Crossover Anime: I'm at Shuchiin Academy, and my surname is Uchiha.

Chapter 269 The Great Demon's New Spirit Beast

"Yukino-san, catch!"

As Hayasaka Ai's voice rang out, Yukino Yukinoshita, who was standing behind her, reacted quickly, shifting her weight downwards to support the ball and then forcefully lifting it upwards.

At the same time, Hayasaka Ai, already prepared, leaped up and smashed the volleyball back with a powerful spike.

Fujiwara Chika looked somewhat panicked. "Little Lonely One, please!"

"Eh! Me...me?!"

Although Little Lonely wanted to run away, her companion's trust made her extend her arm to block Hayasaka Ai's spike.

Carrying a heavy guitar every day, plus six hours of guitar practice, Xiao Gudu's stamina and arm strength are quite good, to say the least.

But she was facing the all-around maid, Hayasaka Ai! A close attendant trained by the Shinomiya family since childhood. The ball still couldn't be stopped and landed heavily on the sand.

Hiratsuka Shizuka whistled in dissatisfaction.

"Damn it... The score is 10:7. Team Uchiha has won the first group. Now we begin the second group."

"Yukino-neechan is amazing! Hayasaka-neechan is amazing too!" Shirasaki Hana, who was part of the atmosphere-setting team, kept waving and cheering.

Tsurumi looked at the sea with a puzzled expression. "Ryo-nii just left. He was going to either go or bring Natsume-nii and the others back. He should be alright, right?"

However, the second match, between Kaguya Shinomiya and Kei Shirogane and Eru Chitanda and Shino Amakusa, has officially begun!

Hayasaka Ai, who had just finished her match, pouted unhappily despite winning.

"Yukino-san, we tried so hard to win, but Ryo-san just went swimming halfway through watching it."

Yukino Yukinoshita sat on a beach chair. Unlike Ai Hayasaka, she was exhausted from the decisive match and wanted to rest.

"Don't worry about him, he'll be back soon anyway."

......

"Mr. Natsume, human strength has its limits... Even your grandmother, Natsume Reiko, could not escape the fate of death. It is truly tragic."

"Um, Mr. Blue Whale."

"Call me Whale Netherworld, my name is recorded in the Book of Friends."

To avoid attracting the attention of the group on the beach, Natsume jumped off the blue whale's back and floated on the water.

"Mr. Whale Ocean, I will return the name on the friend's account to you after I go ashore. Also... although humans only have a short lifespan of a hundred years, that is precisely why humanity can thrive."

"Oh?"

Natsume smiled. "However, I would appreciate it if Mr. Kujirai could escort my friend to the shallow waters."

Just as Natsume was speaking, the blue whale, which was underwater, turned its huge eyes toward the beach.

"Meow—this...this fish is so big?"

Yanyun-chan perched on Uchiha Rin's shoulder and swam over with her master.

Uchiha Ryo also looked at the blue whale with some surprise.

"It's so big, and this demonic aura... it's at the level of a powerful demon. Natsume, do you recognize it?"

"Brother Ling, Mr. Jingming meant no harm and even saved Baiyin. I'll return the name on the friend list to him when I get back."

Three tomoe appeared in Uchiha Ryo's pupils, and Kujira looked at Natsume with some surprise after seeing the newcomer.

"Lord Natsume, you actually know this human?"

Before Natsume could speak, Uchiha Ryo climbed onto the whale's back and sat down. After glancing at Shirogane Miyuki, who was only in a coma, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jingming, is it? Judging from your tone, you know me?"

"I know, after all, I just saw you display your power in this sea area a few days ago, and all the monsters in the vicinity fled."

In the last few days? That must have been when I was fighting Isobu to quell the storm, and they saw me.

That yokai, Isobu, isn't the three-tailed fox from the manga; it's the prototype of Isobu from the yokai mythology of the Land of Sakura. It's also a powerful yokai, and unlike Kujira, it's not easy to talk to.

The leader of the Nura Clan at the time also led his men out to sea to prepare to subdue Isobu, but they were defeated by Uchiha Ryo beforehand.

That makes sense. At that time, the range of Kirin that Uchiha Rin unleashed with the help of the storm was too large. It is estimated that the monsters in the nearby seas all saw the scene of him summoning lightning to kill Isobu.

However... Whale's tone was very calm. He said that all the monsters in the nearby sea had fled, but he had stayed behind.

What does this mean? There are only two possibilities: First, he wanted to leave but couldn't! Second, he didn't need to leave! In other words, he wasn't afraid of Uchiha Rin who used Kirin at the time.

No wonder its demonic aura is stronger than Isobu's... Interesting.

"Whale Spirit, I just heard you say something about how pathetic human lifespan is, right?"

"Naturally, I have said that, and I don't think I'm wrong. A mere hundred years of lifespan is nothing more than the time it takes for us to fall asleep a few times."

Uchiha Ryo chuckled. "But do you even know what stage of development humanity has reached?"

"I have never set foot on land, but in the last hundred years, your fishing boats have visibly grown larger..."

Whale Min subconsciously thought that all human ships at sea were fishing boats. The aircraft carrier he saw recently was much bigger than him. Human creativity is truly terrifying.

"It is precisely because humans are not immortal that we have been able to develop to our current technological age over thousands of years. Because humans have never focused on individual strength, but rather on overall technological progress."

Uchiha Ryo patted the whale's head beneath him.

"Whale Mist, would you like to come with me to the human world? We can live out a hundred years as humans, and then we can talk about how pathetic it is... Anyway, a hundred years is just a 'period of time' in your words."

"Human powerhouse, you want to take me as your shikigami? Although you know Lord Natsume, I, Kujirai, have no intention of submitting to humans!"

"No, no, you misunderstand. It's not the kind of semi-enslaved master-servant shikigami. It's more like I'm giving you freedom, and you're just a summoning beast that helps me with some small tasks."

Yanyun-chan, who was perched on Uchiha Ryo's shoulder, turned her head away.

The scumbag owner is about to start bluffing... What a waste of such a big fish, I wonder how it tastes.

"It's not a problem for a great demon like you to transform into human form. I can take care of resolving your identity issue and help you integrate into human society. All you need to do is sign a contract with me that allows you to communicate with spirits, and the rest is up to you."

"....."

We've finally found a powerful but naive demon—a real talent! Unlike the cunning and experienced shrewdness of the Nurarihyon clan, we must find a way to keep this kind of fighter.

Unless you forget all your gratitude, you'll still have to help me with the work then...

Jingming fell silent, seemingly deep in thought.

Shirogane Miyuki, who had fainted from fright, suddenly trembled. "Huh? Where am I...?"

Before he could react, Shirogane Miyuki was glared at by the Sharingan and fainted again.

"Natsume, let's take Shirogane back first. Mr. Kujirai, please wait here for me, I'll be right back."