Chapter 602: The Urban Legend of the Pen Spirit, the Valuable Pen Spirit (3/7, Requesting Subscription)

"A ghost!"

Fujiwara Chika, startled, grabbed Shiomi Kaguya's hand and wouldn't let go.

Sōsaka Ai moved instantly, standing before Shiomi Kaguya.

"Young Lady, let me try!"

Shiomi Kaguya nodded: "Sōsaka, be careful."

"Yes."

The next moment, a Taiji diagram glowed around Sōsaka Ai, spinning endlessly, drawing in the chilling aura and forming a blade of frost.

Fujiwara Chika, seeing this, felt most of her fear vanish, her eyes brightening.

"Wow, Kaguya, is Sōsaka this strong too?"

"Is this magic?"

Shiomi Kaguya explained softly: "It's not magic—it's martial cultivation."

"Martial cultivation?" Fujiwara Chika blinked. "Can martial cultivation do this?"

In her mind, martial cultivation was something like Aikido or "Wu-San-San" style.

Such martial arts could strengthen the body.

But reaching Sōsaka Ai's level? Clearly impossible!

"Kaguya's lying!"

Fujiwara Chika pouted!

On the other side.

Sōsaka Ai had already clashed with the ghostly pen spirit; her blade extended effortlessly, trapping the ghost in a web of light, while the Yin-Yang Taiji diagram eroded its power.

The ghost's form visibly grew erratic.

As if it had once possessed a body, now it was merely a phantom shadow.

"Young Lady, this ghost doesn't seem very powerful," Sōsaka Ai said while fighting.

Shiomi Kaguya nodded: "Don't forget how strong we are now—this is just a ghost. Sōsaka, since it's not dangerous, capture it."

Hearing this, Sōsaka Ai understood her Young Lady's intent.

She reached out, Yin-Yang Taiji energy appearing in her palm, enveloping the entire room.

The next instant, the Taiji contracted, sealing the ghost inside, finally condensing into a Taiji pearl the size of a dragon's eye.

"Young Lady, here you go!"

Sōsaka Ai held the pearl out to Shiomi Kaguya.

Shiomi Kaguya looked at Fujiwara Chika and said: "Chika, the ghost is dealt with—you can let go now."

Fujiwara Chika's eyes sparkled: "Sōsaka is amazing. Kaguya, I want to learn this too!"

"This…" Shiomi Kaguya hesitated.

Sōsaka Ai sniffed: "Senior Chika, this is a family technique of the Shiomi clan—not taught to outsiders."

"That's not fair~!" Fujiwara Chika slumped, dejectedly releasing Shiomi Kaguya's arm.

Shiomi Kaguya then took the Taiji pearl, thought once, and sent it to Shangcheng.

【You sold the urban legend: Pen Spirit, earning 10,000 points.】

"Huh? So much?" Shiomi Kaguya was stunned.

She had been in the chat group for a while and knew well how precious points were.

Ten thousand points—if this were before—could have bought tens of billions of yen.

Just a single pen spirit was worth this much?

She opened the chat group and recounted what had happened.

Shiomi Kaguya: "What's going on? Why is the pen spirit so expensive?"

Su Xiao: "Isn't a pen spirit just a ghost? What's special? There are plenty of ghost worlds in our chat group—never has a ghost been this expensive!"

Xiao Mai: "Yeah. I checked—the pen spirit doesn't seem special at all."

Zhang Taixuan: "No, because the pen spirit isn't an ordinary ghost—it's an urban legend. Once this one is captured, as long as the urban legend persists, the pen spirit will be reborn."

Zhang Taixuan: "This is probably one of the characteristics of your world, Kaguya."

Hu Yifei: "Even if it's an urban legend, it's still just a ghost."

Zhang Taixuan: "No, this pen spirit isn't an ordinary ghost—it's a rule-based ghost. It possesses many supernatural abilities: tracking, teleportation, invisibility, foresight, illusions. Where would a normal ghost get so many powers?"

Xiao Mai: "Uh… the pen spirit's gone from Shangcheng. Brother Taixuan, didn't you buy it?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Correct."

Zhu Zhu: "If the pen spirit can foresee the future, how was it caught?"

Lin Daiyu: "That foresight must have limits. Our chat group obscures fate—it's beyond the pen spirit's prediction, so it got caught."

Yotsuya Miko: "But wait—the pen spirit can teleport, right? How did Miss Shiomi catch it?"

Shiomi Kaguya: "Sōsaka captured it. It never even used teleportation…."

Zhang Taixuan: "Did it appear suddenly?"

Shiomi Kaguya: "How did you know that, Dao Jun?"

Zhang Taixuan: "I calculated it, of course."

Shiomi Kaguya: "The pen spirit did appear suddenly."

Zhang Taixuan: "That's teleportation. The pen spirit isn't strong—teleportation can't be used twice in quick succession."

Yingdao Mai: "…So the pen spirit was overconfident, used its escape ability, and when danger came, its cooldown hadn't finished?"

Xiao Mai: "Exactly. That must be it."

Zhang Taixuan: "That's a good analogy—exactly right. This is the result of being too reckless."

Sigong Hiyori: "So that's how it is? No wonder this thing was so easy to beat—it must've already used up its survival skill."

Sigong Hiyori: "Brother Daojun, now that I have points, let me return some of them to you first."

Zhang Taixuan: "We'll talk about it later. When the time comes, just repay me the Heaven's Domain points. As for the technique portion, I've already gained my share."

Sigong Hiyori: "Alright then. Thank you, Brother Daojun. I need to handle something—I'll talk to you again later."

After ending the chat, Sigong Hiyori's eyes still gleamed with excitement.

"Hiyori, what about that ghost? It won't have escaped 3.0, right?" Fujiwara Chika, seeing the ghost vanish, couldn't help feeling afraid.

Sigong Hiyori shook her head: "Of course I won't let it get away. But Chika, do you still remember how to summon the Pen Spirit?"

Fujiwara Chika jumped in surprise.

"Hiyori, are you okay?"

"Did something possess you?"

She turned to Sōsaka Ai.

"Sōsaka, think of something! Hiyori seems to be in trouble."

Sōsaka Ai smiled lightly: "The Young Lady is fine. Miss Fujiwara, your car is waiting outside. Go home first—we'll discuss this tomorrow."

As she spoke, a servant reported.

"Young Lady, the Fujiwara family's steward has arrived."

Fujiwara Chika, reluctant, could only leave.

"Hiyori, I'll come back tomorrow!"