The next day.
In the afternoon.
Supernatural Investigation Department.
Yukino Yukinoshita knocked on the door of the Supernatural Investigation Department.
"Sister?"
Yukino Yukinoshita, who was making tea for Lynn, was full of surprise.
Yukino Yukinoshita's expression stiffened.
Opening the door and seeing Yukino Yukinoshita making tea for a man, looking like a virtuous wife and mother, the sky was falling!
Yukino Yukinoshita forced a smile, barely managing to control her emotions.
After all, it was someone else's territory.
Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath, forcing herself not to look at Yukino Yukinoshita, and focused her gaze on Lynn.
"This must be the Club President of the Supernatural Investigation Department, right?"
Yukino Yukinoshita didn't make a fuss.
This man most likely possessed supernatural powers.
And...
To be able to tame Yukino Yukinoshita to this extent...
So jealous... no, so angry!
How dare he make her sister serve him!
Deep breaths, deep breaths!
Yukino Yukinoshita was also a bit embarrassed.
To be seen in this state by her sister...
"I heard your Supernatural Investigation Department accepts exorcism requests from outside the school, so I came."
Yukino Yukinoshita got straight to the point.
Lynn's tone was calm, "Outside school exorcisms start at five million Japanese Yen."
In fact, the Familia no longer lacked this amount of funding.
But Lynn also didn't go looking for outside Delegation tasks.
I have to find something for the members of the Familyto do.
Speaking of which... Saeko is already an Upper-Level Demon.
If we encounter a world of low intensity next time, we can completely let Saeko and her group invade it.
As the master of the Family, I should live a life of leisure!
"No problem!"
Just as Lynn was thinking about how to live a life of leisure, Yukino Yukinoshita readily agreed.
It's just five million yen.
Lynn said in a bored tone, "Miko, you go."
After thinking for a moment, Lynn added, "Yukino, you go with her too."
After all, she is her own older sister, so it's appropriate for Yukino to handle it.
"Yes."
Yukino Yukinoshita gave her older sister a helpless look.
Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at Yukino, then asked strangely, "Isn't the ministergoing?"
Lynn looked at her with a half-smile and said, "You want me to take action?"
"You probably can't afford that price."
Upon hearing this, Yukino Yukinoshita immediately declared grandly, "Don't worry, there's no price that our Yukino Shita can't afford!"
After all, her Yukino Shita is the leader of Chiba Prefecture.
Hiring someone to exorcise a spirit won't bankrupt them, will it?
Lynn pondered for a moment, then said, "Hmm... what's the market value of your Yukino Shita family's assets?"
Yukino Yukinoshita looked at him strangely, not understanding why he asked that question.
But she still said, "Around five billion yen, I suppose."
"Good, then that's the price."
Yukino Yukinoshita: "?"
"Wait!"
Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes widened instantly.
This man, he couldn't be playing with her, could he?
"What, you don't need me to take action anymore?"
Lynn looked at her with calm eyes.
As if a sudden clap of thunder, Yukino Yukinoshita's breathing hitched, and her thighs instinctively tightened.
So, so scary!
Just, just a glance!
Gulp!
Yukino Yukinoshita swallowed, then said sheepishly, "Well, there's no need to trouble you to take action~."
Yukino Yukinoshita instantly chickened out.
Her strong perception made her understand the horror of the man in front of her even more deeply.
This man is super dangerous!!
Yukino Yukinoshita screamed like a groundhog in her heart!
Yukino... Yukino Yukinoshita was a little worried... after leaving Shuchiin Academy.
The atmosphere between the three of them was somewhat silent.
"Yukino, is it really okay?"
Yukino Yukinoshita was a little worried.
It must be very dangerous to be with that man, right?
That man's single glance made Yukino Yukinoshita understand one thing.
Human methods are meaningless to him!
He definitely has the ability to overturn the table!
When it comes to judging people, Yukino Yukinoshita is quite confident.
So, she decisively chickened out.
"What?"
Yukino Yukinoshita frowned, not understanding her sister's meaning.
What problem?
She's absolutely thrilled right now!
Every day she can see her own improvement!
Allowing Yukino Yukinoshita to clearly feel the value of her existence!
What problem could there be with that?!
Yukino Yukinoshita opened her mouth, then looked at Yotsuya Miko, and could only sigh silently.
After walking for a while, the three arrived at an unfinished building.
Yotsuya Miko and Yukino Yukinoshita observed it in a circle, then came to a conclusion.
"No Curse Spirit."
"None?"
Yukino Yukinoshita was surprised, then also looked left and right.
Hmm... although she couldn't see anything anyway.
Didn't they say it was haunted?
Yukino Yukinoshita complained a bit, then brightened her smile and said, "It's okay, there's another one."
A moment later.
Abandoned construction site.
"Still none."
Yukino Yukinoshita and Yotsuya Miko said simultaneously.
Yukino Yukinoshita's expression stiffened, then she said, "Next!"
They kept changing locations five times.
The three finally stopped in front of an old apartment building.
Yotsuya Miko looked up, and a bloated Curse Spirit was looking down at them.
"Can you see it? Can you see it?"
Yukino Yukinoshita said, "It seems this time you really stumbled upon it, Big Sister."
After visiting so many places in a row, she also understood her sister's thoughts.
It was nothing more than her not telling her yesterday, so today she tried to find a way to test it herself.
She even specially arranged so many places where incidents had occurred.
She probably bought them overnight last night, right?
When they were traveling just now, Big Sister was clearly unfamiliar with the route too.
"What'stumbled upon'? I told you this place was haunted, didn't I?"
Yukino Yukinoshita showed no embarrassment at being exposed, but then she suddenly thought of something, her face stiffened instantly, and she couldn't help but exclaim.
"Wait!"
Stumbled upon?
What does that mean?
Yukino Yukinoshita said in disbelief, "You mean, there really is something wrong here?"
Yukino Yukinoshita ignored her startled older sister.
She questioned her senior in the Family, Yotsuya Miko, with her eyes.
Seeing this, Yotsuya Miko said, "It's just a Grade 2 Curse Spirit. You can use it for practice; I'll assist you from the side."
With that, Yotsuya Miko took out the Spirit Language Distortion Mirror.
It can affect the outcome of reality, making it perfect for assistance.
Yukino Yukinoshita gave her a grateful look, then took a deep breath and looked at the Curse Spirit with determined eyes.
A Grade 2 Curse Spirit, it was her first time facing one.
"Wait!"
Yukino Yukinoshita was a little flustered, "You've been saying things I don't understand since just now."
"So, what exactly is there?"
Yukino Yukinoshita frowned and lightly shouted, "Big Sister, step back!"
"Ugh..."
Yukino Yukinoshita was stunned for a moment.
It was... the first time she had seen Yukino like this.
But being yelled at by Yukino, she also calmed down.
She silently retreated to a more distant spot.
But... Yukino actually dared to yell at her?
She would remember this grudge!
Just as she was muttering to herself, the Grade 2 Curse Spirit also noticed the abnormality of Yukino Yukinoshita and Yotsuya Miko.
It opened its foul-smelling mouth and said excitedly, "You can see! You can see!!"
Whoosh—
It leaped directly from the building, diving down!
Yotsuya Miko raised the Spirit Language Distortion Mirror.
The Curse Spirit, which was originally rushing towards them, immediately turned around and crashed onto the empty ground nearby!
Bang!
A huge, dull sound rang out.
The violent impact instantly cracked the concrete ground!
Seeing this, Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes widened instantly, and she froze in place.
Although she couldn't see it, she could see the ground suddenly collapsing!
"There...there really is something?"
Her voice trembled.
No matter how much she had experienced, encountering such a bizarre incident for the first time still made her feel a chill of horror.
And…
Yukino was going to fight something invisible?
She looked at Yukino, her eyes filled with worry.
Then she saw cold air emanating from Yukino, and snowflakes drifting down from mid-air.
"Eh?"
Yukino Yukinoshita was completely dumbfounded.
But Yukino Yukinoshita's movements continued.
She waved her slender hand forward, and the surrounding snowflakes, as if blown by the wind, flew forward in unison.
The Class 2 Curse Spirit was about to dodge when it was illuminated by Yotsuya Miko's Spirit Language Distortion Mirror, freezing it in place.
Curse Spirit: "…"
Crack, crack—
The ice and snow touched the Curse Spirit's body, instantly covering it like a bone-deep poison!
An ice sculpture immediately appeared below the old apartment building.
Yukino Yukinoshita stared blankly at the scene before her, feeling as if she were living in a dream.
This was too unreal!
Yukino, had she really become Yukino?!
And…
She focused her gaze on the ice sculpture.
Although she could barely make out a deformed shape, as if some monster was frozen inside, still…
She couldn't see it!
Yukino Yukinoshita ignored her older sister, walked up to the ice sculpture, and lightly touched it with her delicate hand.
Bang!
The ice sculpture instantly turned into dust!
Along with the Curse Spirit inside, it also vanished into thin air.
Yotsuya Miko watched with a hint of envy.
She also wanted such a cool ability…
After dealing with the Curse Spirit, Yukino Yukinoshita walked up to Yukino Yukinoshita and calmly said, "Sister, the commission is finished."
"…"
Seeing her sister immersed in shock and unable to recover for a long time, Yukino Yukinoshita sighed helplessly.
She could understand this emotion.
After all, she had gone through the same thing.
Her sister probably needed some time…
She walked past Yukino Yukinoshita, ready to continue leveling up with Yotsuya Miko.
Slap!
Suddenly, Yukino Yukinoshita's arm was pulled.
Yukino Yukinoshita turned back in surprise, only to see her sister forcing a smile at her and saying, "Yukino, this time, you've walked ahead of me."
Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips, saying nothing.
Sister…
You are still more amazing…
To have recovered so quickly.
Much stronger than she was at the time.
"Go, Yukino, I still have something to do."
Yukino Yukinoshita gave her a worried look, then silently left.
She couldn't help her sister with anything.
It had been that way since childhood.
After Yukino Yukinoshita left, Yukino Yukinoshita's expression became unpredictable.
Then she looked back at the old apartment building with lingering fear, and goosebumps immediately rose on her skin.
She shivered and quickly left the area.
On the way back, Yukino Yukinoshita's face regained its gentle expression.
This was an opportunity!
It was the Yukino Shita's opportunity! Garbage!