Wait, why is this blond guy a lolicon?

Higashi Aoyama Port

After paying the fare, Gen Kiyoko looked up and saw the huge, brightly lit cruise ship and the long security check line at the boarding gate.

Many cosplayers are showing their invitations and boarding the ship one after another.

"Hmm... I need to think of a way to get on the ship." After thinking it over, Gen Kiyoko decided to smuggle herself across the border.

A purple ribbon appeared silently, lifting her slender body, and she rose quietly from the other side of the ship's side like a night bird.

Soul-capturing bell, celestial maiden ribbon, and ten thousand diamond-shaped gold hairpin.

The three legendary magical artifacts were all passed down to her by her mother-in-law; she didn't keep a single one for herself.

Therefore, Kiyoko also loves her mother-in-law from the bottom of her heart and truly regards her as a mother.

Even if she's lazy, she'll always keep her promise to her mother-in-law!

"—Qingzi, this time when you come down the mountain, you must perform a ritual to help the souls of those who died in that hospital find peace. I promised her that back then..."

That's no longer a problem, since the hospital has disappeared, the earthbound spirit must have also perished.

— Most exorcists are born with extraordinary abilities; their aptitude is determined at birth, and further cultivation can only increase their lower limit.

However, there is a method of cultivation that is acquired later in life, called the "Purple Gold Demonic Path," which involves extracting the essence of people to refine human pills, which are then consumed to improve one's aptitude.

—Qingzi, we are all righteous people, and we take it upon ourselves to protect all living beings. If we encounter the Purple Gold Demon Path, we will risk our lives to eliminate it. This is an ironclad rule!

—Hey, Kiyoko…don’t fall asleep while I’m lecturing! Do you hear me?

—Okay, Mom!

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Gen Kiyoko's feet, clad in simple cloth shoes, gently landed in the shadows of the deck.

We made it up, and nobody noticed! What a perfect infiltration…

"Hey, hello teacher, are you cosplaying Yoshino Asatake?" someone exclaimed from behind.

Minamoto Kiyoko:......

She turned around and realized she was near the women's restroom. Standing in front of her was a red-haired woman—no, judging by her attire, she was probably cosplaying Kushina Uzumaki.

Gen Kiyoko stared at it intently for a moment, then exclaimed in amazement, "Such a perfect cosplay...it's practically Kushina herself..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yishan blushed slightly. "Ah... thank you. Your cosplay of Asatake Yoshino was also very beautiful... but..."

His gaze fell on her chest, lingered for a moment, and then quickly looked away.

"It's just...nothing."

Compared to the real Yoshino Asatake—it's a bit too peaceful!

However, being good-looking completely makes up for the lack of anything special about her.

After experiencing the school bus hijacking and roller coaster incident, Liu Yishan realized one thing—maybe I'm not suited to be a teacher...

So, she resolutely quit her teaching job and became obsessed with anime and manga, trying to post some cosplay photos on Twitter...

Then, it became a huge hit!

The number of fans surged by 50 overnight!

So she received an invitation to the 3rd Global Cruise Ship Comic Con, and thought:

"It's been a long time since I've gone out for a walk. Let's take this opportunity to relax and have some fun!"

Surely I'm not going to run into some kind of terrifying event again?

Hahaha……

"Well, if there's nothing else..." Kiyoko didn't really like talking to strangers.

She was interrupted before she could finish speaking.

"Something's up!" Liu Yishan said with a smile, pulling out her Canon camera.

"Can I take a picture with you? You're really beautiful..."

Gen Kiyoko thought for a moment and nodded, "Sure, by the way... I just boarded the ship and I'm not very familiar with it yet. Could you show me around?"

"Hey, wanna go shopping together? No problem, I came alone too~ My name is Liu Yishan, I used to be a teacher... What's your name?"

Liu Yishan smiled, secretly moved. She hadn't expected to receive such positive feedback from her first interaction with another cosplayer.

Gen Kiyoko secretly drew the character "灵" (spirit) on her wrist with a gold brush.

This is a psychic detection talisman that reacts when it passes by places filled with resentment.

"Me? Well, you can just call me Ilya."

……

Gen Kiyoko felt a little numb.

The detection range of "spirit" is quite large.

Therefore, she basically completed a circuit of the cruise ship in three hours.

However, the talisman did not work.

In other words—there is no resentment from the dead on this ship.

But when the Purple Gold Demon Path refines human pills, they must have developed resentment!

How could there not be?!

That's what the book says...

"I'm out of ideas," Kiyoko sighed helplessly.

This wasn't a humble statement; it meant they were truly at their wits' end.

The enormous cruise ship was searching for the children who had been captured and forced into alchemy.

Finding resentment is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Liu Yishan, all smiles, finished collecting stamps with another cosplayer. Seeing Yuan Qingzi's tired expression, she thought for a moment and said:

"Why don't you go take a rest? Ilya, you look so tired..."

"Okay, then I'll take my leave." Gen Kiyoko shook her ahoge (cowlick) and waved goodbye.

Now that we've already toured the area once, there's no point in following Liu Yishan any further.

—Never use your innate skills unless absolutely necessary; acquired skills are enough to help you.

Yuan Qingzi whispered, "Grandma, given the current situation, I can only use my own 'hidden skill'."

She went down to the lower cabin and followed the doors along the corridor.

Finally, at the end of the road, we found an empty presidential suite.

A purple ribbon slipped through the crack in the door, and with a gentle flick—click—the lock opened.

There were two bedrooms in the suite, but she didn't choose either one. Instead, she retreated into the wardrobe in the corner of the living room and closed the door.

After a short while, his breathing calmed down.

An invisible wave emanated from her and spread outwards.

Then, her soul slowly left her body, leaving her completely naked, without a single hair left...

Unless someone smeared century-old quality black dog blood on their eyes.

Otherwise, even the most powerful exorcist would only be able to see a blurry outline and not the details of the body.

—Free and Easy Wandering is a hidden skill that Gen Kiyoko awakened long ago.

Once you enter a lucid dream state, your soul can leave your body and travel around the world.

However, this ability has some limitations.

1. A single out-of-body experience must not exceed 2 hours.

2. An out-of-body soul cannot stay under the sun.

3. Each out-of-body experience requires 8 hours of deep sleep, during which time the individual cannot wake up regardless of what happens.

Without wasting a single moment, Gen Kiyoko immediately flew to the bow of the ship and began a thorough, inch-by-inch search from the lower deck.

This time, after searching the first half of the ship, she didn't find the child, but she did find some clues to the spell. After reading them carefully, she couldn't help but feel a surge of shock.

"That mysterious purple-gold demonic cultivator... actually inscribed runes on the deck, intending to drain the life energy of everyone on the entire cruise ship!"

"Human transmutation array... It's too evil! Grandma was right, the people of the Purple Gold Demonic Path are all disgusting maggots, trash!"

However, at this moment, the cooldown time for the Free and Easy Wanderer skill was up.

Gen Kiyoko could only pray that the guy wouldn't activate the alchemy array within the next eight hours...

Her head was tilted to one side, feeling dizzy, and she curled up into a small ball in the closet, her breathing gradually becoming even.

The moment before falling into deep sleep.

She faintly heard the sound of the door being opened.

"Jiang... Gao Jin, if you dare to launch a night raid, I will never forgive you!"

"Am I that kind of pervert?"

"Heh, if you weren't a pervert, you wouldn't have put that thing on my feet! Disgusting, disgusting! You huge pervert!"

Who... is outside...?

Please...please don't find out about me...ah

Before her consciousness completely sank into darkness, this was the only thought left in her mind.