"Hm, is that so? I find this very hard to believe Kenji." An old man said, sitting across of him while stroking his beard. He eyed the white haired male. After they were dismissed and he had introduced himself to the others, Kenji had left for the shrine he was currently residing in. Kenji had recounted the story to the priest of the shrine, finding it only apt to explain everything to excuse his extended absences from the shrine. "However, you rarely lie and you look serious. I shall believe what you are saying but I will keep my mouth shut. The last thing I want is to think the head priest of this branch of the Amaterasu shrine has gone senile."

[color=gray]"I only need your permission sir."[/color] Kenji said, lowering his head as he did so. He may have been older, and more wiser than this old man, but he still had semblances of respect for him. There were only few humans he held in such high regard. The kind priest of the shrine was one of them. He will not forget what the old man had done for him.

"Then you have my permission." Kenji nodded and then stood up. Before he could leave, however, the old man spoke once more. "Take care... and good luck. And be sure to protect the others, as you are born to do." The words rung in his head - as you are born to do. He nodded and then left the shrine. Yes, he was an okami, a protector. The one who is responsible for warding off yokai from travellers, but also a cause of fear for one misstep can cause his kind to devour the traveller.

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The white haired male travelled to Koumi quickly and arrived to only hear the end of the conversation of Ren and that other woman who was eavesdropping, Aya, if he remembered correctly. He inclined his head to Izawa, the reigning priest of the shrine, as a greeting. He then stepped inside the shrine and followed Ren and Aya towards the room that had apparently been redesigned so they can enter and exit the city of mirrors without trouble - and to also lounge there and take requests and to purify themselves without the need for pills.

He looked at the floating portal, peering through it to see the other side. Not much different, actually, it looked like the place they were in last night. He sighed heavily, thinking more and more that this was going to be a lot more dangerous than he originally thought. But what was he supposed to do? Say no? He couldn't certainly let the world end and he certainly couldn't leave humans to fend for it themselves when the source of the disease was their world.

[color=gray]"Good morning to you two."[/color] He said, bowing his head as a form of respect.