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Chapter Nine: Half-price potato chips at the supermarket

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There's a lyric that goes, "Just because I glanced at you in the crowd."

The song describes a love story.

However, because this lyric is so versatile, it can be applied to many situations in reality.

The evil spirit, who had just gotten off the bus, stared directly into Rosen's eyes in the crowd.

The scarlet eyeballs locked onto the only living person who could see it almost instantly.

And those humans who cannot see it will not even receive a glance from it, even if it performs a striptease in public.

Because it suspected that a girl on the bus could see it, it instinctively followed her, even though it wasn't very intelligent.

The vengeful spirit's instinct makes it want the woman to see it.

In this way, it can eat living people to fill its stomach.

Even as an undead being, it has no concept of hunger.

This spirit may have heard the proverb "searching high and low without finding it" in its lifetime, but whether it knows it after death, Rosen doesn't know.

But he was now certain that the undead was eager to devour him.

What is the point of a spirit that has lost its five senses and even its physical body constantly searching for humans to eat?

Rosen had once heard a saying.

That is, the tormented spirits of the dead can kill someone so that the soul of the victim can bear their suffering in their place.

While I was thinking, the dead pounced on me.

Interestingly, even though I couldn't smell any odors when I couldn't see the dead before, I can now clearly smell the foul stench of decay after I can see them.

When the two were less than a meter apart, Rosen finally moved.

Divine power surged from his body, swiftly and cleanly striking the undead. As a result, the artificial sponge, thrown into the furnace, was instantly burned to ashes.

Finally, only a wisp of black ash remained, gradually disappearing.

The pedestrians who got off the bus walked in different directions, completely unaware that a battle between humans and the undead had just taken place.

Or rather... crush.

The wind, imperceptible to ordinary people, blows in all directions.

Yotsuya Miko clearly felt the fluctuation of the wind.

However, because she was too terrified, she didn't dare to turn back. She could only suppress the urge to run away and pretend to be a quiet and beautiful girl.

There are plenty of girls like her in Japan, and the ghost who had been sitting next to her on the bus had no reason to notice her.

Just like it is now.

Pretend you know nothing, act as usual, play on your phone while going home.

However, the thought of "raising" several undead spirits at home made Yotsuya Miko's mentality a little broken.

"Hey, you in front, stop for a second."

It was as if I heard a call from behind.

Just hearing his voice makes one subconsciously think that he is a gentle and refined handsome man.

In the past, a girl who still longed for love would definitely look back and then share it with her best friend, Yurikawa, on a messaging app.

However, having experienced a life-or-death situation once, Yotsuya Miko knew that the dead could disguise themselves as ordinary people.

However, this disguise is easy to spot.

But there are always times when we slack off.

Therefore, when things are uncertain, Miko Yotsuya never responds to anyone outside.

This time is no exception.

Rosen's attempt to greet people without receiving a response drew smiles from some passersby.

On the street bathed in the glow of the setting sun, a girl in a high school girl's uniform is playing on her phone with a blank expression, while a handsome young man calls out to her with a smile on his face from behind.

It's like a scene from a campus romance drama.

Rosen was embarrassed for a moment.

However, he also knew roughly what the reason was.

If she really is Yotsuya Miko, it's normal for her to be very wary.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to survive so many episodes.

The reason she was stopped was because the "Tree of Life" had reacted.

That thing, which was currently only in the sapling stage, was reminding Rosen that the girl in front of him was a worthy partner for a contract.

When a target appears, it's naturally impossible to miss it.

Rosen quickly followed, while Yotsuya Miko clearly sensed something and her heart skipped a beat. She couldn't help but quicken her pace, as if that would shake off the "ghost" behind her.

However, being meticulous (and timid as a mouse), she also has a lot of experience in this kind of situation.

Once targeted by the undead, any behavior that deviates from the norm will attract more attention.

If you really want to escape, you can find a legitimate "reason".

"Ah! The supermarket has half-price potato chips today! That's the flavor I've been looking forward to for so long, I can't miss it!"

Looking at the phone, feigning a look of sudden realization, while simultaneously shouting it out loud for the "ghosts" behind him to hear.

In this way, Yotsuya Miko had a perfectly reasonable reason to run away.

From the beginning until now, less than ten seconds have passed.

Rosen couldn't help but admire Yotsuya Miko's talent for disguise.

This JK (high school girl) is clearly terrified, yet she's excessively calm.

However, Lawson clearly didn't like this chase-and-chase plot. After following Yotsuya Miko to a place with few people, Lawson suddenly appeared in front of the girl.

With a smile on his face, he said in a tone tinged with amusement, "Young lady, would you like to sign a contract with me?"

Chapter Ten: Yotsuya Kenko Enters the Mountain Gate

Yotsuya Miko had always used this method to escape when she was being targeted, and it never failed her.

She also discovered that the vast majority of the dead have fixed activity ranges.

Unless they have a firm eye on her, they won't stay away from her for long.

It's like the aggro system for monsters in online games; if you run too far away, the aggro will be lost and automatically return.

However, just as Yotsuya Miko was relieved to have escaped another disaster, Lawson suddenly jumped out and confronted her.

She didn't even hear what Rosen was saying, and her instinctive scream was reflexively suppressed, but her legs wouldn't budge, as if they were made of lead.

The girl, terrified by Rosen, went blank and stopped thinking.

Even after Rosen spoke, it took him a few seconds to react.

Rosen waved his hand in front of Yotsuya Miko.

If you don't say anything, I'll take that as your agreement.

At this moment, Yotsuya Miko finally heard Rosen speak clearly, and her thoughts, which had almost stopped, started racing again.

After all, if she were a ghost, the mere fact that she was startled just now would have been enough to have her devoured alive.

What's more, the man in front of me is much better looking than those undead.

"you..."

Yotsuya Miko was still shaken, and then spoke in a rather unfriendly tone.

Why are you suddenly pursuing me?

"I called you and you suddenly ran away, so I had no choice but to chase after you."

Rosen shrugged.

While there might be a hint of mischief, going too far would be unwise.

After hearing his reply, Yotsuya Miko suddenly felt that it made a lot of sense and that she couldn't refute it at all.

She really wanted to say that because she could see the dead, she would pretend not to hear or see any strangers shouting in order to avoid being noticed.

But it's not like she didn't talk to her classmates or her mother about it.

Even online, it's useless except for attracting strange looks; on the contrary, it will bring endless trouble.

"Of course, girls need to protect themselves when they're out. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now. Don't call me again."

Yotsuya Miko was only willing to explain because Lawson was handsome and her type; she wouldn't have bothered to say a word to anyone else.

However, the girl clearly didn't want to interact too much with outsiders.

Rosen watched her turn away, not in a hurry, but asked, "Aren't you even a little curious about where that undead that chased you all the way went?"

Upon hearing this, Yotsuya Miko paused instantly.

Undead?

How did he know about the dead? How did he know that the dead had been following her on the bus the whole way?

Could he see it too?

This is a statement that Yotsuya Miko cannot ignore.

Aside from being startled earlier, the girl's emotions fluctuated again.

She has been able to see for a long time.

But in order to survive, he kept this matter to himself and had to endure those terrifying spirits every day. After half a year, he had accumulated a lot of repressed emotions.

Although things are alright for now, Yotsuya Miko feels that she will go crazy sooner or later if this continues.

Miko Yotsuya has always wanted a companion with whom she could confide.

Although she had Yurikawa as a friend, she couldn't bring herself to talk about it.

Now that she suddenly knows that Rosen can see the dead, how could she not be happy?

"You can see them?!"

"Not only can I see them, but I also have ways to get rid of them. The spirit that was chasing you has already been released from its slumber."

"Perform a ritual for the deceased? Are you a monk?"

"It's just an adjective; you can interpret it as 'kill' as well."

"?!"

Yotsuya Miko felt that today was her lucky day.

"You can really kill them? How did you kill them? Can you tell me?!"

Her expression was more excited than ever before.

"It's very simple, just a light tap with your hand is enough, just like those exorcism movies you've seen."

Rosen offered the simplest possible explanation.

"Can you teach me?!"

"Not for now."

The hope on the girl's face turned to disappointment in an instant.

Although she was discouraged, she also felt it was normal.