The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

Yui Yuigahama looked up in surprise, her eyes wide.

"Curious how I know?"

Seeing Yui Yuigahama's puzzled look, Hachiman Hikigaya's eyes held a hint of smugness.

"Um......"

Yui nodded slightly, then blinked her big eyes expectantly, waiting for Hachiman Hikigaya to explain how he knew.

"Sabre likes me a lot."

Instead of giving a direct answer, Hachiman Hikigaya mentioned Yui Yuigahama's little dog.

"Ah, so it was Sabre who exposed it?"

Yui Yuigahama, who is usually slow to react, instantly understood what Hachiman Hikigaya meant.

She was both amused and exasperated by the way she was exposed.

But thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with being guessed.

After all, if it were their first meeting, Sabre would never have pounced on Hachiman Hikigaya just because he saw him...

"Will the small business hate me because of that?"

With her hands behind her back, Yui Yuigahama started pacing aimlessly around the ground with one foot because of her unease.

Do I hate you now?

Hachiman Hikigaya countered with a question.

"No........"

Yui Yuigahama was slightly taken aback by Hachiman Hikigaya's answer, then shook her head.

"Isn't the result already obvious?"

Hachiman Hikigaya glanced helplessly at the silly dumpling in front of him, then picked up their luggage and headed home.

"Ah, Little Qi, wait for me!"

Once she realized what was happening, Yui Yuigahama burst into a silly grin. She watched Hachiman Hikigaya's retreating figure and skipped after him.

..........

"Oh my, is Hachiman coming to my house again?"

As Hachiman Hikigaya was about to say goodbye after dropping Yui off at her doorstep, the tightly closed door suddenly opened from the inside.

Mrs. Yuihama, who came out from inside, was taken aback when she saw her daughter standing with Hachiman Hikigaya, but then she greeted them warmly.

"No, um, I just brought Yui back..."

Faced with Mrs. Yuihama's enthusiasm, Hachiman Hikigaya was about to explain when he was immediately dragged into Yuihama's house.

"Wang!"

Dragged into the entryway, a brownish-yellow figure instantly darted out from the living room.

"Sabre, it's been a long time."

After crouching down and petting the puppy that kept circling around his feet, Hachiman Hikigaya and Yui Yuigahama exchanged a glance.

have no choice........

"Hachiman, what have you been doing at home during your vacation lately?"

A few minutes later, in the living room of the Yuihama family.

Hikigaya Hachiman sat opposite Mrs. Yuihama, feeling immense pressure, enduring her smiling interrogation.

"It just means resting at home and finishing the homework assigned by the teacher..."

Hachiman Hikigaya described what he had been doing these past few days with a guilty conscience.

"A couple of days ago, Xiaoqi even went to do volunteer work!"

Seeing that Hachiman Hikigaya hadn't done anything during his summer vacation, Yui Yuigahama quickly filled in the gaps with her recently completed volunteer work.

"A volunteer?"

Mrs. Yuihama, whose face had initially shown a hint of worry, immediately relaxed when she heard that Hachiman Hikigaya was volunteering alone.

That's indeed the case.

Hachiman Hikigaya lowered his head and admitted that he had indeed gone to volunteer, although he had only worked seriously on the first day...

"Oh, by the way, how's Komachi doing lately?"

Perhaps unsure how to ask Hachiman Hikigaya to get a satisfactory answer, Mrs. Yuigahama quickly steered the conversation to Hachiman Hikigaya's adorable younger sister.

"Komachi lives a very fulfilling life every day..."

Thinking of Komachi, who lay on the sofa just like him every day, Hachiman Hikigaya forced himself to speak.

"If you feel bored at home, you can come here to play anytime."

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's explanation, Mrs. Yuihama seemed to understand something. Her lips twitched slightly, but she forced the conversation to continue.

"OK....."

Seeing Mrs. Yuihama's barely maintained gentle demeanor, Hachiman Hikigaya, whose head was already bowed, lowered it even further.

..........

I sat at Yuihama's house for about half an hour.

Mrs. Yuihama finally waved her hand and let Hachiman Hikigaya leave.

Having received permission to leave, Hachiman Hikigaya, who didn't want to stay at the Yuihama house for even a second longer, instantly transformed into a gust of wind and rushed out.

"mom!"

Seeing that Hachiman Hikigaya had already left, Yui Yuigahama was immediately embarrassed and annoyed, questioning her mother about why she had brought Hachiman Hikigaya into the house and asked so many embarrassing questions.

"What, are you angry?"

With the disappearance of the outsiders, Mrs. Yuihama's worried expression vanished instantly, and her usual smile returned to her face.

"I'm not angry, it's just that the way you asked Xiaoqi the question..."

"Now that my daughter has made her choice, shouldn't I, as her mother, also give her some feedback?"

Mrs. Yui interrupted her by pulling Yui Yui into her arms.

Recalling Hachiman Hikigaya's clumsy performance just now, Mrs. Yuihama couldn't help but shake her head.

That child, whose eyes were full of confidence, acted so poorly.

She couldn't quite understand this kind of person.

but......

His eyes glanced at Yui Yuigahama in his arms.

At that moment, Tuanzi was probably thinking about something and was nestled in her arms, giggling foolishly.

Looking at her daughter's appearance, Mrs. Yuihama sighed inwardly.

Regardless of what kind of person that boy named Hachiman Hikigaya really is, since her daughter has fallen for him, she, as his mother, has no choice but to accept it.

Chapter 324 The Man in the Trench Coat

After leaving Yuihama's house, Hachiman Hikigaya walked along the road towards his own home.

On his journey, he suddenly encountered a strange man wearing a black trench coat, leaning against a wall.

Hachiman Hikigaya glanced at the uniquely styled man a few times, but at that moment he just wanted to get home as soon as possible and didn't pay much attention to him as he prepared to pass by him.

Suddenly, an invisible ripple appeared in the air, and Hachiman Hikigaya's body stopped abruptly.

"Such a powerful aura..."

Even with just a sliver of his aura leaked out, Hikigaya Hachiman almost pinned him to the ground.

Feeling his bones groaning in pain, Hachiman Hikigaya immediately circulated his spiritual power at full speed and activated Sun Breathing to resist.

Gradually, with Hachiman Hikigaya's full support, the oppressive aura that had been pressing down on him was slowly pushed away.

"Oh?"

Seeing the oppressive aura that was enough to crush a demon emperor-level evil spirit being pushed back by Hachiman Hikigaya, a hint of surprise and admiration appeared in the man in the trench coat's eyes.

The pressure that had been successfully pushed back by Hachiman Hikigaya increased again in less than half a second, and then pressed Hachiman Hikigaya to the ground.

"If you can get up this time, I can agree to answer one question for you."

Looking at Hachiman Hikigaya on the ground, the man in the trench coat walked over, squatted down in front of him, and made a promise.

"Really?"

Hachiman Hikigaya gritted his teeth and persevered.

His eyes lit up instantly upon hearing the man in the trench coat's promise.

"Of course, I never lie."

"Well!"

Having received the promise from the man in the trench coat, Hachiman Hikigaya immediately activated the Inari God power hidden within his body.

A blinding white light flashed in front of the man in the trench coat, and Hachiman Hikigaya, in his demigod form, appeared before him in a half-crouching position.

"The power of Inari Goddess? I didn't expect she's still alive..."

Sensing the familiar power fluctuations emanating from Hachiman Hikigaya, the man in the trench coat stroked his chin, a hint of nostalgia flashing in his eyes.

But then, he beckoned with his finger, and the pressure on Hachiman Hikigaya instantly doubled.

With a "thump," Hachiman Hikigaya knelt down on one knee, pressing a hole into the concrete pavement.

"Isn't this okay?"

The slightly disappointed voice of the man in the trench coat reached my ears.

"of course not!"