Chapter 2

In the deep corridor, Uesugi Toru, transformed into the Laughing Banruo, leapt and sprinted.

The Evil Ghost raced on!

Hearing the heavy thud-thud-thud of footsteps from overhead, Tokugawa Ririko, who had just blocked the doorway with a desk and was gripping a broken chair leg, froze for a moment.

It's already haunted, yet someone still dares to shout and yell?

But the next moment, the trembling door frame and that eerie laughter, neither human nor fox, brought her back to her senses.

Tokugawa Ririko bared her teeth fiercely, tore off her hindering skirt hem in one motion, and assumed a Swordsmanship stance: "Come on! I'm not afraid of you, ghost thing!"

Gazing at the chaotic classroom before her, she recalled how not long ago everyone had walked in here laughing and talking.

A fleeting touch of sorrow flashed across the girl's cold, stern small face.

She didn't know whether Uesugi-kun and the other three had managed to escape...

Just hold on a few more minutes, just...

Wait, why is there no movement from behind the door.

The girl's heart turned cold; she hurriedly looked toward the window.

She saw an old man's face, half-smiling, half-not, peeking out from the blood-stained Talisman Paper-covered window seam, raising that withered, skin-clad short hand, and knocking thud-thud-thud!

Crack, crack—

Right under Tokugawa Ririko's tense gaze, the Fox Dog Raccoon burst its head out from the window with a boom!

No, that's wrong!

It was the Fox Dog Raccoon's entire body that had vaulted into mid-air! That originally smiling old man's face suddenly twisted in unbearable agony!

But before it could trace its parabola and slam into the wall, a greenish-black right claw suddenly reached out from behind the old window, yanked it back, and clamped down tight on the Fox Dog Raccoon's neck.

The pained howl cut off abruptly, and the claw's owner also sauntered in through the window.

Clatter.

The chair leg in her hand accidentally fell to the ground.

The girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief; after losing the thing in her hand that could be called a "sword," her whole person seemed to have lost its support, her Jing Shen shifting abruptly.

From a desperate, fierce fight-to-the-death, she turned into a pitiful, shivering wreck.

So Tokugawa Ririko hurriedly shut her mouth from the bottom of her heart and shrank back into the wall corner.

Because she saw,

Right before her eyes, unmistakably, was a Green-Faced Fanged Evil Ghost, its whole body wreathed in mist!

Good heavens! Two Evil Ghosts are fighting right in front of me!

Tokugawa Ririko shivered, feeling a chill shoot up from the root of her thighs, her bladder swelling and trembling.

She didn't know whether she should take this chance to sneak away.

Uesugi Toru first glanced at the girl in the wall corner; seeing her instantly become obedient, he looked back at the Fox Dog Raccoon struggling ceaselessly in his hand.

"Squeak, squeak—"

The Fox Dog Raccoon was in unbearable pain.

Uesugi Toru calmly gazed at the Fox Dog Raccoon using all its strength to inflict wounds on his own arm.

Suddenly, he smiled:

"So Evil Spirals also feel fear?"

Tokugawa Ririko, hugging her knees in a defensive crouch in the corner, swallowed hard with difficulty; just now, did she hear this Evil Ghost speak human words?!

Although she couldn't understand the specific words, that was human speech, right!

Right! Absolutely!

Uesugi Toru slowly increased the pressure in his hand, not speaking until he saw the Fox Dog Raccoon begin to beg for mercy:

"Actually I kind of want to keep you, after all, a precognition-type ability is quite useful, isn't it?"

Seemingly understanding Uesugi Toru's words, the Fox Dog Raccoon hurriedly lowered that ugly old man's face and let out an anthropomorphic ingratiating sound.

Uesugi Toru continued:

"Too bad I'm rather petty, and happen to be slightly kind-hearted. And my friends died miserably in the wilderness because of you."

"This isn't good, this is very not good."

In the shadows, the Laughing Banruo slowly lowered his head, showing a kindly smile toward that old man's face: "Therefore."

"Fox Dog Raccoon-san, please just drown in fear."

Instantly, the Fox Dog Raccoon thrashed wildly as if it had glimpsed something extremely terrifying, barely squeezing out a shriek.

Finally, with a crack, its neck was twisted off.

【You killed the Half-Star Grudge "Fox Dog Raccoon", gained 50 Soul Ash】

Along with the prompt appearing before his eyes, the Fox Dog Raccoon in Uesugi Toru's hand also turned into a burst of illusory light points and dispersed.

Grudge, huh.

According to the system's classification, the Yaoguai of the world can only commit evil and kill after reaching the Half-Star "Grudge" level, and even then only barely.

If anyone in the original test-of-courage squad knew even a smidge of Yin-Yang Technique, or if the five had huddled together from the very start to resist the Fox Dog Raccoon, they might not have met such an end.

Letting out a light breath, Uesugi Toru looked at the girl crouching in the corner, thinking to himself that fortunately he had arrived in time, otherwise he'd probably only be able to collect Ririko's corpse.

But how to place her now was also a difficulty.

"Th-that! Banruo Xiansheng..."

Tokugawa Ririko, her neck feeling cool, knew escaping was definitely impossible, so she summoned her courage and spoke softly.

Uesugi Toru fell silent, turned his head. He looked at the long-haired girl in the corner who was fiercely slapping her own legs, whispering "stop shaking" to her snow-white thighs, and then trembling even more violently.

"You're the Laughing Banruo, right?" She squeezed out a smile uglier than crying: "If you want to scare a cute kid, my family's Younger Sister is also very cute!"

She patted her meager chest and declared loudly: "I guarantee it!"

Uesugi Toru:...

He hadn't expected that the Kendo Club president in his memory, who acted with thunderous resolution in daily life and never smiled lightly, would actually be this resourceful.

Seeing the Evil Ghost did not attack her immediately, Tokugawa Ririko took a deep breath and probed, "Moreover, I've already called the police; Onmyoji will arrive in a few minutes..."

"So, so please, Teacher Banruo, try not to kill me, otherwise you won't have a good outcome either; you'll be exorcised by very powerful Onmyoji!"

Worthy of a sword practitioner! Truly bold and careful, quick-thinking!

Uesugi Toru's eyes brightened.

But Ririko saw green light blazing from those pupils and thought she shouldn't have threatened the Evil Ghost; damn, this is it, I'm done for.

However, what Uesugi Toru was thinking was:

The Police Station not only didn't treat this as a joke, but directly contacted the legendary Onmyoji and dispatched them here in a short time.

It seems the Spiritual Events during this period have been quite a lot, to the extent that even a random Ordinary Person calling the police would be taken seriously.

But now, there's a lead on how to place the other party.

He smiled gently at Ririko.

But Uesugi Toru forgot he was still in the state of Transforming into the Laughing Banruo.

So this smile directly triggered the Judgment, causing Tokugawa Ririko to black out, and after letting out a "guh" sound, she fainted.

Well...

This also counts as convenient for carrying Ririko to the Iron Cabinet; then I'll just undo the transformation there and quietly wait for rescue.

Just as he wanted to pick up Ririko, Uesugi Toru's corner of eye caught that — the cursed Spirit Board lying on the table.

The Yokai's Perception told Uesugi Toru that it still contained much un-dissipated resentment; perhaps Summoning a mere Fox Dog Raccoon was far from reaching its limit.

But good brother Kumamoto is just an Ordinary Spiritual Event enthusiast found all over the streets; how did he have channels to get this kind of dangerous thing?

There's Suspicion.

Thinking thus, Uesugi Toru conveniently took the Spirit Board along as well.

In no more than two minutes, he returned to the Iron Cabinet.

Uesugi Toru placed Ririko and the two good brothers together, then undid the Yokai Avatar state.

Official Onmyoji will probably arrive soon; better to change back early.

But even now, having exited the Yokai Avatar state, his Physique has improved slightly compared to before.

【Uesugi Toru】

【Physique: 3→4】

【Will: 4】

【Charm: 9】

【Spirit Arts: 0→1】

Although it's completely incomparable to when Transforming into the Laughing Banruo, he has clearly shaken off the "Sub-healthy" state and become an Ordinary Person.

Moreover, there's a tiny bit of Spirit Power remaining in his body.

—That is to say, even without Transforming into a Yokai, he can possess a small part of a Yokai's Attributes?

Placing the Spirit Board to one side, Uesugi Toru rubbed his hands and opened the Panel, looking again at that dark and deep Bamboo Forest.

Before people arrive, might as well draw a card first.

Hope this time I won't draw nine small experience bottles — 【Soul-Calming Incense Ash (Minor)】 — in a row again.

Intention clicked five times in succession, and five rays of light instantly floated out from the Bamboo Forest.

【Soul-Calming Incense Ash (Minor)】.

【Soul-Calming Incense Ash (Minor)】.

【Rotten Firewood Cleaver】.

【Soul-Calming Incense Ash (Minor)】.

【Hundred-Eyed Demon's Single Eyeball】.

Uesugi Toru looked at that green light floating out from the Bamboo Forest; this seems to be a fragment part from another Yokai's body.

Fine footsteps were already sounding in the corridor not far away.

Before that, better quickly check what this eyeball does.

【Hundred-Eyed Demon's Single Eyeball】

【Quality: Excellent Quality】

Here is rookie author Yilunnuo; from now on update time is fixed at noon 12:00 two chapters oh

New book period please brothers try not to stockpile chapters qwq

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