Can You Forgive All of This?

"Just stand here and don't move. I'll temporarily form a contract with the Ley Line here so I can borrow their power."

Having just brushed past Yuuko's Vengeful Spirit, Hiiragi Inori was already able to roughly judge the opponent's strength.

The resentment emanating from her opponent was indeed stronger than hers; if they were to fight head-on, she would probably be no match for her.

After all, under normal circumstances, she is only at level one, and even that is barely enough.

However, this is different from the way Sorcerers can exert their full strength, which is determined by the amount of Cursed Energy within their bodies.

Onmyoji can use the Spiritual Body and shikigami they summon to enhance their own strength, while Spirit Medium can connect with the Ley Line and use their own Spiritual Power to control the power of the local Ley Line.

Although there are many limitations to this method of borrowing power.

Onmyoji need to sign contracts with shikigami, spend resources to maintain their existence, and also face the risk of being devoured by the Spiritual Body.

While Spirit Medium don't require as much Spiritual Power, they place greater emphasis on their sensory abilities and their ability to communicate with the Ley Line.

A powerful Spirit Medium is practically a local deity in their own territory, as long as they don't completely destroy the local Ley Line in one go.

However, the more powerful Spirit Medium, the harder it is for them to leave their territory.

Otherwise, if the compatibility with the Ley Line that was achieved over a long period of time decreases, it will require even more effort to restore it.

Of course, since the Hiiragi Family now has an older shrine maiden presiding over the shrine, Hiiragi Inori, who is only in her early twenties, can still run around freely without worrying about these things.

The only thing to be careful about is that after using the local spiritual veins, she cannot leave the area directly.

Although the Ley Line may seem like just a hub and core that automatically gathers local Spiritual Power, to get someone to willingly contribute their Spiritual Power, you have to treat them with sincerity.

If you borrow someone's power by using sweet words and then leave without paying attention to the Ley Line's reaction after using that power, then you're not going to do anything about it.

In a better scenario, the local Ley Line would be dissatisfied with the Spirit Medium's irresponsible behavior and would no longer be willing to lend their power to others.

In a worse scenario, the local Ley Line might start acting up, significantly impacting the lives of local residents.

Therefore, ever since the Shinto higher-ups researched the method of connecting with Ley Line to borrow power, they have also imposed a series of restrictions requiring Shinto Spirit Medium to ensure that the Ley Line they have touched do not generate any dissatisfaction.

In other words, after borrowing the power of the Ley Line here, she cannot leave directly for at least a week. She needs to use this week to appease the Ley Line's Ley Line until she has fully recovered her power and can leave this place.

If too much Spiritual Power is borrowed, it will naturally take more time.

"Hopefully, this business trip will only last a week," Hiiragi Inori thought to herself, while taking out the magical artifact that connects with the Ley Line. She sat down near the shrine and began to establish a connection with the Ley Line here.

But as soon as she sat down, she felt a deep resentment from the depths of the Ley Line.

As expected, Kanoe Yuko's spirit did indeed sign some kind of contract with the Ley Line before her death, which allowed her to survive as Vengeful Spirit until now with the support of the Ley Line.

Ten years ago, when her mother came to investigate, the resentment that Kanoe Yuko left in the Ley Line was not too strong, and it was even cleaner than the Ley Line in many other places.

Therefore, her mother only prayed briefly to purify the Ley Line here before leaving, and in her report to the higher authorities, she stated that the Vengeful Spirit in this place were not particularly threatening.

Who could have imagined that in just ten short years, Kanoe Yuko's Vengeful Spirit would have grown to this extent?

Now, the problems left behind by her mother are now her responsibility as her daughter.

We cannot rely on too much power; we must reserve some power to restrain those resentful thoughts.

After sealing Kanoe Yuko away, we also need to purify the influence that he has had on the Ley Line over the years.

Hiiragi Inori thought to herself, and then began to try to establish a connection with the remaining part of Spiritual Power that was not tainted by resentment.

However, she also had some worries in her heart.

Is this power enough for her to seal away Kanoe Yuko's Vengeful Spirit?

However, she doesn't have time to think about these things now.

Because she was still thinking about Miyauchi Hiyage and the other person who had somehow attracted Kanoe Yuko's attention outside.

She wasn't sure how long the other party could hold out, but the Ley Line here were influenced by Kanoe Yuko's Vengeful Spirit, so it was probably not the kind of connection that could be established easily.

In short, we must speed things up now.

Hiiragi Inori put aside her extraneous thoughts, reminded Kanoe Kirie behind her, and then devoted herself to establishing a connection with the Ley Line.

The basement, which had been somewhat brightly lit, became dark again as Hiiragi Inori moved.

In this somewhat agonizing darkness, Itou Kaiji felt that he had never been so focused.

Even though his phone was unusable, he discovered that he could accurately judge the time that had passed in the basement by relying on his heartbeat.

But what's the point of all that?

In this state, Itou Kaiji's thinking gradually became much clearer.

He had deduced that the Vengeful Spirit of Kanoe Yuko had left from here. He guessed that his boss had discovered he couldn't contact them and made some noise, which had alerted Kanoe Yuko's Vengeful Spirit.

He desperately hoped his boss could withstand the pressure from the Vengeful Spirit, but his boss only knew about these things half a month earlier than him, which is why Mr. Nanami sent Hiiragi Inori to help.

Who could have known that Hiiragi Inori was trapped in the basement of the Old Schoolhouse first and couldn't get out? Now his boss and the suspected boss's wife are outside. How can they escape this female ghost?

Itou Kaiji thought pessimistically to himself.

Just 8 minutes and 30 seconds after they entered the basement, a sudden noise came from above.

With this noise, Itou Kaiji felt the urge to wet his pants again.

Could it be that their boss has already been dealt with, and now that female ghost has come back to get rid of them?

In the darkness, he tried to get closer to where Hiiragi Inori was.

The next moment, a blinding light shone in the basement, and Kanoe Kirie couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he saw who it was.

"Grandma, what brings you here too?"

At this moment, Itou Kaiji finally saw who it was.

The person who came was indeed Kanoe Kirie's grandmother, who was also the chairperson of the Seiwa Academy, Kanoe Shizuuko.

Upon seeing the other person's arrival and discovering that the flashlight they were carrying was still working, even though he had only been in darkness for a few minutes, Itou Kaiji couldn't help but feel a little teary-eyed when he saw the light again.

He tried to take out his phone again.

The phone still doesn't work.

I should have known he would bring a flashlight too.

In this place, even modern technological devices aren't as useful as a simple flashlight.

While Itou Kaiji was mentally complaining about how unreliable his phone was, Kanoe Kirie was already walking towards her grandmother's spot. As she walked towards the light, she reminded her grandmother not to come down.

After all, my grandmother is already over seventy years old, and it would be too dangerous for her to come to this kind of place alone.

Moreover, there are still Kanoe Yuko's remains down there, so there's no need to let her grandmother see such a shocking scene.

Let's hurry up and wait upstairs with my grandma for Ms. Hiiragi Inori to wake up.

Just as she was about to walk back to the basement door, Itou Kaiji, who was in the basement, suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Since Kanoe Shizuuko appeared, has she not said a single word?

During this month, although Itou Kaiji's performance on camera was generally quite poor, there was actually a three or four-tenths of it that was deliberately done for the sake of the show under the guidance of Miyauchi Hiyage.

Actually, although he has become a bit arrogant recently because he has made money, it has only been a short time, and he still cherishes the opportunity that Miyauchi Hiyage has given him.

In the past few weeks, when he had nothing to do, he followed Sakakibara Kouichi's recommendation and went to the video store near his home to rent some classic horror DVDs and forced himself to watch them by himself.

Although he has nightmares every day, he has indeed gained some basic awareness in this area.

Kanoe Shizuuko could clearly see them in the basement.

Regardless of how she got there, or whether the outer rooms were sealed off again, after discovering Kanoe Kirie and the others' whereabouts, she should have said a few words to inquire about Kanoe Kirie.

She just waved a flashlight around the basement a few times to let those of them in the basement see what she looked like, and this reaction is so strange!

Therefore, after realizing this, Itou Kaiji quickly opened his mouth and reminded Kanoe Kirie to be careful.

"What?"

At this point, Kanoe Kirie had already walked more than halfway up the stairs, and was less than ten steps away from his grandmother's place.

After hearing Itou Kaiji's reminder, she took two more steps before turning back to look at Itou Kaiji with some confusion.

Tell her to be careful?

When Itou Kaiji saw that the other person had stopped walking, he explained to her the unusual situation of Kanoe Shizuuko.

"Chairman Geng, if you have no questions, please say a few words to us!"

As he said this, Itou Kaiji had already taken advantage of the light and moved behind Hiiragi Inori.

If this Kanoe Shizuuko is truly a female ghost transformed from Kanoe Yuko, then he can at least hold on here a little longer.

Upon hearing Itou Kaiji's question, Kanoe Kirie turned her head to look at "Grandma" at the door, her heart trembling slightly.

As Itou Kaiji exposed her, a twisted smile seemed to appear on her grandmother's familiar face.

"I originally wanted to let you experience the pain I went through back then before taking over your body, but I didn't expect your senses to be so sharp..."

As she spoke, Kanoe Shizuuko's figure rapidly dissolved, and the next moment, what appeared in front of Kanoe Kirie was once again the terrifying figure she had seen in the Old Schoolhouse not long after she entered the school.

Kanoe Kirie's legs were so weak that she could barely stand. If she hadn't been holding onto the wall to keep her balance, she might have already fallen down the stairs.

Listening to the other person's words, she knew that if it weren't for Itou Kaiji's reminder, she would probably already be under Kanoe Yuko's control.

Realizing this, she instinctively wanted to escape.

But then the truth that her grandmother had told her came back to her mind.

Back then, it was indeed her grandmother who, at the entrance of this basement, ordered those ignorant villagers to break Kanoe Yuko's Kanoe Yuko's legs and throw her into the basement to sacrifice her to the so-called gods.

For the past sixty years, her grandmother has been trying to atone for her sins to the grandmother in front of her Kanoe Yuko, but the other party has never made any move.

Although it is unknown why the other party has been able to remain inactive for the past sixty years, they have now revealed such a ferocious face.

But Kanoe Kirie knew that she couldn't run away now.

After learning the whole truth, she prepared herself mentally.

If the other party's hatred could be resolved by her own life, she was willing to take all the blame for her grandmother.

She genuinely wanted to figure out what Kanoe Yuko's grandmother was trying to do.

Moreover, besides her own reasons, Ms. Hiiragi Inori in the basement is also working hard, and she cannot be disturbed during this time.

Even if she cannot resolve the hatred in Yuuko's grandmother's heart, if she can delay for a little longer, it may affect the fate of Miss Hiiragi Inori and Mr. Ito.

Therefore, after leaning back slightly to calm her nerves, Kanoe Kirie apologized to Kanoe Yuko in a guilty tone.

"Yuko... Grandmother, I have learned the truth about what happened back then from Grandma."

"I don't know what you want to do now, but if your target is me, I am willing to atone for my grandmother's mistakes back then."

Chapter 186: Can you forgive all of this?

Unaware that Kanoe Yuko had split into two different individuals sixty years ago, Kanoe Yuko Kanoe Kirie still hopes to find a way to resolve the inner conflict of the person in front of him. Even if he cannot resolve the hatred in her heart, he wants to get along with her as peacefully as possible.

However, the Shadow Yuuko, did indeed originate from the hatred and resentment of Kanoe Yuko before her death.

But over the course of more than half a century, the various legends about Yuko from the Seiwa Academy have been passed down by word of mouth and have become part of her as well.

Especially in the last decade, under the influence of the Mystery Revival, her strength has been greatly enhanced by monopolizing all the negative emotions generated in the area surrounding the Seiwa Academy.

Of course, more importantly, a high-level cursed spirit who passed through this place a few years ago, after seeing her potential, provided her with a way to retaliate against her original body, allowing her to find an outlet for the hatred in her heart that she had been unable to vent for many years.

Therefore, standing here, Kanoe Yuko, having broken free from the constraints of her original Kanoe Yuko, is now more like a new cursed spirit formed from the hatred Kanoe Yuko harbored before her death.

Therefore, it is impossible for her to be swayed by Kanoe Kirie's heartfelt words.

Right now, all she wants is to truly tear out the heart and soul of this girl in front of her, who looks eight-tenths like Kanoe Yuko in her previous life, and use the blood of Kanoe Shizuuko's descendants as the first step in her revenge against humanity.

Upon hearing Kanoe Kirie's plea for forgiveness, Shadow Yuuko let out another chilling laugh.

In the basement, Itou Kaiji wanted to get Kanoe Kirie, that little girl, back down as soon as possible.

Although he was still a little confused and didn't know what had happened back then.