The sound of her heartbeat filled Yotsuya Miko's eardrums, making it difficult for her to clearly hear the words Kano Yoruhoshi lightly spoke ahead of her.
"This place was originally going to be renovated into an office building, but half a month ago, accidents kept happening, and many people from the construction team died in bizarre and inexplicable ways, causing the project to be temporarily halted."
When Kano Yoruhoshi spoke, his voice carried a smile, his steps were very steady, and he even wore his usual frivolous and lazy smile on his face.
Just looking at him, it was as if he were on a pleasant and relaxing spring outing.
But when the perspective shifted to Yotsuya Miko's face, it was entirely different.
At this moment, Yotsuya Miko was already drenched in sweat, unable even to breathe through her nose, only able to slightly part her lips, panting continuously, her golden pupils dilated.
Never in her life had she seen a place like this unfinished building, infested with so many Evil Spirits.
If there truly was a hell in this World, it would probably be no more than this.
The key point was that Yotsuya Miko knew that ordinary Evil Spirits and ghosts, upon sensing Kano Yoruhoshi's aura, would quickly flee, like animals encountering their natural predator, driven by an instinctive fear in their bloodline.
However, these hundreds of Evil Spirits, while not exhibiting any aggressive behavior, had been following closely behind the two of them.
What did this signify?
It signified that their strength was on a completely different level from ordinary Evil Spirits!
The black aura emanating from the hundreds of Evil Spirits had almost solidified, making it difficult for Yotsuya Miko to even see the path ahead.
"No, no, no."
"It's over, it's over, it's over."
"What should I do, what should I do, what should I do…"
Yotsuya Miko kept muttering in her mind, feeling that her nervous endurance was reaching its limit.
Contrary to her tear-filled, fear-stricken eyes, she maintained an expressionless, calm demeanor on her face.
Such a contrast indeed appeared very alluring.
"We're here."
After an unknown period, which felt like hundreds of years to Yotsuya Miko, Kano Yoruhoshi finally stopped in front of a door.
"Let's eat here."
Upon hearing this, Yotsuya Miko, feeling the warmth in her arms, finally remembered what had happened before entering the building, and her expression instantly became a little grim.
Eat?
Oh, right, she still had to eat her bento.
Wait a minute.
Kano Yoruhoshi's meaning couldn't possibly be to make her eat the bento in her arms while being watched by hundreds of Evil Spirits, could it?
Is this something a human can do?
"Oh, the door is locked."
Hearing this, Yotsuya Miko breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said,
"Then maybe today we can just…"
"Fortunately, I came prepared."
Kano Yoruhoshi smiled, pulled a bent wire from his pocket, bent slightly, and inserted it into the keyhole.
Watching his actions, Yotsuya Miko was stunned.
Goodness, is Kano Yoruhoshi so multi-talented?
He can even pick locks?
She really wanted to ask him if picking a lock without permission was illegal.
But then she thought about it, and realized that such a question seemed a bit naively foolish in this environment, so she ultimately decided to remain silent.
"OK, it's open."
In less than five seconds, Kano Yoruhoshi finished picking the lock, and he and Miko entered the room together.
The dusty concrete floor was bare, with only a few load-bearing pillars standing there; it was a completely empty, single-story space.
In the distance, in the darkness shrouded by countless black mists, Yotsuya Miko once again saw the "door" belonging to this area.
The difference was.
The door she had seen in the alley last time was only slightly ajar, partially open.
But the door she saw this time was half open.
It was just as deep and twisted, seemingly drawing one's gaze into it, a pure darkness like a black hole.
"Let's eat first."
Kano Yoruhoshi didn't mind the dust on the floor; he sat directly on the ground, opened his bento box, looked down, and frowned slightly, saying,
"What kind of garbage are they selling? This one meal costs me thirty yuan? That's too much."
Then, he looked at Yotsuya Miko, who was still standing there, at a loss, and chuckled,
"Miko-chan, sit down."
If Miko didn't know that Kano Yoruhoshi was a Supernatural Power User like herself, at this moment, just looking at Kano Yoruhoshi's demeanor, she would probably think that he couldn't see Evil Spirits at all.
That's not quite right.
Even ordinary people who can't see Evil Spirits at all should at least be able to feel the eerie atmosphere in this unfinished building, right?
Looking at Kano Yoruhoshi, Miko even felt that he seemed to be enjoying this atmosphere.
Yotsuya Miko suppressed the panic in her heart, the urge to flee this place immediately, straightened her skirt, took out a few pieces of paper from her bag to pad the ground, and then slowly sat down.
The moment she opened her bento box, her heart jolted again.
"Chop… chopsticks?"
"What, you don't know how to use chopsticks?"
"No, that's not it."
"Then it's fine, hurry up and eat."
Yotsuya Miko took a deep breath, her right hand trembling slightly as she picked up the chopsticks.
She wanted to pick up a fish ball from the bento box, but because she was so nervous and her hand kept shaking, she couldn't pick it up no matter how hard she tried.
"Can… can you see me?"
This unusual behavior immediately drew the attention of the surrounding Evil Spirits.
One Evil Spirit, entirely deep purple with long black hair hanging down, only revealing a pair of blood-red pupils, moved close to Miko's face.
Its bloodshot, constantly rotating pupils stared intensely at her profile.
"Can… can you see me?"
Yotsuya Miko was completely numb.
How could she possibly eat this meal!?
Just then, from a dark corner, a black-green, long tongue, covered with thick tongue coating and looking disgusting, suddenly extended, rapidly and fiercely licking the surface of her bento.
The licking motion was so meticulous, it was as if it were polishing the bento.
Immediately afterward, the long tongue performed the exact same action on the bento held by Kano Yoruhoshi.
"Ugh…"
Yotsuya Miko felt like she was about to vomit.
Although Evil Spirits cannot touch physical objects in reality.
But seeing that black-green long tongue meticulously licking her bento with her own eyes, who could possibly eat it after that!?
"It tastes pretty good."
Under Yotsuya Miko's shocked, incredulous, and horrified gaze, Kano Yoruhoshi's eyes didn't even waver. He directly picked up a fish ball, put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly, nodding and saying,
"The taste is good, but it's not worth thirty yuan. Sure enough, it's easy to trick students out of their money."
Yotsuya Miko was stunned.
He can eat that too?
Yotsuya Miko looked at him with profound respect.
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