Four-tailed Fox-Two and a Half Stars! Thousand Faces, Myriad Phenomena-Confuse Ghost Gods! Jade Bone-Lightning Bone!

Four-tailed Fox—Two and a Half Stars! Thousand Faces → Thousand Faces, Myriad Phenomena, Confuse Ghost Gods! Jade Bone → Lightning Bone!

Chisa lowered her head and held the phone, which was wrapped in an obviously oversized white teddy-bear case, for quite a while.

After a long time, she took a deep breath and finally mustered the tiny bit of courage needed to speak the words in her heart.

But when she raised her head again, Uesugi Tetsu, who had been squatting before her, had already disappeared.

Clear footsteps came from the other end of the corridor, gradually fading into the distance along with the hand that had waved goodbye to her.

Chisa opened and closed her mouth, wanting to chase after him and speak.

But in the end, she did not.

The girl licked her dry lips with the tip of her tongue and lowered her head again. There, she saw the LINE account Uesugi Tetsu had sent her.

--[Grand Official of Onmyōō Emi].

She had heard the older brothers and sisters in the building discuss this position before. It sounded like a very high-ranking one.

A legendary "big shot."

To prevent herself from becoming too intimidated to add this big shot as a friend later, Chisa simply closed her eyes, steeled herself, and tapped "Add Friend" on the screen.

There was no verification request, nor any extra time for Chisa to prepare herself mentally.

The friend request went through immediately.

[You have added "Grand Official of Onmyōō Emi" as a friend.]

The next moment, a message popped up from the illuminated profile picture.

[Nanjō Emi: Who are you?]

Since the elevator led directly to the top floor of the Special Affairs Division, Uesugi Tetsu could only take the fire stairs to the rooftop.

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