Kyoko Kuroda was indeed tempted by what Koizumi Shinichi had said.
Ultimately, she had founded the Folklore Club for personal reasons.
She wanted to use the Folklore Club to open the door to that world.
If the Folklore Club had consisted of only her and Koizumi Shinichi, she would have kept this thing.
But after running the Folklore Club for so long and taking in other members, Kyoko Kuroda could no longer do that.
She had to take responsibility for her club members!
She had no idea whether this thing really had no side effects, as those two people had claimed.
If her own selfish desires put her club members in danger, she would never be at peace.
Having made her decision, Kyoko Kuroda looked at Koizumi Shinichi and said solemnly, "I'm taking this to Seimei Shrine."
Koizumi Shinichi sighed inwardly and said nothing more.
He knew Kyoko Kuroda well. Before she voiced her decision, he could try to change her mind.
But once she said it aloud, that meant Kyoko Kuroda had thought everything through. Anything else he said would be pointless.
"When are you going?"
"Now."
"I'll take you."
"All right."
While Kyoko Kuroda headed for Seimei Shrine with those two items, Chen Miao was already lying in his bed.
Unlike Kyoko Kuroda, who knew nothing, Chen Miao had confirmed that the hat and clothes were none other than two polluted objects!
Yes, two!
The hat was a polluted object, and so were the clothes.
Although Chen Miao had encountered few polluted objects, he still knew a fair amount about them.
This was his first time seeing polluted objects that formed a set.
That alone was nothing remarkable. After becoming a Temporary Worker for the Administration, he had seen similar polluted objects while browsing its contribution shop.
But