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

Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya didn't believe that this was just a sudden, accidental event.

It is clear.

Whatever is directing things behind the scenes, one thing is certain: an evil spirit is conducting an experiment.

Just like psychics.

In order to evade the principle of "observation" and wreak havoc in the real world, evil spirits are also trying to create more monsters that merge with human bodies.

The issue is...

When evil spirits possess human bodies and act in ways that are captured by surveillance cameras, it is certain that these actions will be recorded.

The bodies that were just sent to the morgue during the day started wandering around at night.

How could the person in charge of Kyoto City Hospital not call the police for such a serious incident?

That doesn't make any sense at all.

Rio Futaba frowned slightly, adjusted her glasses, and kept thinking.

The only reasonable explanation...

Even the hospital's director was possessed by an evil spirit.

An evil spirit capable of doing this even when there are no "doors" around...

Perhaps it comes from the underworld.

Rio Futaba gave Miko Yotsuya a look, and the latter understood immediately, walking back to Menma and smiling gently.

"Menma, may I ask you why you've been staying here all this time?"

Although Menma is a demon, she still retains the mind she had in life and has no guile whatsoever. She just smiled innocently and replied.

“I don’t know where I can go, and besides, my friends are here.”

"Your friend? A human?"

"Yes, she lives in this hospital."

When Menma said that her friend was human and lived in this hospital, both Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya were shocked.

Judging from the fact that patients were coming and going in the corridor, none of them noticed Menma standing by the window.

Menma is the kind of ordinary ghost that cannot be observed by ordinary people.

Those humans who could observe her...

Isn't she just like Yotsuya Miko, a spiritual ability user with powerful talent?

Thinking of this, Rio Futaba immediately took two steps forward and asked softly.

"Menma, could you introduce us to your friend?"

"this..."

Menma cautiously observed Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya for a while, and after a few seconds, she smiled and nodded.

"Hmm, okay, you two don't seem like bad people~"

Hearing Menma's words and seeing her lively and adorable expression, Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little heavy-hearted.

Such a young child...

What kind of intense obsession could lead someone to become a lonely soul wandering in this world?

A famous person once said...

Tragedy is about tearing something beautiful apart and showing it to people.

In just a few short words, both Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya developed a fondness for the cute little girl named Menma.

The more likable Menma's personality became, the heavier their hearts grew when they realized that the other was dead.

Menma skipped and hopped along, humming a song, leading Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya to the door of a hospital room.

"Xiangzi~ I'm here~"

Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya entered the ward together and saw a girl with long, smooth, black-blue hair, beautiful blue eyes, fair skin that made her look somewhat weak, and a petite figure. She was wearing a hospital gown and was sitting on the bed, gazing absently at the sky outside the window.

Upon hearing Menma's voice, the other person turned around, her face serene and peaceful. Although her features had not yet fully developed, it was clear that she would definitely grow up to be a beauty.

"noodle..."

The girl had only spoken halfway when she saw Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya standing behind Menma. A strange look flashed in her eyes, and she immediately changed the subject.

"Excuse me, who are you two?"

Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya exchanged a glance, both thinking the same thing.

What a quick change of expression!

How calmly you changed the subject.

Judging from the girl's age, she's probably in fourth or fifth grade of elementary school.

Such speed of response and mental fortitude make him an excellent candidate to become an exorcist!

If they weren't so young, they would even be starting to consider how to recruit the other person into the Superpower Society...

Wait a moment.

Isn't this the kind of thing that Ye Xing would do?

Oh no, we've been assimilated.

"Xiangzi, you don't need to pretend anymore~"

Menma approached Makinohara Shoko's bedside, took her hand, and smiled.

"They can see me too."

"They can see too?"

Upon hearing this, Makinohara Shoko not only did not relax at all, but instead got out of bed with slightly weak movements, shielding Menma behind her. Her petite body stood in front of Futaba Rio and Yotsuya Miko, and she spoke with a wary expression.

"You...do you want to destroy her?"

"what?"

Yotsuya Miko quickly waved her hand and chuckled.

"How could that be? Menma has never done anything to harm humans, so why would we want to destroy her?"

Shoko Makinohara breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

"If that's the case, then that's good."

.......

After the misunderstanding was cleared up, Rio Futaba and Miko Yotsuya asked her in detail about the recent events at Kyoto Municipal Hospital and how Shoko Makinohara and Menma met.

Shoko Makinohara, a fourth-grade elementary school student, suffers from a very serious congenital heart disease that is difficult to cure with modern medical technology.

From as far back as she can remember, she has been going in and out of the hospital.

Around early spring this year, Shoko Makinohara's condition worsened.

It was during her hospitalization that she encountered Menma, who was wandering around Kyoto City Hospital.

At first, Makinohara Shoko could only see a blurry white shadow.

As time went by and her health deteriorated day by day, Menma's figure and face became clearer and clearer until now, they are perfectly recognizable.

Because of her frequent hospitalizations, Makinohara Shoko has few friends.

Although Menma is a ghost, her personality is no different from when she was alive. In addition, the two are about the same age, so they formed a friendship.

Shoko Makinohara had not told anyone about Menma, including her parents.

After all, ordinary people wouldn't believe that she could see ghosts and even become friends with them; they would only think that she suffered from a mental illness due to excessive pressure.

Take a thousand steps back.

Even if her parents believed Makinohara Shoko's story, they would only go and hire exorcists or something.

Shoko Makinohara didn't want Menma to be driven away, so she kept the truth hidden.

As for the ghosts appearing at night?

Shoko Makinohara goes to bed very early every day and has never actually seen the rumored ghosts.

"So that's it..."

After listening to Makinohara Shoko's account, Futaba Rio and Yotsuya Miko nodded, having a general understanding of what had happened.

"This is a difficult situation..."

Rio Futaba habitually pushed up her glasses, her brain racing as she realized that this bizarre incident was extremely difficult to handle.

Let's set aside the possibility of facing one or more evil spirits for now.

The population density at Kyoto City Hospital is too high, and if a battle were to break out, it would be difficult to avoid affecting innocent people in the surrounding area.

If it were in a different place, such as a school or a shopping mall, then it wouldn't matter.

At worst, we can have Yosei, disguised as "Mask," negotiate with Kyoto's most square-faced man, Soichiro Yagami, and have him, as the head of the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau, fabricate a reason to evacuate the people at the scene.

But hospitals are not places where you can just evacuate people whenever you want.

Many critically ill patients are unconscious, not to mention those who are being resuscitated.

Relocating them rashly would be tantamount to taking their lives.

"Thank you for the information."

Rio Futaba said something indifferently, then stood up with Miko Yotsuya, preparing to turn and leave.

Shoko Makinohara opened her lips, but finally couldn't help but speak just before the two were about to leave the room.

"Are people in the hospital...in danger?"

Yotsuya Miko turned around, her golden eyes filled with a gentle smile.

"Don't worry, we became exorcists to protect Kyoto."