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“The Hanged Man.”

Before the card was even turned over, Granny and Yozora spoke the result in unison.

Without waiting for Granny to speak, Yozora softly said,

“The reversed Hanged Man represents useless sacrifice, misfortune, and escape.”

Following that, Yozora looked at Yui Yuigahama and smiled.

“Now, you have overcome these things, transforming the reversed Hanged Man into the upright position.”

“Reborn from the ashes, unafraid of hardship, gladly accepting trials, and finally confirming your own goal.”

Saying this, Yozora reached for the tarot cards in front of him and chuckled.

“In that case, let me draw one too.”

Chapter 174: A Family of Shrine Maidens, Miko Yotsuya's Date

Watching Yozora reach for the tarot deck, Mai Sakurajima and the others held their breath, eagerly anticipating.

What kind of card… would he draw?

Strength? Judgement? Death? Justice?

Or perhaps…

The Lovers?

It’s truly intriguing.

In this silent atmosphere, Yozora drew a tarot card, flipped it over, and placed it on the table.

Seeing the pattern on the card, Mai Sakurajima, Miko Yotsuya, Rio Futaba, and Yui Yuigahama were all stunned.

“Eh? It’s blank?”

Seeing the blank card, Yozora looked at Granny speechlessly.

“I say, we’re supposed to be famous spiritualists, how did you end up with a bootleg tarot deck? Did they forget to print it?”

Granny retorted, annoyed.

“What do you mean bootleg? Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. This is an insurance I left behind.”

“I’m not the kind of charlatan who swindles people with random interpretations. I am a genuine spiritualist.”

“To prevent encountering some fate that I cannot analyze with my spiritual power during tarot divination, and suffering severe backlash, I deliberately put in a blank tarot card.”

Speaking of this, Granny paused for a moment, took a deep look at Yozora, and said in a deep voice.

“Drawing this card proves that your fate exceeds my ability limit, and I cannot see through it.”

“Oh, I see.”

Yozora wasn't surprised by this result. While Mai Sakurajima and the others felt somewhat disappointed, they also felt it was reasonable.

Divination is something that doesn't matter if it's just a charlatan spouting nonsense.

But for someone like Granny, who genuinely uses spiritual power to glimpse fate, there are naturally certain limitations.

Yozora's power is too strong, and his own fate cannot be窥探 by ordinary spiritualists.

This is normal.

Just then, Granny's eyes suddenly caught sight of Mai Sakurajima's back, and she frowned.

“This is…”

Oda Notoharu came out from the inner room with four glasses of water, also noticing the small white phantom behind Mai Sakurajima, revealing the same expression as Granny.

“This is… a spirit?”

What the two of them saw was just a small ball of blurry white mist.

However, in the eyes of spiritualists like Mai Sakurajima, they saw Menma wearing a white dress, petite, with a silly smile.

“That’s one of us, don’t worry about it.”

Hearing Yozora's words, Oda Notoharu nodded.

He also knew that those evil spirits and ghosts wouldn't dare to approach him.

“So…”

Oda Notoharu handed the four glasses of water to Mai Sakurajima and the others, then took out a bottle of frozen Coca-Cola, handed it to Yozora, and asked while leisurely drinking tea.

“What brings you to see this old man this time?”

Yozora opened the cola, took a sip, and smiled.

“It’s not a big deal, I just wanted to ask you if there’s any way to bring the dead back to life.”

“Cough cough cough!”

Hearing this, Oda Notoharu almost choked on his tea. After recovering for a while, he looked at Yozora with a doubtful gaze.

“Wait, are you serious?”

Yozora nodded slightly.

“Of course.”

Oda Notoharu sighed and said helplessly.

“If I had that ability, why would I be running a shop here and exorcising demons? I would have become a billionaire long ago.”

“Then can you help me check the ancient books?”

“Checking is possible, but it’s best not to have too much hope. Even if there is relevant information, it’s likely just a fabricated legend.”

“Okay.”

Yozora replied noncommittally, then asked again.

“Hey Notoharu…”

“Don’t.”

Oda Notoharu quickly waved his hand.

“Just call me Old Man, kid. Suddenly calling me by my name makes me feel like you have some troublesome matter to entrust to me.”

“It’s not very troublesome.”

Yozora maintained a friendly smile.

“Tell me, are there really gods in this world?”

Hearing this question, Oda Notoharu pondered.

“Ordinary people might think there aren’t, but for us spiritualists, since we know there are evil spirits and ghosts, it wouldn’t be strange if there were so-called gods, right? Although I haven’t seen them myself.”

“Then do you know how to meet a god?”

Oda Notoharu was stunned for a moment, then chuckled.

“What do you want to do meeting a god? Don’t tell me you’re a devout believer? I can’t tell.”

“Yes, I am very devout.”

Yozora smiled and said something astonishing in a flat tone, causing Oda Notoharu and Granny to change their expressions.

“I very devoutly want to kill a god.”

The air became silent.

After a while, Oda Notoharu looked at Mai Sakurajima and the others, and said with an awkward smile.

“This… this kid is really joking.”

Contrary to what Oda Notoharu expected.

Regarding his attempt to ease the awkward atmosphere with a joke, Mai Sakurajima, Miko Yotsuya, Rio Futaba, and Yui Yuigahama did not show any signs of joking, but were very serious.

“You guys…”

Oda Notoharu and Granny were both dumbfounded, their pupils widened in shock.

“You guys… really want to kill a god!?”

Yozora replied casually.

“Did you think I was joking?”

Oda Notoharu and Granny exchanged glances. The two old spiritualists had only one thought in their minds.

This kid…

Has he finally gone crazy in the process of fighting evil spirits and ghosts day after day!?

Kill a god?

How is that even possible?

“To kill Him, we must first find Him.”

Yozora said with a smile.

“So I want to ask, in your circle, are there any shrine maidens or shamans who can contact gods?”

Oda Notoharu's pupils shrank slightly, looking at Yozora's half-smiling appearance, a thought arose in his mind.

He wasn't joking.

He was serious.

“People who can contact gods…”

Oda Notoharu took a deep breath, his brain working rapidly.

At this moment, he recalled everything that had happened since he first met Yozora.

Oda Notoharu's mind began to race.

Only a high school student, but the strongest spiritualist he had ever met in his life.

No matter what kind of exorcism request, Yozora could solve it.

Moreover, the number of spiritualists around him was constantly increasing.

From Miko Yotsuya at the beginning, to Rio Futaba, then to Mai Sakurajima, and now Yui Yuigahama.

One thing Oda Notoharu could be sure of was that, except for Miko Yotsuya, the other three girls were just ordinary people with no spiritual abilities when he first met them.

Now, they possessed an aura similar to spiritual power.

Can spiritualists be created artificially?

Yozora…

Has he mastered a method to awaken spiritual abilities in ordinary people?

No, that's not the point.

Oda Notoharu remembered that some time ago, he brought a black-haired beauty and another tall, light blue-haired beauty to ask him about the legend of the Sunshine Girl.

And in the story of the Sunshine Girl, only the Sunshine Girl's sacrifice could bring the weather back to normal.

The object of the sacrifice…

Is the god who controls the weather.

“Could it be…”

Oda Notoharu's pupils shrank in shock, he pointed to the top of his head, looked at Yozora, and said in disbelief.

“Your target is that one in the sky…”

“That’s right.”

Seeing Yozora admit it without hesitation, Oda Notoharu took a deep breath, calming the restless emotions in his chest.

“Mr. Oda.”

Miko Yotsuya had known Oda Notoharu for the longest time, and was quite familiar with him.