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The immense force suddenly sent Asagami Fujino flying.

The slender, frail body slammed heavily against the wall and became embedded in it.

Xu Ming walked up to Asagami Fujino.

Xu Ming's attack just now consisted of at least six stacks, making it quite powerful.

Asagami Fujino's body was already showing ceramic-like cracks, and black ash was beginning to fall from her fingers and skin. Her body could no longer hold on.

Despite this, Asagami Fujino stared intently at Xu Ming, her eyes icy cold, as if she wanted to tear him to pieces with her gaze.

Looking at Asagami Fujino, whose face was full of bitterness and resentment, Xu Ming slowly spoke, his voice low and deep.

"I can't understand, and no one can understand, your pain and despair."

However, when you target other innocent people, you have already transformed from a victim or avenger into a perpetrator.

You have now become the person you hate the most...

Before Xu Ming came, he had reviewed relevant information from the Metropolitan Police Department.

The number of people killed by Asagami Fujino alone is more than 10 members of the Asagami family. If you include the servants who work for the Asagami family, the number of victims is close to 30!

If we add the people Asagami Fujino killed while wandering around, the number of victims skyrockets to over fifty!

These are all verifiable.

Countless victims died in undiscovered corners.

The dragon slayer becomes the dragon himself.

The transformation of Asagami Fujino from a pitiful victim into a vengeful criminal evokes complex emotions and profound reflections.

After hearing Xu Ming's words, Asagami Fujino's expression finally changed slightly.

She seemed to have not smiled in a long time. The corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and she managed to force an ugly smile, looking at Xu Ming with a mocking gaze.

Are you also planning to lecture me?

Xu Ming shook his head.

"I'm not going to do anything meaningless."

During those long ten years, as she was beaten by her stepfather, Asagami Fujino's mind was completely twisted.

So after becoming a vengeful spirit, she could attack the Asagami family without any scruples, and even vent her hatred on unrelated people.

While her plight certainly deserves sympathy, it is not an excuse for her to take revenge on society.

Therefore, Xu Ming wouldn't preach; he had no right to forgive Asagami Fujino on behalf of those innocent people.

He came here simply to eliminate the monsters and complete his mission, nothing more.

"I really hate you."

Asagami Fujino's face showed a look of disgust.

Xu Ming smiled faintly and did not answer.

He picked up his phone and pointed it at Asagami Fujino.

At this point, the phone has completed one power-up cycle.

Click!

Xu Ming decisively pressed the shutter button.

A bolt of purplish-gold lightning instantly pierced the darkness.

As the light gradually faded, Asagami Fujino had completely vanished.

A few ashes floated up, landing in Xu Ming's palm like flower petals, and then turned into powder.

"No!"

Asagami Tamao suddenly broke free from Arita Haruyuki's restraints and scrambled to the spot where Asagami Fujino had disappeared, bursting into tears.

Xu Ming looked at the woman who was crying bitterly and shook his head.

If only I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place.

After Asagami Fujino disappeared, the eerie atmosphere of the entire mansion vanished instantly.

Xu Ming let out a long breath.

Time to go home...

Xu Ming soon left the Asakami residence.

This abandoned Japanese mansion has once again regained its tranquility.

However, this tranquility was broken again in the middle of the night.

A figure dressed entirely in black, with a robust build, appeared silently in the mansion.

He had seaweed-like black hair, a sorrowful face, and wore a priest-style black robe.

If Xu Ming were still here, he would immediately recognize this person as Araya Sōren, who had briefly fought with them at the Witch Tower.

This outcast of the Tiantai sect completely ignored the dark and gloomy atmosphere of the mansion, strode in, and went straight to the second floor.

Asagami Tamao was still holding the doll and crying at the place where Asagami Fujino had disappeared.

Araya Sōren completely ignored her presence, walked straight over, and stared at the human-shaped groove that had been punched into the wall, his expression neither sad nor happy.

After a while, he closed his eyes, and several invisible golden magic circles extended from his feet, directly covering the last traces left by Asagami Fujino.

Sensing the lingering aura, Araya Sōren suddenly opened his eyes, a rare hint of anger flashing in them.

"You've destroyed another piece I set up. Xu Ming, you really are sent by the Heavenly Demon (Buddha's great enemy) to hinder me."

To fulfill my tragic wish, I must not let you live any longer!

After a moment of silence, Araya Sōren murmured to himself:

"The association's people are coming soon, we can't leave any trace..."

As he spoke, Araya Sōren suddenly grabbed Asagami Tamao's head.

"Om!"

With the incantation, a small golden magic circle immediately appeared on his palm.

Just as Asagami Tamao was about to struggle, her head was enveloped by a magic circle, and her whole body suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably.

Her eyes rolled back, white foam appeared at her mouth, and with a thud, she collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Araya Sōren glanced at her indifferently, then turned and left.

When the association members, who had been notified by Xu Ming to handle the aftermath, arrived at the Asagami residence, besides Asagami Fujino's body, they only found Asagami Tamao, who had become an idiot...

Xu Ming returned home.

Kasumigaoka Utaha seemed to sense that Xu Ming was in a bad mood, and unusually refrained from provoking him.

After washing up, Xu Ming sprawled out on the sofa in a typical Ge You pose, opened the system, and began to tally up his gains this time.

—Congratulations, host, for completing the event 'Despair Spiral (3 stars)'. The settlement process is underway...

Settlement complete, task completion rate: 90%!

—Gained 1000 Strange Points (200%)

— Obtain one Shikigami Summoning Charm (which can be used to form a contract with the 'mysterious creature' that was purified in this event).

Xu Ming stroked his chin; he had done a good job on this mission.

However, it's time to set our sights on that thieving monk, Araya Sōren.

After all, there's no way you can guard against thieves for a thousand days if you're a thief for a thousand days.

With this latest addition, he now possesses nearly 5 Strange Points, but Xu Ming plans to save them until he has thoroughly investigated the background of this bald thief, Huangye Zonglian, before focusing on strengthening them.

Chapter 280 Xiaochuan Apartment (Bonus Chapter)

But how exactly should one check?

Unable to decide where to begin his investigation, Xu Ming fell into deep thought.

Although this bald thief had a bitter look on his face, he was very cunning and had a lot of patience. It wouldn't be easy to find something to hold against him.

Left with no other choice, Xu Ming began to try to recall the original work, attempting to find a clue within it.

'Ogawa Apartment'!

A name suddenly popped into his mind.

In the original work, this unremarkable apartment was originally a ritual site specially built by Araya Souren to capture Ryougi Shiki and arrive at the Root.

Did Araya Sōren also build an Ogawa Apartment in this world?

Xu Ming immediately opened his laptop and typed the name into the search bar.

A bunch of different messages popped up quickly.

Xu Ming chuckled to himself.

That's right. The name 'Ogawa' is extremely common in Japan, almost like Zhang San in China.

Xu Ming immediately limited the search to the 'Tokyo metropolitan area' and 'apartment buildings'.

With these two restrictions, the number of results was much smaller this time. Only three buildings were named after this, one of which was an unfinished project.

Xu Ming quickly clicked on the entries for the remaining two apartments.

The first entry is just an ordinary 8-story building, rectangular in shape, much like most apartments in Japan.

Xu Ming instinctively felt it couldn't be this building, so he moved the mouse down.

When he clicked on the second item, his eyes suddenly narrowed.

The second entry shows an apartment with a very peculiar exterior; it's a straight, cylindrical shape that looks rather awkward.

However, Xu Ming, who had read the original work, knew that Araya Sōren deliberately built the apartment in this way in order to conform to the principles of Yin and Yang and life and death in Tai Chi.

The only thing Xu Ming couldn't understand was that this monk was actually involved in Taoist things.

It can only be said that Japan truly embodies the idea that "Buddhism is the Tao."