The Exorcism Story of Hikigaya Hachiman

"So, mysterious Mr. Hikigaya, if one day Yukino needs your help, would you step in?" After learning that Hikigaya Hachiman had some unknown trump card backing him, Haruno immediately asked her second question.

"If she's willing to ask..." Hikigaya Hachiman found it hard to believe what kind of trouble that independent girl would have to face before she'd ask for help.

But if that day ever came, as long as she sought his aid, he would definitely help.

"But judging by that child's personality, it doesn't seem like she'd ever bow her head..." Haruno was not satisfied with Hachiman's answer.

After all, with Yukino's personality, even if she encountered troubles she couldn't solve, she probably wouldn't ask outsiders for help but choose to endure silently, until things got worse beyond control...

Thus, Haruno hoped that if Yukino really got into trouble, Hachiman would take the initiative to help.

"..." Faced with Haruno's additional request, Hachiman didn't answer immediately.

Though he'd only spent a few weeks with Yukino, he understood deeply her pride and stubbornness. Rushing in to help might even backfire.

"Well, anyway, please take care of Yukino from now on, Hikigaya-kun."

Seeing Yukino already helping Yotsuya Miko walk slowly over nearby, Haruno immediately ended her conversation with Hachiman.

She stood up, handed all the cotton candy she held to Hachiman, then quickly ran over to Yotsuya, helping her sit down to rest together with Yukino.

"Are you alright?" Yotsuya Miko's face was deathly pale, even worse than Yukino's earlier.

Out of the blind spot of their vision, Hikigaya quietly infused spiritual power into her body to help Miko recover as quickly as possible.

"I'm fine. I just ran into another evil spirit when I went to the restroom..."

With Hachiman's spiritual power, Miko's complexion visibly improved.

Looking at the Yukinoshita siblings chatting nearby, Miko quietly complained that she had encountered a ghost again.

Hearing Miko's story, Hachiman immediately felt like countless crows flew over his head.

He was very curious if Miko really had a spirit-summoning constitution—how else could she keep running into evil spirits wherever she went?

Although he wanted to help her get revenge, since the evil spirit was squatting in the women's restroom, the option to retaliate had to be reluctantly shelved.

A few minutes later, after experiencing another ride, Rimuru returned looking dejected.

"What's wrong, senpai?"

Seeing Rimuru suddenly lose interest, Hachiman wondered. Could it be some shameless guy had teased Rimuru because of its cute appearance? If that were true, all he could do was hope Rimuru left their bodies intact.

"No, I just suddenly started missing Shuna and Shion..." Scratching its head, Rimuru showed a nostalgic expression.

While playing just now, it suddenly thought how great it would be if everyone could come and play together...

But as a result, it found the rest of the rides dull and could only think about everyone back in the kingdom.

So, Rimuru had made up its mind! "I'm going back tonight!"

"Eh? So sudden?" Hachiman was slightly surprised by Rimuru's decision.

Just yesterday, Rimuru said it would spend some good time in this world. How come after only one day it wanted to leave?

"Although this world is very interesting, I still prefer being with everyone..." Moreover, Rimuru hadn't been playing fully yesterday and today.

In its free time, it also asked the Great Sage to gather as much information about this world as possible. Once back, it could easily create a version of this amusement park in the other world and play with everyone...

Alright. After hearing Rimuru's explanation, Hachiman nodded.

Though he didn't know the people Rimuru called "everyone," it was clear they were very important to Rimuru.

Having decided to return, Rimuru happily said goodbye to the others and prepared to return to its world. But just as it was about to run to a secluded place to summon a time-space tunnel, it

suddenly remembered something. So, before Hachiman's confused eyes, the originally departing Rimuru ran back.

Then, the two began a massive "Coke cleaning" campaign across all of Chiba.

Overnight, the people of Chiba suddenly found that all the Coca-Cola in every store was sold out!

"See you later, senpai!" Having stocked a full Chiba's supply of Coke in its stomach, Rimuru waved at Hachiman contentedly before jumping into the time-space tunnel.

Because of the Coke shopping, by the time Hachiman finally said goodbye to Rimuru, it was already after 7 PM.

The Yukinoshita sisters had separated after Rimuru mentioned leaving the amusement park.

So at this moment, only Yotsuya Miko, who was exhausted from helping buy Coke, remained by Hachiman's side.

"It's already quite late. Let me escort you home." Looking at the sky growing dark, Hachiman instinctively took on the task of escorting Miko home.

Along the way, after encountering a mid-level evil spirit, the two successfully arrived at their destination—Miko's home.

"Well then, see you at school tomorrow..." After seeing Miko home, Hachiman nodded at her and prepared to return to his own house.

"W-wait..." Watching Hachiman's back as he turned to leave, Miko hurriedly grabbed him.

"What's wrong?" The panic on Miko's face made Hachiman feel something was off.

"I think... there's a new evil spirit in my house..." Miko's tone was tinged with embarrassment and helplessness. After all, Hachiman had just exorcised all the evil spirits in her house yesterday, yet today she was asking for help again.

"A new evil spirit?" Hearing this, Hachiman's eye twitched. Only a day had passed since the last exorcism, and a new spirit had already appeared in the Yotsuya household?

She really does have a spirit-summoning constitution, doesn't she?!

"Alright, I got it." Understanding why Miko had called him back, Hachiman sighed and followed her inside her house once again.

Amid the chaotic noise of things flying everywhere, the evil spirit in Yotsuya's house once again met its doom.