The air suddenly grew quiet.
The two Young Women bit on opposite ends of a Pocky stick, glaring at each other, unwilling to concede.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Isayama Yomi began to nibble small pieces off the Pocky.
Tsuchimiya Kagura, seeing this, was not to be outdone and started eating her way towards the middle, bit by bit.
The Pocky stick was only about as long as a Young Woman's palm, and even with both of them taking tiny bites, most of it was quickly eaten.
Their faces were now inches apart, so close they could feel each other's breath.
But neither of them gave up.
The situation on site was like a popular mini-game among Young Men in the island nation a few years ago.
The "Pocky Game."
The rules of the game were simple.
Prepare a box of Pocky, then select two people through a draw or some other method.
Then, each person bites one end of the Pocky and starts eating towards the middle.
Due to the length of the Pocky.
Their faces would soon be pressed together.
If someone couldn't withstand the pressure and pulled away, or broke the Pocky, they lost and had to accept a penalty.
If neither side gave up and kept eating until the very end... This was exactly the situation Tsuchimiya Kagura and Isayama Yomi found themselves in.
The Pocky was now less than two centimeters long.
Their faces were almost completely pressed together.
Tsuchimiya Kagura hesitated, stopping her movements first.
Isayama Yomi saw this and suddenly flashed a mischievous smile.
Tsuchimiya Kagura knew in her heart that this was the expression Yellow Springs would only show when she wanted to tease her.
A hint of panic flashed in Tsuchimiya Kagura's eyes, and she tried to bite through the Pocky with force.
She recoiled like a startled small animal.
But it was too late; Isayama Yomi pounced directly at the same time she was smiling mischievously.
Tsuchimiya Kagura was pinned against the back seat of the car by the suddenly attacking Isayama Yomi, her hands caught, leaving her only able to wildly kick her fair legs.
But it was no use; Isayama Yomi was on top of Tsuchimiya Kagura, and Tsuchimiya Kagura couldn't reach Isayama Yomi's back.
In Tsuchimiya Kagura's panicked eyes, Isayama Yomi's face drew closer and closer.
"Yellow Springs Elder Sister, no, boo hoo..."
With her mouth covered, Tsuchimiya Kagura could only let out an inaudible whimper.
After a long while, their lips parted.
Isayama Yomi licked her lips contentedly.
"Ha, ha... Yellow Springs Elder Sister, you... big bully..."
Today's outcome was a victory for Isayama Yomi.
Satisfied with Tsuchimiya Kagura's flushed little face, Isayama Yomi lifted her leg and kicked the back of the front seat.
"Don't look over here, pervert."
Sitting there was Iizuna Noriyuki, who was enjoying the beautiful scenery through the rearview mirror.
He was Isayama Yomi's fiancé.
"Ah."
Iizuna Noriyuki's hand trembled, then he firmly gripped the car's steering wheel.
"Yellow Springs, this is very dangerous, okay?"
"Hmph! Serves you right."
Everyone in the car was a Jujutsu Sorcerer, and Iizuna Noriyuki was at least a semi-Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer, like Tsuchimiya Kagura.
So Yellow Springs wasn't worried that he couldn't really control the car.
However, there were still some differences between them.
Iizuna Noriyuki was older, and his future potential for improvement was limited; he would probably remain a Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer at most in this life.
But Tsuchimiya Kagura was different; still young, she was well-trained and protected by Isayama Yomi.
Both the Isayama Family and the Tsuchimiya Family recognized Tsuchimiya Kagura's talent, and she would certainly become a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer in the future.
Iizuna Noriyuki was a Shikigami user who inherited the Family Technique, capable of summoning nimble and swift Kudagitsune for combat, and his intelligence-gathering abilities were outstanding.
However, since Kudagitsune were not good at frontal combat, the Iizuna Family chose to have Iizuna Noriyuki primarily serve as an Assistant Supervisor.
He would only take on the task of exorcising Cursed Spirits as a side job when there was a severe shortage of personnel.
Amidst the playful bickering of Isayama Yomi and Tsuchimiya Kagura, the group quickly returned to the Isayama Family home.
"I'm home." X2
The two changed their shoes and entered the house.
Two people were just about to leave the Isayama Family home.
Isayama Yu, Isayama Mei.
If viewed by Bloodline and tradition, Isayama Yu should have been the current Family Head of the Isayama Family.
However, the legitimate son, Isayama Yu, left the Family in his youth due to rebellion, which angered the previous Family Head of the Isayama Family so much that he passed the position of Family Head to Isayama Yomi's father, Isayama Naraku.
Isayama Naraku was also the previous Family Head's son, but he was born to the previous Family Head and a servant, so initially, the previous Family Head had no intention of passing the position of Family Head to Isayama Naraku.
But Isayama Yu's actions truly infuriated the previous Family Head.
Not only did Isayama Yu repeatedly contradict his father for a woman he had only recently met, but he also declared his intention to be independent and leave the Family, and then ran away with money.
Isayama Naraku, who had always been overlooked, saw an opportunity and within a few years gained the support of most people, including the previous Family Head.
Moreover, Isayama Naraku was brave and daring, making a name for himself in the Jujutsu World by desperately exorcising Cursed Spirits.
So, when the previous Family Head's days were numbered, he entrusted the Family's thousand-year-old cursed tool, the treasured sword shishiou, to Isayama Naraku and announced Isayama Naraku's identity as the next Family Head.
What he didn't expect was that the dissolute son who had run off with a woman would, a few years later, cry and kneel before him, begging to return to the Family.
It turned out that, having been spoiled by the previous Family Head, he quickly spent all his money lavishly, and although he had the abilities of a Jujutsu Sorcerer, he didn't have many.
Most importantly, he lacked the courage to face life and death, and after being injured by a Cursed Spirits once, he no longer dared to exorcise Cursed Spirits.
Finally, with nowhere else to go, he could only return to the Isayama Family to beg his father.
A parent's love knows no bounds; after all, he was his own flesh and Bloodline, so the previous Family Head gave him a nominal position, ensuring him a life of wealth.
But people are always insatiable.
After seeing how cruel the world was outside, he yearned to reclaim his position as Family Head.
It was to reclaim, because being a coward, he dared not seize it; Isayama Naraku was a Family Head supported by the Isayama Family members, who had fought his way up by exorcising Cursed Spirits.
So he placed his hopes on his daughter, Isayama Mei. Isayama Naraku only had an adopted daughter, so according to Bloodline, his daughter, Isayama Mei, was the legitimate successor to the next Family Head position.
However, Isayama Naraku was actually going to pass the position of Family Head to Isayama Yomi, to that lowly bastard picked up from outside.
This led to Isayama Yu bringing his daughter to argue today.
Unfortunately, under Isayama Naraku's assertiveness, he was still afraid.
"Uncle Yu."
Isayama Yomi bowed respectfully; even if he was a good-for-nothing, Isayama Yu's status and position were above Isayama Yomi's.
"Hmph!"
Isayama Yu cast a resentful glance at Isayama Yomi, who was carrying shishiou on her back, let out a cold snort, and left.
"Yellow Springs, I hear you've been very active lately. Keep it up and don't disgrace the Isayama Family's name."
Isayama Mei had been educated since childhood to become the Family Head of the Isayama Family in the future, but unlike her cowardly father, Isayama Mei understood better how to endure and accumulate.
This was guidance from her deceased mother.
"Yes, Mei Elder Sister."
Isayama Mei was one year older than Isayama Yomi.
Isayama Yomi didn't particularly like Isayama Mei because the latter always brought her immense pressure with talk of the Family this and the Family that.
Just as Toji Fushiguro's source of pressure was the Zen'in Family, and Suguru Geto's source of pressure was absorbing Cursed Spirits.
The Family pressure, primarily from Isayama Mei and her father, was Isayama Yomi's source of pressure.
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