Restarting life, starting from bullying Pochi-chan

A real man would of course get straight to the point!

"Eh?"

Toyokawa Shoko was slightly startled. She didn't expect Kitahara Makoto to ask so directly. After hesitating for two seconds, she quickly decided to tell the truth:

"First of all, thank you Kitahara-san for your help this morning..."

Having said that, Toyokawa Shoko bowed again to express her gratitude.

Kitahara Makoto was speechless:

"I just helped you walk two steps, that shouldn't be the case, right?"

"For me, it was not just a simple favor, but a life-saving favor." Customer service Xiaoxiang said seriously, "I will remember this favor in my heart and will definitely repay Mr. Kitahara in the future."

"..."

Kitahara Makoto was in a delicate mood.

Who among family members would understand? It’s like you helped an old lady cross the road in the morning, and the old lady insisted that you inherit the family business. It feels so weird!

Customer service Xiaoxiang stood up straight and said, "Besides that, there is one more thing I would like to ask of you, Kitahara."

Kitahara Makoto asked curiously:

"You said."

The reason why the customer service representative Xiaoxiang followed out was probably because he wanted to say the next words.

Toyokawa Shoko pursed her pink lips, raised her hand to tuck the hair that fell on her chest behind her ears, and said softly:

"Kitahara-san... do you believe in the existence of evil spirits?"

Kitahara Makoto was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Customer service Xiaoxiang bit his lower lip and told the truth: "This morning under the cherry tree, I was not feeling unwell, but was haunted by an evil spirit."

If you want to ask someone for help, you must tell the truth, just like in front of a doctor, the most taboo thing is to be vague or conceal your illness.

Kitahara Makoto: “…”

Evil spirit?

Are you kidding me? Where is the daily world of a musical girl?

How could there be such messed up things as evil spirits?

But then again, based on the memories of the previous life, the down-and-out young lady in front of him was proud and reserved, not the kind of person who talked nonsense and had fun.

Could it be that... there really are evil spirits in this world?

The simulator is not stupid. Evil spirits really exist in the world, so it gives the daily task of [Exorcism]?

"I am the evil spirit I met a week ago. It follows me around 24 hours a day. I have tried everything but cannot expel it..."

Toyokawa Shoko bit her lower lip lightly with her pearly teeth and observed Kitahara Makoto's expression as she spoke.

"This morning, the evil spirit even grabbed my arm. I felt like I was frozen. It wasn't until Kitahara scared the evil spirit away that my body finally returned to normal."

"Were you scared away by me?"

Kitahara Makoto was slightly surprised, and then a look of understanding appeared on his face.

According to this, it should be the ability of [Lu Zhishen, the exorcist monk] that drove away the evil spirit.

(He really knows something! It's not a coincidence!)

Seeing the look of realization in Kitahara Makoto's eyes, Toyokawa Shoko quietly clenched her fists and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Since it is not a coincidence, we can infer that the boy in front of us must have some method or ability to expel evil spirits!

"I'm sorry, this kind of thing sounds a little unbelievable..." Kitahara Makoto came back to his senses and said calmly, "Does Toyokawa have any evidence?"

“…The evidence is right here.”

Toyokawa Shoko pursed her pink lips and rolled up the sleeve of her right hand, revealing a slender white wrist that was whiter than snow. Then she continued to move her hand upwards, and a purple handprint appeared on the girl's forearm.

The snow-white skin, set against the black and purple handprints, looked quite shocking.

"Ok?"

Kitahara Makoto's eyes narrowed.

In his eyes, there was clearly a faint black gas emanating from the handprint.

"This is the place that was touched by the evil spirit this morning. It's still a little numb and cold..." Toyokawa Shoko bit her lower lip lightly, "Kitahara-san, you can touch it and see."

If it were in the past, Toyokawa Shoko would never have imagined letting a boy touch her body on the first day they met, but now the situation is critical and she certainly can't worry about so many things.

Kitahara Makoto was quite curious, so he nodded and agreed:

"Let me touch it."

Although he obtained the ability of [Exorcist Monk Lu Zhishen], there was no detailed instruction on how to use it, only the phrase 'physical exorcism'... The so-called physical exorcism should be using fists or something like that, right?

It certainly won’t be some kind of exorcism using bodily fluids!

The moment his fingers touched the skin, Kitahara Makoto felt a chill running up along his fingertips.

But in the next second, Kitahara Makoto felt something in his body suddenly burst out and fought back violently.

"Well……"

Toyokawa Shoko only felt as if a stream of boiling liquid was pouring in from Kitahara Makoto's fingertips. Wherever it passed, it violently washed away the cold and damp air in her body. Her soul seemed to be filled up in an instant, and she couldn't help but let out a low hum.

The two looked down and saw that where Kitahara Makoto's fingers touched, the skin color quickly changed from dark blue to white, and the surrounding dark blue seemed to be frightened and quickly hid away.

"It seems that just touching it can exorcise the demon..."

Kitahara Makoto suddenly realized something and decisively stretched out his right hand, grabbing Toyokawa Shoko's wrist and covering the entire blue-black handprint in his palm. Wisps of black mist dissipated and quickly disappeared into the air.

"...Kitahara-san, that cold and numb feeling has completely disappeared!"

Toyokawa Shoko opened her eyes wide, looking at her arms that had regained their snow-white and delicate appearance, and a look of surprise quickly appeared on her pretty face.

Kitahara Makoto was about to speak when he heard a muffled "bang" coming from a dark corner.

Following the sound, I saw a bottle of juice rolling out, and in a dark corner, a girl in pink sportswear was shivering with her hands on her head:

“S-Sorry, I really wasn’t eavesdropping…!”

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Chapter 5: Pochi-chan: I wasn't eavesdropping!

Long pink hair.

Beautiful blue eyes.

Tasteless pink tracksuit.

And the little hair dangling on the side of the head...

Who else could it be if not Pochi-chan?

Obviously, Pochi-chan's stealth skills have reached the master level. If the drink hadn't rolled out, Kitahara Makoto would never have noticed someone hiding in the corner.

"I'm sorry, I really wasn't eavesdropping..."

Goto Ichiri squatted down with his hands on his head, his face full of fear and trembling.

When you get closer, you can still hear the girl's incoherent apology:

"Please don't kill me..."

"If I don't go home at night, my parents will definitely be very sad..."

"Erli might even cry..."

"At least let me finish my lunch box. It's a shame to waste the food... oooo..."

"..."

Looking at Pochi-chan huddled in the corner and shivering, Toyokawa Shoko looked confused and found it difficult to understand the situation.

"What's wrong with this girl?"

"Why is she hiding in a dirty dark corner?"

"It looks like it's running away from something terrible, just like me..."

"No, I'm not hiding."

"I just killed my weak self in the past."

"..."

The atmosphere fell into silence.

Finally, it was Kitahara Makoto who broke the silence: "Ichiri-san, don't hide your head and crouch down...it's me."

Goto Ichiri raised his little face nervously, and when he saw Kitahara Makoto in front of him, his eyes widened immediately:

"Eh? Kitahara-san?"

"That's me."

"No wonder the voice just now sounded so familiar..."

Toyokawa Shoko came back to her senses, folded her hands over her chest, and said in a cold voice:

"Kitahara-san, do you know this kid?"

Seeing the stranger, Goto Ichiri panicked again and quickly retracted his neck, like a turtle trying to hide in its shell.

"This is Ichiri-san, my friend." Kitahara explained, "He's a bit introverted and socially anxious... He probably came here to eat his lunch and overheard our conversation."

Toyokawa Shoko pursed her pink lips and said in confusion:

"Why do you want to eat lunch in a place like this?"

"Because..." Goto Ichiri stammered, "I can only feel comfortable in dark places..."

It has been more than half a month since the start of school, and most of her classmates have made friends, but she is still alone.

During lunch break, many people would share a table and eat their lunch boxes together. Being alone would be too conspicuous, so Goto Ichiri chose to hide in a small, dark corner and eat his lunch box in a relaxed state.

Kitahara Makoto tilted his head and looked at the little social phobia, and said slowly:

"Ichiri-san, did you hear what I just said?"

Goto Ichiri didn't dare to lie, and timidly held up two fingers: "I only heard a little bit..."

Kitahara Makoto groaned:

"It's very embarrassing for me to hear other people's secrets."

“S-Sorry—!”

"We agreed to be friends, Kitahara-kun, don't bully others."

Toyokawa Shoko gently moved the corners of her pink lips, and the white moonlight Xiaoxiang hidden in her body quietly took control of her body, took half a step forward, pulled Pochi-chan to the side, and then explained in a gentle voice.

I have to say that the down-and-out young lady has quite a good personality charm. Although she has now become the customer service Xiaoxiang, her personality charm is still there and she quickly calmed Pochi-chan down.

"Eh... evil spirit?"

I'm so tired, so alone

Goto Ichiri opened his eyes blankly.

"Although it's unbelievable, I did encounter a very scary evil spirit." Toyokawa Shoko pursed her pink lips and explained softly, "I just asked Kitahara for help, hoping that he could help me get rid of the evil spirit... This matter is really unbelievable, please keep it a secret, Ichiri, and don't tell anyone."

"First, keep it secret..."

With strangers around, Goto Ichiri's language function deteriorated again. He could only shake his head quickly like a rattle, while casting a curious look at Kitahara Makoto.

(Can Kitahara-san also exorcise evil spirits?)

(Sounds awesome...)