The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

But, does she really want to do that?

Looking at Hachiman Hikigaya's serious face so close to her, Yumiko Miura hesitated.

"Boom!"

A sudden, earth-shaking tremor nearly caused Hachiman Hikigaya to throw Yumiko Miura off the ground.

Seeing that the trampling was effective, Inoue Yasutaka quickly jumped into the air to prepare for another attempt.

"Ah, I understand! I'll do it, okay!"

Startled by what had just happened, Miura Yumiko, who had been tightening her grip on Hikigaya Hachiman's arm again, suddenly cried out in despair.

Then, she twisted her waist, and she was now facing Hachiman Hikigaya, instead of being held horizontally by him.

"If you dare tell anyone what happened today, I'll kill you!"

With her face as red as a ripe apple, Miura Yumiko left a warning before clamping her long, supple legs around Hikigaya Hachiman's waist.

Then, with a burst of strength, he climbed sideways behind Hachiman Hikigaya.

Once she was sure she was firmly attached to Hachiman Hikigaya's back, Yumiko Miura buried her face in his back.

She just made such a bold move that she's completely too ashamed to show her face!

Hachiman Hikigaya had not expected Yumiko Miura to act so decisively.

Feeling the soft bulge behind him, he swallowed hard.

Suddenly, Miura Yumiko's hands tightened around his neck!

"Ready? I'm about to make my move!"

Hachiman Hikigaya quickly composed himself, then summoned his Demon Slayer Sword again, unleashing a sky full of sword energy as he became a pedicure master.

Hearing the loud explosions around her, Miura Yumiko did not respond.

She simply clung tightly to Hachiman Hikigaya's neck, trying to keep herself from falling off during the high-speed movement, her head buried in Hachiman Hikigaya's back, making it impossible to see her expression.

Another deafening sound wave came.

With pain in his feet, Inoue Yasutaka watched as Hikigaya Hachiman was trimming his toenails again, then squatted down and swung his right fist at him.

Before the fist even arrived, the powerful gust of air almost blinded Hachiman Hikigaya.

He raised his right hand, assuming a stance of bravado, while his free left hand gathered spiritual energy, which he then used to strike Inoue Yasutaka's eyes.

Midway through its journey, the spiritual energy collided with another enormous black sphere, generating a massive shockwave of spiritual energy.

"..."

As he watched the spiritual energy flow being neutralized in mid-air, Hachiman Hikigaya felt as if a flock of crows were flying overhead.

Unexpectedly, Inoue Yasutaka's punch was a feint; his real killing move was that black ball resembling a Kamehameha...

A look of astonishment and confusion also appeared on Inoue Yasutaka's enormous face.

Even though he has only used primitive attacks like his hands and feet since he transformed, how did Hachiman Hikigaya guess that he would use this move?

Chapter 177 Not So Smart

After a brief silence, Hachiman Hikigaya and Yasutaka Inoue started moving again at the same time.

Compared to before, Hachiman Hikigaya was more vigilant, and Yasutaka Inoue no longer held back, throwing the black spheres he had gathered in his hands at the ground as if they were free.

"We still need to find a way to get Miura to a safe place..."

While dodging the attack, Hachiman Hikigaya observed Yumiko Miura's situation.

Upon noticing that the other person's face had turned deathly pale from the prolonged high-speed shaking, he secretly began to consider retreating.

However, Inoue Yasutaka gave Hikigaya Hachiman no chance to get away.

He clearly understood that Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't possibly leave Miura Yumiko on his back unattended.

Therefore, whenever Hachiman Hikigaya was about to rush into the distance, he would unleash a wide-range spiritual energy attack, forcing Hachiman Hikigaya to stop and help Yumiko Miura defend.

"........"

The roaring and whistling sounds occasionally reached Miura Yumiko's ears. She bit her lip and pressed herself tightly against Hikigaya Hachiman's back with both hands.

So useless....

Yumiko Miura, who had become a complete burden for the first time, was extremely unwilling at this moment.

However, being just an ordinary person, she had no ability to change the situation and could only lament her powerlessness in her heart.

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

Feeling Hachiman Hikigaya's rapid breathing beneath her, Yumiko Miura, despite usually disliking him, wanted to help him at this moment.

Perhaps it was a strong emotion or something else, but a golden light suddenly appeared behind Miura Yumiko and then condensed into a shrine maiden wearing a strange fox mask.

"What is this?"

As Hachiman Hikigaya was resisting the spiritual energy shockwave emitted by Yasutaka Inoue, he suddenly noticed a fox shrine maiden beside him, completely outlined in gold lines. While wondering what she was, he became wary.

“￥%＃@%!”

The shrine maiden wearing a fox mask opened her mouth towards Hachiman Hikigaya and Yumiko Miura behind him, uttering a string of incomprehensible words.

Before the two could react to what she had said, Inoue Yasutaka's large foot swallowed the fox priestess whole.

"!"

Hachiman Hikigaya, who had evaded Miura Yumiko on his back, returned to the fox priestess's side after Inoue Yasutaka raised his foot again. He looked at the golden remains in the pit and his lips twitched.

He thought this new guy was some kind of powerful figure, but he was wiped out with a single kick?

"Uh..."

Suddenly, the mangled body emitted strange sounds.

Immediately, a large clump of golden threads emerged from Miura Yumiko's body and stretched towards the remains in the deep pit.

In just a few breaths, the fox priestess, who was originally dead beyond any doubt, stood in front of Hachiman Hikigaya once again.

"Eh?"

Seeing that the newly appeared golden figures had actually come back to life, Inoue Yasutaka let out a puzzled cry and raised his foot to stomp on them again.

Hachiman Hikigaya and Yumiko Miura dodged again, and this time the fox shrine maiden seemed to have noticed the attack as well.

However, she did not dodge. Instead, she looked up at the huge foot and then raised her hands.

A golden barrier emanated from her palm, quickly forming a semi-circular protective shield that enveloped her entire body.

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya thought a fierce battle was about to begin, the moment Yasutaka Inoue's large foot touched the protective shield, the shield made a sound like an eggshell breaking.

With a 'crack', the fox shrine maiden was once again trampled under Inoue Yasutaka's foot.

"Hahaha, I thought you summoned something powerful, but this is all?!"

Inoue Yasutaka laughed loudly, and after speaking, he used his foot to forcefully grind the fox priestess's corpse a few times as if to whip it.

Hachiman Hikigaya was equally speechless at the guy who had just appeared and was supposed to be an ally.

He thought the opponent was very strong and might be able to help him deal with Inoue Yasutaka, but he never expected that the opponent would be defeated in one strike...

The golden threads appeared for the third time. This time, after the fox priestess was resurrected, Hachiman Hikigaya put down Yumiko Miura and placed her in front of her.

"?"

Looking at Miura Yumiko, who had summoned her, and then at Hikigaya Hachiman, whose spiritual power was extremely strong, the fox shrine maiden tilted her masked head.

"Take her to a safe place, you should understand that, right?"

The fox shrine maiden nodded, indicating that she understood what Hachiman Hikigaya meant, and then took Yumiko Miura's hand and walked outside.

"......"

Seeing this scene, Hachiman Hikigaya almost had a heart attack.

Is she planning to take Miura to his death with her based on this route?

The whooshing sound came again, this time Inoue Yasutaka used his fist.

After failing to kill the golden guy twice in a row, he realized something was wrong.

Therefore, Inoue Yasutaka concentrated a large amount of spiritual power in this punch.

However, the next second, Inoue Yasutaka lost his target.

The fox shrine maiden, who had been leisurely leading Miura Yumiko out, suddenly unleashed a powerful golden light that engulfed the two of them before disappearing from the spot.

Just as Inoue Yasutaka was wondering where Miura Yumiko and the golden man had gone, a huge sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.

"Next up is our battlefield."

Spiritual energy was poured into the Demon-Slaying Blade, causing it to emit a blue light. Combined with the ghostly flames attached to it, it appeared extremely eerie.

With a stomp of his right foot, creating a deep crater, Hachiman Hikigaya used the recoil to charge rapidly toward Yasutaka Inoue.

Instantly, alarm bells rang in Inoue Yasutaka's mind, and he continuously unleashed black ball attacks in an attempt to stop Hachiman Hikigaya from getting closer.

However, compared to the enormous Inoue Yasutaka, Hikigaya Hachiman was far too small and agile.

Accelerating all the way, in just a few seconds, Hachiman Hikigaya had already climbed onto Yasutaka Inoue's thigh and was crawling towards his head.

Inoue Yasutaka reached out and slapped at Hachiman Hikigaya on his body, but Hachiman Hikigaya nimbly dodged it.

"Damn it!"

Seeing that he couldn't defeat Hachiman Hikigaya, Yasutaka Inoue gritted his teeth in anger.

Then, his spiritual energy surged, preparing to release a shockwave on his body surface to blast Hachiman Hikigaya away.

At this moment, Hachiman Hikigaya had already reached the position behind Yasutaka Inoue.

.........

As the golden light disappeared, Miura Yumiko, who should have been outside the abandoned factory, was taken by the fox shrine maiden to a dilapidated shrine.

"Where is this...?"

Yumiko Miura looked at the completely unfamiliar place and then at the fox shrine maiden with a puzzled expression.