On the other side.
Dong Ye Zheng, carrying 300,000 yuan in cash, strolled leisurely along the bustling streets.
He came to a commercial district.
First, he bought a phone and a prepaid SIM card.
Then, he walked and looked around.
"Maid cafe, hehe…"
"Japanese girl group live performance!"
"Arcade!"
"Madam of the red-light district!"
"Streetwalkers, the real deal!"
"Uh… Shrine Maiden, real shaving service?"
Dong Ye Zheng was seeing things he'd never seen before.
After wandering around, he stopped in front of a light novel store, staring at a poster with a thoughtful expression.
"'Love Beat' release announcement?"
"Isn't this Xia Lao Fei's work?"
"So, this world…"
Dong Ye Zheng pondered, taking out his phone.
He searched and found the answer.
Sōbu High – Oregairu.
Private Toyosaki Academy – Saekano.
Tōtsuki Culinary Academy – Food Wars!
Shijou Family – Kaguya-sama: Love is War.
Shimokitazawa – Bocchi the Rock!
…
"Besides that, there are dangerous things here," Dong Ye Zheng put down his phone, raising an eyebrow.
He leaned against the railing, looking down from above.
The four-story commercial building was bustling and bright, filled with shops and customers.
It seemed peaceful and ordinary.
But in Dong Ye Zheng's eyes, there were blurry black shadows.
These shadows muttered in low voices, hovering around passersby.
【Can you see me…】
【Can you see me…】
【You can see me…】
"Shimotsu Yotsuko?"
Dong Ye Zheng narrowed his eyes, continuing to scan.
Besides the blurry black shadows, there were many strange, flesh-like masses.
These masses resembled insects, but they had eyes, noses, and mouths.
Some even had strong bodies, like mutated beasts.
These things moved freely between floors and walls, occasionally resting on the shoulders of passersby.
The strange thing was that no one noticed their existence.
"Cursed Spirits?"
Dong Ye Zheng was speechless, this world was too messed up.
Like a cesspool.
There were so many disgusting things, how could ordinary people survive?
"Fortunately, I'm not ordinary," Dong Ye Zheng clenched his fist, casually swinging it back.
【屈人之威！】 (Qū Rén Zhī Wēi! – "To Intimidate and Overpower!")
Bang!
Behind him, a black shadow over three meters tall, chattering incessantly in his ear, exploded into countless fragments.
The power of the Setti template allowed Dong Ye Zheng to harm these intangible beings.
Don't ask why.
It's a cheat!
Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…
The moment Dong Ye Zheng made his move, all the black shadows within a hundred meters disappeared.
The area was suddenly empty.
It became incredibly "clean".
"It suddenly feels warmer?"
"I feel it too!"
"Did the mall's air conditioning break down?"
"Not really, it feels like a different kind of warmth…"
"Strange."
Passersby walked by curiously.
They were ordinary people, unable to see the shadows, unaware of what Dong Ye Zheng had done.
In their eyes.
Dong Ye Zheng just swung his hand back, that's all.
They couldn't see the massive black shadow that Dong Ye Zheng had blown apart.
Except…
From a distance on the same floor, a high school girl who had just come out of the restroom, stared wide-eyed at Dong Ye Zheng, disbelief in her eyes.
It was as if something incredible had happened to Dong Ye Zheng.
She had seen it!
She had seen a three-meter-tall ghostly figure blown to smithereens by a casual punch from the boy leaning on the railing.
Then, the surrounding ghosts scattered and fled.
A large area centered around the boy suddenly became clean!
Not a single ghost!
"That…"
Shimotsu Yotsuko's heart raced, her hand reaching out as if to call out.
"Yotsuko, let's go."
Suddenly, a voice from behind interrupted her.
"Huh?"
Yotsuko instinctively turned around, seeing her best friend, Yurikawa Hana, emerge from the restroom, smiling and waving at her.
They had planned to go shopping together today.
"Oh, oh…"
Yotsuko nodded, quickly looking back at the railing.
But with Hana's interruption.
The boy was no longer there by the railing.
"Gone?!"
Yotsuko's pupils dilated, looking around anxiously.
But no matter where she looked, she couldn't find the boy.
"What's wrong, Yotsuko?" Yurikawa Hana asked curiously, "Are you looking for someone?"
"I…"
Yotsuko bit her lip in frustration.
She had missed someone important!
That person could directly kill ghosts invisible to ordinary people!
If she had asked the boy for help, maybe she could have solved her long-standing problem.
"Nothing."
Yotsuko remained silent for a few seconds, sighing and shaking her head at Hana, "Let's go."
Missed it, it's gone.
Although it was Hana's interruption that caused it, it wasn't Hana's fault.
Who would have thought that a casual shopping day would lead them to someone who could kill ghosts?
"Let's go, let's go!"
Hana put her arm around Yotsuko, excitedly heading towards the next store.
Yotsuko was dragged along, thinking to herself, 'He came to this mall, so he must live nearby?'
'Maybe I can meet him again!'
'I've decided, I'll come shopping here every day after school and on weekends!'
Yotsuko made a silent decision.
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