"Roar—!!!"
With a beastlike roar, Kusaka Tatsuhiko brandished the iron rod in his hand and lunged straight at Fang Zheng. His once-handsome face had twisted out of shape, making him look like a savage beast beneath the dim lights. An ordinary person might have panicked in the face of such an unnatural attack, but Fang Zheng was naturally not one of them. He sidestepped Kusaka Tatsuhiko's strike, then drove his sword through his body with a backhand swing, pinning him firmly to the wall.
"Urgh!!!"
Kusaka Tatsuhiko groaned and opened his eyes wide, glaring furiously at Fang Zheng. That single sword thrust would have been enough to kill an ordinary person, but unfortunately, he clearly was not ordinary.
"Now then, tell me. What exactly are you trying to do? Who's behind you?"
Fang Zheng coldly stared at Kusaka Tatsuhiko as he twisted the blade in his hand.
"Urgh... oh... oooooohhh!!!"
Yet Kusaka Tatsuhiko did not answer Fang Zheng's question. Instead, he desperately tried to break free. Drool streamed from his wide-open mouth, while his white teeth gleamed coldly like a beast's fangs. He looked as if he had turned into a zombie—but soon, something even stranger happened.
"Oooooohhh!!!"
Amid Kusaka Tatsuhiko's howl, his body, which had been pinned to the wall, began to melt and break apart like gelatin. In the blink of an eye, the once tall, handsome man transformed into a huge black spider with long, slender limbs.
"W-What is that thing?!"
Even Silvia, who had remained calm until now, could not help but scream at the sight.
Well, it was hardly strange. Girls were afraid of snakes and spiders.
"What's so strange about it? Don't tell me you forgot that everyone here is an evil spirit."
Fang Zheng stepped back, gripping his blade as he watched the