Hearing this, Yotsuya Miko felt like she was about to lose it again.
Ahead was a ghostly alleyway that looked like the gates of hell, and behind her was an evil spirit who constantly wanted her to admit she could see him. What was she supposed to do!
Little Hana was still calling out to her from ahead. If she told Little Hana not to go through the alley, the evil spirits inside would know she could see them. But if she just walked in, she would collide with them.
If she tried to avoid those evil spirits while walking through, she would also be found out. It was so terrifying, so terrifying!
Thoughts flooded her mind, and Yotsuya Miko felt like she was on the verge of tears again.
Just then, Xia Yu suddenly leaned close to Miko's ear and whispered softly, "Admit it, you can see me. As long as you admit it, I'll help you deal with these evil spirits. Don't worry, I won't hurt you."
These words were accompanied by a slight chilly wind blowing against Miko's ear, making her shudder involuntarily. At the same time, Hana's voice rang out.
"What's wrong, Miko? Is your shoelace loose?"
Yurikawa Hana, who had already walked quite a distance, called out loudly. As she spoke, she turned around and started walking back.
If she walked over like that, she would definitely pass through those evil spirits again. Anticipating this scene, Miko hurriedly shouted with a trembling voice.
"I'm fine! I'm coming right now, so you don't need to come over!"
Hearing this, Yurikawa Hana stopped in her tracks. Seeing this, Yotsuya Miko breathed a sigh of relief, but her heart tightened again as she looked at the group of evil spirits in the alley ahead, who were staring at her either intentionally or unintentionally.
What should she do! Did she really have to admit she could see them and let that tentacle monster deal with them?
While her mind was in a mess, Xia Yu's sinister, seductive voice rang out again: "I already know you can see me, yet I still haven't hurt you and even protected you once. Doesn't that prove I'm a good person?"
"Admit it. I won't hurt you anyway. As soon as you admit it, I'll deal with these evil spirits immediately."
Miko, who was already scared to the point of tears, suddenly had a few thoughts after being tempted like this.
Maybe... he really won't hurt me?
And this tentacle monster did indeed help her drive away that female monster. He didn't sound like he lacked intelligence either.
Thinking of this, Yotsuya Miko gave a nearly imperceptible nod and then whispered, "I can see you."
"Jie jie jie, you really can see me after all!"
Xia Yu immediately let out the characteristic villainous laughter of a Soul Hall Elder. The moment she heard this laugh, Miko's face froze and her pupils shrank.
Wait, did he just... Please, don't do this, I trusted you so much!
"Finally, you've finally admitted you can see me."
Xia Yu slowly walked up to Miko and then grinned, his mouth splitting all the way to his ears, revealing all his sharp, jagged teeth.
Seeing this, Yotsuya Miko turned pale with fright, her legs giving way as she collapsed to the ground.
It was over. she had been tricked and was going to be eaten.
Tears welled up in her eyes. Miko mustered all her courage and said tremulously.
"You... you promised me. I believed you."
"That's right, I did promise you. But I never said I would keep my word."
Hearing this, Miko felt for the first time how naive and stupid she was. Utter despair enveloped her helpless self. Her small mouth pursed, and tears instantly flowed from her eyes.
She was crying so pitifully.
Looking at the tearful Miko, Xia Yu felt it was a pity—a pity he didn't have a camera, otherwise he would have definitely taken a picture of this scene as a souvenir.
After fulfilling the wish he had when he first read the manga, Xia Yu stopped stalling. He curled up all his tentacles and then suddenly let them explode outward, their sharp tips instantly piercing into the bodies of those evil spirits who were dressed like homeless people.
Amidst various screams, every single one of those ordinary evil spirits was pierced by the tentacles. Then, the tentacles began to coil around their bodies like a python strangling its prey.
Creeeeeak—
The sound of bones and flesh being crushed and squeezed echoed in the alley, but these sounds could only be heard by Yotsuya Miko and the evil spirits.
With a sudden contraction of the tentacles, those ordinary evil spirits were crushed directly into pure yin energy, which was then gradually absorbed into the tentacles.
After doing all this, Xia Yu retracted several of his tentacles. He found that the more he used these tentacles, the more convenient they became. He decided not to change back and just maintain his tentacled existence.
As long as he maintained a roughly human shape, it was fine. Tsk, why did he feel like he was becoming less and less like a human... Oh, he wasn't human to begin with.
After dealing with the surrounding evil spirits, Xia Yu grinned and looked down at Yotsuya Miko.
But before he could say anything, a curvaceous body passed through his form like passing through mist and arrived in front of Miko.
It was Yurikawa Hana. Seeing her friend suddenly collapse on the ground, she had hurriedly run over from the other end of the alley.
"Huh? Miko, why are you crying?"
Yurikawa Hana reached out to pull the collapsed Miko up, wiping away her tears with concern.
"It's nothing, just some sand in my eyes, plus low blood sugar."
Yotsuya Miko made up a random excuse. She didn't want to worry her friend, but looking at Xia Yu standing right in front of her, her heart was filled with despair again.
It was over. She was finished.
But after waiting for a moment, the tentacle spirit didn't make any further moves. Even when Yurikawa Hana pulled her to continue walking forward, the spirit still didn't budge.
Did he let me go?
Glancing back at the still-motionless Xia Yu, Yotsuya Miko thought in disbelief.
But she wasn't stupid enough to remind him. She immediately pulled her friend and ran quickly toward the exit of the alley. Even when they encountered a chained spirit wearing overalls midway, she grit her teeth and ran past.
The shadow that tentacle spirit cast over her was simply too large. She just wanted to leave quickly, preferably to a place where he could never find her again.
Meanwhile, Xia Yu, who was left standing there, was a bit dazed because he had just heard a notification.
[Xia Yu has joined the Chat Group!]
What's this? Has the system that's been delayed for over half a year finally arrived?
It wasn't until he finished reading the group announcement that popped up that Xia Yu gradually understood what this golden finger of his was.
Coincidentally, an old member in the group sent a message.
[clash of clans]: Possibly. Newcomer, speak up! Name, phone number, address, world!
Seeing this message, Xia Yu, as a newcomer, didn't dare to delay. He immediately changed his name and reported his situation.
[ghostwire: tokyo]: Xia Yu. No phone, no address. The world is a mixture of ghosts and monsters. The plot of ghostwire: tokyo ended a long time ago.
[clash of clans]: No phone? No address? The plot even ended? I remember that world was a modern one. If the plot is over, how do you not even have a phone?
[ghostwire: tokyo]:...Because I transmigrated as an evil spirit.
[clash of clans]: Holy cow, another version of me that isn't human.
[clash of clans] @ [Genshin Impact] @ [the talos principle]: Come out and welcome the non-human version of yourselves.
[Genshin Impact]:???
[Genshin Impact]: Why do you have to specifically @ us two to welcome him?
[clash of clans]: Because you two aren't human either.
[Genshin Impact]:...F*ck!