I updated in the wrong book, I was like wtf why did the other fanfic got updated lol.
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"Eh? Did you encounter some danger?"
Miko immediately became nervous.
Hana's eyes darted around.
"No... It's not that."
"Miko, let me tell you, we... didn't ask for leave yesterday."
Hana took out her phone, showing the chat logs.
[Teacher Okuma]: "Why aren't you here yet?"
[Teacher Okuma]: "Please answer me, where did you go?"
[Teacher Okuma]: "Why is no one at your homes?"
[Teacher Okuma]: "[Image]"
The last message was a photo of Teacher Okuma; a man with a build more exaggerated than a bear's, looking at the screen with a dark face, sweat on his forehead.
He was clearly exhausted from being on his way to catch Miko and Hana.
"I must still be dreaming."
Miko rubbed her cheeks, then realized she wasn't dreaming.
"This is bad..."
Just as Miko finished speaking, a massive man appeared at the classroom door.
"Why didn't you come? I was worried about you, and I couldn't reach you by phone."
Although Teacher Okuma's face was dark, his tone was quite gentle.
Seeing the two of them at school, he was clearly relieved.
Miko and Hana bowed and apologized repeatedly, promising they would definitely go to training today before Teacher Okuma finally turned to leave.
When returning to the classroom, Miko glanced at the end of the hallway.
It felt like something had been watching her there just now.
"Did I see wrong?"
Miko turned back to the classroom; at that moment, a cursed spirit in a suit reappeared, looking toward Miko's classroom... Meanwhile, in a conference room in Tokyo.
"The intelligence regarding Yotsuya Miko has been mostly collected."
"Through a period of observation, we have found that Yotsuya Miko..." A burly man pointed to a photo of Miko in the projection.
"She has two states."
"First, the state she is in most of the time; during the day, she is Yotsuya Miko."
"Yotsuya Miko's personality is relatively timid and can be judged as a low threat."
"But at night or at specific times, she becomes Akuto."
The photo in the projection changed to one of Miko with her face covered in Incantations.
"This is the state where Miko transforms into Akuto."
"According to our research, this is not a simple dual personality, but two completely different people."
"In other words, inside Yotsuya Miko's body, there is a Special Grade cursed Spirit—a true monster!"
As the man spoke, he changed to another photo.
This was a photo of Akuto fighting the giant tiger cursed spirit from the Card Society.
"We can confirm that what the opponent obtained from the Card Society is the Super S-Class spiritual item we had sealed away, code-named 'mummy'."
None of the dozen or so people below spoke.
The man said solemnly.
"According to our psychological profiling, the Super S-Class cursed spirit named Akuto has quite dangerous personality."
"He has no sense of belonging to humanity, which means he is not on the human side."
"Furthermore, the opponent is searching for the 'mummy'."
"It is known that he has already devoured a 'mummy' that we did not possess; his strength has certainly increased."
"And the most terrifying scenario is that Yotsuya Miko herself may have already devoured a 'mummy' finger."
At this moment, a balding man frowned:
"How is that possible!"
"Even for us, observing the 'mummy' requires special tools to make it manifest and become observable."
"Do you remember that when we first obtained the 'mummy', no one could see that finger at all? We had to use tools to make it visible in its normal state, and then that incident happened..."
The conference room fell into silence.
Just then, the man standing on the stage sneered.
"This brings us to Yotsuya Miko's uniqueness; the energy in her eyes is very strong, allowing her to observe all cursed spirits with the naked eye."
"Please note, I said all of them, including Special Grade cursed Spirits."
"Not long ago, Yotsuya Miko's classmate, Yurikawa Hana, was possessed by a Special Grade cursed Spirit."
"Yotsuya Miko, who should have been training at the dojo at the time, suddenly appeared at the Sanko Valley Shrine."
"This proves that Yotsuya Miko can observe a complete Special Grade cursed Spirit without relying on any tools."
At this point, the man's voice became even colder.
"By the way, I have some bad news for you all: the seal on the Sanko Valley Shrine has been broken by Akuto. The Super Special Grade cursed Spirit beneath the Sanko Valley Shrine is about to emerge."
"Fortunately, that spirit seems rather lazy and has no intention of leaving Sanko Valley."
"To summarize the conclusions."
"First, Akuto is likely the product of Yotsuya Miko consuming a 'mummy'; his origins may trace back a thousand years."
"Second, Akuto does not stand on the side of humanity."
"Third, the worst-case scenario is that Akuto has already collected two 'mummies'."
"Fourth, Akuto's power is linked to the number of 'mummies'. If he continues to obtain more, the consequences will be unimaginable."
After the man finished speaking, he looked at everyone quietly.
The lights came on, revealing over a dozen people in the room, most of whom were formally dressed politicians.
"What does Mr. Tosou think?"
A middle-aged man with silver-white hair gave a smile that looked somewhat hypocritical.
"Everyone, you should know that I don't get involved in these matters."
"I only agreed to your request to investigate intelligence."
"Besides, haven't you already done what needed to be done?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of seven or eight people changed.
*Bang!*
"Kitamura! What on earth did you do!"
The man called Kitamura looked somewhat obese, his shirt stretched tight and looking quite greasy.
At this moment, he raised his hands with a harmless smile.
"Mr. Hattori, please sit down first."
"Our spiritual power is far too weak. Now that a powerful opportunity is right before us, how could we not explore it?"
Hattori's pupils contracted upon hearing this.
"Could it be that you... You fools! Don't you know that this was already tried years ago?"
Kitamura shrugged.
"In the past, no one thought it could succeed. But now someone has succeeded, and it's a young girl!"
"Yes, we had someone consume a 'mummy'."
"But the experiment failed. The person who consumed the 'mummy' became a Special Grade cursed Spirit on the spot, lost consciousness, and was left with only the instinct to kill."
"However, we are looking for a way to restore the test subject's sanity."
"If that doesn't work, we still have Plan B."
At this moment, the conference room was deathly silent.
They were all in politics; who didn't know the darkness and filth in each other's hearts?
"We still have to consider whether doing this will anger Akuto."
"He cares a lot about that family, doesn't he?" Kitamura grinned. "Once there's a weakness, whether it's a human or a cursed spirit, they can be controlled."
"After all, it's not like we're doing anything evil."
"If successful, it's a win-win situation. We find someone to keep Akuto in check, and the Yotsuya Family..."
"Enough."
The man sitting in the main seat interrupted Kitamura.
"Focus on the current experiment first, and clean up all intelligence regarding the 'mummy'."
"Akuto must be looking for related clues."
With that, the man stood up and left.