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

Why would you acknowledge the other party?

"Chief Yagami."

Night Star turned around, facing the Sighing Wall that had developed fine cracks, feeling the increasingly close tremors coming from the ground, and stood inside the swaying tram car, slowly speaking.

"I'm sure you've been struggling with whether it was the right thing to do to help me take away Onimaru Kunitsuna."

These words struck a chord with Soichiro Yagami.

He violated his duties as the head of the Criminal Investigation Department and a member of the Metropolitan Police Department by helping a criminal.

This incident kept Yagami Soichiro tossing and turning for several nights in a row, tormented by his own sense of morality and unable to fall asleep.

Just now.

"boom!"

A huge roar came.

The pure white Wall of Sighs could not withstand the force of the impact and shattered into pieces.

Amidst the countless white fragments, the terrifying true form of the evil spirit emerged.

Its appearance is like that of a worm, and its head is a distorted structure made up of hundreds or thousands of expressionless, bland human faces.

Its enormous body was about the same size as the tram in which everyone was sitting.

Amidst the falling white bone fragments, and under the horrified gazes of Kitagawa Kaimu, Yagami Soichiro, and Kawasaki Saki, and the excited anticipation of Kawasaki Kyoka, black flames ignited on the Onimaru Kunitsuna sword in Yosei's hand.

He swung Onimaru Kunitsuna, slashing at the writhing giant worm-like evil spirit, and the words he uttered were clearly audible to Yagami Soichiro.

"The questions that have been puzzling you will be answered at this moment."

141 A Closer Look at the Truth: Onimaru Kunitsuna's True Value

"Die...die!"

The thousands of human faces on the head of the worm-like evil spirit suddenly changed their expressions, roaring ferociously. One of the faces suddenly extended out, its twisted neck coiling like a pretzel, and began to wrap around Night Star's body.

"You really are simple and easy-to-understand low-level beings."

Faced with the attack that resembled an evil spirit, Yoruichi simply stood still. Futaba Rio then pulled out a bone from the Bone Woman and hurled it like a spear, piercing directly through her distorted face.

"What do you mean 'die'? Die! I'll kill you, tear you to pieces, and eat you..."

Night Star approached the worm-like evil spirit, a smile playing on his lips.

"As twisted beings, your verbal aggression is far too weak."

After letting out that roar, the thousands of faces that made up its head instantly returned to their previous blank expressions, as if they cared nothing for anything in the world.

Rio Futaba stared at the guy's thousands of faces, feeling as if she had seen the expressions on these faces somewhere before.

Futaba's brain began to work at high speed once again.

In less than a breath, she immediately realized where she had seen that expression before.

More than just seen.

Moreover, I watch it every day.

During rush hour, commuters on the tram all have this expression.

Think about it carefully...

Trams during rush hour are terrifying places.

Thousands of people were crammed into a huge metal box. Apart from the mechanical arrival announcements, no one spoke, and the silence was deathly still.

They simply drove quietly toward their destination.

"Could it be that..."

Combining this with what Yoruichi had told her before—that she had seen an evil spirit dressed in a white coat and mask, looking like a doctor, in the hospital morgue—Rio Futaba felt that she was close to finding the essence and truth of the underworld.

"This guy is troublesome."

Since Tamamo-no-Mae had decided to extend goodwill to Yoru-no-Shi, she showed no fear even when facing such a powerful evil spirit, and did not miss this opportunity to show goodwill and increase her favorability towards it.

Don't let her gentle and weak appearance fool you; she's a powerful figure in the underworld.

In Tamamo-no-Mae's eyes, evil spirits that lack even the ability to think are nothing more than highly aggressive madmen and murderers in the eyes of humans.

More than fear, there was contempt.

"Here, I call forth my true name."

Tamamo-no-Mae took off her wooden clogs, revealing her bare, snow-white, delicate feet on the floor of the carriage.

Nine snow-white, fluffy tails with pale gold patterns appeared from within her wide kimono.

Tamamo-no-Mae floated in front of Yoru-no-Hashi, staring directly at the worm-like evil spirit. Her pink lips parted slightly, and her teeth sharpened at a visible speed as she softly murmured.

"Tamamo-mae."

The moment those three words were uttered, a hazy mist rose.

Rio Futaba frowned slightly, pondering to herself.

Does Tamamo-no-Mae also possess an ability similar to releasing her true soul form?

Apart from slight differences in wording, both the posture and the process of calling out the real name were exactly the same as those of myself and Miko.

Why would this happen?

Tamamo-no-Mae...isn't she an evil spirit?

A psychic's ability to call upon the true name of a spirit is to materialize their own soul and inner self, thereby gaining the power to fight against evil spirits.

Why would Tamamo-no-Mae, who is inherently a spirit, undergo such a process?

After all...

Why would a powerful demon like Tamamo-no-Mae, known to everyone in Sakura Province, appear in the underworld?

Before the "door" existed, there should have been no way to travel between the inner world and the real world.

After all...

Is the "door" truly, as I originally speculated, a bridge connecting two worlds?

Or...

Before the "door" existed, the inner world simply did not exist.

Rio Futaba's mind raced, but her actions never faltered. She directly had Hone-onna erect a white bone shield around the four ordinary people: Soichiro Yagami, Kaimu Kitagawa, and the Kawasaki sisters.

While fighting the evil spirits, he pondered things in his mind.

For Rio Futaba, this dual-thread approach posed absolutely no challenge.

"interesting."

Looking at the enormous figure emerging from the hazy smoke, Ye Xing smiled slightly, but instead of stepping forward, he took a step back.

It's really rare to see a demon like Tamamo-no-Mae, who is much smarter than a human.

At first glance, it might be difficult to judge.

However, the difference becomes very obvious when compared to an eight-foot-tall adult.

The tall, eight-foot-tall man's favorite thing to do was to squat at home and drink milk after completing his daily patrol of Kyoto.

Let alone scheming.

Since joining the Superpower Society, Yasakatsu's brain has been in standby mode and is almost degenerating.

In contrast, consider Tamamo-no-Mae.

Did she take the initiative to confront this powerful worm-like evil spirit because she felt that Yohoshi and Rio Futaba needed her help?

No.

Although this worm-like evil spirit was filled with resentment, it was still much weaker than the giant evil spirit that was ten meters tall.

Tamamo-no-Mae's actions had only one purpose.

She wanted Ye Xing to know her true strength.

Only after completing this day's work, and combining the goodwill gestures of the past and present, can we begin the next stage of in-depth cooperation.

As the fog slowly dissipated, through the tiny gaps in the bone shield, Soichiro Yagami and the others finally saw the figure of the enormous creature within the fog.

"Roar!!!"

The enormous nine-tailed fox slammed its white paws onto the ground.

Its sharp teeth gleamed coldly, and its eyes revealed undisguised killing intent as it stared directly at the worm-like evil spirit before it.

“What…what is this!?”

Souichirou Yagami was completely dumbfounded.

He originally thought that the biggest problem the Metropolitan Police Department had to deal with was the elusive criminal "Masked," who was so difficult to deal with that even the Metropolitan Police Department's professional units armed with firearms could not handle him.

But now it seems...

At the very least, the other party is still a human being!

Even Soichiro Yagami couldn't help but swear.

"What the hell is this monster?!"

As soon as he said that, Kawasaki Saki frowned slightly and said in a cold voice.

"Chief Yagami, there are children here, please watch your words."

"Forehead..."

Stared at by Kawasaki Saki's sharp eyes, Yagami Souichirou looked embarrassed and scratched his head.

"Sorry...I'm sorry."

In fact, Kyoka Kawasaki didn't hear what Soichiro Yagami was saying at all.

Her gaze was entirely fixed on Ye Xing, and she almost forgot about her own sister.