That night, returning to the apartment, Kawashima Toya saw Kasumigaoka Utaha writing her light novel and teased, "Stop writing."
"I estimate the peaceful times will last only about three more days. Use this time to exercise and rest properly."
"Otherwise, when the yokai come, you won't even be able to run away."
"Do you think I'm you?" Utaha rolled her eyes, saying with disdain, "Your commissions might be dangerous, but just one pays millions of yen."
"One commission is enough for you to rest for half a year."
"What about me? If I don't write my light novel, I'll starve to death."
"Compared to dangers that might happen at some unknown time, having no money is the biggest nightmare."
Toya smiled brightly. "Then rest early."
"By the way, don't stay up late from now on. After all, in horror movies, accidents happen most frequently at night, especially after midnight!"
On this point, he had to admire the dedication of the Japanese people.
Facing an impending dangerous situation, instead of giving up, they continued to maintain their daily work routine.
"What dedicated corporate slaves!" Toya sighed with emotion and slowly walked back to his room.
However, his well-intentioned advice sent a chill through Utaha's heart.
Originally, she felt she should work hard even if the world was ending, but suddenly, she didn't dare stay up late writing anymore.
In the spacious living room, despite the bright and warm lights...
Utaha felt exceptionally cold, as if something were watching her.
"It's only 8 PM. How could there be evil spirits?"
"Even if they appear, it should be in the early hours of the morning."
She inadvertently glanced out the window at the world outside and was instantly startled.
The pitch-black night sky was illuminated by the lights of skyscrapers—a bustling world.
Yet, in that night sky, evil spirits with bizarre limbs and hollow, eerie eyes were floating.
Their appearances were grotesque, challenging the limits of human cognition.
Some were as thin and long as bamboo poles; others were riddled with holes, looking incredibly terrifying.
These evil spirits seemed to appear out of thin air, floating in the void like ghosts, seemingly searching for targets to attack.
Soon, the evil spirits swarmed toward the skyscrapers one by one.
Among the numerous evil spirits, many were flying toward Utaha's apartment.
"No way, they're coming here?!" Utaha saw an evil spirit pouncing toward her, her wine-red eyes filled with terror.
"Kawashima! There are ghosts!"
The fearful scream rang out, startling Toya, who was just about to go to sleep.
Toya walked out in his pajamas, yawning. "Evil spirits? There won't be any evil spirits here..."
When he looked out the window, he was astonished. "It really is ghosts!"
It was as if some unseen shackle in the sky had been broken, and evil spirits were pouring in endlessly.
"Kawashima, an evil spirit is coming right at us!" Ignoring her loose pajamas, Utaha trotted straight behind Toya to hide.
Although filled with fear, Utaha still tentatively peeked out to look at the evil spirit.
Because Toya was here, she wasn't afraid the evil spirit would do anything dangerous.
Toya raised an eyebrow slightly. "It's started?"
"This evil spirit is weak enough."
Although there were many evil spirits, almost enough to occupy the entire world...
These evil spirits were exceptionally weak, barely stronger than an ordinary human.
Upon a rough observation, they even had a massive weakness.
Ordinary people couldn't see the evil spirits, and likewise, the evil spirits couldn't harm humans who couldn't see them.
As an evil spirit gradually approached, it repeated mechanically, "Can you see me?"
"Kawashima, should we answer?" Utaha asked cautiously.
Toya glanced indifferently at the evil spirit, which was on the verge of frenzy, and said calmly, "Fatty Kasumi, remember what I'm about to say."
Utaha nodded subconsciously. "Mmh, I'll remember it well."
"These evil spirits are very weak. As long as you pretend not to see them, you'll be safe."
"If you really can't keep up the act, go buy a Consecrated Wooden Sword. Ideally, one carved from sacred wood that is over ten years old."
"The older, the better. It can directly kill these evil spirits."
Just as Toya finished his explanation, the evil spirit realized they could see it.
It entered a complete frenzy, letting out a chilling roar: "You can see me!!!"
The evil spirit instantly charged at Toya and Utaha, waving its withered claws that looked like rat paws.
"No intelligence, laughably weak." Toya didn't even bother to look at it properly, casually making a slight cutting motion.
The seemingly terrifying evil spirit came into contact with Toya's harmless-looking attack.
Its ferocious body exploded instantly, turning into a cloud of smoke and dissipating.
Toya looked lazily at the dumbfounded Utaha and said, "You aren't me. Even if you kill an evil spirit, it will revive in half an hour."
"Or the next evil spirit will just come to the human residence."
"The best method is still to pretend you can't see them."