Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

"Well--"

The faces of the three children's spirits changed, and then they ran away and disappeared in front of everyone.

"Is the effect of this cloak so immediate?" Seeing Kotoko Iwanaga turning around with a bored look on her face to help her drop the coagulation liquid, Akane Shinjo asked curiously.

"Those three brats were scared away. They didn't even have the courage to test whether the cloak was real." Iwanaga Kotoko replied with a look of disdain for the three brats.

"But, Taichi, you can really come up with some weird equipment." After helping Akane Shinjo drip the condensing liquid, Iwanaga Kotoko turned her head and looked at Taichi and said.

But she had no intention of inquiring into Tai's family background, she just expressed her feelings a little.

After all, the few times I worked with Taiyi were all safe and sound.

Much more reliable than those unreliable monster bodyguards.

Therefore, the plan to deepen the friendship with Taiyi needs to be further improved.

"Wow! So ugly!" As soon as her eyes could see the residents of another world, Xin Tiao Qian was frightened by the appearance of the vengeful spirits hiding around.

"Well, after all, 80 to 90 percent of spirits are lured in to commit suicide," Iwanaga Kotoko explained as if it was a matter of course, "It's inevitable that they look a little ugly before they die."

"After all, the process of waiting for death to completely come may be a bit difficult for them."

"But is this an illusion?" Iwanaga Kotoko looked around, "Those vengeful spirits seem to be surrounding us from their positions."

Chapter 35: Which side is waiting for action?

"They are planning to drive us down the mountain." Taiyi guessed after scanning the evil spirits.

After all, most of the evil spirits were concentrated between the crowd and the ruined shrine, with a small number distributed on both wings.

On the contrary, behind them, the door was wide open, which was obviously the direction for them to retreat.

"There might be something in that shrine that's hard for us to find." Iwanaga Kotoko also made a guess, "I just don't know if it's a shrine during the day or at night. In any case, it's worth going in and exploring."

"Taiyi, don't rush forward just to force the evil spirits to be purified. Leave us alone," Iwanaga Kotoko warned. "We don't have any means to deal with so many evil spirits. We might be controlled by the evil spirits after losing the protection of your powerful weapon."

Upon hearing this, Akane Shinjo moved her backpack from her back to her chest without saying a word.

Aunt Shimabukuro's Spark doll is inside.

Although it is not easy to materialize it now, it is still possible to activate her skills using the program developed by X.

At that time, the control of these evil spirits will be directly in your own hands.

Fang Xili also nervously grasped the camera in her hand, as if she was ready to take pictures at any time.

Two evil spirits separated from the group of spirits and sped towards Taiyi, raising their arms high as if they were about to pounce.

Taiyi was too lazy to say anything else. He simply lifted up his cloak and used it like a whip to whip the two evil spirits that were rushing towards him.

The moment the cloak gathered the evil spirits, a purification ritual suddenly unfolded under their feet.

As the sound of holy chanting rang out, two beams of light rose from the ritual and enveloped the two evil spirits that were hit.

In just a blink of an eye, the two evil spirits transformed into the purest spirit particles between the light columns and merged into the light columns.

"Forced purification!"

It was as if a switch was pressed, and after a pause, all the evil spirits swarmed towards Taiyi like a swarm of insects.

It was not known whether it was an order from the superior who controlled them, or the evil spirits' desire to be purified, but this group of evil spirits rioted collectively.

"Don't panic! Stand still!" Taiyi reminded the girls around him and quickly swung the cloak in his hand.

After a few evil spirits were drawn, the entire forced purification process just now was replicated immediately.

[“Master! There are too many evil spirits! And there are also evil spirits coming here from other directions! With this level of attack range, we will miss the evil spirits! Then the girls around you will be in danger!” Jeanne reminded, “Now, activate the special ability of the cloak immediately. I will help you turn the cloak into a defensive barrier to protect everyone from the invasion of evil spirits from the outside world!”

"Once all the evil spirits have gathered, we will transform the external defense barrier into a forced purification barrier, which will forcefully purify all the evil spirits present in one go."]

"How to activate it!"

[“Gather everyone together and throw the cloak over your head. Don’t throw it too hard!”]

"Everyone, come closer to me!" Taiyi shouted loudly.

Akane Shinjo and Kotoko Iwanaga immediately grabbed Fang Xili's arms and rushed towards Taiyi.

Once everyone was standing shoulder to shoulder, Taichi immediately threw his cloak over his head.

A flash of light appeared on the surface of the cloak.

The next moment, it transformed into a hemispherical defensive barrier that enveloped everyone.

A spell also appeared under his feet, preventing the possibility of evil spirits invading from underground.

"What is this..." Iwanaga Kotoko looked at Taichi curiously.

"It's a defensive barrier that can resist all attacks." Taiyi explained, "As long as we don't rush out out of the blue, we will be absolutely safe in here."

Akane Shinjo standing by immediately connected this ability to Jeanne's Noble Phantasm.

"Wait, doesn't this mean that we are trapped in this place and can't move freely?" Iwanaga Kotoko looked at Taichi in confusion and asked.

“Once the evil spirits gather to a certain extent, the defensive barrier will immediately transform into external forced purification, allowing the evil spirits gathered in the surroundings to become Buddhas collectively in one breath.” Taiyi explained with a curl of his lips.

"Oh, then I'm relieved." Iwanaga Kotoko blinked her eyes, and looked at the hemispherical defense barrier that protected everyone like a curious baby, "If I poke this defense barrier with my finger, will it break?"

"…Although I won't, but can't you just be quiet and honest for a while?" Taichi asked Iwanaga Kotoko with a frown on his face.

Kotoko Iwanaga stuck out her tongue, then waited obediently aside for the evil spirits to gather.

And Akane Shinjo came to Taichi, put her head close to his ear, and lowered her voice.

"Should I use Aunt Shimabukuro's ability to manipulate consciousness and gather all the evil spirits around the barrier so they don't move around?"

Taiyi felt an itch on the back of his neck.

"Not for now." After pulling his consciousness out of this somewhat ambiguous atmosphere, Taiyi shook his head and whispered in the same volume, "When it comes to trump cards, you should keep as many as you can. They will work wonders when you have to use them."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Xin Tiao Qian considered Taiyi's words and felt that it made sense, so she nodded and agreed.

If possible, she hopes to use this skill to directly control the opponent after seeing Kurosawa Aise's consciousness.

"Besides, I'm worried that Shadow Mage might be hiding somewhere in Night Spring. Aunt Shimabukuro was transformed into Ultra Beast Lorelei because of him. Shadow Mage knows all the abilities that Aunt Shimabukuro possesses. If we use them carelessly, it might leak our secrets." Taichi thought about it for a moment, then leaned into Akane's ear and added, "So, unless it's a critical moment, it's better not to use Aunt Shimabukuro's abilities if you can."

……

"Are those guys exorcists?" Shiragiku was standing at the gate of the shrine, frowning as he looked at Taichi and the others who were surrounded by evil spirits. He muttered, "Their methods are much stronger than those who broke into Higashiyama in the past."

"Lady Baiju, what should we do?" The spirits of the three children had returned to Baiju's side and were looking at her timidly.

"That cloak is just horrible."

"We are not afraid of the sun, but just seeing that cloak makes us feel like our eyes are being burned and our whole body is burning. We feel like our entire spirit is going to melt in the next moment."

“…” Bai Ju just frowned and said nothing.

After all, she couldn't think of any good ideas now, so she could only keep summoning evil spirits to surround those people.

Chapter 36: If Fang Xili doesn’t come, they are all good people!

"There are so many of them..." Looking at the evil spirits wandering around the barrier everywhere, Fang Xili broke out in a cold sweat on her forehead.

She just did a quick count, and although some evil spirits were missed and some were counted twice because they were wandering around, the base number was still no less than seventy.

"That's still a small number." Iwanaga Kotoko glanced at the evil spirits, shook her head and reminded them, "Don't forget, this place is a holy place for suicides. Even if we don't count those who came here to commit suicide after knowing the situation, there are also those local psychics who died when it first became a dangerous place, some staff members who died in accidents on the mountain later, those who were lured in and disappeared, and those who came in to find out the truth and then disappeared... I don't even dare to carefully estimate how many people have died in this mountain."

Fang Xili was so frightened by Iwanaga Kotoko's reminder that her face turned pale, her hands and feet were cold, and she was shaking constantly.

"The most important thing is that those who came out now were just ordinary people when they were alive, but don't forget that this place used to be a famous sacred mountain. The priestesses who gathered on this mountain back then were all outstanding elites who had cultivated professional abilities since childhood. In addition, there were professionals in the psychic world who came here after hearing about the inquiries... After death, these people will only become more ferocious and stronger than these evil spirits. For this reason, the monsters avoid this place as much as possible." Iwanaga Kotoko continued, "But the more terrifying thing is not those professionals, but the 'master' of this mountain who can suppress those unstable factors."

The more Fang Xili listened, the more she felt that saving Kurosawa Mika was almost becoming an "impossible" task.

"Having considered all this, are you still willing to accompany me to find Miss Mihua?" Fang Xili asked with tears in her eyes as she looked up at the three people surrounding her.

Tai smiled and said nothing.

Can he say that he had the courage to come because his fan base was strong enough?

Akane Shinjo looked away somewhat embarrassedly.

She simply treated the clips shown in the game's plot as a guide to passing the game, so she was able to keep up.

I never considered what it would be like if the characters in the game really existed in reality.

However, now that she had calmed down and listened to Iwanaga Kotoko's reminder, she also realized how dangerous this place was.

At the very least, after Shadow Mage witnessed the existence of Night Spring, he was not able to forcibly turn it into his personal base.

"Do you think the relationship between the shadow wizard and Kurosawa Aise is equal, or is one side having the upper hand?" Akane Shinjo leaned close to Taichi and asked in a low voice.

"I'm not sure." Taiyi shook his head and replied, "But I believe... if Shadow Mage really has some plan for this place, Kurosawa Fengshi will definitely not be able to find out."

After all, this person is a bit ambitious, but not strong.

There is still a gap between him and the career-oriented Shadow Mage.

But if Shadow Mage still didn't break up with Kurosawa Fusei even after all this... then the strength of Kurosawa Fusei in this world might be...

But all assumptions can only be one-sided speculations before meeting the real person.

"This number is about right." Taiyi estimated the number of evil spirits within his sight and rubbed his fingertips. "Everyone, cheer up. I'm going to start a forced purification."

Upon hearing this, Fang Xili immediately put one hand on the ground and tried to stand up.

Xin Tiao Qian took the initiative to go over to help.

[“Joan, get ready to start.”

"Yes! Master, I'm ready to chant." Jeanne responded, "Within this range... it can be purified roughly. But if there are evil spirits hidden inside the shrine, there is no guarantee that they will be covered by the purification range."]

Forced purification - ready!

Visible cracks immediately appeared on the surface of the translucent barrier.

After discovering this, the evil spirits collectively rushed towards the direction of the barrier, attempting to launch an attack after the barrier was broken.

Open!

After dense swarms of evil spirits surrounded the barrier so that even sunlight could not penetrate, Taiyi immediately launched a forced purification.

The holy light bloomed instantly... and then exploded!

The voice of the hymn was several keys higher than before.

Even Baiju, who was about to go out of the shrine to investigate the situation, staggered and covered his head.

The three child spirits that came in to report the situation rolled on the ground in pain.

Waves of black air slowly emerged and dissipated along with the three people's shrill wails.

When the sound of the hymn disappeared, when Bai Ju looked again, the spirits of the three children had become so blurred that only an outline remained.

As for Bai Ju...she was fine simply because her real body was not here.

Instead, it was buried deep underground.

She could see that, except for Fang Xili, all the people outside were ruthless and had strong abilities.

She was lucky that Fang Xili was the only one who came at that time.

As for what's next... hide. As long as she's not discovered, she'll be safe.

Looking at the ground with a slightly sad look, Bai Ju silently changed the color of her kimono to white.

This shows that the child has no bad intentions.

Even if her hiding place was exposed and found out, perhaps people would still spare her life because they saw that she had changed her color.

There was no way. The real body was right below. Even if she wanted to escape from the mountain, she didn't have the conditions to do so.

After taking a final look at the three child spirits that didn't even have the strength to hide, Bai Ju's figure gradually faded away.

She will miss these three playful little kids.

……

Swinging his cloak, Taichi sent away the last fish that had escaped the net because of its slow speed and was not covered by the purifying light of Buddhahood. Then he turned his head to look at the somewhat dilapidated Katashiro Shrine not far away.

"What are you going to do next? Should we rest here first? Or should we explore the interior of the shrine? Or should we go beyond the shrine and explore directly to higher parts of the mountain?" Taiyi asked the three girls.

"What do you think?" Fang Xili blinked and then threw the question back.