Indeed, the world is so big, if you really want to say, you can definitely find a few masters.
In this modern world, cultivation is difficult, even if they are masters, most of them hide deep in the mountains and old forests to cultivate quietly, rarely entering the secular world.
Trying to find a real expert to help within just three days is no different than fishing for a needle in the ocean.
The miko from the Kurano Shrine didn't stay long, and after reminding them of a few precautions, she bid farewell and left.
Mori Minami forced herself to perk up and saw her out.
Togawa Sakiko walked into the bedroom. The curtains were tightly drawn, the room was a bit dim, with only a small lamp lit by the bedside table. The warm yellow light was like a fragile candle flame in the wind, as if it would extinguish in the next second.
On the soft velvet bed, the green-haired girl wore only thin pajamas. Her doll-like delicate features were expressionless, sleeping deeply.
Seeing her dearest friend fallen into such a state, little Sakiko lowered her eyes and tucked the blanket around her.
Because of Golden Week, she was invited by Aunt Mori to stay over for a few days.
It had been a long time since she had caught up with Mutsumi. After arriving at the Wakaba household, Togawa Sakiko had been sharing a room with her. Both of them were petite and slender girls, so it didn't feel crowded.
At first, everything was normal, but four nights ago, Mutsumi suddenly had a dream.
In the dream, there was a strange woman dressed in a white kimono standing far away from her. She did nothing else but stare at her with those eyes full of white.
At first, no one took it seriously. Modern people all have illogical dreams now and then. Maybe she just watched a blockbuster movie during the day, and at night dreamed something related to it.
But on the second night, Mutsumi dreamed of the same strange woman in white again.
This time, the woman was closer, about one-fifth of the distance nearer.
On the third night, the dream was the same, and the distance shortened again by one-fifth.
Once is an accident, twice is coincidence, but the third time?
Mori Minami finally couldn't sit still. She realized that her daughter might have been entangled by something unclean.
She first invited a priest and an onmyoji to perform a ritual, but it was of no use.
Those seemingly high-and-mighty practitioners chanted sutras, arranged formations, and drew talismans, working busily for half a day, yet couldn't even tell what was wrong with Mutsumi.
Later, Mori Minami specially went to a shrine she had previously visited and invited the Kurano Shrine's miko.
This time it finally had some effect. Mutsumi's condition was temporarily stabilized, but it could only be maintained for three days.
"You've worked hard, little Sakiko," Mori Minami walked into the bedroom, looking at her daughter on the bed like a sleeping beauty. Her brows showed deep fatigue and a hint of despair hidden deep within.
"It's nothing, as it should be," Togawa Sakiko carefully chose her words, "Aunt Mori, I have a friend who is a very powerful exorcist. Maybe he can do something about Mutsumi's current situation."
Mori Minami gave a bitter smile.
The Kurano Shrine miko was already the most famous and skilled one she could invite. Even she was helpless. Basically, they could give up rescue at this point.
Although Sakiko was once the eldest daughter of the Togawa family, she had already left the family. Even if she really had an exorcist friend, at best he could probably only deal with some low-level ghosts that couldn't even harm people and could only scare normal folks.
Still, with a dead-horse-as-a-live-horse mindset, she nodded.
"Then please bring him here. If he can really save Mutsumi, the reward can be whatever he wants."
———
Looking at the big "Victory" on the screen, Kaito put down the controller and stretched lazily.
"One more round?"
After suffering her thirteenth consecutive defeat, Kumiko was clearly getting heated, angrily saying, "Cheater, you're using hacks!"
"What are you talking about? Not closed means opened?"
Kaito glanced at her and calmly said, "In esports, being bad is the original sin."
Youngling was still too naive. As a cultivator, having sharp ears and keen eyes was the most basic setup. His dynamic vision far surpassed ordinary people. As long as Kaito wanted to, everything on the screen appeared in slow motion in his eyes.
Does this count as cheating? Of course not. After all, he never turned anything off.
Using external tools is called cheating. But my ability to achieve god-tier victory comes purely from effort and sweat.
"One more match!"
Kumiko became more and more determined, wanting to wash away her shame. But unfortunately, Kaito's phone rang at that moment.
It was a message from secretary Sakiko. There was a commission that needed his action, with a generous reward and an address attached.
Coincidentally, Kaito didn't feel like bullying fish anymore either. He didn't want to crush Kumiko's confidence so much that she'd avoid him in the future.
Practicing with an evil spirit wasn't a bad idea.
———
[Port District]
As one of the wealthiest areas in all of Japan, many foreign embassies were located here. Numerous social elites and famous wealthy merchants lived here as well. The average annual income of the residents even surpassed that of Chiyoda District where the Emperor resides.
The client this time was named Mori Minami.
If Kaito remembered correctly, 'She seems to be a senior figure close to my secretary Sakiko? She has even given Sakiko a talisman imbued with spiritual power before.'
He took the train and soon arrived at his destination: a grand and luxurious detached mansion.
A familiar figure stood at the gate. Pretty blue twin-tails, a plaid lady's dress, lace white socks, and black leather shoes. Her skirt fluttered in the wind like a blooming flower.
"Kaito-kun!", Togawa Sakiko spotted him right away and waved cheerfully, hopping over like a rabbit.
Since returning from Hoori, this was the first time the two had met again.
Although it had only been a few days, it felt like several seasons had passed.
All those nervous and uneasy emotions also calmed at this moment.
'But… what's with that katana?'
'Since when did Kaito-kun start practicing swordsmanship?'
But Togawa Sakiko didn't dwell on such small things. She quickly explained the situation briefly, then nervously asked, "Do you have confidence?"
If it were an ordinary client, she could just try her best.
But Mutsumi was her dearest friend, someone Sakiko considered her other half. If even Kaito couldn't do anything, she really didn't know what else to do.
"No problem," Although he was standing outside the villa, the moment he arrived, Kaito had already released his divine sense to probe and quickly locked onto a bedroom on the second floor.
The sleeping green-haired girl carried a certain unique mark on her body, similar to Yumiko who had been targeted by an evil spirit before, only more dangerous.
However, it seemed someone had helped to delay the process, using spiritual power to protect her life force. For now, her life wasn't in danger.
But when the spiritual power runs out, what's destined to come will still come.
If no one intervened, it would only change from immediate death to a suspended sentence.
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