The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

Although he was also attacked by flames, the damage he suffered was much less compared to the evil spirits who were naturally countered by ghostly fire.

"what!"

Grabbing the weakest Special-Class evil spirit on Hachiman Hikigaya's shoulder, it suddenly let out a scream.

Its entire body was then covered in ghostly flames and burned into a cloud of black smoke.

The system notification in his mind indicated that 1000 spirit coins had been deposited, but Hachiman Hikigaya didn't care about that at all.

As their companions were burned alive by the ghostly flames, the high-level evil spirits that had been battling against them while enduring the scorching flames retreated!

"You damned bastards, do you think you can survive if I die?"

Seeing that several of his general-level subordinates were trying to escape, Inoue Yasutaka quickly reprimanded them.

At this moment, he felt an intense hatred for the evil spirits under his command, for they were so intelligent that they were filled with fear.

However, Inoue Yasutaka's reprimands had no effect.

As the first evil spirit could no longer bear the burning sensation and fear brought by the ghostly fire and fled, more and more evil spirits chose to escape the factory.

"Damn it!"

He felt the Demon-Slaying Blade within his body slowly but steadily moving horizontally toward his heart.

Inoue Yasutaka made his decision with a heavy heart.

"Human, you forced me to this!"

As Inoue Yasutaka finished speaking, a large cloud of black mist appeared behind him and quickly enveloped him.

The demon-slaying sword suddenly lost its obstruction, and Hachiman Hikigaya easily drew a semicircle in front of him.

He pulled the katana from his chest and tossed it aside; the wound healed automatically in less than half a second after gushing blood.

Gazing at the black mist before him, Hachiman Hikigaya took a deep breath, and then all the spiritual energy in his body began to gather.

Although he didn't know exactly what Inoue Yasutaka had just done, judging from what the other party had said, it was likely that this demon king had used some extremely costly method to prepare for a fight to the death with him.

"Boom!"

Hachiman Hikigaya didn't have to wait long before a giant foot emerged from the black mist.

Looking at the foot that had just emerged, Hachiman Hikigaya's eyelids twitched violently.

Based on human proportions, the owner of this foot must be ten meters tall.

However, the reality was even worse than Hachiman Hikigaya had imagined.

As the feet appeared, the rest of Inoue Yasutaka's body gradually appeared before Hachiman Hikigaya.

A monster, standing a full fifteen meters tall and with an ugly face, blew away the black mist in front of him, exposing itself to Hachiman Hikigaya.

"Damn humans, you've brought me back to this disgusting form! I'm going to crush every bone in your body!"

After uttering those harsh words, Inoue Yasutaka stopped arguing and reached out to grab Hachiman Hikigaya.

Its massive body does not appear bulky.

On the contrary, after a whooshing sound, the concrete ground where Hachiman Hikigaya was standing was blown into a large crater by the monster that Inoue Yasutaka had transformed into!

Taking advantage of the dust obscuring their vision, Hachiman Hikigaya seized the opportunity to grab Yumiko Miura from the ground and run out of the warehouse.

"Don't run! Didn't you come here to kill me?!"

Inoue Yasutaka's enormous eyes quickly locked onto Hachiman Hikigaya, who was moving away from him.

He took a few strides and caught up with it.

He raised his foot to stomp on Hachiman Hikigaya, but Hachiman Hikigaya nimbly rolled away to avoid the trampling.

"This can't go on..."

While dodging Inoue Yasutaka's attacks, Hachiman Hikigaya searched for a way to break the deadlock.

He clearly couldn't fight back while carrying Miura Yumiko, but if he abandoned her, she obviously wouldn't survive under Inoue Yasutaka's fierce offensive.

What should I do?

Hachiman Hikigaya looked around.

The abandoned factory appeared to be on the outskirts of Chiba. They were currently on a flat area with absolutely no cover.

"Well....."

With a soft moan, at this critical moment, Yumiko Miura actually woke up!

Slowly opening her eyes, Yumiko Miura felt herself being violently jolted awake.

An earthquake?!

Such intense shaking could only be caused by an earthquake, right?

We need to escape quickly...

Thinking of this, Miura Yumiko opened her eyes.

However, what appeared before her was not the familiar bedroom setting, but Hachiman Hikigaya's dusty face and those dead fish eyes that she would never forget until her death.

"Eh?"

Blinking, and noticing her body shaking violently, Miura Yumiko instinctively reached out and wrapped her arms around Hikigaya Hachiman's neck.

She then looked up.

A face composed of thousands of handsome faces appeared before her.

In just a moment, Yumiko Miura, who suffers from trypophobia, felt her hands and feet turn cold.

Chapter 176 The Battle After Freeing Their Hands

"What it is?"

There is no scene of someone screaming incoherently, which is a common trope in movies.

When Miura Yumiko saw Inoue Yasutaka's transformed appearance, although she was terrified, she only tightened her arms around Hikigaya Hachiman's neck and asked what was going on with a tearful voice.

"Evil spirits."

As expected, Yumiko Miura can also see evil spirits.

Having confirmed this, Hachiman Hikigaya told her Inoue Yasutaka's identity without hesitation.

"Evil spirit?"

The fact that she had never heard of this existence left Yumiko Miura somewhat bewildered.

Shouldn't these things be just legends made up by adults to fool children?

"That's right, it's the thing you see. It's a rather powerful evil spirit."

Hachiman Hikigaya twisted his head, looking somewhat uncomfortable.

Although being squeezed felt good, this kind of thing would only distract him and then get him crushed by Inoue Yasutaka.

Therefore, while keeping an eye on Inoue Yasutaka's movements, Hikigaya Hachiman made a request to Miura Yumiko:

"Could you loosen your grip a little? You're squeezing me so tight I can hardly breathe..."

Upon hearing this, Miura Yumiko subconsciously loosened her grip slightly.

She immediately realized what was happening, and her face suddenly turned bright red.

"rogue!"

Even though Miura Yumiko was furious, she still clung to Hachiman Hikigaya's neck and wouldn't let go when it came to his safety.

"Do you have a way to deal with that guy?"

They didn't ask me why I was here, or why you were here—those incredibly stupid and time-wasting questions.

After calming down her shyness and panic, Miura Yumiko looked up at Inoue Yasutaka above her again, then leaned her head against Hikigaya Hachiman's chest and asked.

Of course, she didn't do this because she was temporarily attracted to Hachiman Hikigaya while he was holding her.

It was simply to give Hachiman Hikigaya a better view to observe the situation, and to conserve some of his own energy.

After all, although Hachiman Hikigaya promised not to abandon her, she herself was confident in her weight.

But carrying someone weighing several tens of kilograms while dodging trampling is extremely physically demanding. Who knows, Hachiman Hikigaya might just give up and throw her off at any moment...

"Without you, I might have already solved it."

When faced with a rational woman like Miura Yumiko, Hikigaya Hachiman's words were quite direct.

"This isn't the place I wanted to be!"

Hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's words, Yumiko Miura, realizing she was now just a burden, helplessly offered her explanation.

She was sleeping in her bedroom just moments before, but when she woke up, she was lying in Hachiman Hikigaya's arms. She was quite helpless about it.

"Of course you didn't come here voluntarily."

The image of the good-natured exorcist from before flashed through his mind, and Hachiman Hikigaya gave a wry smile.

Although it may sound a bit excessive, he was indeed glad that it was Miura Yumiko in his arms at this moment, rather than Yotsuya Miko or Yukinoshita.

Because he already understood that the challenge that person had given him today was to kill the Ghost King in front of him while carrying a burden!

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

After a brief silence, Miura Yumiko looked up and asked.

Just now, she thought of having Hachiman Hikigaya let her go.

But looking at the enormous monster's body, Miura Yumiko admitted that she chickened out.

With her small frame, she'd probably only get a slight scratch, and her profile picture would be black and white by tomorrow.

"If you can find a way to free my hands, that would be a huge help."

For some reason, Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't say it outright, but could only vaguely express that he hoped Yumiko Miura would free her hands to attack the demon king.

"......"

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's words, Yumiko Miura knew what to do after only a moment's thought.