Chapter 53: Onmyoryo Field Operative

"No problem."

"What do you think?"

"I don't know."

"Impossible."

"That's hilarious."

The original head elongated and pulled out, the remaining four heads with long hair and mucus wriggling out from within the body.

The five heads first stared at each other, emitting different bizarre laughs, then immediately all looked toward the people outside the train car.

This grotesque scene made even Uesugi Toru, standing right behind her, unable to stop his face from twitching once.

This ghost's appearance is way too damn abstract...

Moments later, two pitch-black stars emerged atop the five-headed JK's heads, and Uesugi Toru's thought of backstabbing instantly vanished.

Because without using Kaga Kiyomitsu, he probably couldn't cut off all five heads in a short time, but if he took out Kaga Kiyomitsu, his cover would be blown right in front of Kitano Runa.

The train's stop time is only a few minutes; getting entangled then would be more trouble than it's worth.

In the few seconds Uesugi Toru weighed the pros and cons, a pot-bellied middle-aged man slowly walked out of the dense mist not far away.

The man wore a tattered suit, a stiff smile hanging on his face.

Likewise, two stars emerged atop his head.

——【Sumida River High School Disciplinary Dean (Two-Star)】

With Uesugi Toru's eyesight, he could naturally see clearly that a dilapidated, ruined school sat behind the dense mist.

A crooked signpost stood by the roadside, written on it: 【Sumida River High School】.

"These guys are on their own now."

This time, Uesugi Toru didn't even step a foot out the train doorway — two Two-Star Demons could already easily pin him dead by the roadside.

"Ghost, a ghost!"

The fastest-running auntie screamed, collapsing on the ground, even her mobile phone scared out of her hand onto the ground.

She wanted to crawl toward the train direction, but just as she turned her head, she met the ten eyes of the five-headed JK.

"Ah—!"

The auntie screamed, then actually fainted right there on the road.

But the Evil Ghost filled with resentment wouldn't care if you're dead or alive; the Disciplinary Dean let out an eerie low laugh, directly grabbing the auntie's ankle and lifting her up.

Then, bit by bit, he swallowed the unconscious auntie whole, making his originally sunken abdomen bulge, tearing open the bottom of his suit, swaying in midair like a stomach pouch.

The remaining few students, seeing this scene, also screamed in terror, scrambling to flee in all directions like headless flies.

Among them, the loudest-screaming female high school student actually ran into the Sumida River Mysterious School, and less than two seconds after her figure disappeared, a miserable shriek rang out.

Uesugi Toru remained unmoved.

He thought that originally, if someone ran toward the train, he could still lend a hand to block the five-headed JK.

Even now the five-headed JK had excitedly left the train doorway to hunt for food, still no one ran toward this path of survival.

These people are stupid to the extreme.

Go back and sit down—

The instant Uesugi Toru's thought formed, a girl's ponytail afterimage flashed in his peripheral vision.

"—Run into the train car! Everyone!"

It was Hattori Ayako.

Without the slightest hesitation, she stepped one foot out the train doorway, sprinting toward Miyamoto Ryo collapsed on the ground, his face and crotch both having lost control.

Save one if I can!

Hattori Ayako seized the gap when the five-headed JK looked the other way, reaching her palm toward him: "Miyamoto-kun! Grab my hand!"

At this moment, in Miyamoto Ryo's eyes, Hattori Ayako, who usually clashed with him, seemed like a descending angel, nearly moving him to breakdown.

But such movement, how could the five-headed JK not have heard it.

"That's hilarious."

One of her heads instantly elongated, revealing a ferocious grin as it rushed at Hattori Ayako.

"Hattori—"

Miyamoto Ryo widened his eyes, wanting to warn Hattori Ayako who had just gripped his palm.

But an ordinary person's reaction, how could it possibly be faster than a Two-Star Demon?

By the time Hattori Ayako turned her head in shock, that grotesquely laughing JK head was already face-to-face with her, inches away.

Yet she not only didn't retreat in fear, but trembled as she gritted her teeth, trying to use both hands to grab that head and neck: "Miyamoto-kun! Run!"

Miyamoto Ryo scrambled back toward the train car, but that head had already touched the clothing on Hattori Ayako's abdomen.

Her death was as good as sealed.

A helpless sigh rang out.

"Hah..."

Boom!

The air exploded with a crack, muscular blue-black five fingers death-gripping the JK's neck, forcing a hoarse shriek from it.

Hood and fox mask slowly slid off, revealing a Rakshasa's indifferent smiling face: "Classmate, want to try the latest outdoor suffocation play?"

The four heads originally reaching outward all snapped back in unison, yet each froze completely the instant they saw the Rakshasa's true face, struck by intense shock.

Uesugi Toru noticed this detail — so this is the so-called "Rakshasa Might."

Counts as a passive skill, pretty good.

Therefore Hattori Ayako, who had looked toward him, also froze all over, until Uesugi Toru said coldly: "Still not leaving?"

Hattori Ayako then gratefully withdrew her gaze and quickly ran back into the tram.

"Hmm... anyone else out there?"

Uesugi Toru looked around, discovering that those remaining outside had either died on the spot or had all crowded into that Guidance Director's stomach.

Then, there was no longer any reason to stay outside.

He smiled at the JK whose ten pupils were filled with resentment, and a Firewood Knife appeared in his hand out of nowhere: "Classmate, we'll meet again another day."

Having said that, the Firewood Knife suddenly chopped down!

To Uesugi Toru's astonishment, the Firewood Knife, whose blade had grown somewhat dull, actually easily severed a neck as thick as an ordinary person's calf.

The effect of this "Greed, Anger, Ignorance" was unexpectedly good.

Uesugi Toru raised an eyebrow, just as he heard the shrill howls of five... no, now four JKs.

"Not good, hurry up and get on board."

The JK's neck-stretching speed naturally couldn't match Uesugi Toru's pace, so she could only watch helplessly as Uesugi Toru walked into the tram, then began to rage futilely.

"So you can't fight within the tram's range, is this a rule?" Uesugi Toru pondered, "Or is this tram itself a peerlessly powerful Mononoke?"

This guess had no answer for now, but comparatively, Uesugi Toru discovered that the passenger count inside the tram became "2" after the five JKs got off.

Not only that, this number had been "1" before he came back.

"That is to say, only Mononoke and Yokai and the like count as passengers inside the tram."

Uesugi Toru raised his head, discovering that everyone's gaze was focused on his face—precisely speaking, on the Banruo Mask.

Gratitude, fear, curiosity... and so on, various emotions.

Uesugi Toru, however, couldn't be bothered to care, because the Guidance Director outside, having eaten and drunk his fill, was walking toward the tram, seemingly also wanting to board.

This was an unstable factor...

Hattori Ayako, standing by the door, said: "We can't let that monster on board! He'll eat..."

"Let that guy outside on board."

At this moment, someone interrupted her words.

Uesugi Toru turned his head, seeing the girl sitting in the corner, eyes closed, holding a slender hand fan, speak:

"Nice to meet you, Banruo Xiansheng."

Her wording was polite and courteous, yet it inexplicably sent a chill down Uesugi Toru's spine,

"—I am a Two-Star Action Specialist of the Onmyoryo, Kujo Tsubaki."

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