Meow meow meow?

That's right!

This lord opens the bird ww

Kanai didn't have time to think about what the Midori had just said.

She sternly ordered the Teiguang people to retreat.

She set up a barrier to protect them.

She used a slender barrier to reach into the spatial rift.

She tried to catch the demon.

Ibaraki was faster than her.

The Black Flame in his hand, which had just been tortured in the game, quickly corroded the demon aura.

It penetrated the spatial rift in an instant. The terrifying temperature made Hannya, who was hiding her head and leaking out, scurry out.

The reddish-black ghost shouted, "It's so hot!" as she tried to use the same trick to escape through the crowd at an extremely fast speed.

"Still want to run?" Red Leaf raised her hand and summoned a large number of sharp maple leaves.

These leaves, which were everywhere floating above the basketball court, greatly hindered Hannya's escape.

Without waiting for Hannya to shout again,

Ibaraki's Black Flame had already chased after her and was about to burn Hannya to ashes.

A huge mace, which was as tall as a person, appeared out of thin air.

It smashed straight at the reddish-black ghost's head.

A loud thud was heard.

Hannya, who didn't have time to escape, was hit in the head by the mace. Her entire body crashed straight into the side wall of the basketball court from the center of the court.

Her bleeding head was deeply embedded in the wall, and she stopped moving.

Under the dumbfounded gazes of the Teiguang people, the Ghost Lantern slowly walked to Hannya's side.

He pulled the mace out of her head, then picked up the strong evil ghost's neck with one hand and began to shake violently until blood spurted out of Hannya's head.

Her eyes were dazzled.

"So, so scary —" Huang Se shrunk his neck.

He was the only one who didn't enter the barrier.

He was protected by Kanai behind her and looked curiously through the girl.

Hannya spurted out blood for a while and finally screamed, "It hurts!" Her entire body began to twist. The huge evil ghost's head slowly fell off like a layer of sugar coating, revealing a handsome and flirtatious face.

In a few breaths, the ugly and rough evil ghost turned into a devilish handsome young man with short golden hair. The handsome young man's head was still bleeding, and he was almost out of breath from Ghost Lantern's choking.

"Ghost Lantern, you're too much — Puff!"

Hannya, who had transformed into a human, tried to struggle in the hands of the great demon king. In the end, she was grabbed by the neck and slammed her head heavily onto the wooden floor.

"You're a jailor, but you don't want to improve yourself. Because of such a ridiculous reason, you caused such a huge mess for me. Hurry up and apologize to the world!" Ghost Lantern grabbed Hannya's head fiercely and slammed it against the ground.

Bang, bang, bang. The wooden plank was smashed into pieces by Hannya's head.

"That's enough, you!"

Hannya, whose face was covered in blood, raised her head with difficulty. "I, I didn't want to run away — Wah!" Before she could finish, she was pressed to the ground by Ghost Lantern.

The next time she raised her head, she quickly shouted, "Someone from the spirit world came to the modern world!

I just chased after her to take a look! "

"Oh?"

Ghost Lantern's face darkened as he grabbed Hannya's head and said coldly, "You mean, a big demon from the spirit world came to the modern world?"

"Listen to my explanation!

I'm telling the truth!

That guy has a lot of black feathers, just like a crow! "Hannya tried to put on a sincere face." I'm also helping hell. "

"No, you just want to come up here to play," Ghost Lantern grabbed her head and slammed it on the floor again. "Let's not talk about the fact that the Kumura family finished repairing the spirit world barrier half a month ago. Even if a big demon from the spirit world escaped, you can report it to the police or tell me."

"So, please go to hell."

"No, no, no — I really saw it — Wahhhh!!!!"

Qingfeng, who was watching the brutal scene, had a pale face. She couldn't help but try to shrink herself a little and hide behind Peach Well. Even Midori couldn't bear to watch and turned her head away.

On the other hand, Akashiji Seijuro, who looked gentle, faintly stared at the evil spirit called Hannya through the barrier. His mouth curved into a faint smile.

After this private affair was over, Ghost Lantern dragged Hannya, who looked like a dead dog, forward to apologize to Kanai and the others.

"Sorry for the long wait. It took a bit of time to discipline this incompetent subordinate."

"Uh … it seems to be working well?"

Kanai's face was full of black lines. Her mouth twitched as she looked at Hannya's almost pixelated corpse.

"You flatter me," Ghost Lantern said seriously. "This time, I have troubled you for a long time. To express my gratitude, I represent hell to give you a small gift."

"No … I don't think it's a matter of flattery …" Before Kanai could finish her sentence, she saw Ghost Lantern suddenly took out a few cursed straw figurines. She was completely speechless.

Ghost Lantern held up a few cursed straw figurines that were obviously emitting an unknown black gas and seemed to be able to move on their own. He was about to pass them to the Teiguang people. "This is one of the famous specialties of hell. Considering the size of the mirror, this kind of straw figurine is very suitable for use as a messenger. Not only can it be used as a decoration, clothing decoration, or key ring, but you can also poke it with a needle to vent your anger. This kind of straw figurine will scream and cry when tortured by the needle. It's a high-end product."

Teiguang: … Please, let us go.

Akashiji boldly looked at the scarecrow in Ghost Lantern's hand and refused, "It's good enough that I can help Mr. Ghost Lantern. It's just a game. Let's have fun. There's no need for gifts."

Everyone in Teiguang looked at their director with admiration. Good job, Akashiji!

As expected of Akashiji!

"Is that so?"

Ghost Lantern seemed a little disappointed that he didn't manage to sell the item in his hands. He put away the scarecrow and nodded at the crowd again.

"Since Akashiji has said so, I won't force you.

First, let Hannya remove the contracts on the three of you. "

Under Ghost Lantern's abuse, Hannya, who had a nosebleed and was on the verge of death, reluctantly took back the contracts on Kanai and the others. As he retrieved the demonic power he buried in Kanai and the others' bodies, he grumbled, "You're too much. You even tricked a demon?

You didn't even finish this fun game. "

As soon as he said this, he was beaten up by Ghost Lantern again, "You really came to the modern world to play. What a scandal."

"Well …" Kanna heaved a sigh of relief when she sensed that the demonic energy in her body had dissipated, and that Hannya herself had truly been beaten up quite badly. She smiled and retorted, "Well, it's Hanari-san's fault for being unable to endure loneliness and leaking his demonic energy."

"I'm helping you, aren't I?

Miko-sama. "

The blonde youth rolled his eyes, "If I didn't start this game, that person's true words," he pointed his mouth at Midori Shintaro, "How would you know, right?"

Kanai was stunned. She couldn't help but follow Hannya's direction and look at Midori Shintaro inside the barrier.

"Legend says that Hannya can evoke the darkness in the human heart. His personality is cunning and cruel, and he has no compassion for humans."

Ibaraki, who had unknowingly walked to Kanai's side, blocked the little girl with a cold face and looked down at Hannya, "Seeing you today, your ability to confuse people's minds and distort black and white is indeed outstanding."

What nonsense are you spouting?

You didn't injure that Midori Shintaro?

Now you're saying it like you're doing a favor?

After being scolded by Ibaraki, Kanai, who had been deceived, couldn't help but angrily glare at Hannya. And her reaction was seen by Hannya, the blonde demonic monster couldn't help but laugh.

"Pfft … Is it true or not, little sister Miko-sama is so fun?"

"Oh?"

Ibaraki raised his hand with a fake smile, wanting to pinch Hannya's head and pour the Black Flame into her mouth.

"… I was wrong."

Encountering a monster like Ibaraki, the self-proclaimed intelligent Hannya absolutely couldn't fight him head on. After he admitted defeat, he wanted to hide behind Ghost Lantern.

"Okay, okay, I also have something to compensate you, Miko-sama."

After saying this, he pulled out two thin items that were wrapped in coarse cloth and handed them to Kanna. These items appeared to be swords and swords.

"… There's no need, really."

Thinking about Ghost Lantern's unreliable gift just now, Kanai put her hands behind her back and shook her head like a rattle-drum.

"Take it, take it, maybe there'll be a surprise?" Hannya narrowed her eyes and looked at the cold Ibaraki Doji, smiling like a fox.

"It's just two ancient swords that can ward off evil, just treat it as an offering."

"But I-"

"If I remember correctly, the head of the Kumura family and the head of the Yukimura family seemed to be investigating the Black Light Tower, and haven't returned yet?" Hannya smiled faintly.

"…" Kanai pursed her lips and stared at Hannya without blinking. "… What else do you know?"

Hannya stubbornly withstood Ghost Lantern's death stare and explained, "These two ancient swords were left in Hell by the person who escaped from the Spiritual World. According to him, it seems to be some kind of spoils of war. It seems that he was able to escape from the Spiritual World because of the Black Light Tower."

"Miko-sama can rest assured and accept these two swords, maybe there'll be some clues?"

Under Hannya's flowery words, the hesitant Kanai finally accepted the two ancient swords. The two rusty swords were as tall as Kanai when they stood upright, and the little girl struggled to carry them on her back. After Ghost Lantern bid farewell to everyone, he said to Akashiji, "I think you're very talented in punishment, after you die, please be sure to take up a job in Hell."

After saying that, the Chief Consul of Hell picked up Hannya, who was crying in pain, and opened a passage to return to Hell.

After hearing Ghost Lantern's words, Akashiji's expression changed.

— — What does that mean?

Is he looking forward to my death?

"In short, this matter has come to an end, right?"

Without waiting for everyone to recover, the impatient Midori was the first to ask. After receiving Akashiji's affirmation, he used the excuse that he needed to apply medicine for the burn on his arm and left first.

At the entrance of the basketball stadium, Kanai watched as the Midori walked out of the basketball stadium without even looking at her. She hurriedly handed the two swords to Red Leaf and chased after the Midori alone.

Huang Se, who had witnessed all of this, stopped smiling.

After a while, he acted as if he hadn't seen anything and nothing had happened, and began to enthusiastically discuss the scene he had just seen with Qing Feng and the others.

On the other side, Kanna Hyuga ran quickly. She quickly ran through the Teiguang campus and chased after the long-legged Midori Shintaro all the way to the school gate.

At that time, the sky was completely dark, and the students who were busy with the school festival had all left the campus, leaving behind empty stalls and some dolls, props, balloons, banners, and so on scattered messily on the side of the walkway.

Kanai nimbly jumped over the obstacles on the ground like a deer in the dark walkway without a trace of light. Finally, when the Midori walked out of the school gate and was about to leave Teiguang, she called out to him from afar.

"Shintaro!"

Across the cold iron fence of the school gate, the panting Kanai called out to the Midori.

Midori Shintaro's footsteps paused and stopped in place.

In the quiet night, under the dim light, the tall and handsome teenager turned around and quietly stared at Kanai.

"I don't remember allowing you to call me Shintaro." After a while, he said lightly.

"… I'm sorry, Midori." Knowing that she was rude, the little girl stumbled and lowered her head.

She wanted to say something, but she remembered what the Midori said when they were playing the game. She wanted to ask him if the wound on his arm still hurt, and if it was okay. But when the words came to her mouth, they were blocked by a heavy sense of guilt and disappointment.

"Raise your head, Kanna Hyuga."

Midori frowned and sternly lectured the girl, "Since you are a witch of the Shrine, how can you show such a cowardly and useless appearance!"

"Ah, ah — yes!"

Kanna lifted her head with a reddened face as if she had been scalded by something. She looked at her childhood best friend with an eager expression.

"You have been like this since you were a child."

Midori's cold voice passed through the iron fence and echoed between the two of them, "Cowardly, unassertive, soft-hearted, and selfless, trying to please others."

"As long as others are a little worried, you begin to panic and blame yourself, even if it's not your fault."

He wasn't a fool. After the burning anger in his heart, he quickly understood why Kanna had distanced herself from him. Under Chi Si's guidance, he understood the turbulent undercurrents between Shinto and Kanna. In addition to guilt and heartache, he was even more annoyed that Kanna didn't want to fight.

He was not the kind of loser who only had self-esteem and could not be violated. In Kanna Hyuga's heart, was it so difficult to explain clearly?

"Kanna Hyuga."

Midori could not help but ask the girl in disappointment, "If you carry out the duties of a witch in the name of protection, why do you care so much about other people's feelings? You would rather be misunderstood than care about it?"

Every time Midori said a word, every time he accused her, Kanai's head lowered a little. In the end, she pursed her lips and whispered.

"… But, Shintaro, you are not 'other people'."

Lu Jian only felt an obscure and rare sourness slowly spreading from his heart. Countless feelings of joy, annoyance, guilt, anger, and years of grievances and confusion all turned into a shallow kind of satisfaction, lingering in his mind.

…

In the end, he just sighed.

"I really don't know what to do with you."

He said softly, and his eyebrows softened in the halo.

*

"Wah — gentler!!"

At that time in hell, Ghost Lantern grabbed Hannya by the hair and walked around, trying to save her golden hair.

"I'm telling you, I'll be bald if you continue to grab me!

If I'm bald, I-I'll fight it out with you! "

"Compared to being bald, you should be more worried about how to explain to the administration of hell that you absconded without permission." Ghost Lantern turned his head and glanced at Hannya.

"I-I'm doing it for the good of that little girl. Who's like you, hiding it from her so tightly?" Hannya, who did not seek death, quickly regained her spirit and said maliciously,

"You rushed to Sunset Shrine. Did you think that I, who knew some inside information, was going to steal something from that little girl's body?"

"Relax, relax. I'm not that ambitious. Compared to obtaining that, I'm more interested in that little girl's temperament. After all, I'm a demon born in the darkness of human hearts."

"I previously thought that fifty years was enough for you, Hannya."

Ghost Lantern, who avoided answering, looked coldly at Hannya. "Now, I suggest adding a zero behind fifty."