Youyu the Little Friend

(Brain storage area)

"Is there no need to completely exorcise these monsters, little one?"

Behind him, Yae Miko crossed her arms and asked.

Lin Yiyi shook his head.

"In our world, shamans, shrine maidens, mages, and the like do not simply scatter these ghosts without hearing them out."

"That would damage their own merit."

"So-called ghost exorcism means driving ghosts away. If they truly refuse to listen, then we use secret arts to deal with them harshly."

"Usually, we reason with them first. If they listen, we spare their lives. If they do not, we force them away. If we encounter an evil one, we subdue it."

"If we encounter something truly appalling, we erase it completely."

"Besides, she died with grievances. Let her go for now."

The female ghost turned into a wisp of green smoke and was collected into the cup.

Lin Yiyi clicked his tongue. "This room has been the talk of the town lately. Now that it's been resolved, what should we tell everyone outside...?"

Raiden Shogun asked, "Why not just tell them directly?"

"Even if we told them, they wouldn't believe us, would they?"

Yae Miko spread her hands in response.

Lin Yiyi nodded. "Let's leave that matter aside for now. Since it has been resolved, no one will pay attention to it anymore."

"The only pity is that this hotel might lose a little of its popularity."

"You two should get some rest. I'm heading back to my room."

After Lin Yiyi stepped outside, he found a small crowd gathered there.

"Hey, handsome, what happened inside? Why was there such a huge thunderclap just now?"

"Yeah, yeah! I saw electricity shooting out from inside. It was terrifying."

Lin Yiyi casually brushed them off. "Catching ghosts."

Then he walked straight into his room without looking back, leaving everyone staring at one another.

After returning to his room, he placed the cup beside his bed, sealed it with a talisman, and fell into a deep sleep.

Gradually, the sun rose once more beyond the distant horizon.

"Be a good person in your next life."

After briefly performing rites for the female ghost he had captured the night before, the youth began meditating and practicing.

When Lin Yiyi was fully bathed in sunlight, he opened his eyes.

Practicing every day allowed him to better control his emotions and cleanse his heart.

At the same time, it gave his spiritual power a chance to rise to another level.

After getting dressed, Lin Yiyi prepared to go downstairs to buy breakfast.

The moment he exited the elevator, he found several people his age gradually gathering outside. Suitcases of all sizes were scattered everywhere; some wore wigs, while others wore cosplay outfits.

Lin Yiyi was a little confused. "Doesn't it start tomorrow? Why are people already getting into it today?"

So he randomly grabbed someone and asked his question.

"Because we might be too busy tomorrow, so we came to the hotel early to finish things ahead of time. That way, we can go straight there tomorrow,"

the girl said. "Teacher, are you cosplaying anyone?"

The youth shook his head, leaving her visibly disappointed. "All right. It'd really be a shame if a face as clean and magnificent as yours didn't cosplay."

"What are you doing?"

Suddenly, a proud female voice sounded behind him. The youth turned around and saw Raiden Shogun and Yae Miko walking down. They were still wearing the new clothes from yesterday, looking incredibly mature.

Older sisters really were the best!

"Ah, you're down..."

"Wow, look! It's Yae Miko and the Raiden Shogun!"

"Holy crap, that original design is so accurate!"

"My God, they have such presence. It really has to be them!"

"I'm dying—Narukami Eternal!"

Before Lin Yiyi could even greet them, the girl from earlier let out a cry of surprise, and even more young people gathered around.

"General, please build me into your statue!"

"Ahhh, Miko, there's a hundred yuan on the ground—pick it up!"

"Ei-baby, kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss!"

"Miko, step on me!!"

Lin Yiyi: "Six."

Thus, a huge crowd surrounded the two Narukami women so tightly that not even water could pass through. Having no other choice, Raiden Shogun cast Lin Yiyi a pleading look, clearly meaning: Come help us already?

Lin Yiyi shrugged, clearly meaning that he could not do anything either.

"Can we take pictures together?"

"First come, first served, understand?"

"I prprprprpr—"

"The Way is grand, Narukami Eternal!"

"Look, look! That's Youyu the Little Friend!"

"Whoa, whoa, is that the Youyu who got kicked out of a fan group, slept for fifteen hours, then woke up and puked like crazy?"

The crowd surrounding Raiden Shogun and Yae Miko gradually dispersed and began running toward Youyu the Little Friend.

"They finally left. My hair was practically getting messed up from all that touching."

Yae Miko tidied her hair, while Raiden Shogun's long braid also looked somewhat disheveled.

Lin Yiyi smiled and shook his head. "That's because you two are really, really popular in this world."

"They all like you very much."

Then the youth looked toward the guest entering through the main doors. "That's a guest invited by the convention, the specially invited kind."

"Want to go take a look?"

In another world, Yae Miko was greatly interested in everything.

"Something this interesting? Of course I want to take a look."

Raiden Shogun did not seem particularly interested in such things, but Yae Miko still dragged her over.

There were not many young people arriving at the moment, so even though many recognized Youyu the Little Friend, it did not create any serious congestion. Only an agent accompanied her.

"She seems rather cute."

The three of them stood some distance away, watching Youyu the Little Friend out of costume as Yae Miko teased her.

But she still isn't as cute as my god.

"She came this early too? I suppose she's like those people, here to finish things early,"

the youth thought, then asked the two of them, "Want to go out and eat?"

Raiden Shogun nodded. "I'm very satisfied with the taste of this world's desserts. Compared with Inazuma's..."

"Raiden Shogun! Yae Miko!"

Before Raiden Shogun could finish speaking, someone suddenly threw herself around her in a tight hug.

Under Lin Yiyi's shocked gaze, the million-follower blogger Youyu clung to Raiden Shogun like a dog, as though she wanted to devour her whole.

"Wait, miss, you?"

The youth was utterly stunned. He had heard before that Youyu was good at making entertaining content and was quite socially bold, but he had never expected her to be this absurd—she hugged people the moment she met them, despite not knowing them at all.

"You're way too accurate! This eyeshadow, this makeup—it all looks so fitting!"

"This wig looks so natural too. You can't even tell it's a wig. It's like the hair really grew out that way!"

Though Raiden Shogun was somewhat surprised, this was another world after all. Having already witnessed these people's passion for her, she did not make a fuss and merely replied politely, "Thank you."

"????!!! Even your voice sounds exactly the same!!"

Then, without caring about her own image, Youyu eagerly started taking picture after picture with her.

Next, she turned her greedy gaze toward Yae Miko. The word disgust was practically written across the latter's face, yet the former loved that bratty expression immensely.

So no matter how Youyu pounced, she never managed to touch Yae Miko even once.

"Miko, let me snuggle up to you!"

"Little one, stop laughing and come stop her already, will you?"

"Why is your voice so accurate too? Mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah!!"

"Hey, wait, miss—why are you pulling me?!"