34. Vengeful Spirit.
Tokyo’s Shinagawa Ward, Shihei’s realm.
“Move quickly!”
Exorcists from Shihei, Japan’s three major exorcist families, ran all over the alleys.
They restored the streets to their pre-fight state by applying ‘restoration’ alcohol to the scorched or damaged parts, and rearranged the family’s manpower.
“After transporting the wounded, the 1st team goes to Ota-ku, and the 2nd team goes to Meguro-gu!”
“Okay!”
The Shihei family prepared thoroughly as much as they heard the information in advance, and they finished organizing all the monsters relatively early than in the other sections.
All that was left was to clean up my area and project troops into other compartments.
Rin Shihei, the head of the family who led the exorcists himself, chanted while holding a hand seal.
“It wouldn’t be bad to show kindness at times like this.”
Then it became a reason to imprison the opponent even if the reward came back someday or not.
Yes, grace is indeed a good thing.
With her smile on her face, Xi Hei Lin shook her head and said to her lovable my pet.
“Orochi, in that sense, why don’t you show kindness to that poor friend?”
Wood deuddeuk—!
As if responding to the master’s words, the huge white snake twisted his body.
The face of the youkai caught in its torso distorted under the pressure that was getting stronger.
With a large lump in the middle of its forehead, the ugly-looking youkai desperately struggled and shouted.
— … Stop that!
This lump-beaked monster was also a monster with a certain level of status, a vengeful ghost.
I wonder if the ‘lust’ was a large object, or did it not come with a large load?
The basic performance of the body was excellent, but it was a dangerous youkai that could even use seduction.
But it just didn’t work for her.
“So, where are the other ghosts?”
Shi Hei Lin asked the yokai, who was tied tightly to the white snake, with a kind smile.
— … Mo, I don’t know!
Then the Lump-Beaked Yo-kai replied coolly without hesitation, and Shihei Lin bent her head to the side. Her smile was still the same.
“Hmm, I see.”
I wonder if that meaningful expression was uneasy? Won-Gwi trembled and added his words.
— … I said I didn’t know because I traveled on the flow of spirit veins! It’s not my fault that I don’t know! So, please save me…
“Haa, I expected it, but it turned out to be bad.”
Sihei Lin shook her head and released the hand seal she had been holding all along, and immediately the white priest freed herself from the restraints that had bound me.
“You can eat it.”
She even had her master’s permission there, so she had no reason to hesitate any longer.
The white snake squeezed his torso even harder, and opened its mouth wide open compared to his head.
— … Uh huh?
Kwajik!
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The White Snake Orochi tore off the head of the monster struggling in his bosom.
Hei Lin, from Jizhou City, put her hand on her cheek and murmured as she let out a deep sigh.
“I wondered if there were more things to be praised for.”
She only managed to catch one ghost.
Shihei Lin licked her lips again and put ‘Orochi’ in her subspace, then turned her gaze behind her.
“DoCoMo, what is the current situation in other districts?”
There was a dispute over the yukata attire.
Shihei Docomo, who had been waiting for her to finish all the interrogations, replied with a calm expression.
“Except for Nerima in Kenju and Shibuya and Shinjuku, which are affected by the Fire Shrine, everything seems to be in a hurry. Requests for support have been coming in ever since.”
“Hmm, there are definitely people who don’t believe us and are confused.”
“Why don’t we just let them all die?”
“It’s a slightly tempting proposal, but if we do that, will we be hated by our Apostle of Justice?”
Xi Hei Lin shook her head.
Although her personality wasn’t vicious, she wasn’t exactly good, but she recently had someone to worry about and she’s trying to live as kindly as possible.
Also, she was the one who knew better than anyone else how much being saved in a crisis has a huge impact on a person’s sense of values.
“I have no choice but to be generous and help her. So what?”
“It is reported that you have just entered Taito Ward.”
“Then let Shiki take the northeast direction, and we’ll make a big turn west and advance towards Setagaya and Suginami Ward.”
“Yes, I will order it.”
Si Hei Lin looked at the back of DoCoMo, who had moved away for a moment to reorganize her forces, and organized her thoughts.
‘I’m sure it’ll be fine.’
She didn’t worry too much about Shiki.
She’s just because she wasn’t a weak man enough to face such an ordeal.
She, of course, she would still be worried if she returned late, but to put it mildly, it was clear that she would be safe.
There was another side to worry about.
These were the new disciples and their colleagues.
“…… I shouldn’t have met you.”
A special entity, a vengeful ghost.
She could easily subdue Shikina when she reached her level, but the exorcists under her command were top-notch youkai that couldn’t help but struggle.
If we meet, surely nine out of ten-
‘I will die.’
***
Quaaagh!
At the kick of my whole body, the giant’s head was bent very well.
If you are not a mollusk like an octopus, you must die as long as you are a living being.
But is it because they are ghosts rather than simple living things, or is it because they are special ghosts?
─aaah! aaan!!!
Turning his head back, the giant glared at me with bloodshot eyes.
He slams his fist over my head.
Booooong—! The sound of the wind sweeping through his fist was like a thunderbolt or a swarm of ten thousand wasps flying out of his ears.
“Hey, are you stretching your fist against me, a pacifist?”
I, who seeks and believes in peace, was very dissatisfied with those who used violence.
Bad fists should be eliminated.
Clap-! I drew my sword right away and burned my sense of justice and realized the mace of justice.
Suddenly!
The mace of justice cut the giant’s hand, and the cleanly severed hand flew through the air.
─aaa!
I put the mace into the screaming giant’s mouth.
“Ouch, my hand slipped!”
The mace flew into the neck a little lower than that! And produced a result.
Following the hand that fell to the ground, the giant’s head distorted in pain flew through the air.
“Oops! I thought you saved Kenichi’s friend!”
The two would have gotten along well because they had similar intelligence, but this unfortunate accident happened.
Quaaang! Soon, with a roar, the giant’s head crashed into the ground.
As I watched his head disappear into ashes, I expressed deep regret.
‘Goodbye, Giant Kenichi.’
I wanted to be sad all day long, but I had a long way to go, so I got away from the museum, which started to regenerate when the giant died.
It seems that everything has been sorted out, so I went to the next street and killed the monsters, and when I finished that, I went back to the next section and started cleaning.
Suddenly!
─aaagh!
─Ahhhhh!
I haven’t been able to see it until now, but soon after, I caught two more ghosts.
There was a guy who looked like a paper doll and a guy who looked like a cactus with thorns all over his body.
The paper doll monster had the ability to control the wind and fly, and the cactus monster shot thorns just as they appeared, and competed for a while to see if they were good at fighting.
Of course, the guy died soon after.
“Really, I have no hobby of being pricked by thorns.”
I was in a bad mood because I kept getting stabbed by thorns while trying to play with fists.
So I just killed it quickly.
After killing the gang with the magic-enveloped fist, they cleared Arakawa and Sumida wards and reached Koto ward.
When I received a report from the exorcist I met halfway there, the Kenju family and Shihei each hunted one ghost.
I caught and killed a total of five ghosts.
The exact number and location changed with each new game, but since I didn’t go over six at most, it was safe to say I had almost all of them.
But looking at the characteristics of the ones I’ve caught so far, neither of them are the ghosts I’ve been looking for.
“Hmm.”
Of course, the most dangerous guy remains.
***
“…… Heo-eok, ha-ha!”
Kenichi, who was breathing heavily, looked at the panoramic view in front of him with a blank smile.
“…… I did it.”
In that place, the corpses of the youkai, pouring out all kinds of colorful blood, formed a river.
After several hours of burning, piercing and cutting, they were all sorted out.
Thousands of youkai.
The process of getting to this point was so difficult that Sento Sawamura, who was expressionless even at the beginning, had a twist between his eyebrows, and Eris, who was strong, looked haggard than before.
To fully enjoy the joy of victory, everyone was in a state of fatigue.
“Okay, it’s finally over.”
Eris Betelgeuse, the magician of the stars, suddenly sighed and stretched himself.
Even though her career is quite good, it was her first time to use magic like this.
Is it because of the red full moon, or is this space called the spirit vein special?
It seemed that the yōkai side was also energetic, but if it wasn’t for this, I would have been more tired.
Well, the mental side was still on the verge of retirement.
“Oh, I am tired.”
At the words of Eris who mumbled blankly, Sento agreed in his heart.
Kenichi, who rolled over, must be the most tired, but composing the magic formula was a tremendous amount of mental exhaustion.
Sento brushed his face, trying to find a place to sit until the segmented spirit veins opened.
He said he was too, but since they all looked tired, it would be better for him to look for himself.
“Oh, it’s finally up.”
If it hadn’t been for the unfamiliar voice, that would have been the case.
Sento turned his head away with her eyes wide open, and there was an uninvited guest there.
A new guest has come to the spirit vein where only youkai and them existed until now.
It was similar to a werewolf.
“It’s so crowded that it’s hard to get in.”
To be a human, he had a mane all over his body, and to be a beast, he stood on two feet calmly, and his eyes showed intelligence.
“I was thinking of killing myself…… Are they all dead already?”
Also, the wildness of the youkai was visible during the exorcist period.
‘Wongwida.’
At the time Sento, who had an intuition, prepared a spell,
While looking around the spirit vein while touching his chin, he suddenly found Kenichi staring blankly at me.
Exactly, that sword in hand.
Wongui smiled and talked.
“Wow, that’s a really nice sword.”
After saying that, the youkai took a step forward and reached in front of Kenichi through space.
“…… !”
Kenichi instinctively swung his sword even as he was stunned by its speed.
It was a blow with all the strength left in the body.
But it was easily blocked.
Catch up Geek—!
That too with bare hands.
Holding the sword with his claws sharp, the ghost smiled and said.
“Give me this.”
Kwajik! At the same time, Kenichi felt the pain of his right arm tearing off.
“Kenichi!”
A scream was heard.