Do You Like Playing with Me?

"I'm one of the Evil Spirits, just like you?"

Shion's pupils trembled violently.

"No, impossible! I absolutely cannot be one of those Evil Spirits!"

"I am a shrine maiden descended from generations of shrine maidens. My mission and duty are to eliminate Evil Spirits!"

"If you weren't one of the Evil Spirits, you couldn't possibly possess the power to destroy me!"

Underworld laughed wildly. "The power you use to destroy me is fundamentally power from the same source as mine."

"Only powers from the same source can cancel each other out and achieve the effect of destroying me!"

"Of course, that also means I can assimilate you!"

As he spoke, Underworld's entire body turned into a mass of black mist and surged toward Shion in an instant!

Just then, a pillar of white light appeared!

The instant the black mist touched the white pillar, it was completely vaporized!

"AAAAAH!"

Underworld cried out in agony!

The remaining black mist shrank into a ball, forming an incomparably hideous face.

"Who is it?!"

"Who are you looking for? Aren't I right in front of you?"

Kanami floated in the air and spoke calmly.

Underworld instantly turned around and glared at him viciously.

"How do you possess the ability to erase the power of my Evil Spirits? Who exactly are you?!"

"Could it be..."

His expression suddenly changed drastically, as though he had thought of something.

"Are you the legendary male shrine maiden?!"

A male shrine maiden?

Kanami was utterly bewildered upon hearing that term.

It was the first time he had ever heard of such a thing as a male shrine maiden.

"I'm just a mere Genin. Forget male shrine maiden or whatever—you can either kill yourself now, or let me help you die."

Kanami spoke evenly.

A white transparent cube gathered in