Facing the evil spirits, Kasumigaoka Utaha could finally pretend she didn't see them.
Just as she was about to leave the evil spirit's range, she boasted to Kawashima Toya, "See? I can do it too!"
At that moment, the evil spirit suddenly turned around and roared, "You can see me!!!"
Its terrifying form, carrying a foul stench, charged at her, intending to tear her apart.
"I'm done for!" Utaha realized she had celebrated too soon and closed her eyes in despair.
"Don't close your eyes. Even if you're in a crisis, you have to fight back."
"If you don't fight, how do you know it's a hopeless situation?" The next second, Toya's gentle voice sounded from beside her.
Utaha slowly opened her eyes. At some point, Toya had appeared beside her, and the ashes of the completely dissipated evil spirit hadn't fully scattered yet.
Toya gently tapped Utaha's pale forehead. "Next time, don't choose to wait for death!"
"If you choose to wait for death, the result will definitely be death!"
"If you struggle, there might be a chance of survival."
Kasugano Sora's big eyes sparkled with stars. "Big Brother, you're amazing!"
"Just by standing in front of Sister Utaha, the evil spirit disappeared!"
Toya chuckled lightly. "Evil spirits are weak. Once Utaha's Consecrated Wooden Sword arrives, Sora can slay evil spirits too."
Although evil spirits slain by the wooden sword would eventually revive...
That would be half an hour later. Even if they revived, just kill them again.
Just then, a trembling courier walked out of the darkness in the distance.
"Excuse me, is this where Mr. Kawashima lives?"
Toya asked, puzzled, "I am Kawashima. Is something the matter?"
The courier looked around fearfully and took out a package. "There's an anonymous package for you."
"My package?" Toya became even more confused. "Why do I keep getting packages every day lately?"
Not long ago, he had received an indescribable package.
A pristine white tailcoat that looked beautiful on the outside, but once its true nature was revealed, it turned out to be the skin of some unknown Evil God.
Fortunately, his Status was high enough; otherwise, he would have gone mad in an instant.
"Here's the package. I'm leaving now." The courier shoved the package into Toya's hands without explanation and fled as if for his life.
"Finally finished delivering. Why are there so many evil spirits in Tokyo at night?!"
Faintly, the courier's relieved and excited voice could be heard.
Sora pointed in the direction the courier fled and giggled. "The courier uncle is such a scaredy-cat."
"So that's why. I was wondering what was going on..." Toya laughed helplessly.
He thought there was something wrong with the courier to make him so afraid.
Turns out he was just scared out of his wits by seeing evil spirits.
Sora looked curiously at the package in Toya's hands, her clear, childish voice full of curiosity. "Big Brother, what's inside?"
Beside them, Utaha's frequent glances proved she was equally curious.
Basically, everyone is interested in what's wrapped inside a package.
There's a thrill akin to opening a blind box.
Even if the package wasn't hers, her interest was piqued.
"Let me open it and see." Seeing Sora's curiosity, Toya laughed. "Let's look together. I don't know what's inside either."
As the layers of black packaging were removed, an exquisitely expensive and luxurious box slowly revealed itself.
Sora and Utaha widened their eyes and exclaimed, "What a beautiful box!"
The surface of the box was engraved with various beautiful and noble patterns.
Even without touching it, they could feel the immense effort the designer had poured into creating this box.
Every detail revealed the painstaking craftsmanship of countless designers required to finalize it.
"This box is probably the most expensive luxury item, isn't it?" Utaha thought.
If this box were sold, it would fetch an astronomical price.
"What could be inside?"
With such a luxurious box, the contents couldn't be ordinary.
Utaha and Sora looked forward even more to what was inside, failing to notice Toya's serious gaze.
"This box looks very similar to the stolen one."
Toya's expression was grave.
The box stolen not long ago shared a similarity with this one.
Although their styles were completely different, being two extremes...
One thing was the same: the design was unparalleled. It was almost impossible for ordinary humans to achieve such breathtaking design.
"This box is probably another gift from that unknown entity."
"The only fortunate thing is that the contents are very stable and haven't manifested their true form."
Toya slowly opened the box, and a black tailcoat gradually came into view.