Tomie's sacred and fanatical roar echoed through the shrine.
The bloated monster, composed of countless limbs and faces, was clearly completely enraged by this provocation.
Its hideous head let out a massive roar.
Tomie responded with an even more fanatical battle cry.
"For the Emperor!"
(There was absolutely no need to worry about the Emperor not protecting Tomie, because even Tomie was much more human than the humans of 40K.)
Tomie was the first to charge forward.
Just as she shouted this newly learned sacred slogan, a faint golden light actually surfaced on her eerie body.
The Chainsword in her hands roared in tandem.
As if thirsting for the blood of heretics.
Miko, Hana, and Yuria's emotions were also ignited by this fanatical atmosphere.
They chanted the sacred and solemn prayers.
A warm and intimate feeling transmitted from the weapons in their hands.
Fear?
What was that?
"For the Emperor!!"
The girls followed suit, shouting at the top of their lungs.
Though their voices were immature, they carried an indomitable momentum.
Gripping their Bolters and Chainswords, they launched a charge right behind Tomie.
The battle erupted in an instant.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The Emperor's Bolters in Hana and Yuria's hands fired first.
The heavy gunshots sounded like the roars of Astartes.
These were not ordinary bullets being fired; they were sacred runic bolt rounds carrying the endless wrath of humanity.
The bolt rounds struck the evil god's familiars.
Golden holy light exploded violently, and every single bolt round took out a monster.
"Wu—Roar!!"
The evil god was grazed by a few bullets, letting out a furious roar.
Countless slimy tentacles extended, sweeping toward the girls.
"Watch out!"
Miko screamed instinctively, raising her Chainsword to block.
However, the expected impact never came.
Those tentacles, along with their accompanying evil power, were completely blocked by an invisible golden force field a meter away from their bodies.
"Sizzle—"
The evil power rapidly evaporated the instant it touched the force field.
"It's the Emperor's Butt Cushion Amulet!"
This personal holy relic originating from the great being (under his butt) exuded absolute majesty!
The evil god's terrifying attacks couldn't even touch the corners of their clothes.
"Wow! It's so strong!"
Hana's courage swelled. Bathed in the golden light, the muzzle flash of the Bolter in her hands spat even more joyously.
"Vzzzt! Vzzzt!"
In the very moment the evil god's attack was thwarted, the roar of the Chainswords had already overpowered its bellowing.
Tomie and Miko had already charged into enemy lines. Before the ferocious jagged teeth, the evil god's familiars were incredibly fragile.
"Slash!"
Tomie swung her sword, the Chainsword easily tearing open an anomaly's body. Eerie black blood mixed with minced meat sprayed into the air.
The blood splattered onto her face, drawing a maniacal laugh from Tomie.
"Die! Monster!"
Miko also let out a fierce shout. Mimicking Tomie's posture, she swung her Chainsword upward.
A lunging anomaly was cleaved in two right down the middle.
Right at that moment, the two small fox stone statues that had been standing in attendance beside the evil god moved.
Two small fox gods, more agile and bizarre than the other familiars, attacked the two girls from the left and right.
"Miko!"
Kyoko exclaimed, immediately turning her muzzle.
But the small fox gods were too fast. By this time, they had already assumed their stances, shockwaves brewing in their hands.
Miko's heart skipped a beat. Unable to bring the Chainsword in her left hand back in time to defend, she instinctively smashed the "Myriad Soul Banner"—which she hadn't had a chance to use yet—forward.
"Bang!"
The Myriad Soul Banner struck one of the small fox gods in the head.
The instant it was hit, the small fox god let out a shrill wail, its entire body directly shattering apart.
But after the black mist dispersed, it faintly revealed a human soul inside.
Miko froze, immediately activating [Eyes of Truth].
Her vision instantly switched, and she saw through the true nature of the two small fox gods.
Her heart clenched. They weren't anomalies at all.
Beneath that twisted black resentment were actually two young girls, forcibly warped and bound by the evil god's power!
They were the girls who had made deals with the fox god in the past.
They had once naively prayed to the "fox god" for help, only to be ruthlessly devoured and enslaved by it in the end.
A wave of lingering fear welled up in Miko's heart. If she hadn't met her master, would she also have been imprisoned and transformed into a new small fox god?
However, the last trace of fear she held toward the evil god subsequently vanished completely.
Replaced by nothing but endless anger—anger at the evil god for wantonly toying with human souls.
"Big Sis Tomie! Hana! Yuria! Cover me!!"
"Got it!"
"Leave it to us!"
Tomie let out an excited shriek, brandishing her Chainsword with fierce momentum, severing all the tentacles that tried to approach.
The muzzle flashes of the Bolters also grew more frantic, tearing open gap after gap on the evil god's main body.
They cleared a path for Miko leading straight to the evil god's main body.
In the vision of her [Eyes of Truth], Miko had already clearly locked onto the evil god's core.
Right there. She frantically poured all her Cursed Energy into the Myriad Soul Banner and Chainsword in her right hand.
"In the name of the Emperor..."
She shouted the slogan, her petite figure leaping up and vaulting over the obstruction of all the tentacles.
"Evil god, die!"
She viciously thrust the Myriad Soul Banner and Chainsword in her hands into the evil god's core.
"No—!!!"
The evil god let out a shrill, unwilling wail.
"Vzzzt—!"
The instant it pierced through, the Myriad Soul Banner erupted with an unprecedentedly terrifying suction force.
The massive evil god, along with the immense resentment it had accumulated on this land for hundreds of years, was completely absorbed by the Myriad Soul Banner like rivers flowing into the sea.
With the death of the evil god, the two enslaved small fox gods also came to a halt.
The black mist dissipated, and the transparent souls of two young girls with blurred faces floated in midair.
They bowed deeply in Miko's direction.
Then, they turned into a sky full of light motes and dissipated into the world.
Miko could clearly feel a joyous hum coming from the Myriad Soul Banner in her hand; its power had grown significantly.
...
After this battle, both the strength and mentality of the girl squad experienced a leap in growth.
In the following week, their lives became incredibly fulfilling and thrilling.
During the day, they were high school girls disguised as ordinary people, enjoying a peaceful campus life.
At night, under Yang Yi's training, they frantically cultivated their Cursed Energy and engaged in various high-intensity actual combat exercises.
Tomie also hunted down quite a few other Tomies, and her power continued to grow.
Miko, emboldened by her high skills, relied on her [Eyes of Truth] and the Myriad Soul Banner to single-handedly exorcise the "Ugly Mother Ghost" possessing their new homeroom teacher.
After just one short week, everyone's strength had reached the level of Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerers.
At the same time, the exorcism account Yang Yi had registered for them—paving the way with the power of wealth—now held considerable prestige on the internet.
Thanks to several highly efficient exorcism experiences, they had become renowned supernatural disposal masters far and wide.
That night, after training ended.
In the apartment's living room, Hana curled up happily on the sofa, holding the never-ending "Supreme Giant Roast Meat" in her right hand and the never-ending "Supreme Giant Cola" in her left.
Yuria was curled up beside her, scrolling through the exorcism app.
"The commission fee for this 'Midnight Ring' is so high, it's ten million yen."
"This 'Hanako in the Toilet' has already been snatched up by another team. What a pity."
"This 'Saeki Family House' mission hasn't been completed by anyone yet. So scary."
"This commission from Kurouzu Town is so weird, but the payout is so small, only a hundred thousand yen."
Suddenly, Yang Yi, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes.
"Hm? Tell me more about that last mission."
"Eh? Is there a problem?"
Yuria jolted, hurriedly clicking open the mission.
Client: Kirie Goshima.
Her tone in the plea for help was filled with despair and chaos.
Between the lines, there was a madness that reeked of plummeting SAN values.
[Help! Save us! Something is terribly wrong in Kurouzu Town!]
[There are spirals everywhere!]
[The clouds in the sky, the water in the river... even the scars on my classmate's body... everything is twisting! Everything is turning into spirals!]
[I want to escape, but we're trapped, we can't get out!]
[Anyone who tries to leave will eventually return to the town uncontrollably!]
[My classmate... he turned into a giant snail, and he's crawling right outside the window!]
Attached below the commission info was a photo.
The photo was incredibly bizarre; just one glance was enough to make one's scalp tingle.
In the photo, a humanoid creature was crawling on the ground.
His body was contorted in an anti-human posture, with a giant snail shell attached to his back.
He had turned into a snail person!
Miko frowned. This feeling of humans being wantonly toyed with made her angry.
She turned to Yang Yi. "Master, I want to take this mission!"
Miko, Hana, and Yuria were also shocked by the terrifying scene in the commission.
But they were no longer the cowards they once were.
A sense of responsibility to save others, along with confidence in their own strength, allowed them to quickly calm down after their brief astonishment.
"Master."
Kyoko stood up, her expression revealing determination.
"Let's take this commission."
"Yeah!" Miko and Yuria also nodded, gripping their weapons tightly.
Yang Yi smiled. "Even if you didn't say anything, I would have taken it. It's just a little spiral, what's there to be so cocky about!"
"Get ready, we leave tomorrow!"
After seeing the words "Kirie Goshima," "Kurouzu Town," and "spiral."
Yang Yi recognized this place.
This was another manga penned by Tomie's creator, Junji Ito—*Uzumaki*.