A sliver of the black cat's resentment, which Mr. Su Rui had purified of a large amount of spiritual power to escort out, burrowed into a room before being completely incinerated by Su Rui's golden flames.
Su Rui remained unmoved, intending to eliminate this black cat first, when he heard movement from that room. The door opened, and a “boy” with vacant eyes and a delicate, girlish face walked out.
She should be Yukino Yukinoshita, but she was currently controlled by the black cat's resentment.
Su Rui watched Yukino Yukinoshita walk out with vacant eyes, tilting her neck to look at Su Rui, and slowly spoke:
“Let me go, or she will die.”
It was the black cat speaking to him through Yukino Yukinoshita’s body, but Su Rui wasn’t concerned with that. He just nodded:
“So that’s it. You couldn’t speak to me because you can’t speak human language? You’re even more useless than those low-level evil spirits.”
Saying words that made the black cat in his hand seethe but dare not speak, Su Rui plunged the sword, burning with golden flames, into the black cat’s neck.
Under the scorching flames, the evil spirit black cat struggled desperately, emitting a “hissing~” sound as it was roasted by the fire. If it weren't for it being a spirit body, there would probably be the smell of burnt flesh.
Yukino Yukinoshita, controlled by the black cat evil spirit, anxiously said, “Don’t do anything else! Aren’t you worried she’ll die because of this?”
“You’re killing her, what does that have to do with me?”
Su Rui remained unmoved, and even Yukino Yukinoshita, who was controlled by it, couldn’t help but show a startled expression: “But, weren’t you here to save her?”
“Brain-dead. I’m here to exorcise spirits, not to save people. What does it matter to me if people live or die?”
The blade in Su Rui’s hand burned with golden flames. As Su Rui stirred the blade within the black cat’s resentful body, he completely killed it.
The now motionless black cat still had its body, formed by resentment, which would take some time to purify. Su Rui glanced at Yukino Yukinoshita, who had fainted on the ground after the black cat’s death, and casually threw a portion of spiritual power at her.
After the golden flames landed on Yukino Yukinoshita, they quickly burned away the resentment, allowing Yukino Yukinoshita to gradually regain consciousness.
She got up from the ground, looked around in a daze, and then saw Su Rui, his entire body burning with golden flames, plunging his longsword into the black cat’s corpse.
“Awake?” Su Rui asked expressionlessly, “Do you remember anything?”
“I remember picking up a black cat and bringing it home, but I didn’t expect it to be an evil spirit.”
Yukino Yukinoshita looked at the resentful black cat, dead under Su Rui’s sword, with complex eyes, then looked at Su Rui: “Thank you for saving me.”
Su Rui didn’t care about her thanks and pressed on: “Anything else? Do you remember anything from when you were possessed?”
Yukino Yukinoshita blushed slightly at Su Rui’s question, but the girl bravely looked into Su Rui’s eyes, which burned with golden flames, and said:
“I also saw you say, ‘You’re killing her, what does that have to do with me?’”
Just as Su Rui was feeling a bit helpless with Yukino Yukinoshita’s “ignorance,” she quickly added:
“However, I know that was to save me. If you let the black cat think you were here to save me, it would only become complacent.”
“...You’re quite clever.”
Su Rui nodded, not commenting further on the matter: “Your older sister is waiting for you downstairs. She’s very anxious, give her a call.”
“Alright.”
Yukino Yukinoshita couldn’t help but steal a few more glances at Su Rui, who was still purifying the black cat’s resentful corpse. She took out her phone, and before she could dial, Su Rui asked her another question:
“By the way, are you the type of boy who likes to wear girl’s clothes?”
“Huh?” Su Rui’s question surprised Yukino Yukinoshita. Then, the girl’s cheeks immediately flushed with annoyance as she realized something, and her tone became heavier:
“I’m a girl!” (Note: There are no cross-dressing males in this text; this is only to highlight Yukino’s figure, which is indeed a bit flat.)
Although she wanted to lash out, the person in front of her was her savior. Yukino Yukinoshita merely gave Su Rui a few more dissatisfied glances, not pursuing the matter further, and took out her phone to call her older sister.
Su Rui wasn’t about to get upset over the girl’s slight temper. He merely allowed a restrained smile to curve his lips and turned his head to look to the side.
And Yukinoshita Haruno quickly answered the phone, her anxious voice coming from the other end, which Su Rui could also hear:
“Yukino? Are you alright? Did Mr. Su Rui rescue you?”
‘So his name is Su Rui.’ Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at Su Rui, and finding that he wasn’t looking at her, she couldn’t help but stare at the young man’s handsome profile for a few more moments:
“Yes, I’m safe now, older sister. Are you downstairs?”
“Yes, we’ll be right up. Yukino, you need to be careful.”
Although she didn’t know why her older sister would give such a warning after she was safe, Yukino attributed it to her older sister being too anxious. She hung up the phone and looked at Su Rui.
The girl bowed solemnly: “Thank you very much for saving me.”
“It’s nothing. Just doing my job for money.”
Su Rui looked at Yukino Yukinoshita bowing. The girl was still wearing her light school uniform; she must have picked up the black cat right after school and then been controlled by this evil spirit.
Of course, these conjectures weren’t the main point, but… Su Rui saw something from the neckline of her clothes when Yukino Yukinoshita bowed.
It was indeed a bit flat, though not in the sense of world peace.
“Even so, I still want to thank you for your help.”
Yukino Yukinoshita looked up. Su Rui had already averted his gaze, and anxious “thud, thud” footsteps were already coming from outside the door.
Su Rui and Yukino Yukinoshita simultaneously looked towards the door, and then watched Yukinoshita Haruno frantically run up barefoot and embrace Yukino Yukinoshita.
Even upon seeing her unharmed younger sister, Yukinoshita Haruno still trembled slightly with tension, her arms tightly embracing Yukino Yukinoshita: “Yukino, I’m glad you’re alright.”
Shizuka Hiratsuka’s somewhat helpless voice came from the doorway: “I told you, Yukino said she was fine, didn’t she?”
Shizuka Hiratsuka walked in, carrying the shoes Yukinoshita Haruno had kicked off, and greeted Su Rui:
“No problems, right?”
At this moment, Yukinoshita Haruno also calmed down slightly, and the three beautiful women all turned to look at Su Rui.
“No problem.”
Su Rui pulled the longsword out of the floor. He had just finished purifying the black cat’s resentment essence, and he had gained a large amount of pure spiritual power.
Then, Su Rui looked at the three women, who had become tense again, with some confusion: “What’s wrong?”
“You’re injured.”
Shizuka Hiratsuka’s tone became heavier. She casually tossed aside Yukinoshita Haruno’s shoes and grabbed Su Rui’s wrist:
“Haruno, get the first-aid kit!”
“Hmm? It’s just a minor injury.”