Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

With Yotsuya Miko's soft cry, twelve of the thirteen eyes on Hyakume's body slowly closed.

Only one remained, the eyeball belonging to the Slaughtering Demon.

All of Hyakume's power was concentrated in this one eye.

"It's this way."

Hyakume's clear, cold voice rang out as she headed towards a certain direction behind the exhibition hall.

In legends, Hyakume is a monster that steals the eyes of others and attaches them to herself.

Once she gathers a hundred eyeballs, no exorcist can stop her power.

This is the origin of Hyakume's name.

The Slaughtering Demon's eyeball possesses an extremely special ability: tracing the whereabouts of "spirits."

Furthermore, its compatibility with Hyakume is perfect.

Even if a powerful spirit like Onimaru Kunitsuna isn't present, the Slaughtering Demon's eyeball can trace residual spiritual energy, revealing Onimaru Kunitsuna's location.

Led by Hyakume, Yozora and Yotsuya Miko found a corner in the exhibition hall that appeared to be a wall but was actually a hidden door.

After passing through a corridor over ten meters long, the two arrived at a metal door.

Hyakume pointed a finger and said softly.

"Onimaru Kunitsuna should be inside."

Chapter 085: Yotsuya Miko's New Ability, the Metropolitan Police Department's Encirclement

Even without Hyakume's reminder, Yotsuya Miko knew.

Even through the thick metal door, she could feel the powerful spiritual energy emanating from within.

Even the air was filled with dense golden particles, blurring Yotsuya Miko's vision.

She had never encountered such a high density of spiritual energy before.

Even the mountain goat deity in the shrine, with its lofty, overwhelming pressure, paled in comparison to the scene before her.

But…

Yotsuya Miko looked at the two keyholes on the metal door, her brow furrowed.

"This is a mechanical lock?"

Yozora nodded slightly, took two steps forward, and carefully examined the keyholes, saying calmly.

"Yes, it's a security lock that requires two keys to be turned simultaneously to open. There are no electronic components, just a purely mechanical lock."

Electronic locks and mechanical locks each have their strengths and weaknesses, and it's hard to say which is safer.

Using a mechanical lock was probably because the museum's curator felt it was best to keep modern technology away from the place where valuable antiques are stored.

He's a man of principle.

"Can you open it, then? Aren't you good at lock picking?"

Hearing this, Yozora turned to look at Yotsuya Miko, shaking his head with a wry smile.

"How is that possible? I can pick locks, but that's limited to things like residential security doors. I might be able to try this level of mechanical lock, but it would take at least four or five hours."

Yotsuya Miko's golden eyes showed worry.

"We don't have that much time. Should we… come back another time?"

"There won't be another time."

Yozora's tone was very calm, without the slightest hint of panic or anxiety.

"We triggered the alarm this time. Onimaru Kunitsuna will definitely be moved immediately. After all, this is a national treasure-level sword of the Sakura Province. Even the mayor of Kyoto couldn't bear the responsibility if it were lost."

"What do we do then?"

Although it was silent, Yotsuya Miko knew that time was passing by every second.

There wasn't much time left for her and Yozora.

"Hmm…"

Yozora pondered for a few seconds before speaking.

"Have your Hyakume focus its energy and see if its vision can penetrate the metal exterior, see through the lock's structure, and then tell me."

"This…?"

Hearing this, Yotsuya Miko was a little at a loss.

Can her Hyakume do such a thing?

She subconsciously wanted to turn around and ask Hyakume, but then she suddenly remembered Yozora's words: she is Hyakume, and Hyakume is her.

After growing to thirteen eyes, Hyakume already possessed enough power.

But power alone is useless.

The key is how to transform the "power" within Hyakume into an "ability" that can be used?

Yotsuya Miko recalled the analysis that Futaba Rio had done after becoming a spiritualist.

Soul manifestation is a manifestation of the user's own soul and heart.

Whether it's her Hyakume or Futaba Rio's Bone Woman, their appearance and abilities are related to their thoughts when they awakened.

Furthermore, Futaba Rio had a speculation.

Not only at the time of initial birth.

Even after the soul manifestation has formed, it will still be influenced by the spiritualist's own heart to a certain extent.

In other words.

As long as the soul manifestation devours enough evil spirits and possesses enough power, coupled with the spiritualist's own thoughts, it can unlock new abilities.

Now is the time to verify Futaba Rio's speculation.

"Haa…"

Yotsuya Miko took a deep breath, concentrating all her attention on the two keyholes in front of her.

In that instant, she felt the world quiet down.

The passage of time seemed to stop at this moment.

The deep golden particles in the air slowly disappeared.

What filled Yotsuya Miko's eyes, occupying her entire field of vision, were only the two keyholes on the metal door.

And Hyakume, standing behind her, slowly closed its left eye, hiding the Slaughtering Demon's eyeball.

In the originally dark and empty right eye socket, an eyeball flickering with a light golden light, identical to Yotsuya Miko's eyes, gradually appeared.

"Open your eyes…"

Yotsuya Miko bit her silver teeth and whispered.

"Hyakume!"

Accompanied by her soft cry, Hyakume's golden right eye fully formed, radiating a few dazzling rays of light.

"I see it."

Hyakume's voice was still clear and gentle, but in her eyes, the outer shell of the metal lock had disappeared, and what she could see was the precise and complex internal structure.

Hearing her answer, Yotsuya Miko finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then she noticed a new problem.

Hyakume could see and describe the internal structure of the mechanical lock, that's true.

But verbal communication is ultimately limited.

Yotsuya Miko herself doesn't know how to pick locks, nor has she studied professional knowledge in this area. As Hyakume's soul manifestation, she naturally knows nothing about it.

In these short few minutes, can Yozora really open such a complex mechanical lock with just verbal communication?

Yotsuya Miko frowned, and a strange idea suddenly popped into her mind.

She turned to look at Hyakume: "The vision of all the eyes on your body is interconnected, right?"

"That's right."

"Then can you dig out an eye and attach it to Yozora's body so he can also see the internal structure of the lock?"

"No."

Hyakume shook her head, looking at Yotsuya Miko with eyes that seemed to say she was an idiot.

"I am your soul manifestation. Even if I were to merge with a human, the only possible target would be you. Besides, he doesn't have any extra holes on his body, does he? Are you going to put my eyeball in his nose?"

Yotsuya Miko couldn't refute.

How could she refute?

Hyakume is her soul manifestation. The fact that she can say such a thing means that she herself thinks her proposal is outrageous.

It's like she's arguing with herself.

"However…"

Hyakume suddenly changed the subject.

"If I attach my eyeball to something that also belongs to the spirit realm, I can indeed share my vision."

Yotsuya Miko pondered thoughtfully upon hearing this.

"In other words…"

She and Hyakume looked at Yozora standing aside, and said in unison.

"Ghost Hand."

"Oh, I understand."

Hearing the words of the one person and one spirit, Yozora didn't show the slightest surprise.

"Come out."

With his command, the pale Ghost Hand, which had grown into an arm, appeared in mid-air.

"Make it smaller."

Hearing Yozora's instructions, the pale Ghost Hand raised its middle finger.

Of course, this wasn't to express contempt.

It used its middle finger to replace its head, bending it slightly a few times, which was equivalent to nodding, and then quickly shrinking to the size of a normal human arm.

"You have this ability too?"

Listening to Yotsuya Miko's slightly surprised tone, Yozora replied indifferently.

"Of course. Actually, it was originally this normal size. I just chose the most suitable size for dealing with evil spirits, without affecting agility."

Seeing Yozora's expression and demeanor, Yotsuya Miko couldn't help but sigh slightly.

As she thought.

Yozora probably guessed long ago that with Hyakume's current power, she could develop more abilities.

Including seeing through objects and sharing her eyeballs with other spirits to achieve the effect of shared vision.

Yotsuya Miko could probably understand why Yozora didn't say it directly.

What was that saying of his?

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

Yozora wouldn't directly teach her how to exorcise, but would teach her how to comprehend it herself, so as to develop more abilities and become a qualified exorcist.

"Alright, let's begin."

Hyakume dug out an eyeball from her wrist and attached it to the back of the pale Ghost Hand.

Having obtained an eye for the first time, the pale Ghost Hand even seemed a little jubilant, waving in the air a couple of times.