A young love story that started with exorcism

Chapter 50: Shadow Reappears

At this time, Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino remembered the scene of each hugging one of Takumi Takahashi's arms on the train, and their faces couldn't help but blush.

Soon, the four of them arrived at Yuigahama Yui's house, which was similar to Yotsuya Miko's. They could hear bursts of rapid barking from outside.

Standing outside the house, Takahashi Takumi felt that there was indeed some malicious presence inside, but he didn't know whether it was an evil spirit or a cursed spirit.

Considering that Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino could see those evil spirits and cursed spirits, even if they were not scared, they would still feel uncomfortable, so Takahashi Takumi still felt that he should not go in, so he said to Yuigahama Yui:

"Why don't you bring your Sabre out for us to see, Yuigahama-san? We won't go in. You didn't bring any gifts, and it would be so awkward if we ran into your family."

"No need to bring a gift. My mom is at home, but it's okay. Besides, generally speaking, you don't bring gifts when you visit a friend's house. And why don't you go in when you're already outside the door?"

Yuigahama Yui quickly waved her hand to indicate that she didn't need any gifts, and tried her best to invite the three people in.

At this moment, the door of Yuigahama Yui's house opened, and a charming woman appeared at the door. She looked like a larger version of Yuigahama Yui. One could tell at a glance that they were definitely mother and daughter.

"Ah, Yui, are you bringing friends back? Why don't you invite them in?"

"I'm back, Mom. I'll be in right away."

Come on, now that the parents have come out to invite us, it would be unreasonable not to go in.

After entering the house, the sound of the dog barking became clearer. In the living room, a crooked-necked evil spirit was sitting on the TV, its disgusting head spinning 360 degrees.

In one corner, there was a dachshund locked in a cage, barking at the TV non-stop. It seemed that the dog could really see evil spirits.

But since the dog could see the evil spirit and kept barking at it, why didn't the evil spirit eat it? Could it be that the evil spirit is not interested in dog meat? Or does the evil spirit only like to eat humans?

At this time, both Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino saw the evil spirit sitting on the TV, and both of them moved away from the TV without saying a word.

But when the evil spirit saw someone entering the house, it actually got down from the TV and asked everyone one by one: "Can you see me?"

Here it comes, this line again.

Just then, Yuigahama Yui's mother went to prepare tea, and Yuigahama Yui was about to get some snacks. The evil spirit was staring at Yukinoshita Yukino, asking repeatedly if he had seen her. This was an opportunity, so there was no need to worry about Yuigahama and her mother noticing anything unusual, so Takahashi Takumi quickly took action.

"Chichi!"

There was a sound of electric explosion, and the palm flashing with black lightning directly pierced through the chest of the crooked-necked evil spirit, and the black electric current spread instantly.

“Oh…”

The evil spirit screamed and turned into ashes. It was so vulnerable. If it had known it was so weak, there would have been no need to use black thunder.

"Are you really alright? Takahashi-kun, black lightning appeared on your hand? Where's that blue and white armored man from before?"

Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino thought that Takahashi Takumi would summon the steel chain fingers to kill the evil spirit, but unexpectedly, he did not do it this time. Instead, he took action himself, and it was the hand of lightning. How did he do it?

"This is my ability. It evolved into this."

One lie requires another hundred lies to cover it up. Takahashi Takumi has experienced this saying, but now he can tell it without blushing or beating his heart, without worrying about being exposed.

As soon as we destroyed the evil spirit, the dachshund in the corner stopped barking.

Seeing this situation, Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino both thought that the dog could see evil spirits. It was because evil spirits often followed people and wanted to eat them, so it barked at people to drive away the evil spirits and protect its owner.

At this time, Yuigahama Yui came out with a bunch of snacks, and her mother also came over with tea.

"Hehe, these are all my favorite snacks, don't be shy, come and try them."

"Yuyi, don't eat too much, or you'll gain weight.

Hey, why is it so quiet? Oh, Sabre stopped barking.

Yuigahama Yui's mother suddenly noticed that Sabue's crazy barking was no longer in the house. She ran over to check in surprise. Sure enough, Sabue was wagging its tail at him wildly and no longer barking.

"Really? That's great."

Yuigahama Yui also ran over, picked up Sabue from the cage, hugged him and cried with joy.

"What's going on? As soon as your friends arrived, Sabre stopped barking. Could it be that he's tired of Yui and wants a new owner?"

This is what a housewife who has watched too many eight o'clock dramas said.

"Impossible, Sabre likes me the most."

Before he could finish his words, Sabue suddenly broke free from Yuigahama Yui's arms, ran to Takahashi Takumi's feet, fell to the ground whimpering, and exposed his belly to Takahashi Takumi.

"Ah, it seems like it really likes Takahashi-kun."

Yotsuya Miko also squatted down and touched its head and said enviously, while Yukinoshita Yukino took two steps back and hid behind Takahashi Takumi.

"How could this be?" Yuigahama Yui watched as the dog she had raised for several years suddenly abandoned her and ran to the feet of a person she just met to show his affection. Could it be that the dog was really tired of her as her mother said and wanted to find a new owner?

"Ok?"

Takahashi Takumi looked at the dachshund and suddenly noticed something unusual. There seemed to be some kind of weak energy emanating from the dog's stomach, and this energy seemed to be something he had seen before.

That's right, this energy is very similar to the energy that emerged from Anji Basin when the EH chat group recovered its power, and it even has a certain rhythm. If it's the same energy, why is it appearing in the dog's stomach?

Could it be that this energy was causing it? That shouldn't be the case, since Anji Penzi didn't see the evil spirit, so it was the rhythm of this energy? Or is it because Sabre is a dog, and different species have clairvoyance?

Is it because of this energy that the evil spirit stayed in Yuigahama's house?

Of course, the most important thing is how did this energy get into the dog's stomach? It seems that I need to ask Yuigahama Yui about this.

"what's wrong?"

Yotsuya Miko saw Takahashi Takumi standing there in a daze, frowning, wondering what he was thinking.

"fine"

Takahashi Takumi looked at Yuigahama Yui and her mother and decided not to tell them about this.

At this time, Yuigahama Yui suggested going to her room, and without caring about her mother's jealous expression, she carried Sabrel and went into her room.

"Thank you. How did you do it? Sabre stopped barking as soon as he arrived."

As soon as they entered, Yuigahama Yui apologized happily and asked curiously.

"The problem hasn't been completely resolved and the symptoms could return. It's important to know if Sabre had eaten anything special before the barking episode began."

Hearing Takahashi Takumi's words, Yuigahama Yui's smile disappeared instantly.

Chapter 51: Clues Are Hard to Find

Yuigahama Yui held her head and thought hard for a while, but still said with a confused look on her face:

"It's been a month, and I have no idea what it's eaten. It usually eats the same brand of dog food and some of my meals, nothing special."

It's over. Yuigahama doesn't seem like the kind of person who has a good memory. Especially for something as small as the puppy eating, she probably doesn't even remember what happened three days ago.

At this time, Yotsuya Miko was also looking down at Sabrel carefully, and Sabrel was also looking at Miko motionlessly.

"Prosperity"

In the end, Sabre was no match for Yotsuya Miko, and was defeated. He was the first to speak, and stretched out his tongue to sweeten Miko's hand. Just when Sabre opened his mouth, Yotsuya Miko saw that there was a faint black mist in Sabre's mouth. It was very thin and could not be found without careful observation.

The abnormality was discovered, but the problem could not be solved. After all, Yotsuya Miko had no way to take out the contents of Sabre's stomach.

We still don't know what's in its stomach, and it's still there after a month. It's obviously not something that can be solved by just giving it laxatives. Surgery... well, forget it. It's not appendectomy.

Just when Yotsuya was in a dilemma, Yuigahama Yui seemed to realize that Sabre had a stomachache, so she quickly asked:

"Did it eat something that caused this? Now can we take the food out of its stomach? Will Sabre be able to return to normal?"

"That's about right, but it's not so easy to get the contents out of its stomach."

He used his mental energy to focus on his eyes to activate his ability: Condensation. At this time, Takahashi Takumi discovered that there was a small ball of black energy wrapped around Sabrel's heart, beating along with Sabrel's heart.

Although this ball of black energy did not cause any special harm to Sabrel, it was obvious that Sabrel's heart was affected to a certain extent. I believe that in two and a half months, it will become more manic due to the pressure on its heart, and eventually die in a coma.

It seems that because of the influence of this black energy, Sabre will die regardless of whether it is sent out by Yuigahama Yui's family or not.

If Sabre didn't accidentally eat something dirty, then someone had deliberately targeted him. Who could it be? Who would be so careless as to specifically target a dog?

"So what should I do? Takahashi-san, Yotsuya-san, and Yukinoshita-san, since you know what's going on, you must have a solution, right? Please help me!"

Seeing Yuigahama Yui's anxious expression, about to cry, Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but go up to comfort her:

"Don't worry, we will definitely try our best to help, don't worry"

After saying that, he turned to look at Takahashi Takumi, made eye contact and asked if there was any solution.

"Ahem, there are ways, but I haven't tried them, so I don't know if they'll work. It would be bad if your Sabre got hurt. Also, maybe asking some famous temples' high monks, abbots, or priests to purify it would be fine."

That's right, these are the ways. If we give these malicious negative energies to people with high expertise in spells, they will definitely be able to deal with them. Monks like Onmyoji can also purify them. Of course, whether others can help is not discussed here.

The simplest and most direct method is for Takumi Takahashi to use his mental energy to consume the black energy, but this is risky because it is in the heart area after all, and Sabre might be killed if he is not careful.

After hearing Takahashi Takumi's words, even Yuigahama Yui knew that she could only rely on her classmates. After all, the bigwigs in the shrines and temples were unlikely to help a commoner like her, especially for a dog. If she really asked for help, she might be beaten out the moment she opened her mouth.

Although there was no other way out, Sabre was still fine. Any method would risk causing Sabre to get hurt. And from what Takahashi Takumi said, it seemed that it was more than just an injury. This made Yuigahama Yui hesitate and ask:

"So, Takahashi-san, what are you going to do?"

"Well, this is a family secret. It is inconvenient to disclose it. Please forgive me."

These words left Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino dumbfounded. "When did you come up with this secret?" It was so spontaneous. However, they both knew it was inconvenient to reveal it to Yuigahama Yui, so they nodded in agreement.

"What should we do? Should we start now? Should I go out and avoid it?"

Although she had just met the three people in front of her today, it was an undeniable fact that Sabue was fine as soon as the three of them arrived. For Sabue, Yuigahama Yui had no choice but to believe them.

"No, just turn around and don't peek."

After Yuigahama Yui turned around, Takahashi Takumi sat on the floor and stretched out his hand. Sabre was not shy and ran over to rub his head against her.

Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino walked behind Yuigahama Yui and formed a human wall to prevent her from peeking, and both of them wanted to see what Takumi Takahashi was going to do.

In order to prevent Sabre from moving around later, Takumi Takahashi could only let it sleep first.

He stretched out his finger to the top of its head, and Sabrei still stretched his head towards it obediently. However, Takahashi Takumi's finger suddenly emitted an arc of electricity, and Sabrei fell asleep like a baby.

They had seen black lightning coming out of Takahashi Takumi's palms and killing evil spirits in the living room before, so when they saw ordinary lightning-like arcs coming out of Takahashi Takumi's fingers this time, Jianzi and the others were not surprised.

Sabre lay motionless on the floor. Takahashi Takumi placed his hand over his heart, and his Mind Qi slowly enveloped his entire body, then gradually penetrated deeper, leaving only the heart. This way, the energy was completely trapped, and the Mind Qi then seeped into Sabre's heart through his blood vessels.

The psychic energy and the black energy squeezed each other where they met, showing no signs of melting away. Takahashi Takumi then tried to slowly separate it from Sabre's heart.

I pulled it slowly, luckily it really worked, otherwise I would have to use electrotherapy. If it doesn't obey, I would use the Thunder King's tricks. I just don't know if Sabre would be burned to a crisp in the end.

Now the black energy wrapped in mental energy finally left Sabre's body. Inside the ball of mental energy emitting a bright white light was a black energy ball the size of a lychee.

Takahashi Takumi held it in his palm and observed it carefully. The energy of this compressed ball seemed to have some unknown rhythm. He originally thought that it was affected by Sabre's heartbeat, but now it seems that it may be formed by some kind of magic.

After some investigation, no information about its source was found. It seems that the mastermind behind its creation is really careful and has a strong anti-reconnaissance awareness.

Chapter 52: An Old Friend Appears

But how did such a specially crafted energy appear in Sabre's body? It couldn't have just picked it up from random garbage. And it certainly wasn't simply a stream of energy that Sabre initially consumed. Did someone deliberately force it to consume it?

Since there was no other useful information, the mental energy in his hand directly turned into violent lightning. After a crackling sound of electric arcs, the black lychee completely disappeared.

Yuigahama Yui, who was behind, suddenly heard the sound of an electrical appliance overloaded and burned out. She was so scared that she wanted to look back, but she remembered that she had promised not to peek, so she covered her ears and waited for the final result.

"Hey, it's okay."

Just when Yuigahama Yui was feeling uneasy, Takumi Takahashi's voice reached her ears.

When she heard that everything was fine, she quickly opened her eyes, and what she saw was Sabrel. At this time, Sabrel, the dachshund, was being grabbed by the scruff of the neck by Takahashi Takumi and placed in front of her. Sabrel was still wagging its tail and whimpering.

"Really? Thank you so much."

After saying that, he hugged Sabre and giggled.

"I have some preliminary guesses about Sabre's situation. I have a few questions I'd like to ask. Do you mind?"

It is difficult to find effective clues relying solely on Yuigahama Yui's memories, so this time she can only rely on Takahashi Takumi to ask.

"Oh, sure, just ask."

"You said Sabre got into trouble on the first day of school, so who was the student it hit?"

"Hey, it's your classmate Hikigaya Hachiman. Is there something wrong with him?"

It turned out to be Mr. Hachiman, so we can basically rule out the possibility of revenge for the accident that day. After all, Hachiman Hikigaya would not do such a thing, and judging from his performance in school, Hachiman Hikigaya is still an ordinary student in daily life, without any super powers, so it is impossible for him to cause such a supernatural incident.