“Then what should I do?” Shikoku Mikoto asked hastily.
“Follow the feeling of your body, take good care of your eyes and use them well. You’ll slowly figure it out.” Higashi-no-Shou pointed to her eyes and said, “This is like a natural ability, a divine power. As long as you develop it, you can enjoy its benefits without being affected by its side effects.”
“Yes, I understand!” Shikoku Mikoto said excitedly.
She had been searching for so long, and finally someone had pointed her in the right direction.
“Wait, what are you talking about?”
Yurikawa Hana’s voice chimed in.
Higashi-no-Shou and Shikoku Mikoto turned their heads to look, only to see her with a surprised expression, a look of disbelief on her face.
Why are you guys so serious?
Mikoto's message wasn't adapted from a ghost story, was it?
Why do you guys talk with such confidence, as if it were real?
“Hana, it’s like this…” Shikoku Mikoto was silent for a few seconds, took a deep breath, feeling that it was time to tell her best friend the truth.
“Don't be nervous, just listen to me.”
“It’s like this…”
Shikoku Mikoto told her the story in detail.
From the time she opened her ‘Yin-Yang Eyes’ during her spring break, all the way to the present day.
Yurikawa Hana listened with a blank expression, unable to believe it.
She couldn’t help but ask, “This world… are there really ghosts?”
“Yes, they really exist!” Shikoku Mikoto nodded seriously, saying solemnly, “And as long as they realize you can see them, it’s like they are breaking free from their constraints, and they will attack you.”
“This…” Yurikawa Hana felt a chill run down her spine.
She cowered and looked around.
It was as if unseen ghosts were around her, drooling at her.
“It’s okay, Hana, Higashi-no-Shou is here, those ghosts won’t dare to come.” Shikoku Mikoto comforted her, saying, “And you can’t see them, they’re non-existent to you.”
Hearing the comfort, Yurikawa Hana calmed down a bit.
But she was still scared.
Anyone who knows that there are invisible ghosts around them would be terrified.
“You’ve had it rough, Mikoto.” Yurikawa Hana sighed and hugged Shikoku Mikoto.
Listening to her best friend, she realized what kind of hell Mikoto was living in.
She was surrounded by fear every day, living cautiously.
No wonder she had gone from being enthusiastic and cheerful to being cold and taciturn after her spring break, she had been wondering why.
“I’m fine, Hana.” Shikoku Mikoto smiled slightly.
She had long since gotten used to accepting all this.
They hugged each other for a while before letting go.
Higashi-no-Shou watched quietly from across the way, without interrupting.
After they calmed down, he spoke, “Let’s go, I’ll help you clear the ghosts around you.”
“Clean?” Shikoku Mikoto looked puzzled.
“Yes, it’s not a good thing to live in a pile of ghosts all the time.” Higashi-no-Shou stood up and said to her, “You need a safe environment to train the power of your eyes.”
“Really? Can you really do that?” Shikoku Mikoto asked in surprise.
“Just follow me and you’ll see.” Higashi-no-Shou left his seat.
Shikoku Mikoto turned her head and exchanged glances with Yurikawa Hana.
The two nodded vigorously and followed Higashi-no-Shou.
“Where do you live?”
After leaving the tea shop, Higashi-no-Shou casually asked.
“Uh, at ****.” Shikoku Mikoto didn’t think much of it and directly gave her home address.
“Hm.” Higashi-no-Shou nodded in response, and that was it.
Although Shikoku Mikoto and Yurikawa Hana were curious, they didn’t ask any further.
They just followed Higashi-no-Shou.
…
…
The three walked to Shikoku Mikoto’s neighborhood.
Higashi-no-Shou walked into a children’s park, stood on the slide, and looked around.
As far as his eyes could see.
The ghosts, demons, and cursed spirits within a kilometer radius were all within his sight.
“Higashi-no-Shou…?”
Shikoku Mikoto was a little scared and lightly pulled on Higashi-no-Shou’s sleeve.
After leaving the tea shop.
The ghosts came back.
This time the ghosts that came were even bigger shadows, with very strong power.
They were afraid of Higashi-no-Shou’s power and didn’t dare approach, but they didn’t run away in fear either.
They all stopped twenty meters away.
They looked at Higashi-no-Shou with fear and at Shikoku Mikoto and Yurikawa Hana with lust.
Yurikawa Hana was born with a strong life force, that is, abundant yang energy, which made the ghosts covet her.
Therefore, for Yurikawa Hana.
Not being able to see was actually a good thing.
“It’s okay, don’t worry.” Higashi-no-Shou reassured her, saying, “It’s going to get a little loud, you two go stand on that small hill over there.”
As he spoke, Higashi-no-Shou’s aura burst forth.
A powerful, fierce force swept across the ghosts present, causing them to change color, turn around and flee.
【We can’t win…】
【Such a strong human…】
【Run…】
But Higashi-no-Shou stretched out his palm, his five fingers grasping.
A vast suction force, like a deep tidal vortex, pulled the surrounding ghosts towards him, capturing them all in Higashi-no-Shou’s hand.
Bang!
Higashi-no-Shou’s strength shook slightly, sending the ghosts into a coma.
【Strong Hand Skull Splitter】!
Then, he punched back with his other hand.
His aura exploded, turning into real power that pierced through defenses, like a cannonball, striking into the group of ghosts.
Boom!!
The air vibrated, emitting a deafening roar.
In Shikoku Mikoto’s shocked gaze, dozens of powerful ghosts were shattered by Higashi-no-Shou’s punch, turning into a pile of debris.
“So… so powerful!”
Shikoku Mikoto was dumbfounded.
This scene, which looked like a Hollywood blockbuster, deeply shocked her.
She had never imagined that humans could actually resist ghosts, or even kill them!
The many exorcists she had come into contact with, only possessed a trace of spiritual power, and were only able to expel weak ghosts. But they were powerless against powerful ghosts.
Now, Higashi-no-Shou shattered her understanding.
‘With Higashi-no-Shou’s protection, I’m safe! ’ Shikoku Mikoto thought happily, feeling a strong sense of security.
Her gaze towards Higashi-no-Shou unknowingly became admiring and dependent.
“Mikoto…”
Yurikawa Hana hesitated next to her.
She couldn’t see ghosts, but her life force was strong, and she could faintly sense something.
Higashi-no-Shou’s grabbing and punching just now must have cleared the surrounding ghosts, because the faint coldness had disappeared.
Even she, who couldn’t see, couldn’t help but feel a sense of dependence.
Let alone Shikoku Mikoto, who saw it with her own eyes.
‘Seeing Higashi-no-Shou exorcise ghosts with her own eyes, Mikoto must be very relieved… After all, those ghosts have been tormenting her for so long.’ Yurikawa Hana sighed secretly.
‘For Mikoto, relying on Higashi-no-Shou may be a good thing.’
Thinking like this.
She swallowed back the words she had wanted to say.
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