Led by Yuta Otsutsuki, the three members of the Bandei Cult headed towards an old residential area. Soon after entering the residential area, they saw their destination.

The reason is simple: it is too conspicuous.

The windows on the second floor were sealed tightly with wooden boards, not letting any sunlight in. The windows were also covered with strange and low-quality talismans. Those shoddy talismans were obviously fakes used by scammers to defraud money.

Okkotsu's mother was worried, so she just put on some clothes and followed them closely. However, she did not stop her son from playing with them. She can be said to be a very magical woman.

Otsutsuki Yuta stood in front of the house and pointed to the tightly sealed window on the second floor: "That's right there, that's Rikari's room."

Gojo Satoru looked up and said in disgust, "Where did they buy the talisman paper? The writing on it is so messed up."

The sealing effect of the talisman is obviously zero. At most, it is just a decorative item with a strange shape.

Geto Xia also looked up and realized a new business opportunity.

"Wu, can you make talismans?"

"Huh? This is common sense among sorcerers, right? Who are you looking down on, Jay?"

Unexpectedly, Xia Yujie's eyes lit up and he suggested, "Let's sell talisman paper, too. We can make and sell it ourselves, and sell it to those believers who always suspect that there are dirty things in their homes. You're just sitting at home doing nothing anyway, so why not draw more things that can be sold?"

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Was it his illusion? He felt that he had been disliked by Geto for a long time because he was too idle?

No, he shouldn't be so idle.

Al agreed, "Yeah, Panxing Shop doesn't mind having more products. Oh, Wu-chan can teach Riko-chan and Mr. Yagi, and let them practice calligraphy at the same time. Wow, I'm so considerate and kind, don't you think?"

Otsutsuki Yuta: “…”

Xia Yujie automatically filtered out the following words and just calmly complained: "If you use this thing to practice calligraphy, you will only make yourself useless."

Otsutsuki Yuta: “…”

Really... I don't feel any tension at all.

Is he the only one feeling nervous?

When he thought about the possibility of being scolded by Riko's grandmother, Okkotsuki was very nervous. After all, she was an elder, and she was still quite intimidating to a seven-year-old boy.

Just when Okkotsu was hesitating whether to go forward and knock on the door, the reliable adult Kagome Takeshi patted his head, walked up the stairs and knocked on the door.

No response.

There was a faint sound of people talking in the house, and it sounded quite lively. After listening carefully, oh wow, it should be the recently popular "The Last Cop" - the favorite of Panxing cadres after dinner.

Xia Youjie knocked on the door again and raised his voice, "Excuse me, Ms. Qiben."

Still no response.

Al narrowed his eyes and said unhappily, "How dare you ignore my lovely JJ? This is unforgivable. I will burn her door down right now—"

"Wait, wait!" Yuta Otsutsuki quickly grabbed Al and said hastily, "Grandma is just hard of hearing, hard of hearing!"

“…I’m hard of hearing.”

Xia Yujie smacked his face and had to send out a low-level cursed spirit.

The low-level cursed spirit walked through the door and swaggered into the house. Following the instructions of the cursed spirit operator, it found the remote control on the coffee table and turned off the TV directly.

A puff.

The screen went dark.

Otsutsuki Yuta: “…”

The little boy twitched his lips and said, "If we can get in, then why do we have to keep knocking on the door?"

If he could get in, he would choose to skip the scolding and go straight to see Riko.

Kagome said earnestly: "We are here to reason. This is the basic courtesy of reasoning, Otsutsuki-kun."

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Rixiang's grandmother finally noticed the knock on the door.

There was a click.

The door opened.

The old man looked at the man blocking the door through the crack and asked warily, "Who are you?"

Xia Yujie showed a friendly business smile and said harmlessly, "Hello, Ms. Qiben. I am an exorcist. I heard from a friend that a child of misfortune who killed your relatives appeared in your family. I am here to help you solve your problem."

Al: “…”

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Otsutsuki Yuta: “…”

Wait, you're not going to "make sense"? What new script is this that was suddenly loaded in? You're clearly cheating!

Grandma Qiben was stunned for a moment, then her attitude softened. "Exorcist... are you a friend of Master Yamamoto?"

"That's right." Xia Yujie continued her story without changing his expression: "After meeting you, Master Yamamoto was very worried about the situation in your family, so he mentioned it to me. Fortunately, I am an expert in this field, so I came directly to you. Isn't this too abrupt?"

Grandma Qiben actually seemed a little moved.

"I knew that Master Yamamoto was a kind person... Of course he would not be rude. Thank you very much, both masters."

Al: “…”

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Otsutsuki Yuta: “…”

She believed it! She believed it! She actually believed it!!!

The old man opened the door and said warmly, "Then please come in, Master. Hmm? Mrs. You?"

Seeing that the old man was about to become alert again, Xia Yujie turned around and touched Otsukotsuki Yuta's head, pretending to say: "Thank you for leading the way, kind child. Come, go home now, go back with your mother."

Otsutsuki Yuta: “…”

Otkotsu Yuta: "Okay, okay."

Although the development of the matter was a little beyond his imagination, the child, who was born with good eyesight, still nodded in cooperation and left obediently.

He walked a distance and heard the door click shut behind him, then he breathed a sigh of relief. It should be... okay, right?

Even though those people seem unreliable, they are the ones who came all the way to Sendai to help Rixiang just because of a phone call from a kid, so they should be very reliable!

Okkotsu's mother came over and asked worriedly, "What's wrong, Yuta?"

Yuta shook his head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mom. I want to wait here for a while... Is that okay?"

Mom sighed.

"Yuta, does Yuta like Rikka so much?"

His son nodded gently: "Yes. We have an agreement that I will marry Rixiang when we grow up. Mom, Rixiang only has me. If I don't care about her, Rixiang will definitely be very sad."

Otsukio explained carefully, "I don't want to make Rikka sad. She's already been sad enough."

The mother was relieved and worried when she heard this: "Mrs. You is so responsible. I am relieved and worried at the same time. But Rixiang is not a bad child."

Not only is Rixiang not a bad kid, she is also very considerate of Youtai. Her daughter Youtai is gentle in nature and always suffers when playing with other children, but Rixiang is the complete opposite of Youtai. She is either trying to find a way out for Youtai or is on her way to find a way out for Youtai... Apart from the fact that the two children are too young, they are actually quite suitable.

Forget it, let's just go with the flow.

"Then Mom will wait with You Tai."

…

Meanwhile, at Ri-ka's grandmother's house, the Bansei Cult's sorcerers were playing tricks on monkeys.

Grandma Qiben asked with great concern: "Are these really masters?"

Although she was very grateful for Master Yamamoto's kindness, these young people looked too young, so it was normal for her not to trust them.

Al said enthusiastically, "Jackie, do you want me to spit fire for her?"

Summer Oil: "... Stop it, don't spit fire."

Gojo Satoru suggested, "How about this, Jay? I'll use a spell to twist her TV."

Xia Yujie: "... Stop it, don't destroy the monkey's private property."

Gojo Satoru rolled his eyes: "Then how are you going to prove that you are a master?"

"...Isn't this simple?"

A certain curse spirit operator released several low-level curse spirits at the thought. The low-level curse spirits scattered in all directions, moving flower pots, paintings, remote controls, and even the sofa in the living room.

Grandma Qiben couldn't see the cursed spirits, so in her eyes, these things just appeared out of nowhere.

"!!!"

Gojo Satoru's eyes lit up, and he said to Grandma Qiben in a pretentious manner: "What do you think? Did you see it? This is my ability!"

Xia Yujie: “…”

Al immediately joined in, and said in great delight: "That's amazing, Wu-chan!"

Judging from the tone of worship, it is 100% serious.

Xia Yujie: “…”

I'm tired, do whatever you want.

Xia Yujie kept his perfect smile and asked, "Ms. Kimoto, can I ask what happened to Riko?"

Grandma Qiben was sitting on the sofa across from them. She immediately showed an unhappy expression when she heard this. She complained bitterly, "My son and daughter-in-law were both fine, but since she was born, my daughter-in-law's health has been failing. She has been ill for several years, and finally passed away last autumn."

When talking about this, Grandma Qiben was still very sad.

"My son missed his wife and didn't seem to come home much in the past year. I guess he didn't want to go back to the place that made him sad, so he didn't want to see Rika either."

The old man said sadly: "If it weren't for the birth of that bastard, how could my daughter-in-law's health have deteriorated? How could she have died at such a young age? The thing my son regrets most in his life must be giving birth to Ri Xiang!"

“…”

Xia Yujie smiled and asked, "What do you know about Mr. Qiben's disappearance?"

"She was cursed to death by this evil creature!" the old man said angrily, "She killed her own mother, it wasn't enough, she killed my father, I'm afraid she's going to kill me next! She's been playing tricks at home these days, don't think I don't know she's cursing me, if it weren't for Master Yamamoto's help, I would have been killed by her long ago."

Gojo Satoru was almost dying of laughter.

"She locked herself up with a little girl who was obviously not right. This was really asking for death."

However...

He tilted his head and said, "Well, do you know what happened during the week they were in the mountains?"

Grandma Qi Ben paused for a moment, then shook her head: "I asked Ri Xiang, but she was like a mute and couldn't say anything."

It seems that he really doesn't know.

Gojo Satoru, on the other hand, became more and more interested.

Al said in the team channel: "Director Ishida will definitely like this subject. Maybe he can use this incident to make a movie called "Paranormal Activity 3"."

Gojo Satoru: “Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, that’s right!”

Both "Paradox 1" and "Paradox 2" were huge successes, so it was inevitable that "Paradox 3" would be filmed.

Feeling that there was nothing more to ask, Xia Yujie looked at Rika's grandmother and said, "Can we go see the child? We need to see the child in person to come up with the best response measures. This is for your sake."

Grandma Qiben nodded immediately and took them up to the second floor. The door of a bedroom on the second floor was also tightly covered with talisman paper, and it seemed that something had been sprinkled on it. Xia Yujie frowned slightly and said, "Watch your step."

Al looked down and walked past him in disgust, while Gojo Satoru showed no shame and stepped across the blood-stained floor.

Click.

The door opened.

In the dim room, Qi Benlixiang was lying quietly on the bed, breathing heavily. They walked closer and saw that the little girl's face was flushed and her chest was heaving up and down. The trash can beside the bed was full of cold medicine bags.

Xia Yujie was surprised and asked, "Are these all the medicines she took?"

That's too much.

Grandma Qiben said, "Yes, she found some of it herself when she was sick a few days ago, and some of it was bought by her because she was worried, but it was useless. I think it's retribution for her. This fever can't be cured."

“…”

She looked sick no matter how you looked at her, but the hospital said she was fine, so the curse was most likely the cause of her illness.

"No." Gojo Satoru said meaningfully, "Jay, there is no trace of the curse on her body."

"……Um?"

Xia Yujie turned around in surprise and saw Gojo Satoru slightly lowering his sunglasses and looking at Inorimoto Rika. He said with certainty, "This is not the work of the cursed spirit."

“…”

Not a cursed spirit?

What else would it be?

Perhaps sensing their arrival, Qi Ben Li Xiang, who had originally had her eyes tightly closed, suddenly opened her eyes wide, sat up straight, and yelled at them with a fierce look on her face: "Get out!!!"

The three men stood still.

A rough, masculine voice that did not belong to a girl came out of Qi Ben Lixiang's throat. She said hysterically, "Get out! Get out! Get out of here!!!"

“…”

In such a terrifying atmosphere, Grandma Qiben suddenly picked up a large bundle of talisman papers placed under the bed and smashed it on Qiben Lixiang's head without saying a word. Qiben Lixiang was drowned by the pile of talisman papers, and a hint of real murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

Xia Yujie quickly reached out and grabbed Grandma Qiben to stop her from continuing to commit suicide.

My goodness, Qi Benlixiang's condition is so serious. If they had come a few days later, I'm afraid someone would have died here.

In just a few seconds, Rika Kimoto's roar had escalated into a beast-like roar. She yelled at the people around her like a madman. Al and Gojo Satoru calmly covered their ears and looked at each other.

Al mouthed the question to him: "Is it really not a cursed spirit?"

Gojo Satoru said with certainty: “No.”

Qi Ben Li Xiang was yelling and yelling, and suddenly she started to cough loudly. She coughed up some bright red blood, and started laughing while spitting out blood, "Haha...hahahahahaha..."

The shrill laughter of a woman coming out of the mouth of a young girl was simply creepy.

It was the first time for Grandma Qi Ben to see such a scene, and she was a little confused.

"If it's not a cursed spirit, then there is only one possibility." Xia Yujie said with a complicated expression: "This child... is possessed by an evil spirit."

Evil spirits are a type of undead spirits, and are the business of psychics, so they are not within the scope of a sorcerer's business.

Although it is rare now, there are three or four cases of evil spirits hurting people every year in Japan. The unresigned spirits happen to possess people with special physiques and use that person's body to take revenge, or simply hurt people indiscriminately.

For example, last year, a five-year-old boy hacked his parents and sister to death with a kitchen knife in the middle of the night, shocking the whole of Japan. It is said that the incident was eventually handed over to the current government, and how it was finally resolved has not been made public.

Al walked over and knocked Qi Ben Li Xiang unconscious with a clean and decisive slash of his hand. Qi Ben Li Xiang fell back on the bed with a thud, finally no longer having to torture her throat.

Xia Yujie turned to Grandma Qiben, his eyes a little cold: "Ms. Qiben, as you can see, the child is in a very bad condition now. If you continue to leave her alone, she may kill you without warning one night."

"..." Grandma Qi Ben was shocked and angry: "She really wants to kill me!"

Xia Yujie is too lazy to be angry with this person.

Haha, there are differences between humans and monkeys. As a human, how could he possibly understand the logic of uncivilized monkeys?

He said seriously, "It's useless to lock her up at home. After being possessed by an evil spirit, she can exert strength that does not belong to her. Judging from her appearance just now, there should be an adult male's evil spirit in her body. It is too easy for an adult male to break through this door."

Grandma Qi Ben was stunned, and finally said with a little fear: "What should we do?"

"It's no use rushing her out, she'll come back on her own." Xia Yujie sighed pretentiously: "The only solution now is for me to take this child away and seal her up."

“…”

Al and Gojo Satoru looked at each other and immediately fanned the flames in tacit agreement, "That's right, that's right, a guy possessed by an evil spirit will kill the person he hates the most first. Old lady, in my opinion, the next person this little girl is going to kill is definitely you."

Al threatened calmly, "Woohoo, isn't it? First it was mom, then dad, and now it's grandma's turn. How scary, Wu-chan, will her grandma see her granddaughter standing in front of her bed with a kitchen knife in the middle of the night?"

Gojo Satoru said, "Of course I will. But you have to wake up in time to see it. If you don't wake up in time and die in your sleep, you won't be able to see it."

"Eh? Wait, Go-chan, isn't this kid going to die of his own illness? How could he kill someone else?"

"Wow, who told you this is a disease? This is evolution, it's preparing for a big move. Old lady, evil spirits only kill people, they won't commit suicide. Don't make a mistake, your granddaughter is already a super evil spirit."

He changed the subject and said, "But seeing that you are old, you don't have many years left to live, so it doesn't matter."

Grandma Qiben: “…”

Al-Xu said, "How can you say that, Wu-chan? Old people nowadays live very long and can definitely live another hundred years. But it's so pitiful that a granddaughter like this can't even enjoy her old age. So pitiful, so pitiful, wuhuhuhuhu."

Xia Yujie: “…”

Al, could your acting skills be a little more superficial?

Grandma Qiben was a little frightened by their constant barrage, and she quickly said, "Then... Masters, take her away and seal her up!"

Xia Yujie pretended to be hesitant and said, "She is your granddaughter. How can we just take her away?"

They are principled liars.

Grandma Qiben said quickly, "No, you can take her away. I adopted her only because of the government subsidy and the house she used to live in... I've already asked someone to take care of the house, so it's okay."

Xia Yujie narrowed his eyes. Oh, so, Rika won't get a penny from her parents' property? Even though her father is a scumbag, she still deserves the money she deserves.

He refused, "That won't work either. Sealing the evil spirit is very difficult and dangerous. We don't want to take the risk, unless..."

Grandma Qi Ben asked, "Unless what?"

Al cooperated and made a gesture to her that everyone understood.

money.

Of course it’s money!

Grandma Qiben: “…”

Gojo Satoru said, "Wow, this is the money you paid for your life, any amount is not too much, right? Old lady, do you still want to live a hundred years? I'm not trying to scare you, you saw your granddaughter's appearance with your own eyes."

Al squeezed his eyes at Xia Youjie, and Xia Youjie silently put up a "tent" that covered the house without making any sound, and then summoned the Polu demon.

A ball of blood floated in the air, opened its mouth and cried like a baby. The next second, wriggling insects mixed with blood fell from the ceiling.

"ah!"

Grandma Qiben was shocked.

She suddenly realized that the ground beneath her feet was covered in blood. Fat caterpillars were wriggling in the blood. The windowsill, bedside table, door handles, and everywhere were filled with these horrible bugs!

Al breathed out flames and easily burned the "familiar" of the Pok'u Demon in front of her. The Pok'u Demon circled the Curse Spirit twice, and then spontaneously lay on the forehead of Qi Ben Lixiang.

"...Rixiang...I'm here...to protect you..."

This is the instinct of the Polu demon to get close to children.

Even if Rika Kimoto was not a sorcerer, Pakuroku would still have sympathy for the suffering child.

When Xia Yujie removed the "tent", the pool of blood, insects and blood cells in Grandma Qiben's sight disappeared.

"As you can see, the situation in your home is really dangerous right now."

"…Then how many do you need?"

Xia Yujie smiled and said, "It's the money for buying your life. This amount is enough. Ah, it's better to pay the money immediately, and we will take your granddaughter away immediately."

Gojo Satoru said, "Ha, that's right. At your age, you would rather hide your money at home than deposit it in a bank, right? Hurry up and take it out."

Fifteen minutes later, Al and Gojo Satoru, each carrying two huge plastic bags, kicked open the door to the first floor in high spirits. Kagome carefully held Sarikatsu and followed them out of the house.

After leaving the house, Qi Ben Lixiang finally opened her eyes.

She had actually woken up a long time ago.

Xia Yujie pretended to have just realized this: "Oh, sorry, you don't like contact with men, right?"

Qi Ben Li Xiangsha said in a hoarse voice: "...It doesn't matter."

"This money is all yours. We will give you a bank card to save it for you. From now on, you can live somewhere else."

Qi Ben Li Xiang hummed softly, "Is there still hope for me?"

Al turned around and said, "Huff, huff, of course there is hope. The Panxing Cult has two very powerful psychics. If all else fails, we can go to Xianwang Township and ask the landlady for help. Rikana-chan, you have someone who loves you very much. If you get discouraged easily, he will be sad."

He curled his lips and said, "There aren't many men who would really run around for a woman and feel sad for her."

Qi Ben Li Xiang blinked, and the next second, she heard the most familiar voice.

"Rika--!!!"

Qi Ben Li Xiang felt a pang in her heart, "...Yuta!"

Rika Kimoto quickly struggled out of Geto Suguru's arms and stumbled towards Otsutsu Yuta. Otsutsu Yuta's mother stood behind her son, feeling relieved but helpless.

Gojo Satoru complained: "Today's kids are really precocious."

Xia Yujie said: "I will take Rika back to the Bankei Cult to find Oosaka-senpai and the others first, you two——"

"I know." Al said, "Go and investigate the mountain where Rixiang's father disappeared."

"right."