After vanishing in a mysterious mist, Keitaro and Yayoi arrived at an unknown place, they were still in japan but not in the place they were supposed to be. After wandering for a few minutes, both of them took rest in a nearby park.
"We wandered all around the place yet we cant find the hospital where we vanished from, we even asked people here but none of them knew of it" Keitaro spoke as he was trying remain clam. "There are far more ghosts here than what should been" he said as got chills dow his spine from the ghostly environment.
("Despite being attracted towards Keitaro's energy, none of them even tries to harm us if we ignore them. This behaviour is quite uncommon for ghosts we have encountered so far, they all try to attack Keitaro the instant they sense him... yet, they are not attacking him. Is it because of the spirit? But they only sensed him after i pointed the doll too close to them, they should have sensed him from far away and wouldn't even have tried to come closer... in what situation we are in?")
As Yayoi was thinking about the incident, she felt sensation of spiritual power from her bag, the power was directed towards her so Keitaro could barely sense any difference. As she put her hand in her bag to check it, she pulled out a new plushie, it was a deer with a powerfulseal on it's head. As the plushie was pulled out, Keitaro felt a sudden chill, it was nothing like before, it was like a graduate... no, even greater than that. The plushie was radiating divinity every second, the air around the whole park was imbued with the presence of divinity as well as certain evil.... yet, it was not something they should've been wary of..
That is the plushie where the "God who governs over the fortunes of 4 cardinal directions.... The mirror image of Jupiter, the planet of the underworld which symbolizes the Emperor... Representative of the Wicked Gods.... The most Dreaded Incarnation of The Stars...
.....Taisui Seikun is sealed.
The sealed god lost a major part of his power till the end of the decisive battle at the imperial Kyoto palace and is currently recovering. Despite being currently weakened, taisui can still get broke away the seal but, he has made a deal with the trio, he will stick with them till they defeat Kubo because of his competitive nature and respect for the trio for actually defeating him.
"Oh my~ you've got yourselves in quite a situation, hmm. Well whatever, let me explain about this, when a "true god" or the main body is killed, it will cause nature to loosen it's balance since a pillar supporting it has been vanished to nothingness. It will cause the cosmos to crumble, but that would be taken care by the supreme deities of their respective pantheons whose god has died, though killing a "true god" is completely illogical as you cant kill a very concept they symbolize from the nature. A "true god" can only be killed by another " true god" and even still, they will be reborn again.."
"How does our situation match with this? You are still alive". Keitaro asked who, was sitting quietly this whole time thinking to himself as what nonsense he has put himself through and can now believe in anything.
"I will explain.. the main body have not died, but a major part of his power was lost... that's the reason there was a crack in space and time, resulting in your teleportation to a different universe..."
("A different universe..? This sure is troublesome) Yayoi thought to herself.
"W-Wait, hold on a second.. a different universe..! T-Then how a-are we supposed to go back to our own!" Keitaro spoke as he still found himself in a situation he can't believe even though he was prepared to accept anything..
"Well, you don't have to worry about that for now, as the supreme deities will take care of it, the distortion will be closed and we will be back in our world" Taisui said while being a little annoyed with Keitaro freaking out on something he sees as "normal".
"So, we just need to wait a little more, huh? How much time will it take?" Yayoi asked Taisui.
"Can't say for sure.. it may take a few hours.. or even a few days.. you may expect the deadline for 4-6 days.."
(4-6 days.... huh? It will take time, i wonder how will things go in our world when we are not present... anyways, we have to survive in this world for a few days now.. it doesn't seem to be any different at all except form somethings and... why are there so many ghosts here? Is it natural? Does any spiritualist exist in this world? When will they attack? Guess we have something to do in our time here.") Yayoi thought while looking at the surrounding area and the ghosts as Taisui went back to sleep.
"Keitaro, do you have money? Yayoi asked as her stomach growled in hunger.
"Y-Yea, i do have enough money to survive a week at least, i guess." Keitaro said with a mixture of shock and surprise expression.
Both of them wandered in search of a restaurant, they took a bus for the fast travel. When they entered the bus, Keitaro starts feeling chills indicating a ghost was just nearby.. he instantly informs Yayoi about this, when she checks it herself, what she sees is a dark figure with four heads disguised itself as a human... as it's not doing anything and they are in public, She decides to deal with it later.
As the bus starts moving they both start hearing a voice uttering "Impossible, right? What do you think? So funny! The voice starts laughing. It continues 3-4 time, and the ghost suddenly disappears and instantly appears sitting on a seat ahead of a girl, the girl had yellow eyes and was wearing a green hoodie, more importantly, she seemed to notice the the inhumane thing sitting on her front seat and yet decided not to react at all. The ghost finally revealed it's true form as a creature with 4 heads to the girl, leaving her in state of fear, yet she kept on keeping her poker face. Both Yayoi and Keitaro seemed to have noticed it, as the ghost took action, Yayoi decided to put an end to it's extended life. But, the most important thing was the girl who could see and didn't freaked out while Keitaro was sweating his pants. Did she knew how to avoid it? Was that just her instinct? Did she actually saw it at all? There were too many questions that needed to be answered and the most logical way to get them was..... to directly ask the girl herself. But the first thing to do was to get rid of the 4 headed ghost in the bus so that it won't harm anyone, as the bus stopped, the girl left as soon as possible which made Yayoi's suspicion even stronger. "Keitaro, we have to follow her" Yayoi said while running towards the exit, leaving Keitaro in shock who could only utter "h-Huh.. what.." and moved towards Yayoi. Yayoi, on her way, pulled the alien doll and partially summoned the spirit to get the rid of the ghost. After dealing with the ghost, Yayoi and Keitaro followed the girl without her noticing, the girl got inside of a restaurant, having followed her, Keitaro and Yayoi finally arrived at the destination they originally headed towards. The girl sat down on a table, seemed to be waiting for someone, Keitaro and Yayoi waited for a chance to talk to her but not before they get their bellies full.
As both of them finished eating and were ready to start the conversation with the girl, both of them noticed something paranormal. A guy talking to someone on phone was being followed by a spirit of a women, uttering the word"Lo...ve... ...you..." The girl must have noticed it too as she looked at the guy with surprise. The guy who was being followed glanced at her, smiling in response to her. It was the time when the spirit shifted it's attention to her, it begins to walk towards her with seemingly not-so-good intentions. Noticing the situation, Yayoi decided to step in directly this time as Keitaro asked her what they should do. The girl, panicking, pulled out her phone and started acting like nothing has changed but, the spirit of the women still continued her march towards her. As the ghost finally reached her, she was scared but ready to try to trick the spirit but before that could even take place, two gigantic hands appeared above them. Two hands, glowing blue, grabbed the ghost and tore it apart into thousands of pieces with their brute strength, leaving the girl in utter state of shock that widened her eyes as if they would pop out anytime... "Miko! Sorry to make you wait! A cheerful voice reached out her ears, the voice was of the friend's she was waiting for. "Hana!" The girl said in her mind in a tone which made it clear that how relieved she was after hearing it. "Let's be off" she said in a hurried manner.
"So, her name is Miko, huh." Yayoi slowly speaks, "Yea, it seems so.." Keitaro nodded in response, agreeing with her. Miko still couldn't progress what she just saw as she glanced towards both ghost catchers, she was left absolutely speechless as she noticed the two hands that saved her had gone to the alien doll a kid with polycoria is holding in her hands, she also sees a weird entity attached to the hand of the young man beside her, while still in shock and full of questions, she decides to leave.
Yayoi and Keitaro decided to pause following her for the time being as they had to take care of many ghosts that entered the restaurant, following a girl. After dealing with the ghosts, both if them headed out to find Miko who, had now bought two pairs of power beads and shared one with Hana to stay safe from the ghosts. The beads showed their effect as all the spirits they encountered distanced themselves from the two, seeing this Miko was no longer afraid...to a point. The normal ghosts were affected by the beads but, a single one remained unfazed. A seemingly strong ghost, who was not at all effected by the beads, but trusting the power of beads, Miko tried to distance it without being her usual scared self....but that was only in an instant that the beads broke in single pieces even before she could notice. As she noticed the beads she relayed on broke into countless pieces, she was on the verge of crying but kept her poker face to not being found out. She was thinking on what she can do before the instant the two hands that "saved" her earlier appear again and smashed the "strong" ghost in ground, supposedly killing it. Surprised, Miko looked back as to where the hands came from, her doubt was cleared, the hands can from the same aliens doll she saw in the restaurant, in hands of the very same girl with polycoria she saw. "Hm, what's the matter, Miko?" Hana asked to her friend who was still processing things. As she went near her, Hana noticed Yayoi and asked Miko,"Miko, who is this little girl? Do you know her?" "No, i dont" Miko replied instantly. "Y-Yayoi-chan! Why did you ran away so fast!" Keitaro complained as Yayoi must have ran through her inhuman speed.
"You know her? Wait, don't tell me! A kidnapper!?" Hana exclaimed after she seeing Keitaro following her. ("A kidnapper! Me!? Who am i going to kidnap, Yayoi-chan? Wont i be ripped into pieces if i do that?") "N-No, i am not a kidnapper! I am her tutor, my name is Keitaro Gentouga and this girl is Yayoi Houzuki-chan. Nice to meet you". "Oh! Sorry of misunderstanding! I'm Hana Yurikawa and this is Miko Yotsuya. Nice to meet you!
("Yayoi Houzuki, huh? WHY IS SHE HOLDING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN HER HANDS!!? Isn't it way to dangerous to keep it just like that!? Wait, no! Why is she even keeping it!? The ghost in that doll completely slaughtered the ghost who "unintentionally" broke the beads to pieces, how are they even managing this thing!? What is happening in my life now...?)