For Mihana Kurosawa, Mount Hi-no-e at night was dangerous and terrifying. Countless wronged souls wandered here; merely seeing them would doom the living, turning them into part of the dead. They endlessly repeated their own deaths, without end. And anyone ensnared by these Vengeful Spirits would be dragged into the abyss of death, never to return.
But now...
"Roar—!!!"
Accompanied by a wolf-like howl, the Spectre Tiger roared and pounced forward. Before it, a ragged Vengeful Spirit desperately turned and fled. Before it could take more than a few steps, the Spectre Tiger leaped into the air and slammed it to the ground with a paw. At the same time, Rei Kurosawa raised her Camera Obscura and rapidly snapped several shots. Amid a scream, the ragged Vengeful Spirit instantly turned into firefly-like motes of light and was sucked into the Camera Obscura's lens.
"Doesn't seem to be this one..."
Rei Kurosawa frowned as she glanced at the image displayed on the back of the Camera Obscura.
"This is just an ordinary suicide Vengeful Spirit... Anka, let's keep going!"
"Roar—!!!"
Hearing Rei Kurosawa's command, the Spectre Tiger roared and darted deeper into the forest once more.
"..."
"What's wrong, Mihana?"
Turning around, Rei Kurosawa discovered that Mihana and Yukiri Furukata were standing blankly in place. They stared at the scene before them as though possessed, seemingly unsure how to react.
"Is... is this reasonable?"
Hearing Rei Kurosawa's question, Mihana Kurosawa hesitated for a long while before finally speaking. Perhaps she had been too shocked, because her question came completely out of nowhere. Yet Rei Kurosawa seemed to understand what she meant and merely smiled.
"Ahahaha... I suppose it really is hard for you two to believe. But this is how Miss Shizuku exorcises spirits. In fact, this time is already rather