I promised to be an Onmyoji, but what kind of monsters are I collecting?

Chapter 26 The Unsolvable Problem

Upon seeing the three men arrive, the girl on the bed struggled even more fiercely, even baring her teeth and letting out low growls at them.

Kazuma Kato frowned as he glanced at the drool dripping from the girl's mouth, took out a talisman, and stepped forward to stick it on the girl's forehead.

The girl, who was initially overly emotional, gradually became less active and eventually just lay quietly on the bed.

"A soul-soothing talisman can calm the soul." After explaining, Kazuma Kato touched the chains binding the girl: "Oh ho, it's even a magical artifact."

"This is what my mom gave me for self-defense..."

Seigetsu Anrin, who was hiding behind Izumi Takumi, responded softly.

Izumi Takumi also stepped forward to look at him, then turned to ask, "Tell me everything that has happened to your friend these past few days."

Qingyue Xingling nodded obediently and began to narrate slowly.

The girl's name is Arimura Nanako, and she is a friend of Kiyotsuki Anrin from school.

Just a few days ago, Nanako Arimura suddenly approached Anrin Kiyotsuki and asked her if she wanted to play the psychic game that was currently trending online.

Because of her timid nature and fear of ghosts, she declined Nanako Arimura's offer.

Undeterred, the latter continued to seek out like-minded classmates.

She actually found the two of them.

The exams at St. Lily Girls' Academy are held relatively early, so that period coincides with the relaxation period after the exams.

Three idle people got together and began to try out this so-called psychic game.

Qingyue Xingling did not participate in this game, so she did not know what happened during the game.

All she knew was that after that game, Nanako Arimura's behavior started to become strange.

She originally loved kittens, but after school, when she encountered a stray cat, she threw it to its death.

Not only that, she also took the cat's corpse home and did something about it.

But the next day, Kiyotsuki Anrin saw what looked like cat hair on Arimura Nanako's teeth.

"Did they eat the cat?"

Kazuma Kato couldn't help but speak up.

"Yeah, I think that's most likely the case. Not only cat hair, I also saw various scraps of raw meat and streaks of blood..."

The scene she had just witnessed flashed through Qingyue Xingling's mind, and she shuddered involuntarily before continuing.

"Besides her strange behavior, her attitude towards other students in the class has also changed. The usually warm and generous Nanako even scratched a girl's arm with her fingernails yesterday."

"After being reprimanded by the teacher, Nanako behaved a bit better, but today, she said she wanted to come to my house to play, and I agreed."

"As soon as I entered the room, Nanako suddenly lost control and started attacking me wildly. I had no choice but to use a magical artifact to bind her..."

Qingyue Xingling's voice trembled: "I... I can feel it, Nanako wants to eat me!"

Eat it...

Izumi Takumi felt a chill run down his spine, and bloody images began to flash through his mind.

He turned to Kazuma Kato: "Kazuma, do you have a way to purify this fox-dog?"

After observing the fox-dog, Izumi Takumi discovered that the fox-dog's soul was showing signs of merging with that of Arimura Nanako.

There is nothing that Izumi Takumi can do at this moment.

The lower-level inheritance scroll did not teach him how to purify the possessing spirit.

Kazuma Kato's expression was very complicated. He scratched his hair, looking very anxious: "No, the fox, dog, and tanuki are very persistent. If I use a talisman to forcibly remove them, it might harm Arimura's soul."

Hearing their conversation, Kiyotsuki Anrin's heart sank: "Izumi-kun, is there really no other way...?"

She only knew one Onmyoji, Izumi Takumi, and if even he couldn't help her, then she didn't know what to do.

As a demon, she could only watch helplessly from the sidelines.

"Bruce, do you have a solution?"

Izumi Takumi asked, pointing to the amulet hanging at his waist.

Bruce's apologetic voice immediately echoed in his mind: "I'm sorry, Master, if I were to intervene, I would erase that human's soul as well."

Kazuma Kato was still sticking different talismans on Nanako Arimura's body, trying to see if they would have any effect.

But Izumi Takumi could only awkwardly watch as Kato Kazuma made various attempts.

"No, it's not working." Letting out a sigh, Kazuma Kato turned to ask, "Where are Arimura's parents? Haven't they noticed anything wrong with their daughter these past few days?"

"Nanako comes from a single-parent family. Her father passed away from illness a long time ago, and her mother doesn't really care about her, only sending her a small amount of child support, sometimes none at all..."

At this point, Kiyotsuki Anrin's eyes welled up with tears, and her voice choked with emotion: "Even the tuition fees for school were earned by Nanako herself through part-time jobs."

"Damn it!" Kazuma Kato punched the wall in anger.

"Kazuma, if you don't ask the Onmyōryō for help, they probably won't just stand by and watch you die, right?" Izumi Takumi suggested.

Kazuma Kato took out his phone and said with a wry smile, "I've already called for reinforcements, but they're still on their way."

Kiyotsuki Anrin sniffed and said remorsefully, "If only I had stopped Nanako that day. I don't think things on the internet are real, and it's impossible for them to attract real spirits. It's all my fault..."

"What about the other two? I remember you said that a total of three people played the spirit summoning game. Did the other two exhibit any unusual behavior like Arimura?"

"No, it's only Nanako who has become like this."

Takumi Izumi frowned and communicated with Bruce again: "Bruce, can you let me talk to the fox-dog?"

Since foxes, dogs, and raccoons are spirits that answer questions, they should still possess some intelligence.

It resides in a person's soul, and must be yearning for something.

Perhaps we can communicate with it to make it give up on Nanako Arimura's soul.

"As for dialogue... that's possible! Master, I know a secret technique that can connect your soul with that lower spirit, allowing you to communicate through this connection."

"However, this secret technique is extremely unsafe; those low-level spirits can even parasitize your soul through this connection."

"However, I can protect your soul, Master, and prevent that beast from running rampant!"

Izumi Takumi nodded: "Okay, thank you. Then please link me with the fox and the tanuki."

"Yes, Master. Please step forward and place your hand on that human's chest."

"Chest?"

"Yes, the heart is the root of a person, and the most efficient connection is made through that."

Glancing at Nanako Arimura's ample bosom, Izumi Takumi took a deep breath.

I am only trying to save people; gender doesn't matter when it comes to life and death.

So he stepped forward, reached out, and placed his hand on Nanako Arimura's chest.

The softness of the hand seal's edge was clearly perceptible, and before Izumi Takumi could think further, he felt a sharp pain in his head.

At the same time, he felt his consciousness sink, and when he came to his senses, he found himself in a hazy gray space.

There were two figures in front of him.

Nanako Arimura is unconscious, and...

A fox-dog with a beast's face and a human body, its eyes fierce.

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