“The ghosts around the park are all dead.”
Shigatani Miko, excited, clenched her fist and looked around, her expression even more joyful.
“The weaker ones have all run away… that’s great!”
“My neighborhood is clean!”
“There won’t be any ghosts bothering me, asking if I can see them anymore!”
Shigatani Miko cheered happily, her voice small.
Next to her.
Yurikawa Hana hesitated to pour cold water on her friend’s enthusiasm.
But she had to interrupt her friend’s cheerfulness, worrying: “But Miko, by your own admission, ghosts can’t be killed. So even if they’re cleared out now, more will still come later.”
Shigatani Miko’s expression froze.
The smile on her face disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
“You’re right, Hana, there will be new ghosts,” Shigatani Miko nodded dejectedly, then shook her head: “But it’s good that it’s clean for now.”
“At least for the next few days, I’ll have some peace.”
“I won’t have to be anxious going home and to school.”
Yurikawa Hana nodded in agreement: “Yeah, being able to have peace for a while is already incredibly difficult, since Higashiya-kun can’t possibly kill every ghost in the world.”
“I can’t indeed kill all the ghosts in the world.”
Higashiya Masamune’s voice suddenly came through.
The two were startled and quickly looked up, this was a distance of more than fifty meters, after all.
Why did Higashiya Masamune’s voice sound like it was right beside them?
“Just a small trick of voice transmission.”
In the park, Higashiya Masamune looked at the two, waving to them, and said: “But I have a way to make the area around Shigatani’s house stay clean for a longer period of time.”
“Eh!” *2
The two were both very surprised.
“Re-really can you do that?” Shigatani Miko asked, somewhat excitedly.
“Administrator-san, don’t push yourself,” Yurikawa Hana worried.
“You’ll see for yourself.”
Higashiya Masamune smiled and turned toward a certain direction.
“Over there!?”
Shigatani Miko looked in that direction and was so surprised that she covered her mouth.
A shadowy figure, three or four stories high, like a slender black giant, slowly stood up.
The giant had a pair of blood-red eyes.
It seemed to have been awakened by Higashiya Masamune’s power and turned to look, its eyes radiating intense malice, the hatred and jealousy of the dead for the living.
“So scary…”
Shigatani Miko’s breath caught in her throat, cold sweat pouring down her forehead.
Even though the ghost wasn’t focused on her, she felt a strong sense of oppression, her entire body bristling with goosebumps, as if she had encountered a natural predator.
“What’s wrong, Miko?”
Yurikawa Hana saw her suddenly show a scared expression and quickly stepped forward to hug her, worriedly asking.
“A-a very terrifying ghost… more terrifying than any I’ve ever seen!” Shigatani Miko said in a trembling voice: “It’s in the direction Higashiya-kun went!”
“What?” Yurikawa Hana was shocked, looking over in confusion: “What is the Administrator-san trying to do?”
“It seems like… he wants to defeat that ghost.” Shigatani Miko’s face was filled with anxiety.
Is Higashiya-kun okay against such a terrifying ghost?
Don’t get hurt!
…
Ahead.
Higashiya Masamune strode forward, coming to the front of the three-story tall, slender ghost.
Crackle! Crackle!
Crackle! Crackle!
The power lines around the area made noise, and the lights in dozens of nearby homes flickered.
The circuit was having problems.
The power of the supernatural was actually clearly interfering with reality, affecting the environment.
【Heh! Heh!】
The slender ghost grinned, laughing hoarsely.
Its power was very strong, and every time it went out, it would cause the power lines around it to short circuit.
It therefore often hid itself, lest it attract attention.
【Hmm?】
But soon, the slender ghost noticed something, frowning as it looked left and right.
Its expression changed slightly.
Its own power had not yet spread out, so why were the power lines starting to short circuit?
“Did you notice?”
Higashiya Masamune chuckled softly, his confidence bursting out of him, forming a visible aura that boiled violently around him.
A fierce and domineering aura swept over hundreds of meters, causing the lights of nearby residents to all go out.
“It’s not your power affecting the surroundings, it’s mine!”
Higashiya Masamune stretched out a hand, his five fingers grabbing towards the ghost.
He was clearly shorter than the ghost, but as his five fingers stretched out, it was as if they were reaching down from above, grabbing heavily onto it.
Boom!
The ghost’s eyes widened, and in its eyes, Higashiya Masamune’s aura exploded, his grabbing five fingers like a mountain, falling from the sky, heavily landing on it.
【No…!!】
The slender ghost let out a piercing shriek.
The air vibrated, and the sound waves spread out.
They actually formed a tangible sound, reaching the ears of nearby residents.
“So noisy, who’s yelling?”
“My ears hurt!”
“What kind of ghost cry is that, too much!”
“It’s giving me a headache!”
The residents all covered their ears.
Far away.
On the small hill.
Shigatani Miko and Yurikawa Hana covered their ears in time.
Even so, they still felt their bodies shake, as if they had been swept by the sound waves of a giant speaker, their internal organs trembling.
This sound wave was unpleasant for ordinary people.
But it couldn’t affect Higashiya Masamune.
“No use.”
Higashiya Masamune exhaled softly, his palm undoubtedly landing.
Bang!
He grabbed the slender ghost, his confidence like a mountain, crushing the ghost’s power.
“Drink!”
Higashiya Masamune grabbed the ghost and turned around, leaping violently.
One man and one ghost, like cannonballs, were launched into the sky, flying over a distance of a hundred meters, heavily crashing into the former children’s park.
Bang!!
【Astonishing】!
The park’s ground directly exploded into a pit the size of a house, like a meteorite landing, splattering countless dust.
From the dust, a shock wave carrying confidence spread outward.
This shock wave was extremely violent, instantly sweeping over a hundred streets, flipping countless debris, and sweeping out to a thousand meters.
Along the way, all hidden ghosts were forced out.
Then, under the power of confidence, they scattered and shattered, disappearing into nothingness.
This was the power of 【Astonishing】.
After grabbing the enemy and slamming down, the enemy’s life would be crushed by confidence, turning into an explosive force.
This explosive force would spread outward, forming a terrifying shock wave.
Anything that Higashiya Masamune considered an ‘enemy’ in the area swept by the shock wave would be harmed, strangled and shattered by confidence.
“Now, it’s completely clean.”
Higashiya Masamune stood in the large pit he had made, surveying the surroundings, and nodded in satisfaction.
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