For Crimson Fledgling, this was a dream-like journey.
Especially when she sat on the tram and looked at the girl next to her, the feeling became stronger. To be honest, although the girl named Kasugano Hikari accepted her request, Crimson still felt a little uneasy. After all, she was only sixteen or seventeen years old. Could she really help her?
Of course, Crimson also mentioned the cost to Hikari. Hikari said that she was a student and could not afford too much money. Hikari said, "If there really is a vengeful spirit, it's not impossible to pay for it...." What did that mean?
Not only that, Crimson also felt a little regretful. If that place was really a dangerous place, she could just barge in. After all, that was her brother, and the risk was worth it. However, this young lady was just a stranger to him. If he were to implicate her, then he would feel really bad.
But Hikari obviously did not care about that. On the contrary, after getting on the tram, she hummed and flipped through the books in front of her, looking like she was going on an outing.
"Um.... Miss Hikari, what are you reading?"
"Hmm?"
Hearing Crimson's question, Hikari raised her head and looked at her.
"I'm reading information about the Icehouse Mansion."
"Information?"
"Yes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. After accepting your request, I also found some acquaintances and inquired about the Icehouse Mansion from them. Well, according to the records, a large family called the Icehouse Family lived here at first. It was a prosperous family, but one day, all of them died. The next family to live here was the folklore scholar Shukata, but they didn't fare much better. According to the police records, four friends of the daughter of the Shukata family mysteriously disappeared. Shukata Yatsugu committed suicide, Shukata Ryōzō disappeared, and only his daughter Shukata Meiqin escaped and was adopted by someone.... "
"I see..."
Hearing this, Crimson could not help but sigh. She did not expect this girl to be so powerful that she could collect so much information in just one night. But at the same time, Hikari closed the book and looked at her helplessly.
"To be honest, I don't want you to come with me, because there might be trouble."
"… Trouble?"
"Well, you may not know this, but according to my investigation, the family that adopted Shuho Mikoto … was the Hidaka Family. After she was adopted, she changed her name to Hidaka Mikoto, and later married someone from the Hidaka Family."
"Eh … Eh eh eh???!!!"
Faced with this ticking time bomb, Crimson Fledgling was stunned.
"Wait a minute, Miss Rou, you mean … that, our family is still related to that ice house?"
"Hmm, that's right, Hidaka Mikoto should be your grandmother or maternal grandmother …. I didn't investigate so thoroughly, but it seems that even without that high-peak crosshair, your family is still quite related to the Icehouse."
As he spoke, he looked towards the pale-faced Crimson Fledgling.
"Are you alright, Miss Crimson?"
"I … I'm sorry …. I didn't expect … that …. it would be like this, I really didn't know …."
Crimson Fledgling began to tremble. Although there was no evidence, she believed Hikari's words very much. Because when she decided to go to the Icehouse to look for her brother, Crimson Fledgling did have a feeling that she was attracted to that place, as if she had to go there …. After knowing the relationship between her family and that place, an inexplicable fear and uneasiness welled up in her heart.
At that moment, Crimson Fledgling found a hand reaching over and holding hers. She looked up and saw Hikari smiling at her.
"Don't worry, I'm here. I'll solve everything."
"Hmm …."
Although there was no evidence, Crimson Fledgling's uneasiness slowly calmed down when she saw the smile of the girl in front of her.
The road to the Icehouse was not easy. After the two arrived at their destination by tram, they entered the mountains and followed an uninhabited path. At that moment, Crimson Fledgling revealed her background to Hikari.
"Actually …. I've been able to see things that others can't since I was a child. It scared me. I don't know why this happened …. Maybe my mother was suffering from the same problem. Our father died in an accident while working in another place. After that, my mother became depressed, and then she …. "
Crimson Fledgling lowered her head, while Hikari shook her head.
"You have to face challenges when you have power. You can hide for a while, but you can't hide forever. Hikari Mikoto is the best example. Although she escaped, the retribution was on you and your sister. So this time, we have to solve the problem here forever. I'm sure you don't want your daughter or granddaughter to encounter similar things again, right? "
"Yes!"
Crimson Fledgling clenched her fists and nodded.
"I'll try my best!"
As they spoke, the two walked out of the woods and came to the Icehouse.
It was a huge building complex. After all, according to the information, there were a thousand people living here in the past, so it was naturally not small. Although it was now dilapidated, the wooden bridge leading to the main entrance and the magnificent gate in front of them still showed how prosperous the Icehouse used to be.
But then again …. Is that Gao Feng Crosshair crazy? Although folklorists were basically the same as archaeologists, they were typical examples of people who didn't seek death ….
"What do we do now? Miss Hikari? "
Standing beside Hikari, Crimson Fledgling looked at her and asked. Along the way, the relationship between the two could be said to be very close. Because of her psionic power, Crimson Fledgling had almost no close friends since she was a child. She could only communicate with her brother, who also had psionic power like her. So, strictly speaking, this was the first time Crimson Fledgling had made a friend close to her age who was not afraid of her ability.
"First of all, let's carry out a carpet search to see if we can find your brother."
"Carpet search?"
Hearing Hikari's answer, Crimson Fledgling looked at the mansion in front of her in surprise.
"But …. this place is huge, and …."
"Don't worry, I've never fought alone."
As he spoke, he snapped his fingers.
"Wake up, Frostmourne."
"Whoosh —!!"
A cold wind blew along with Hikari's call. Crimson Fledgling was surprised to see a pitch-black greatsword floating in the air beside her.
"This, this, this is ….?!"
Crimson Fledgling had psionic power. She could see ghosts and had the power to know the past by touching certain things. In Crimson Fledgling's opinion, her power was already very special, but the pitch-black and terrifying greatsword in front of her directly overturned her worldview.
Hikari raised her right hand. Frostmourne slowly floated up, followed by a dazzling flash of light. In the blink of an eye, dozens of Banshees emerged from it and hovered around Hikari.
Then, Hikari pointed forward.
"Search the entire mansion."
"— — — —!!"
With Hikari's order, the Banshees screamed and rushed forward, disappearing into the Icehouse in the blink of an eye.
"…"
Seeing this, Crimson Fledgling was stunned. She rubbed her eyes hard and looked at Hikari next to her.
"Um … Miss Hikari, this is …?"
"See, I said, search every inch of the mansion."
Hikari wasn't surprised by Crimson's reaction. After all, her appearance and age were obvious. From a certain point of view, exorcism was similar to treating patients. Clients trusted those who looked older, more mature, and more sage-like. Young people like Hikari were mostly not valued.
Hikari didn't care about this at all. In many web novels, the main character would laugh at the client's doubts and not take it seriously. Then, he would watch others fail to show off, and in the end, he succeeded in showing off, and the client would sigh and hate himself for not recognizing Mount Tai …
But Hikari couldn't be bothered to talk about this. After entering work mode, she summoned Frostmourne, and most people instantly shut up.
After all, compared to those Spiritual Ability users who only knew how to chant incantations when performing an exorcism, and most of the time, they didn't even know if the exorcism was effective or not. Just the fact that Hisashi had a spiritual sword floating next to him was more than enough to surpass everyone else.
Hikari naturally wouldn't do anything as messy as other exorcists. She basically just came up to them. To put it bluntly, no matter what the problem was, she would first beat the other party into submission, then discuss how to deal with it … In fact, in many cases, so-called evil spirits were no different from criminals. Exorcists were there to stop evil spirits from committing crimes, so the first thing they had to do was to stop the crime, then arrest the criminal, and finally, decide whether the criminal would go to heaven or hell or turn into ashes based on the crime they had committed ….
That was the process. How they went about it depended on the individual.
Ordinary exorcists were like ordinary police officers. They would conduct investigations, then arrest the criminal.
Hikari, on the other hand, was like a special force. She didn't care if the criminal was a thief, a swindler, or a serial killer, she would directly confront them and crush them ….
If the criminal dared to resist, they would send ground armored troops.
If the criminal resisted stubbornly, they would call for air support and blow up a missile.
"Roar —!!"
"Ahhh —!!!"
Soon, all kinds of screams and screams came from all over the ice house. The ground kept shaking. Crimson was also dumbfounded. She looked nervously at the house in front of her, which looked like it was in the middle of a great battle.
After a long time, the sounds quietly disappeared. Then, wisps of spiritual light suddenly appeared and flew towards Frostmourne, as if they were attracted to it.
"Okay, it's almost done."
Seeing this, Hikari nodded and looked at Crimson, who was standing at the side in a daze.
"Let's go in."
(End of this chapter)
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