"So this is how I become your subordinate, Lin Bai?"
Yotsuya Miko blinked, a sigh of relief in her heart.
She could feel an invisible connection between her and Lin Bai, as well as the power within her body.
Thankfully, it wasn't through 'that' kind of thing.
As for kissing, she could accept that now.
Yet, for some reason, she even felt a little disappointed.
Startled by this thought.
Yotsuya Miko quickly shook that idea out of her mind.
"Of course, by the way, Miko, what did you think we were going to do?"
Lin Bai looked at her with a knowing smile, his expression somewhat meaningful.
He seemed to have seen through something.
"(/▽╲)"
Yotsuya Miko's face instantly flushed, and she somewhat dared not look directly at Lin Bai.
How could she possibly say what she was thinking about 'that' kind of thing?
And it was all Lin Bai's fault.
If he hadn't been so cryptic and ambiguous with his words, how could she have possibly thought of 'that' kind of thing?
So it was all Lin Bai's fault.
Watching Yotsuya Miko's shy appearance, the smile on Lin Bai's lips grew a few shades more pleased, and he suggested, "Try out the power within you."
"The power within me…"
At his words, Yotsuya Miko was slightly stunned.
She took a deep breath to regain some composure, then temporarily suppressed those thoughts in her heart.
She closed her eyes to perceive the power that filled her body.
The source of the power was in her lower abdomen.
Yotsuya Miko opened her eyes.
She raised her right hand in front of her, carefully mobilizing the power.
A blue-green light emerged from her palm, with a faint shimmer of ice crystals appearing and disappearing around it.
This was the power of Qing Royal Power.
It was the opposite attribute of Red Authority.
If the power of Red Authority was the violent, passionate flames,
then the power of Qing Royal Power was the calm, cold ice of order.
In the K world view, the Qing Royal Power once used its power to create a defensive barrier on Ashinaka High School Island.
After the barrier shattered, it dissipated in the form of ice crystal powder.
Because the special phenomena generated when spiritual energy collides with real-world matter are all similar 'heat hazes',
the external appearance of ice was not obvious.
The spiritual energy phenomenon, instead, looked like a blue-green flame.
"What a wonderful feeling."
After mobilizing the power within her, Yotsuya Miko's eyes lit up slightly.
She had a feeling that after using this power, she could do many things she couldn't do before.
She couldn't wait to try it out.
However, looking around, this was not a good place for experimentation.
Although she couldn't immediately test the effects of her superpower, she didn't stop mobilizing the power within her.
Because when she used her ability, the warmth in her lower abdomen was very comfortable.
Moreover, this warm, comfortable feeling gradually spread from her abdomen to every part of her body.
As if filled with power.
"Let's go, Miko, I'll take you out to test it."
Noticing Yotsuya Miko's thoughts, Lin Bai said with a smile.
"Okay."
Yotsuya Miko's eyes brightened slightly.
She clenched her right hand, and the Qing Royal Power in her palm transformed into specks of light and dissipated.
The two walked towards the door.
Yotsuya Miko suddenly thought of something and asked curiously:
"Oh, right, how do we test it?"
"Exorcism."
Lin Bai turned his head to look at her, saying two words with a smile.
"Ah! Exorcism!"
Yotsuya Miko was slightly stunned.
Immediately, she felt a little nervous and scared.
This was a conditioned reflex.
Even though she now possessed the power of exorcism, she still couldn't help but feel fear.
Not to mention how powerful the evil spirits were.
Just their hideous and distorted appearance was enough to be frightening.
Lin Bai turned to look at Yotsuya Miko, noticing her panic, and with a slight curl of his lips, he smiled and said:
"The best way to overcome fear is to face it."
"Before was before, now is now. You are no longer the weak you from before."
"Besides, I'm here."
"I understand!"
Yotsuya Miko's eyes flickered upon hearing this. She bit her lip slightly, clenched her right fist, and determination appeared in her eyes.
If she wanted to protect those around her,
she had to first overcome her fear of evil spirits.
Otherwise, how could she protect others?
Moreover... she couldn't help but look at Lin Bai.
Just as he had just said, 'he was there,' Yotsuya Miko felt her heart gradually filled with a sense of security.
The two left their residence and went outside.
About three minutes later, in a secluded alley in a residential area, Lin Bai unfolded a barrier to cover the surroundings.
A blue, mosaic-like barrier covered the alley.
Ordinary people couldn't see the barrier.
It could prevent evil spirits from entering and also prevent them from escaping.
At the same time, it could isolate movement and destruction within the barrier's range.
Three meters in front of Lin Bai and Yotsuya Miko, a terrifying evil spirit was looking at the two.
Black energy rose and dissipated from its body.
Although its malice was visible to the naked eye, the evil spirit couldn't move.
Because Lin Bai was using a wisp of his powerful spiritual energy, comparable to a god's, to firmly trap the evil spirit in place.
"Go, Miko-chan."
Lin Bai gently patted Yotsuya Miko's shoulder with his right hand.
"Okay!"
Yotsuya Miko took a deep breath.
Her right hand was holding a branch about half a meter long.
The branch was named 'Childhood Sword'.
This was the 'weapon' Lin Bai had casually prepared for her just now.
He said that she could inject the energy called spiritual energy into it, temporarily using it as a real weapon.
Following Lin Bai's method,
Yotsuya Miko concentrated, carefully injecting the spiritual energy within her, bit by bit, into the branch.
The branch gradually glowed with a faint blue light.
Feeling it was almost ready, Yotsuya Miko came in front of the unmoving evil spirit, raised the branch, and swung it.
With a soft whoosh, a crescent-shaped blue-green arc of light shot out from the tip of the branch,
directly striking the evil spirit.
The mark extended from the upper left to the lower right.
As the arc of light dissipated, the evil spirit also transformed into a few wisps of black energy and vanished.
Simple and straightforward, one-hit kill.
Yotsuya Miko successfully got her first kill.
"It's already been subjugated?!"
Looking at the evil spirit that she had instantly killed with one blow, Yotsuya Miko stood frozen, her eyes slowly widening.
She found it a little hard to believe.
She suddenly felt that evil spirits didn't seem so scary anymore.
"How does it feel?"
Lin Bai stood with his hands in his pockets, a smile on his lips, looking at her.
"A bit unreal..."
Yotsuya Miko turned to look at Lin Bai, feeling as if she were dreaming.
As if after waking up, she would find that everything was an illusion.
"Is that so? Then let's make it a little more real."
Lin Bai looked at Yotsuya Miko with a smile, and as he spoke, he thought and removed the shielding barrier.
A mischievous glint flashed in his eyes.
"A little more real?"
Yotsuya Miko looked at Lin Bai's smile upon hearing this, and suddenly had a bad premonition, her heart tightening slightly.
"Let's go, follow me."
Lin Bai said, then turned and walked out of the alley.
"..."
Seeing this, Yotsuya Miko could only silently follow.
When she stopped injecting spiritual energy, the branch in her hand actually turned directly into some powder and drifted away with the wind.
Clearly, her power control was not up to par.
After discovering this, Lin Bai then broke off another branch by the roadside and handed it to Yotsuya Miko.
As the saying goes, if you're bad, practice more.
As long as she tried a few more times, practice makes perfect, and Yotsuya Miko would naturally be able to skillfully control the power of spiritual energy...