Akuto continued to activate Dismantle with an expressionless face.
For a full minute, the continuous Dismantle minced the cursed spirit into meat paste.
The cursed spirit kept trying to reform and heal, only to be repeatedly sliced apart.
Finally, with a miserable shriek, it dissipated into dust and smoke.
Only then was Michiru's face revealed, her eyes rolled back into her head.
Akuto tossed Michiru aside like a piece of trash.
"Michiru!"
Yō rushed toward her sister. She breathed a sigh of relief upon finding that her sister was still breathing, then looked at Akuto with lingering fear. "How should we deal with these two insects?"
"If we don't kill them, that insect possessed by the cursed spirit seems like she'll keep pestering you."
Just as Miko was about to speak, Ichijo Yō performed a dogeza and said, "We will transfer schools!"
"I am terribly sorry! My sister has caused trouble for your girlfriend; this child just wanted to make friends too badly!"
"We will transfer schools immediately! Please forgive my sister!" Miko glanced at the sisters, then took Akuto and Hana's hands and turned to leave.
On the way to the car, Akuto offhandedly took out the Special Grade cursed spirit on Miko's new homeroom teacher, Akira Yamada.
Back at the building, Akuto ran into Tozuka in the parking lot.
The latter immediately rushed forward and bowed to Miko, saying:
"Lord Akuto."
Miko couldn't help but cover her mouth to stifle a laugh. Akuto snapped his fingers:
"Oi, Tozuka, I'm over here."
Tozuka looked up in shock, but without any embarrassment for mistaking the person, he immediately bowed ninety degrees "Congratulations on gaining your freedom, Lord Akuto."
This is what you call a smart man.
A single sentence made Akuto feel quite comfortable. "I'll head upstairs first."
Miko didn't disturb the two of them while they chatted.
Akuto lit a cigarette and leaned against the hood of the car. "I'm leaving. I'm going to another world."
Tozuka's pupils constricted, and he then said seriously, "I will take good care of the Yotsuya Family! Even if I have to stake my life on it."
Akuto patted Tozuka's shoulder. "You're a smart man."
"If I encounter any interesting local specialties, I'll bring some back as souvenirs."
A flash of wild joy crossed Tozuka's eyes.
What was this?
This was a signal!
And since Akuto could go to other worlds, what would those local specialties be?
Other worlds!
It could be a future world, it could be a sci-fi world!
Although it was hard to believe, since cursed spirits already existed, going to another world wasn't that hard to accept.
And local specialties from another world—now that was something!
Just for taking care of a family, he had received such a promise.
Tozuka felt like he had hit the jackpot!
"Yes! I will await your return!"
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The next day, when Miko opened her eyes, Akuto had already left.
She lay somewhat despondently in the spot where Akuto had slept, taking a deep breath against the pillow.
On the other side.
Akuto had already appeared on the street of an unfamiliar world.
Akuto looked up; there were skyscrapers, it was a modern world, and clearly still in Japan.
A faint scent of blood permeated the air. "Am I still in the original world?"
Akuto frowned and slowly walked out of the alleyway.
A few high school girls walked by on the street.
Akuto's appearance was undoubtedly eye-catching!
Akuto wore grey straight-leg trousers, a white short-sleeved shirt on top, paired with a collared flight jacket.
Combined with Akuto's height and build, he was practically a walking incubus.
In an instant, Akuto became the most attention-grabbing presence on the street.
Akuto didn't care, walking forward of his own accord.
His earrings swayed rhythmically with Akuto's movements, reflecting a silvery light.
"I can't tell... at all."
Akuto was a bit frustrated.
*Sniff sniff.*
Just then, Akuto caught the scent of blood!
Where there was a scent of blood, there would surely be clues.
Akuto's figure suddenly vanished from the spot, leaving only a gust of wind as if to prove someone had just been there.
He constantly moved through the alleys.
Akuto went further and further off the beaten path, eventually arriving at a place between two buildings where absolutely no one would go.
*Clang clang clang!*
Sparks flew; two people were fighting.
One had short blonde hair, with two braids extending from the temples to the back of the head.
Capable and refined.
Her face was like that of an angel, and she wore professional attire, with black stockings wrapping her straight legs.
Though she wasn't tall, she was perfectly proportioned.
Like an exquisite figurine, one couldn't find a single flaw.
Opposite the woman was a red-eyed monster that looked like a beast, with a green tail like a scorpion's stinger extending from its back, constantly launching attacks at the blonde woman.
Akuto vaulted over the railing and walked forward slowly with his hands in his pockets.
At this moment, both combatants heard the footsteps.
Seeing Akuto approach, the two had very different reactions.
The man with the tail showed wild joy in his crimson pupils.
While the blonde woman looked anxious.
"Oh no, this Ghoul is injured; it will frantically attack anyone and eat them to recover!"
"Hey, you over there, don't come any closer! No, run away quickly!"
The woman lunged forward to block the monster, using a purple weapon shaped like a rapier to parry the monster's tail stinger.
*Clang!*
Sparks flew everywhere.
"Sorry to interrupt." Akuto's eyelids drooped, looking listless, "Have you seen a finger wrapped in yellow paper?"
"Is this guy an idiot?" That was the blonde woman's first reaction.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Nevermind you're probably just crazy, why not come here and let me eat you!" The monster's tail lashed out, and the blonde woman hurriedly blocked it.
However, in the next instant, the monster disappeared. The blonde woman immediately turned her head and cried out in concern. "Watch out! Run!"
"Human! I'll definitely enjoy you before I eat that woman!" The monster's crimson pupils were full of bloodlust as he pounced toward Akuto like a giant bird spreading its wings.
It was as if he intended to pin Akuto down and feast on him.
But in the next moment, the air seemed to freeze.
*Snap!*
Akuto simply reached out his hand, and it was as if the monster had delivered his own neck into it. He easily grabbed the monster's throat and lifted him up.
"What a terrible insect."
"Do you know anything about the finger?"
The monster looked terrified and immediately began to struggle, "What the hell are you talking about! Let me go!!"
As he spoke, the monster's tail stinger shot straight toward Akuto's head.
*Snap!*
That tail stinger, which was so fast it was almost a blur, was once again easily caught by Akuto.
And then.
*Rip!*
Akuto gave a violent tug!
He forcibly tore the tail stinger away from the man. Blood immediately erupted from the man's lower back. "AAAAAHHH!!!"
The monster let out a heart-wrenching scream, his eyes bulging as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.
Akuto tossed the tail stinger aside and looked at the man again, "Do you have information on the finger?"
"No! I haven't seen anything like that! Let me go!! Aaaah!!"
*Splat!*
Without the slightest hesitation, Akuto flicked his finger, and the monster's head was split in two from the eyes up.
"Your vitality is excessively strong."
Akuto looked at the monster still struggling and trying to eat him, then leaned down and poked the monster's remaining half of a brain. "Just like a cockroach."
Akuto already knew which world this was.
At this point, Akuto slowly looked up at the blonde woman, who immediately raised her rapier.
"A Ghoul?"
"No... you don't seem like a Ghoul. You have no Kagune, and that Ghoul just said you were human... a Ghoul couldn't possibly mistake its own kind."
"This man is excessively strong... just what is he?"
Akuto slowly stood up. "Do you have information on the finger?"
"What will you do if I say I don't?" The blonde woman remained wary, ready to counterattack at any moment.
Although she hadn't even seen how the man in front of her had moved—it seemed he had just waved his hand and the Ghoul's head had been sliced off.
Akuto scratched his head, looking a bit troubled. "Ah, I'll probably kill you."
"After all, you're all quite difficult to communicate with. I've asked many times, so I'm getting a little irritated now."