As Hiratsuka Shizuka was surprised.
Ahead.
Yano had already stopped the car and got out with Yukino.
Seeing this, Hiratsuka Shizuka could only stop her car.
Before the three of them could stand firm, a project manager walked out from the construction site, his face full of flattering smiles, and said, "Miss, you are so late to inspect, it's really hard work."
Yano was slightly surprised.
She didn't intend to alarm anyone, but unexpectedly, the project manager came out to greet her as soon as she arrived.
Yano couldn't refuse, so she politely said, "I just came to take a look."
She didn't notice.
Hiratsuka Shizuka, behind her, saw the project manager, and her pupils trembled like an earthquake.
"Miss, don't worry, although the construction site hasn't started, the preparatory work has been going on." The project manager patted his chest and said, "Just waiting for you to find a high monk or an Onmyoji to perform a grand ceremony to send away those unclean things!"
"Don't worry, I've already found a professional in this area." Yano smiled when she heard this.
"Oh?" A strange color flashed in the project manager's eyes.
Yano was about to say something else.
Suddenly, Hiratsuka Shizuka's voice came from behind.
"Yano, come and take a look at this."
"Shizuka?" Yano turned her head in confusion, her eyes instantly narrowed.
She saw Hiratsuka Shizuka holding her phone, seemingly trying to show her something, but there was no sign of Higashiya Masaru beside her.
Yano instantly sensed that something unexpected had happened.
"Excuse me." She apologized to the project manager and pulled Yukino towards Hiratsuka Shizuka.
Yukino also sensed something amiss and quietly allowed Yano to pull her.
"Miss, please do whatever you want." The project manager smiled with a gentle expression.
After walking a few steps further.
Yano came to Hiratsuka Shizuka's side and looked down at the phone.
"Yano, Yukino..."
Hiratsuka Shizuka spoke softly, unintentionally touching them with her hand.
Swish!
Suddenly, both of them felt their bodies tremble.
A familiar power flowed into their bodies, making them feel twice as strong, full of energy, as if they could beat a bull to death right now.
This was Higashiya Masaru's power.
"Control your expressions, and then look at the project manager and the construction site." Hiratsuka Shizuka whispered.
Yano and Yukino felt their hearts tighten.
They took a gentle breath, prepared themselves mentally, and looked back.
"!?"
They saw that the project manager, who had a gentle smile on his face, had a thin spider thread connected to the back of his neck.
Not only that!
The spider thread grew along the flesh, filling the project manager's body.
It was like a big net, with each thread woven by a spider, connecting all the joints of the project manager's body.
In other words.
This project manager was already dead!
It was actually the spider curse spirit that was talking to them now!
"!?"
Even though Yano and Yukino had prepared themselves mentally, they were still shocked, their breathing hitching.
'Everything he said to me was a performance by the curse spirit?' A huge wave arose in Yano's heart, 'Is this the cunning and wisdom Higashiya said!'
'So scary!'
'It's clearly a puppet, but it's no different from a living person!'
Thinking about it, all the workers, managers, and supervisors she had encountered on the construction site were puppets controlled by the spider curse spirit, and Yano felt chills run down her spine, her hands and feet turning ice-cold.
Even inviting people to perform a ceremony was a performance by the spider curse spirit!
Such wisdom was no different from that of humans!
"Sister..."
Yukino gently pulled Yano's sleeve, her expression stiff.
"What's wrong..." Yano was about to ask what was wrong, but when she looked up, she instantly lost her voice.
Spider threads...
Hundreds and thousands of spider threads were floating in the air!
They were dense and intertwined, like a cage, locking down the entire construction site!
"What kind of joke is this?"
Yano's pupils constricted, as if she had been doused with a bucket of cold water, and all the blood in her body froze.
The construction site had become the curse spirit's nest without her knowledge.
Everyone who set foot on the construction site was its prey.
'Higashiya-kun, are you okay?' Yano couldn't help but worry about Higashiya Masaru's safety.
With such a large number of puppets, Higashiya Masaru alone might be in danger!
Yano felt fear.
She wanted to tell Higashiya Masaru to leave and find more people to deal with this curse spirit.
However, Higashiya Masaru was nowhere to be seen.
"What's wrong, Miss?"
The project manager suddenly grinned, but his eyes were exceptionally cold, like a wild beast: "Are you afraid?"
As he spoke.
Countless spider threads moved in the air.
One puppet after another walked out of the construction site, their eyes blank and dull, staring silently at Yano and the others.
"Why are you afraid?"
"Did you discover something?"
"You and your younger sister, you seem to be looking at the top... What's so interesting up there, besides my spider threads?"
The project manager sneered, roaring loudly.
"!!"
Yano and Yukino's faces changed drastically.
Swish!
One puppet after another suddenly rushed out, charging towards Yano and the others.
At the same time, the thread behind Yano's neck trembled slightly, seemingly wanting to completely turn her into a puppet.
"Run!"
Hiratsuka Shizuka shouted, rushed forward, grabbed the two of them, and turned to run.
"Hee hee hee, you can't escape." The project manager let out a shrill laugh, "Be good and turn into my puppets..."
Bang!!
Suddenly, a dull thunderous explosion echoed through the construction site.
A huge cloud of dust flew up.
"Who are you?"
The project manager's face froze, and in the next instant, his expression suddenly became dazed.
Bang bang bang!
In the air, countless spider threads snapped.
The puppets that were charging towards Yano and the others suddenly stopped their movements, like human mannequins, falling to the ground due to the inertia of their forward momentum.
Snap!
At the same time, the power in Yano's body spontaneously activated, pulling the spider thread behind her neck out by the root, ejecting it from her body.
"Huh?"
Yano suddenly felt her body relax, and the faint sense of obstruction disappeared.
"Sister, the spider thread behind your neck is gone!" Yukino exclaimed with joy.
"Really?"
Yano's face lit up with joy, she turned her head to look behind her, and then reached out to touch it.
It was really gone!
"It's great!" Yano was incredibly excited, her body even trembling because of it, "That cursed thing is finally gone!"
Knowing that she had a spider thread stuck to the back of her neck, she had been shrouded in fear.
Thinking about being turned into a puppet made Yano shiver.
But for the sake of completely resolving the curse spirit, she had endured it.
"It's okay now." Hiratsuka Shizuka stepped forward and hugged her, saying gently, "Higashiya will help you solve all the problems."
"Hmm..." Yano responded softly.
Her tense body slowly relaxed.
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