Yotsuya Miko pulled her hand back from the corner and, while she was at it, absorbed the souls of those unlucky Ghosts into her Prison Spirit Remnant Soul Clothes. She turned her gaze toward the powerful "spirit" in the exorcist rankings and lifted the interference the Ghosts had been causing Yuria.
Only then did she remember that, because of the Ghosts' peculiar nature, Yuria had been affected by their oppressive presence after Spiritual Eye Technique had forced her to see them. She apologized to Yuria in her heart, then locked the monster in place.
"Uh, so it really is pretty strong?"
Yuria suddenly realized that her discomfort had vanished, and she finally felt at ease. From what had just happened, Miko had arrived. With her here, there was nothing left to worry about.
Watching the Tiger-class Spirit in the distance, which had inexplicably stopped moving, Yuria pursed her lips and finally made up her mind.
She raised the right corner of her mouth and put on a solemn expression.
"Things have come to this, so I'm done pretending. You guessed right—I'm the exorcist who maintains order here, Blood-Eyed Yuria!"
Pfft—
Yotsuya Miko, watching Yuria's painfully awkward performance from the corner, couldn't help covering her mouth. She had almost burst out laughing. Kaishoku Shugaku, staring at Yuria's crooked grin, didn't know what expression to make. After a long while, she looked at her as if she were an idiot.
"What are you doing?"
Normally, she wouldn't have meddled in Yuria's bizarre antics, but the Tiger-class Spirit had suddenly become unable to move. That made her turn her attention to the person most likely responsible.
"...Anyway, shouldn't we deal with this thing first? [garbled text]"
I want to, too!
Yuria howled inwardly. No matter how chuunibyou she was, putting on such an