This wasn't because everyone was blind. It was because they truly couldn't see Kael—he had already used mana to interfere with reality, bending light and air to conceal his form. In simple terms, it was invisibility.
The Soul-Devouring Demonic Art, being a supreme demonic art, contained countless practical spells. But these spells could only be used after becoming a First Grade demonic cultivator. Before that, Kael could only use minor tricks like charm or hypnosis. Such tricks could even be mastered by ordinary people with repeated practice.
Now, with his breakthrough and becoming a true cultivator, these low-level spells were available to him. Invisibility was just one of them. Compared to the more profound spells recorded in the Soul-Devouring Demonic Art, it was minor. But most of those spells were cruel, constantly reminding Kael that this was no righteous art—it was a supreme demonic art.
Leaving the inpatient ward, Kael swaggered into the outpatient building. Because it was nighttime, few doctors were on duty. He entered the duty room and saw only one doctor playing on his phone. Kael stepped forward, touched the doctor's forehead with a finger. The doctor's clear gaze instantly dulled, his whole body becoming vacant. Kael had just used mana to hypnotize him.
"Tell me, does your hospital have a doctor named Hirasaka Ryuji?"
Since Hayato was already dead, Kael's next target was Ryuji. Like Hayato, he didn't deserve to live.
Under hypnosis, the doctor answered without hesitation: "Our hospital doesn't have a doctor named Hirasaka Ryuji."
Kael raised an eyebrow. If Ryuji wasn't here, it meant the Night Shift storyline hadn't begun yet.
"Tell me, what's your hospital director's name?"
"Jinguji Narumi," the doctor replied blankly.
As expected. In the original story, it was Narumi who carried out a vile plan to curry favor with the wealthy, altering countless lives. Such a person had no limits for power. Her end was tragic. Since Kael had decided to eliminate Ryuji, he wouldn't let this director off either.
"Where does your director live?"
The doctor gave an address—Jinguji Narumi's home.
Kael memorized it and left. Minutes later, the hypnosis wore off, and the doctor continued scrolling his phone, unaware of anything unusual, as if the conversation had never happened.
Meanwhile, Kael, having learned Narumi's address, planned to trouble her. As the saying went: do today's tasks today. Once he decided, unless something changed, he wouldn't delay until tomorrow.
But as he walked out of the hospital, his eyes widened in disbelief. He was stunned. He had never imagined the world could look like this.
In the dark night, under the streetlights, Kael saw strange evil spirits walking openly on the streets. They were male and female, with varied appearances, striding through the human world. Yet people on the streets ignored them, as if they couldn't see them.
Kael even saw some spirits surrounding a girl on her phone, repeatedly asking: "Can you see me? Can you see me? Can you see me?"
Seeing this, Kael gasped. Was this still the world he knew? Where had these bizarre spirits come from? How could the human world be filled with such things? Was this the human world or a ghost realm?
He realized why he hadn't noticed before—he hadn't broken through yet. At most, he was just an ordinary person with some ability. Seeing animal soul fragments at the slaughterhouse was his limit.
But now, having broken through, possessing mana, he was a true demon cultivator. A genuine practitioner. So seeing these spirits wasn't surprising.
Their behavior reminded Kael of an anime. The Girl Who Can See Them, also known as Mieruko-chan. Though Toyogasaki Academy didn't have Yotsuya Miko, that didn't mean she didn't exist. It meant this crossover world had fused that supernatural series too.
If so, would other supernatural series also be merged? Like Jujutsu Kaisen, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, or Noragami?
The thought gave Kael a headache. Truthfully, after his breakthrough, he had grown arrogant. He had mastered supernatural power—so long as the state didn't notice, he thought he could do as he pleased.
But the appearance of these spirits proved otherwise. This world wasn't as simple as he imagined.
His arrogance quickly faded, his gaze clearing. Whether those series were fused or not, Kael had to prepare for the worst. If gods and demons from those worlds were truly here, he couldn't afford arrogance. He had to stay calm. Otherwise, he might die without knowing how.
After all, he was only a First Grade Lower demon cultivator—far too weak. If gods and demons fought, he could easily be destroyed.
But then Kael smiled. He had realized something. To grow stronger, he had to cultivate the Soul-Devouring Demonic Art. And the best way to cultivate it was with human souls.
Before, he had worried about where to find evil souls. But now, he didn't need to worry. The streets were full of evil spirits—perfect nourishment.
After all, evil spirits were transformed human souls. At their core, they were still souls. And souls were the nourishment of the Soul-Devouring Demonic Art.
That was its domineering nature. Otherwise, it wouldn't be called a supreme demonic art.