"Kento, you don't have to come to Wakayama with me. Tokyo needs you too."
Miwa Chisei looked at Kento Nanami, who was waiting beside her to board, and spoke helplessly.
Kento Nanami, however, looked perfectly calm.
"I have a bad feeling about this. Besides, Yu asked me to."
Miwa Chisei had long since reached the level of a Special Grade Sorcerer, so even facing cursed spirits alone was easy for her. But she hadn't seen Kento Nanami fight in a long time, and she couldn't help worrying.
"All right. I'll keep you safe."
At Miwa Chisei's words, Kento Nanami pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose.
"Don't worry about me. Just look after yourself. If pulling out your hair will do, pull out your hair. Don't go spilling your blood needlessly. You know what I mean, right?"
Looking at the mature, dependable Kento Nanami, Miwa Chisei couldn't help thinking what an outstanding adult he was.
What Kento Nanami hadn't mentioned was that Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto had also asked him to come and look after her. Bringing them up seemed like it would be a hassle, so he had only mentioned Yu Haibara.
Wakayama Prefecture had few plains, with mountains covering most of its territory. Its only flatlands were the Wakayama Plain along the lower reaches of the Kinokawa and the narrow areas around Arida and the mouth of the Hidaka River. Forests and wilderness accounted for roughly seventy-seven percent of the prefecture's area.
That meant cursed spirits could easily hide there, and so could people.
However, the report indicated that there was only one special grade cursed spirit here, so it should still be relatively easy to handle.
A Curtain covered the remote forest. Dark as night, the woods felt eerie, and the utter silence