The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

"Heave-ho!"

The cake box, which was slightly smaller than what Hachiman Hikigaya held, seemed enormous in Kyoka Kawasaki's hands. After taking the cake, Kyoka Kawasaki turned around and made way for him, then staggered into the house.

Seeing that Kyoka Kawasaki was clearly struggling to carry the cake, yet didn't ask him or Saki Kawasaki for help, Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but sigh:

"What a good child..."

"It's natural!"

Hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's praise, Saki Kawasaki rolled her eyes at him, but her tone was full of pride.

However, at that moment, Kyoka Kawasaki's voice suddenly came from inside the house.

"Brother, sister brought a man back!"

Hikigaya Hachiman:..........

Saki Kawasaki:..........

A few minutes later, in the Kawasaki family's living room.

Hachiman Hikigaya sat on the tatami mat, while Kyoka Kawasaki stared longingly at the cake that had been opened and served on the table. In the kitchen not far away, Saki Kawasaki was preparing tea.

As for the older brother Jinghua mentioned, one was doing his homework in his room upstairs, while the other had not yet returned.

"Want to eat?"

Seeing that Kyoka Kawasaki was staring longingly at the cake, Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but ask.

"I want to wait until everyone comes back so we can eat together..."

Although his eyes were filled with reluctance to part with the cake, Kawasaki Kyoka still shook his head at Hikigaya Hachiman.

Upon hearing Kawasaki Kyoka's words, Hikigaya Hachiman's gaze softened even more.

What an amazing child!

So cute, and so gentle and sensible, she'll definitely have plenty of boys chasing after her in the future.

"Please have some tea..."

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya was about to chat with Kyoka Kawasaki for a few more minutes, Saki Kawasaki came out carrying a tea tray.

She knelt beside Hachiman Hikigaya, poured the tea from the tray, and said to her younger sister, "Kyoka, I have something to tell my older brother. You can go upstairs now."

"Ok!"

Kawasaki Kyoka nodded upon hearing Kawasaki Saki's words.

After waving goodbye to Hachiman Hikigaya, she turned and ran out of the living room.

"You'd better tone it down a bit!"

Seeing that his younger sister had already left, Hachiman Hikigaya reluctantly lowered his arm, when Saki Kawasaki warned him.

"Cough cough..."

Picking up his teacup, Hachiman Hikigaya coughed lightly to cover his embarrassment, then asked Saki Kawasaki, "So where are those phantoms you mentioned?"

"have no idea..."

Saki Kawasaki shook her head, a troubled expression on her face.

"All I know is that they live inside this house, but I don't know their exact location..."

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing Kawasaki Saki's words, Hikigaya Hachiman lowered his eyes and stared at the tea in his hand, lost in thought.

In terms of danger, the vengeful spirit in this house is naturally weaker than the evil spirit of Yotsuya Miko yesterday; it might even just be a few low-level evil spirits.

It doesn't take much effort to get rid of them.

The only problem now is that we don't know where those evil spirits are hiding.

However, this problem is no challenge for Hachiman Hikigaya.

"System, scan this house for evil spirits."

After silently agreeing to deduct 100 spirit coins, an invisible wave quickly swept across the entire house.

At the same time, several small red dots appeared on the map in front of Hachiman Hikigaya.

"1, 2... Are there five evil spirits in total?"

Looking at the red dots marked on the map, Hachiman Hikigaya had a sudden realization.

Just as he suspected, the group of low-level evil spirits that were targeting the Kawasaki Saki family were nothing more than a bunch of novice evil spirits.

For him, who was already a high-level exorcist, dealing with these evil spirits was naturally a piece of cake!

"How about it?"

Kawasaki Saki looked nervously at Hachiman Hikigaya, who suddenly lowered his head and stopped talking.

He had been keeping his head down and not saying a word since the beginning, but then a strange smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

This made her wonder if he was possessed by a ghost.

"It's nothing, just a bunch of small fry. You'll be fine in a bit..."

Seeing Kawasaki Saki's nervous expression, Hikigaya Hachiman smiled at her.

He then stood up and summoned the Demon Slayer Sword in front of Kawasaki Saki.

Chapter 22 seemed to understand something.

As Kawasaki Saki watched the boy in front of her suddenly pull a katana that glowed with a pale blue light from thin air, she suddenly felt at ease for some reason.

It's as if everything can be resolved as long as he's there...

Shaking her head, Saki Kawasaki kicked the illusion out of her mind.

The familiar touch of the Demon-Slaying Sword returned to his hand. Hachiman Hikigaya nodded to Saki Kawasaki and followed the map's directions toward the bathroom outside the living room.

According to the results of the system's scan, a rudimentary evil spirit is currently lurking there.

Pushing open the bathroom door, in the lingering sunlight, Hachiman Hikigaya clearly saw an octopus-like evil spirit quietly perched on the ceiling of the bathroom.

When Hachiman Hikigaya pushed open the door and entered, the evil spirit immediately lowered its head in curiosity.

After all, this is a private residence, and after staying here for so many days, this is the first time this evil spirit has seen any humans other than the Kawasaki Saki family.

However, just as the evil spirit was sizing up the stranger who had intruded into its territory, it suddenly caught sight of the demon-slaying sword in the stranger's hand, which was glowing with blue light.

Like an animal startled, the octopus demon suddenly curled up into a ball.

Then he quickly expanded his body and pounced on Hachiman Hikigaya!

Hachiman Hikigaya remained unmoved by the evil spirit's feigned appearance. The sunlight had not yet disappeared, and at this point, a low-level evil spirit could not possibly cause him any harm!

Sure enough, through Hachiman Hikigaya's careful observation, he saw that after the octopus demon expanded in size and lunged at him, a small black mass darted toward the ventilation shaft.

Without the slightest hesitation, Hachiman Hikigaya threw the demon-slaying sword in his hand.

Good aim!

Although it was the first time the weapon had been thrown, the Demon Slayer Sword perfectly pinned the evil spirit to the wall.

As Hachiman Hikigaya watched the demon-slaying sword completely disappear into the wall, his eyelids twitched.

Kawasaki Saki probably won't ask him for compensation, right?

He was at least doing the exorcism for free...

"Ding! Successfully defeated the novice evil spirit, gaining 50 spirit coins!"

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya was feeling worried, the system's cold voice suddenly rang in his mind.

Looking up at the wall, sure enough, the dark figure that had been struggling and pinned to the wall had turned into a cloud of black mist and gradually dissipated into the air.

"It's pretty easy."

Unexpectedly, he had managed to exorcise this octopus-like low-level evil spirit with a single blow, and a hint of joy flashed through Hachiman Hikigaya's heart.

Using the wall as a springboard, Hachiman Hikigaya kicked off the demon-slaying sword stuck in the wall and then walked out of the bathroom.

Outside the door, Saki Kawasaki was staring at him in astonishment.

"solved?"

Seeing that Hachiman Hikigaya wasn't even out of breath, Saki Kawasaki asked suspiciously.

She had only heard a slight noise outside, and then there was no sound from the bathroom.

"solved!"

"But isn't this speed a bit too fast?"

Saki Kawasaki was naturally willing to believe Hachiman Hikigaya's words.

After all, what she saw yesterday afternoon couldn't be faked.

However, Hachiman Hikigaya dealt with the evil spirits so quickly that it felt unreal to her.

"Do you want me to have an even harder time?"

Hearing Kawasaki Saki's words, Hachiman Hikigaya was both amused and exasperated.

You have to understand that he's now a high-level exorcist, so dealing with low-level evil spirits is a piece of cake for him.

If he had encountered a serious evil spirit at Kawasaki Saki's house, Kawasaki Saki would probably be dead by now, and would not have had the chance to ask him for help.

"That's true..."

Saki Kawasaki nodded in deep agreement.

With the evil spirit in the bathroom dealt with, the first floor is now completely safe.

Looking at the remaining four evil spirits on the map, Hachiman Hikigaya immediately wanted to grab his Demon Slayer Sword and rush up to the second floor to take advantage of the fact that the evil spirits cannot attack in the sunlight and eliminate them all!

"and many more!"

However, just as Hachiman Hikigaya was about to take action, Saki Kawasaki suddenly reached out and blocked his way.

"what happened?"