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

So handsome.

The last time Kawasaki Kyoka saw Yoshinori dressed like this, he didn't know his true identity, and at that time, Yoshinori had not yet obtained Onimaru Kunitsuna.

The new equipment looks even cooler now.

Furthermore, Kyoka Kawasaki felt an indescribable sense of excitement.

No one else present knew the older brother's true identity; only he knew.

It's simply...

Wow, wow, this is so exciting!

"Kill you..."

The worm-like evil spirit's enormous body writhed, and thousands of human faces stacked together twisted and merged together at that moment.

Eyes, nose, mouth...

The facial features were all writhing and squeezed together, making it look nauseating.

"kill me?"

Although Tamamo-no-Mae revealed her true form, she still retained the ability to speak.

Her voice was still soft, but her tone carried disdain and contempt.

"You think you're some kind of monster?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Tamamo-no-Mae unleashed her sharp claws, the pointed nails piercing through flesh and blood, penetrating deep into the worm-like evil spirit's repulsive head.

Her narrow eyes gleamed with a thirst for killing and destruction. She opened her mouth, revealing two rows of sharp, gleaming teeth that viciously bit into the body of the worm-like evil spirit.

Then, with a turn of its neck, it tore off a large piece of flesh, which turned into black mist and dissipated.

"boom..."

The worm-like evil spirit's massive body twitched, causing the ground to tremble.

Immediately afterwards, from its thousands of mouths, came whispers of unknown meaning.

The moment the whispers began, hundreds of slender, ghostly figures identical to the previous ones emerged from the underground passage. Their forms were bizarre and twisted, and they rushed toward the group behind Tamamo-no-Mae at incredible speed.

"boom!"

They crashed directly into the hard, white bone shield, yet seemed completely oblivious to the pain, numbly repeating the motion of retreating and then crashing forward again.

Even the sturdy shield created by the Bone Woman gradually developed cracks under the continuous impact.

Kawasaki Saki's pupils contracted slightly as she shielded her younger sister behind her.

Through the gaps in the bone shield in front of her, she could sense the slender ghostly figures. Although they had no faces, their gazes were fixed on her, her sister, Yagami Souichirou, and Kitagawa Kaimu, four ordinary humans.

That twisted aura, like a demon from hell, seemed to be dragging everyone into a pool of dark red blood.

"Damn it, damn it..."

As the cracks on the white bone shield multiplied, Kawasaki Saki shielded her sister behind her with one hand, clenching her teeth, her eyes filled with resentment.

If this continues...

He couldn't protect his younger sister, nor Kitagawa-kun, on his own.

"hateful..."

Saki Kawasaki almost ground her teeth to powder.

For the first time in her life, she felt so powerless.

"Haven't you managed to do it yet...?"

Rio Futaba, who had remained motionless, watched Kitagawa Kaimu and Kawasaki Saki's reactions through the gaps in her bone shield, and finally just shook her head helplessly.

"As expected, it's not that simple to awaken."

Rio Futaba has confirmed one thing.

As Ye Xing said, throwing people into the inner world and letting them die if they don't awaken is indeed not going to work.

Facing your true self is something you can't force.

If you don't even know your own true thoughts, how can you face them?

It seems that Kitagawa Kaimu and Kawasaki Saki have not yet met these conditions.

"It's about to happen, Bone Woman."

Upon hearing Rio Futaba's command, Hone-onna nodded slightly.

Then, she vanished into thin air.

Rio Futaba, dressed in a white coat that resembled a white lab coat, slowly walked toward the slender ghostly figures that were constantly crashing into the bone shield.

Bone spurs.

As soon as those two words were uttered, dozens of sharp spikes suddenly extended from the bone shield.

Those slender ghostly figures that were charging at the shield crashed into it directly, their bodies pierced through, and they turned into a faint black mist that dissipated into the air.

Seeing this, the worm-like evil spirit that was fighting with Tamamo-no-Mae once again emitted that eerie sound, as if thousands of people were whispering at the same time.

The remaining slender ghostly figure instantly changed direction, its target becoming Rio Futaba, who was slowly walking towards it.

Facing hundreds of slender ghostly figures composed of pure black mist, Rio Futaba remained calm and extended her right hand.

"The Hell of White Bones".

The moment the words fell, the ground in the passageway sprouted up like bamboo shoots after a rain, revealing large patches of beautiful, yet incredibly sharp, bone spurs that gleamed with a cold light.

It didn't even take a second.

Hundreds of slender ghostly figures were all annihilated.

Kawasaki Saki and the others breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Rio Futaba showed no surprise whatsoever, and simply muttered to herself.

"too weak."

These thin, ghostly figures are far too weak.

Rio Futaba found it strange that she was so weak.

Let alone placing it in the inner world.

Even in the real world, the power of the slender ghost shadow is only below the standard level.

Although the slender ghostly figure could silently kill the rescue workers and the Metropolitan Police Department officers.

But you can think about it from a different perspective.

If we don't follow the rule of "observation," any evil spirit is a monster that ordinary people can't fight back against.

What Rio Futaba found most strange was something else.

It doesn't feel right.

She didn't feel like she had killed the evil spirit.

There was only one kind of eerie tactile sensation, as if an empty shell had been removed.

"team leader."

Hearing Rio Futaba's call, Yohoshi walked over, carrying Kunitsuna Onimaru in one hand.

"what happened?"

Rio Futaba glanced at the worm-like evil spirit that was locked in battle with Tamamo-no-Mae. Beneath her mask, she looked thoughtful, and made the habitual gesture of pushing up her glasses when she was contemplating.

"This thing doesn't seem to be an ordinary evil spirit."

Rio Futaba spoke slowly.

"These slender ghostly figures are less loyal to the evil spirits that serve them, and more like tools used for hunting, somewhat similar to the weapons you create with the power of evil spirits."

"What!?"

Seeing Yoru's pupils shrink in shock, and just as Futaba Rio was feeling puzzled, wondering how a demon of this level could make the usually calm Yoru show such an expression, she heard the other party speak in a deep voice.

"BYD actually copied me?"

"Forehead..."

Rio Futaba looked speechless: "Does this count as plagiarism?"

"Why doesn't it count?"

Ye Xing spoke in a serious tone.

"You should know, I'm the protagonist of this world."

Who is the main character?

Faced with Yoruhoshi's sudden question, Futaba Rio honestly shook her head and cautiously probed.

"Is it...the strongest?"

"The strongest is not necessarily the best."

Ye Xing waved his hand and began to explain very seriously.

"But the protagonist must be special and unique, otherwise he wouldn't be called the protagonist."

"This guy didn't just copy my abilities."

"It's trying to steal my spot as the main character!"

Rio Futaba sighed softly, saying helplessly.

"Then what do you want to do?"

"What else can be done?"

Yoruichi stood up, looked at the worm-like evil spirit fighting with Tamamo-no-Mae, waved Onimaru Kunitsuna in his hand, and said calmly.

"Make it pay the price for this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Xing flashed to the center of the battlefield.