.
Hearing Akifusa, the other onmyoji nodded in understanding.
The plan was indeed too dangerous.
"Let me fully explain..."
Shaking his head, Leo smiled slightly, asking them to let him explain his plan fully.
He could understand their worry.
It was normal for them to react this way if they weren't crazy.
Breath~
"Before we release the seal, we need to meet with Hogoromo Gitsune and make a deal with her."
Hearing Leo mention making a deal with the most notorious yokai, Hogoromo Gitsune, the onmyoji looked at him confusedly.
For them, the enmity with Hogoromo Gitsune had been bloody and long-lasting, but hearing that Leo wanted to make a deal with her made them hesitate.
"Yeah... We need to make a deal with her that we will release the seal, but she shouldn't kill any innocent citizens, onmyoji, or the members of the Continental Hotel."
Leo continued to explain his plan about making a deal with Hogoromo Gitsune.
"First, we will let her succeed in resurrecting her beloved son, Seimei, and expose his true intentions."
Opening his hands wide, Leo fully explained the plan.
"What do you mean by Seimei's true intentions?"
Elder Chiyo, noticing an important point in Leo's words, asked with narrowed eyes.
"Yes... Seimei only wants to use Hogoromo Gitsune to attain immortality and will kill her after achieving his goal. So, we could use this opportunity to gain a reliable ally."
Haha~
With a wide grin, Leo fully explained his plan.
Hearing this, everyone looked at Leo, who was laughing loudly with a wide mouth.
They were shocked to hear this and made a mental note not to mess with him.
"Now... shall we discuss another important matter?"
Folding his arms, Leo, with a calm smile, looked at the onmyoji, who was staring at him with wide eyes.
A few hours later...
Hidemoto and the other onmyoji left the conference room, each one with a different expression on their face.
After exiting the conference room, they were escorted to the reception area, where Shin allocated rooms to them with the help of Nene.
After getting the room keys, Nene escorted them to their rooms.
Inside Yura's Room...
The three elders and the three onmyoji who accompanied them sat with solemn expressions.
"What do you think, Yura? Should we accept his offer?"
Breaking the silence, Hidemoto looked at Yura, who was enjoying the pudding she had brought before entering the room.
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Um~
"We should accept his proposal... There are many benefits given to members of the Continental Hotel, such as..."
After pondering for a few moments, Yura began to give her honest review of Leo's continuous invitation to join the hotel.
They were shocked when Yura took a potion from one of the drawers in her room and cut a small wound on her right-hand forefinger.
From the cut, blood started to flow.
"What are you doing, Yura?"
Elder Chiyo, seeing Yura hurt herself all of a sudden, asked in agitation, moving closer to treat the wound.
But she was stopped by Yura, who calmly opened the green potion and poured a single drop of it on the wound on her forefinger.
Splash~
When the drop hit her wound, the green potion was immediately absorbed, emitting a green glow.
The wound began to heal visibly, and not even a small scar remained on her hand.
It was as if the wound had never been there.
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Everyone in the room was shocked.
They had heard about different potions from Yura, but seeing the effects firsthand left them stunned.
After getting their full attention, Yura explained how the hotel operated and maintained peace and law in both the normal and supernatural worlds.
When they heard that even many shrine gods were part of the Continental Hotel, they were left speechless.
Leo's Office...
Dial... dial...
After returning from the conference room, Leo took a receiver and started entering a few numbers into the dialer of the telephone in his office.
Ring... ring...
After a few rings, the call connected.
"Code-000, new orders for the team in Kyoto. Contact the Kyoto Yokai Express; we at the Continental Hotel want to meet her to discuss something very important."
When the call connected, Leo gave his order to the other end.
"Orders received."
A woman's voice came from the other end, confirming the receipt of the orders.
In a huge room behind the task centre, many people were working on opening, closing, and freezing tasks manually and verifying them.
A female yokai with long hair covering her face and wearing a white kimono wrote something on paper and sealed it with a stamp marked: "UPDATED."
After sealing the paper, she folded it and placed it in a pipe hole, where it disappeared in one swift motion.
Kyoto...
The team that had been sent to gather information on the Kyoto yokai was about to return to the hotel to report their mission.
Ding~
With a ding, the membership cards of the team vibrated.
When they took them out, a projection of their mission details appeared, along with a red icon blinking with the word "UPDATED."
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Reading the updated task details, all the team members looked at each other.
"The task has been upgraded from a C-rank mission to an A-rank mission. We need to make contact with Kyoto yokai's supreme commander, Hogoromo Gitsune."
The team leader broke the silence and explained the situation to the team members, who were still exchanging worried glances.
Though the rewards for an A-rank mission were higher, the difficulty also increased several times.
Kyoto Yokai Base...
"Sir Jizo, we have visitors from the Continental Hotel."
A yokai with a huge single horn on his head, large fangs, red skin, and a fat body entered the room of Minagoroshi Jizo, who was in a happy mood since he was going to meet his lord soon.
But he was interrupted by the yokai, who rushed in to inform him of the visitors.
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'What are the members of the Continental doing here?'
For some reason, Jizo felt a bad premonition and hurriedly followed the yokai to see the visitors.
"What is your purpose for intruding inside Kyoto Yokai's territory?"
Jizo asked the visitors with a serious expression, determined not to let outsiders ruin his carefully crafted plan, which had taken years of hard work.
"We came to meet with Hogoromo Gitsune-sama to deliver a message from our lord, Leo Morningstar."
Hearing Jizo, the team leader of the investigation team stepped forward and stated their purpose.
"Then say it. I will pass the message to Hogoromo-sama."
With an irritated look on his face, Jizo demanded they relay the message to him so he could pass it on.
"Sorry... Our mission is to tell her directly."
Shaking his head, the team leader refused Jizo's proposal.
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'This leader... Is he planning something?'
Narrowing his eyes, Jizo pondered whether to allow them to meet Hogoromo Gitsune.
After years of hard work manipulating her, he now questioned whether he should take the risk.
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