Evil Spirit Consultant

Chapter 243 Sanskrit Curses
After joining Yokota Teru in criticizing the bunch of bastards in Saijo City, Uga Shouji looked at Yokota Teru with some concern:
"But since you've already signed the agreement, even if those bastards are completely inhuman, you'll probably have no choice but to continue helping them, right?"

The agreement between superhumans is not only legally binding; while violating it may not necessarily lead to death, the losses will certainly be significant.

For a genius like Teru Yokota, suffering excessive damage due to violating a signed contract could potentially affect his future achievements.

"Neither my grandfather nor I expected this. Most importantly, no one expected these guys to be so inhuman!" Yokota Teru sighed helplessly.

Saijo City offered over 10 billion yen in compensation to get Sumiyoshi Shrine to help. When faced with such a big client, Yokota no Miyaji didn't think much of it when the shrine proposed signing a contract.

After all, dealing with the aftermath of the dirty deeds of important figures is a traditional function of shrines and temples, which are considered to be places of supernatural power. Otherwise, in a world where ghosts can take revenge, there's no reason why those officials would dare to act so ruthlessly.

In reality, what Yokota Teru was trying to do was indeed to deal with the problems left behind by those officials doing dirty work, only this time the matter was particularly "dirty".

"I'm just going to drag this out for now, as long as I can..." Yokota Teru sighed. "Although I haven't investigated in detail, based on the information I have, the Avenger who gained supernatural powers shouldn't be able to hold on for much longer."

"How so?" Yang Liu asked, somewhat curious.

"Judging from the traces at the scene, although the methods that person used were getting stronger and stronger, and his strength was getting more and more powerful, at the same time, his self-control was getting worse and worse."

At first, he was just precisely targeting people on his revenge list, but later he would destroy the surrounding environment in the process of retaliating... In this most recent case, this guy killed the target and all the bodyguards he hired—even though, judging from the strength he displayed, he could have easily knocked those bodyguards unconscious.” Yokota Teru shrugged.

Yang Liu understood: "Has it begun to gradually lose its rationality?"

Such things are not uncommon; in fact, it's common for most ordinary people who suddenly gain power to lose control.

Yokota Teru nodded, leaning back in his chair without any regard for appearances. It was clear that this genius priest had been under considerable mental pressure lately.

"Although I feel a little sorry for that unknown avenger, it's fine if he only targets those beasts. But if he completely loses control and affects ordinary people, then I will have no choice but to deal with him, no matter how unwilling I am."

"On the bright side, maybe the local supernatural forces are also waiting for this opportunity, and then you won't need to take action anymore."

Uga Shoji subconsciously offered him a word of comfort, then couldn't help but sigh, because he wasn't sure if what he said could even be considered comfort.

"Well, we'll talk about it later. It shouldn't take long. I came to see you today because I have something important to discuss."

Yokota Teru took a deep breath to adjust his mindset, sat up straight, and looked seriously at the two people in front of him: "That contract restricts me quite a bit. If I didn't have a legitimate reason, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to leave Shikoku."

As he spoke, he took a small wooden box out of his pocket.

Yokota Teru flicked his finger, a soft white light emanating from it, and touched the wooden box, releasing the seal. Immediately, an unusual aura emanated from it.

"This is……?"

Yang Liu looked at the wooden box with great interest; the contents inside gave him a sense of familiarity.

Without a doubt, it was something related to ghosts, and something quite "ominous".

“The important item we retrieved from the body at the scene looks like a Buddhist artifact, but I’m a bit unsure, so I wanted to ask you to take a look.” Yokota Teru looked at Uga Shouji. “What is it?” Uga Shouji asked.

“One… no, I should say half a Buddhist rosary.”

As he spoke, Teru Yokota opened the wooden box, revealing the contents inside.

Just as he said, the wooden box contained half a wooden Buddhist rosary. The broken surface was uneven, the surface was charred, and there were even many cracks, making it look like it had been crushed by someone.

In terms of material, this Buddhist rosary is unremarkable, just like an ordinary wooden bead taken from a bracelet.

But both Yang Liu and Yuhe Zhaoji couldn't help but change their expressions slightly the moment they saw the Buddhist beads.

“This thing…” Yang Liu was a little unsure how to phrase it, “It’s too ‘fierce’! Did you find it in some mass grave or pile of corpses?”

"It's a pity that this was only found less than 50 meters from the scene. Although more than a dozen people died in that accident, it definitely doesn't reach the level of a mass grave."

Yokota Teruya's face was grim. Although there weren't that many corpses at the place where they were found, the aura emanating from them couldn't be faked.

In other words, this thing... at least in the process of making it, probably really cost thousands of lives.

Uga Shoji's reaction was even more intense. Upon seeing the bead, he immediately took out his vajra with a serious expression, pressed the tip of the staff against the bead, and softly chanted the mantra.

As the deep Buddhist chanting rang out, a burst of black light suddenly erupted from the seemingly ordinary prayer beads, attempting to erode the surrounding area. Fortunately, the vajra suppressed the black light, which was quickly pushed back.

Seeing the gold paint on the tip of the vajra sizzling as it was corroded by the black light, Uga Shoji sighed and stopped chanting the incantation.

"This is the Ksitigarbha Mantra for Eradicating Sins."

"The Ksitigarbha Mantra for Exorcising Sins?" Yokota Teru was taken aback. "Isn't this used for exorcising evil spirits and helping the deceased transcend? How did it turn into such a grotesque form?"

Uga Shouji unconsciously wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "I can't be wrong, it's just that this Ksitigarbha Sin-Extermination Mantra has been modified by a master to run in reverse. The original scripture used for salvation has been changed into a vengeful evil technique, and in addition, the other party has found so many evil spirits from somewhere to cultivate, so now each bead can be said to be a purgatory."

"Purgatory? That sounds scary, but these beads are broken now, so there shouldn't be any problems, right?" Yang Liu carefully poked the beads twice with her finger.

Hmm, nothing has happened.

“No… I’m afraid things aren’t as simple as we think.” Uga Shouji’s expression was somewhat grim. “The energy refined here won’t just disappear into thin air. Have any particularly noticeable evil spirits been causing trouble in Saijo City lately?”

"No." Teru Yokota shook his head decisively.

“That will be troublesome…” Uga Shoji solemnly closed the wooden box lid again.

“Those resentful energies won’t just disappear into thin air. We can only hope that the energy released after the bead was destroyed wasn’t absorbed by someone.”

(End of this chapter)