As the announcement of the Transcendent List continued.
Yomi and Kagura discovered that, regardless of god and demon races, even in the field of Onmyōdō at their age, their talents and strengths were not the highest. There were too many people who surpassed them both.
Or in other words, they both underestimated the world and Onmyōdō too much. After all, this world never lacked true marvels.
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[Rank 87: Tsuchimikado Natsume]
[Race: Human]
[Power: Mid Level]
[Description: Successor to the Tsuchimikado clan, student of Onmyou Academy, shikigami: Dragon—Hokuto, possesses top-tier Onmyōdō talent.]
[Rank Reward: Intermediate Super Ability Development]
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[Rank 84: Adashino Benio]
[Race: Human]
[Power: Mid Level]
[Description: Successor to the famous Adashino clan in Kyoto, possesses top-tier Onmyōdō talent.]
[Rank Reward: Intermediate Super Ability Development]
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[Rank 83: Dairenji Suzuka]
[Race: Human]
[Power: High Level]
[Description: Current leader of the Shinto Dairenji clan, one of the Twelve Divine Generals of the Onmyō Agency, possesses top-tier Onmyōdō talent.]
[Rank Reward: Intermediate Super Ability Development]
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"Don't you realize, many entrants on the Transcendent List are also entrants on the Eternal Beauty List."
"The Transcendent List looks at power, while the Eternal Beauty List, although it looks at appearance, don't forget there are three other factors: ability, identity, and luck."
"...Indeed."
"These are heirs to exorcist clans or Onmyō clans. They not only have appearance, but also in terms of ability, identity, and luck, they far surpass ordinary people. It's natural for them to enter both lists."
"..."
"I wonder what surprising identities the goddesses in the top thirty ranks of the Eternal Beauty List have? Perhaps they are all true goddesses."
More than one person was curious about this. No one believed that the goddesses in the top thirty of the Eternal Beauty List were all ordinary people.
Although there was no conclusion yet, everyone in their hearts had established that ordinary people might be able to rise to the bottom fifty ranks of the Eternal Beauty List thanks to appearance, but they absolutely could not enter the top thirty. After all, appearances in the top thirty of the Eternal Beauty List almost reached the limit of aesthetics, and the factors judged beyond that limit were ability, identity, and luck.
Ordinary people had no advantage whatsoever in these three aspects.
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[Rank 81: Keikain Yura]
[Race: Human]
[Power: Mid Level]
[Description: Successor to the Keikain clan, the next Hidemoto, capable of using Keikain's strongest shikigami: Hagun, possesses top-tier Onmyōdō talent and top-tier shikigami control talent.]
[Rank Reward: Intermediate Super Ability Development]
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[Rank 79: Keikain Mamiru]
[Race: Human]
[Power: High Level]
[Description: Onmyōji from the Keikain clan's branch, capable of using extremely powerful lightning shikigami, possesses top-tier Onmyōdō talent.]
[Rank Reward: High-Level Super Ability Development]
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[Rank 79: Keikain Akifusa]
[Race: Human]
[Power: High Level]
[Description: Onmyōji from the Yasoryū branch of the Keikain clan, proficient in making yōkai swords, made his first yōkai sword at the age of three. Uses the yōkai sword—Yasoryū Yari: Kioku, possesses top-tier Onmyōdō talent and top-tier yōkai sword forging skills.]
[Rank Reward: High-Level Super Ability Development]
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The entry of three members of the Keikain clan made the current Keikain Hidemoto overjoyed.
"Especially Yura, her power is only mid-level now. After her power reaches high-level, her rank on the Transcendent List will definitely far surpass Akifusa and the others."
Hidemoto's current aged eyes shone sharply.
Yura's ability to control Hagun was the key to re-sealing the Great Yōkai Hagoromo Gitsune. Moreover, the Onmyō Agency and other Onmyō clans might not stand idly by seeing the resurgence of their Keikain Clan.
"Call Yura here. There's something I want to instruct her,"
Hidemoto said to the guarding onmyōji outside.
"Understood, family head!"
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Meanwhile, the outside world was also as Hidemoto currently thought. Seeing the younger generation of the Keikain clan entering the list consecutively, with an attitude of crushing the Onmyō Agency and other Onmyō clans, they all pondered inwardly.
Now, the former throne of Onmyōdō, the Tsuchimikado Clan, had declined.
They did not want to see the Keikain Clan become another throne. This would involve their own fundamental interests.
Acts of assassination and the like were impossible; committing such an incident was too risky, if exposed, they would be condemned by the entire Onmyōdō. However, causing trouble and suppressing the growth of the Keikain's younger generation was still not a problem...
"Why is Dairenji Suzuka, whose power is already high-level, still inferior to Keikain Yura?"
Utaha was a little confused.
"Didn't the Dimensional List 'say' before? The Transcendent List doesn't only look at power, but also talent. The reason Dairenji Suzuka could become one of the Twelve Divine Generals at a young age and possess high-level power is clear: she had exhausted most of her potential and talent early."
"While Keikain Yura, who is capable of controlling Hagun, her talent can be called the contemporary top Onmyōdō talent. It should be known that the shikigami Hagun itself functions to maximize the user's ability and spiritual power."
Hikaru explained.
"Shikigami Hagun, in legends, the Keikain Clan five hundred years ago sealed the Great Yōkai Hagoromo Gitsune with this."
Kagura and Yomi knew a little about the shikigami Hagun.
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A small green figure was projected on the Transcendent List. One eye was a kakugan, one eye was a black pupil, looking very alluring and tempting.
[Rank 71: Takatsuki Sen]
[Race: Ghoul]
[Power: High Level]
[Description: A very rare Half-Ghoul with half human blood. Her real name is Yoshimura Eto, leader of the Aogiri Tree organization, the One-Eyed Owl who stands at the pinnacle of Ghouls.]
[Rank Reward: High-Level Super Ability Development]
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"Eto, I really didn't want you to be on the list too."
Seeing his daughter appear on the Transcendent List, Yoshimura couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
"Another joint entrant on the Eternal Beauty List and Transcendent List, and she's also a Ghoul. One-Eyed Owl, this name is truly dominating."
"...Takatsuki Sen, I remember she seems to be a famous author."
"True, I'm a fan of hers. A Ghoul author, this combination is rather interesting. Now that I remember I once interacted closely with a Ghoul King, I feel chills!"
"..."
"One-Eyed Owl, it's hard to imagine a monster like this being publicly active as an author. What are the Japanese higher-ups doing?"
"Standing at the pinnacle of Ghouls, the number of people she has eaten might be hard to estimate. After all, I heard Ghouls can only grow stronger and survive by eating humans or eating their own kind."
"...Eating their own kind, a very cruel race!"
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CCG.
"One-Eyed Owl, your tail is finally out."
With white hair and a slightly crazy expression, Mado Kureo had been searching for the One-Eyed Owl for too long. This time, he finally caught a small tail.
"The Super Disaster Countermeasure Room, Onmyō Agency... this group might be able to protect less dangerous Ghouls like Anteiku Cafe, but they cannot protect the One-Eyed Owl."
"Come, Amon-kun. I just investigated. This scoundrel happens to be holding a book fan meeting in Tokyo today. Although the event is over, she shouldn't have escaped from Tokyo yet."
After saying that, Kureo called his colleague beside him, Amon Kōtarō, and walked out.
"Understood, Mado-senpai."
Kōtarō followed behind Kureo, leaving the CCG.
Not long after.
The CCG also began to move fully. All special-class investigators were deployed, their target being the One-Eyed Owl, Takatsuki Sen.
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[Rank 70: Ikaruga Shimon]
[Race: Human]
[Power: High Level]
[Description: Branch of the Ikaruga clan. Suzaku, one of the Twelve Guardian Exorcists Group, possesses top-tier Onmyōdō talent.]
[Rank Reward: High-Level Super Ability Development]
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[Rank 68: Lint Sellzen]
[Race: Human]
[Power: High Level]
[Description: A top-tier Exorcist affiliated with the Church, a warrior raised with Siegfried's heroic genes...]
[Rank Reward: Superb Super Ability Development]
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Onmyou Academy, Onmyō Agency, Super Disaster Countermeasure Room, Keikain Clan, Tsuchimikado, Exorcists Group, and the seemingly 'ordinary' Church.
The consecutive revelations of various supernatural organizations opened the eyes of many ordinary people. They hadn't expected so many supernatural organizations to be hidden among humans. Previously, they hadn't found any traces of them. It seemed the country's higher-ups deliberately concealed them.