—(゜-゜) Space Artifact
Right after that!
With a certain troublesome little girl deliberately turning on the cabin light, honking the horn, and answering a "phone call"—offering advice without lifting a finger—the half-dead Ming Wan'er dealt with the "Light Wraith," the "Honk Wraith," and the invisible "Communication Wraith," among others, which appeared one after another after the Skin Wraith. She used all sorts of perilous, potentially fatal methods, but in the end, somehow managed not to die.
From then on, every secondary wraith listed in the "Highway Wraith" file—the Mirror Wraith, the Old Woman Wraith, the Doppelgänger Wraith, the Skin Wraith, the Light Wraith, the Honk Wraith, and the Communication Wraith—had been taken offline.
After that, even when the two of them drove along honking, stopping and starting, or even got out to cool off, admire the scenery, and grab a late-night snack, no other kind of wraith appeared.
In any case, apart from the big boss, the "Highway Wraith," which was still interfering with reality and making the road ahead stretch on endlessly, with no end in sight, there were no other wraiths showing up to cause trouble.
As for whether the wraiths had been frightened off by Ming Wan'er's head-on, suicidal fighting style, or whether all the secondary wraiths had simply been eliminated, that remained unclear for now.
In short!
After confirming that no new wraiths were appearing and setting the cruise control, Ming Wan'er, who had been put through the wringer and was barely holding on, forced her exhausted, weakened body to keep going. She slumped deep into the driver's seat, picked up her work tablet, and began writing a report and recording the operation while muttering to herself:
"..."
"All secondary wraiths under the Highway Wraith have been eliminated. None have appeared again for now, but the