Meanwhile, after briefly surveying his surroundings, Miyauchi Hiyage stepped into the tunnel without hesitation.
"What a nasty smell. Even in Beika Town, this would count as a garbage dump." The moment he entered the tunnel, Miyauchi Hiyage sensed the foul stench of muddled, curse-laden spiritual power.
The center of the Vengeful Spirit gathering in Beika Town was actually even more polluted than this place. But under the pressure of Miyauchi Hiyage and several giant dragons, at least the route he took to and from school now looked no different from any ordinary street.
As for the rest of Beika Town, as long as those Vengeful Spirits behaved themselves, Miyauchi Hiyage generally refrained from killing them. At most, he let Yellow Temperance pick out a few lucky Vengeful Spirits at random each day.
As Miyauchi Hiyage voiced his complaint, a burst of textbook villainous cackling rang out inside the tunnel.
When everyone followed the sound, they discovered an ugly old face almost as large as the tunnel itself at the far end of the sealed passage.
Seeing that enormous face, Takakura Ken instinctively wanted to run. But when they looked back, they found another giant face blocking the exit as well.
"W-what's going on?!" he cried out. Watching the two giant faces close in on them from opposite directions, he hurriedly hid behind Miyauchi Hiyage.
Not asking a woman or an alien for help was already the best he could manage.
"Those two heads are coming toward us! What do we do now?!"
As Takakura Ken's panicked voice rang out, the giant heads at both ends of the tunnel grinned again. "I thought you wouldn't come until you were ready. Who would've thought you'd get here so quickly? Granny is delighted."
"Such fine nourishment. Once I eat you, I should be