Chapter 2: Kitsune-dog, Please Go Die
In the deep corridor, Shangshan Che, incarnated as Laughing Hannya, leaped forward at full speed.
The Evil Spirit is charging!
Hearing the heavy thumping footsteps from overhead, Tokugawa Ririko, who had blocked the doorway with a table and gripped a broken chair leg, froze for a moment.
It’s already haunted, yet someone dares to shout like that?
But the next moment, the shaking doorframe and the eerie laughter that seemed human yet fox-like snapped her back to reality.
Tokugawa Ririko bared her teeth ferociously, tore off the bothersome skirt hem, and assumed a kendo stance: “Come on! I’m not afraid of you, you ghostly thing!”
Staring at the chaotic classroom before her, she recalled how everyone had entered here laughing and chatting not long ago.
A flash of sorrow passed over the girl’s cold, stern little face.
She didn’t know if Shangshan Jun and the other two had escaped…
Just hold on for a few more minutes, just…
Wait, why has it gone quiet behind the door?
The girl felt a chill in her heart and quickly looked toward the window.
She saw a half-smiling old man’s face poking out from the gap in the window plastered with bloodstained yellow talismans, raising its withered, skin-hanging short hand to knock thud thud thud!
Crack, crack—
Under Tokugawa Ririko’s tense gaze, the Kitsune-dog suddenly thrust its head out from the window!
No, that’s not right!
The Kitsune-dog’s entire body had leaped into mid-air! That originally smiling old man’s face suddenly twisted in unbearable pain!
But before it could arc through the parabola and crash into the wall, a bluish-black right claw suddenly shot out from behind the old window, yanking it back and clamping tightly around the Kitsune-dog’s neck.
The pained howl cut off abruptly, and the owner of that right claw leisurely crawled in through the window.
Thud.
The chair leg in her hand accidentally dropped to the ground.
The girl incredulously rubbed her eyes; after losing the object in her hand that could be called a “sword,” her entire demeanor changed, as if she had lost all support.
From desperate ferocity, she turned into a trembling, pitiful state.
Thus, Tokugawa Ririko hurriedly shut her mouth and shrank back into the corner.
Because she saw,
Right before her eyes was a fog-shrouded Evil Spirit with a green face and fangs!
Oh no! Two Evil Spirits are fighting right in front of me!
Tokugawa Ririko trembled, feeling a cold chill rush up from her thigh root, her bladder swelling and shaking.
She didn’t know if she should sneak out at a time like this.
Shangshan Che first glanced at the girl in the corner, and seeing her immediately behave, turned back to the struggling Kitsune-dog in his hand.
“Squeak, squeak—”
The Kitsune-dog was in agony.
Shangshan Che calmly stared at the Kitsune-dog that was desperately trying to wound his arm.
Suddenly, he smiled:
“So Evil Spirits can feel fear too?”
Tokugawa Ririko, huddled in the corner with knees hugged, gulped with difficulty. Had she just heard this Evil Spirit speak human words?!
Though she couldn’t understand exactly what was said, it was definitely human speech!
Right! Absolutely!
Shangshan Che slowly increased the pressure in his hand until he saw the Kitsune-dog start begging for mercy, then spoke:
“Actually, I kind of want to keep you; after all, precognition abilities are quite useful, aren’t they?”
As if understanding Shangshan Che’s words, the Kitsune-dog hurriedly lowered its ugly old man’s face and made anthropomorphic pleading sounds.
Shangshan Che continued:
“Unfortunately, I’m a bit petty, and also slightly kind-hearted. And my friends died miserably in the wilderness because of you.”
“That’s not good, very not good.”
In the shadows, Laughing Hannya slowly lowered its head, showing a kind smile toward that old man’s face: “So.”
“Kitsune-dog-san, please drown in fear instead.”
Instantly, the Kitsune-dog twisted its body frantically as if glimpsing something utterly terrifying, barely squeezing out a scream.
Finally, with a crack, its neck was snapped.
【You killed the Half-Star grudge “Kitsune-dog” and obtained 50 Soul Incense Ash】
Accompanying the prompt that appeared before his eyes, the Kitsune-dog in Shangshan Che’s hand dissolved into a haze of ethereal light points.
A grudge, huh.
According to the system’s classification, Demons and Monsters in the world can only harm and kill after reaching the Half-Star “grudge” level, but only barely so.
If anyone in the original test-of-courage team had even a smidge of Onmyōdō knowledge, or if the five had stuck together against the Kitsune-dog from the start, they might not have ended up like this.
Letting out a light breath, Shangshan Che looked at the girl crouched in the corner, thinking how fortunate he had arrived in time, or he would only have been able to collect Lili Zi’s corpse.
But now, figuring out how to handle her was a problem.
“Th-that! Mr. Hannya…”
With her neck feeling icy, Tokugawa Ririko knew escape was impossible, so she mustered courage and spoke softly.
Shangshan Che silently turned his head to look at the long-haired girl in the corner, who was slapping her thighs hard, whispering “stop shaking” to her snow-white thighs, only to tremble even more violently.
“You’re Laughing Hannya, right?” She forced a smile uglier than crying: “If you want to scare a cute child, my little sister is very cute too!”
She patted her flat chest and declared loudly: “I guarantee it!”
Shangshan Che: …
He hadn’t expected the kendo club president from his memories, who was usually decisive and stern, to be so full of life.
Seeing the Evil Spirit not attack immediately, Tokugawa Ririko took a deep breath and probed: “Moreover, I already called the police; Onmyoji will arrive in a few minutes…”
“S-so please, Mr. Hannya, try not to kill me, or you won’t get off easy; you’ll be exorcised by very powerful Onmyoji!”
As expected of someone who practices swordsmanship! Truly bold, meticulous, and quick-thinking!
Shangshan Che’s eyes lit up.
But Lili Zi saw those pupils glow green and thought she shouldn’t have threatened an Evil Spirit—damn, she’s done for now.
However, what Shangshan Che was thinking was:
The police station didn’t treat it as a joke but directly contacted the legendary Onmyoji and dispatched them promptly.
It seemed that the recent supernatural events were so numerous that even an ordinary person’s report warranted immediate attention.
Anyway, now he had a plan for handling her.
He smiled mildly at Lili Zi.
But Shangshan Che forgot he was still in the Laughing Hannya incarnation state.
So this smile directly triggered the effect, making Tokugawa Ririko’s vision go black; she let out a “gurgle” and fainted.
Well…
This made it convenient to carry Lili Zi to the iron cabinet; then he could deactivate there and quietly wait for rescue.
Just as he was about to pick up Lili Zi, Shangshan Che’s peripheral vision caught the cursed Ouija Board lying upside down on the table.
His demon senses told Shangshan Che that it still held much unspent grudge energy; summoning just a mere Kitsune-dog was far from its limit.
But how did his good brother Kumamoto, a run-of-the-mill supernatural enthusiast, get his hands on something this dangerous?
Suspicious.
Thinking this, Shangshan Che casually took the Ouija Board as well.
In less than two minutes, he returned to the iron cabinet.
Shangshan Che placed Lili Zi with his two good brothers, then canceled the Demon Incarnation state.
The official Onmyoji would likely arrive soon; better to revert early.
Even after exiting the Demon Incarnation state, his physique had improved slightly from before.
【Shangshan Che】
【Physique: 3→4】
【Willpower: 4】
【Charm: 9】
【Spiritual Arts: 0→1】
Though incomparable to when incarnated as Laughing Hannya, he had clearly escaped “sub-health” status and become an ordinary person.
Moreover, a tiny bit of spiritual power remained in his body.
—Meaning, even without Demon Incarnation, he could retain a small portion of the demon’s attributes?
Placing the Ouija Board aside, Shangshan Che rubbed his hands, opened the panel, and looked again at that dark, deep bamboo forest.
Before anyone arrived, time to draw some cards.
Hopefully not nine small experience bottles in a row this time—【Soul Incense Ash（Tiny）】.
With a thought, he clicked five times, and five rays of light instantly floated out from the bamboo forest.
【Soul Incense Ash（Tiny）】.
【Soul Incense Ash（Tiny）】.
【Decayed Woodcutting Knife】.
【Soul Incense Ash（Tiny）】.
【Hundred-Eyed Demon’s Single Eyeball】.
Shangshan Che looked at the green light floating from the bamboo forest; it seemed to be a fragment from another demon.
Faint footsteps were already echoing in the nearby corridor.
Before that, better check what this eyeball does.
【Hundred-Eyed Demon’s Single Eyeball】
【Quality: Excellent】
This is newbie author Ilunno; future updates fixed at noon 12:00, two chapters.
During new book period, brothers please don’t keep it on hold qwq
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