Chapter 560: The Little Maid Takahara Ren’s Bite
Chapter 560: The Little Maid Takahara Ren’s Bite
Streams of blue lightning arcs rapidly appeared in his palm, then he flicked his hand and sent them out.
Crackle!
Screech!
The bats struck by Hikari's palm lightning instantly let out miserable cries and were blasted to the ground, thin wisps of smoke rising from their bodies.
Looking at the other bats still rushing toward them, Hikari quickly struck out several more palm lightning attacks in succession.
Under his extremely precise, unfailing strikes, this group of strange giant bats was completely blasted down onto the ground.
After quite a while, when there was finally no more movement, the maid Takahara Ren dared to slowly raise her head, trembling.
Although she had been in extreme fear just now, looking at the bat corpses scattered all over the ground, and recalling Hikari's actions, after thinking it through, she understood that it was Hikari who had saved them.
Looking at the bats that had all been fried inside and out, and faintly remembering the flashes of lightning in his hand earlier, Takahara Ren asked in amazement, "Hikari-kun, you're amazing. You could actually release electricity just now?"
"It felt like the spells of those immortal masters from legends. Hikari-kun, are you a Taoist priest?"
Perhaps because she already knew there might be an evil god in the Munakata residence, her acceptance of supernatural things was unexpectedly high.
Hikari didn't want to explain too much, so he casually nodded, "Mm, you could say that."
Takahara Ren immediately looked at him with admiration, her eyes shining.
"Hikari-kun is so amazing. It's a good thing you were here just now."
"I've heard bats carry a lot of viruses and parasites. If you get bitten or infected, you could even die. It's really lucky you were here."
She patted her chest in relief.
Hikari just waved his hand calmly.
Seeing that the little maid had calmed down, he let go of her and walked forward a few steps on his own.
Then he crouched down and began examining the bat corpses on the ground.
He noticed that after some of the bats died, a thumb-sized black stone had suddenly appeared beside their bodies.
Hikari casually picked one up and immediately felt a filthy, evil aura contained within it.
It was somewhat similar to the black mist surrounding the Munakata residence.
'So it has also been affected by the aura of the evil god?'
Hikari frowned slightly. After thinking for a moment, he wrapped one of the black stones in cloth and put it into his pocket.
Then he called Takahara Ren over, and the two continued forward.
Not long after encountering the bats, Hikari suddenly felt that somewhere ahead in this deep underground passage, at a point still beyond the reach of sight, there was an extremely strong evil aura.
It made even his soul tremble faintly.
'Could it be related to the so-called evil god?'
He guessed that at the end of the passage, there might be something connected to the evil god.
The reason he didn't think it was the evil god itself or some kind of servant was mainly because the aura didn't feel like something alive. It felt cold and rigid, more like a lifeless object.
And since the aura was so strong, it would surely be able to sense him as well. If it were some kind of evil creature, it would have attacked already.
Even so, Hikari's expression remained serious.
Because the aura was indeed too powerful, even giving him a strong sense of danger.
"Hikari-kun?"
"This should be the room where the key is stored. What's wrong, Hikari-kun?"
Seeing him standing motionless in front of the door, completely unaware of anything unusual, Takahara Ren looked at him in confusion and couldn't help asking.
"It's nothing. Let's go in and get the key," Hikari said. There was no point explaining anything to her since she couldn't even perceive the black mist.
He took out the key and opened the door to the room recorded in Nakoto's father's notes.
Then the two of them walked into the underground room together.
Hikari looked around. There weren't many types of items in this room.
There were only a few tables, and above and below them were several jars of wine.
Large and small, scattered together, there were probably dozens of wine jars in the room.
"Mr. Munakata's notes only said the key was placed in one of the jars, but didn't say what the jar looks like," Looking at the many jars, Takahara Ren frowned and said in distress.
"No choice. We'll just have to check them one by one," Hikari said, shaking his head. It was probably also meant to protect Nakoto.
"Mm, I'll help too," Seeing him start opening them one by one, Takahara Ren quickly stepped forward and began opening the sealed jars as well.
After opening more than a dozen jars in a row, Hikari still hadn't found the key.
Just as he was wondering whether the jars were just a decoy and there might be some hidden compartment in the room, Takahara Ren, not far to his left, suddenly shouted, "Found it! Found it!"
"Hikari-kun, I found the key."
Hikari turned to look. Sure enough, she was holding a black, glossy key in her hand. Beside her, only three or four jars had been opened.
'Is this the difference in luck?'
After sighing inwardly, Hikari suddenly said, "Takahara-chan, give me the key quickly."
"Huh? Okay. Is there something wrong with the key?", Though confused, Takahara Ren trusted him completely and quickly handed it over.
Hikari took the key and carefully sensed it. Sure enough, this black-looking key was filled with a strange power.
"This key has been sitting underground for who knows how long. It might have picked up something harmful to the human body."
As he explained, he quietly activated the power of the Vajra Demon-Subduing Force, completely enveloping the key.
After purifying it for dozens of seconds, until he could no longer feel that evil power on it, he said, "Alright, it's dealt with. Let's head back."
"Okay, I—", Takahara Ren was just about to nod when her small body suddenly swayed, and a wave of dizziness hit her.
She raised her hand to her forehead, frowned slightly, and spoke in a hoarse voice, "I… I suddenly feel a little dizzy."
"Is… is it because of the key?"
"I… ugh… I feel like I might throw up…"
Seeing her swaying as if she was about to fall,
Hikari quickly reached out, wrapped an arm around her slender waist, and steadied her.
"Takahara-chan, are you okay?"
"I… my head feels so dizzy, and I feel really cold," she murmured, holding her forehead.
"And… ah… suddenly my body feels so cold."
"Hikari-kun… can you hold me tighter… so I can warm up?"
Hikari felt the delicate body in his arms begin to tremble.
She grabbed tightly onto his back with both hands, hugging him with all her strength. Her full chest was pressed tightly against his, but she didn't have the mind to care at all.
Seeing her pale face and obvious abnormal condition, Hikari activated his aura-reading technique and carefully examined her.
Sure enough, a dense black mist was emanating from her body.
And her right hand, which had just touched the key, had the densest concentration of it.
Although she had only touched the key with her hand, the black mist wasn't just staying on her right hand, it had spread across her whole body.
Even without knowing where exactly the evil black mist in the basement came from, it was clear that it had contaminated the key over the years, and through contact, a significant amount had transferred onto Takahara Ren.
And not just on the surface, it had seeped into her body as well.
This black aura was truly sinister.
Seeing Takahara Ren clinging to him for warmth, no, practically wrapping all four limbs around him, tightening more and more, Hikari knew he couldn't let that black mist continue affecting her.
If it went on, her life might be in danger.
He immediately activated the Vajra Demon-Subduing Force and began driving out the black mist from her skin.
But the effect was quite limited. Her face was still pale as paper.
At this moment, the strange black mist seemed to be coming from inside her body.
"Hikari-kun… I'm so cold…"
"Hug… hug me…"
Looking at Takahara Ren, who was clinging to him, her soft lips trembling as she kept asking for warmth, and considering how ineffective the external purification was, Hikari didn't hesitate.
He wrapped his arm around her head and pressed his lips against her fresh, tender lips.
'Mwah!'
"Mmm… so… warm…"
Feeling the continuous warmth flowing from Hikari, Takahara Ren, whose whole body was icy cold, instinctively responded and began to seek more.
Hikari also reduced the Vajra Demon-Subduing Force to the smallest level that wouldn't harm her, and slowly, bit by bit, transferred it into her body.
This method of directly channeling the Vajra Demon-Subduing Force into her body proved effective.
Her originally pale face gradually regained a healthy flush.
Her hazy consciousness also slowly returned to normal.
After what felt like five, six, maybe seven or eight minutes, she herself couldn't tell how long, while she was still actively responding, she suddenly felt Hikari pull his head back.
"Eh…"
Seeing the thin strand stretching between them, Takahara Ren froze for a moment.
"The exorcism is about done. You should be feeling much better now, right?", Hikari wiped the corner of his mouth and asked.
"Uh… yes!"
Takahara Ren was momentarily stunned. She smacked her slightly swollen lips, which she oddly didn't want to part from, then quickly nodded.
Seeing him wipe his mouth, she hurriedly bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Hikari-kun, for helping me drive out the evil. Sorry for causing you trouble."
Hikari waved it off, "It's nothing. I didn't expect the key to have a curse-like evil power either. I wasn't careful enough. Fortunately, the damage could still be fixed."
Then, seeing her blushing face, he asked, "Was that your first kiss?"
Takahara Ren nodded, her face red, "Mm, I've hardly even met men before, and I've never been in a relationship."
"Sorry," Hikari said.
Takahara Ren quickly waved her hands, "No, no! You don't need to apologize."
"I should be thanking you for saving me. If you hadn't been here, I don't even know what would've happened. I'm the one who troubled you."
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