The young man named Keitarō poked his head out of the tent, saw his companion walking straight ahead into the distance, and immediately ran out of the tent in a panic.
"Eiko!!"
He came to Eiko's side and reached out to grab her arm.
"Eiko, what's wrong with you?"
The cold moonlight shone on Eiko, coupled with her unfocused eyes, made her look full of ominous and eerie feelings.
"I must… go to the bridge…"
"Eiko…"
"Go to the bridge…"
Yang Tao stepped forward, looked at Eiko's condition, and said to Keitarō, "She must be possessed. Are you going to cross the bridge?"
"I… We haven't crossed the bridge…"
Suddenly, Keitarō remembered that when he and Eiko were outside before, Eiko seemed to have said that she saw someone jump off the bridge.
Just as he didn't know how to talk about it, Hozuki Yayoi, who was sleeping soundly in the tent, groggily opened her eyes and said, "So noisy…"
At the same time, Elisa and the other two also came out of the tent.
Hozuki Yayoi stepped forward, glanced at her sister's condition, and said, "Keitarō, take my sister back to the tent first."
Then she looked at Yang Tao and said expressionlessly, "I'm sorry to bother you, my sister has a habit of sleepwalking."
It was clear that Hozuki Yayoi did not want Yang Tao and the other ordinary people to get involved in this kind of thing.
"It's fine, if you need help, you can call me."
Yang Tao showed a gentle smile on his face.
After Hozuki Yayoi and the other two returned to their tent, Elisa came to Yang Tao's side and said, "That girl was affected by the ghost aura. I feel the source is on the bridge over there. Do you need me to deal with it?"
"Not yet. They are both protagonists, just like Miko. I want to see what their abilities are like…"
Elisa nodded lightly. She was out for a trip today, not to enhance her strength, so she didn't want to mess around on this happy day.
Of course, those guys in the river before were purely asking for it.
"I will protect Miko and Hana's safety."
Miko said with some concern, "Mr. Yang, the doll on that little girl…"
"Hmm, an evil spirit. There is an evil spirit residing in that doll. It should be that little girl's method. Don't worry, she is much stronger than she looks."
Miko nodded slightly after hearing Yang Tao's words, reached out, and held Yurikawa Hana's hand, saying, "Then, Mr. Yang, let's go back to the tent first."
She knew that although she also had the brass knuckles given by Mr. Yang, dealing with ghosts was really not her strong suit.
Being smart, she clearly understood that not causing trouble for Mr. Yang was the greatest help she could give him.
"Hmm, rest early."
Yang Tao walked to a folding stool nearby and sat down. Just as he thought, it wasn't long before Hozuki Yayoi's tent opened again.
A group of three came out of the tent and walked towards the distant bridge.
Yang Tao got up and followed along. The elementary schooler Hozuki Yayoi saw Yang Tao following them and said, "Uncle, you're not a loli-con, are you?"
"Of course not. It's so late, I'm just worried about your safety."
Hozuki Yayoi looked deeply at Yang Tao, then said nothing more and led Eiko and Keitarō towards the bridge.
The group arrived at the bridge.
Hozuki Yayoi stopped and said to Keitarō, "You take my sister onto the bridge. I'll be here ready at any time."
"Me?"
Keitarō's face showed a surprised expression. Although he could see ghosts, he couldn't compare to Hozuki Yayoi when it came to exorcising them.
"Don't worry, I'll be watching you from here."
Looking at Eiko, who was still mumbling 'go to the bridge… go to the bridge…', Keitarō's expression became serious and he said, "Okay."
Hozuki Yayoi took out a Bluetooth earphone from her pocket and handed it to him, saying, "Put it on and listen to my instructions…"
Yang Tao stood by, watching Hozuki Yayoi's actions, very curious about what would happen next.
"Uncle, you shouldn't be an ordinary person either, right?"
Yang Tao looked at Keitarō and Eiko, who were already walking onto the bridge, and said with a smile, "I, your uncle, am an exorcist!"
"Exorcist?"
"That's right, genuine. Your sister's condition clearly shows she's been affected by an evil spirit."
"Uncle, you're right…"
[World Exploration Value increased by 56.72%]
At this moment, a human-shaped black shadow appeared in the middle of the bridge.
Hozuki Yayoi took out a white doll from her backpack and rushed forward without a word, then pressed the doll onto the black ghost shadow. A sharp scream rang out, clearly indicating that the black doll caused it considerable damage.
Yang Tao: "..."
Looking at the evil spirit with only 33 HP, Yang Tao felt like he had misjudged. This elementary schooler's method for dealing with ghosts seemed to be based on Japanese folk methods, just like his peach wood brass knuckles.
The evil spirit directly abandoned half of its body and quickly rushed towards Keitarō. It was clear that this evil spirit wanted to possess the young man.
Yang Tao took a few quick steps. Before the evil spirit could make a move, he directly reached out and pinched what appeared to be its head, lifted it from the ground, and exerted force.
Poof.
The evil spirit directly turned into dust and dissipated in the air.
Turning around, he made a grasping motion in the air, and another evil spirit with forty HP was directly pulled out of its invisible state by him.
He slammed a heavy punch onto its body.
The powerful force directly shattered its Spirit Body.
"I thought it was some big Boss."
The protagonists came out late at night just to deal with these few small fry?
The combined HP of these guys might not even be as much as what's contained in the doll on the elementary schooler's waist.
HP 210 / 210
Although he didn't know why the elementary schooler didn't command the evil spirits inside the doll.
But these few evil spirits probably couldn't even defeat the elementary schooler herself, after all, her seventy-plus HP wasn't just for show.
Hozuki Yayoi saw Yang Tao's movements, and the small skull in her eyes moved.
Yang Tao extinguished the remaining evil spirits in an instant. Apart from being a bit more numerous, these guys were about as strong as the evil spirits seen in the water during the day, not even qualified to be a snack for Elisa.
Since the source was eliminated, Eiko, who was controlled, directly fainted.
"Uncle, you're amazing!"
"Of course, Uncle is very strong!"
Yang Tao didn't act humble either, as the difference in strength was simply too great. However, he looked at the place where the evil spirit disappeared, and some thoughts popped into his mind.
'The evil spirits here are a bit different from the evil spirits in the city…'
As long as you couldn't see the evil spirits in the city, they generally wouldn't attack humans, at most absorbing some life force to make people a bit weaker.
But the evil spirits here seemed to lure and kill ordinary people.
'It seems that these two worldviews have been forcibly merged together…'
"Alright, now that the evil spirits have been eliminated, you should also go back and rest early."