"Nishimura's contact number?"

On the other end of the phone, Akai Rika's tone was indescribably teasing. She gave him a string of phone numbers, "Nishimura should still be at the magazine today, after all, she has a few sets to shoot."

On the other end of the phone, Huang Se stuttered to deal with his agent's teasing, then asked about Nana Nishimura's situation before hanging up.

He originally wanted to call Kanna Hyuga immediately, but he was afraid that she was busy at the moment, so he had to send a message instead. He sent his dream and Nana Nishimura's information to Kanai.

The message was less than a hundred words long. It took him twenty minutes to send it out.

Huang Se's heart suddenly surged with a sense of heroism, and he couldn't help but take out his phone and type away:

[Huang Se]: (= ωω) ノ The information about Nana Nishimura is here!

[Huang Se]: And oh, I asked Rika about her ex-boyfriend, Matsuda Jin. Matsuda Jin seems to be a famous dentist, and he recently took a long annual leave to travel abroad.

[Huang Se]: About the dream I had last night — was it a precognitive dream?

Was it?

Was it?

Was it?

Little Hyuga, you must be careful!

Contact me if there's any situation!

(﹏)

After sending three messages in a row, Huang Se resisted the urge to disturb her. He supported his chin with one hand and stared blankly at the morning light outside the window.

"Little Hyuga … She hasn't replied yet, what are you doing now?"

*

At this time, Kanna Hyuga was almost vomiting due to the nausea. Her stomach was churning, and she almost vomited.

Kanai hadn't been working as a witch apprentice for long, and under the conscious protection of the elders and monsters in her family, she had never experienced such a murder case —

Yes, a murder case.

It was just a wall away. In the wardrobe of the soft gray and pink female bedroom, there was a dark and cold secret room.

Eight female corpses were propped up by metal brackets, either sitting or standing in this small room.

The stench of corpses and the pungent smell of formalin mixed together, making the little girl's face turn pale and her stomach churn.

Kanai's physiological tears were still hanging in the corner of her eyes. The woman's head in front of the two faintly revealed a smile. The little girl's hair stood on end, and she couldn't help but take a step back.

"Master," Shuweng grabbed Kanai and covered Kanai's eyes with his cold fingers.

"This is the [Lingering Spirit] of the corpse, and also the food of the Ghouls."

The Book Elder calmly glanced over at Kanna, whose resentment was slowly filling up the entire room due to Kanna's Spiritual Energy.

[So hateful, so hateful — how could I be killed by such a person here!

How could you not be at peace even after death and be humiliated by that kind of person!]

Even if she covered her eyes, Kanai could still "see" and hear the lingering spirits of those unwilling women.

She saw a high school girl who was still in school. She would be angry because her parents refused to let her put on makeup. She would be worried about her exam results. She would hug her mother and say goodbye every morning. She would secretly play with her phone during class. She would discuss good-looking boys with her friends. She would also fantasize about a mature and steady Prince Charming confessing to her.

"You have to go to cram school today, do you understand?" Because the child's grades weren't good, her mother insisted that her daughter sign up for cram school.

"I know, mom, I want to eat beef burgers tonight ~" The girl with a mole at the corner of her eye hugged her mother coquettishly, said goodbye to her mother, and skipped to school.

— — Then, her eyes were gouged out with a sharp weapon, and iron nails were firmly pierced through her limbs and neck, fixing her to the metal brackets. She was in a shameful kneeling position, and the blood on her cheeks covered the mole at the corner of her eye.

She saw a professional woman who got up early and returned late, wearing 10cm high heels and squeezing into the subway during the morning rush hour. She was either working overtime or on the way to work overtime every day.

She liked to shop and buy clothes, and she liked to soak in hot springs. After work, she would go to a fried chicken restaurant to read romance novels and eat fried chicken with beer.

She was most proud of her figure, and no matter how much she ate, she wouldn't get fat.

That weekend, she originally wanted to practice yoga, but she received a call from her boss at the last minute, asking her to work overtime at the company.

So, she put on a new professional suit, sprayed some Prada irises, and changed into a pair of black shoes.

— — Then, her clothes were all stripped off by the murderer, her nipples were cut off, and she was soaked in a jar of formalin. Her pair of hazel eyes were fixed with pain and anger, quietly looking at the outside world through the glass.

So hateful — — so painful —!

Kanai covered her eyes in pain, and the cries and howls of the dead echoed in her mind.

The fear and resentment of the girls before they died pulled the young witch into the boundless resentment.

"Master!"

Shuweng's fierce roar brought Kanai back to reality. Kanna Hyuga calmed herself down and hurriedly cast an incantation. As the remnant souls of the women gradually gathered around her, she held a talisman in her hand and tore apart the illusion.

"Kanai — —!"

The illusion disappeared, and the pale-faced girl tightly covered her eyes as she choked with sobs.

Unforgivable!

Unforgivable!

Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!

We'll make him pay for all the pain we've experienced a hundred times, a thousand times over!

In an instant, the memories of the dead transformed into black resentment that rushed into Kanna Hyuga's mind. The final agony of the dead women caused her to groan in pain.

The next second, the witch closed her eyes and fainted in the arms of her Spirit-branded Retainer.

*

Time passed differently between the illusion and reality. By the time Seiji and his servant left the illusion, it was already the morning of the next day.

When Huang Se sent Seiji a message, Shuweng had just called Red Leaf over and helped Kanna Hyuga to her bed.

Kanna Hyuga, who was feeling dizzy and blacked out, opened her cell phone. Huang Se, who was rarely so considerate, had already sent Nana Nishimura's detailed information to Kanai's email.

"Jin Matsuda?"

Shuweng raised his eyebrows as he discovered that this wasn't a simple person.

"If he really is Nana Nishimura's boyfriend, then it's highly likely that she accidentally provoked a zombie whenever she went there."

Kanna Hyuga's face was pale as she sent a message to Huang Se asking if he knew Jin Matsuda's home address.

"Matsuda seems to live in the suburbs, but I don't know the specific address … Little Hyuga, can you take me with you when you go there?"

Ryota Hwang Se's mind was filled with the background music of "Brave boy, go and save the world," and he couldn't help but speak in an excited tone.

… However, he was mercilessly rejected by Kanai.

Huang Se: "QAQ, look at my sincere expression!

Are you really not taking me?

You're not taking me?

You're not taking me? "

Kanai: "…" She couldn't take him with her.

Kanai directly rejected Huang Se's invitation to team up and got up to take Red Leaf and Shuweng with her. A simple search spell allowed them to quickly reach Jin Matsuda's home.

(Shuweng & Red Leaf: "Who said we're going!?

You're not allowed to go!

Kanna Hyuga, stay at home and rest! ")

Huang Se hung up the phone, feeling wronged. He had been skipping classes and training and only wanted to be a righteous partner, but he was rejected. He was now very depressed and didn't want to talk.

He looked up Nana Nishimura's information on the computer and thought about the dream last night. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Hyuga was in danger.

Nana Nishimura was known to have 'perfect facial features' and was a beauty that only appeared once in a thousand years. However, Huang Se felt that there was something wrong with Nana Nishimura.

The computer was playing a video of Nana Nishimura giving an award to the winner of the National Middle School Tennis Competition to the Ice Emperor Academy. She was smiling sweetly and congratulating the head of the Ice Emperor Academy's Tennis Department.

He couldn't deny that she was indeed very beautiful … but he felt that it was strange.

In the video, the head of the Ice Emperor Academy's Tennis Department also looked at Nishimura with disdain, almost writing the word 'hate' on his face.

Huang Se thought for a while and dialed Nana Nishimura's number.

*

"Sure enough, it's here."

They sneaked into Matsuda Jin's apartment and skillfully opened the secret room behind the wardrobe. Red Leaf snorted coldly when she saw the room full of blood and the stench of corpses.

"Where's that man?" She cracked her knuckles, full of murderous intent.

"No one has lived in this room for a long time."

With the senses of a monster, there wasn't even a trace of life in the room filled with resentment.

To be able to do this, no one had set foot in this apartment for at least half a month.

The woman's remnant soul and resentment intertwined and spread to every corner of the room. Ghouls followed the resentment and wantonly hunted for food.

The few of them skillfully killed the scattered ghouls in the room and found the woman's remnant soul.

Kanai, who had been unable to stand steadily since the secret room was opened, resisted the trembling and wanted to expiate these poor souls.

The endless resentment generated day and night attracted a large number of ghouls and devoured the wills of the dead. The women who were trapped in the secret chamber and brutally murdered had gradually lost their minds. Influenced by resentment and killing intent, they had almost become earthbound spirits.

When they saw Kanai, these remnant souls even went crazy and tried to devour the witch who was rich in spiritual energy, almost assimilating with the ghouls.

Only one or two strong-willed women still retained some sense, standing in a corner far away, faintly staring at Kanna Hyuga.

Almost instantly, Kanna set up a barrier that blocked the remnant souls' attacks. Kanna worriedly looked at the room filled with resentment and remnant souls. She silently chanted the Rebirth Incantation in order to purify these women's resentment.

With the spell, the resentment of the souls trapped here disappeared, and they stopped attacking the barrier, truly becoming 'souls' with vague consciousness and memories.

Kanna Hyuga spent a long time sending these 'souls' to become Buddhas one by one. These confused women vaguely showed a grateful smile to Kanai, making the witch's heart ache.

"My name is Matsuru Osaki. Can I ask Miko-sama to visit my mother in a dream?"

The remnant soul that still had some sense was the female high school student whose eyes were gouged out. Her bloody face faintly showed a grateful smile.

After agreeing to the girl's request, the young witch who had purified the resentment called the police with trembling hands, lying in Red Leaf's arms and leaving the murder scene.

When the sirens sounded in the distance and the police cars came roaring, Red Leaf carried Kanai between the buildings and returned to the Sunset Shrine.

Unknowingly, the sky gradually darkened, and dark clouds came.

The patter of rain fell on the concrete ground, like long-accumulated tears, hitting the witch's heart.

Kanna Hyuga buried her head in Red Leaf's arms, crying silently. Hot tears instantly soaked the front of Red Leaf's shirt.

The two monsters and one person were silent for a while. Red Leaf quickened her pace, and after a few ups and downs, she saw the shadow of the shrine.

The rain became heavier and heavier. The rain that filled the sky weaved into a dense silver net that enveloped everything. It made people feel sticky and distressed. Large patches of gray clouds sank down, as if they wanted to live in people's hearts.

Back at the shrine, Kanai was rushed to the bathroom to wash up. Red Leaf and Shuweng who were left behind looked at each other with disdain. Red Leaf glared at Shuweng and rushed back into the rain with murderous intent, rushing in the direction of Matsuda's apartment.

Shuweng stared at the rain outside the window for a long time and sighed.

After a while, he heard Kanai's understanding and guilty voice, "Did Red Leaf go to find Matsuda?"

He turned around and saw that the girl's eyes were red and swollen. It was obvious that she had cried, so he could only admit it.

"As Master's Spirit-branded Retainers, the closer we are to each other, the more we can sense Master's emotions."

The silver-haired male demon took a towel and helped Kanai dry her wet hair.

"Just now, as Spirit-branded Retainers, we can all sense Master's pain, guilt, hatred … and murderous intent."

"…?!"

Kanna's eyes suddenly widened in surprise as she looked directly at the old man. A sinister glint started appearing in the old man's calm eyes.

"Just now, at the entrance of that secret room, Master wanted to kill Matsuda Jin, right?"

"We're Master's Spirit-branded Retainers, but we're also unscrupulous monsters."

Shuweng spoke slowly, "If Master has an order — it's just to kill that human. It's no big deal."

"Master … please give the order."

*

Huang Se sat in a coffee shop and stared at his silent cell phone.

'Strange … did something happen to Hyuga?

Why hasn't she replied to my messages yet? '

Huang Se was just about to call Kanai when he saw Nana Nishimura push open the coffee shop's door and walk directly towards him.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Kun Hwang ~" The girl smiled sweetly and greeted Huang Se in a soft voice. Her perfect facial features were especially dazzling under the sunlight, and the other customers in the coffee shop couldn't help but stare at her.

Huang Se furrowed his eyebrows.