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

"No, do you guys have some strange misunderstanding about my XP?"

"Last time it was eight feet tall, this time it's this female ghost."

"I'll emphasize again, I'm a gentleman, and I have absolutely no interest in female ghosts!"

Rio Futaba's comment about absorbing men's life essence made the kimono-clad female ghost seem somewhat displeased.

On her dignified and elegant face, her two embroidered eyebrows furrowed slightly as she slowly opened her mouth and complained softly.

“Little sister, you’re wrong about that. Do I look like one of those ruthless demons who would stop at nothing to absorb a little bit of life essence? That’s an insult to me.”

067 The Contract of the Great Demon Tamamo-no-Mae, the True Name of Night Star's Soul

As the female ghost complained about her words in a soft, gentle voice, Rio Futaba suddenly felt a sense of guilt.

no way.

This female ghost, dressed in an elegant kimono with a distinctly ancient style, is incredibly beautiful.

Otherwise, Rio Futaba wouldn't have thought that Yosei would be bewitched by this female ghost.

"Feel sorry."

"It's ok."

Upon hearing Rio Futaba's words, the kimono-clad female ghost covered her mouth and chuckled softly before looking at Yohoshi.

"You actually saw through my probing; you have truly remarkable insight."

That's right.

In the eyes of Yotsuya Miko and the others, the bloody battle between the exorcists and the evil spirits that had just taken place, with both sides exchanging blows and refusing to give an inch, was actually just a test.

The evidence is obvious.

Ye Xing could sense that although the evil spirits in this team were relatively strong in the underworld, they were far from being strong enough to make the black mist and other evil spirits retreat.

This shows that what truly makes the black mist and other evil spirits avoid them is not the sheer number of this evil spirit army.

But it was just a kimono-clad woman sitting inside a white cloth carriage—this was a demon.

As a professional exorcist, Yohoshi had also spoken to Yotsuya Miko about this.

Evil spirits have no bottom line.

Whether it's pretending to kneel and beg, disguising themselves as human, or threatening human companions, these are all things they are perfectly capable of doing.

If that's the case, why didn't the woman in the kimono intervene?

Putting aside the threat of using Yotsuya Miko, the two ordinary people, Yui Yuigahama and Rio Futaba, who are far away, are perfect targets.

Or perhaps the woman in the kimono was being overly cautious.

Either she was just testing the waters, and her real goal was to see the true capabilities of a so-called professional exorcist.

Ye Xing felt that the second possibility was more likely.

"So now..."

Yohoshi looked directly into the eyes of the woman in the kimono and spoke slowly.

"Tell me your purpose in doing all this, even at the cost of sacrificing dozens of your own followers, just to test my abilities."

"Hehe, you seem to be in a hurry."

The kimono-clad female ghost smiled and spoke softly.

"Perhaps you don't know it yourself, but I have heard about your deeds during this time."

At this point, the kimono-clad female ghost paused, looked at the spot where the mountain of flesh-like evil spirit had been devoured by Ye Xing, and spoke with great interest.

"Humans can actually devour evil spirits? This is truly the first time I've ever heard of such a thing."

"You still haven't said what you want to do. My patience has its limits."

Rio Futaba hid behind Yosei, listening to his forceful words, and stole a glance at the kimono-clad female ghost, feeling a little uneasy.

No.

Is this how you negotiate with people?

As you know, this is the underworld, the domain of evil spirits.

If you didn't know better, you'd think this was your backyard.

Despite her complaints, Rio Futaba understood that this was a negotiation tactic used to keep the other party from knowing her bottom line, thereby making them more lenient with the subsequent conditions.

She was well aware of Ye Xing's negotiating skills.

After all, I was attracted by the activity room, agreed to the other party's terms, and gradually ended up as a "victim".

only...

Will evil spirits fall for this?

"It was my presumption."

To the surprise of Rio Futaba and the others, the kimono-clad female ghost actually bowed slightly, offered a polite apology.

Good grief, the evil spirit is apologizing to the exorcist?

It's practically a case of goblins and female elves keeping to themselves.

This is incredibly weird.

"What I really want to do this time is to propose a deal to you."

Upon hearing this, all the members of the Xyz Society, except for Yoruichi, including Hachisaku who was an evil spirit, were quite surprised.

Are evil spirits trying to make a deal with humans?

That sounds pretty bad, doesn't it?

You female ghost, are you really not lusting after Ye Xing's body?

Seeing that no one responded, the kimono-clad female ghost didn't care. She just smiled at Ye Xing and continued to speak in a soft and elegant tone.

"If I'm not mistaken, devouring evil spirits should help your strength."

"In that case, I have a win-win proposal."

"I can provide you with information about the areas in this world where powerful evil spirits frequently appear, as well as the specific abilities of those evil spirits and the time periods during which they appear."

"Of course, I will only provide information and will not force you to devour these evil spirits. It is entirely up to you, how about it?"

After hearing this, Ye Xing nodded noncommittally.

"So this is ah..."

He dragged out his words lazily, a hint of a smile in his eyes, and looked at Rio Futaba beside him, saying nonchalantly.

"My beloved concubine, I am tired. Please help me analyze this."

Upon hearing the title "beloved consort," Rio Futaba's face flushed red, and she gritted her teeth resentfully.

"Who, who is your beloved concubine? Don't call me that."

Despite saying that, Rio Futaba's brain was still quite honest, and she immediately began to ponder the words that the kimono-clad female ghost had just said.

Are evil spirits trying to make a deal with humans?

why?

Since it's a transaction, both parties must benefit.

Night Star can become stronger by devouring evil spirits.

What good would it do for the kimono-clad female ghost to let him devour his own kind?

Rio Futaba's thoughts raced as she analyzed the information she already knew about the underworld, evil spirits, and psychics.

Suddenly, a thought struck her, and she remembered a sentence that Yotsuya Miko had inadvertently mentioned on the way here when she was explaining the truth of the world to her.

"I've seen some really powerful evil spirits that devour their own kind. It's disgusting. I don't want to admit it, but compared to Night Star, their devouring scenes are definitely less elegant. They're more like zombies in a movie."

Zombies, eating each other?

A thunderclap seemed to resound in Rio Futaba's mind.

there is only one truth!

"I understand."

Rio Futaba mustered her courage, stepped out from behind Yohoshi, looked directly at the face of the kimono-clad female ghost, adjusted her glasses, and slowly began to speak.

"I suspect that among the evil spirits, there are many powerful beings who do not possess rational thinking abilities like you, but are highly aggressive and will instinctively devour their own kind indiscriminately to enhance their own power."

"And to you, the existence of these evil spirits is equivalent to the madmen in the eyes of ordinary people in the real world who are vicious and have committed countless heinous crimes."

"You don't need to state your conditions, because as long as the number of this type of evil spirit decreases, it will be beneficial to you."

"There is another hidden benefit: after you provide Night Star with information about these evil spirits, you and Night Star will have established a so-called contract."

"In this way, Night Star will at least not actively devour you and the evil spirits that belong to you."

"With this shift in power, your position in this world will become more secure, right?"

Rio Futaba finished speaking such a long passage in one breath, her fair face turning red and her breath coming in uneven gasps.

The kimono-clad female ghost, her evil spirits and monsters, and Yotsuya Miko and Yuigahama Yui, who were not far away, were also completely shocked by this analysis.

Isn’t this too fierce?

How could the kimono-clad ghost deduce so much information in less than four or five seconds from just a few words?

Yotsuya Miko now understands why Yohoshi went to great lengths to add the nonsensical term "quantum mechanics" to the club's name, using it as bait to recruit Futaba Rio into the Xyz Club.

This kind of rational analysis of intelligence and the speed of thinking are simply not something a normal high school student... no, not something a normal human being could do, right?

To know.

This is Rio Futaba's first time entering the Otherworld, and she only just learned about the evil spirits from Miko Yotsuya.

To be able to perform such an analysis under these circumstances is truly astonishing.

Looking at the evil spirit shocked by Rio Futaba, as well as Yui Yuigahama and Miko Yotsuya, Yohoshi thought to herself that their vision was ultimately too narrow.