I created a foundation

That night, Busujima Saeko did not sleep at all.

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The next day, when the early morning sunshine made Saeko feel so warm and precious for the first time, she walked into the gate of Feng Zhiqi High School with an expressionless face, with two dark circles under her eyes that were so heavy that even foundation could not completely cover them.

Her strong willpower, far beyond that of an ordinary person, allows her to maintain her usual cold, powerful, and inviolable demeanor as a "beautiful kendo senior girl."

But only she herself knew that her spirit was at its limit.

She felt like an old radio with a problem with signal reception, with the sounds of two channels echoing in her mind all the time.

One belongs to the real world, the sound of the teacher lecturing and the laughter of classmates.

The other is the world of the "inside", which only she can hear, the polluting and never-ending noisy whispers of countless evil spirits.

These two voices intertwined and collided in her mind, making her feel like her head was about to explode.

Her strong willpower is engaged in a silent and extremely difficult tug-of-war with this endless spiritual pollution.

Her obviously abnormal state naturally attracted the attention of her classmates.

During the break, a female classmate from the Kendo Club, with whom she had a good relationship, came to her seat with a cup of hot tea and a worried look on her face.

"Saeko-senpai, are you... okay? You look so bad."

Saeko forced her consciousness out of the two overlapping worlds. She raised her head, and her bloodshot purple eyes scared the female classmate.

"I'm fine." Saeko's voice was unusually hoarse.

"You call this okay?" the female classmate exclaimed exaggeratedly, looking at her, who looked like she was about to die at any moment. "Your condition is too scary! Are you being possessed by something unclean?"

She had just meant it as an unintentional, teasing joke.

But these words sounded like thunder to Saeko's ears.

"Let me tell you something," the female classmate continued in a mysterious tone, completely unaware of Saeko's change of expression. "I heard that our school recently opened a super awesome paranormal consulting firm!"

"It's said that their president is that new, super-handsome transfer student, Lin Qing! He specializes in treating all sorts of difficult and complicated illnesses that can't be explained by science! It seems that the genius writer Kasumigaoka-senpai was also consulted by them a few days ago!"

"You look even worse off than those characters in urban legends who are haunted by evil spirits. How about you go and see them too?"

Abnormal phenomenon...consulting firm?

Specializing in treating... difficult and complicated diseases that cannot be explained by science?

Listening to my friend's words, which sounded full of "middle school" and "gossip" to ordinary people.

Busujima Saeko's heart, which had long been tortured to the point of numbness, suddenly and uncontrollably skipped a beat for the first time.

Chapter 0046: Don't be afraid, we are a professional team! Thank you for saving me, and... Goodbye!

After school, the streets are crowded with people, full of noise and vitality.

But all this has nothing to do with Busujima Saeko.

She walked among the crowds, yet she felt like a lone explorer in the polar regions. Her world was divided into two channels. One was the bustling bustle of the real world. The other was the chaotic chaos of the "inside" that only she could see and hear.

Countless evil spirits, like loyal yet most annoying followers, surrounded her layer upon layer in the center. They whispered, roared, and cried incessantly in her ears, trying to use their voices filled with negative emotions to pollute and assimilate the only living being who could "see" them.

After a whole day of continuous mental torture, Saeko's iron will finally began to show a crack.

She gripped the bamboo sword bag behind her tightly and quickened her pace, wanting only to get back to the deserted dojo, the only place where she could feel a sense of peace.

In order to avoid the crowded crowd, she subconsciously turned into a secluded alley where few people passed by.

The moment she stepped into the alley, her combat instinct, which had become extremely sharp due to the resonance with "Muramasa", suddenly sent her the strongest, needle-like alarm!

Danger!

She suddenly stopped, her eyes instantly becoming extremely sharp as she scanned the evil spirits of various shapes that were following her.

that's it!

Her gaze was fixed precisely on one of the most ordinary and harmless-looking spirits, as if it was the spirit of an ordinary office worker after death.

The moment Saeko focused her attention on it, a malicious, inhuman smile suddenly appeared on the face of the "office worker." Its body was no longer a translucent spirit, but was rapidly solidifying and expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Its hands, which originally belonged to humans, instantly turned into two sharp claws like mantis sickles, shining with a sinister bony luster!

"Hehe... finally, you noticed me?" It made a clear, intelligent, and playful sound, completely different from those of the evil spirits before. "The aura of fear and irritation you exude is truly... the most delicious!"

Before he finished speaking, his solidified body rushed towards Busujima Saeko like a cannonball, bringing with it a gust of fishy wind. His huge bone sickles drew two deadly, pale arcs in the dim alley!

So fast!

Saeko's pupils constricted. She didn't have time to consider why this "evil spirit" had a physical form, nor did she have time to consider what it was. Her well-trained body had already reacted correctly, even before her brain did.

She suddenly leaned back, using a bridge-like posture, and barely avoided the deadly bone sickle that was enough to cut her in half.

Then, without hesitation, she threw away the bamboo sword bag on her back and grasped the hilt of the family heirloom sword "Muramasa", which she had never used in actual combat.

"Qiang——!"

A clear dragon roar filled with endless murderous aura rang out in the narrow alley!

The cold blade, flashing with an eerie light, was finally unsheathed!

The moment she grasped the Muramasa, Saeko felt the demon within her reach strike a perfect chord with the blade in her hand. A cold, powerful force surged through her from the hilt, instantly dispelling all her fatigue and fear, and plunging her into a state of absolute calm, absolute focus, and a "kenshin" born solely for battle.

"die!"

The anomalous creature, having missed its first strike, immediately launched a second attack. Its ghostly figure pounced towards Saeko once again.

Saeko's eyes focused, and instead of retreating, she advanced. The "Muramasa" in her hand turned into a purple electric light that was difficult to capture with the naked eye. She faced the pair of huge bone sickles and chopped them down fiercely!

"clang!"

The sound of metal clashing, accompanied by dazzling sparks, exploded in the alley!

Saeko only felt an irresistible force coming from the blade, which made her palm numb. She took seven or eight steps back uncontrollably before she could barely stabilize her body.

What a powerful force!

The abnormal creature was also chopped by the mysterious power of "Muramasa" contained in her sword, leaving a deep scar on the sickle where the bone was visible and black blood was flowing.

"Interesting! Really interesting!" The abnormal creature took a look at its damaged bone sickle. Instead of feeling fear, it became even more excited. "Your knife can actually hurt me! It seems that you are even more delicious than I thought!"

It roared, and its aura became even more violent. It attacked Saeko again with a crazy attitude that completely disregarded defense!

The ensuing battle turned into a bloody and desperate fight between trapped beasts.

With her superb swordsmanship and the "Muramasa" in her hand that can injure spirits, Saeko repeatedly leaves deep scars on the monsters' bodies.

But the opponent's strength, speed, and almost abnormal recovery ability were far superior to hers. Every attack she made was met with an even more violent and deadly counterattack.

Soon, Saeko was completely at a disadvantage.

Her body was covered with wounds of varying depths from the monster's sharp claws. The bright red blood dyed her pure white sailor suit red, making her look like a sad and beautiful cherry blossom that was about to wither in a storm.

Her breathing became heavier and heavier, and her arm swinging the knife became slower and slower due to exhaustion.

Finally, in a moment when she couldn't dodge in time, the monster's bone sickle cut her side, leaving a huge wound so deep that the bone was visible.

The severe pain made her lose her balance instantly. She fell to one knee on the ground in a mess, and could only use the "Muramasa" in her hand to barely support her body that was about to fall.

"ended."

The abnormal creature let out a triumphant, cruel grin. It raised its pair of bone sickles, which gleamed with cold light, high up and aimed them at Saeko's proud, unyielding head, ready to enjoy its final and most delicious "dessert".

Saeko raised her head and looked at the deadly bone sickle that was getting bigger and bigger in her field of vision. There was no fear in her eyes, only the calmness and composure of a swordsman who was about to die in battle with his beloved sword.

At this most desperate moment, between life and death.

"squeak--!"

An extremely harsh sound of tires rubbing against the ground suddenly came from the entrance of the alley!

A huge commercial vehicle that was completely black, heavily bulletproofed, and filled with a sinister aura, was like a ghost in the night. It drifted perfectly and miraculously, and stopped at the entrance of the alley. The huge body of the vehicle just separated Saeko from the monster.

"boom!"

The heavy car door was kicked open from the inside.

Immediately afterwards, several agile figures, wearing uniform black tactical uniforms, wearing full-coverage tactical eyepieces, and holding sci-fi special energy rifles, emerged from the car one after another, like the most elite special forces.

They acted quickly and coordinated well, and the moment they landed, they used cross-fire to build a perfect encirclement with no blind spots, completely locking down the abnormal creature that was furious because its prey had been taken away.

The leaders were Utaha Kasumigaoka and Eriri.

They also wore special female tactical uniforms that were heroic and perfectly outlined their body curves, and their faces were cold and professional, completely different from their usual warrior appearance.

"Target confirmed, abnormal creature. Based on the energy reaction, it is preliminarily assessed to be Tiger-level." Ying Lili looked at the data fed back from the tactical terminal on her wrist and reported quickly.

"Got it." Kasumigaoka Utaha calmly issued a concise, cold, and murderous order through the team communication channel.

"Everyone, open fire."

"Execute, clear the protocol!"

The moment the words fell, several dazzling blue energy beams filled with a breath of destruction, with a sharp buzzing sound, burst out from the muzzles of those sci-fi-looking rifles!

The extremely powerful abnormal creature that had just forced Busujima Saeko into a desperate situation seemed so vulnerable in front of these energy weapons full of high technology and mysterious power.

In an instant, its body was turned into a sieve by the dense energy beam.

Immediately afterwards, in the high temperature of the energy aftermath, its huge body, along with its screams, was completely and mercilessly evaporated and gasified. In the end, not even a trace of ash was left.

Silence returned to the alley.

Busujima Saeko knelt on one knee on the ground, holding a knife, staring blankly at the group of mysterious "friendly forces" in front of her who seemed to have fallen from the sky. Looking at the weapons in their hands that were full of futuristic technology, her brain once again fell into unthinkable and deep shock.

The alley was filled with a pungent, strange smell that was a mixture of ozone and energy aftermath.

Busujima Saeko knelt on one knee, using the Muramasa in her hand to support her nearly crumbling body, panting heavily. The wound in her side was still oozing blood, staining her pristine white kendo uniform a shocking, voluptuous red.

But she survived.

She looked at the group of mysterious armed men in front of her who looked like they had walked out of a science fiction movie, and at the sci-fi-looking rifles in their hands that still retained the warmth of energy. Her heart was filled with endless shock and... a hint of relief for having survived the disaster.

who are they?

Is it a secret government force? Or... is there another organization in this world that possesses extraordinary powers?

Whoever they were, they saved their lives.