Pakuruma, one of the seventeen special cursed spirits in Japan, is a famous great cursed spirit since the Heian-kyo period. Due to some special reasons, Pakuruma rarely encounters sorcerers and has never been surrounded and hunted. He can almost be regarded as the oldest among all the special cursed spirits.

Ye Mo Zheng Dao once talked about the content about the Po Lu Demon in class.

People who are cursed by the Polu demon will have parasitic insects in their flesh and blood. They are afraid of sunlight, need to drink water constantly, and their temperaments become violent and extreme. After these symptoms persist for more than ten days, the cursed person will be eaten to death by the insects.

Outside the ward, Al, Kagome Kyo, and Suda Manami were sitting on a bench. Suda Manami said, "Hakurokuma? I have indeed heard of the name of Hakurokuma, but I always thought it was just a cursed spirit that existed in legends."

When she was a sorcerer, she had never seen any special-grade curse spirits. But now that she is an ordinary office worker, she has actually seen this kind of heavyweight super-large curse spirit.

Xia Yujie explained: "Indeed. Because the Pakuro Demon is quite special, it is rare for sorcerers to encounter it. We can be considered to have won a big prize this time."

Al stared at Geto's profile and intuitively realized that Geto was in a bad mood, not because the Pok'u Ma was strong, but because...

"That man." Xia Yujie pointed inside the ward and asked suddenly, "Does he have any children?"

Suda Manami was surprised to find that he would ask such a question, and then asked in confusion: "Why do you ask that?"

"…Hakuroku is a cursed spirit formed by the resentment of children. Children who are abused and abandoned by adults will feel resentment towards adults, and the cursed spirit formed by this resentment is Hakuroku."

Xia Yujie said in a deep voice: "The Polu Demon hides in a mysterious space all year round, and the sorcerers cannot find it. Only when they are called by children will they come out of the space, come to the children, and help the children kill the people they hate - if this child happens to have the talent of a sorcerer, then the probability of successfully summoning the Polu Demon will greatly increase."

Suda Manami was surprised and asked, "You mean, my colleague abused his own child and was cursed by the Pokémon?"

Xia Yujie affirmed, "Yes."

Only a child's "hatred" can attract the Pokémon.

Al, who was sitting next to him, frowned slightly when he heard this. Child abuse...

Every child is a treasure to his or her parents and a much-needed gift from destiny. Why would anyone abuse their own children?

The wavy-haired beauty said in disbelief: "This is impossible. My colleague is still single. Not to mention having children, he's not even married."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xia Yujie's face became even uglier.

The Curse Spirit Operator muttered to himself, "So that's how it is. He's a scumbag who got his girlfriend pregnant before marriage... No, maybe he's pregnant and gave birth to a child before he's even a girlfriend. It's better to call the police."

Manami Sugata: "..."

How should I put it? At this moment, Suda Manami couldn't help but start to doubt. What if you can't tell a person's true heart from his appearance? What if her colleague really has an unruly private life...

"Wait, Mr. Saito," Suda Manami asked him, "You mean, the Pakyuu demon will only curse the child's parents?"

Xia Yujie thought about it and shook his head: "That's not the case. The target of the curse of the Polu Demon is anyone who makes the child feel pain. This target is not limited to parents, but may also be grandpa, grandmother, parents' friends, kindergarten teachers, or even peers."

"Will it attack people who have no connection to the child?"

"People who have no connection..." Xia Yujie thought: "Come to think of it, there was indeed a special case in the past. At that time, a group of priestesses wanted to work together to exorcise the Pakuru, but they were all killed before they could start. It can be seen that the Pakuru can also harm people who have nothing to do with the child."

It is not constrained to "only kill people the child hates."

Al said thoughtfully: "Ms. Suda, your colleague should be just an ordinary person, right?"

"Of course." Suda Manami said firmly, "After all, he can't even see the bugs in his blood."

If one day, her colleague is lucky enough to really see those bugs, it means that he is in critical condition and close to death. The current symptom is still mild.

Al thought for a moment and whispered to Geto: "Geto, I don't think the guy in there abused his own child."

"Huh?" Xia Yujie was surprised: "Why do you say that?"

"He doesn't have the air of a parent. That's my instinct as a parent."

Xia Yujie: “…”

Wake up, Al, you've never been a parent either!

Although he complained in his heart, Xia Yujie still said, "Okay, Al, I trust your judgment."

He stood up and patted the wrinkles on his clothes. "No matter what, the most important thing for us now is to find out who is the child who summoned the Polu demon. If we continue to leave it alone, the Polu demon will kill everyone around the child and finally take the child away."

Suda Manami thought he was not going to care about her colleague's life or death, so she asked quickly, "What about the guy inside? Can he be saved?"

"Ah, he's fine now."

Suda Manami was stunned.

"Are you okay?"

Al and Xia Yujie both nodded calmly. Manami Suda opened the door of the ward puzzledly and saw her colleague lying on the bed, sleeping more soundly than ever before.

And beside the bed, there was a dishevelled-haired...female ghost? !

Manami Sugata became nervous for a moment.

Very strong - the cursed spirit in front of me is very strong!

The wavy-haired beauty subconsciously tensed her body.

Behind her, Xia Yujie said gently, "Don't be nervous, that's my child."

"……?"

Raised child?

Suda Manami was surprised by this strange statement. What was wrong with this person? He actually called the cursed spirit his own child?

Xia Yujie waved his hand, and "Zhengzi" disappeared from the spot and returned to his body.

While they were talking, "Saiko" used the reversal technique to cure the curse on the man. Although "Saiko" was not as efficient as Ieiri Shoko, it was enough.

Xia Yujie had no intention of exposing the reversal technique to a sorcerer he didn't know.

Of course he understood the principle of being guilty of possessing a jade.

Before they truly become the “strongest”, it’s better for them to keep a low profile.

Xia Yujie said gently, "That gentleman will no longer be tormented by the curse, but in return, can you tell me where your company is? I plan to start my investigation from the place where the incident occurred."

He wouldn't make any money on this trip, so he was determined to catch the Po-Xuan demon.

That's the Po-ling demon!

Suda Manami was silent for a while, then said solemnly: "Okay, I'll take you there."

Xia Yujie blinked, then smiled and said sincerely, "Thank you very much, Ms. Suda."

Manami Suda, who has a very straightforward personality, quickly greeted the familiar nurse and drove Al and Geto Summer Oil to her company.

While in the car, Al asked, "Jerry, do you already have a lot of special curses?"

"Well, it's not too many." Geto's tone was a little excited, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "Imaginary Tamamonomae, Imaginary Kaguya, and Sadako, there are already three, and Kayako is also considered a quasi-special grade... If I can tame this Pakuroma, I will have five special grade cursed spirits. Oh, and the one in Sugizawa Village, if you count them together, it will be six!"

He paused, then suddenly realized, "Wait, strictly speaking, you are also one of the seventeen special grade curse spirits. So, I actually have seven special grade curse spirits?"

If you think about it carefully, there are more than seven. In addition to the main personality with blond hair and blue eyes, Al also has a mother personality, a nurse personality, a Lancelot personality... Each personality has a different appearance and ability. Al can fight against four of them, and they are all super special-grade ones that far surpass ordinary special-grade ones.

Rounding off, that’s ten special-grade cursed spirits!

...This is really terrible.

"Yeah, Jake is really amazing." Al said sincerely, "Then we must get the Pokémon this time!"

Seeing Jie Jiang looking a little happy and a little proud, Al felt that his motherly heart was about to melt away. Oh my god, how could his child be so cute!

Xia Yujie laughed and said shyly, "Come to think of it, this is all thanks to you. Since I summoned you, the cursed spirits I have subdued over the past year have made a qualitative leap. I never dreamed that I would have so many powerful cursed spirits."

With so many special talents as his backing, he can be said to be content with being a "special magician".

After saying this, he was afraid that his sensitive "mother" would be suspicious, so he added: "Of course, I don't like you just because you have benefited from it. Even without these curses, Al, you are still my best family member."

Ieiri Shoko, who was forced to listen, said: "..."

What? Did Al switch to the personality of "Minamoto no Raikou" again? Did this guy Getsu learn to please his mother?

"Je-chan!!!"

Al hugged Xia Youjie excitedly and said, "Mom, I love you the most, too--!"

Um?

Xia Yujie narrowed his eyes and questioned, "Isn't glass your favorite?"

"Eh?" Al paused and asked curiously, "How do you know?"

Oh no, it was accepted by default.

“…Satoru told me.”

Al was shocked: "He actually told you about it secretly! Is he a high school girl?"

Xia Yujie said quietly, "I will tell Wu-chan exactly what you said."

Al: “…”

Manami Suda, who was driving in front: "..."

I don't really understand you.

She is both a mother and a family member, so she can't be playing house, right? No, the stronger the sorcerer, the crazier his personality is. They can face the special curse spirit with such confidence, which shows that their strength must be very strong, so it is normal for them to be abnormal in their brains.

What’s more…

The only one who could definitely defeat a special-grade cursed spirit was a special-grade sorcerer. Apart from a special-grade sorcerer, she really couldn't think of anyone else who could be so confident.

Manami Suda recalled a few names that flashed by in their conversation.

Al, J-chan, and just now Wu-chan.

Jie? Wu?

Wait, does that mean...

She couldn't help but look at Geto and Al in the rearview mirror. Two seconds later, the two people who were originally laughing and joking looked at her at the same time and gave her a puzzled look.

Manami Suda smiled calmly, then retracted her gaze and focused on driving.

Fifteen minutes later, they parked the car in the parking space next to the company. Manami Suda personally led them into the lobby on the first floor of the company and to the seat behind the revolving door.

“It’s right here.”

She played with her long curly hair and said with her hands on her hips, "He fell down here. Another colleague in the office said that after they passed each other, he suddenly heard a scream from behind him. When he turned around, the guy was bleeding profusely."

Xia Yujie concentrated his cursed power on his eyes and stared at the hall from the perspective of a sorcerer. After a while, he said regretfully, "Well... no, three days have passed, and there is no cursed power left."

If Gojo Satoru were here now, his six eyes would definitely be able to see clues that other sorcerers cannot.

Tsk.

Suda Manami was not surprised when she heard this. She shrugged and said, "I think so too."

Just when the investigation was at a standstill, a man walked past them while talking on the phone: "Yes, there are strange things in my house now. My wife told me that all the amulets in the house have been torn apart by invisible forces..."

"……?"

Al, Geto Suguru and Manami Suda raised their heads at the same time and looked at the figure in surprise as he hurried out of the revolving door while talking on the phone.

Xia Yujie was stunned.

"It's really a pillow for you when you're sleepy... Al, you must be the emperor next to me."

The purple-haired Heroic Spirit tilted his head and said, "Oh, I don't quite understand, but at this moment, shouldn't we follow immediately?"

Suda Manami perked up and immediately said, "I'll drive! Follow me!"

Although she has been a corporate slave for several years and is no longer at the age of being passionate, she still remembers her original intention of becoming a sorcerer when she was a girl. Kagome Toshi volunteered to help save people, and so did Suda Manami.

Sure enough, the man walking in front hurriedly hailed a taxi as soon as he left the company. Manami Suda started the car and followed closely behind the taxi.

Al asked Manami Suda, "Ms. Suda, do you know that person?"

"Yes, he is an employee of our office. His name is Tahara Hideki. But I don't like him, so we are not close in private. Please don't let me call him."

It sounds very disgusted.

Xia Yujie asked sharply, "Ms. Suda, was this person also present on the day your colleague was attacked?"

Suda Manami smiled.

"What a coincidence! My unlucky colleague was attacked by a cursed spirit after he ran into that guy."

Al & Summer Oil: "!!!"

Good guys, so that’s how it is!

The target of the cursed spirit was actually Tahara Hideki. The unlucky colleague in the hospital was accidentally injured by the cursed spirit because he happened to pass by him. This was truly an unprovoked disaster!

Xia Yujie narrowed his eyes: "This man has a wife and children?"

"Yes, my daughter is four years old."

Four years old?

Xia Yujie frowned and asked, "How is the relationship between father and daughter?"

Suda Manami laughed and said disdainfully, "He has a blog, and he likes to share his daily life on it. You can go and have a look yourself."

Al immediately took out his cell phone - because of his blond-haired, blue-eyed main personality, his cell phone was full of various apps, and he was very skilled at opening the blog.

Soon, Al searched for Hideki Tahara's blog according to Manami Suda's instructions. It was dozens of pages long and contained the daily life of their family of three.

My daughter is sick, she fell down, my wife made her a birthday cake, breakfast for the three of us, a good morning kiss in the morning...

Fragmented daily life piece together a happy family. The background of the blog is a laughing little girl, so innocent that one can't help but smile at her.

Al couldn't help but soften his expression and said enviously, "Using a blog to record the daily life between father and daughter... That's great."

He wants one too! He has even thought of a name for it: さしす (悟氮傑) Growth Bot, which records every moment of children's growth.

For example, Go-chan finally learned the reversal technique today, Glass-chan dissected a corpse independently today, and Jie-chan fully developed the realm of special-grade cursed spirits today...

Different from Al's focus, Xia Yujie went to read the blog and wondered, "They look happy. Is there any problem with this?"

"Haha." Suda Manami sneered: "Indeed, everyone who follows his blog thinks so. Look at the number of likes and views, aren't they both quite impressive?"

"……indeed."

Perhaps it was because Suda Manami's tone was too sinister, and a guess emerged in Xia Yujie's mind. His face looked a little ugly: "No way?"

"It's just what you think."

Suda Manami said coldly: "He would invite his colleagues to KTV to sing on weekends. While he was having fun in KTV, he would also take the time to post a blog about helping his wife with housework. His image as a good father and a good husband is very solid."

Xia Yujie: “…”

really.

really!

Xia Yujie couldn't help but sigh.

A man who does nothing but pretends to be a good husband is even more disgusting than a rice bug lying at home and eating white rice.

Al's face turned cold. "So, these happy records are all fake?"

"Probably." Suda Manami said, "After all, I'm not familiar with him, and I can't say for sure how many of these photos are lies and staged."

She fell not too far from the back of the taxi that Hideki Tahara was riding in, and described what she saw of Hideki Tahara.

"Maybe it's because of a woman's intuition. I've never liked this guy, but since we were in the same office, I attended his wedding."

Manami Suda said frankly: "I don't like men who are full of sweet words. When I attended the wedding, I felt that this guy's love for his wife was too superficial. Those vows of love seemed to be said to others. A year later, his wife was pregnant, and in order to welcome the upcoming baby, he invited us to his house for a party."

The beautiful woman's eyes were cold, "It was that time that we completely saw the true face of this man's hypocrisy."

“…”

Perhaps because of his own experience, Al hates the topic of marriage, especially men who perform poorly in their marriages. He glanced at Geto Suguru with the corner of his eye, and Geto Suguru's expression was indeed not very good.

Manami Suda scoffed, "He just sat there and talked a lot the whole time. His wife was seven months pregnant, busying herself entertaining all his colleagues, and she didn't even have a chance to sit down and rest for the whole afternoon. He completely ignored it."

Recalling what she saw and heard that afternoon, Manami Suda still feels disgusted.

"His wife almost tripped, but her friend who is a professor helped to hold her up. His wife was so flustered that she dropped a plate and broke it, but several of us female colleagues helped to clean it up because we were afraid that the pregnant woman would get her hands scratched."

"…What about her husband?"

"I was busy taking photos with my friends and posting them on my blog, so I didn't have time to pay attention to my pregnant wife."

“…”

It’s high, the blood pressure is high.

Xia Yujie rubbed his brows and said, "Now it can be basically confirmed. The target of the Pokuri Demon's curse is Tahara Hideki, and the one who summoned the Pokuri Demon should be their child."

A man who is inconsiderate to his pregnant wife is most likely not a good father.

Suda Manami curled the corners of her lips and said, "By the way, he was flirting with the boss's secretary while his wife was pregnant. I saw them alone together in the stairwell several times, but I was too lazy to meddle in other people's business, so I pretended not to know."

Al whispered, "Didn't you tell his wife?"

Suda Manami was silent for a moment, then said, "If his wife is a woman who can slap him and throw a divorce agreement in his face, I will definitely tell her."

“…”

"When it comes to other people's lives, I dare not act rashly."

The purple-haired Heroic Spirit lowered his eyes, "I understand what you mean, Ms. Suda."

Al and Kayu Kei both understood what Manami Suda meant.

They also had some idea of ​​the personality of Mr. Hideki Tahara's wife.

The taxi stopped at the bottom of an apartment building. Hideki Tahara got out of the taxi and hurried upstairs. Kagome Suguru directly summoned the manta ray curse spirit and flew to the balcony of Hideki Tahara's house under the instructions of Manami Suda.

All the floor-to-ceiling windows on the balcony were shattered. Hideki Tahara's house was in a mess. There were horrible scratches all over the sofa, pots and pans were smashed all over the floor, and there were several amulets scattered on the cabinet. The amulets were torn and the cotton had leaked out.

but……

There is no trace of the cursed spirit's power.

How could this happen?

Xia Yujie looked at Tahara Hideki's house in confusion, but no matter how he checked, he could not find any trace of the aura of the cursed spirit.

There was no residual curse left, so how did the house become such a mess?

Hideki Tahara's wife huddled in the kitchen holding their daughter, while the four-year-old daughter cried heartbreakingly. Hideki Tahara rushed in from the entrance and looked in shock at the house that looked like a typhoon had passed through it.

At this moment——

Jingle bells, jingle bells.

The landline at home suddenly rang, and Xia Yujie was cheered up.

The cursed power is coming!

Just as Tahara Hideki was about to answer the phone, a hand stopped him.

He looked up and saw a young man with long purple hair appeared in his house and answered the phone for him.

Just as Tahara Hideki was about to loudly ask who he was, he heard bursts of shrill laughter coming from the phone, like hundreds of young children laughing, or hundreds of young children crying.

"dad."

"Kuuu, kuu ...

"Go to hell, Daddy."

A chill rose from under his feet, and for a moment, Tahara Hideki felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

...Here it comes again, a call like this, again.

The man with long purple hair put down the phone and looked at him coldly. Another black-haired boy came out from behind him with a kind smile and a frown.

Xia Yujie said kindly, "Hello, do you need an exorcist? Since you are our first customer, one million will be enough."