“This is an amulet made with spiritual power, for resisting vengeful spirits or evil ghosts. People without spiritual sight or spiritual power cannot see it.”
Mr. Su Rui said casually, “Yotsuya Miko is what I mean by spiritual sight. Although she has no combat ability, she can see the vengeful spirits floating in the air and stronger evil spirits. I’m curious if she can see the energy fluctuations around you.”
“Wait a minute, are you saying there are ghosts here?”
Mr. Su Rui’s casual words caused Shirai Kuroko to feel fear. The girl nervously hugged her chest to protect herself, looking around vigilantly, “Are there still some? Are they everywhere?”
“Of course there are, but the amulet I gave you is meant to counter those vengeful spirits.”
Mr. Su Rui said casually, glancing at Shirai Kuroko, who was nervously clutching the amulet, “Just wear the amulet on your body, you don’t need to hold it like this all the time.”
“I understand. Are you saying there are still vengeful spirits around now?”
“Yes.”
Su Rui nodded, then used spiritual power strong enough for ordinary people to see, conjuring golden flames that purified all the vengeful spirits in the air, absorbing them as spiritual power.
“Alright, there are none now. Why are you so nervous? When you didn’t know about them, they couldn’t do anything to you either.”
“That’s two different things. When a girl hears that ghosts exist, it’s a very scary thing, okay?”
Fortunately, upon hearing Mr. Su Rui say that all the vengeful spirits had been eliminated, Shirai Kuroko relaxed. She leaned closer to him, curiously glancing at Mr. Su Rui’s hand:
“I didn’t expect you could control flames. It seems this really might be another world.”
“This isn’t ordinary flame; it’s sun-attribute spiritual flame, an arch-nemesis to vengeful spirits.”
Mr. Su Rui corrected Shirai Kuroko’s misunderstanding, continuing to focus on making the amulet in his hand:
“By the way, are you afraid of Vampires?”
“Vampires? No.”
“Why? Vampires can harm you more directly than those vengeful spirits, right?”
“But I can also directly harm Vampires, can’t I?”
Shirai Kuroko looked at Mr. Su Rui proudly, then touched her skirt, and a pile of nails appeared out of thin air in her hand:
“I’m very powerful too! As long as it’s not something I can’t touch, like ethereal things such as ghosts, I’m not afraid!”
“I see.”
Mr. Su Rui nodded, continuing to chat casually with Shirai Kuroko. Soon, Shizuka Hiratsuka heard the doorbell at the door, opened her apartment door, and saw Yotsuya Miko in casual clothes bowing to her and greeting her:
“Hello, I’m here to see Mr. Su Rui. Is he here?”
“Yes, Mr. Su Rui is in the room. Come on in.”
Shizuka Hiratsuka curiously scrutinized Yotsuya Miko from head to toe, making the girl feel a bit uncomfortable as she asked, “Excuse me, is there something wrong with me?”
Did I accidentally button the wrong button when I left the house? Or did I make a mistake while putting on makeup?
The girl immediately felt nervous. If there wasn’t someone in front of her, she would already be frantically checking herself.
Fortunately, Shizuka Hiratsuka’s bold and direct personality led her to smile and explain the reason directly:
“I just heard that you can apparently see vengeful spirits directly, and I was a bit curious.”
“Oh, I see.”
Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. As long as there wasn't an issue with her appearance, it was fine.
The girl surveyed the situation in the room and found that there were no vengeful spirits floating in the air. She understood immediately; Mr. Su Rui must have purified the vengeful spirits in the room.
Is it to welcome me? Mr. Su Rui is truly a considerate person.
A warm current surged through her heart, and Yotsuya Miko said with a smile:
“I can indeed see vengeful spirits, and the vengeful spirits in this room seem to have just been purified by Mr. Su Rui, so there are none in the room now.”
If not for her reserved nature and upbringing, Yotsuya Miko would have been unable to resist showing off Mr. Su Rui’s concern for her. However, at this moment, the girl’s smile was just a bit too bright.
“So that’s how it is. What a magical ability. I wish I could see those vengeful spirits too.” Shizuka Hiratsuka nodded with a hint of regret, not saying anything more. Her earlier shyness had also faded, and now she wanted to see how things would unfold.
“Actually, being able to see vengeful spirits isn’t a good thing. If I hadn’t met Mr. Su Rui, I’m afraid I would have had to live in constant fear, surrounded by vengeful spirits.”
Yotsuya Miko happily recounted her story of meeting Mr. Su Rui. If no one had asked, she even wanted to meticulously describe the moment Mr. Su Rui, like a god descending from heaven, appeared before her with golden flames burning around him.
However, just as the girl was happily chatting with Shizuka Hiratsuka, a red-haired twin-tailed girl approached her, scrutinizing her from head to toe, which made Yotsuya Miko a bit puzzled:
“Excuse me, who are you?”
“Forgive my rudeness. Nice to meet you, I am Shirai Kuroko. Thanks to the help of Su Rui and Shizuka Hiratsuka, I have temporarily escaped danger.”
After a formal self-introduction, Shirai Kuroko once again scrutinized Yotsuya Miko before her:
“No wonder your feelings for Mr. Su Rui are so obvious. So it was a hero-saving-the-damsel scenario. An ordinary young girl really can’t resist such an offensive, can she?”
“What are you talking about? Your figure isn’t as good as mine, is it? Speaking of which, you’re the young girl!”
Having her thoughts exposed made Yotsuya Miko a bit annoyed, and she couldn’t help but retort to Shirai Kuroko. The girl, whose sore spot was hit, immediately became agitated as well, lifting her chin and arguing:
“So what? I can still grow! In the future, I’ll definitely be a stunning beauty with an amazing figure too!”
“That’s something that might happen later.”
When Yotsuya Miko said these words, she deliberately puffed out her full chest, emphasizing the words “might happen” particularly heavily.
The girl in front of her might become well-endowed, but Yotsuya Miko’s figure was already excellent now.
“Darn it…”
Shirai Kuroko gritted her teeth, but Mr. Su Rui, who was nearby, had already noticed the minor conflict between the two girls and came over to them:
“Alright, let’s get to business. First, this is an amulet for you.”
Mr. Su Rui said, handing the newly made amulet to Yotsuya Miko:
“This amulet will be effective for a long time. You can wear it on your body all the time. It’s more effective than the hurried method of infusing spiritual power into your phone before.”
“Thank you, Mr. Su Rui, I really like this gift!”
Yotsuya Miko nodded, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the handsome young man in front of her.