I'm in Bleach, starting with Unlimited Blade Works.

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Chapter 93 Exorcism

The guards behind listened quietly to the conversation between the two officials in front, and were startled.

In this era, rumors of evil spirits wreaking havoc and destroying cities and towns can be heard occasionally.

Could those powerful evil spirits be the void that Lord Erin spoke of?

Fortunately, judging from the tone of Haruko-sama and Erin-sama, they don't care even about the corrupted evil spirits, so the corrupted evil spirits in the city lord's mansion that haven't been finished yet are definitely no problem either.

As expected of the legendary priestess.

Guided by the guard, Erin and Haruko quickly arrived at the lord's mansion of Fujiwara Castle.

"Master Haruko."

When Fujiwara Junichi saw Haruko in her red and white shrine maiden outfit at the door, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and rushed to her side.

"Lady Haruko, we've been waiting for you for so long."

As for Erin, who was following behind Haruko, he had been selectively ignored by Lord Fujiwara.

"Lady Haruko, I have already had food and warm water prepared. This way, please."

After welcoming Haruko into the lord's mansion, Fujiwara Junichi spoke as he prepared to lead Erin and the other woman to a side hall.

Although it would be impolite to greet guests in the side hall, the main hall of the city lord's mansion is now occupied by that evil spirit, so even Fujiwara Junichi dares not go in, let alone receive guests inside.

"No rush, Lord Fujiwara. I'm here to purify the evil spirit. Before we eat, let's go check on that evil spirit first."

"This, okay."

Although Fujiwara Junichi wanted to curry favor with the "transporting shrine maiden," his most important task at the moment was to purify the evil spirits in the lord's mansion hall.

If this priestess can successfully purify that powerful evil spirit, then it won't be too late to curry favor with her.

If even this "legendary shrine maiden" cannot exorcise and purify this evil spirit, then he will have no choice but to abandon Fujiwara Castle and flee to a more distant place.

After all, as the lord of a city, Fujiwara Junichi knew that when certain evil spirits broke free of their restraints and became even more powerful beings, few of the humans in the vicinity could escape their fate.

Fujiwara Junichi led Haruko toward the hall, but the closer they got, the slower he moved. Eventually, he was no longer leading the way, but simply following behind Haruko.

"Sure enough, this evil spirit is on the verge of falling."

When Haruko saw the evil spirit in the city lord's hall, she knew that this evil spirit was probably the strongest she had encountered in a long time.

"Roar……"

At this moment, the evil spirit could still be barely seen as a human form. Due to the "hunger" of its soul, the evil spirit looked somewhat emaciated, but its eyes, which exuded endless malice, seemed to be radiating a red light.

"Get out, get out..."

"This is my city lord's mansion, and everything here belongs to me!"

From the words of this evil spirit, Erin and Haruko could tell that this was the greatest "attachment" this wicked creature had to the world.

Look at the chain on the evil spirit's chest; it's almost completely eaten away.

If a human with a body has their soul leave their body due to some accident, there is a chain connecting the soul's chest and the body.

Only by following the chains can the soul return smoothly to the body and awaken from the coma.

Once a human body dies, if the soul still has attachment to the world, the soul chain on the soul's chest will link to the place the soul longs for, becoming a "bound spirit".

The place connected by the Soul Chains could be a place or a person.

Once a spirit becomes a bound spirit, its soul cannot leave the place that binds it.

However, once the chains on the evil spirit's chest are completely devoured, leaving a void, the evil spirit will degenerate from a "bound spirit" into a more powerful "void".

At that time, the Void will no longer be restricted by the chains of the soul. Instead, due to the emptiness in its heart, it can devour human souls everywhere to fill the void in its heart and to satisfy its "instinct" to ascend to a higher level.

"hiss……"

Although Fujiwara Junichi could not see the evil spirit in the lord's hall, the evil spirit in the lord's mansion was now on the verge of degenerating into a void, and its spiritual pressure was already able to slightly interfere with reality.

The foundation of extraordinary power in the world of Bleach is "spiritual pressure".

Ordinary people do not have spiritual pressure; they cannot see souls, nor can they be harmed by soul entities.

Only those who possess spiritual pressure can see souls, harm souls, and also be harmed by souls.

However, this effect will cease to work when the spiritual pressure of the soul increases to a certain threshold.

For example, Shinigami and Hollows, their spiritual pressure allows them to cause great harm to people in the mortal world.

Right now, the spiritual pressure of this evil spirit within the city lord's mansion is transforming into a true "void".

"How are you, Haruko?"

Looking at the evil spirit in front of him, Erin asked Haruko a question.

After this period of training, Haruko's strength has greatly improved.

However, due to Erin's deliberate choice, Haruko encounters evil spirits every time.

So far, Haruko has never actually fought a Hollow.

The evil spirit in the present moment will transform into a Hollow in two or three days at most. If Haruko wants to challenge the Hollow, she can wait two or three days.

Haruko Kuchiki was silent for a while, then finally shook her head with a smile.

"Forget it, we'll definitely run into each other again in the future. There's no need to disregard the lives of everyone in this city for my own selfish desires."

Junichi Fujiwara, who was standing behind Haruko, broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this.

What does it mean to disregard the lives of an entire city for one's own selfish desires?

What exactly is this legendary priestess trying to do?

Was it a mistake for me to invite this witch?

Just as Fujiwara Junyuki was startled by the conversation between Erin and the other person, Haruko's voice rang in his ear: "Lord Fujiwara, we are about to begin the exorcism. Do you want to leave, or stay here?"

"Let me tell you beforehand, because this evil spirit is quite powerful, if you stay here, the battle later might affect you."

"Huh? Is the exorcism already starting?"

Fujiwara Junichi was taken aback and hesitated for a moment.

He was watching from outside when the sorcerer from Fujiwara Castle came to exorcise the spirit.

Not long after the monk went in, he was blasted out by a powerful force, severely injured and on the verge of death.

Fujiwara Junyuki was so frightened that his legs went weak.

After all, before inviting the sorcerer to exorcise the spirit, Fujiwara Junyuki had been enjoying himself in the lord's hall.

If that evil spirit took a dislike to him and attacked him as well, Fujiwara Junji didn't think he could survive.

So when he heard Haruko say that, he immediately shook his head: "Lord Haruko, I'd better leave, so as not to distract you from protecting me and increase your burden of exorcising spirits."

Haruko glanced at Fujiwara Junichi with surprise. This guy actually has a good sense of self-awareness.

To ordinary people who have no spiritual pressure and cannot see spirits, sorcerers and priestesses seem like "frauds".

Sometimes, when they are troubled by evil spirits and seek out sorcerers or witches to exorcise them, they will watch the sorcerers exorcise the spirits to satisfy their curiosity.

In many cases, the spiritual pressure of evil spirits cannot cause substantial harm to ordinary people. At most, it can make the surrounding environment a little colder or cause them to collide with other small things in the mortal world to intimidate the living.

However, the evil spirit before us is about to fall into nothingness, and its spiritual pressure is strong enough to cause damage to reality.

In such a situation, having Junichi Fujiwara nearby would indeed distract people from protecting him.

However, Haruko doesn't need to worry about this, because Erin will take action!

But since Fujiwara Junyuki didn't intend to watch from the sidelines, that was fine; it saved us some trouble.

"Alright, then you can stay here."

After nodding to Fujiwara Jun, Haruko stepped into the lord's hall.

"Buzz!"

"Roar……"

After Haruko entered the lord's hall, it seemed to have provoked the evil spirit inside.

After letting out a roar, the evil spirit dragged its tattered soul chain and charged towards Haruko.

Faced with the evil spirit's attack, Haruko calmly responded, raising her right index and middle fingers together and using white spiritual energy to draw a symbol resembling a "?" in the void in front of her.

"One of the Binding Techniques—Blockage!"

As Haruko chanted, the charging evil spirit's hands were pulled behind its back by an unseen force. Then, the symbols Haruko drew with her spiritual power quickly flew behind the evil spirit and turned into wooden shackles that bound its hands tightly.

"Oh!"

The immense force binding the evil spirit caused it to lose its balance as it charged forward, smashing a chair in the hall.

"Get out, get out..."

Even though Haruko had already taken control of it, the evil spirit was still clamoring for Haruko to leave its territory.

Then, the evil spirit stood up, its bound hands behind its back, and charged at Haruko again, opening its mouth as if to attack her with its teeth.

"act recklessly."

Upon seeing this disgusting scene, Haruko's expression turned cold.

With her arms outstretched, Haruko faced the evil spirit attacking her and abandoned her chanting of the binding spell.

"The Eighth Binding Path - Rebuke!"

"Oh!"

The charging evil spirit was blocked by an invisible barrier in front of Haruko's hands before it could even touch her.

The immense recoil force sent the evil spirit staggering back several steps, losing its footing and falling to the ground.

"Binding Spell Number Four - Gray Rope!"

Before the evil spirit could rise, Haruko released another binding spell.

The white spiritual particles transformed into a long rope, binding the evil spirit's legs into the shape of a mermaid.