Futaba Rio frowned slightly and lowered her voice.
"You mean, you can help us. Even if this approaching evil spirit escapes, we can still find its trace through your red line?"
"exactly."
"So...what is the price we need to pay?"
Hearing this, the god of Itomori Town immediately formed a slightly flattering speech,
"Don't worry about that. Lord Yexing has already paid for it."
When Futaba Rio saw this, her brows furrowed even more.
"Did you know that he was trapped in the other world?"
"know."
"Can you see what's happening in the other world?"
"can not see."
"Then aren't you worried that you spent so much effort, but in the end Ye Xing died in the other world, and in the end it was all in vain?"
The red silk thread first formed a smiley face, and then formed a sentence next to it, leaving Amano Haruna and Futaba Rio speechless with abstract words.
"My main concern to Lord Yexing is trust!"
"The invincible, unruly, extraordinary, great and strongest exorcist, Lord Ye Xing, will surely return safely from the other world..."
Seeing that the god of Itomori Town was constantly flattering him, Futaba Rio quickly raised her hand to stop him, rolling her eyes and complaining.
"No, he's not here. What's the point of you flattering him?"
"Hehehe, just tell him when the time comes, and he'll know."
Futaba Rio sighed and couldn't help thinking in her heart.
Could it be that Night Star also has a physique that attracts abstract things?
Is there such a god?
"Well."
Since Amano Haruna knows the god of Itomori Town, and he helped Yotsuya Miko in a critical moment, that is enough to prove his identity as a friendly force.
Futaba Rio nodded slightly, looked at the metal door in front of her, took off her glasses, tied her hair into a high ponytail with a hairband, and then walked forward slowly without hesitation.
As she approached the gate, the malicious spiritual power outside the gate was getting closer and closer.
Until the end...
There is only a security door between the two.
"Go ahead, bone girl."
The moment Futaba Rio gave the order, the Bone Girl walked straight through the security door in front of her. Several bone spurs extended from her wide kimono and stabbed forward.
This can also be seen from the number of bone spurs.
The current Bone Girl is far from recovering to her peak condition due to the mental and physical exhaustion of Rio Futaba. Not only the number of bone spurs, but also her attack power has decreased.
"Oh? This is what you call a psychic?"
Standing outside the door was a woman wearing jeans and a white shirt, about thirty years old. She was neither pretty nor ugly, the kind of ordinary woman who no one would even glance at in a crowd.
And she...or should I say it, faced with the attack launched by the Bone Girl, that ordinary face, instantly changed into a hideous ghost face, and her hands quickly stretched out and directly grabbed the first two bone spurs that extended over.
"Clap."
Accompanied by a crisp breaking sound, the hard bone spurs formed by high-intensity spiritual power extended by the Bone Girl were directly broken by the ghost-faced woman!
Not only the Bone Girl's expression changed.
The true body of the soul was hurt. As the user, Futaba Rio also felt the severe pain from the soul. She endured it and did not cry out, but just clenched her teeth and said.
"Keep going, bone girl!"
The bone girl endured the pain of part of her body being broken and continued to attack the ghost-faced woman.
"Not as strong as I thought."
The woman with the ghost face took a few steps back and stood at the elevator door. Her human face and ghost face changed alternately with the flickering sunlight outside the window, looking extremely weird.
"Is this what they call a psychic, and what they call the embodiment of the soul?"
The ghost-faced woman looked at the bone girl, whose bones had become dull in color, almost light gray, and the mockery on her face became more and more obvious.
"If it's just like this... it's really boring."
Just as it finished speaking, a ding sound suddenly came from the elevator behind it.
What followed was Yotsuya Miko's emotionless and flat words, and the sound of a long sword cutting through the air.
"You are the boring one."
"clang!"
The ghost-faced woman raised her left arm directly. Although she looked like a human body, when it collided with the light golden blade of Mikazuki Munechika, a sound of metal clashing was heard.
"You...are the strongest one..."
The ghost-faced woman pressed her left arm forward, and two strange horns gradually grew on her head. Her face became more and more hideous, and a jealous twist appeared in her eyes.
Yotsuya Kenko showed no sign of weakness. His golden eyes stared directly at the opponent's ghost face. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and the Sangetsu Munechika in his hand did not retreat but advanced instead, and a faint golden spiritual light burst out from his body.
"The strongest one... has not appeared yet. When he comes out, you will know what true terror is."
"come out?"
The ghost-faced woman raised a cruel smile and spoke slowly.
"From now on, there will be no more 'doors'. That exorcist will never be able to come out of the inner world in his lifetime."
At this point, the ghost-faced woman heard the sound of the security door opening behind her. A ghost face also appeared on the back of her head, and she looked directly at Futaba Rio who pushed the door open.
"Just saying hello to you guys."
The two ghost masks spoke at the same time, their voices mixed together, creating a harsh feeling that was irritating and disgusting.
"Your bodies and spiritual powers will all be mine."
After saying this, before the red silk thread of the god of the town could be tied to it, the ghost-faced woman flashed and jumped out of the window next to her, disappearing without a trace.
..........
Five minutes later, in Touma Kazusa's home, in an empty room covered with soundproofing cotton, which was usually used to practice piano.
Among them are Futaba Rio, Yotsuya Miko, Yuigahama Yui, Hachisha-sama, Sakurajima Mai, Amano Haruna, and the newly promoted psychic Yukinoshita Haruno, all of whom are among them.
As for the rest of the members...
Yotsuya Miko decided not to tell them about this discussion for the time being.
After all, the other members are just ordinary people. This is different from a trip to Tokyo or the usual commissions of the Superpower Society. It is a real battle between psychics and evil spirits.
There is no need to put such heavy psychological pressure on them.
“I know everyone is tired.”
Futaba Rio looked at the tired members in front of her, pushed her glasses, and said lightly.
"But before we rest, we still have a lot of information to sort out, the most important of which is the evil spirit we just encountered."
Yotsuya Miko, who was familiar with the ghost stories in Sakura Province, had already guessed the identity of the woman with the ghost face. After all, her appearance was so recognizable.
“It is Prajna.”
"Prajna?"
Hearing this name, Yuigahama Yui couldn't help but frown.
"Didn't Yexing kill one before during the operation at the Kyoto Municipal Kindergarten?"
"There is more than one Prajna."
Yotsuya Miko shook his head and sighed slightly.
"As long as there are still people who know the story of Prajna and are afraid of it, Prajna will continue to appear. As for this... the innate strength of the same type of evil spirit depends on which factors, we still don't know. We still know too little about this kind of existence."
Yukinoshita Haruno held her chin with one hand, looking bored.
"Why it happened is not important. What's important is how strong that guy is, right?"
"Very strong."
Yotsuya Miko and Futaba Rio gave the same evaluation.
"It's not surprising that my Bone Girl can't break through the defense. After all, I have consumed too much spiritual energy and my condition is really too bad."
"But even Mikazuki Munechika, who was a novice, could not cause any effective damage. Apart from anything else, the physical strength and power of this Prajna far exceeds that of the girl of Ugly Time."
Mai Sakurajima asked the most crucial question.
"Then is this Prajna the mastermind behind this?"
"No, I don't think that's likely."
Futaba Rio sighed, shook her head, and said thoughtfully.
"Human fears vary. It is difficult to determine the true identity of Prajna's other companion. I hope that there is only one companion left."
"There are countless ghost stories circulating around the world."
"Although the evil spirits that appeared this time are all based on stories in Sakura Province, it is not ruled out that the mastermind behind the scenes is a Western creature like a vampire or a werewolf."
"What's more... there is also the fear of disasters, weather, and certain atmospheres like the train. With so many possibilities, I can't analyze the other party's true identity at all, and there is no need to guess."
"As for the matter of the white door... let's deal with it one by one. We really need to solve the most urgent matter first."
After hearing Futaba Rio's analysis, Yukinoshita Haruno was silent for a few seconds and then suddenly spoke.
"Speaking of which... since we know that the other party's identity is Prajna, could it be that what it desires, or the target it prefers to choose, is similar to the legendary Prajna?"
Yotsuya Kenko immediately understood what Haruno meant.
"You mean... since it's Prajna, the targets it chooses will be the same as in the legend, young women and children?"
“I personally think that this is most likely the case.”
"That's an idea."
Futaba Rio tried to think more, but she felt that her brain was like a mess and her thinking had completely stagnated.
Yotsuya Miko noticed her expression, stood up and waved.
"Anyway, let's rest and recover our energy. If our strength continues to deplete, the next time we see Prajna, I'm afraid that guy alone will be enough to destroy us all."
"agree."
When the members left and returned to their rooms to rest, Futaba Rio stayed in the room with Yotsuya Miko.
silence.
This silence lasted for nearly half a minute.
Suddenly, tears appeared in Yotsuya Miko's golden eyes.
"Can Ye Xing... come back..."
"Ugh."
Futaba Rio sighed slightly, stood up and walked over, held Yotsuya Miko's head in her arms, stroked her long dark blue hair, and her petite body. At this moment, she became Yotsuya Miko's safe haven, and comforted her softly.
"Don't you know what evil spirits are like? We have tried so many ways to prevent the 'door' from appearing, but none of them worked. So what Prajna said about no more 'doors' appearing is just a trick to disturb our minds."
Yotsuya Miko raised her head with tears in her eyes, and for the first time in a long time, she showed that weak and pitiful expression.
"But..."
"Do not worry."
Futaba Rio took out a tissue from her arms, wiped the tears from Yotsuya Miko's face, and smiled.
"Don't you understand that guy's character?"
"Even if the 'door' didn't appear, he would eat a lot in the other world, accumulate enough strength, and then find a way to leave."
"Besides, if all else fails, I can always do what that killer ghost did, walk from Kyoto to Tokyo, leave the other world through the 'gate', and then take the train back."
