"To think he's actually possessed. Your teacher's life doesn't seem easy either."
As Miko continued eating her lunch, Xia Yu, who had been watching her eat, suddenly turned his head to look in another direction.
The teacher is possessed? But hasn't he always been possessed by animal wraiths?
Thinking this, Miko also turned her head and happened to see Mr. Tohno in the hallway.
He was holding teaching materials, seemingly having just come out of the office.
But in her eyes, a wraith resembling a Jorōgumo was coiled around Mr. Tohno, looking particularly terrifying.
Although it looked like the Jorōgumo yōkai, this spider wraith lacked any of the legendary Jorōgumo's glamour; it was entirely a giant hybrid of a human and a spider.
Its head was that of a gaunt woman, but it had no ears, and its lower jaw was a pair of enlarged spider mouthparts. Its body was covered in loose, saggy folds, and its eight cockroach-like legs were entangled with pitch-black hair.
"See that? That's an evil spirit formed from deep obsession after death," Xia Yu explained, providing some knowledge. "However, it seems her obsession isn't about protecting her son at all. When malicious obsession is too deep, one becomes like this."
"Son? That spider monster is Mr. Tohno's deceased mother?" Miko spoke in shock.
Why would a mother turn into such a ghastly form and possess her own son? Could it be that her obsession with protecting her son was too deep?
"She's not trying to protect your teacher," Xia Yu said gloomily, as if seeing through Miko's thoughts. "If someone is unwilling to let their spirit dissipate because they want to protect their family, your father's kind is the correct way. An evil spirit that has turned into a monster like this... its obsession is definitely malicious."
Hearing this, Miko couldn't help but look at Mr. Tohno again. Just what kind of malicious obsession would turn a mother into a spider monster?
Mr. Tohno didn't notice this direct, staring gaze yet, but the spider evil spirit possessing him instantly twisted its neck and looked over.
"DON'T LOOK!!"
A piercing, distorted roar rang out. The spider evil spirit's figure instantly turned into black mist, passing through the wall and flying over while swinging its six cockroach legs.
"Eek!"
Miko's face paled at this sudden, horrific scene, but before the spider evil spirit could get close, it was sent flying back even faster than it had come.
"Every single one of you... why do you all act like I don't exist?" Xia Yu retracted the tentacle he had whipped out, looking at the crawling spider evil spirit with disgust.
Even though he was standing right here, those evil spirits only seemed to have eyes for others.
They were clearly looking down on him. When had Xia 'I-do-whatever-I-want' Yu ever suffered such a slight?
Seeing the spider evil spirit get whipped away by Xia Yu's tentacle, Miko breathed a small sigh of relief, but her strange behavior was noticed by Yurikawa Hana, who was munching on bread next to her.
"Is something wrong, Miko?"
"Uh..."
Miko looked at the spider evil spirit in the distance, which was preparing to attack again, and then at Xia Yu, who was ready for a fight. She made up an excuse on the spot: "I just saw a spider, but it suddenly disappeared."
"A spider!!" Yurikawa Hana jumped up in fright, looking at Miko piteously. "I hate spiders the most. Let's find somewhere else to eat."
"O-okay," Miko replied hurriedly upon hearing Little Hana's words.
She had been wondering what reason she could use to take Little Hana away and leave the battlefield to Mr. Xia and the spider monster. She hadn't expected Little Hana to suggest it herself.
While the two sides were still in a standoff, Miko quickly pulled Little Hana away from the area.
Meanwhile, the spider evil spirit had already charged forward, drooling. The hair wrapped around its legs acted like spider silk, lashing out to entangle the prey in front of it.
"Yuck... that's disgusting."
Looking at the spider evil spirit's frenzied behavior, Xia Yu suddenly lost his appetite. He had originally wanted to taste what it was like.
"Forget it, let's just end this quickly."
At the very moment the spider evil spirit closed in, Xia Yu's tentacles suddenly split again, sweeping out to envelop the creature.
He usually kept his tentacles to a certain number; after all, having too many tentacles looked quite weird.
The enveloped spider evil spirit paused its six legs, trying to use its agility to escape, but the tentacles were far faster than she had imagined.
With almost no suspense, the spider evil spirit was completely bound.
Looking at the spider evil spirit before him, Xia Yu had a look of disgust. His tentacles were almost always used to bind these kinds of ghostly things; why couldn't there be one that looked a bit better?
"DON'T LOOK LOOK LOOK LOOK!"
In an instant, the bound spider evil spirit's head jerked up high. While roaring, a sharp claw suddenly extended from its mouthparts and lunged straight for Xia Yu's head.
But Xia Yu was faster. He looked disdainfully at this dishonorable sneak attack, opened his mouth, and then—
Crunch!
He bit down hard. Since it was delivered right to his mouth, would he even be a spirit if he didn't eat it?
"Hiss-aaaaah!"
The pain of the severed hand made the spider evil spirit scream in agony. Her body struggled and writhed incessantly under the restraint of the tentacles.
But no matter how she writhed, the tentacles didn't loosen; instead, they grew tighter. Then, a tentacle actually bored directly into her mouth.
Now, the bound spider evil spirit couldn't even let out a scream. Her entire body trembled violently, as if subjected to some intense stimulus.
Then—
Bang!
The spider evil spirit exploded from the inside out.
Feeling the yin energy rushing at him, Xia Yu took a deep breath. In the next moment, before the yin energy could dissipate, he had sucked it all up completely.
Feeling the newly absorbed yin energy circulating according to the technique's path, Xia Yu exhaled a puff of faint black mist.
"Whew... my Spirit Core has become more condensed. I reckon it won't be long before I can manifest a physical tentacle."
Feeling the condensation of the Spirit Core within him, Xia Yu was somewhat excited. Fortunately, there were plenty of ghosts in this world and the spiritual energy was abundant. If he had transmigrated as an evil spirit in a Dharma-ending age, he'd probably have to flee to another world to cultivate... [ghostwire: tokyo]: It's decided. I'll continue to cultivate until I become a Loose Immortal. Then I'll go see what exactly is sealed under that shrine.
[dark souls iii]: Loose Immortal? Ambitious. You have my praise.
[clash of clans]: Loose Immortal? A good goal. Keep working hard.
[ghostwire: tokyo]: Why is it you two again... [clash of clans]: Because I'm bored. After all, I don't have many goals left here. Besides cultivation, I have nothing else to do.
[dark souls iii]: I'm doing it to keep the group active, meow~
[ghostwire: tokyo]: Yikes~
[ghostwire: tokyo]: Ashen, you're really disgusting.
[dark souls iii]: Hey, hey, hey, we're all the same person. I'm just the first to let myself go. Sooner or later, you'll be like this too.
[ghostwire: tokyo]: No, I definitely won't!
[dark souls iii]: You're like an old general on an opera stage, with flags stuck all over your back.
[ghostwire: tokyo]:... [dark souls iii]: Screenshot taken. I'll wait for the day you let yourself go.
[the talos principle]: Brothers, another batch of fresh robots is out. Claim them if you want them.
[dark souls iii]: Are they realistic?
[the talos principle]:...Not realistic.
[dark souls iii]: Then I don't want them.
[the talos principle]: But the built-in weak AI can make them the best domestic robots. Plus, the material used is the metal you sent over. You don't have to worry about them being easily damaged in your world. Most importantly, they can easily crush the stones in your world.
[dark souls iii]:!!!
[dark souls iii]: Thank you, big boss! I can finally renovate Firelink Shrine. This gloomy place can finally be rebuilt!
Looking at the robots that could crush the stones of his world, Ashen Xia Yu was moved to tears. Finally, they were finally manufactured!
It had been too hard.
Who could understand his bitterness? Because of the difference in world strength, the domestic robots AI Xia Yu made before couldn't perform fine processing on the stones of his world at all. Forget rebuilding Firelink Shrine, they couldn't even carve out a neat hole.
Although he could use Reactor Suicide Soldiers to blow up these stones, he didn't want to completely level Firelink Shrine. Besides, who knew if leveling Firelink Shrine would cause some kind of problem?
Therefore, he could only turn to AI Xia Yu, requesting him to manufacture robots that could handle the hardness of his world's materials.
And according to AI Xia Yu, to handle materials from that world, it was best to use other materials from the same source—namely, the metal from his world. Robots made from Soul World metal would definitely be able to handle other materials in the Soul World.
To renovate Firelink Shrine, he had barely progressed through the map lately. All his time was spent collecting metal. Whether it was the pitchforks of Hollow peasants or the full equipment of Lothric Knights, he had snatched them all using various methods.
Finally, with the efforts of Undead Xia Yu and himself, they had gathered enough. And now, the results were finally here.