As a nameless god without a shrine, he would naturally disappear completely soon.

This is an unavoidable cruel law. He has been working hard all the time because he feels uneasy about being forgotten by humans until he disappears. So ever since he was young, he has wanted a shrine of his own.

With a gentle sigh, carrying a luggage bag, Yato leaned diagonally against the wall on the other side of the alley, watching the pedestrians and students walking hurriedly past the alley entrance, then frowned, turned around, and looked back into the depths of the alley, thinking about something unknown.

It wasn't long before he suddenly sensed something and turned his head in slight surprise.

Not long after, a tall figure appeared at the mouth of the alley.

"Yato... sir?"

Gu Mo scrutinized the person standing in the alley. It was a young man with purple hair and blue eyes, looking somewhat frivolous in demeanor, wearing a simple tracksuit, with a white scarf hanging around his neck…

The long-blurred distant impression became clear at this moment. He recognized this God of Poverty's image, so poor that it makes those who hear it sad and those who see it weep... This was indeed the person he had been looking for, only the other party was showing a surprised expression at that moment.

—Could it be he's surprised by the power and aura of his own guardian spirit?

Gu Mo's mind raced. Although he knew the special nature of the guardian spirit couldn't be concealed, he wouldn't say he didn't try to hide it either. So his current approach was to let the nine-tailed fox possess him, and let the White Viper reside in a utility knife he carried with him.

Because if they were circling around him, it was likely the other party would see them directly — mainly because their form of existence is similar and probably close to the guardian spirit's state in the same realm — so temporarily he had to take this approach.

The guardian spirit can reside only in something extraordinary, meaning a person's existence itself is extraordinary, and the guardian spirit resided therein. Although usually, they can circle around the host and move freely within a certain range, that's mainly because Gu Mo mostly did not restrain them.

If necessary, he could call them back, the so-called keeping the tool hidden within, waiting for the moment to act.

Possession naturally requires no further explanation, because guardian spirits select and protect the host in the form of possession — "Possession Fusion" is built on this basis. However, only when activating the power of the guardian spirit does this come into play. Merely attaching to the body bears no cost.

As for residing in the utility knife, this is a tactic of utilizing the Ninety-nine Weapons, a crucial method discovered by Gu Mo — just like possession, as long as the guardian spirit's power doesn't get activated to consume and unleash great might, merely letting the guardian spirit temporarily reside on a weapon has very little cost.

That's how he temporarily hid the snake and fox that constantly surrounded him, using this method.

They're still around him, just not visible anymore... with this, he should be able to fool this God of Poverty, right? Gu Mo thought so, yet looking at Yato's expression, he wasn't so sure anymore.

"..."

"..."

A silence ensued.

The air briefly quieted down.

Yato looked at the figure appearing at the mouth of the alley, opened his mouth but didn't say anything, then turned back to glance at the alley behind him. Suddenly, his face became particularly strange, as if he had thought of something.

He first took a deep breath and then began to speak: "So that's it, I sort of understand now... your commission isn't actually about finding lost items, is it?"

Gu Mo was taken aback for a moment, suddenly feeling slightly surprised. He had already tried his best to cover up and leave no trace, but... after all, was it still seen through at first glance? Surely one shouldn't underestimate this poor nameless god, seemingly more adept at muscles, a martial arts faction, but after all, an extraordinary being beyond the reach of ordinary people.

In the end, it was the preconceived notions from the plot that unconsciously influenced his perception, perhaps this needed some self-reflection... he sighed inwardly and prepared to explain.

"I don't know where you heard about my matters, but now I've long stopped doing that..."

At this moment, Yato continued speaking, his expression somewhat helpless: "And that was back in the Warring States Era. Now, even if other gods come to me for commissions, they should know I usually only take on tasks of slaying demons."

Here, he paused slightly, then shook his head: "That's basically it, if it's about killing humans... I might not be able to help you."

Eh?

Gu Mo was taken aback as well, but his thoughts were rapidly whirling. The other party seemed to indeed have perceived something, but was in fact misunderstanding?

"I don't know where you heard about my matters," "Now, even if other gods come for commissions" ... these key phrases quickly filtered through his mind, coupled with the phone call he made before, and Yato's seemingly helpless explanation now, his eyebrows twitched slightly, and his expression became quite subtle.

So—

Could it be that he also considered me as... one of those "other gods" coming to commission him?

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