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"Kitahara-kun, I saw that evil spirit again!"
"J-Just came out of the bathroom. It's standing in the living room, smiling at me... I'm hiding in the bathroom now and don't dare to go out."
The Tsundere Young Miss's tension could be felt between the lines:
"Kitahara-kun, what do I do now?"
If she could, she actually didn't want to contact Kitahara Makoto at all.
It had been less than two days since the amusement park exposure incident, and thinking about it now still made her uncontrollably ashamed.
But there was no choice. Compared to a terrifying evil spirit, a girl's sense of shame was completely insignificant.
Seeing the messages popping up on his phone one after another, Kitahara Makoto immediately stopped:
"Stay calm, don't panic. Weak evil spirits can only scare you with various means in the early stages. They can't cause you substantial harm yet. It's best to pretend you don't see it."
Nagasaki Soyo: "..."
How could she not panic?!
She was trembling with fear just playing in a Haunted House, and now that a real evil spirit had come knocking, it would be strange if she could stay calm!
Nagasaki Soyo bit her lower lip:
"I'm sorry, could I trouble Kitahara-kun to come over now?"
"I really don't know what to do alone. I can only ask Kitahara-kun for help now."
Kitahara Makoto hesitated: "It's already past nine o'clock at night. If I go over this late, it might be hard to explain to your aunt and uncle, right?"
Nagasaki Soyo quickly replied: "It's okay. Dad is away on a business trip, and Mom is at a friend's party and won't be back tonight. I'm the only one home."
Kitahara Makoto: "That's good. Send me the address. I'll be right over."
There was no other way. The Tsundere Young Miss was being sought out by an evil spirit. He couldn't just stand by and do nothing. Both emotionally and logically, he had to go.
Nagasaki Soyo quickly sent the address: "Kitahara-kun, just take a taxi over. I'll pay."
Kitahara Makoto: "I can handle it myself. Don't hide at home anymore, lest you scare yourself. Go downstairs and wait for me in a crowded place."
Nagasaki Soyo: "I-I understand."
"..."
Twenty minutes later.
Kitahara Makoto got out of the taxi, his face full of pain.
Taxis in Japan are indeed terrifyingly expensive; ordinary people can't afford them at all.
No wonder many office workers who miss the last train would rather sleep in a park or internet cafe than take a taxi; it's clearly a rip-off.
Of course, compared to American doctors who charge five thousand six hundred dollars for fifteen minutes of chat, Japan's taxis seem much more adorable.
"Kitahara-kun, I'm here!"
The girl's joyful shout came with the night breeze.
Kitahara Makoto looked over at the sound and saw the Tsundere Young Miss, wearing a long dress, jogging out of the convenience store, her pretty face full of surprise, looking very much like a pet eagerly waiting for its owner to take it home from the pet hospital.
However, after arriving in front of Kitahara Makoto, the Tsundere Young Miss's pretty face suddenly flushed red, and her gaze drifted, clearly recalling the scene of her wardrobe malfunction at the amusement park yesterday.
He saw everything, didn't he?
He must have seen everything at that time!
"Soyo-san, sorry to keep you waiting."
Kitahara Makoto's expression was normal, showing no embarrassment at all.
He simply greeted her, then said, "Let's go, we're going to eliminate the evil spirit."
"I'll leave it to Kitahara-kun."
Nagasaki Soyo secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "Kitahara-kun, please follow me."
Led by the Tsundere Young Miss, Kitahara Makoto walked into a high-end apartment building next door.
A moment later.
"Kitahara-kun, please come in."
Nagasaki Soyo opened the door with her fingerprint, stood at the entrance, and nervously peered into the room, fearing an evil spirit might be hiding behind the door.
"Please, you must eliminate that evil spirit imp."
"Excuse me for intruding."
Kitahara Makoto stepped into the entryway, his gaze casually sweeping around, seeing that the interior decoration was indeed as luxurious as he had imagined.
"She really is a young miss from a wealthy family..."
Kitahara Makoto sighed in his heart.
In Japan, only wealthy people can afford high-end apartment flats; a detached house is actually just an ordinary residence.
Wealthy people living in high-end apartments can enjoy various services; the simplest example is throwing out trash.
Japan has strict regulations for trash recycling, and many types of trash must be thrown out at specific times and locations.
But wealthy apartments don't have so many rules; trash can be thrown directly downstairs, and service personnel will naturally sort and process it.
"Kitahara-kun, you can just go barefoot."
Nagasaki Soyo said softly, "An auntie comes to clean every day."
Tsk.
What defines a wealthy family?
One standard is that they don't clean their own homes.
"Got it."
Kitahara Makoto nodded slightly and walked barefoot into the living room.
"Without further ado, shall we start looking for that evil spirit imp now?"
"I'll leave it to Kitahara-kun."
Nagasaki Soyo let out a soft breath, expressing her gratitude.
Although she felt incredibly embarrassed internally, she had to admit that staying behind Kitahara Makoto felt quite reassuring.
Led by the Tsundere Young Miss, Kitahara Makoto quickly inspected the entire house.
The kitchen, the toilet, the bathroom...
Entering the bathroom, Kitahara Makoto looked up and saw two pieces of underwear.
As expected of the Tsundere Young Miss, her underwear style was quite mature, five stories higher than Kita's!
"Eh? Eh? Eh?"
Nagasaki Soyo's pretty face flushed quickly, and she hurried into the bathroom to collect her clothes.
"The weather today is nice, isn't it?"
Kitahara Makoto looked up at the ceiling, indicating he hadn't seen anything.
"..."
Hearing this, Nagasaki Soyo's blush on her pretty face instantly deepened, and she couldn't help but glare at him in annoyance.
That's what he said yesterday afternoon at the amusement park.
You definitely saw it yesterday!
Blushing, Nagasaki Soyo tidied up her clothes, bit her lower lip, and whispered:
"Kitahara-kun, shall we continue?"
"..."
A moment later.
The two had searched the entire house but still found no trace of the evil spirit imp.
"How can it not be here?"
Nagasaki Soyo furrowed her delicate brows, becoming anxious.
"I clearly saw it before; it was smiling at me in the living room, and its smile was super terrifying."
"Don't panic."
Kitahara Makoto mused, "The evil spirit might have noticed me coming and hidden."
Nagasaki Soyo immediately tensed up: "Kitahara-kun, do you have a way to find it?"
There really is a way.
If the evil spirit imp is truly hiding in some corner, he could completely use the power of You Who Slipped Through Nine Years of Compulsory Education to forcibly pull the opponent in front of him.
The problem is, he can't.
The ability of You Who Slipped Through Nine Years of Compulsory Education is to make creatures within range enter a compulsory question-answering mode.
The range is not necessarily flat; it could also be three-dimensional.
The Tsundere Young Miss lives in a high-end apartment, with neighbors above and below.
If he doesn't catch the evil spirit imp but instead forcibly detains the residents from the upper and lower floors, that would be a huge mess.
"Although there is a method, it has special requirements for the location and can only be used at my home."
Kitahara Makoto shook his head.
"Let's wait patiently for a while.
Evil spirits don't have much intelligence or patience, so they might come out on their own soon."
Nagasaki Soyo's pearly teeth lightly bit her lower lip: "That's the only way..."
The two sat in the living room, beginning to wait in silence.
Time quietly slipped by, minute by minute.
In a blink of an eye, it was past ten o'clock at night.
Kitahara Makoto stood up: "It seems that evil spirit won't show up tonight, Soyo-san, I'll go ahead..."
The Tsundere Young Miss nervously looked up, making up her mind:
"Kitahara-kun, why don't you stay tonight?"
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