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

"However... after we defeat the evil spirit, it wouldn't hurt to let you hug me."

As always, Ye Xing answered sincerely without any attempt to hide anything.

"So reluctant? Then I'll go see Zi tonight."

"No!"

Rio Futaba gave a soft hum and reached out to grab his sleeve.

"Besides, Zi said he's busy tonight."

"Then I'll go find Mai."

"Mai-senpai is also busy, she's been watching over Makinohara Shoko."

"Then I'll go find Eight Feet."

Rio Futaba looked displeased.

"You put me last in the list?"

Night Star replied with a light laugh.

"How could that be?"

"You're smart to know your place..."

Before Rio Futaba could finish speaking, Yohoshi said very sincerely.

"There are still a few more people I haven't reported yet."

Rio Futaba's expression froze, and after a long while, she sighed helplessly, rubbing her forehead.

"You...you're such a jerk."

"No, I am a warrior of pure love."

"Hmph, I don't believe you for a second."

After making that comment, Rio Futaba gazed at the deep, dark underground passage before her and slowly spoke.

"Getting back to the main point, it was indeed my mistake this time."

"I never imagined that evil spirits could exist in the tram's underground passage."

"Thinking about it carefully, the environment here is indeed very suitable for evil spirits to hide and develop. Moreover, it is already very dark, so even if there are 'doors' that are fully open and affect reality, no passengers will notice anything unusual."

"Not taking that into account... was my mistake."

Seeing Rio Futaba's remorseful expression and eyes, Yohoshi simply said...

"There's no need to blame yourself. You and Miko's usual investigations would never lead you to a place like this."

"It would be good to save everyone before things get worse."

Rio Futaba nodded, then gave Yohoshi a meaningful look, a smile involuntarily creeping onto her lips.

"You would never have said something like that before."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Ye Xing waved his hand casually.

"I am the chosen one, selected by God to save this world, a person with untamed talent."

Rio Futaba couldn't help but chuckle, replying in a noncommittal tone, using Yohoshi's usual drawn-out manner.

"Step~"

........

Five minutes later, Soichiro Yagami led the Metropolitan Police Department squad.

"What...does this smell?"

Soichiro Yagami's expression changed, and he raised his right hand, signaling his teammates behind him to stop.

As a criminal investigator with many years of experience, he was very sensitive to the smell emanating from the air.

From the very beginning of his career, Soichiro Yagami often smelled this scent, a smell that was almost impossible to detect in everyday life.

Bloody smell.

It wasn't the smell of animal blood, but the smell of human blood.

"Proceed with caution."

Soichiro Yagami pulled out a pistol from his waist, held it with both hands, and walked forward step by step.

The passageway was pitch black, without a single ray of light, except for the beams of flashlights emanating from a few Metropolitan Police Department members, which illuminated the scene before them.

As they drew closer, the stench of blood in the air grew stronger.

"This is!?"

The moment the flashlight beam shone onto the ground, accompanied by a sticky sensation underfoot, Soichiro Yagami finally saw the source of the bloody smell in the air.

The sight before him startled him so much that even someone with years of criminal investigation experience could not help but widen his pupils in astonishment.

The ground was covered in thick, sticky blood.

And above that dark red river are the mutilated bodies of humans.

"this..."

Most people would be completely terrified at this point.

But Soichiro Yagami, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, gripped his gun tightly, squatted down, and moved closer to examine the broken ends of the mutilated corpses.

"This is... a laceration? It looks like it was caused by some kind of animal bite..."

Based on the clothing on the mutilated corpses, Soichiro Yagami had already determined that the deceased were the rescue personnel sent out by the person in charge to rescue the trapped members.

Just why?

Why did he die in such a strange way?

"Could it be that some kind of wild beast is lurking in the underground passage?"

Souichirou Yagami frowned, thinking to himself, "This can't be."

Let's not even talk about whether there are any corners in the underground passage where wild animals could hide.

Tram tracks are normally electrified with high voltage; anyone electrocuted will die instantly.

How could there be any wild animals that could survive in such a place?

"Contact headquarters and request..."

Soichiro Yagami turned his head, but froze halfway through his sentence.

Sometime later, the members of the Metropolitan Police Department had disappeared, leaving only a few lonely, flickering flashlights lying on the ground.

At the edge of the horizon, in that deep darkness, a figure, three or four meters tall, with a very thin and even elongated build, was slowly approaching.

In the darkness, Soichiro Yagami could not see the other person's face clearly; all he could hear was a faint whistling sound, like the wind.

"You...can you see me?"

Soichiro Yagami's expression changed.

What is this! ?

At this moment, Yagami Souichirou recalled once again the fear and oppression he felt when he saw the eight-foot-tall adult in the school building of Kyoto Municipal Kindergarten.

This thing...

It is definitely not human.

The moment the thought crossed Yagami Soichiro's mind, he raised his pistol, aimed it at the head of the slender ghostly figure, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"boom!"

The deafening sound of gunfire echoed through the underground passage.

Before Yagami Soichiro could even breathe a sigh of relief, he saw that the slender ghostly figure, after being hit by the bullet, only tilted its head back slightly.

Then, the other person continued to slowly approach him, step by step.

Those eerie, whispered words, as soft as a gentle breeze, rang out once more.

"You...you can see me after all."

"Heh, firearms aren't working..."

Souichirou Yagami wore a bitter smile, with an expression of utter despair, as if he had just known.

do not know why.

He wasn't even surprised.

First it was the tall woman in white, and then it was the "mask".

Soichiro Yagami even had a strange idea.

He would be surprised if the bullets actually worked on the monster in front of him.

this world...

Have they gone completely insane?

Although Yagami Souichirou thought this way, his sense of responsibility as the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau did not allow him to give up at this time.

He gritted his teeth, fired all the bullets in the gun in one go, then turned around and ran quickly towards the dark passage ahead.

Despite being hit by seven or eight bullets in succession, the slender ghost only paused briefly before resuming its movements.

Under the condition of "observation," humans can harm evil spirits.

But it only causes harm.

Only those with spiritual abilities can destroy evil spirits.

Weapons are not the most important thing; people are the most important thing.

Even if Soichiro Yagami fired hundreds or even thousands of bullets, he still couldn't truly kill the evil spirit.

However, if it were a gun in the hands of a psychic, it could potentially destroy evil spirits.