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

"You can see it."

"You can see it!"

The countless evil spirits, gathering like a tidal wave, quickly surged into the unfinished building.

Tamamo-no-Mae looked at Yoru-no-Shiki with a look of despair, a bitter and apologetic smile on her face.

"I'm sorry, Lord Yexing, it is I who have dragged you down."

"drag?"

Hearing the terrifying roar coming from the stairwell in front of him, Ye Xing just smiled. He didn't change his clothes, but simply gripped the hilt of Onimaru Kunitsuna's sword in his right hand, his eyes filled with a frenzied anticipation.

"With so many evil spirits, I could eat one and kill another, eating and killing at the same time. Just thinking about it makes me feel very happy."

Meanwhile, in the real world, in Kyoto...

"Snapped."

Amidst a faint crackling sound, Miko Yotsuya, who was sitting on the sofa with her mother, saw the television suddenly turn off.

Her mother tried pressing a button on the remote control, then stood up and pressed the light button in the living room, asking in confusion.

"Huh? Is there a power outage? I didn't forget to pay the electricity bill."

A dangerous premonition arose in Yotsuya Miko's heart.

She looked out the window, and what met those golden eyes was a terrifying, distorted face of an evil spirit pressed tightly against the window.

"You...can see."

217 The Awakening of Lord Hachisakaki in Response to the Attack on the Entire City of Kyoto

Suddenly seeing a terrifying evil spirit appear, Yotsuya Miko's expression and eyes remained unchanged. She simply stood up as if she hadn't seen it, looked at her mother who was studying the circuit, and said calmly.

"Mom, I'm going out to ask the neighbors if they have a power outage."

"Oh, right. If the neighbor's circuit is also down, it means it's not a problem with our electrical box, but rather a fault in the circuit of this area. I'll leave it to you then. See you later."

"Well, leave it to me."

Yotsuya Miko changed her shoes at a leisurely pace and then left the house.

"You...can see?"

The terrifying, distorted-faced evil spirit kept its head pressed against Yotsuya Miko's head, repeating its own words.

"You...can see..."

"Yes, I can see it."

Yotsuya Miko's sudden response startled the evil spirit for a moment, before a fierce killing intent flashed in its pupils.

"You see..."

"Hundred Eyes".

Before the evil spirit could launch an attack, Yotsuya Miko summoned her true soul form, Hyakume.

The next second, she pulled out Mikazuki Munechika, which Hyakume had handed her, and with a clean and swift motion, severed the evil spirit's hideous head.

Then, he turned the blade around and pierced the other person's head.

Watching the headless body of the evil spirit slowly turn into black smoke and dissipate, Yotsuya Miko flicked the Mikazuki Munechika in her hand and said calmly.

"Now, it's not visible."

Just as Yotsuya Miko finished speaking, her cell phone rang.

She took out her phone and saw that it was Rio Futaba who had sent a message in the group chat of the Super Scale Club.

Rio Futaba: "Were you attacked too?"

Mai Sakurajima: "Yes, but it's already resolved."

Yui Yuigahama: 'Me too.'

Yotsuya Miko silently typed two short symbols below.

"+1."

Rio Futaba: "Just as I expected, the feeling that Miko and I had been watching us from the shadows these past few days was definitely not an illusion."

"I have another question. My entire area is without power. What about your area?"

Mai Sakurajima: "Yeah, that's enough."

Yui Yuigahama: "Me too."

Miko Yotsuya: "The four of us live in places that aren't even close to each other, yet the power went out at the same time. Could it be... that the entire city of Kyoto is without power?"

Rio Futaba: "That might be true, but please don't interrupt me. The situation is urgent, let me finish speaking first."

At this moment, Rio Futaba, holding her phone, pushed up her glasses with her left hand, and then, with the most rapid and urgent action of her life, began to tap her fingers on the screen at lightning speed.

"Such a large-scale power outage, coupled with the fact that all four of us were attacked, is definitely not a coincidence, but the first step in an all-out attack by evil spirits."

“I just tried to contact Ye Xing, but the number didn’t go through. His phone is always on, so the fact that I can’t reach him suddenly proves that he was the first target of those enemies.”

“I know what you’re thinking, but I think that with that guy’s strength, it’s impossible for him to die so silently. That can only prove one thing.”

"Night Star isn't dead; he's simply unable to move freely for some reason..."

Rio Futaba's mind raced, processing all the information she had, and she asked the most crucial question.

"When you were attacked, the surrounding area wasn't dragged into the Otherworld, was it?"

Mai Sakurajima, Yui Yuigahama, and Miko Yotsuya all gave affirmative answers.

Although an evil spirit appeared just now, it wasn't the kind that had merged with the "gate" and could forcibly merge the real world around it with the inner world; it was just an ordinary evil spirit.

"it is as expected..."

Rio Futaba has already found the answer.

"It seems that Ye Xing is currently in the inner world. The reason he is trapped... Heh, is it because they cut off his supply line by destroying the only 'door'? The enemy is really cunning."

All I can say is, as expected of Rio Futaba.

From the moment she encountered the evil spirit's sudden attack until now, less than two minutes have passed, but she has already pieced together the whole story.

Why weren't we dragged into the other world when we were attacked?

Is it because there is no powerful evil spirit in the enemy camp that has merged with the "gate"?

How is that possible.

Able to evade the observation of hundreds of eyes, and with numerous evil spirits possessing an intense lust for killing humans hidden in every corner of Kyoto City, leaving no trace to follow, regardless of the true appearance of these evil spirits, one thing is certain...

The opponent's individual strength was very strong, strong enough to suppress those restless evil spirits, making them suppress their instinctive impulses and dare not disobey the order to hide.

Wouldn't a guy like that have a few powerful evil spirits under his command who have merged with the "gate"?

how is this possible.

The only explanation Rio Futaba could think of was that the other party dared not merge the real world with the underworld.

why?

Because in the inner world, there exists a being they fear.

If a certain area of ​​the real world were to be merged with the underworld, it would mean that everything done before would be in vain, and a door would be opened for the strongest exorcist in history to return to the real world.

Based on this, Ye Xing is definitely not dead.

If the enemy were confident of killing him, they wouldn't have resorted to trapping him in the inner world in this way.

But why?

Why would an evil spirit go to such lengths to trap Night Star in the Otherworld and seemingly cut off the power to the entire city? What is its purpose?

"Think faster, Futaba, faster..."

Rio Futaba murmured to herself, her eyes sparkling behind her glasses as her thoughts raced.

Power outage...

It's dusk now...

dark.

If the entire city of Kyoto were plunged into darkness by a power outage, it would inevitably cause panic among the people.

What kind of impact would it have on the underworld if millions of people experienced such intense negative emotions at the same time, and these emotions only intensified over time?

Or perhaps...

The negative emotions of so many people coming together will give birth to a terrifying evil spirit.

As Rio Futaba pondered, she shared her analysis and speculation—that the evil spirit wanted to plunge the entire city of Kyoto into panic—into the group chat.

Yui Yuigahama, Miko Yotsuya, and Mai Sakurajima immediately realized that if such a thing really happened, even if it only lasted for one night, let alone several days, it would have an immeasurable and unpredictable impact on the underworld.

Rio Futaba's thoughts did not stop there.

Having deduced the enemy's objective, it's time to think from their perspective and predict their next move.

Rio Futaba realized that the entity behind this was completely different from ordinary evil spirits.

The other party knew that psychics could travel between the two worlds through a "gate" during the times of twilight and twilight, that is, at dawn and dusk.

They also knew the essence of the underworld, which is why they were able to devise this plan to cause changes in the underworld through the real world.

There's also Mai Sakurajima, Yui Yuigahama, Miko Yotsuya, and his own identity.

Rio Futaba's current thinking is based on the premise that the enemy hiding in the shadows knows everything about all the members of Xyz Society.

So, what is the other party most afraid of, most terrified of, and least willing to see?

Or rather, who is the evil spirit least willing to confront?

It was a night star.

Who can bring Ye Xing back from the inner world?

Thinking of this, Rio Futaba quickly sent out a message.