Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

Most of them look bizarre and can easily make people feel nauseous at first glance. The vast majority of them do not resemble human beings, and there are many of them all over the world, in cities and in the wilderness.

The causes are not all the same. Although some are the souls and obsessions of humans after death, they are a minority. There are many things that humans simply cannot understand.

All these evil spirits will immediately attack and kill any human who can see them, as soon as they discover that humans can see them.

Awakening the ability to see ghosts means stepping into this terrifying world.

"Waaah..."

Yotsuya Miko held back her tears; so much had happened in the past few months.

She pretended not to see it at first, while searching everywhere for various shrines and so-called exorcism masters. However, these shrines and masters were basically all talk and no action, and in reality, they knew nothing and didn't even know that evil spirits existed in this world.

Fortunately, she later met an old exorcist named Granny Saegusa, who was nicknamed the "Shincho Shrine Mother".

However, Granny Sanzhi's power was insufficient; the protective prayer beads she created shattered as soon as she took them... This was because evil spirits always suspected that she could see, and would come to her side to fish, hoping to make her vulnerable so they could devour her. This kind of close-up attack, like this morning, was not a one-off occurrence; it happened almost every day.

Many evil spirits were too powerful; Granny Saegusa couldn't see them and was completely powerless against them.

Left with no other choice, she continued searching for shrines and eventually found one that was willing to protect her three times. However, she never expected that it was actually an evil spirit that would take her life after the three protections. There are no gods in this world, only evil spirits.

Fortunately, Granny Saegusa had an apprentice named Rom. Although the two had a long-standing falling out, Mr. Rom had long harbored desires for this shrine—this shrine had a connection to Mr. Rom since his childhood. Ultimately, Granny Saegusa's teacher saved him, but instead became the target of the evil spirit and died.

With Mr. Rom's encouragement, she, along with Granny Saegusa and Mr. Rom, destroyed the source of the evil spirit in the shrine, freeing the souls of the shrine maidens who had been imprisoned there as sacrifices since ancient times.

After that, she encountered a strange transfer student named Michiru Ichijo. Fortunately, she solved the mystery surrounding Michiru and they became friends.

Later, she discovered that in every photo of herself and Xiaohua, there was a strange, dirty thing that appeared in the appearance of a fake old man. After seeking help from Mr. Rom, who was even more powerful than Granny Saegusa, Mr. Rom almost died because of it. They had no choice but to ask Mr. Tose, who seemed to be the most powerful man in all of Japan, for help.

Before this matter was resolved, the so-called chat group appeared.

"What...what is this thing?" Yotsuya Miko only dared to ask herself this question in her heart, and dared not say it out loud.

She had seen many evil spirits, but never one in this form. Chat groups were normal, but a chat group that appeared in front of her 24 hours a day without relying on any electronic devices and that she couldn't shake off was definitely very strange!

At first, she thought it was a new evil spirit.

These filthy creatures are so deceptive in their disguises. There was one who was disguised as a passerby child. She accidentally responded to it, and the other party immediately tore off the disguise and rushed over to kill her.

But... she's been entangled in this chat group for several days now. She actually slipped up unintentionally, but nothing bad happened. This has left Miko undecided again.

"Well, anyway, Mr. Tose and the others finally had time to come back today. I must go and see what's going on!"

Chapter 30 A day in the life of Yotsuya Miko (Part 2)

I'm going out!

When Yotsuya Miko greeted them as she went out, her mother and younger brother thought it was only directed at them, but only she knew that it was also directed at her father at home—ever since she could see again, she understood that her deceased father had stayed at home to protect everyone.

Whenever those terrifying, malevolent spirits appeared, capable of directly harming even those who couldn't see anything, my father would help keep them out of the door... Essentially, they were dog-like evil spirits that resided around my father, who was very weak and powerless.

Even though her father has helped her several times, she still doesn't dare to communicate with him, fearing that if she reveals the truth, he will tear off his disguise and instantly turn into a terrifying evil spirit.

This has happened to other evil spirits before, and she absolutely does not want to see her father become like that.

Therefore, she would never confront her father. Even if they couldn't communicate, as long as her father was still alive, that would make her happy.

Encouraged, Miko Yotsuya gently clenched her small hand into a fist. It's okay, be strong!

Walking down the street, Miko Yotsuya takes out her phone from her pocket and focuses most of her attention on the screen, becoming a "phubber" in the eyes of outsiders.

Unfortunately, this wasn't what she wanted either. The main problem was that there were just too many evil spirits on the road. Although she had tried her best to act, she would eventually break down if she kept staring at them. Playing on her phone was a good way to avoid looking at the evil spirits without arousing suspicion.

Moreover, Xiaohua, Zhiru, and Yulia also sent her messages, asking if she wanted to go out and play together.

Yotsuya Miko declined all offers; she had to go see Mr. Tose and the others today, otherwise they might be unavailable again tomorrow.

The sky above Tokyo was clear and the bright sun shone on everything, completely different from the day her Yin-Yang eyes first opened. Also different was that the bus Yotsuya Miko was waiting for was not the same bus as before. Furthermore, this time she was not alone; there were about a dozen people waiting.

However, all these differences pale in comparison to one deadly similarity... Just like that day, terrifying evil spirits lurked at the waiting station.

This evil spirit was obese, with several white bones protruding from its belly, several large mouths that were constantly chewing, and a third hand growing from its elbow. Its size was so large that one had to look up to see its whole appearance.

This repulsive evil spirit is selecting its prey, slowly moving its fat, pig-like body to each person at the waiting station to screen them.

But Yotsuya Miko knew that, apart from her, there was absolutely no one else here who could see it!

Anyone who could see it would have noticed it long ago! Even before the evil spirit got close, her hands and feet were already ice-cold, and she couldn't control her expression. If she hadn't been looking down at her phone, Jianzi didn't even dare to guarantee she could have held on!

Yotsuya Miko trembled slightly, on the verge of tears. Today had been so unlucky. She could only count the seconds over and over, praying that the bus would arrive soon. Every time a vehicle approached, she couldn't help but look up, only to be disappointed each time.

Just as she looked up again with anticipation, she caught a glimpse of a middle-aged man who looked like a corporate slave doing something strange out of the corner of her eye.

The middle-aged man, carrying a briefcase and wearing white glasses, had his gaze unintentionally sweep over the location of the evil spirit several times before, without showing the slightest reaction. This is something that cannot be acted out.

But little did he know, when his gaze accidentally fell upon the evil spirit once again, he suddenly froze, blinked, and stopped, as if he had seen something incredible. He hurriedly took off his glasses, carefully wiped them, rubbed his eyes, put them back on, and glanced at the location of the evil spirit again.

"Monster! Monster! There's a monster! Aaaaaah!"

The man suddenly panicked, screamed, and fell to the ground in fright. He kept backing away, pointing at the evil spirit and shouting, "Call the police! Call the police now!"

To his astonishment, the people around him were not afraid of his behavior. Instead, they all frowned and muttered things like, "What is this?", "He seems like a normal person. How did he suddenly go crazy?", "This is too much..." and kept their distance from him.

Moreover, two of them actually ran right up to the evil spirit and stood right next to the terrifying monster, with absolutely no space between them!

"What are you doing? Run! Call the police!" The uncle was bewildered and hurriedly continued to shout.

But all he got in return were even more disgusted looks from everyone. What was going on?

The middle-aged man looked around and saw only a high school girl standing there staring at him, seemingly surprised but not thinking he was crazy. He couldn't help but want to grasp at this straw.

But it was too late.

—The bloated, obese evil spirit was already grinning and laughing. Upon discovering food, its originally slow steps suddenly became terrifyingly fast, and it rushed towards the uncle.

"No! Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer! Help me, anyone will do, please help me, help! Help! Can't you see me? Ughh ...

Yotsuya Miko's eyes widened, and she felt her whole body go cold and stiff.

This was the first time she had truly witnessed the final outcome after an evil spirit discovered that humans could see it.

From her perspective, the evil spirit completely enveloped the man, who was unable to breathe as if he were drowning. His color quickly disappeared, turning him deathly pale, and his muscles gradually became emaciated, as if he hadn't eaten or slept for three months. Finally, in a powerless 'hoarse' struggle, his soul was completely shattered and became food for the evil spirit, which absorbed it into its bloated belly.

"Huh? Hey, someone call 120 right now, someone's in trouble here!" To ordinary passersby, the uncle looked like he was suffering from some kind of emergency he'd never seen before; the symptoms were terrifying.

Although they thought the man was mentally ill and kept their distance, they immediately called an ambulance when they saw that he was having problems.

Only Jianzi knew that it was already too late.

After finishing the uncle's evil spirit, it even let out a burp, completely satisfied, and then looked at everyone with a hungry gaze, hoping that the next person would be able to see it.

The bus that Yotsuya Miko had been longing for finally arrived. She ran onto the bus as if fleeing, and the bus started moving away from the tragic bus stop.

Even after arriving at Granny Saegusa's stronghold, her pale face remained unchanged, still gripped by fear.

Chapter 31 A World Heading Towards Destruction

"Grandma Sanzhi!"

The small eaves made it a bit dark, but the moment she arrived and saw the three people inside, Yotsuya Miko, who had been holding back her emotions, finally felt relieved.

Of the four people present, three possessed exorcism abilities. Although Granny Saegusa was old and her exorcism skills were much weaker than Mr. Rom and Mr. Tose, she was experienced, knowledgeable, and very gentle.

Mr. Rom is unreliable in his speech and actions, and his dress is also very casual, but he is very capable, not a bad person, and very reliable in critical moments.

As for Mr. Tose, he is a long-time office worker at a company. He is serious and doesn't smile much, which can easily lead people to mistake him for a bad person. However, after getting to know him better, you'll find that Mr. Tose is a very good person.

Mr. Tose is different from other exorcists. All other exorcists can see, but Mr. Tose, like ordinary people, cannot see at all. He can only rely on his friends—a group of evil spirits in black who follow him—to report to them, and then he touches the evil spirits himself to perform the exorcism.

“That’s wonderful, Mr. Rom, Mr. Tose, you’re back! I…”

Yotsuya Miko couldn't wait to tell everyone about the strange chat group, but the next second, she was shocked and looked extremely surprised.

The room reeked of fresh blood. Mr. Rom and Mr. Tose both had bandages wrapped around their bodies. Grandma Saegusa appeared outwardly unharmed, but her spirits were clearly much weaker than before.

"Don't worry, Miko." Granny Sane shook her head gently. "It's just a minor injury. There are other things that are more important than this. We went out this time to deal with that unknown evil spirit for you, but before we could find any trace of it, we encountered another outbreak of evil spirits."

Rom turned on the TV and gestured for his son to watch; the news was playing.

"Recently, there have been many cases of sudden mental illness leading to death in various parts of Japan. The ages range from seven-year-old kindergarten students to people in their nineties. According to the data, it is difficult to find any commonalities among these sudden cases. We can only learn from surveillance footage or interviews with witnesses that they all suddenly shouted that there were ghosts or monsters, and then lost their vital signs with different symptoms."

"The Prime Minister has convened an emergency meeting with all medical experts to discuss countermeasures, identify the cause of this new type of illness, and find a solution. Citizens are urged not to be nervous or panic."

"If anyone has any insights on this matter, please analyze them based on these photos of the victims and send an email to the address below. Official personnel will then contact you."

"This is our reporter reporting..."

What follows is no longer important.

Yotsuya Miko was dumbfounded, because she could clearly see that the photos released in the news all featured different evil spirits, some of which were burping, while others were wandering around the victims looking for new ones.

Although the victims' deaths were blurred, it was still clear that each one was horribly gruesome and extremely tragic, just like the pitiful, overworked middle-aged man she had just seen!

"This, this is..." Yotsuya Miko stammered, unable to finish her sentence, deeply shocked.

"Look at these too." But that wasn't all. Mr. Tose took out his phone and handed it to her. It showed her websites from various countries, and those websites also had similar news. This situation had occurred in other parts of the world as well!

All of these news reports were broadcast this morning.

Yotsuya Miko's face turned pale, and she was dumbfounded. "Could it be that the whole world..."

“Yes, that’s exactly what you think.” Granny Saegusa nodded heavily. “Do you understand the situation now, Miko?”

"I know!" Miko Yotsuya stammered nervously, "When I came over this morning, I saw with my own eyes an old man who was usually blind, but for some reason he suddenly could see, and then he was eaten by an evil spirit!"

She couldn't help but ask, "Why are there suddenly so many people that we can see?"

"It's a pity."

Rom shrugged. "If more people could see it, that would be much better. The current situation is far more serious than you think, little Jianzi."

"Those people are actually blind, or rather, they have a little potential to see. Perhaps they will suddenly feel a chill and inexplicable panic when evil spirits are nearby, but they will never be able to open their yin-yang eyes in their entire lives. Even now, they still have no chance to open their yin-yang eyes."

"Then why?" Yotsuya Miko was even more puzzled. How could she be eaten if she didn't have the ability to see ghosts?

“It’s not that people have developed the ability to see ghosts, but that the nature of evil spirits has deteriorated.” Rom said slowly and deliberately, his voice chilling. “They have become easier to see, and… just recently, we saw a normal person with absolutely no potential see them for half a second. Although the time was so short that he didn’t have enough time to react, the evil spirits couldn’t prey on him.”

"There is another situation where people are completely invisible, but they are followed closely by certain evil spirits. Once that person makes an action that can be judged as visible, even if the person cannot see it at all, the evil spirit can arbitrarily judge it as visible and then attack. Although this cannot directly kill people because the judgment is incomplete, it can absorb the human's vital energy."

Even without thinking, Yotsuya Miko immediately understood what this meant.

In other words, the evil spirits' deterioration may not be over yet? Next, seven billion people worldwide may see them? And even now, ordinary people are already suffering.

Upon realizing this subtext, Yotsuya Miko nearly fainted, her voice breaking with sobs: "What are we going to do? Hana, and everyone else, what will become of us?"

Grandma Saegusa remained silent, and Rom shook his head as well.

Only Mr. Tose calmly said, "Don't be too pessimistic. We've already taken measures, haven't we? There will always be a way. Actually, the situation isn't that serious yet. The number of dead isn't that high. We may still have plenty of time to resolve this."