OREGAIRU : Hikigaya Hachiman's Exorcism Story

"Damn!"

Looking at the sudden change in the samurai evil spirit's behavior, Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but curse.

Can someone explain why an evil spirit is using a gun?

"Bang!"

However, the samurai evil spirit wasn't planning to explain its actions to Hikigaya Hachiman. After drawing the gun, it fired at him.

Seeing that Hikigaya Hachiman dodged, the samurai evil spirit held the katana in one hand and the gun in the other, charging forward while aiming at him.

"Bang! Bang!"

Another two gunshots rang out, and Hikigaya Hachiman sadly realized that the samurai evil spirit's gun didn't need to be manually reloaded. After firing, it only had to wait three seconds before it could shoot again.

This was totally cheating!

Just as he dodged a bullet, the samurai evil spirit raised its sword and swung it at Hikigaya Hachiman.

Hikigaya Hachiman had no chance to fight back against this combination of attacks.

"I have to destroy the firearm..."

Blocking the samurai evil spirit's attack and taking a few steps back to regain his balance, Hikigaya Hachiman looked at the firearm in the evil spirit's hand and made a decision in his mind.

His left hand lifted, and the last spell he could use began to form in his palm, but Hikigaya Hachiman hesitated to release it.

With his right hand gripping the demon-slaying sword, he quickly charged at the samurai evil spirit.

When the samurai evil spirit saw Hikigaya coming, it didn't hesitate. The firearm in its hand was raised and fired at him.

However, Hikigaya Hachiman blocked the shot with the blade of his sword.

There were still three seconds until the next bullet.

After blocking the bullet with the sword, the recoil almost caused the demon-slaying sword to slip out of Hikigaya Hachiman's hand.

Quickly regaining his grip on the sword, Hikigaya Hachiman continued charging toward the samurai evil spirit.

The firearm attack failed, and the samurai evil spirit calmly put the gun away, holding the sword with both hands and taking a defensive stance, waiting for Hikigaya Hachiman to approach.

Another second passed.

With no obstacle in his way, Hikigaya Hachiman finally reached the evil spirit.

Without hesitation, he swung his sword at the samurai evil spirit's neck.

Just like their first encounter, the samurai evil spirit deflected Hikigaya's demon-slaying sword and countered with a slash.

"Watch out!"

Seeing the similar scene unfold, Yotsuya Miko, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but shout.

But this time, Hikigaya Hachiman was prepared. He pushed off with his left foot and tilted his body to the right, narrowly avoiding the samurai evil spirit's slash.

But it wasn't over yet.

Just as three seconds had passed, the samurai evil spirit's firearm was reloaded. After the failed slash, the gun slid back into its hand.

The samurai evil spirit began moving the gun's barrel, ready to fire at the fallen Hikigaya Hachiman and shoot him in the head.

At that moment, the Spirit Flow Technique that Hikigaya Hachiman had been preparing in his left hand finally activated!

A massive flow of spiritual energy shot out from his left hand, destroying the firearm in the evil spirit's grasp, then piercing through its chest.

"It's over..."

Seeing that his spell had hit its target, Hikigaya Hachiman finally felt the weight lift off his chest.

If the Spirit Flow Technique had been delayed even a little bit, he would've been the one who paid the price...

But just then, Hikigaya Hachiman felt something was wrong.

"No system notification!"

Realizing this, he quickly rolled and moved away from his original position.

Sure enough, just as he moved, a katana slammed into the spot where he had been.

"Why isn't it dead yet?"

Getting back on his feet, Hikigaya Hachiman, still shaken, stared at the samurai evil spirit. Despite losing one of its arms and having a large hole in its chest, it was still able to move.

Both were mid-level, yet that spider evil spirit had been easily dealt with, while this samurai evil spirit had withstood two of his spells!

"!!!!"

Using its remaining arm, the samurai evil spirit pulled the katana out of the ground and let out a huge roar toward the red moon.

It swung the katana across its armor.

With a "whoosh," a burst of flames appeared before Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes.

"This is bad!"

Seeing the flickering flames on the katana, Hikigaya Hachiman's face changed drastically. He quickly turned around and rushed toward Yotsuya Miko.

Watching Hikigaya Hachiman's movements, the samurai spirit casually tossed its katana behind it and then knelt on the ground.

"Ding, successfully defeated a mid-level evil spirit, earned 200 spirit coins."

The system notification echoed in Hikigaya Hachiman's mind, but he showed no interest in checking it.

He focused all his energy into his legs, trying to move as quickly as possible.

Reaching Yotsuya Miko, he didn't say a word. Instead, he simply bent down, picked her up, and then jumped out of the gasoline circle.

"Whoosh..."

The flames on the katana ignited the oil, instantly turning the area into a sea of fire.

Feeling the intense heat on his body, Hikigaya gritted his teeth but refused to let go, charging through the flames.

Once outside the fire, he gently set Yotsuya Miko down, then immediately started rolling on the ground.

Seeing the flames spreading across Hikigaya's body, Yotsuya Miko quickly grabbed dirt and tried to throw it on him to put out the fire.

However, gasoline was not something that could be easily extinguished.

After struggling for a while, not only did Yotsuya Miko fail to put out the flames, but her own hands were also burned.

"Right, the burning material!"

Looking at her burned hand, Yotsuya Miko suddenly realized.

Ignoring the flames on Hikigaya Hachiman's clothes, she reached for his shirt and began pulling it off.

Noticing what she was doing, Hikigaya quickly removed his jacket.

After some effort, the two of them finally managed to put out the fire.

Exhausted, they collapsed back-to-back onto the ground.

But before they could catch their breath, a cold wind suddenly swept across the playground.

Then, a dark shadow streaked across their vision.

Before Hikigaya Hachiman could react, the shadow struck him with a powerful blow, sending him flying.

"Cough, cough..."

After being knocked back, Hikigaya Hachiman rolled a few times before finally stopping on the track.

He struggled to get up, but suddenly felt a heavy weight on his back.

"Warning: High-level evil spirit detected. Please be cautious..."

Only then did the system belatedly give him a warning.

With great difficulty, Hikigaya Hachiman lifted his head, and a horrifying thought flashed through his mind as he saw the full form of the high-level evil spirit in front of him.

"Wait, did this guy not leave, but actually follow me all this time?"

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