My daily life of exorcising demons and falling in love with a witch.

"What idea?" Yixing asked.

"Is this it?"

Before he could finish speaking, Shinshou Shimamura flicked the pony coin again, and without warning, suddenly pulled out the blue revolver and pulled the trigger.

With a deafening roar, blue ice flames erupted from the gun barrel, knocking away the coin that had just landed in front of his chest.

As the coin sensed the impact of spiritual energy, it was launched at high speed, unleashing a violent shockwave. Its trajectory resembled that of a laser cannon, utterly destructive.

The exploding coin struck the heavy wooden door at the entrance of the village almost instantly.

Its immense power shattered the door panel into two pieces, which flew far away.

Some monsters that couldn't dodge in time were slammed into the ground by the door, their bodies turning into smoke and disappearing as blood splattered everywhere.

Even the blood only remained briefly in place before turning into smoke and disappearing into the air.

This proves that Erina was absolutely right—they were all just illusions.

"How's my plan, Maekawa-kun?" Shimamura, the sharpshooter, blew on the cold air from the muzzle of his gun, a smug look on his face. "Were you shocked by the power of the Pony Coin? If you want one, I can give you one as a souvenir."

Now, Yi Xing only has one sentence on his mind.

He couldn't control the impulse and roared out.

"Who wants that weird stuff?! Seriously, this isn't a good idea at all! Doesn't it just mean we have to fight head-on?!"

"Haha, isn't that perfect!" Shinju Shimamura pulled down his hat brim and let out a hearty laugh. "Infiltration and assassination are so boring! It's much better to just charge in from the front!"

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what I wanted!" Wu Lili was also extremely excited and immediately chimed in her agreement: "Come on! Let's cause a huge ruckus! Let's force Shuten-dōji out and kill him as soon as possible!"

At this moment, all the enemies noticed this place, so they picked up their weapons and charged over while shouting.

There were at least a hundred demons. Most of them were ghosts—the kind with ugly, ferocious faces, fangs, and horns.

Since the word "ghost" can actually refer to all monsters, for the sake of easy distinction, monsters with such simple names are also called mountain ghosts.

But this does not mean that they only live in the mountains.

Illusions that manifest as monsters are usually easy to destroy.

Both in terms of physical strength and spiritual power, it is far inferior to that of a true demon.

However, their real disadvantage lies in their defense—many techniques that can only injure ordinary demons can be destroyed when dealing with illusions.

Shinjojima Village and Wu Lili rushed to the front.

Investigator Shimamura, armed with a revolver and a cane, charged forward while firing two icy bullets, killing the little demon who was drawing his bow in the distance.

The bullet froze the monster into an ice sculpture the instant it made contact with its body. Then, the frozen monster shattered into large chunks of ice due to the impact of the bullet passing through its body.

Upon approaching the monsters, Shinshoujima immediately channeled spiritual energy into the guns and fired a wide-area freezing bomb at the ground in front of the monsters' group.

Upon impact with the ground, it unleashed a burst of intense cold and ice crystals, freezing the lower limbs of six or seven mountain spirits nearby.

Then, Shinshoujima Village suddenly strode forward, activated the cane mechanism, transformed it into a serrated whip, and swung it forward with force.

This whip severed the necks of the mountain demons whose calves were frozen, and chopped off their heads.

Despite the immense power of the serrated whip, Shinshou Shimamura was extremely cautious in his attacks.

If any monster gets too close, or if he senses an arrow might hit him, Shimamura will immediately use various means to create distance, and he will never attack until he is completely sure it is safe.

The same applies when parrying close-range attacks from the enemy.

Sometimes, even when he could immediately swing his cane or fire a gun to kill the enemy after blocking an attack, Shimamura would forgo the opportunity to attack because there were other enemies around, and instead keep his distance to observe the situation.

Yoshiyuki hadn't quite expected Shimamura to have this fighting style.

He saw how recklessly this guy had blasted open the door, and rushed in just as fast as Wu Lili, and assumed that the strange investigator was just a brute.

In reality, he was at most impulsive and irritable in strategic choices, but in terms of combat style, he was quite cautious. Safety was the top priority in all his moves.

This contrast even made Yixing suspect that the guy had a split personality.

As for Wu Lili, she charged forward while firing her dual pistols, and when she got close enough to the enemy, she began to combine it with physical skills to kill the enemy more efficiently.

Unlike the way Shinshoujima Village always deliberately maintained a safe distance from the enemy, Wu Lili actively approached the enemy.

She was much more agile than Shimamura, and her behavior was quite bold and unafraid of risks.

Shimamura would occasionally use bullets and a serrated whip to knock down arrows, or use his weapon, which transformed back into a cane, to parry and then counterattack.

But Wu Lili would never do such a troublesome thing.

She would only dodge while trying to find opportunities to launch attacks.

While pursuing close-quarters combat, Wu Lili will also selectively and appropriately create some distance to launch her shots.

For example, she might use a feint to deceive the enemy, then suddenly step back or slide to the side, and while shaking her beast ears, shoot him.

For example, she would also run around the enemy at high speed and fire at their weak points. Several shield-wielding monsters were easily taken down because they weren't fast enough to turn around in time.

Whenever an opportunity to attack arises, Wu Lili will decisively close in on the enemy and launch a frenzied physical attack.

She constantly used her agile movements, employing extreme dodges that could easily result in death if she made the slightest mistake, to perfectly evade attacks.

Wu Lili's elegant, swift, and powerful kicks are a sight to behold.

Due to its extreme agility and strength, it can even perform such a difficult combination of physical skills and shooting techniques—a flying kick to the enemy's chest, sending them flying, while simultaneously somersaulting into the air diagonally behind, and then firing all twelve bullets from both guns at high speed during the brief moment of airtime.

Even as she lands, she can spin her body to fling away the empty cartridge cases and throw two new magazines into the air. She then points her two pistols at them and swings them in that direction to directly engage the magazines and load the next round.

Wu Lili's fighting style is not only gorgeous, but also extremely crazy.

It's clear that she thoroughly enjoys the fight and is having a great time.

Even the gleeful expression on his face when killing enemies could be described as bloodthirsty.

Meanwhile, the cynical investigator Shimamura seemed eager to resolve the matter quickly and return to his vacation—his only motivation came from the prospect of closing the case immediately.

As for Yoshiyuki, after drawing his wooden sword, he did not rush forward immediately, but exchanged a glance with Erina.

Without a word, just like an old married couple, the young lady decisively grabbed three talismans without saying a word, floated them in front of her, and quickly cast spells on them one by one.