In Tokyo, building the Holy Light Girls team

Mai urged again, "You need to leave now, Sayuri-kun. Don't stay here any longer. The teacher will be fine. Please, please leave..."

Before she could finish speaking, the slit-mouthed woman opened her blood-red maw again and asked the soul-searching question: "Do you think I'm beautiful?"

Don't answer her!

"Not pretty at all, it's hideous!"

"..."

The Slit-Mouthed Woman paused, then, seeing Mai's terrified expression, spoke again: "How dare you call me ugly! You're dead!!!"

"Run!"

Mai reached for Sayuri, and at the same time, the slit-mouthed woman's scissors opened, slashing at the twin-tailed girl in front of her!

Am I going to die?

Sayuri had just thought of those words when she looked at the slit-mouthed woman in front of her and a surge of courage welled up inside her.

"Teacher Xia Mu, please help me!"

The next moment, the little bear clip on its head suddenly burst into golden light!

……

Chapter 14 The Fruit Knife is Drawn!

"Ah!"

Xia Mu suddenly sneezed. He turned to look out the window and said with some confusion, "Is the weather getting colder?"

The only response he received was the long chirping of night insects.

Xia Mu scratched his head, thinking that it was still early, so he simply got dressed, and as he passed by the kitchen, he casually tucked a fruit knife that was only a finger's width into his pocket before heading outside.

"Speaking of which, that guy ate the last bag of instant noodles, and we're out of life-saving food, so I'll just go to the nearest convenience store to buy something..."

As soon as he stepped out of the room, he noticed that one of the streetlights outside was off.

However, Xia Mu didn't pay much attention. He just glanced at it, muttered to himself about whether he should call someone to fix it, and continued walking towards the convenience store.

……

Natsuki?

When Mai heard the name from Sayuri, the image of someone flashed through her mind. Before she could react, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth from Sayuri's body!

Under the cover of night, the golden light was even more intense than the surrounding streetlights, as if the sun were rising right in front of you, bringing a touch of warmth.

Mai even vaguely felt a tingling sensation in her injured leg under the golden light, as if the pain was not as bad as before, which made her even more surprised.

However, the Slit-Mouthed Woman on the other side was in a much worse state.

It was the closest being to Sayuri, and at the moment the golden light burst forth, it instinctively held the scissors in front of it.

As a result, a powerful impact surged from the girl in front of him, rendering the scissors completely ineffective.

The next moment, he was directly "slapped away" by the golden light, arcing through the air before landing on the ground with a "bang".

Sayuri belatedly realized that she had taken off the hair clip on her head. The bear pattern on it was shining brightly, as if it had a life of its own, and it gradually erased the fear in her heart.

A touching expression immediately appeared on her face: "I knew it! Teacher Xia Mu was just pretending to be unwilling. He really didn't want me, his future bride, to be in danger. That must be it!"

If Natsuki were here, he would probably deny it repeatedly and punch Sayuri on the head to show his strong resistance!

"Yoshi!"

Seemingly influenced by the power of the golden light, Sayuri's confidence surged. She gripped the hairpin in her hand and stepped forward, shouting:

"Evil spirit, how dare you bully me, the super-sensitive detective—huh?"

She was stunned for a moment before realizing that the "evil spirit" that should have been right in front of her had mysteriously disappeared, leaving only a puddle of water reflecting the gentle moonlight.

"If I'm not mistaken, that guy... did he run away?"

Sayuri's lips twitched. She had originally intended to punish him righteously, but the other party's cowardice was beyond her expectations. After realizing that things were not going well, he decisively chose to run away!

Although she was helpless, Sayuri wasn't foolish enough to chase after the other party. She put the bear hair clip back on her head with gentle movements, and the golden light on the pattern disappeared, returning to its previous state.

Sayuri then turned to Mai, helping her up while asking with concern, "Mai-sensei, are you alright?"

"hiss……"

Mai gritted her teeth.

In the moment of extreme danger, she was only thinking about escaping the Slit-Mouthed Woman and didn't think too much about anything else. But now that the crisis was over, the pain in her leg suddenly erupted.

If it weren't for her status as a teacher, she would have already cried out.

Even so, recalling what had just happened, Mai couldn't help but ask.

“Sayuri-san, the Natsuki-sensei you mentioned earlier is…”

"Ahem... Did I? Did I mention Natsuki-sensei's name? Mai-sensei, you must have misheard me."

"Absolutely! As that guy's colleague, I definitely didn't mishear. Sayuri must have said it just now!"

"Huh, where's the nearest hospital? Mai-sensei's problem seems pretty serious, looks like we need to take good care of her. Let's go this way..."

"Sayuri-san!"

……

"Ah!"

Xia Mu touched his nose, frowned, and said, "Why did I sneeze again? Is someone thinking of me? That shouldn't be the case..."

As he spoke, the image of a girl with pigtails flashed through his mind. Suddenly, he shook his head violently, banishing the unpleasant thought completely, before handing the milk drink to the cashier.

"Hello, checkout."

"Welcome, sir. This is 200 yen. Thank you for your patronage."

"Ah."

Putting his wallet back in his pocket, Xia Mu walked out of the convenience store, opened his drink, and took a sip. The warm sensation slid down his throat and spread throughout his body before he let out a satisfied sigh.

"Phew, that feels good!"

He seemed unaware that as he walked, the streetlights behind him kept flashing, and the number of pedestrians gradually decreased.

Xia Mu stopped walking when a long-haired figure suddenly appeared under a street lamp.

"Ok?"

Xia Mu looked on in confusion. The figure was leaning against the lamppost, its back heaving as if it were panting heavily.

"Hey, ma'am, are you alright?"

He remained silent until the very next moment, when he spoke, the long-haired figure suddenly turned his head.

Whoosh!

As the wind and waves swept by, and his black hair flew up, Xia Mu saw the wide grin that reached his ears, and the burn marks on his face. He immediately felt nauseous.

"Hiss—how did it get burned like this? Ma'am, did you just escape from the crematorium?"

Under normal circumstances, most ordinary people would probably turn around and run away when faced with such a strange situation, but Xia Mu's behavior was somewhat exaggerated.

The Slit-Mouthed Woman seemed oblivious to the difference. Having just narrowly escaped a deadly danger, she only wanted to vent her anger!

Then, the Slit-Mouthed Woman pulled out the scissors again, opened her mouth wide, revealing rows of terrifying, sharp teeth inside, and walked step by step toward Natsuki.

"Wait, don't come any closer!"

The man in front of him seemed to realize what had happened. With the flashing of the lights, the distance between them, which was originally several meters, was compressed drastically in the next second, and they appeared right in front of each other.

Do you think I'm pretty?

The same question as before, but the Slit-Mouthed Woman was determined to kill. No matter how Xia Mu answered, she only wanted to pour all the resentment she had just felt onto the man in front of her!

As a result, after hearing this, Xia Mu just looked at itself expressionlessly. The next moment, when it looked up, it suddenly felt the fear of death!

"boring."

Why not play by the rules?

Wait, this is...

hum-

A familiar golden light burst forth before her eyes. Just as a question mark flashed in the slit-mouthed woman's eyes, the golden light transformed into a sharp edge and struck towards her head.

With a "splat," its consciousness was completely erased. Xia Mu slowly put away the fruit knife, looked at the ripped woman who had turned into powder and disappeared, and then spoke slowly.

"Didn't I warn you—not to come over...?"

……

Chapter 15 [Holy Light Healing]

The fruit knife in Xia Mu's hand, like the gloves, was an "enchanted weapon" that he created using the power of holy light.

Although it looks small, it is easy to carry. Especially after being enhanced by the power of holy light, its sharpness is greatly increased, which can increase its lethality when facing ghosts. It is a great treasure for home and travel, for killing ghosts!

However, when he killed the Slit-Mouthed Woman, Xia Mu still felt something was strange. The opponent's performance seemed a bit... too weak!

The two ghosts he encountered before appeared in a dark space that shielded everything, making it difficult to see anything unusual from the outside. Only when he activated his holy light could Xia Mu penetrate this dark barrier.

Furthermore, if it weren't for the necklace containing the power of holy light, which could dispel most of the fear of ghosts, he would probably have been killed the moment they met, not to mention what happened afterward.

But the slit-mouthed woman from before didn't bring about such an anomaly. Recalling the settings in some games, he suddenly realized that these so-called ghosts also seemed to have different levels.

Xia Mu's expression turned strange.

In other words, you were like a newbie who had just created an account, but you encountered an elite monster after leaving the starting village?

Fortunately, his cheat ability was powerful enough that whether it was an elite monster or a regular monster, it was only a matter of one or two hits for him, which made Xia Mu feel comforted.

At this moment, he had already bent down and grasped the soul crystal that the Slit-Mouthed Woman had transformed into in his hand. The size of the soul crystal and the strength of the soul he felt seemed to confirm his previous judgment.

Thinking that even a small mosquito is still meat, Xia Mu also absorbed the soul crystal into the necklace. Soon, the liquid in the cross bead rose again, and the memories of the Slit-Mouthed Woman appeared in his mind.

To his surprise, the Slit-Mouthed Woman's predecessor was a beautiful woman who benefited from this and thrived in both her career and life.