I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

"Really, the Spirit Eliminators Association... is actually in this building?!"

Standing on the side of Akihabara Avenue, Araki Sosuke looked up at the tall building in front of him with an ambiguous expression, repeatedly confirming the address on the phone.

"I have come here to challenge so many times, but I haven't found it at all. Maybe this is the legendary Great Hermit in the City?"

"Oops, if you come here often in the future, won't you be unable to resist spending all your salary before going upstairs?"

After smoking the cigarette in his hand vigorously and throwing it into the trash can, he straightened his suit that was a little messy from running, with a confused and confident expression on his face.

"Although there was an accident and I sacrificed 'Gunner One' in a strange place ahead of time... However, my creed has always been that there must always be a PLANB in ​​life!"

"Besides, when it comes to the experience of examination, exemption and interview, I will not lose to anyone!"

Having said that, he pressed the switch of the automatic door in front of him with a blushing face and walked in with great strides.

"...A man who aspires to become the strongest spirit destroyer in Japan, Sousuke Araki, see you!"

On the sign above the automatic door, there are words such as "MS Department Store", "Adult's World" and so on...

"Phew, I almost couldn't resist the temptation, I got off the elevator on the first two floors..."

"Candidates who are taking part in the Exorcism Exemption Examination, please line up over there first for qualification review..."

After Sousuke Araki took the elevator all the way up to the top floor of the MS department store building, a staff member was standing in the corridor guiding the people who came to participate in the assessment.

Although the Exorcism Exemption Examination does not require pre-registration, it is divided into four stages: pre-qualification, written examination, interview, and practical operation.

"This is the Association of the Eliminators? It looks no different from the office buildings of ordinary companies..."

Looking at the surrounding environment, Araki Sousuke followed the guidance on the corridor and came to a large conference room.

In the conference room, a lot of people who looked like they were participating in the exemption examination had already gathered, and they were lining up in two teams to conduct the qualification examination.

Araki Sousuke, who carelessly pushed the door open and stood at the end of the line, immediately attracted the attention of the room.

Even ignoring his vicious monocular eye patch, looming tattoos and criminal aura that automatically emanates from his body, this "interview suit" alone is considered an alternative in the room.

Because most of the people waiting for the qualification review in this room have a strong "religious" atmosphere in both their attire and personal temperament.

"So, the upstairs of the 'World of Adults' is the 'World of God's Stick'? 』

It caused Araki Sousuke to think that he had strayed into some kind of strange indiscriminate religious pyramid scheme.

The monks in plain robes, the maidens in white and red, and the priests in golden and white robes, these common priests are fine...

"Heh! I can see at a glance that there is a peerless evil spirit sealed in your body. If you don't want to find a way to get rid of it, I'm afraid bad luck will continue!"

Hearing the sound, Sousuke Araki turned his head away, only to realize that the person talking to him was a man with long flowing hair, a simple and elegant white robe all over his body, and a bearded face.

"?"

He is obviously a Japanese, but in this outfit, he looks like those Indian ascetic monks on TV.

The strangest thing is that, holding a crutch in one hand, this man with the appearance of an ascetic monk actually appears to be suspended in mid-air, sitting cross-legged, with long hair and a white robe that moves without wind. Unpredictable.

"...Just drink this bottle of the 'Evil Spirit Retreating Water' that condenses the essence of my master Ajalye's cultivation base, and you will be protected from all evil and evil spirits!"

There was no time to react, and a bottle of transparent mineral water was handed to Sosuke Araki, with a sticky note on it, written with a simple marker pen, "Evil spirit retreating water, national unified retail price 500 yen, tasting period 30 days" and so on.

『Hey, you are already a Sanwu product, isn’t it? Could it be that you filled it yourself with recycled plastic bottles? It sounds like something strange has been added...』

"Wait, you...you are..."

Immediately, Araki Sousuke's attention was attracted by the other party's calm "suspended sitting posture".

"Wow, is this the legendary levitation technique? I've only seen it on TV before, and it's the first time I watched it so close!"

Curiously, he reached out and swept under the opponent's buttocks, and after confirming that it was a "vacuum zone", he followed the thick and long crutch in the hand of the "Master Ajalye" all the way up...

"Wait...Your Excellency touched my indescribable wand on my own, I can't guarantee what will happen next...I'd rather buy a bottle of 'Evil Spirit Retreating Water' for body protection first..."

"Hey, it really is the same as the principle mentioned in the video, is it made of aluminum alloy?"

Ignoring the "evil spirit retreat water" handed by the other party again, Sousuke Araki continued to fondle Master Ajalye's thick and long crutch all the way, looking for the legendary "mechanism".

"...Is the closed mechanism here?"

"Hey, don't do it like this, it will...uh..."

Perhaps unable to withstand Araki Sousuke's overly intense touch, the ascetic monk's body that was originally "suspended" in the air, together with the "magic wand" in his hand, began to fold, bend, and deform backwards...

"thump."

As if unable to withstand the intrusion of the man in front of him, Master Ajalye collapsed to the ground together with the "magic wand" in his hand, and the "evil spirit retreating water" in his hand also spewed all over the ground.

"Demon...you black-blooded demon..."

What then appeared in front of everyone was a strangely shaped "folding chair" made of the "magic wand" connecting the upper and lower steel plates under the cover of his wide robe.

Under the cover of his robe, he sat cross-legged on this special chair, visually it looked like he was suspended in mid-air.

"Ah, sorry, sorry, it shouldn't be broken..."

Sousuke Araki was about to reach out to help Master Ajalye, whose robe was entangled in a chair and unable to move on the ground, an old woman dressed as a gypsy, holding a crystal ball and with three-dimensional facial features, stopped him with a smile. in front of him.

"Young man, I have already seen that your seal is black and you are the lone star of the evil spirit. For the sake of the same assessment, how about asking the old man to give you a trigram for free..."

"Hey, you've misused the fortune-telling words of the Dragon Kingdom, right? Isn't this attire supposed to say something like 'feel the swing of fate in the invisible vein'? 』

"Don't worry, it's normal to be shy and jerky for the first time. After you taste the sweetness, you will gradually become proficient. Just follow me and put your hand up..."

Before Araki Sousuke could refuse, the gypsy old lady had already pretended to be careless and pulled his hand towards the crystal ball.