Two o'clock in the middle of the night.

Asano Riko gasped.

The overuse of spiritual power makes it difficult for one's mind to concentrate.

In the past, she had completely exhausted her spiritual power once in order to train herself.

At the moment of exhaustion, Asano Riko immediately fainted.

Then slept for a whole day and a night.

After that, he ate a lot of food.

I just regained my spirit a little.

At the same time, the weight increased by 0.5 kg.

From then on, Asano Riko would use her spiritual power carefully to avoid depletion.

However, the reality of the situation is.

Even if she used up all her spiritual power, it would be difficult for her to exorcise the resentful spirits in this villa.

It's not because the other side is too strong.

It's too much.

Three? Five? Heptad?

Asako Asano didn't want to count anymore.

Since the first Wraith appeared, more and more Wraiths have followed.

These spirits are all women, and resentment has corrupted them into ugly shapes.

It will only take a little time for all of these evil spirits to be transformed into evil spirits.

It's a pity that the sword bell that is used as a god body during this time needs to be used for sacrifice and cannot be brought out.

Otherwise, it will not be difficult to deal with these resentful spirits.

Asano Riko's vision was a little blurry.

She saw Qiao Qiao, who was standing aside.

Watching one's own removal.

This is the order of Ariko Asano.

If you can't even solve an incident of this magnitude, then how can you become a shrine maiden in charge in the future?

Think about it differently, of course.

Maybe it's because Qiao Qiao is here that Asano Ariko is so strong.

Anyway, no matter how bad it is, just ask Qiao Qiao for help.

Presumably after the ninth wraith was purified in a scream, Ariko Asano gained a rare respite.

"There are too many of them."

She said, her voice frighteningly soft.

Under normal circumstances, even if it is a mass grave, it is impossible to have so many resentful spirits.

Although these spirits are weak, they are only able to maintain their existence without being erased by time.

But such a number is still worth paying attention to.

"It's like, some serial murder scene."

Hearing Asano's words, Qiao Qiao nodded.

The number is indeed too much.

Although according to Qiao Qiao's standards, the intensity of these spirits ranges from low to moderate, and it is not climatic.

But with so many resentful spirits gathered, it's hard not to associate them.

For example, the semi-demonized cherry blossom tree in Wadabori Park nourishes itself by attracting spirits and transforming them into resentful spirits.

Could it be that there is a similar presence in this villa?

Qiao Qiao glanced at Asako Asano.

The Asano shrine maiden didn't use much spiritual power just now.

But maybe it's because of my lack of experience, and I look a little tired.

But since the other party didn't call for help.

Qiao Qiao must abide by the duties of his follower.

Sit on one's hands.

However, Qiao Qiao did not completely empty himself.

In the process of watching, he recalled the knowledge of the library book he had read before, reviewing and digesting it.

While observing the Asano shrine maiden's way of removing spirits.

It's different from the last time at Happiness Bakery.

This time, Ariko Asano uses more spiritual power to purify resentful spirits.

Explain it in a familiar way.

It is to use one's own spiritual power to dilute the yin qi of the resentful spirits and accelerate the process of their natural disintegration.

The yin qi of the resentful spirits has condensation and weakness.

The spiritual power of the Asano shrine maiden is to attack the weak point, causing the yin qi of the resentful spirit to collapse.

With very little spiritual power, it can weaken a great deal of yin qi.

The utilization of spiritual power is very high.

At the same time, it is completely different from Qiao Qiao's rough method of removing spirits.

More "gentle".

Perhaps only this method can really make those resentful spirits "die".

What Qiao Qiao did was just "elimination".

I didn't expect that the Asano shrine maiden had already mastered such a powerful method of removing spirits at a young age.

Between the waving of the coin, the Kagura bell rang.

The resentful obsession dissipates and passes away.

It is Qiaoqiao's most desirable painting style.

She is worthy of being a trainee shrine maiden of Atsuta Jingu.

Sigh of emotion.

Qiao Qiao was also thinking.

Why are there so many female wraiths here?

Could it be that a lot of people have died?

But if it was just a dead person, those resentful spirits would be like smoke without support, and they would soon dissipate.

Unless.

Their bodies are still here.

Or rather, some part of the corpse.

Qiao Qiao suddenly thought of what the boss had said before.

There have been several disappearances in Shinjuku recently.

No, when it comes to disappearances, there are actually a lot of them in Tokyo.

Qiao Qiao had heard reports before that as many as 100,000 people went missing every year in Heguo.

After calculation, an average of 200 people are missing every day, spread out in Shinjuku District, in fact, a few people who disappeared during this time are normal.

Not all of these missing people are dead.

Some of them committed suicide in the mountains, while others became wanderers.

Each has its own difficulties.

Originally, this did not attract Qiao Qiao's attention.

But this sentence was said by the boss.

What kind of person is the boss.

One of the strongest in Tokyo's circle of soul slayers.

Qiao Qiao must look up to the presence.

Every word that such a person says is sure to be meaningful.

Don't.

Those who are missing, all killed?

They were brought here to be killed, even abused, and their bodies were never found.

From this, it is indeed easy to accumulate yin qi and turn it into resentful spirits.

And because the corpse, or part of the corpse, has remained here.

Therefore, those resentful spirits cannot be dissipated, they will only accumulate.

Qiao Qiao felt as if he had come into contact with the truth.

Taking advantage of the fact that the resentful spirits seemed to have been basically wiped out, he told Asano Ariko about this speculation.

"It's possible."

Asano's lips turned white, and she drank the mineral water in her bag in one gulp and nodded.

"In that case, could it be that Kenji Iguchi abducted those girls, killed them, and hid their bodies in this villa, but his father found them."

Although she was physically out of strength, after hearing Qiao Qiao's words, she suddenly felt a lot more energetic.

"Maybe Mr. Tetsu Iguchi found out before, but he couldn't bear to report his son, so he turned to depression and finally committed suicide in an attempt to regain his son's conscience? Or maybe it's just that Kenji Iguchi is ruthless and kills his father who discovered his secret, and somehow distorts the results of the psychic channel. ”

Ariko Asano speculated.

The reason why Kenji Iguchi is suspected is because Tetsu Iguchi is dead.

How can there be a murderer of a serial murder who commits suicide in the end.

"These resentful spirits must have suffered a considerable degree of torture before they died, and it was not ordinary torture, so they would have such a deep grudge."

"I heard my father say that in the past, when some people in the industry committed crimes, they would adopt some special methods, not to torture people for fun, but to turn the spirits of the dead into resentful spirits, so that they could not find the murderer through channeling."

"Ordinary people will not know similar methods, and those who can do this kind of thing must be insiders."

She explained.

"I see, is there any such operation?"

It was the first time Qiao Qiao had heard of such a thing.

After all, he hadn't been exposed to strange events that led to human deaths before.

Or maybe in order to avoid copycats, this kind of thing didn't spread.

"So the question is, where is the body hidden?"

Ariko Asano looked at the villa.

Whether from the perspective of weirdness or police handling.

They all need to find the body.

Otherwise, the corpses could be used as soil for other evil spirits to grow.

It is also impossible to convict a prisoner without a body.

And after Iguchi Tetsu's suicide, this villa must have been searched by the police.

There were no corpses.

It's a bit tricky.

Hear the words of Asako Asano.

Qiao Qiao suddenly thought of something.

He thought of the library book of architecture that he had seen today.

The design code for residential buildings mentioned in it.

I didn't think it just now.

Now take a closer look.

The reason why this villa makes people feel oppressive is not only because of the gathering of yin energy.

Rather, the interior space is much smaller than it looks from the outside.

Qiao Qiao came to the vicinity of the TV.

There, it's clear that the wallpaper was only recently pasted.

He reached out and tapped on the wall.

Before the voice of feedback tells him the result.

Qiao Qiao and Ariko Asano.

At the same time, a cat meow was heard.

From the walls.