After Asou Yuna saw her classmates off, the male high school student they had arranged to meet finally arrived at the shrine.
"Sorry! I had cleaning duty today, so I'm late."
After arriving at the shrine, the male high school student looked at Seele and the others, panting heavily. It seemed he had run all the way here.
"It's fine. It's only four o'clock; there's still time!"
Seele checked the time. It was only four, and it would not get dark until seven or eight. Besides, even if it did get dark, it did not matter, because... tomorrow was the weekend.
"Then I'll go change first!"
Asou Yuna spoke to Seele. She had not yet had the chance to change back into her clothes.
"No need. This is even better!"
Seele stopped Asou Yuna. Being a Miko was her actual job. Besides, she looked quite good like this, and Seele liked it.
"Alright."
Asou Yuna stopped in her tracks upon hearing that.
"Everything's ready, so let's set off!" Not wanting to delay any longer, Seele urged them onward.
"Okay."
But just as the three of them were about to leave, Kujou Oto noticed that Asou Yuna was going too and could not help pulling Seele aside.
"Seele, what are you going to do? Can I come too?"
"You?"
Seele looked at Kujou Oto seriously.
"We're going to face an evil spirit—the Half-Body Evil Spirit from the urban legends. Do you want to come too? You should know this isn't fake. It's a real evil spirit."
"I was targeted by it, so I have no choice but to face it. Otherwise, who would want to deal with this ghostly crap?" Perhaps because Kujou Oto was a girl and rather pretty, the male high school student could not help warning her.
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