The Japanese-fear sorcerer who started by taking in Tomie

"Let's go with Hanako, big brother, hahaha..."

Hanako chuckled eerily as the scorch marks on her body peeled away at a visible rate, revealing pale new skin underneath.

In the blink of an eye, the charred skin was completely removed, like a snake shedding its skin.

She braced herself on all fours and pounced on Xinhengyuan once again like a spider.

[Shield Spell]

An invisible barrier unfolded in front of me in an instant.

Hanako rammed headfirst into it, the sound of the impact sharp and piercing, like fingernails scraping against a blackboard.

The shield withstood the frontal impact, but the force still sent Xin Hengyuan flying, his back slamming hard against the wall below the window.

Xin Hengyuan felt a sweet taste in his throat and spat out a mouthful of blood, which splattered on the ground.

Hanako lay on the shield, her upside-down face pressed against the invisible barrier, inching closer to him, her pale fingers scraping the shield's surface with a chilling sound.

"Come on, come on! Why won't you come with me? Big brother, don't you like Hanako?"

Hanako's voice grew increasingly sinister, her empty eyes seeming to absorb light like a black hole.

Her tilted head suddenly began to twist, not swaying left and right, but turning clockwise, a full 360 degrees.

The bones beneath the skin shifted one by one, then snapped back together, making a cracking sound.

The head spun around completely, and on its upside-down face, the mouth slowly opened wide, splitting from one ear to the other, revealing sharp teeth filled with blood.

The magic is almost gone.

Xin Hengyuan gritted his teeth, his back pressed against the cold wall.

The last two spell points stored in the gushing mana within his body had been converted into mana. Combined with the original mana in his body, he could only cast two first-level spells at most.

Is this the end of my journey at Xinhengyuan?

Xin Hengyuan clenched his fist, his nails digging into his palm, and blood flowed down his nail crevices.

No! Even if it means death!

I, Xin Hengyuan, am going to explode today!

Xin Hengyuan suddenly turned around and smashed the window behind him with a punch.

The glass shattered with a crash, shards mingling with the blood from the back of his hand, splattering all over the floor.

He pulled the exhausted Spider Queen from his pocket and, with his last bit of strength, threw her out the window.

Spider Princess weakly flared her legs in the air. A faint question came from the other end of the soul link, which then turned into resistance. She struggled to crawl back, her eight legs frantically flailing in the air.

"Go find the Slit-Mouthed Woman! Tell her to come and collect my corpse!"

Shin Hengyuan yelled out the window, then turned away from her, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, and stared directly at Hanako who was approaching.

Hanako witnessed Shin Hengyuan throwing Spider Princess out the window the entire time.

But she didn't care, and her gaze never left Xin Hengyuan.

Upon seeing this, Hanako's grin widened even further.

"Big brother is so kind. Even though he was about to die, he was still thinking about saving that spider. I'm so touched, so touched... That's why Hanako likes you even more. You have to play with Hanako, okay?"

She slowly crawled towards Xinhengyuan on all fours, like a cat playing with a mouse.

The movements were many times slower than before, as if they were enjoying this final standoff.

"Enough with the nonsense." Xin Hengyuan grinned, revealing a bloodthirsty smile. "Watch me stuff your mouth full of holy light!"

"bring it on!"

Shin Hengyuan roared, advancing instead of retreating, facing Hanako's ferocious face, mobilizing all his magic power, and forcefully pushing out the holy light from his palm.

【tracer】!

"Hehehe... Big brother, is it the same trick again? It doesn't seem to work very well on Hanako."

Hanako tilted her head, this time she didn't even bother to dodge. The tracer bullet hit her chest squarely, the holy light exploded, leaving a burning scar on her pale skin.

"Hehehe... Hanako, it hurts so much! Big brother hit Hanako so hard. But Hanako won't care. Hanako has been through much more painful things, and she didn't even cry."

Hanako tilted her head, her empty eyes devoid of expression, yet revealing a chilling honesty.

Is it useless?

Shin Hengyuan leaned against the wall, clutching his chest, feeling somewhat desperate. The tracer bullets could indeed damage Hanako, but the damage wasn't fatal.

"Big brother, don't bother, come with Hanako." Hanako drew closer, her smile widening.

Shin Hengyuan's eyes narrowed.

He squeezed out the last bit of magic power from his body. The faint white light trembled in his palm, like a candle flickering in the wind, but it did not go out. He clenched his fists, holding the ball of light tightly in his hand.

【tracer】

This is my last bit of strength.

I wonder if the Slit-Mouthed Woman and the others will come to collect my body after I die. What kind of expression will Tomie have? Probably glance at my corpse, purse her lips, turn away with a bored look, and go find her next prey.

As for the Slit-Mouthed Woman, she will most likely revert to being that solitary ghost wandering Japan, aimlessly searching for the next person who finds her beautiful. She'll probably think, "Finally, someone complimented me on how much prettier I am than last time," only to have that person die a few days later.

I feel a little sorry for her.

"Again? Then I'll wait until big brother finishes his daze before I take him away."

Hanako didn't care at all. She stood quietly in front of Shin Hengyuan, tilting her head like a child waiting for her playmate to finish what she was doing.

But suddenly...

Xin Hengyuan felt something suddenly stirring deep within his body, beneath the long-depleted spring of magic power. That wild and chaotic magic power surged uncontrollably, like magma about to burst through the earth's crust, having already reached a critical value!

Wild magic has been triggered!

[Wild Magic: Whenever a spell of level one or higher is cast, there is only a small chance of unleashing a random magical effect!]

Xinhengyuan suddenly laughed.

He usually avoided wild magic like the plague. This power was too unstable; uncertainty meant uncontrollability, and uncontrollability was the greatest taboo in combat. Who knew what might randomly appear?

But things are different now!

This was already the worst moment; with magic depleted and severely injured, it was a hopeless situation!

In a deadlock, any variable is a hope for breaking the deadlock!

Even the worst form of wild magic can be. At worst, it's just wanting to die, and he was already prepared to die anyway.

The violent magic startled Hanako, and she took a step back uneasily, but it was too late.

[Third Ring Spell: Fireball]!

A violent burst of flames erupted from Xin Hengyuan's body, and the powerful flames, along with the shockwave, swept through the entire women's restroom. The scorching flames instantly engulfed Hanako's figure, leaving not even a trace.

"ah……!!!"

Hanako's screams were drowned out by the roar of the explosion. The entire women's restroom was blown to pieces, and shockwaves carrying flames burst out of the windows, turning the night sky crimson. For a moment, the entire building began to tremble.

[Defeat monster Hanako, experience points +900]

Xin Hengyuan had no way of knowing what happened next.

The shockwave from the explosion also sent him flying, his body crashing through the already shattered window frame.

Xin Hengyuan's entire body was covered in blood, which soaked through his school uniform and dripped down in a sticky consistency.

He fell straight down from the third floor to the ground, his consciousness rapidly fading in the night wind.

"Oh dear, what a mischievous little guy."

A silvery voice rang out. Long golden hair swayed gently in the night breeze, and nine fox tails gracefully unfurled, catching the plummeting figure.

Tamamo-no-Mae, dressed in a cherry blossom-colored kimono, held a slender pipe in her left hand and gently exhaled a puff of smoke toward Shin Hengyuan.

The smoke, shrouded in a pale blue veil under the moonlight, slowly covered Xin Hengyuan's blood-stained body, and the bleeding stopped.

She looked down at the unconscious face, her foxy eyes filled with tenderness.

After a moment, she took a light drag on her cigarette and said without looking up, "Since you're here, why don't you come out?"

Sparse sounds came from the nearby grove...