"Ha? Me, exorcising Cursed Spirits?" Ijichi said with slight embarrassment. "I think you've misunderstood, Ms. Takashio!"
He glanced at Xia Jie and Megumi Fushiguro's expressions. Seeing no unnecessary emotion on their faces and that neither of them was looking around, he let out a long breath of relief.
He then pointed at Xia Jie and Megumi Fushiguro and said to Takashio Tomoko, "Xia Jie and Fushiguro are the main force for exorcising Cursed Spirits!"
Things like this happened from time to time, especially when they were invited to exorcise Cursed Spirits.
After all, anyone would assume that the adult—rather than the high school students traveling with him—was the one meant to exorcise the Cursed Spirits.
Takashio Tomoko looked at Xia Jie and Megumi Fushiguro in confusion. "Them?"
"That's right. Us." Xia Jie stopped walking and said evenly, "Is there a problem?"
Takashio Tomoko slightly raised her head to look at Xia Jie's face. She found the tall young man before her had an indescribably calm gaze, with a faint sense of pressure radiating from him.
She had originally wanted to question whether Xia Jie and Megumi Fushiguro could handle the Cursed Spirit, but the moment Xia Jie spoke, she knew there was no need to ask.
"No, there isn't." Takashio Tomoko shook her head.
Megumi Fushiguro could not help looking at Xia Jie beside him. In that brief instant, Xia Jie's entire demeanor had been completely different from how he had been in the car.
He had initially thought Senior Xia Jie was an approachable person. Now, it seemed he had reached that conclusion too soon.
Unlike Megumi Fushiguro, Ijichi had worked with Xia Jie several times and knew that Xia Jie might have taken issue with Takashio Tomoko.
In fact, Ijichi was not wrong. Xia Jie simply looked down