The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

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Further on, past the faces of a group of passersby, Hachiman Hikigaya's gaze successfully met that of Yumiko Miura, who was idly fiddling with her hair.

"........."

"???"

Seeing Hachiman Hikigaya suddenly turn his head around and then suddenly turn it back, Yumiko Miura felt a little strange.

Is he planning to contact me because he needs something?

Should she go over and ask her later?

But when she returned the clothes to him that morning, Hachiman Hikigaya looked extremely distressed.

It's clear that he doesn't want to receive too much attention in the class.

"Tsk, what a hassle..."

Thinking about how she had to consider so many things just to ask Hachiman Hikigaya a question, Yumiko Miura couldn't help but click her tongue.

Chapter 184 I'm going out with my friends this afternoon

"Kagura, are you alright?"

During the first break in the afternoon, Komachi looked at Kagura Tsuchimiya, who had just returned and was slumped over her desk, and asked her with concern.

"No, it's okay..."

Kagura Tsuchimiya, her face pale, raised her head and forced a smile. Then she slumped back onto the table.

As soon as she closed her eyes, the image of the corpses lying on the ground last night flashed through her mind.

Kagura Tsuchimiya quickly opened her eyes, a cold sweat breaking out on her back.

"So you still can't let go?"

Kagura Tsuchimiya wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, a wry smile appearing on her lips.

Even knowing that those she killed were actually already dead, and that she was only killing the bodies controlled by evil spirits.

But having never encountered something like this before, she couldn't accept it in a short time...

"Was this how you got through the Yellow Springs before?"

Unconsciously, Kagura Tsuchimiya recalled the calm demeanor of Yomi Isayama when she faced the group of corpses controlled by evil spirits last night.

The reason they can remain so calm is because they've been through this countless times before, right?

"I'm saying, Kagura, are you even listening to me?"

Just then, Komachi's voice suddenly appeared beside her ear.

Look up.

Komachi stood with her hands on her hips, looking down at her with a helpless expression.

"Sorry, Komachi, I was daydreaming just now... Could you repeat what you just said?"

"I was asking if you wanted to go out this afternoon? You seemed really nervous..."

Komachi repeated what she had just said, staring at Kagura Tsuchimiya's trembling hands, waiting for her reply.

He skipped class in the morning, but when he came back in the afternoon, he seemed distracted.

If we don't untangle her knot in her heart and let her move on naturally, who knows how long it will take.

Komachi had finally gained a close friend, and she didn't want to see Tsuchimiya Kagura become so depressed.

"After school, I still need to..."

Upon hearing Komachi's invitation, Kagura Tsuchimiya instinctively wanted to refuse.

After all, she wasn't an ordinary junior high school student.

Having joined a special department of the Ministry of Natural Resources, she is on standby after school, ready to go on missions at any time.

But Kagura Tsuchimiya suddenly remembered that, given her condition after completing the mission last night, the head of the department had already told her to rest and relax for two days.

"of course can!"

Nodding, Kagura Tsuchimiya accepted Komachi's invitation to play together after school.

"OK~ In that case, I'll have to let you know in advance, brother..."

As she spoke, Komachi took out her phone, edited the message, and sent it to Hachiman Hikigaya.

"Ah, I need to tell Huang Quan too..."

Reminded by Komachi, Tsuchimiya Kagura also took out her phone and sent a text message to Isayama Yomi.

Almost at the same time.

At their respective high schools, Hachiman Hikigaya and Yomi Isayama, who were idly slumped over their desks in a daze, simultaneously heard their phones vibrate.

"Going out with friends this afternoon?!" x2

Upon seeing the message from his sister/Kagura, both Hachiman Hikigaya and Yomi Isayama felt a sense of surprise.

"Well, going out with friends is definitely a great way to relax..."

After a slight surprise, Isayama Yomi felt relieved.

She hadn't expected the anticipated B-level mission to suddenly become A-level, nor had she encountered that situation yesterday.

Meanwhile, Hachiman Hikigaya frowned deeply.

"Could something have happened to Komachi's friend and she needs to comfort him?"

After all, going straight home after school is Komachi's daily routine.

Activities like going out with friends are all scheduled for weekends off.

The only thing that could cause her to break her usual plans is something happening to her friends.

"Remember not to come back too late..."

After replying, Hachiman Hikigaya put his phone back on his desk.

................

School in the afternoon.

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya was about to head to the Service Club, he received news that Yukinoshita's Service Club activities for the day had been temporarily canceled.

With a helpless shrug, Hachiman Hikigaya picked up his packed schoolbag and left the school.

Knowing that Komachi was going to play with her friends in the afternoon, Hachiman Hikigaya wasn't in a hurry to go home today; he walked slowly along the road.

"Eh?"

As they passed through a small alley in the shopping street, Hachiman Hikigaya suddenly stopped.

Looking down into the alley, several evil spirits were wrestling together.

However, one of the evil spirits is significantly stronger than the others, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will ultimately emerge victorious.

In fact, the situation was exactly as Hachiman Hikigaya had imagined.

A few minutes after standing at the entrance of the alley, the evil spirit favored by Hachiman Hikigaya suddenly sprang into action, tearing the weakest evil spirit in half and swallowing it whole.

Then the evil spirit's body felt enormous and powerful...

It grabbed another evil spirit and put it in its mouth.

Her body shape has changed further...

At this moment, the other evil spirits clearly sensed that something was wrong.

They frantically tried to escape, but the evil spirit that had eaten two of its kind grew long tentacles that grabbed all the fleeing evil spirits and threw them into its mouth to chew them up.

Just then, the evil spirit noticed Hachiman Hikigaya's gaze.

"A mid-level evil spirit has been detected..."

A system notification popped into his mind. Hachiman Hikigaya stared expressionlessly at the seemingly powerful but actually only mid-level evil spirit in front of him, pondering the scene he had just witnessed of evil spirits devouring each other.

"Roar!"

With a deafening roar, the evil spirit in the alley suddenly lunged at Hachiman Hikigaya.

Although it didn't understand anything, its instincts told it that if it swallowed the human in front of it, it would evolve to a higher level.

A cold glint flashed before the evil spirit.

He sheathed his demon-slaying sword and walked out of the alley without looking back.

As the notification sound of 200 spirit coins being credited to his account rang, the evil spirit behind him disintegrated into black smoke and vanished into the air...

"Was this a coincidence, or was it because I hadn't noticed it before?"

Continuing on his way home, Hachiman Hikigaya frowned as he recalled what had just happened.

He naturally didn't care about intermediate-level evil spirits.

But what if it were a general or king?

Is there an upper limit to the devouring and evolution of that kind of evil spirit?

Or is it that as long as you keep swallowing, you can evolve indefinitely?

In that instant, Hachiman Hikigaya considered many things.

Suddenly, a figure darted out from the shop next door.

Hachiman Hikigaya stopped in time and stepped back to avoid a collision.

But the person who suddenly appeared wasn't so lucky.

With a low cry, the other person fell heavily to the ground in a graceful, swooping motion.

"Miss Isayama?"