"Alright, since everyone is here, let’s set off." Seeing Hachiman arrive, Yukino gave him a nod before addressing the group.
First on their agenda was a visit to a public cetery, because there were reports of strange, eerie occurrences there... as if people had seen ghosts.
So today, the group had gathered to investigate. If they really encountered a ghost, they wanted to see if they could defeat it.
As for the possibility of the group being wiped out by a ghost, it wasn’t very likely. While so people talked about the presence of ghostly beings there, no incidents of ghosts harming people had been reported.
Since the distance wasn’t great, the group chose to walk. After about twenty minutes of walking, they arrived at their destination.
As soon as they reached the place, everyone felt a strange sensation... an uncomfortable feeling, as if being watched by sothing peculiar.
"Did you all feel that?" Yukino was the first to speak up.
"Mhmm, it feels unpleasant," Taihei nodded quickly.
"It seems sothing really unusual has appeared here," Takeru remarked without changing his expression.
"I... I think we should co back another ti!" Rikka said, trembling slightly.
Although she had a bit of a Chuunibyo streak and now possessed so strength, encountering sothing ghost-like naturally terrified her.
"Since we’re already here, how can we give up halfway?" Yukino was also sowhat afraid internally, but driven by her sense of justice, she took a deep breath and spoke.
Takeru naturally had no objections, as he hadn’t sensed any danger.
Soon, the group continued into the cetery. Just as they entered, Takeru spread his Observation Haki. Quickly, he spotted sothing peculiar... two terrifying-looking ghostly beings moving about. Perhaps because they hadn’t been ford for too long, their bodies appeared sowhat ethereal.
One was currently standing in front of a man who had co to pay respects, seemingly absorbing sothing like life energy from the man, who remained completely unaware...
"Takeru, did you find sothing?" The group soon noticed Takeru staring intently in a certain direction and asked curiously.
"Mhmm, found the troublemakers." Hearing Umaru’s question, Takeru replied calmly.
Hearing this, Rikka imdiately clung to Takeru nervously.
Perhaps due to experiencing many things with Takeru in a previous world, encountering frightening situations had beco a conditioned reflex for her.
Takeru glanced at Rikka, shook his head helplessly, but didn’t scold her. Instead, he continued, "Right in front of that man, and another one at the seventh position from the left, third row from the bottom."
"Eh, two?!" Hearing Takeru’s words, everyone was taken aback but didn’t doubt their truthfulness.
"Mhmm, you can ’see’ them if you use Observation Haki." Takeru gave a slight nod.
"Eh!" Upon hearing this, everyone strengthened their Observation Haki. Soon, they "saw" a faint, ethereal figure in front of the man. However, since they weren’t yet proficient with Observation Haki, their vision wasn’t clear. Taihei and Ui, because they hadn’t focused on ntal attributes, couldn’t detect it at all.
"Onee-chan, can you see it?" Ui asked her older sister, Yui, fearfully.
"I... I don’t dare look!" Hearing Ui’s question, Yui showed an embarrassed smile.
As the two sisters spoke, the man began to leave. The ghostly being then turned its gaze towards Takeru and the group, starting to drift towards them.
Though it lacked conscious thought, it could sense that Takeru and the others were definitely nourishing entities. An instinct for evolution drove it towards them.
"It seems to be coming over. What should we do?" At this mont, Yukino also noticed the anomaly and asked worriedly.
After all, it was dayti, and there were still so people around. They couldn’t openly use magic. But without magic, Yukino didn’t think physical attacks could harm such a being.
"Let try sothing." Seeing everyone’s concern, Takeru said calmly.
With a thought, Takeru’s imnse telekinetic force quickly ford an invisible fist that punched towards the drifting ghost. Telekinesis seed effective against such beings.
Hit by Takeru’s telekinetic fist, a part of the ghost’s body dissipated directly, and it let out an unconscious wail.
This wail couldn’t be heard with ears, and it seed to act directly on the soul. Those with high spirit attributes, like Takeru and the others, heard it clearly.
"It seems your attack worked, Takeru." Hearing the ghost’s wail, Yukino said excitedly.
Yui and Ui looked puzzled, as they hadn’t seen Takeru attack at all.
Ignoring their confusion, and seeing it was effective, Takeru used telekinesis to pull the ghost right in front of him. Then, clenching his fist, he threw a direct punch.
Pure physical force seed to have no effect on the ghost. Takeru’s fist passed right through it, but the ghost showed no reaction...
Seeing this, Takeru withdrew his fist, coated it with Armant Haki, and punched again...
"Ah~" A pained wail sounded again, clearer to everyone than before. At the sa ti, they sensed the ghost seed to completely dissipate.
"Takeru, that was..." Seeing Takeru’s pitch-black arm, Hachiman couldn’t help but ask.
"Armant Haki. It seems to have a strong restraining effect on these ghostly beings." Glancing at the astonished Hachiman, Takeru explained calmly.
"Armant Haki?" Hearing Takeru’s words, everyone showed thoughtful expressions.
"Mhmm. It seems to co from the sa source as Observation Haki. Using Armant Haki can enhance defense and attack power." Seeing their thoughtful looks, Takeru added.
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