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

"That's a question you have to ask yourself."

Ye Xing suppressed his smile and replied with a rare serious expression.

"If you have any unspeakable difficulties, it's not too late to back out now. The choice is in your own hands."

Yohoshi knew the reason for Yotsuya Miko's hesitation.

There's something in their house... I don't know how to describe it. Neither ghost nor evil spirit is quite right. I'd say it's a soul.

If that's all there is to it, then so be it.

Yotsuya Miko has encountered hundreds, if not thousands, of evil spirits and ghosts.

The problem is that the spirit haunting her home is her father, who recently passed away.

If taking this long sword back doesn't work, then so be it.

If I really banish my father's soul, will I ever be able to see him again?

This was what she hesitated about.

The two stood silently facing each other at the exit of the commercial street, inevitably attracting the attention and gossip of passersby.

"Are they breaking up?"

"It seems so."

"It's great to be young."

"A chaotic situation? Caught cheating?"

"Forget it, let's hurry up and go in to buy things. I'm exhausted after working all day."

.......

After a long silence, Yotsuya Miko pursed her lips, and a look of determination gradually appeared in her golden eyes. She slowly reached out and grasped the long sword that Yoruhoshi handed her.

"I'm prepared for this."

Yotsuya Miko took a deep breath and recounted in detail how her father's spirit had been wandering around her house ever since his death.

She tried her best to calm the complex emotions surging in her chest, and said firmly.

"Although I am still a little reluctant, please rest assured that I will take responsibility and personally send my father off to the afterlife."

"Forehead..."

Ye Xing's expression became quite interesting, and he said with a complicated look.

"Well... I really admire your resolve to put aside your own family for the greater good, but have you misunderstood something?"

"what?"

Yotsuya Miko was taken aback upon hearing this.

"You have no intention of destroying my father's soul?"

"When did I ever say such a thing?"

Ye Xing waved his hand, both amused and exasperated.

"Your father is neither an evil spirit nor a threat to humans, and he has not been affected by the door. Why would I bother to destroy him?"

Yotsuya Miko then realized what was happening.

It turns out I had misunderstood.

She assumed from the outset that since Ye Xing had devoured hundreds or thousands of evil spirits after awakening that special ability, he must have harbored an extremely strong hatred for such beings.

In addition, there was that sentence the other party had said on the tram earlier.

He won't concern himself with things that have nothing to do with evil spirits.

Yotsuya Miko naturally interpreted this to mean that Yohoshi would resolutely take action whenever it involved evil spirits and ghosts.

She hesitated and stammered, and that was it.

It turns out that all of this was just his own wild imagination, and that Ye Xing didn't mean it that way at all.

"This, me, this, that..."

Even Yotsuya Miko, who doesn't usually express her emotions easily, blushed with embarrassment when she thought about her words and her resolute demeanor. She wished she could disappear into the ground.

Shameful, so incredibly shameful.

This is tantamount to going from a cool and enlightened person to a self-talking fool, which is simply too embarrassing.

Seeing Yotsuya Miko's expression, Yohoshi couldn't help but shake his head with a smile, then composed himself and said...

"However, there is one thing you are right about."

"This can't go on."

“As long as the gates continue to appear in Kyoto, one day your father will also be affected by the gates, transforming from a harmless soul into a terrifying evil spirit.”

019 Visiting the Zi family

Upon hearing these words, Yotsuya Miko belatedly realized what was happening.

Yes.

She had forgotten about the "doors" in every corner of Kyoto that could affect spirits.

If one day, a "door" appears in the area near your home...

Miko Yotsuya imagined her father, who was witty, humorous, and kind in life, turning into a twisted and terrifying evil spirit. She felt as if her heart was being tightly gripped by a hand, and even breathing became painful.

more importantly.

My father's spirit has been lingering in the house.

If the father, under the influence of the "gate," becomes an evil spirit capable of harming humans, then the first victim will be his own mother.

This is something that Yotsuya Miko absolutely does not want to see.

"what should I do?"

For the first time, a clear emotional fluctuation appeared on Yotsuya Miko's usually expressionless face, her golden eyes filled with barely concealed panic.

Ye Xing shook his head: "What should I do if it's not you?"

"The question is, what should we do?"

Yotsuya Miko looked moved upon hearing this.

"Would you...would you be willing to help me, Night Star?"

"Of course, we're comrades in the same club."

"Clubs? What clubs?"

"Don't waste time, let's talk about it on the way."

........

On the way to Yotsuya Miko's house in a taxi, Yohoshi inquired about her family's situation.

Contrary to his original memory, Yotsuya Miko did not have a younger brother; there were only her and her mother in the family.

Oh no.

There were only a mother and daughter and a ghost.

Yoruhoshi offered to help Yotsuya Miko not only because they were both psychics and wanted to work together, but also for another crucial reason.

The spirit of Yotsuya Miko's father is a very special kind among all evil spirits and ghosts.

If a person has extremely strong obsessions when they die, they will transform into a soul.

Of course, not all spirits are evil; there are also benevolent spirits that are like a broken record.

Miko Yotsuya's father, though also a soul formed from obsession, possessed the same rationality as when he was alive.

Ye Xing wanted to try communicating with the other party.

If you want to know information about spirits, then the person you should ask is, of course, the spirit itself.

"Supernatural...Quantum Mechanics...Investigation and Research Society?"

Upon hearing the club name suggested by Yoru, Yotsuya Miko sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation.

If we're talking about the supernatural, then it certainly is supernatural enough, since neither she nor the other person are normal people.

It just feels so out of place to put it together with the term quantum mechanics.

Yotsuya Miko could easily guess that by joining such a strangely named club founded by Yohoshi, who had a terrible reputation on campus, she would definitely become a weirdo in the eyes of the other students.

However, she didn't care.

Eliminating the threat of evil spirits and the "door" is the most important thing.

It wasn't because of Ye Xing's request, and Ye Xing never forced her to provide assistance.

This is what Yotsuya Miko has always wanted to achieve deep down.

It was something she, with her ability to see ghosts, should do.

After getting off the bus, Yotsuya Miko walked to her front door. She took out her key from her pocket to open the door, but hesitated and then raised her hand to knock on the door.

"coming."

A beautiful, mature woman who bore a resemblance to Miko Yotsuya opened the door and wiped the water droplets from her hands.

"Didn't you bring your keys today? Why are you knocking...?"

The lady had only spoken halfway when she saw Yohoshi standing next to Yotsuya Miko. She paused for a moment, then asked in confusion.

"Who is this?"

"Hello, my name is Yohoshi, and I'm Yotsuya Miko's classmate."

Ye Xing took the initiative to introduce himself, looked at the woman in front of him, and gave her an innocent smile.

"You must be Jianzi's older sister? Nice to meet you."

Hearing the word "sister" from his mouth, the lady almost burst out laughing with joy, waving her hand and saying shyly.