Chapter 60: Niguredou Yuria!
Witnessing Yotsuya Miko and Yurikawa Hana enter the department store, Niguredou Yuria hesitated for a moment, then swung her yellow-based twin tails and quickly followed, afraid she might lose sight of them if she wasn't careful.
However, with Yurikawa Hana's interference, how could she call Yotsuya Miko out alone and test if she could really see those things?
She needed to find a secluded place with ghosts, to avoid others getting involved...
Ghosts, secluded...
Looking at the two choosing Lamu Rabbits, Niguredou Yuria lowered her head in thought.
There seemed to be a place that should be very suitable.
So how to lead her there?
Is it better to just say it directly...
Or wait until back at school, during PE class, find an excuse to take her to the sports equipment storage?
"Have you been following us?"
A soft voice sounded above her head.
Niguredou Yuria jolted, her neck stiffly lifting...
Only to see the expressionless Yotsuya Miko looking askance at her.
Oops, got too focused on thinking, accidentally ended up right in front of the target.
Yotsuya Miko slowly turned around, lowered her head to look at this little girl she seemed to have seen at school.
That yellow and pink coordinated hair, it seemed the stalker was her...
Why was she stalking?
Yotsuya Miko looked at the somewhat panicked little girl and spoke again: "Have you been following us?"
A peaceful and cute Miko asking softly, most people would think that.
But Niguredou Yuria only felt that the other party had already seen through her little tricks and was smugly exposing her.
"Hey—it's Yotsuya-san. I'm Niguredou Yuria. Um... could you come somewhere with me? It'll only take a moment."
Unflinching, Niguredou Yuria pressed forward, eyes fixed on Miko, asking.
Although she didn't understand why the other party was looking for her, seeing her small stature, like an elementary schooler, perhaps she had some difficulty needing help.
Yotsuya Miko considered for a moment, then nodded lightly at Yuria: "Okay, let me just tell my friend..."
"Hana-chan."
"Hmm?! What is it, Miko?"
Hana-chan, choosing Lamu Rabbits, looked up puzzled.
"Something came up. Can you wait for me after you finish shopping?"
Hana-chan nodded affirmatively: "Sure, I'll send you my location on my phone."
Having gotten the response, Miko said to Niguredou Yuria: "Alright, let's go."
Niguredou Yuria led Miko away from the department store, heading towards her target location...
"Yuria is from the same school as me, right?"
As they walked, Miko asked Niguredou Yuria, who was leading the way ahead.
She vaguely remembered this conspicuously short classmate among high school students, seemingly from the class next door.
"Yeah, I'm in the class next to yours," Niguredou Yuria confirmed her question.
"Then why are you looking for me?"
"You'll know soon enough."
Niguredou Yuria murmured softly.
She and Yotsuya Miko, both being people who could see, knew that she must be hiding her uniqueness, enduring others' gazes.
So she wanted to take Miko somewhere without people, to tell her her own truth.
"We're here—"
Niguredou Yuria stopped in front of an abandoned building.
The weeds and dust inside suggested the building had been abandoned for a long time.
"The Cur-Cursed Building?"
Miko immediately identified the building's origin—
A terrifying building passed down by word of mouth among residents, verified to have mysterious incidents: a building where any shop inside would go bankrupt!
Undoubtedly, this was the kind of place evil spirits liked to gather.
Why bring her here?
Miko, having experienced various evil spirit incidents, instantly became nervous.
"Please follow me."
Before Miko could ask, Niguredou Yuria had already walked inside.
"Yu-Yuria?" Miko saw her go straight in and quickly called out.
Hesitating for a moment, thinking of Yuria's small body, afraid she might be in danger, Miko sent a text message on her phone and hurriedly followed.
With the prayer beads, talismans... it should be okay... right?
"Sorry for calling you here, Miko-chan."
Yotsuya Miko cautiously scanned the surroundings: "P-please take care of me."
Yuria stood in the empty floor, turned back to look at Yotsuya Miko, and said softly:
"I've been watching you~"
Eh?
Miko, scanning the surrounding evil spirits, froze for a moment...
What did that sentence mean?
Was she about to be confessed to?
But... why here?
"I've been observing... Miko-chan is one of us too, right?"
"Someone who can see those 'non-existent in this world' beings."
Yuria tossed several bottle caps towards a corner where sunlight streamed in.
Something rustled and crawled out from the corner...
"Wh-what?" Miko sensed something was wrong, replying stiffly.
Her peripheral vision had already caught sight of palm-sized ghosts with the appearance of old men crawling out from the corner.
They were the smallest, weakest type of ghost, easily bullied by anyone, posing no danger.
But why was Yuria doing this?
"You can see them, right?" Yuria asked her.
She was born with yin-yang eyes.
After long observation, she discovered these little guys liked dark, damp places and had a habit of collecting shiny objects.
So she used bottle caps to lure out a few ghosts—she called them Little Old Men.
She wanted to use them to break Miko's disguise as an ordinary person.
Miko remained silent, her peripheral vision fixed on the evil spirit.
Yuria looked at Miko;
Still hiding it?
This skill of pretending not to see is really impressive, but...
"You haven't told anyone else you can see things, right? I know the reason."
Yuria pointed at herself: "Because I'm the same, born able to see those kinds of things. It's just the two of us now, so you don't need to hide your ability anymore!"
"Wh-what are you talking about?"
Miko's eyes widened, her legs unconsciously pressed together, one hand covering her mouth, the other clutching her short skirt.
Is she looking down on me?
Does she mean I'm not worthy of being an exorcist?
Yuria felt a bit anxious inwardly, pointing at the Little Old Man nearby: "This! It's this!"
"Are, are you talking about cockroaches?!"
Miko jumped behind Yuria in terror, hands gripping her shoulders tightly.
Mouth trembling slightly, Miko's gaze trembled as she stared at the evil spirit on the ceiling slowly turning its eyes towards them...
Such a big evil spirit, so terrifying~ So scary.
"Don't tell me you can't see that kind of thing?!"
Yuria pointed angrily to the side...
Please~ Yuria, stop talking...
"Can you see?" The evil spirit finally turned its eyes over, speaking slowly.
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