"You're overthinking it!"
After Mizusaki Yuma finished speaking, he directly pulled down her tights.
Then he pointed to her ankle and asked, "Here?"
"En, does it look good?"
"It's alright!"
He had seen it before, though it was in anime.
A ball of green flame covered his hand.
Upon touching Kasumigaoka Utaha's ankle, a warm sensation instantly enveloped her ankle.
Kasumigaoka Utaha felt as if her foot was perfectly fine all of a sudden.
"Come down and try walking."
This was his first time using this ability.
In fact, Mizusaki Yuma himself wasn't sure if it was completely healed.
But it was just an ankle problem, and anyway, there was a guinea pig here to test it out on.
Kasumigaoka Utaha, seeing this, also put her foot on the ground with a mix of belief and doubt.
It was her first time encountering such a thing.
Just a ball of flame wrapped around her ankle, and then it would be fine?
"It's really better!"
A hint of surprise flashed in Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes.
Her foot really didn't hurt at all.
Now it was just like before she was injured.
"Looks like it works perfectly!"
Mizusaki Yuma murmured.
So, using this was actually quite simple.
But to Kasumigaoka Utaha, his words took on a different meaning.
So, she was just a guinea pig for his ability.
He hadn't even known if this ability could heal himself before.
If that fire had burned off her leg, she couldn't even imagine it.
"I'm still very grateful for what happened earlier. I wanted to ask if that ghost has been eliminated?"
Her previous encounter in the elevator had taught Kasumigaoka Utaha a thorough lesson.
Ghosts actually existed in this world.
And the man in front of her, with his ability to conjure flames out of thin air, was definitely not an ordinary person.
"What was in the elevator earlier was just a vengeful spirit; the true body hasn't appeared at all!"
"If the true body isn't found, you'll still be in danger. Have you come into contact with anything recently?"
Ghosts...
They don't harm people without reason. Of course, there are such ghosts, but they are extremely rare.
Generally speaking, it's always in a specific location or through some specific method, etc., that one gets entangled with a ghost, leading to being haunted.
Being haunted by a ghost definitely has a reason.
Being killed by a ghost might be said to be bad luck for encountering it unexpectedly.
He still had a mission to complete.
He had eliminated a vengeful spirit of that ghost in the elevator earlier.
He figured it probably wouldn't appear before him now.
So, this time, he had to rely on Kasumigaoka Utaha to recall if she had been anywhere or picked up anything strange recently.
"So, I'll still be haunted?"
"Strictly speaking, you just haven't gotten rid of this ghost yet."
This ghost probably wouldn't rest until it killed Kasumigaoka Utaha.
But she really couldn't remember what she had come into contact with.
She had always been fine before.
And after becoming an author, she stayed at home every day after school and didn't go out.
At school, she just slept.
Everything she came into contact with was something she had encountered before; there was absolutely no way she had come into contact with anything strange.
"Everything I've come into contact with is what I've encountered before. If I had to say, I feel like it can only be at school..."
After speaking, Kasumigaoka Utaha recounted the rumors she had heard at school.
Even if she hadn't deliberately tried to understand the matter,
the fact that several students had died at school meant the entire school was in a state of panic, fearing they might be next.
During this time, quite a few students had even taken a leave of absence, choosing to stay at home.
"Very good, we'll go to your school again tomorrow!"
Since it was related to students, it was clear that this matter definitely had something to do with the school.
Having figured that out, Mizusaki Yuma prepared to go back to his own home.
However, before he could leave, Kasumigaoka Utaha, carrying her change of clothes, hurriedly followed him and said, "Can I stay at your place tonight?"
As Mizusaki Yuma was about to leave,
Kasumigaoka Utaha thought of something terrifying.
The ghost wasn't dead yet, and if she stayed at home,
it was hard to imagine what would happen if the ghost suddenly appeared.
She figured she would definitely be dead; how could a human fight a ghost?
"I'm the only one at my house."
"It's okay, once I'm there, there will be two of us!"
Compared to worrying about Mizusaki Yuma doing those things to her,
she was more concerned about what would happen if she encountered a ghost.
And to be fair,
she at least felt that this man was handsome and had a mature and steady demeanor.
He was infinitely better than those little brats who pursued her at school.
More importantly, if she had this boyfriend in the future, would she no longer have to fear ghosts?
Of course, if he wanted to do anything to her tonight, Kasumigaoka Utaha wouldn't agree.
Although she was usually sharp-tongued and quite bold in her actions,
when it came to doing anything, they would have to confirm their relationship first.
"Then come over, but there's one thing I need to tell you beforehand!"
Mizusaki Yuma looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha seriously.
This matter absolutely had to be made clear.
"What is it?"
"Helping you with this matter requires you to pay me a reward!"
Although he had a system mission, he was essentially dragged into this.
The rule of Yorozuya was equal exchange; no matter if you were a big shot from another world or an ordinary person,
to gain something, you must lose something.
It was the same outside Yorozuya.
"Okay!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha thought for a moment and then agreed directly.
She still valued money and her life quite clearly.
However, what she didn't know was that money was completely dispensable to Mizusaki Yuma...