OREGAIRU : Hikigaya Hachiman's Exorcism Story

On the soccer field, the three drifting low-level evil spirits immediately charged at Hikigaya Hachiman and Yotsuya Miko as soon as they saw them.

After a quick triple kill and a reward of 150 spirit coins, the evil spirits bid farewell to this world.

"Now, only three evil spirits are left..."

With the system's notification echoing in his mind, Hikigaya Hachiman looked at the two red dots on the map and fell into deep thought.

The system didn't provide real-time location data of the evil spirits, or else Hikigaya wouldn't have been ambushed by the spider spirit earlier.

Based on the current information, the lower-level evil spirits in the dungeon tend to just stay in one place, while higher-level ones can roam around. Those with a bit more intelligence might even choose to ambush their targets!

"That means it's very likely the two remaining mid-level spirits aren't staying in one spot..."

Hikigaya Hachiman rubbed his temples, clearly frustrated.

Even though the chance that the mid-level spirits had already moved was high, Hikigaya Hachiman still decided to head to the red-marked location with Yotsuya Miko.

After all, having a target was far safer than wandering aimlessly around the school, just in case the evil spirits hadn't left.

Hikigaya Hachiman's first choice was the Kendo Club's activity room, which was closest to the playground.

As they carefully watched for any potential ambushes, they made it to the wooden sliding door of the Kendo Club activity room without incident.

The wooden door, once covered with white paper, was now badly decayed. When Hikigaya Hachiman touched it, the door creaked loudly as it began to fall toward the dojo.

Fortunately, Hikigaya was quick enough to catch the door, preventing it from revealing their position.

"Wait..."

Just as Hikigaya Hachiman finished handling the door and was about to enter the dojo, Yotsuya Miko suddenly reached out to stop him.

His right foot had already stepped onto the tatami mat, but he quickly pulled it back and turned to look at Yotsuya Miko, confused.

"The floor..." 

Yotsuya Miko pointed at the tatami inside the dojo and whispered.

"The floor?"

Hikigaya Hachiman looked down at the floor. The tatami was covered with some kind of sticky liquid.

Hikigaya sniffed the air, and an unpleasant smell suddenly drifted out from the room.

"Is this gasoline?!"

Hikigaya Hachiman quickly covered his nose and pulled Yotsuya Miko away from the dojo.

Why would there be gasoline inside the dojo?

After they had distanced themselves, Hikigaya looked back at the wooden building, still shaken.

"Thud, thud, thud..."

Just then, footsteps echoed from within the dojo.

A spirit, dressed in ancient samurai armor, stepped out of the dojo, followed by the gasoline Hikigaya had just seen.

Now, the gasoline seemed almost alive, slithering on the ground as it crawled toward Hikigaya and Yotsuya Miko.

The liquid moved much faster than they could retreat. Realizing the danger, Hikigaya Hachiman prepared to lead Yotsuya Miko away, but the gasoline had already surrounded them, trapping them in the center of the open space.

"What should we do?"

Seeing the wriggling gasoline, Yotsuya Miko had no courage to step into it. She involuntarily looked at Hikigaya Hachiman, hoping he would come up with a solution.

"Looks like we have no choice but to fight..."

Hikigaya Hachiman sighed as he looked at the gasoline and then raised his sword, ready for battle.

When the samurai spirit saw Hikigaya preparing to fight, it raised its hand, and the surrounding liquid, which resembled gasoline, retreated, clearing a large circular space in the center.

"Stay a little farther back."

Hikigaya Hachiman told Yotsuya Miko as he held his sword and charged at the samurai spirit.

Instead of immediately drawing its katana to counterattack, the samurai spirit crouched down, assuming a forward-leaning stance.

"Clang!"

A sharp metallic sound suddenly echoed in the quiet night sky.

With Yotsuya Miko's shocked scream, Hikigaya Hachiman slowly stepped back to his previous position.

A large gash appeared on the front of his uniform, and bright red blood flowed steadily from the wound.

"Are you okay?"

Looking at the blood dripping onto the ground, Yotsuya Miko felt her heart leap into her throat. She wanted to rush over and help Hikigaya Hachiman with his wound, but he stopped her, saying, "Don't come over!"

After stopping Yotsuya Miko's movement, Hikigaya Hachiman turned his gaze back to the samurai evil spirit, his expression serious.

This time, he had encountered a tough opponent!

On the other side, the samurai evil spirit slowly got up, casually flicking the blood off its katana, and it splashed onto the ground.

After cleaning the blood from its blade, the samurai evil spirit looked up at the grim-faced Hikigaya Hachiman, its eyes filled with mockery.

A guy who doesn't even know how to use a sword dares to challenge him in swordsmanship?

"Spirit Flow Technique!"

After briefly stopping the bleeding with his spiritual power, Hikigaya Hachiman didn't hesitate and immediately used his spell.

From their previous encounter, he realized that he couldn't match the samurai evil spirit in close combat, so using magic for a ranged attack was his best option.

A massive amount of spiritual energy gathered in his hands and then turned into a stream of spiritual energy, shooting toward the samurai evil spirit.

Facing this huge amount of spiritual energy, the samurai evil spirit didn't dare underestimate it. It raised its katana high and slashed, splitting the water stream in half.

However, just as it dealt with the first attack, Hikigaya Hachiman had already launched a second stream of spiritual energy.

As soon as the samurai evil spirit finished cutting the first stream, the second one was already crashing toward it.

The powerful spiritual energy struck the samurai evil spirit directly, sending it flying!

"@#￥!#%!"

The samurai evil spirit made some incomprehensible sounds from its throat, then slowly got up from the ground, glaring at Hikigaya Hachiman.

"Try again!"

Looking at his energy, which had dropped to 57, Hikigaya Hachiman summoned a third spiritual flow and aimed it at the samurai evil spirit.

But this decisive strike was dodged by the samurai evil spirit rolling out of the way.

"What?!"

Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't believe that his third Spirit Flow Technique was avoided by a simple roll from the samurai evil spirit.

Hadn't it completely absorbed the second attack earlier? How could it still be so agile?

But that wasn't the end of it.

Just as Hikigaya Hachiman was stunned by the miss, the samurai evil spirit got up from the roll, reaching behind it.

Then, to Hikigaya Hachiman's utter confusion, the samurai evil spirit pulled out a gun from its back and aimed it at him.

Hikigaya Hachiman: ?!?!

Samurai Evil Spirit: "The times have changed, kid!"

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