The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

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A dozen or so pure white foxes, with only their foreheads and tail tips red, appeared in his bedroom.

"Then the teleportation is about to begin..."

After the lead fox spoke up to remind him, a golden magic circle appeared beneath Hachiman Hikigaya's feet.

Then, Hachiman Hikigaya felt a flash in front of him, and he found himself outside a shrine.

Unlike the dilapidated shrine I saw yesterday, the shrine next to Hachiman Hikigaya, though also somewhat broken, exudes an ancient charm.

Several candles and incense were lit in front of the shrine, and many bells were hanging on the wishing tree not far away.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya was curiously examining the shrine in front of him, an anxious call suddenly came from his left.

Turning around, he saw Kagura Tsuchimiya, her body wrapped in silk threads and her mouth gagged with a white cloth, staring at him and twisting her body incessantly.

"Why did you gag her...?"

Looking at the rather disheveled Tsuchimiya Kagura in front of him, Hikigaya Hachiman was both amused and exasperated.

He summoned the Demon Slayer Sword and, while slicing through the spider silk covering Tsuchimiya Kagura's body, questioned the shrine maiden beside him who had transformed back into human form.

"Because we're unsure if she's an enemy. And her strength could threaten our lives..."

The shrine maiden stood beside Hachiman Hikigaya and explained to Kagura Tsuchimiya in front of her.

“Okay, I understand…”

Upon hearing the fox priestess's reason, Ye Qiu guessed that their wariness of Tsuchimiya Kagura was probably because Inari God had been stabbed in the back by humans.

"Oh, big brother!"

Once her body was free, Kagura Tsuchimiya quickly pulled the cloth that the foxes had stuffed into her mouth.

"How did you end up here, Tsuchimiya?"

And he was also being hunted down by a mid-level evil spirit...

This is extremely embarrassing.

"After parting ways with Komachi, I took the train to go home..."

After briefly recounting her previous experiences to Hachiman Hikigaya, Kagura Tsuchimiya made a request to him:

"Big brother, can you help me go save Huang Quan?"

"of course can."

Hachiman Hikigaya nodded in agreement to Kagura Tsuchimiya's request. He was also curious as to why the entire train was filled with corpses.

And this happened between Chiba and Tokyo...

"Then let us help you out..."

Upon hearing that Hachiman Hikigaya had agreed to help, the fox priestess who had been standing quietly to the side immediately offered to give Hachiman Hikigaya and Kagura Tsuchimiya a ride.

The familiar magic circle reappeared beneath their feet.

With a flash of golden light, Hachiman Hikigaya and Kagura Tsuchimiya disappeared before the eyes of the many little foxes.

"call......"

Seeing the two disappear from the magic circle, the leading fox breathed a sigh of relief.

He lay on the ground, slowly regaining the strength to get up.

The other foxes were in a similar situation, finding a spot in the shrine and slowly beginning to recover.

However, at that moment, a soft laugh suddenly came from outside the torii gate.

The lead fox immediately perked up its ears in alarm.

Other foxes also came from all directions and gathered around it.

"Find someone to help!"

After a moment of silence, the lead fox suddenly shouted to its companions behind it, and one of the foxes immediately transformed into a ball of golden light, preparing to teleport to other shrines to seek help.

However, a blue light suddenly flashed in front of them.

With a 'thud,' the fox, which was supposed to be teleported away, was blasted out of the space.

A circle of blue butterflies had somehow surrounded the shrine.

"Prepare to defend against the enemy!"

The leader of the shrine's guardian priestesses transformed into human form and solemnly issued a battle order to her comrades.

Just then, a thin figure slowly walked in from behind the butterfly barrier.

Chapter 191 Unrivaled Grass-Cutting

"This place should be nice, right?"

Sanzu River and Hiro emerged from the butterfly barrier.

He raised his hand to lift his left eye, which was covered by his bangs, revealing a huge killing stone embedded in it.

Standing in front of the torii gate, Sanzuga and Hiro looked around the layout of the shrine. After sensing the satisfaction reflected in the Sesshoseki in his eyes, he smiled and looked at the group of so-called shrine guards standing guard in front of him.

"Oh dear, your divine power is almost depleted after only a few teleportations of humans?"

"........"

The shrine maidens in the torii gates did not answer Sanzukawa and Hiro's questions; they simply stood quietly, watching his every move warily.

"It seems like nobody likes to talk. Actually, me too..."

"Although it's a bit late to say this now, could you please let me have this shrine?"

"What a joke!"

A priestess who had only recently been born couldn't help but cry out when she heard Sanzu River and Hiro's outrageous request.

The shrine beneath their feet is one of the few remaining shrines belonging to Inari-sama. They had finally managed to establish a good relationship with the exorcist from Chiba and were preparing to bring Chiba back into Inari-sama's sphere of worship. How could they possibly just give it up like that?!

"Well, there's nothing we can do about that then..."

Sanzu River and Hiro looked helpless.

At the same time, the swarm of butterflies that had been hovering outside the shrine changed their flight pattern and swooped down on the shrine maidens from the front of the torii gate.

A golden barrier appeared just as the lead butterfly was about to pass through the torii gate, blocking all the other butterflies from entering.

However, countless butterflies rushed towards the barrier one after another, and the brightness of the barrier quickly dimmed.

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

"Is this here?"

Hachiman Hikigaya and Kagura Tsuchimiya were teleported directly to the side of the out-of-service tram.

Through the dark car windows, pairs of scarlet eyes swayed inside the carriage.

"It's alright, Huang Quan should be at the front of the car, big brother, let's hurry over there..."

With that, Kagura Tsuchimiya determined the direction and ran along the railway tracks toward the front of the train.

Hachiman Hikigaya originally intended to follow, but when he looked up, he found several swaying corpses suddenly appearing on the roof of the train.

"Wait a minute, Tsuchimiya!"

Upon seeing the corpse emerge from the train car, Hachiman Hikigaya quickly called out to Kagura Tsuchimiya, then leaped to the top of the train with a burst of sword energy, eliminating the evil spirit above.

After dealing with the corpses that had escaped, Hachiman...

Hachiman also noticed the large hole at the rear of the vehicle.

"Ah, that's what I opened to get out..."

Hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's call, Kagura Tsuchimiya also jumped onto the roof of the car.

Seeing that Hachiman Hikigaya was staring blankly at the large hole at the back of the car, she quickly explained the reason for the hole.

"Well, in that case, let's go in from there."

Hachiman Hikigaya nodded, then went to the cave entrance and fell down into it.

"Hey, wait a minute, be careful, it might be poisonous..."

Kagura Tsuchimiya suddenly remembered the fat corpse from before. She was about to remind Hachiman Hikigaya to hold his breath before going down to avoid being poisoned. However, before she could finish speaking, she saw Hachiman Hikigaya jump down.

"........"

Looking at the cave entrance, Kagura Tsuchimiya abruptly stopped speaking before she could finish.

She then took a deep breath and jumped down as well...

"The host has been poisoned."

As soon as Hachiman Hikigaya landed in the carriage, a strange stench filled his nose. He held his breath, and then a system notification popped into his head that he had been poisoned.

"Is the air in here toxic?"

Raising an eyebrow, Hachiman Hikigaya looked at his personal information panel and saw that he had been poisoned with a paralyzing toxin. He then tried to wave his arm.

Indeed, the arm swinging speed was a little slower than before.

And then the next second.

"The host is already immune to the toxin..."

"Is it because of the Killing Stone?"

With his non-sword hand placed in front of his chest, Hachiman Hikigaya walked along the carriage towards the front of the train, lost in thought.

The first three carriages were unusually safe. Apart from the corpse that Tsuchimiya Kagura had killed earlier, which was still lying on the floor, there was no moving object except for Hachiman Hikigaya.

However, as soon as he stepped into the fourth carriage, a gust of wind blew towards Hachiman Hikigaya.

At the same time, a wisp of stale breath blew over.

"What is this?"