The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

Even he himself could not be sure whether his life would be threatened if the trolley suddenly started moving.

"But standing here isn't a solution either."

Hachiman Hikigaya's words made a lot of sense, and Yomi Isayama couldn't refute them, but sitting and waiting to die was clearly not in her nature.

"Huang Quan, let's just stay here and wait for the police to arrive."

Just then, Kagura Tsuchimiya reached out and grabbed Yomi Isayama's arm.

It's still unclear why the tram stopped running; it's best to leave it to the police to handle.

In exceptional circumstances, those in higher positions will call them.

"That's...okay."

Seeing that both Hachiman Hikigaya and Kagura Tsuchimiya wanted her to stay, Yomi Isayama hesitated for a moment before nodding.

........

Soon, the train staff went into each carriage to inform passengers that an accident had occurred on one of the tracks, causing all trams on the line to stop running, and that the government had dispatched a rescue team.

"Look, Huang Quan was just an accident..."

Kagura Tsuchimiya seemed very happy to hear what the staff member said.

She took Isayama Yomi's arm, secretly relieved that she had stopped him earlier.

"But the tracks were fine, how could there suddenly be an accident?"

Yomi Isayama clearly had more on her mind than Kagura Tsuchimiya.

No matter where you are in Japan, trams are the primary mode of transportation.

Such an important facility as the tramway must be inspected and maintained by designated personnel.

"It was an accident, wasn't it?"

Upon hearing Isayama Yomi's explanation, Tsuchimiya Kagura thought about it and decided to believe that it was just an unexpected accident.

After all, while it's rare for a tram to suddenly lose power, it does happen.

They only have themselves to blame for their bad luck when they encountered this.

What do you think?

Upon hearing Kagura Tsuchimiya's words, Yomi Isayama nodded but did not immediately draw a conclusion. Instead, she turned to ask Hachiman Hikigaya, who was quietly waiting for the rescue team.

"do not know."

Hachiman Hikigaya's answer was quite simple.

Whether it's a regular accident or malicious sabotage, the tram will resume operation after a period of time, or it will be taken away by the government rescue team.

If it were caused by something else, by the time he arrived, the other party would probably have already run away.

Therefore, instead of making wild guesses and getting upset, it's better to stay quietly on the tram.

"Is that so?"

Seeing that Hachiman Hikigaya had no intention of getting involved, Yomi Isayama lowered her eyes.

If Hachiman Hikigaya's reaction is so indifferent, there shouldn't be any problem.

After all, if something really had happened, the person beside her would probably be gone by now.

Perhaps they were afraid that the situation would become too dire.

After a few boring minutes of waiting, the rescue team appeared next to the tram tracks.

After another ten minutes or so of struggle, Ye Qiu and the others finally managed to evacuate to the ground using the ladder.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the three of them stepped off the ground, a black SUV pulled up in front of Isayama Yomi and Tsuchimiya Kagura.

Then, as the car window slowly rolled down, a burly man wearing sunglasses and with only a small tuft of white hair on his head resembling a rooster's comb was revealed.

"Iwabata, you got here pretty fast."

Isayama Yomi greeted the big man with practiced ease.

It seems to be someone she knows.

"Yes, I heard about the power outage while chasing the trolley, so I came with the rescue team."

The burly man known as Iwabata nodded to Yomi Isayama before turning his gaze to Hachiman Hikigaya.

He sensed a tremendous threat from the boy in front of him.

“It’s alright, Uncle Iwabata, I know him.”

Seeing Iwabata scrutinizing Hachiman Hikigaya, Kagura Tsuchimiya quickly said that Hachiman Hikigaya meant no harm.

Chapter 138 Blue Butterfly

I know that.

When Kagura Tsuchimiya said that Hachiman Hikigaya meant no harm, Koji Iwabata nodded in deep agreement.

Although the true identity of the dead-fish-eyed boy in front of him was unclear.

However, just from the respect that flashed in the eyes of their team's ace, Isayama Yomi, and the warning signs of danger he sensed, he knew that this young man was quite powerful.

If the boy had truly harbored malicious intent, the three of them might already be lying on the ground, waiting to be collected as corpses.

This is not an exaggeration, but a conclusion reached by Koji Iwabata after fully understanding his own fighting strength.

He dared not stare at Hachiman Hikigaya for long, but Koji Iwabata could guess in his mind what his true identity was.

As an overseas mercenary, Koji Iwabata was fortunate enough to be recruited into the Japanese government's exorcism squad due to his outstanding combat experience and the presence of a trace of spiritual power within him.

However, due to his own limitations, although he was respected by everyone in the team, his actual authority level was not even as high as that of Kagura Tsuchimiya, who had only been in the team for less than a month.

Therefore, he had no idea about much of the intelligence and could only analyze and guess based on the existing information.

Kagura Tsuchimiya's family basically represents the top psychic power in Tokyo.

As the new generation of the Tsuchimiya family, Tsuchimiya Kagura and Isayama Yomi are basically the pinnacle of this group.

But clearly, neither of them could possibly be a match for the boy in front of them.

Since they're not from the Kanto region, they must be from Kansai or Hokkaido.

"The Kyoto family?"

"Hokkaido hasn't produced any decent talent in a long time," Koji Iwabata said, looking up at Hachiman Hikigaya with a questioning tone.

"Kyoto?"

Blinking in confusion, Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't understand why the old man in front of him would say such things out of the blue.

"Oh, sorry, it's just a habit of me talking to myself."

Hachiman Hikigaya's expression didn't seem fake, and Koji Iwabata immediately realized that his misjudgment was due to his overly narrow information range.

"Alright, Uncle Iwabata, stop overthinking. We still need to get back to Tokyo."

Hachiman Hikigaya didn't understand what Koji Iwabata meant, but Yomi Isayama understood.

After silently thinking that knowing too much wasn't a good thing, she stepped forward to interrupt Koji Iwabata's conjecture, then opened the car door and gestured for Kagura Tsuchimiya to get in.

"Oh, by the way, big brother, would you like us to take you home?"

As she stepped onto the car, Kagura Tsuchimiya suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity to visit the Hikigaya family.

"No need for that. This isn't the suburbs; there's a bus stop nearby."

Hachiman Hikigaya politely declined Kagura Tsuchimiya's offer.

If it were in the suburbs, he would naturally not refuse, but the train accident occurred in the city center of Chiba.

There's a bus stop not far away, and if he really doesn't want to wait for the bus, he can spend a little more money to take a taxi back.

"Is that so? Then goodbye, big brother."

Kagura Tsuchimiya was not discouraged even though she failed to reach Hachiman Naruhiki's house.

After all, her task was simply to get to know Hachiman Hikigaya and build a good relationship with him.

Anyway, she's already become good friends with Komachi, so she'll have plenty of opportunities to meet Hachiman Hikigaya in the future.

After saying goodbye to Hachiman Hikigaya, the black SUV sped off down the road.

After an unknown period of silence, once the car was on the highway leading to Tokyo, Yomi Isayama, sitting in the back seat, suddenly poked her finger into a wall inside the car, then disposed of the listening device hidden there. She then looked at Koji Iwabata with a helpless expression.

"Uncle Iwabata, didn't I tell you before? Don't try to find out things you don't have the authority to know."

"Well, I still want to know."

"If you continue to act so recklessly, you could easily be dealt with."

Seeing Koji Iwabata nod expressionlessly, Yomi Isayama rubbed her long, smooth hair with a troubled expression.

Aside from her father and Kagura Tsuchimiya, Yomi Isayama cares most about the members of her exorcism squad.

However, Koji Iwabata always inquires about things he shouldn't know, which makes her very worried that one day Koji Iwabata will suddenly 'heroically die' during an exorcism.

“I used to think the world was only that big, until the section chief found me and introduced me to you all.”

Upon hearing Yomi Isayama's concerns, Koji Iwabata not only showed no worry, but instead smiled.

"In my opinion, decades of gunfire are far less exciting than the missions I've been carrying out with you all over the past year. So I want to understand more about the truth of this world, even if it costs me my old life."

"Uncle Iwabata, we would be very sad if you died."

Now that she was on the bus, Kagura Tsuchimiya no longer needed to carry that bulky guitar case.

She opened the box, took out a katana that looked extremely similar to the demon-slaying sword in Hachiman Hikigaya's hand, and held it in her arms with considerable worry, saying...

Since her mother passed away when she was ten years old, Kagura Tsuchimiya has not felt the warmth of family for a long time.

Although she had only been in the team for less than a month, she already considered everyone in the team as her own family.

"Okay, I'll be more careful next time."

When Iwabata Koji heard Isayama Yomi and Tsuchimiya Kagura both advising him to restrain himself, a look of helplessness appeared on his face.

"Speaking of which, I wonder how things are going with Ji Zhi..."