Supernatural/Anime Crossover: Where Did My Romantic Comedy Go?

Let's buy a few strings of prayer beads today and see how they work.

If all else fails, we'll have to find a way to locate the boy.

With this thought in mind, Yotsuya Miko left home.

Although she was terrified last night, she still made plans to go shopping with her best friend, Yurikawa Hana, today.

This is a good opportunity to see if they sell prayer beads.

Although they are all mass-produced goods, the packaging says they have been blessed by a certain master, so they should be effective... right?

So she confirmed it.

It's useful, but only a little.

In the alley, Yotsuya Miko's body froze completely in place.

Colorful, transparent glass balls were scattered all around her feet.

It reflects colorful light under the sunlight, which is very beautiful.

However, correspondingly, her heart sank to the bottom.

"Hey, Jianzi, all the prayer beads you just bought are broken."

As she watched her best friend stop and walk towards her, Miko Yotsuya felt the muscles in her face twitching.

Sweat began to seep from his forehead.

"The quality is terrible! What an unscrupulous merchant!"

Her cold hand was grabbed by her friend, who tried to pull her through the alley, while an angry voice rang in her ears:

"Let's go ask them for a refund, or to get a new one!"

"I think... we don't need to..."

The voice was trembling.

Yotsuya Miko looked at the tall, ghostly figure following closely behind Yurikawa Hana, almost touching her, and forced herself to manage a smile.

This thing seems even worse than the one I saw at the bus stop yesterday!

"How can this be! You're too soft-hearted; you'll only let them continue to harm others!"

I'm sorry, I feel like I'm the one who's harming them...

Yotsuya Miko felt her eyes getting hot, and some uncontrollable tears were trying to spill out.

This feeling was even stronger when he saw that half-bloodied, mangled face getting closer.

"magnificent!"

Her voice suddenly became louder, startling her friend across the table.

"I'm hungry, let's go find a place to eat!"

"Okay!"

My friend, who has absolutely no resistance to food, immediately put aside the matter of the prayer beads and readily agreed.

Inside a family-run restaurant.

Because it was a rare sunny day and also the weekend, there were quite a few customers.

Most of them are young couples out shopping or students from the neighborhood.

The overall atmosphere was great.

As for the taste of the food, although Yotsuya Miko hadn't tasted it herself, judging from the satisfied look on her friend's face, it must have been quite good.

These were both good things, so why did they turn out this way?

Yotsuya Miko sighed softly, giving up on the idea of ​​tasting the curry in front of her.

She could only put down her spoon, turn her face away sadly, and look towards the counter.

There was nothing they could do; the ghostly figure in the alley had followed them all the way here.

He was standing opposite them, leaning forward and bringing his face close.

Dark saliva dripped from his mottled gums and mixed into the curry.

No matter how much you try to remain calm, you'd completely lose your appetite in this situation.

However, after what happened yesterday, she has come to a complete understanding.

When faced with these things, just pretend you don't see them.

As long as you can't see it, nothing will happen!

The crisp sound of wind chimes interrupted her thoughts.

Several girls wearing the same school uniform as her pushed open the restaurant door and walked in, chatting and laughing.

The topic of discussion immediately caught her attention.

"Hey, let's go to school to play the spirit summoning game tonight. Did you invite Natsukawa Masuzu?"

Volume 1: Chapter Fourteen - The Spirit Summoning Game

A psychic game?!

Yotsuya Miko was startled.

She was aware that some female high school students recently liked to play with niche items in order to show off their sense of fashion.

For example, going to some remote mountain villages to film exploration vlogs, or dressing up as a landmine-themed girl...

This also includes playing psychic games.

In the past, she definitely wouldn't have cared too much; at most, she would have thought these people's hobbies were peculiar.

Instead of going to haunted houses for the thrill, you might as well go to one.

But now...

Seeing the head that had somehow appeared in front of her, Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but grip her skirt tightly with her left hand under the table.

I felt a warm current welling up in my eyes, and I bit my lower lip slightly.

Let's not be so reckless, okay? Can't we find something safer?

It could really attract something very bad!

Moreover, three female students recently fell to their deaths at the school...

“I called out, and Xia Chuan said we should meet at the school gate tonight.”

"Honestly, just because she's good-looking, she acts all high and mighty."

"Being good-looking is an asset. She rejected 58 confessions in two months. Can you do that?"

Yotsuya Miko pricked up her ears to listen to the three girls' chatter.

I was thinking about whether to dissuade them, and what reasons I should use to do so.

Yotsuya Miko had also heard something about the protagonist, Natsukawa Masuzu, who was quite dissatisfied with their words.

I am a super beautiful woman, and I seem to be of mixed Nordic descent. I am quite popular among men.

I heard that the boys are secretly competing to see who can confess their feelings first.

Yotsuya Miko didn't like this.

Because this would make her feel that the boys were just trying to show off their achievements, rather than genuinely liking her.

Perhaps Natsukawa Masuzu herself thought the same way, which is why she rejected so many confessions in a row.

The girls' chatter continued over there:

"Tch, it's precisely because she's so cold-hearted and has no sense of duty that Senior Saka has to go through all this trouble to get us to invite her out."

"Hmm? So it's not a regular summoning game? Chihaya, explain in detail."

"The idea is that during the psychic game, Saka-san plans to have his friend pretend to be a ghost to scare her, and then rescue her. At that point, there's a high chance of him succeeding in confessing his feelings."

"I know that! I think it's called the 'arch bridge effect' in psychology!"

"It's the suspension bridge effect!"

What a despicable tactic!

Even though she wasn't directly involved, just listening in made Yotsuya Miko feel a little angry.

This guy who uses any means to toy with a young girl's feelings is really disgusting!

The female high school student's sense of justice is overflowing.

She wanted to stake out Natsukawa Masaki at the school gate that night and tell her about the group's plan.

Unfortunately, this sense of justice burst like a bubble in the sunlight when he saw the hideous ghostly figure behind his friend, and then vanished without a trace.

Forget it, what if we run into someone even worse...

After some internal struggle, Yotsuya Miko finally chose to follow her heart.

I'm sorry, Natsukawa-san, I'm a coward.

Overwhelmed by guilt, Yotsuya Miko buried her head in her arms.

"Jianzi, are you feeling unwell?"

Yuri Kawana, who was enjoying her meal across from her, was drawn to her behavior and asked her a question.

Then I was startled by Yotsuya Miko's tearful eyes.

"Hua, I feel like my morality is being tortured..."

Baihe Chuanhua was completely bewildered.

She wanted to comfort Miko Yotsuya, but she didn't know why.

I had no choice but to steel myself and close my eyes.

Push the mousse cake that you haven't even started touching over.

"Here! Eating some sweets should cheer you up a lot..."

"Hua, you are such a good person."

After giving Yurikawa Hana a "good person" card, Yotsuya Miko immediately tossed aside the plate of curry covered in Ghost Shadow's saliva and started munching on her cake.

My previously depressed mood instantly brightened up considerably.

When it was time to pay the bill and leave, she finally decided not to get involved in the matter.

After all, I'm still seeing ghosts every day.

Running to school in the middle of the night was still too exciting for her.

"I saw on Instagram that there's a fortune-telling shop here that sells rosaries with really good reviews."

Inside the shopping street, Yotsuya Miko listened to Yurikawa Hana's introduction while forcibly controlling her gaze as she looked around.

But that ghostly figure was just too much of an eyesore, and I couldn't help but glance at it every time.

"Especially the lucky charm prayer beads, many people have commented that their luck has indeed improved after wearing them!"

"It's probably just psychological."

She instinctively uttered a rebuttal, but deep down, Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but harbor a sliver of hope:

What if, just what if it actually works?

Then she heard Yurikawa's astonished voice:

"Hey, why is the door closed?"

Looking up, the first thing that catches the eye is a deep purple signboard that exudes mystery.

"The Divine Mother's divination was done here, so why is it closed?"

Baihe Chuanhua kept comparing the photos on her phone with the sign in front of her, completely bewildered.

The owner of the flower shop next door was sitting in the sun at his doorway. Hearing her words, he kindly offered an explanation: