Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

Immediately following, a spirit wearing tattered red robes, its gender indistinguishable, skin pitch-black, body rotting, face twisted in a grotesque grimace, and six eyes glaring, shot out from the divine palanquin. In a flash, it stood before Yukinoshita Haruno, opening its mouth to reveal yellowish teeth coated in black smoke.

"You… you can see it?"

The smile on Yukinoshita Haruno's face faltered for a moment. However, mindful that her younger sister, Yukino, a mere mortal, was right beside her, she suppressed her inner fear, her expression betraying nothing.

Not… why me of all people?!

With so many spirit users here, why did it have to come after her?!

This was just too unlucky, wasn't it?

"Divine palanquin…"

Yukinoshita Yukino gazed at the crimson palanquin carried by the men, speaking softly.

"Actually, I've always found things like that rather creepy, with a strange sense of dread."

Kitagawa Marin nodded in agreement, flicking a strand of her light-gold and pink-dyed hair behind her ear as she chimed in.

"Me too. Whenever I saw things like that as a kid, I always wanted to hide. But since they're traditional items used for festivals, I just had to put up with it."

Yukinoshita Yukino turned, intending to say something to her older sister, Haruno, but she keenly noticed a look in her eyes that was both helpless and complex, and couldn't help but ask, puzzled:

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Yukinoshita Haruno looked at the evil spirit looming inches away, its six bloodshot eyes fixed on her, and forced a smile, replying:

"No… I'm fine…"

From this, it could be seen that while Haruno's mental fortitude couldn't compare to Yotsuya Miko's, it was still far stronger than that of a normal person.

Not embarrassing at all.

Within the Paranormal Phenomenon Club, the only one who could rival Yotsuya Miko in this regard was Touma Kazusa.

Although both could maintain a straight face when facing evil spirits, there was a fundamental difference between the two.

Yotsuya Miko was afraid, but she could suppress it and not show any signs of distress, possessing an extremely strong ability to control her facial expressions.

As for Touma Kazusa…

It felt like she was just born missing a screw, unable to experience panic or fear.

Or rather, Touma Kazusa's thought processes were unique; in her eyes, evil spirits didn't inspire fear.

Just as Yukinoshita Haruno's mind was racing, contemplating whether to find an excuse to leave and use her Soul Manifestation ability in a secluded place to eliminate the six-eyed evil spirit, she heard Hoshino whisper beside her:

"Get out."

Two ghostly hands, one black and one white, suddenly appeared. Before the six-eyed evil spirit could react, the two large hands swiftly clamped together, crushing it into mincemeat.

"Nerve-wracking, you made me smile for a second."

Hoshino said with a chuckle, then slowly continued:

"Now that everyone's here, let's start enjoying the fireworks festival."

Yotsuya Miko patted the still-stunned Yukinoshita Haruno, lowering her voice and saying:

"You'll get used to it after a while."

Apart from Yukinoshita Haruno herself, the other spirit users present were well aware of why she was the only one targeted by the evil spirit.

Simply put…

Haruno was the weakest.

It was precisely because her strength was the weakest that she couldn't fully control her own spiritual aura, allowing the evil spirit to sense it.

Sakurajima Mai, Futaba Rio, Yotsuya Miko, and Yuigahama Yui all possessed this basic skill, after all. They had undertaken numerous exorcism missions, and each time they handled a request, they honed their abilities.

Although Amano Hina awakened her Soul Manifestation ability later than Yukinoshita Haruno, she had long since begun practicing the control and application of spiritual power. Each time she fulfilled a Sunshine Girl request, while praying and borrowing the spiritual power of the weather deity, her proficiency steadily increased.

Moreover, Amano Hina had allowed her Soul Manifestation, Hiyoribou, to devour a portion of the weather deity's body. The compatibility in attributes had greatly enhanced her own spiritual power and her control over it.

In short.

Yukinoshita Haruno was too weak, which was why the evil spirit sensed her abnormality.

This brief interlude didn't dampen everyone's mood.

However, the real test was yet to come.

"Isn't it a bit inconvenient for so many of us to be together? How about… we split into groups?"

Yukinoshita Haruno sounded the charge.

Sakurajima Mai, looking unsurprised, said calmly:

"Oh? I bet you want to be alone with Hoshino, just the two of you?"

"As expected of you, you guessed my thoughts right away."

"Heh heh, your wolfish ambitions aren't even concealed."

Yukinoshita Haruno tucked a strand of her short black hair behind her ear, putting on a gentle and sweet demeanor, with a hint of pitiful resentment, she softly said:

"I'm usually in Chiba Prefecture. Your school starts on Monday. Just thinking about it, I might not even see Hoshino for several months. I'm so envious of you all, seeing him every day."

Upon hearing this, the girls all had one thought.

What a ruthless display of pity.

Deliberately portraying oneself as miserable could only be considered a low-level display of pity.

What was a truly high-level display of pity?

It was to genuinely be miserable, yet display an attitude and tone that didn't acknowledge one's misery, thereby making others feel sorry for you.

Yukinoshita Haruno was indeed a master among masters!

But…

This doesn't mean that what Yang Nai said was wrong.

Thinking about it carefully… they really have had it tough.

Besides, Mai Sakurajima still remembers when she suffered from Adolescence Syndrome, Yang Nai helped a lot.

Although she didn't do it to help her, but to help Yexing, this favor is still owed.

Not only Mai Sakurajima, but also during the period when Shoko Makinohara lived in Kyoto City Hospital, Yang Nai also used her connections to reserve a ward next door for the Overload Club members to rest.

They met the least, but their contribution was not small.

Thinking of this, Rio Futaba and Mai Sakurajima, who had the toughest attitudes, looked at each other, both with helpless expressions on their faces, and sighed slightly.

"Okay, then I'll lend you half an hour."

"Lend?"

Yang Nai挽住 held Yexing's arm and said with a smile.

"Don't be so distant, isn't this guy our shared boyfriend?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka on the side was stunned.

Good heavens, she felt something was wrong the last time she went to the Tokyo hotel.

Her good friend, Yang Nai, said that she was dating Yexing, but the famous Mai Sakurajima in the school claimed to be Yexing's girlfriend.

She thought he was two-timing.

Unexpectedly, it was sharing?

Can this kind of thing be said in public?

As expected of you, Yang Nai.

"Let's go."

Yukino Yukinoshita挽着 held Yexing's arm and walked forward with a smile.

Shizuka Hiratsuka stood there, at a loss. Although she knew everyone except Natsumi Suga and Shoko Makinohara, after all, she was a teacher and they were students, so… what should she do?

Seeing this, Mai Sakurajima sighed quietly and muttered in a low voice.

"This guy is too much. He clearly called people here, but acts like a hands-off shopkeeper…"

Although she said that, Mai Sakurajima still walked to Shizuka Hiratsuka, maintaining a gentle smile.

"Shizuka, let's go shopping together."

Shizuka Hiratsuka was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"Um… okay."

Although Mai Sakurajima can be considered her student, after all, it's not a direct teacher-student relationship, so it's not so awkward to get along with.

The girls split into groups, preparing to relax after a long time.

Saki Kawasaki, of course, was with Marin Kitagawa, and Natsumi Suga was with them. The two planned to exchange photography skills with her, which would definitely be useful for cosplay in the future.

Although Shoko Makinohara has grown up, everyone still treats her as a child, so she, along with the easily lost, cute, silly duo of big and small female ghosts, which are Hachishaku-sama and Menma, were handed over to Haruna Amano, who is very good at taking care of people and has a considerate personality.

"Yukino, Kazusa, let's be together."

Seeing Yui Yuigahama smiling sweetly, ignoring the glaring, aggressive gazes between Kazusa Touma and Yukino Yukinoshita, holding one in each hand, leading them forward, the girls were all in awe.

Tuanzi… you are really ruthless.

Left Touma, right Yukino.

You can drag these two people to a fireworks festival together…

Tuanzi, you are so terrifying!

… …

On the other side, Yang Nai Yukinoshita pulled Yexing, and did not stop on the lively street, but came to a secluded grove next to it.

"What are you going to do?"

Yexing looked like a gentleman, but the words he said made Yang Nai Yukinoshita roll her eyes.

"Do you want me to unlock your kimono CG?"

Yang Nai smiled helplessly.

"What are you talking about? How could I let you unlock it here? I'll let you unlock it when we get home. I brought you here because I wanted to…"

Just as Yang Nai was halfway through her words, she suddenly saw several dry and thin black shadows gradually appearing in the depths of the forest.

"You… can see…"

"You… can see?"

"You can see…"

… …

Looking at the few evil spirits that emerged from the forest, Yang Nai Yukinoshita subconsciously took half a step back, but it was this subconscious action that exposed her.

"You… can see!"

After a few evil spirits realized that Yang Nai could see them, their eyes were filled with resentment and hatred, and their faces were distorted as they rushed over, as if they wanted to devour Yang Nai alive.

"You really don't know how to live or die."

Yexing said with a chuckle, just standing there quietly, without making any movements.

But when the evil spirits heard these words, their originally rushing steps stopped in an instant, and the faces that were originally filled with resentment and hatred now showed a look of fear that evil spirits should not have.

"Don't bother me unlocking the kimono CG."

Yexing stretched out his right hand, and the dark ghost hand appeared again, accompanied by the slow clenching of his five fingers, crushing one of the evil spirits into powder.

The faces of the remaining evil spirits changed, and just as they were about to flee into the depths of the forest, a dark blade of light flashed past, directly cutting off their ugly heads from their necks.

"Done."

Hearing Yexing's relaxed voice, noticing that he didn't make any effort, as if he had casually crushed a few ants to death, Yang Nai Yukinoshita thought to herself.

"Sure enough, he is more professional."

At the same time, Yang Nai Yukinoshita also noticed something.