In this crossover anime, I fight against the supernatural in my everyday world.

"Do ghosts really exist in this world?"

Ye Xing complained, looking speechless.

"No, your reaction time is way too long."

Touma Kazusa is indeed a true piano genius.

She was simply born to be a pianist.

It's not just about having top-notch talent.

And then there's this unwavering dedication and purity that comes with once you start playing, you're completely absorbed in it, without even giving a second thought to paranormal events happening around you.

That being said...

But looking at Touma Kazusa's surprised expression, Yohoshi felt that this girl with long, straight black hair seemed to have a bit of a cute and innocent side.

"So that's it."

After Yosei withdrew her hand, Touma Kazusa felt a strange sense of loss, but she was more focused on her adjusted playing posture.

She tried pressing a few keys, her lips slightly parted in surprise.

"This this..."

"Humph."

The female ghost in red crossed her arms in front of her chest, looking quite smug.

"The child's original fingering technique was actually not a problem."

Ye Xing knew what the other person wanted to hear at this moment.

Since the red-clad female ghost had helped Touma Kazusa, he didn't mind playing along and making her happy.

After all, respect for the dead is paramount.

Ye Xing deliberately feigned confusion and curiosity.

"If there's no problem, why make adjustments?"

This is the kind of reaction the woman in red wanted to see.

She looked satisfied and stopped teasing them, explaining directly.

“The original way of playing the piano is not a problem, but the child plays the piano for too long every day, at least ten hours a day.”

"If it's just for playing, you only need to pay attention to the fingering and make sure it doesn't affect pressing the keys."

"But playing with this fingering for a long time will cause great damage to her hands."

"Forget about becoming a world-class pianist, if things continue like this, her hands will be ruined in less than two years."

"After I corrected her, it effectively alleviated the damage to her hands caused by playing for a long time."

"But you still have to tell this child that her practice frequency and intensity are too high, completely exceeding the limits of her hands. She needs to balance work and rest."

Yoruichi relayed the words of the woman in red to Touma Kazusa verbatim.

During the first few sentences, Touma Kazusa nodded from time to time, looking as if she deeply agreed with them.

But when she heard the last sentence, which was about balancing work and rest, she bit her lower lip lightly, a complex look in her eyes, and sighed softly, as if explaining to Ye Xing and the red-clothed female ghost, or as if she were muttering to herself.

"I...I have to catch up with her. If I catch up with her...I'll definitely...maybe...I can..."

Touma Kazusa muttered to herself, stole a glance at Yosei, composed herself, and regained her cold and calm demeanor.

"Please thank that senior for me."

Ye Xing waved his hand.

"No need to speak for her, she can hear you."

The female ghost in red nodded and smiled.

"You're welcome. My reason for helping her is simple."

The female ghost in red walked up to the piano, placed her left hand on the black and white keys, and moved gently and slowly, as if caressing the skin of a lover.

"I once wanted to become a world-class pianist."

"Unfortunately, no matter how hard I try, my talent will never reach that level."

The red-clad female ghost's tone was somewhat melancholic, but more than that, it conveyed a sense of lingering reluctance.

"But this child possesses an extraordinary talent that I have never had, enough to become a top performer."

"And I've seen her hard work too."

The woman in red paused for a moment at this point.

Her body gradually became transparent.

Before disappearing, he left behind only two final sentences.

"Tell her that I hope this piano can one day appear on a world-class stage with her."

"Let her accomplish what I have never accomplished."

As the words fell, the red-clad female ghost's body completely vanished.

Yohoshi knew that the other party was just like Yotsuya Miko's father.

Having fulfilled his worldly desires, his soul has passed away.

Yoruhoshi relayed the last few words left by the red-clad female ghost to Touma Kazusa.

After listening, the latter revealed a complex expression in his eyes. He gently stroked the black and white piano keys in front of him with the same gesture as the woman in red, and murmured to himself.

"Can I... really do it?"

Hearing Touma Kazusa's self-doubt, Yohoshi laughed nonchalantly.

"If even ghosts say you can do it, then you definitely can."

Upon hearing this, Touma Kazusa showed a rare smile.

"Yes, I never expected that my first supporter would be a goblin."

"It can't be the first one, it's clearly the second one."

Touma Kazusa paused for a moment, then asked in confusion.

"The second one? Then the first one was...?"

Ye Xing smiled.

"Of course it's me. I've always supported you."

Touma Kazusa blushed slightly, lowered her head so that Yosei wouldn't see her expression, and said angrily.

"Idiot, don't suddenly say silly things. You didn't know I could play the piano before."

"I know it all too well."

Touma Kazusa didn't continue the topic. She simply stood up, closed the piano lid, looked at Yohoshi's face, hesitated slightly, and finally couldn't help but speak.

"That can of soda sitting in your entryway, is it...?"

""right."

Before Touma Kazusa could finish asking, Yosei answered without any hesitation.

"It's the jar you gave me."

"why?"

"what why?"

Touma Kazusa pursed her lips, a complex look flashing in her eyes.

"Didn't you...dislike the gift I gave you? And you even gave a speech."

Ye Xing smiled.

"Yeah, Pepsi, and at room temperature, is practically my most hated drink."

Hearing that her gift was being rejected so harshly, Touma Kazusa's expression turned somewhat displeased, and she let out a cold snort.

"If you don't like it so much, why don't you just throw it away?"

"How about that?"

Yohoshi shook his head, looked directly into Touma Kazusa's eyes, and smiled.

"I don't like the gift itself, but I quite like the person who gave it to me."

Touma Kazusa was stunned.

A few seconds later, a shy blush gradually appeared on her fair and pretty face.

Those slender, delicate eyes revealed a sense of bewilderment at being suddenly attacked head-on, as well as a hint of unexpected surprise.

Did I... hear that right?

Let's organize the logic.

That can of Pepsi was indeed a gift I gave to the other person on the first day of school, right?

In other words.

The person Ye Xing was referring to who gave the gift must be herself, right?

So what the other party means is...

He likes himself quite a bit, which is why he kept that can of Pepsi.

Touma Kazusa, who had never had any contact with men her age... no, with anyone else, was caught off guard by this sudden, direct attack.

At the same time, she also felt a bittersweet feeling that was hard to describe.

It wasn't about the girls around Yohoshi, like Rio Futaba, Mai Sakurajima, Yui Yuigahama, and Miko Yotsuya.

Touma Kazusa just wondered if she really deserved him.

She wasn't quite sure about Ye Xing's reputation at school.

Due to her family background, Touma Kazusa has a strange sense of inferiority, and her personality has become so complex that it can be described as twisted.