The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

"Well, I see"

Compared to the solemn expression on Hachiman Hikigaya's face, Miko Yotsuya seemed somewhat absent-minded at this moment.

"Well...."

Suddenly, Miko Yotsuya clutched her forehead and cried out in pain.

"Stay focused, we're not safe yet..."

Hachiman Hikigaya withdrew his finger from Miko Yotsuya's forehead and, while checking his own condition, spoke to Miko Yotsuya.

"I understand!"

Having survived seventeen years at the hands of evil spirits, Yotsuya Miko understood from Hikigaya's words that now was not the time to let her mind wander.

"Then let's set off."

Seeing that Yotsuya Miko had regained the composure she had when they first met, Hikigaya Hachiman nodded. He pushed open the gymnasium door and, with Yotsuya Miko in tow, charged towards the three low-level evil spirits on the playground.

Of course, you should pick the softest persimmon first!

Chapter 8 Times have changed.

On the soccer field, three low-level evil spirits, upon seeing Hachiman Hikigaya and Miko Yotsuya, pounced on them without hesitation.

He then generously sponsored Hachiman Hikigaya with a triple kill and 150 spirit coins before bidding farewell to this world.

"Now there are only three evil spirits left..."

With the system notification echoing in his mind, Hachiman Hikigaya stared at the two red dots on the map, lost in thought.

The system does not provide the real-time location information of the evil spirit, otherwise Hachiman would not have been successfully ambushed by the spider evil spirit.

Based on the information currently available, the novice evil spirits in the dungeon will only linger in one place, while the more advanced evil spirits can roam around, and the more intelligent ones will even choose to ambush their opponents!

"Then there's a high chance the remaining two mid-level evil spirits aren't still in their original positions..."

Rubbing his temples, Hachiman said with a troubled expression.

However, it's highly likely that the intermediate-level evil spirit has already left the area, so Hachiman Hikigaya decided to take Miko Yotsuya to check out the location marked with the red dot.

After all, having a goal is much safer than searching aimlessly in the academy. What if the evil spirit hasn't left?

Hachiman Hikigaya's first choice was the kendo club activity room, which was closest to the playground.

Cautiously guarding against possible attacks from evil spirits along the way, the two arrived safely at the wooden sliding door of the kendo club activity room.

The wooden door, which was originally covered with white paper, was already rotten and decayed. As soon as Hachiman Hikigaya touched it, the wooden door creaked and fell into the dojo.

Fortunately, Bikigu reacted quickly and pulled the wooden door shut in time, preventing their whereabouts from being exposed.

"and many more..."

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya finished dealing with the wooden door and was about to enter the dojo, Miko Yotsuya suddenly reached out and stopped him.

With his right foot hovering on the tatami mat, Hachiman Hikigaya retracted his foot and turned to look at Miko Yotsuya with a puzzled expression.

"On the ground..."

Yotsuya Miko pointed to the tatami mats inside the dojo and said softly.

"On the ground?"

Upon hearing this, Hachiman Hikigaya looked down at the ground and saw that the tatami mats inside the dojo were completely covered with some kind of viscous liquid.

Hachiman Hikigaya sniffed the air, and a pungent smell suddenly wafted out of the room.

"This is gasoline?!"

Hachiman Hikigaya quickly covered his nose and pulled Miko Yotsuya away from the kendo club dojo.

How come there's gasoline inside the dojo?

Far from the dojo, Hachiman, still shaken, looked at the wooden building before him and thought.

"Ta-da..."

Just then, footsteps suddenly came from inside the dojo.

Immediately afterwards, an evil spirit dressed in ancient samurai armor emerged from the dojo, along with the gasoline that Hachiman Hikigaya had just seen.

At this moment, the gasoline seemed to come alive, meandering along the ground and crawling towards Hachiman and the others.

The liquid was flowing much faster than people could retreat. Hachiman Hikigaya, seeing the situation was dire, was about to lead Miko Yotsuya to retreat when he was already surrounded by the gasoline in the open space in the center.

"what should we do?"

Looking at the writhing gasoline in front of her, Yotsuya Miko simply didn't have the courage to step into it. She unconsciously looked at Hikigaya Hachiman, hoping he could come up with a solution.

"It's clear that we only have one option left..."

Hachiman Hikigaya sighed as he looked at the gasoline in front of him, then turned around and raised his Demon Slayer Sword in front of him, ready to fight.

Upon seeing Hachiman Hikigaya assume a fighting stance, the samurai demon raised his hand, causing the surrounding gasoline-like liquid to recede, leaving a large circular open space for the three in the center.

"You should move a little further away."

After giving Yotsuya Miko a few words of advice, Hikigaya Hachiman charged towards the samurai demon with his demon-slaying sword in hand.

Upon seeing Hachiman Hikigaya charging towards him, the samurai demon did not immediately draw his katana to retaliate. Instead, he crouched down and adopted a forward-leaning posture.

"clang!"

A metallic clanging sound suddenly echoed in the quiet night sky.

Accompanied by Yotsuya Miko's exclamation, Hikigaya Hachiman slowly retreated to his previous position.

His school uniform was ripped open, and bright red blood kept flowing out of the wound.

"Are you OK?"

Seeing the blood dripping onto the ground, Miko Yotsuya's heart leaped into her throat. She wanted to rush over to bandage Hachiman Hikigaya's wounds, but he stopped her, shouting, "Don't come any closer!"

After stopping Yotsuya Miko's actions, Hikigaya Hachiman turned back to look at the samurai demon, his eyes filled with solemnity.

This time, he's met his match!

On the other side, the samurai demon slowly got up, casually flicked the katana in his hand, and the blood on the blade splattered on the ground.

After cleaning the bloodstains from the sword, the samurai demon raised his head and looked at the solemn-faced Hachiman Hikigaya, his eyes seemingly filled with mockery.

How dare someone who doesn't even know swordsmanship challenge him to a sword duel?

"Spirit Flow Technique!"

After temporarily blocking the wound with his spiritual power, Hachiman Hikigaya did not hesitate to use magic.

Having just exchanged blows, he realized that he was no match for the warrior spirit in hand-to-hand combat, so using magic for ranged attacks was his best option.

A massive amount of spiritual energy gathered in Hachiman Hikigaya's hand, then transformed into a stream of spiritual energy that shot towards the samurai evil spirit.

Faced with this immense spiritual power, the samurai demon dared not be careless. It raised its katana and cleaved the water in two with a single stroke.

However, at that very moment, Hachiman Hikigaya had already launched his second stream of spirit.

The samurai demon had just dealt with the first stream of spirit energy when the second stream rushed towards it.

The immense spiritual energy slammed directly into the samurai demon, sending it flying!

"@＃￥！＃%！"

The samurai demon made an incomprehensible sound from its throat, then rose from the ground and looked at Hachiman Hikigaya.

"Again!"

Seeing that he only had 57 points of spiritual energy left, Hachiman Hikigaya summoned a third stream of spiritual energy without hesitation and blasted it towards the samurai demon.

But this seemingly sure-fire strike was dodged by the samurai demon with a roll.

"what?!"

Hachiman Hikigaya watched in disbelief as his third Spirit Stream Technique was dodged by the samurai demon with a roll.

Didn't it completely absorb the second spell attack before? How can it still be so agile!

However, this is not the end of the story.

Just as Hachiman Hikigaya was stunned by his missed attack, the samurai demon rolled to his feet and reached behind him.

Then, to Hachiman Hikigaya's utter bewilderment, the samurai demon pulled out a gunpowder gun from behind his back and aimed it at him.

Hikigaya Hachiman:? ? ? !

Samurai Ghost: Junior, times have changed!

Chapter 9 The High-Level Evil Spirit Who Launches a Sneak Attack

"I rely on!"

Seeing the samurai demon with its drastically changed art style, Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but swear.

Can anyone tell him why an evil spirit would use a gun?

"boom!"

However, the samurai spirit had no intention of telling Hachiman Hikigaya the reason. It took out a gunpowder gun and fired a shot at Hachiman Hikigaya.

After seeing Hachiman Hikigaya dodge, it took a katana in one hand and a gunpowder gun in the other, aimed, and pounced.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two more gunshots rang out. It seemed that the gunpowder gun of the samurai evil spirit did not require manual reloading. After firing, one only needed to wait 3 seconds before firing again.

That's a complete foul!

Having just dodged a bullet, the samurai demon raised his sword and slashed at Hachiman Hikigaya in the next second.

Hachiman Hikigaya had no chance to retaliate against this combined attack.

"The gunpowder gun must be destroyed..."

After parrying the samurai demon's attack and taking a few steps back to relieve the momentum, Hachiman looked at the gun in the samurai demon's hand and made up his mind.

With his left hand raised, the last spell he could use began to brew in his palm, but Hachiman Hikigaya hesitated to unleash it.