Mai entered Shouhei Hirai's residence.
No matter if she used [Astral Vision] or her normal senses, she couldn't find anything special about the room.
After a thorough inspection.
She still didn't discover anything related to Spiritual Ability users.
Shouhei Hirai seemed to be an ordinary office worker, but it was also possible that he had another base of operations apart from this one.
An elementary school girl named Ling Yang Tachibana lived together with him. According to the information she received from her employer, this little girl was probably his niece.
Mai discovered Ling Yang's schoolbag and school uniform. It seemed that this girl didn't go to school.
Although she was only a child, she was still Hirai's roommate. Mai might be able to get some information from her. Plus, this little girl didn't go to school or home. Where could she have gone? This made Mai rather curious, so she decided to search for her.
She collected some of Ling Yang Tachibana's hair that had fallen in her room and drew a spell formation in the living room. Using the hair as a guide, she cast a spell.
The spell was a success. A small cyan ball was formed. There were black threads within the ball that indicated the direction. However, it wasn't very stable and kept trembling.
Mai followed the rough directions and went to search for the ball.
...
On the car ride home.
While Mayuzumi and Saki were resting with their eyes closed, Seiji walked over to the other side of the car and made a phone call.
The call connected.
"President, sorry to bother you again. I heard some new information about the person involved in this morning's incident..."
Seiji told Mayuzumi what he had heard from Saki ten years ago.
Summer Night fell silent for a moment.
"The Story of One Hundred Demons game... actually originated from an ancient ritual.
It's a terrifying ritual that uses one hundred virgin boys and girls as sacrifices to open the Gates of Hell, or rather, the Gates of Hell.
There's no record of how this ritual came about or what the specifics were. It's rumored that it was stopped by someone. And the person who stopped it was your ancestor. "
'You heard it again, ancestor? ' Seiji raised his eyebrows.
"The legend goes something like this: An organization called 'Conservation' carried out this ritual and caused great harm. Seimei Kamijou led many Spirit-branded Retainers to fight with all his might before he managed to close the Demon Gate. "
"Because he felt that this ritual was evil and harmful, he decided to eliminate all those who wanted to carry out this ritual and prevent the knowledge of this ritual from being passed down."
"From the looks of it, at least on the surface, the specific knowledge of this ritual has not been passed down. However, the Story of One Hundred Demons game that imitated it appeared and was passed down. "
"The possibility of this game causing danger is very low. There might not even be one actual danger even if you play it a thousand times."
"But no matter how low the possibility is, the danger is still there, because it's essentially an imitation ritual. And the ritual that it imitates is something that even the strongest Yin Yang Masters find difficult to deal with. "
"Unfortunately, the person you're talking about and her friend encountered the low probability of summoning something."
"Fortunately, they didn't die. As for the person involved having nightmares like that time, it may be that the latent sequelae have been triggered. "
"What triggered it, what kind of side effects it has, how to cure it … These questions can only be answered after a specialized examination."
"Are you going to that hospital?" Seiji asked.
"Yes."
"I'll tell her about it later."
After thanking Summer Night once again, Seiji hung up and returned to his seat.
He looked at the two people sitting across from him. He wanted to wait for them to wake up before talking about going to the hospital.
At this moment, he saw that Mayuzumi was slowly furrowing her eyebrows.
"Don't … want …"
Mayuzumi made a tiny sound. Then, her body began trembling slightly, and she had a pained expression.
Was she having a nightmare?
Seiji hurriedly used his [Astral Vision] to observe her.
However, he didn't see anything.
Just like how he had observed her before, everything seemed normal, no different from an ordinary person.
"Er … ha … um … don't …"
Mayuzumi started moaning, and her body trembled even more. Cold sweat appeared on her forehead.
Saki opened her eyes and looked at her good friend beside her.
"Mayuzumi!" The female editor had a worried expression.
"She's having a nightmare, isn't she?" Seiji asked to confirm.
"That's right … that's exactly what happened."
Saki hugged Mayuzumi tightly and whispered into her ear.
"Mayuzumi, hurry and wake up!
I'm right here, right next to you.
You're dreaming, don't get trapped in it! Open your eyes and wake up! "
After calling out to Mayuzumi for a while, the manga author slowly opened her eyes.
There was a hazy look in her eyes that gradually cleared up, and her body stopped trembling.
"Saki …"
"It's alright, it's alright …"
The female editor hugged Mayuzumi and spoke gently.
Mayuzumi blinked and hugged Mayuzumi as well. She had a relieved expression on her face.
Seiji silently observed this scene.
Even when she was having a nightmare, he couldn't see anything strange with [Astral Vision] … which meant that the cause was deeply hidden.
He recalled what Summer Night had told him about Little Shi's incident. Spells that couldn't be seen on the surface were likely to be hidden in the soul!
No matter what Sensei was suffering from, if it couldn't be seen on the surface, then it was likely to be on the soul level, which was rather troublesome.
Did he have to perform a soul search just like what Little Shi did?
Seiji spoke up after the two of them calmed down.
"About the nightmare, I need to say something …"
After hearing his explanation, the manga author agreed to go to the hospital for a checkup.
"What's the possibility of Mayuzumi being cured?" Saki asked.
"I can't say for sure, but … from what I can see, it might be rather troublesome," Seiji answered.
The female editor had a downcast expression as she understood what he meant.
"There's no need to be so worried, Saki. Even if it can't be cured, it'll probably be fine after a while." Mayuzumi turned around to comfort her friend. "It's just a dream. It's actually nothing, I …"
"It's not nothing!" Saki abruptly looked at Mayuzumi's face as she spoke.
Then, she hugged her again.
"It's not nothing … I know … about your pain …"
"Saki …"
"I'm sorry … it's all because of me …"
Mayuzumi hugged her friend again.
"It's not your fault … I told you this before, so don't think like that anymore."
"Mayuzumi …"
"Although I met with something scary, I was actually quite happy at the time that I was together with you …" the manga author spoke in a gentle tone. "… Don't blame yourself anymore. It really wasn't your fault, Saki."
The female editor was unable to say anything.
Seiji was rather moved to see this.
"I can't guarantee anything without an examination, and I don't know the exact situation. But as long as it's possible, I'll do my best to help cure Sensei, "he told her.
Wasn't it just another soul battle!?
Last time, the spell had been easily dispelled. This time, dealing with a mere nightmare might be even easier.
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