Chapter 185: The God of Showerheads in Ancient Greece, Old Friends Reunite with Exceptional Jealousy
Looking at that dark purple humanoid creature whose head was crushed and whose body was gradually turning into a mass of black Qi and dissipating, Hiratsuka Shizuka's lips parted slightly, horror appearing in her eyes.
"Yo... Yoru... what... what exactly is that thing..."
"As expected, you can already see it."
Hearing Hiratsuka Shizuka's sentence, Yoru immediately realized one thing.
Logically speaking, an ordinary person like Shizuka-cute (Shizuka-kawaii) would be unable to observe the existence of evil spirits.
But judging from her reaction just now and now, as well as the sentence roared by the evil spirit, it proved that Hiratsuka Shizuka could already "observe" the existence of spiritual bodies.
Did Hiratsuka Shizuka awaken a spiritual ability?
Impossible.
Hiratsuka Shizuka simply didn't meet the prerequisite condition of having "observed" an evil spirit.
Then there was only one possibility left.
"Shizuka-chan, come with me."
Yoru grabbed Hiratsuka Shizuka's hand. He noticed the opponent froze for a moment first, then an inexplicable shy blush appeared on her pretty face, and she said in a voice as tiny as a mosquito's, seemingly wanting to refuse but actually welcoming it.
"Yo... Yoru, we can't do this..."
Yoru looked speechless.
What time is it now, you were almost attacked by an evil spirit just now, and just a few seconds passed, you instantly switched to love-struck mode?
Why are you a bit like Yotsuya Miko?
The psychological quality of you two is quite ruthless.
"Be normal, give me the room card."
"Oh... okay."
After opening the door with the room card, Yoru examined the layout inside this hotel room and said surprisedly.
"Hoh, it's actually a suite?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka: "....."
Didn't you tell me to be normal?
Why are you giving a review here yourself?
Yoru just said one sentence and didn't make any strange moves. He just quickly walked to the window of the room and looked at the sky outside.
"As expected..."
Hiratsuka Shizuka was full of doubts in her heart. She hurriedly walked to Yoru's side and, like the opponent, looked up at the sky.
But the scene catching her eye made her freeze.
Unknown when, the heavy rain had stopped. No...
It was as if it had never rained at all. There was absolutely no post-rain dampness in the air.
In the sky, there was a scarlet moon.
Viscous black mist was surging on the streets outside. Just looking at it gave an inexplicable feeling of fear, like staring at the surface of the sea late at night.
"What... place is this?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka's mind went blank.
Looking at the surrounding buildings, it was obviously still near the hotel; the scenery outside the window was exactly the same.
But what exactly was the situation with that viscous black mist and this scarlet moon!?
"Shizuka-chan, stay by my side...."
Just as Yoru was halfway through speaking, a pale human face suddenly appeared outside the half-open window.
That pair of black pupils without whites just stared straightly, locked dead onto Hiratsuka Shizuka's face.
"You can se..."
"Don't shout."
Before that evil spirit had time to finish its entrance line, even before Hiratsuka Shizuka had time to feel fear, Yoru instantly reached out his right hand, his five fingers grabbing the opponent's throat. With a little force, the head separated from the body, turning into a mass of black mist and dissipating.
Until then, Hiratsuka Shizuka finally reacted.
"Yoru... what exactly are these things?"
"Evil spirits."
The two words Yoru said casually made Hiratsuka Shizuka's face change, then he added again.
"Also known as ghosts, Yokai, however you want to understand it. It's just that, this kind of thing only has pure malice towards humans. Don't think about encountering a very small fraction of existences holding goodwill towards humans."
Hiratsuka Shizuka froze for a moment, her lips slightly parted.
"But... why can you..."
"Shizuka-chan, what is the name of our club?"
"Super... Supernatural Quantum Mechanics Investigation and Research Club..."
"Correct."
Yoru smiled, shifting his gaze to the door.
"So, as the president of the Supernatural Quantum Mechanics Investigation and Research Club, me knowing how to exorcise is also a very reasonable thing, right?"
"Mmhmm... truly very reasonable."
Having encountered too many shocks in succession, Hiratsuka Shizuka instead calmed down at this moment.
"Then what should we do now? If my guess is correct, this change in the moon's color means we have entered some kind of special dangerous area?"
"You are quite smart."
A smile rose on the corners of Hiratsuka Shizuka's lips. She crossed her arms over her chest, looking arrogant.
"Hmph, of course, don't you see whose homeroom teacher I am."
"Alright, don't be proud."
Yoru reached out his hand and rubbed Hiratsuka Shizuka's hair. The latter's first reaction was to smile shyly.
Immediately after, realizing something was wrong, she slapped away Yoru's palm, her face slightly flushed, complaining嬌嗔 (Jiao Chen).
"You guy, talk about serious business first."
"Sure."
Yoru nodded slightly, saying in a flat tone.
"Anyway..."
Bang!
"You just need to know, in this area, evil spirits can attack humans, and the power of ordinary humans..."
Slap!
"Is completely unable to contend with evil spirits. That's enough."
In the middle of this short sentence, a sound rang out twice.
The first time, an evil spirit with bared fangs and brandished claws, tall stature, and tattered clothes suddenly pounced out from inside the restroom.
The result was, its chest was pierced by Yoru's punch. After its body fell to the ground, its head was stepped on and exploded.
The second time, a round evil spirit head poked in from outside the window, trying to bite Hiratsuka Shizuka.
The result was, it was slapped into the wall by Yoru's palm.
The key was that during this process, Yoru's words didn't pause for even half a second.
As if eliminating these two evil spirits was as simple as eating and drinking water.
Hiratsuka Shizuka was stunned watching.
So, this student in her class still hid such skills?
Watching Yoru's skilled exorcism movements, and vaguely feeling the terrifying explosive power contained in those unpretentious moves, Hiratsuka Shizuka recalled the few times in the past when she still threatened the opponent with her iron fist in the office, and no longer knew what to think in her heart.
With physical fitness like this, would he be afraid of my iron fist?
It turns out...
He was just flirting with me...
No, that word is not quite appropriate.
Thinking of this, Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly realized one thing, her face changing.
"Then... what about the other guests in the hotel?"
"Don't worry."
Yoru patted Hiratsuka Shizuka's shoulder, his tone flat.
"I sent an assistant over."
"Those who can be saved will definitely be saved as much as possible."
"But at a time like this, those who still court death, then there's no helping it."
....
Meanwhile, on the twenty-second floor of the hotel.
"Thirty-five."
The woman wearing black mourning clothes didn't make any movement, just raised her eyes and glanced at the evil spirit standing outside a certain room door. That monster with a ferocious face, its body was like being sliced by sharp blades dozens of times, instantly turning into torn and scattered meat chunks.
"What exactly happened!?"
"What are those things!?"
"Where are the staff!? Where did the hotel staff go!?"
.....
Looking at the panicked crowd in the corridor, the woman in mourning clothes just lowered her eyelids, no emotion in her eyes at all.
At the end of the corridor, in front of a window slightly opened at the bottom, a young woman was hugging a little girl. Although her own eyes were full of fear, she still tried hard to stay calm, comforting softly.
"It's okay, Mom is here, don't be afraid."
"Mmhmm... Mom..."
Just then, from the gap at the bottom half of that window, a ferocious and terrifying head with a big mouth open suddenly poked in, looking at the mother and daughter, roaring and growling.
"You... can see!"
Facing that pouncing evil spirit head, the young woman's face changed. She subconsciously protected her daughter tightly in her arms, fear showing in her eyes.
At this critical moment, a touch of black flashed by.
"Thirty-six."
The woman in mourning clothes just raised her left hand and swiped gently. The evil spirit's head slid off that long neck.
Immediately after, she raised her foot, directly stepping and exploding the evil spirit head that fell to the ground and was still constantly roaring.
The movement was very skilled.
Moreover, if Miko and others were here, they would find that this woman in mourning clothes' aura and movements during exorcism were exactly the same as Yoru's.
"You guys..."
The woman in mourning clothes first glanced at that mother and daughter, then looked at the panicked guests in the corridor, and said faintly.
"Those who want to live, follow me."
After saying this sentence, she just walked forward on her own.
That young mother froze for a moment, then immediately took her daughter's hand and followed behind the opponent.
No matter what those monsters were...
This woman in mourning clothes absolutely had the strength to deal with those things.
Under these circumstances, following the opponent was the wise choice.
Of course, there was also a small number of people who didn't leave with the woman in mourning clothes.
"Hey, are you a hotel staff member? What exactly happened!?"
"I'm going to complain about you!"
"Hey, hey! Stop, give an explanation before leaving!"
....
Facing the inquiries of those guests, the woman in mourning clothes just scanned them. The sharp intent contained in her eyes made these people not dare to step forward anymore.
After the woman in mourning clothes led most of the guests away, the dozen or so guests left in the corridor gritted their teeth and all made the same choice.
That was to turn around, open the door, and return to their own rooms.
They still didn't know what the situation was outside right now.
Rather than blindly following a woman of unknown origin, it was safer to just stay in their own rooms.
There was no problem with this kind of thinking either.
Only five minutes later...
From the gap between the hotel room doors and the floor, blood seeped out, gathering into a river, dyeing the expensive wool carpets a dark red color.
The smell of blood in the air became increasingly heavy.
....
On the other side, in Hiratsuka Shizuka's room.
"No weapons..."
While Onimaru Kunitsuna, transformed into human form, was gathering hotel guests from the fifth-floor guest floor all the way up, preparing to bring everyone to the highest floor, Yoru looked around in Hiratsuka Shizuka's room, murmuring to himself.
"Not having a handy weapon truly makes things a bit difficult for people."
Hearing him say this, Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't help asking puzzledly.
"You... can't you kill those things barehanded? Do you still need a weapon?"
"Shizuka-chan, there's something you don't know."
Yoru shook his head, walked to the outside of the half-open restroom door, looked inside, as if discovering something, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Would you grab food with your hands? Of course, there are some special foods that are eaten by grabbing with hands, but having tableware is naturally the best."
After saying this sentence that left Hiratsuka Shizuka completely baffled and unable to understand at all, Yoru walked straight into the restroom.
A burst of noise, a few seconds later, he walked out again.
And holding something in his hand that was chillingly eye-catching and dazzlingly terrifying. Although the surface presented a rounded arc, that smooth metal exterior exuded an extremely dangerous feeling under the reflection of the light.
Coupled with those densely packed small holes gathered together, it exuded a Cthulhu-like unlookable meaning.
Seeing the weapon in Yoru's hand, Hiratsuka Shizuka parted her lips slightly, dumbfounded and incredulous.
"The weapon you're talking about is this..."
"Showerhead?"
Yoru nodded seriously, saying earnestly.
"Shizuka-chan, you must not underestimate this showerhead!"
Hearing these familiar words, Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly remembered what a student had mentioned to her before.
On the first day of school, an argument arose between Yoru and Touma Kazusa over a seat.
And, he even delivered an impassioned declaration about the King's Throne.
Looking at this appearance now...
You're starting again?
"Please look!"
Yoru waved the showerhead in front of Hiratsuka Shizuka's eyes and spoke slowly.
"What a rounded arc, perfect weight distribution, and as a household item, it possesses drop-resistant properties. It couldn't be more suitable for smashing evil spirits' heads."
Immediately after, Yoru pointed to the metal water pipe connected below the showerhead.
"Look at this again, this is even more the essence of this object."
"In close combat, you can use the showerhead to strike directly. When large-scale damage is needed, you can hold the metal wire below and swing it, achieving an effect like a meteor hammer!"
"Even more, it can also be like this!"
Speaking of this, Yoru made a dart-throwing motion with his left hand, throwing the showerhead in his hand out like a hidden weapon.
Crash.
The window of the hotel room shattered instantly.
Yoru pulled the metal water pipe with his left hand like yanking a yo-yo, and the showerhead automatically flew back, perfectly caught by his right hand.
"How is it?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka looked blank, subconsciously nodding.
"Indeed... quite cool."
Being able to use a showerhead as a weapon.... no matter from which angle...
Yoru is quite amazing.
"Let's go, Shizuka-chan."
"Oh... oh, okay."
Yoru led Hiratsuka Shizuka and walked outside the room.
As soon as she stepped out the door, Hiratsuka Shizuka smelled the bloody scent permeating the air, her face changing.
"This... this smell..."
"Mmhmm, many people died."
Seeing Yoru's tone so flat, Hiratsuka Shizuka froze for a moment, parted her lips, seemingly wanting to say something. But when she saw the opponent's emotionless expression, she swallowed the words that came to her mouth.
The opponent...
Obviously wasn't experiencing such a thing for the first time.
So the Supernatural Quantum Mechanics Investigation and Research Club was actually truly investigating supernatural events?
No...
Supernatural events actually really exist?
"In such a large-scale strangeness event, it's impossible for no one to die."
Yoru walked slowly in front. Because she was half a step behind, Hiratsuka Shizuka couldn't clearly see the expression on the opponent's face when saying this. She could only hear that Yoru's tone was very flat, not like usual, carrying a frivolous smile, only flatness.
"Hundreds, thousands, this is very normal."
Since the appearance of "Doors", strangeness events had actually always caused massive casualties.
It's just that ordinary people didn't know.
Like the Yukinoshita Construction Company, the sudden mental abnormality event of those construction workers at the scene caused hundreds of deaths.
And the incidents of greatly increased crime rate that even made the Kyoto Police Department specially issue an announcement urging citizens to reduce night travel, most of them were also affected by evil spirits, amplifying the twisted desires in humans' hearts, causing them to commit some appalling cases.
In this process, the innocent people who died or were injured were far more than counted in hundreds?
It's just that in the eyes of ordinary people, the true reasons for events like mental derangement, sudden sharp increases in crime rate, and driving large trucks to launch terrorist attacks on amusement parks couldn't be found.
When walking to the elevator area, Hiratsuka Shizuka saw standing at the elevator door a humanoid creature wearing tattered clothes, only a few strands of rough linen hanging on its body, stature about two meters, skin showing a dilapidated gray color, leaving only a single eye, the other eye socket empty, just standing quietly there.
Although she wasn't a spirit medium, she also instantly realized.
This evil spirit... is completely not on the same level as those before!
"Yo... Yoru..."
Seeing that humanoid creature just standing there, seeming to have no interest in her and Yoru beside her, Hiratsuka Shizuka pursed her lips nervously, tugged Yoru's sleeve, and lowered her voice.
"Should we... take the stairwell instead?"
"Sigh, it's fine."
Unexpectedly for Hiratsuka Shizuka, Yoru actually just smiled and waved his hand. Immediately after, he actually walked up to that humanoid monster, looking like encountering a close friend he hadn't seen for a long time on the street, reached out and patted the opponent's shoulder.
"We're bros, it doesn't matter."
Hiratsuka Shizuka was stunned in shock.
Are you that brave?
After its shoulder was patted, that humanoid creature slowly turned its head. The sight of its remaining single eye scanned Yoru's face, making an unexplained sound of confusion and hesitation from its throat.
"Don't recognize me anymore? Truly noble people... noble spirits forget many things."
Yoru smiled, raising his left hand to cover the part below his eyes.
"How about now, remembered? It's me."
The humanoid creature froze for a moment. Looking at those black eyes carrying a frivolous smile, as if suddenly remembering something, it used all its strength to shout out a sentence that made the floor start trembling.
"So it's you, where is my eye!!!"