Let's Get Yuko Kanoe a Loan First

The version of the story he knew was the abridged version that Kanoe Shizuuko had told him before, as well as the version fabricated by Miyauchi Hiyage.

However, based on Kanoe Kirie's words and Kanoe Yuko's reaction, he could still guess that there must be some truth hidden in the story that Kanoe Shizuuko was unwilling to mention.

But even if Kanoe Shizuuko really did something to wrong Kanoe Yuko back then, shouldn't Kanoe Kirie, a junior, bear the responsibility?

However, after hearing Itou Kaiji's shouts from below, Kanoe Kirie remained where she was, and even tried to raise her head to meet the gaze of the ugly and ferocious "Grandmother Yuko" at the basement entrance.

This eerie smile lasted for about half a minute. If someone with clairvoyance were here, they would have noticed that the resentment around Shadow Yuuko was constantly intensifying.

The direction of this resentment was not towards the people in the basement, but rather towards the direction of the Ley Line.

She originally wanted to use Kanoe Shizuuko's image to deceive the girl, so that before she possessed her body, the girl could experience what it felt like to be betrayed by the person she trusted most.

However, it was the disturbance from that filthy man below that exposed her disguise.

Of course, this didn't have much of an impact on her mood.

Anyway, all these people in the basement are going to die here.

It's just that the order of death needs to be slightly adjusted.

Of the three, she hated Kanoe Kirie the most because he looked similar to her original self, and she ignored the man who had sneaked in with Miyauchi Hiyage.

The only threat to her was the priestess who was communicating with the Ley Line.

Therefore, we should start with this priestess, then the man, and finally possess him amidst Kanoe Kirie's wails.

To be honest, it wouldn't matter if this man were kept around.

Wasn't that guy named Miyauchi Hiyage trying to film the whole truth from back then?

The other party was able to find the hidden stone tablet and make Kanoe Yuko, as the original body, realize what happened back then, successfully freeing her from the final constraints ahead of time.

Although she was unable to devour Kanoe Yuko on the spot to become her complete form due to some unknown reasons, Miyauchi Hiyage did indeed help her.

If the other party really has the ability, what's wrong with letting them live and filming this incident?

Perhaps she can absorb even more negative emotions from the internet, making herself stronger.

Therefore, we don't need to pay too much attention to this man's affairs for now; let's see if he knows what's good for him before making a decision.

Anyway, the first one to die is definitely that witch.

She remembers it very clearly.

Ten years ago, a witch broke through the barrier that she had kept hidden for half a century, found this basement that she did not want others to discover, and forcibly performed a prayer purification ritual for her in the basement.

However, ten years ago she was still bound by her original form and did not know how to use the power of the Ley Line, so she could only be humiliated by that priestess.

Ten years later, a priestess with a similar aura to that priestess returned to this place. After only a slight identification, she confirmed that this priestess should be a descendant of the priestess from ten years ago.

However, she is no longer the helpless shadow she was ten years ago.

Want to borrow the power of the Ley Line?

Then take it.

However, if all the Spiritual Power in the Ley Line is affected by her resentment, will the shrine maiden suffer a backlash from the Ley Line?

Shadow Yuuko poured all the malice in her heart into the Ley Line without reservation.

Meanwhile, Hiiragi Inori, who was sitting in front of the shrine, was still fully focused on the final step of communicating and connecting with the Ley Line, and was about to select the uncontaminated Spiritual Power for her own use.

But unexpectedly, something went wrong at this final step.

An overwhelming surge of resentment flowed into the Ley Line. It had no intention of vying for ownership of the Ley Line; instead, it set its sights on the pure Spiritual Power, attempting to influence it with its purely negative Spiritual Power.

This move caught her somewhat off guard.

She quickly realized that this must be Kanoe Yuko's Vengeful Spirit taking notice of her situation and launching a counterattack against her.

Kanoe Yuko's Vengeful Spirit is indeed difficult to deal with.

Not only does it have a deep connection with the Ley Line here, but the other party probably also knows that in the struggle for ownership of the Ley Line, it is highly unlikely that it can win against her, who has mastered the secret arts of the Shinto path. So it simply uses this method to pollute the Ley Line, so that she cannot borrow too much power from the Ley Line in a short period of time.

You can either expend your own Spiritual Power to purify some of the polluted Spiritual Power, or you can forcibly use this polluted Spiritual Power.

Neither option was the outcome she wanted.

But Hiiragi Inori also knew that she didn't have much time left.

Even if it's corrupted Spiritual Power, she can only forcibly borrow this power now.

As she made her choice, Hiiragi Inori suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Shadow Yuuko at the basement door.

A vast amount of Spiritual Power manifested on her body. Although a large portion of it was somewhat turbid, at this moment, her aura was indeed much stronger than Kanoe Yuko's.

Seeing that the shrine maiden had ultimately chosen to borrow the Spiritual Power tainted by her resentment, Shadow Yuuko's smile widened even further.

Therefore, luring the other party into the basement was a trap she had set from the very beginning.

She had already learned her lesson ten years ago, so how could she possibly be completely unprepared for the witches' tricks now?

When Hiiragi Inori hastily chose to establish a connection with the Ley Line, disregarding even the corrupted Spiritual Power within Ley Line, her fate was already sealed.

As soon as she had a thought, the resentment in the basement, where Kanoe Yuko was buried, suddenly erupted.

Having just completed her connection with the Ley Line, Hiiragi Inori felt an immense pressure bearing down on her.

She had just used her Spiritual Power to try to resist when she felt that the Spiritual Power she had just borrowed was not obeying her commands, and even turned around and mixed with Kanoe Yuko's resentment.

Immediately afterward, the torment that Kanoe Yuko had suffered before her death seemed to appear before her eyes.

Is this an illusion created by Kanoe Yuko?

No, she had absolutely no ability to resist during the process of the opponent's spell being activated and taking effect.

Could this be their territory?

Although Hiiragi Inori still retained a sliver of clarity in her heart, due to the influence of Shadow Yuuko's resentment, a sense of hatred towards humanity seemed to surface within her, and she even began to lose herself in the midst of this hatred.

Not only Hiiragi Inori, but all three people in the basement were simultaneously caught up in this memory.

This can be considered a rudimentary domain similar to a birth domain that Shadow Yuuko created in her burial ground. However, since it has not yet evolved into a special-grade domain, it can only exert some effect in this place by relying on the power of the Ley Line.

Even so, against Spirit Medium like Hiiragi Inori, this incomplete, rudimentary domain was enough to suppress her when she actively used the power of the Ley Line.

Looking at the three people who were already lost in the illusion they had created, their faces gradually filled with hatred, and who were rapidly sinking into this illusion.

With her hands, which were stained with an ominous aura, Shadow Yuuko gently stroked Kanoe Kirie's cheek.

Carefully feel her pain and hatred from back then, and become a completely new version of her in the illusion. Only in this way can the harmony between soul and body reach its peak when she takes over the other person's body later.

With this thought in mind, carrying Kanoe Kirie's body, she walked to Hiiragi Inori's side.

Seeing the emptiness and lifelessness in the other person's eyes, Shadow Yuuko slowly reached out her hand and probed towards the other person's heart.

However, at that very moment, a disgusting sound came from the direction of the basement door.

"Stop!"

Even though it was just a meaningless sentence, it actually made Shadow Yuuko forcefully stop what she was doing.

Shadow Yuuko felt the instinctive reaction within her body, she immediately turned her head in an even more distorted manner to look at the innocent original body that had bound her for sixty years.

Even though the other party became aware of her existence and released the most crucial restraint on her body, there were still countless connections between them.

If the other party's will is strong enough, it can indeed have some influence on her actions in certain situations.

Just as he was about to take the most crucial step on his path of revenge, he was once again blocked by the original body.

The resentment emanating from Shadow Yuuko intensified instantly.

"Isn't it better to just wait patiently for your doom?"

The violent energy surged toward Kanoe Yuko's location, seemingly wanting her to experience, like the others present, everything they had suffered in the past within the illusion.

However, that mysterious power was still protecting her body at this moment. As soon as this spiritual power touched her body, it was as if she had hit an indestructible fortress, and it had no effect at all.

Although the Diary had been secretly placed in Miyauchi Hiyage's backpack, it remains connected to Diary because Miyauchi Hiyage Kanoe Yuko not made any choice.

In fact, if Kanoe Yuko wanted to, she could summon her Diary back from Miyauchi Hiyage's backpack again.

However, Kanoe Yuko did not have such thoughts. After confirming that the version of herself in front of her could not harm her, she slowly walked down to the basement, trying to wake up the people in the basement.

Seeing that the other party was completely unaffected, Shadow Yuuko couldn't help but sneer.

"They are completely immersed in our memories of the past. That power may protect you, but you probably can't use it to awaken them."

After asking this question and seeing that Kanoe Yuko didn't respond, Shadow Yuuko knew that her guess was probably correct.

Although that power was strong, it was clearly not a power that Kanoe Yuko could control at will; she simply received protection from it.

Feeling that she had regained some of her mobility, Shadow Yuuko pointed her finger at Kanoe Kirie, who was right beside her.

"You don't recognize this girl, do you? She's Shiko's granddaughter. Look at her, doesn't she look almost exactly like you did back then?"

Do you know what she just said to me?

"She just told me that Shiko has told her everything, and that she came here to atone for Shiko's sins."

Shadow Yuuko spoke sarcastically, trying to awaken the hatred within her own heart.

She could see that her true self was struggling with her past when she was at the stone tablet, so she didn't hesitate to continue adding fuel to the fire of this painful past.

"We spared her life back then. Do you think her repentance over the past sixty years has been truly sincere?"

"If Shiko is truly repentant and wants to spend her whole life atoning for her sins, why did she ask her granddaughter to come and atone for her sins instead of coming herself?"

"Faced with a sister like this, can you really let go of everything and forgive everyone from back then?"

Chapter 187: First, lend Kanoe Yuko a sum of money.

Outside the Seiwa Academy, as Shadow Yuuko in the basement uses her past memories to provoke the present-day Kanoe Yuko, Miyauchi Hiyage can constantly feel the restlessness Diary in her backpack.

He took off his schoolbag and then pretended to rummage through it.

Seeing the other person's appearance, Fujimiya Miki could roughly guess that Miyauchi Hiyage was probably trying to find the thing that Kanoe Yuko had put in his backpack.

She had just pretended to be curious and looked into the other person's backpack.

Unfortunately, without the necessary permissions, she had no way of finding the Diary in her schoolbag.

All she could see were some filming equipment.

Although she felt a slight sense of unease, she did not show it.

During this process, Miyauchi Hiyage had already taken out Shadow Yuuko's Diary and briefly flipped through it. It was full of dangerous warnings about Kanoe Yuko's current overly agitated state of mind.

As expected, at this point in time, Kanoe Yuko was still in a phase of escaping everything. Even when she recalled what happened back then, she couldn't bear the memories and pain of that time.

So he activated his Fate skill once again, checking on everyone's safety.

Fate is never static, especially since the appearance of Miyauchi Hiyage has caused these people's fates to deviate greatly from the past.

Fortunately, the fate skill used by Miyauchi Hiyage is based on the future direction revealed by the choices people make at this moment.

Before coming to film, and after meeting Hiiragi Inori, Miyauchi Hiyage used fate to determine everyone's situation.

However, unlike before when everyone's fate was only somewhat turbulent, but ultimately they did not encounter too much danger.

Now, with Kanoe Yuko's awakening and Shadow Yuuko breaking free from her constraints, everyone's fate has taken another, even more dangerous turn.

Among the several dark fates, perhaps only Itou Kaiji, with his unique destiny, managed to exude a strange red hue amidst the darkness.

Seeing this, Miyauchi Hiyage could only confirm that among the people there, only Itou Kaiji was likely not in great danger.

At most, he might lose a hand or an eye, but with the healing methods of the Jujutsu Society, Satoru Gojo could easily heal such injuries.

He also left a protective charm on Itou Kaiji.

That was an enchanted card that he had given the Card Master's Yellow Card Mind Shock effect plus a trace of Ripple.