A young love story that started with exorcism

"She should have memorized the names of all her classmates in the school. You said she doesn't have any friends, so why would she memorize other people's names? It's very suspicious," Takahashi Takumi said with a frown.

"Huh, you mean I want to stab a villain? Only a shady villain would do that, don't you think, Takahashi Jun?"

You're the Onmyoji, Yukinoshita Yukino. However, this level of attack is completely ineffective against Takahashi Takumi. He calmly asked Miko to sit down and said, "Yotani-san is here to visit the Service Club. He's interested in joining because he wants to help others. I think we're not meeting the club's minimum number of members, so we're recruiting. You'll have to thank me."

"Yes, I heard that this is a club to help classmates, so I'm curious about how the club activities are carried out." After saying this, Kenko came to the other side of Takahashi Takumi, not daring to get too close to Yukinoshita Yukino.

After Yukinoshita Yukino briefly introduced the purpose and activities of the Service Club, Miko was at a loss for words. It wasn't that Miko didn't want to help others, but with the shadow of Yukinoshita Yukino around, she didn't even want to step into this classroom.

Takahashi Takumi couldn't help himself and asked tentatively, "Yukinoshita-san looks very bad. Did something happen to her?"

After these words were spoken, Jianzi also looked over curiously.

"It's nothing, just a little sleep-deprived." Yukinoshita Yukino originally wanted to say something sarcastic, but her condition was really bad. After all, she hadn't slept well for three consecutive days.

"It seems to be much more serious than lack of sleep. Have you really not encountered anything strange? Why not tell us about it and let us discuss it. Maybe there is a solution?" Takahashi Takumi said solemnly.

After all, that phantom is not an evil spirit. If you observe it closely, or even release the steel chain fingers to touch it, you will find that the steel chain fingers will pass through the phantom, so there is no way to deal with this situation now.

Jianzi saw everything clearly and was very curious about the situation. Although she was scared to death, she felt temporarily relieved when she saw Takumi Takahashi beside her.

Yukinoshita Yukino seemed a little touched. No matter how strong she was, she was just a high school student and was still very scared when facing such a weird thing.

Last night, I dreamed of turning into a black cat. I saw Yukinoshita Yukino reflected in the glass, and I was startled awake. I quickly stroked and observed myself, and luckily, I didn't turn into a cat.

She went to the bathroom to rinse off, a frightened sweat welling up in her body. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a black cat in the mirror. She screamed in fright, but when she looked back in the mirror, everything was back to normal. She was draped in a towel, her delicate, rosy skin still stained by a few drops of water.

Such an alluring scene would make Yukinoshita Yukino unconsciously take a few more glances. Except for the regrettable barrenness of the chest, other parts of the body were very pleasing even to herself.

But Yukinoshita Yukino was so frightened that she quickly fled back to her room and spent the night trembling under the covers. Although she thought about calling her family, what should she say? Tell them that she had a nightmare about turning into a cat? And then she was scared and cried?

I finally moved out of home and live alone, I can't go back again.

But Yukinoshita Yukino noticed the path that the black cat was going to take in the dream. It was to walk from the park where they met that day all the way to her apartment. He walked to the apartment today, so would he come directly to the room tomorrow?

Chapter 14: Shadow of the Black Cat

"It's ridiculous to say it, but if you want to hear me, I'll tell you." Yukinoshita Yukino didn't know what to do at this moment. It would be better to have someone to discuss it with her than to scare herself. Blushing, she opened her mouth and told what she had dreamed:

"I've been having the same dream for the past few days. I always turn into a black cat in my dreams. Last night, I dreamed that the cat I turned into was actually reflected in the glass. I woke up in shock and found that the reflection was a black cat in the mirror."

Yukinoshita Yukino held her head, looking like she had a severe headache, and added, "Before this, I was in good physical and mental condition. I've been seeing a doctor these past few days. It's just lack of sleep, no other problems."

After hearing this, Takahashi Takumi and Yotsuya Miko both looked up at the shadow on Yukinoshita Yukino, and it really looked like a cat.

"Is there something above my head?" Yukinoshita Yukino noticed what Takahashi Takumi and the others were doing and couldn't help but ask, "You've been looking up at me since you came in. What's that thing? Is it related to my dream?"

"This……"

Takahashi Takumi scratched his head, not knowing how to explain.

Miko thought for a moment and said, "Yukinoshita-san, have you ever heard of urban legends about evil spirits?"

"What urban legend?" Yukinoshita Yukino asked in confusion.

"In fact, evil spirits cannot harm humans. They can only harm humans when they are sure that humans can see them. So, is it because Yukinoshita saw the evil spirit that all these happened?" Jianzi thought for a while and gave his own opinion.

"I haven't heard of it, but according to what you said, I did see a black cat in the park that day, and that night I dreamed of turning into a black cat. So that black cat is an evil spirit.

By the way, in my dream that day, the black cat said to me, "Do you want to become me? Let's exchange."

Could it be that it wants to swap bodies with me? But is this really the case? I can't see any evil spirits or anything like that, and it's not scientific."

Yukinoshita Yukino became excited, as if she had found the answer, but then sat down weakly. Even so, could she really deal with the evil spirit?

"You petted a black cat and that's why this happened?" Takahashi Takumi asked again to confirm.

"Yes, it is a very beautiful black cat, completely black without a single stray hair."

Upon receiving the definitive answer, Takahashi Takumi and Yotsuya Miko were a bit surprised. After all, Yukinoshita Yukino was an ordinary person and couldn't see evil spirits. So the black cat wasn't an evil spirit, so what was it? Or was it not the black cat's doing?

Are they some other kind of monster? Like in Natsume's Book of Friends, there are big monsters that can reveal themselves to ordinary people. But do such big monsters need to use tricks? Are they some kind of ghost monster from another work?

Judging from Yukinoshita's reaction to this matter, it is estimated that her family does not have the ability to deal with the supernatural. However, they were originally an ordinary family in daily animation dramas, and of course it is impossible for them to suddenly become a family of exorcists.

Just when Takahashi Takumi was wondering whether the black cat was the culprit, Miko suddenly tugged at the corner of Takahashi Takumi's clothes in fear and looked towards Yukinoshita Yukino with her eyes.

"What happened?" Takahashi Takumi looked at Yukinoshita Yukino in confusion. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked, but when he saw Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes, he was immediately shocked.

Yukinoshita's eyes had unexpectedly transformed into cat's eyes. Takahashi Takumi was certain it wasn't just an illusion, but rather her eyes had transformed into cat's eyes. The pupils changed from round to straight depending on the intensity of the light, a true feline pupil.

"What's wrong?" Yukinoshita Yukino saw Takahashi Takumi and Yotsuya Miko with expressions as if they had seen a ghost. She was also very scared and asked nervously.

Takahashi Takumi and Yotsuya Miko looked at each other, and finally Takahashi Takumi said: "Um, Yukinoshita-san, do you have a mirror with you? Take a look in the mirror."

Upon hearing this, Yukinoshita Yukino quickly took out a small makeup mirror from her schoolbag and looked at herself in the mirror nervously and puzzledly. However, when she saw that her eyes in the mirror had turned into a pair of cat's eyes, she was very familiar with these cat's eyes, because they were the eyes of the black cat!

"Bang" the mirror fell on the table and broke into eight pieces. Yukinoshita Yukino was so scared that she stepped back repeatedly, opening her mouth to scream as if she wanted to say something.

Seeing Yukinoshita Yukino's terrified and helpless eyes, Yotsuya Miko didn't care about anything else. Enduring the fear brought by the shadow, she quickly went up to grab Yukinoshita Yukino's hands and comforted her, "It's okay, Yukinoshita-san, we will help you."

Huh~huh, Yukinoshita Yukino took a few deep breaths and calmed herself down. Facing Yotsuya Miko who was standing right in front of her, she felt a surge of warmth in her heart. However, after calming down, she sat back on a chair and asked, "Yotsuya-san, are you an Onmyoji? Or an exorcist?"

"This, I..."

Yotsuya saw that he was at a loss and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"It seems you are not," Yukinoshita Yukino sighed helplessly and said, "Thank you for your concern, but this matter has nothing to do with you."

Uh, the way Yukinoshita Yukino speaks is really unbearable. Although I know that she doesn't want Yotsuya Miko to take risks, after all, in her opinion, Yotsuya Miko is just an ordinary person who has studied supernatural legends and is helpless against monsters and evil spirits like her. In this case, there is no need for her to face the dangerous black cat with her.

"No wonder you have no friends. The last sentence is obviously redundant," Takahashi Takumi couldn't help but complain.

"It's okay, I know Yukinoshita doesn't want me to take risks," Yotsuya Miko said very considerately, then she grabbed the corner of Takahashi Takumi's clothes and stared into Takahashi Takumi's eyes and said, "We will help Yukinoshita, right?"

"Help, I'll help." Takahashi Takumi couldn't stand being stared at anymore, so he reached out and pressed Yotsuya Miko's forehead and pushed her aside.

"How can you help me? Since you're not an Onmyoji or anything like that, what can you do? Let me be clear, I'm a materialist. Although this kind of thing is unscientific, I won't accept weird methods."

Yukinoshita Yukino still didn't believe that her classmates, who were also ordinary people, would be able to do anything.

"It seems I have to show you my skills."

Takahashi Takumi waved his hand, summoning a steel chain finger, and directly picked up the mirror fragment that had just fallen onto the table. However, Yukinoshita Yukino saw the mirror fragment suddenly fly up and stop in mid-air, then began to fall. Then, a large hole was cut in the table, and the mirror fragment fell directly from the cut, and the table closed up again.

Finally, the mirror fragments appeared in Takahashi Takumi's hand. Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Takahashi Takumi's palm in disbelief. She turned to look at Takahashi Takumi in confusion, then turned to look at Yotsuya Miko and asked, "How did he do that?"

Although Yotsuya Miko saw the steel chain fingers and knew that it was summoned by Takahashi Takumi and was very powerful, she didn't know how it did it.

Finally, Takahashi Takumi said proudly: "This is my ability. I won't say more. You just need to know that I am not acting rashly on impulse. Although I am not 100% sure, I have my confidence. How about it? It's better than you being unable to do anything by yourself, right?"

"Okay, then what are you going to do?" Yukinoshita Yukino knew that she was powerless and had to obey.

"Okay, let's go to the place where you pet the cat first."

Chapter 15: The Devil's Whisper

The golden setting sun was half leaning on the horizon, and there were only three or four people walking on the school road. The campus, which was usually noisy, had a rare peaceful atmosphere at this time.

Yotsuya Miko and Takahashi Takumi walked in front, while Yukinoshita Yukino followed behind to show the way.

That's right, it was Yukinoshita Yukino who was showing the way from behind. After all, Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes were now cat's eyes, and she didn't want to be discovered by others. Even if someone saw her, they would just think she had cosmetic contact lenses.

The three of them came to the park where Yukinoshita Yukino met the black cat. Yotsuya Miko looked around for a long time but didn't find anything unusual. Takahashi Takumi also couldn't find anything special.

Yukinoshita Yukino pointed to a stone bench in the park and said, "I saw the black cat here."

"By the way, Yukinoshita-san came here at night to pet cats? It seems you really like cats." Takahashi Takumi looked around. The park was elegant and unique. Although it was a little small, it was rare here.

"Humph, the security here is very good. There are cameras monitoring every angle, and there are many patrol teams and security teams. No one dares to do evil here. Besides, I am a fourth-degree black belt in Aikido. Don't underestimate me. I can beat down three or five hooligans.

I didn’t come here specifically to pet cats at night, I just happened to come across a cat while taking a walk and petted it.”

Haha, I admit that you are a fourth-degree black belt in Aikido and you are very powerful, but if I start with an invisible substitute and then attack with my main body which is four times stronger than an ordinary person's physique, how will you respond?

"Okay, you two," Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but stop them when she saw that they were about to quarrel again.

"We haven't found any useful clues here. What should we do?"

Takahashi Takumi was helpless at this time, but then he thought, since the black cat in Yukinoshita Yukino's dream was always walking towards Yukinoshita's residence, then could he just wait for it at Yukinoshita Yukino's house?

This idea was told to Yukinoshita Yukino and Yotsuya Miko, both of them thought it made sense. However, at this time, Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Yotsuya Miko and said a little embarrassedly:

"Will it be very late? Will Yotsuya's family have any objections?"

"Well... I'll tell my mom that we can visit my classmate's house. It should be no problem."

Yotsuya Miko then called her family to explain the situation, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No problem, but you can't stay overnight outside, you have to go home at night."

"That's no problem. These past few days I've been falling asleep around 10 o'clock, so there's plenty of time."

Yukinoshita Yukino is indeed a child from a wealthy family. In order to entertain Takumi Takahashi and his friend, she went to the supermarket and bought a lot of high-end ingredients and snacks.

The three of them took the elevator, carrying their belongings, to Yukinoshita's house, a luxurious studio apartment. Estimated to be around 100 square meters, suitable for one person, what's the value of a luxury apartment in a prime Tokyo location? But Yukinoshita's family had a construction company, so it was likely built by her family, and the price wasn't a concern at all.

"I wouldn't care about a golden asteroid, why would I care about this" Takahashi Takumi regards money as dirt!

"Wow, Yukinoshita-san's house is so nice," Yotsuya Miko said with envy. Although her house is a detached house, she still envied the fact that she could live alone in an apartment like this.

Yukinoshita Yukino brought the ingredients into the kitchen with a smile, and Yotsuya Miko also went in to help.

Before long, a table of delicious-looking food was ready.

Under the contemptuous gaze of Yukinoshita Yukino, Takahashi Takumi ate with relish, and at the end he patted his stomach without any hesitation, feeling very comfortable.

"I didn't see you help, but you ate the most," Yukinoshita Yukino said unhappily.

"Haha, that's because Yukinoshita-san's cooking skills are so good. I ate a lot of it too," Yotsuya Miko said with a smile when she saw Takumi Takahashi's expression.

"It's not that great. Compared to the students at Totsuki Culinary Academy, I won't be able to graduate with my cooking skills."

Totsuki Culinary Academy? That's Shokugeki no Soma! The students there use computer parts in their dishes. Takahashi Takumi said he'd definitely try it if he had the chance.

After finishing the packing, time passed by minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, it was almost ten o'clock. The three of them sat on the sofa in the living room, waiting for the unknown to come.

"Hmm~" First, Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly dozed off with her head down, and in the blink of an eye she fell asleep leaning on the sofa.

At this time, Yotsuya Miko also felt her eyelids were heavy, and she closed her eyes and was about to fall asleep.

After all, Takahashi Takumi's physique is four times that of an ordinary person. When he felt sleepy, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

"STICKY FINGERS" Takahashi Takumi's eyes widened in anger, and he summoned his steel chain fingers to protect him. However, the oppressive feeling around him continued to grow, and he had no idea what the enemy was or where, and Takahashi Takumi's back was already covered in cold sweat.

Suddenly, a wisp of black mist came out of the clock hanging on the wall. Takahashi Takumi's nerves were stretched to the extreme. He couldn't wait any longer. If he waited any longer, he wouldn't even have the chance to make a move.

"Ali" roared, and the steel chain finger punched the clock to pieces. With a bang, a big hole was punched through the wall.

It was this loud noise that startled both Yukinoshita Yukino and Yotsuya Miko awake. Seeing the clock smashed into pieces and the huge hole in the wall, they were about to ask what had happened when a burst of black smoke suddenly rose from the ground and instantly enveloped the entire house.

Takahashi Takumi quickly came to the two women and looked around vigilantly, while Yukinoshita Yukino and Yotsuya Miko were also shocked when they saw the changes around them and hid behind Takahashi Takumi involuntarily.

"Hahahaha, this is really interesting. I originally wanted to borrow a body, but I didn't expect to see such a good thing here." A voice came from the void:

"A pair of highly pure clairvoyant eyes, a unique soul, oh, this soul also carries this spiritual entity. You're not going to use this against me, are you? This is another funny thing that makes me laugh."

What the hell? Takahashi Takumi was completely panicked at this point. "I'm not born strong, I'm probably going to die." Looking at the situation, could he win? The surroundings were already shrouded in fog. Was he still in the living room?

"What kind of monster is this? Come out and die!" Takahashi Takumi shouted loudly with the spirit of not losing the battle but the person.

"Haha, stop bluffing. Now that you've come this far, fate has decided where to end it. Don't make any more meaningless struggles. Think about it, the life or death of that girl had nothing to do with you, yet you rushed here to die. This is your fate, the fate you chose yourself. Any further resistance will only make people bored."

Hearing this, Yukinoshita Yukino behind her was trembling all over, lowering her head and muttering: "I'm sorry, Takahashi-san, Yotsuya-san, it's all because of me, I'm sorry"

Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino hugged each other, speechless with fear. Normally, they only saw scary evil spirits, but this was something they had never seen before.

"Hmph, you're hiding your head and showing your tail, are you afraid that you'll be blown up in an instant if you appear in front of me? Just keep hiding, I want to see what tricks you have up your sleeve."