"You brat, who taught you to look at others with such eyes?"
"Why didn't I notice this bad habit of yours before?"
Being stared at by that blatant gaze, Sano Chiho's face was flushed red, her expression unspeakably embarrassed and annoyed.
She pinched Hayato's ear with one hand, quietly scolding him in the manner of an elder.
Although called a scolding, in Hayato's view, it was more like a coquettish complaint.
The distance between the two was very close, so close that Hayato could even clearly smell the faint fragrance on Sano Chiho's body.
Clearly, before coming, Sano Chiho had deliberately taken a bath.
Listening to Sano Chiho's scolding, Hayato did not retreat, but instead looked at her with a burning gaze.
Not hiding the covetousness in his eyes at all.
"It's just that Aunt Chiho is too beautiful, making me unable to look away."
Hayato said, his fiery gaze something even Sano Chiho found somewhat hard to bear.
She couldn't help but turn her head to look out the window.
Has this child always been this bold?
He actually dares to tease her like this?
Why didn't I notice this child was this kind of person before?
Although she felt a bit surprised, strangely, there wasn't the slightest bit of aversion deep down.
Instead, there was a kind of anticipation that she couldn't even describe herself.
"Sometimes I really envy Auntie's husband, being able to marry such a beautiful Woman."
"When I was little, I also liked Women like Auntie the most."
Seeing Sano Chiho's flushed earlobes, Hayato escalated his hints.
"Smooth talker, you're so glib, you've probably tricked quite a few innocent girls."
Sano Chiho scolded him verbally, but the smile that inadvertently appeared at the corner of her mouth indicated that she was in a good mood now.
No one doesn't like hearing praise from others.
Especially when it's from a young man so much younger than herself.
"Aunt Chiho, I'm speaking from the heart."
Hayato reached out and held Sano Chiho's hand, saying with a face full of sincerity.
The scorching heat on his palm made Sano Chiho's face so red it could drip blood.
She struggled lightly for a moment, but found she couldn't break free from his large hands at all.
Sano Chiho, who didn't dare to look at Hayato at all, lowered her gaze and looked at the floor.
She had an urge to burrow into it.
"Auntie is already old, and she's already married."
Feeling his aggressive gaze, Sano Chiho gently bit her lower lip.
Her resentful tone, while seemingly a warning, was more like self-pity.
Old?
Looking at her face, which was only around 30 years old.
Hayato couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Although Sano Chiho was much older than him, she was well-maintained and looked only in her early thirties.
This age is the most beautiful time for a Woman.
Having just shed the shyness of a young girl, she only retained the maturity and charm of a young married Woman.
Furthermore, due to experience, she knew better how to serve a man than a young girl.
While any type of car can be driven.
The experience of a manual transmission and an automatic transmission is completely different.
Someone like him, who was used to driving manual transmission cars, occasionally wanted to drive an automatic car.
"A mature and sexy Woman like Auntie is my favorite type."
"If I married Aunt Chiho, I definitely wouldn't want to get out of bed every day."
Hayato's wolfish words made Sano Chiho's face flush.
She couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.
This child is really getting more and more disrespectful in his speech.
He even dared to joke with Auntie.
Talking about not wanting to get up, even if the bull could stand it, the ground couldn't.
"Such a glib tongue, you must have deceived many girls, right?"
Looking at Sano Chiho's feigned angry expression, Hayato smiled faintly.
He didn't continue the topic but brought up the main point.
"Aunt Chiho, what is it that you called me here for this time?"
From the moment he entered, he saw obvious fatigue on Sano Chiho's face.
As if she hadn't rested well during this time.
He had just helped her dispel the Yin energy from her body a few days ago.
And now, the dispelled Yin energy had suddenly reappeared.
He was certain that he had completely eradicated that Yin energy last time.
Therefore, during this time, Sano Chiho must have encountered something unclean again.
That's why her body was once again stained with Yin energy.
Calling him over this time was probably because of this matter.
Indeed, upon hearing Hayato's words, Sano Chiho's face showed a hesitant expression.
After a moment of hesitation, she still spoke about her recent experiences.
"After you helped me dispel the Yin energy last time, I didn't have any dreams when I returned home."
"But the next night, I started having that nightmare again, and the dream changed."
Saying this, Sano Chiho's face revealed an expression of fear.
"In the dream, I saw the student who committed suicide by jumping off a building, looking at me with a strange smile."
"Originally, I didn't take this matter to heart and planned to find you after some time, but yesterday..."
"One of my students suddenly committed suicide."
"The same time, the same room, and even the location of death were exactly the same as the previous student."
Hmm?
Hayato was slightly startled upon hearing this.
Two students dying at the same time and location.
Such a coincidence was clearly unreasonable.
Therefore, the greatest possibility was that an Evil Spirit was at work.
And this Evil Spirit was very likely hiding in the school now.
This also explained why the Yin energy on Sano Chiho was so troublesome before.
And now, Sano Chiho had started having that nightmare again, which meant she had been targeted by that Evil Spirit again.
Thinking of this, Hayato's gaze focused on Sano Chiho.
As his gaze concentrated, a dense Yin energy emerged.
"As expected!"
Looking at the dense Yin energy emanating from Sano Chiho, Hayato's face showed a not-unexpected expression.
Compared to the wisp of Yin energy he saw last time.
This time, the Yin energy emanating from Sano Chiho was so severe that it covered half of her body.
Being so severely eroded by Yin energy, no wonder last time it was just a nightmare.
This time, she had already dreamed of the student who committed suicide.
According to how this situation developed, when the Yin energy enveloped her whole body, Sano Chiho would dream of the scene of the student's suicide.
At that time, it would be Sano Chiho's time of death.
She would follow in the footsteps of those two students who jumped to their deaths.
However, what Hayato found strange was.
How much time had passed since he last dispelled the Yin energy.
Even if the Yin energy spread, it shouldn't be this fast.
Unless, Sano Chiho was not implicated by the Evil Spirit, but had a direct causal relationship with the Evil Spirit.
Only in this situation could the Evil Spirit directly attack her.
Looking at the panicked Sano Chiho, Hayato frowned.
Although they hadn't met for a long time, based on his understanding of Sano Chiho, she didn't seem like this kind of person.
That was a bit strange.
Without a direct cause and effect with the Evil Spirit, why would she be targeted by the Evil Spirit repeatedly?
"Xiao Hayato, I want to ask you to perform a ritual at the school."
Looking at the pensive Hayato, Sano Chiho changed the subject and spoke about the purpose of calling Hayato over this time.
Since she personally witnessed Hayato dispelling the Evil Spirit from her body last time.
She knew that this young man, whom she had watched grow up, was different from his swindling Father.
He was a true Master with real abilities.
Therefore, her purpose in calling Hayato over this time was very simple.
It was to ask him to perform a ritual for the student who committed suicide.
In her opinion, the reason why these strange things happened at school was because the student who committed suicide had a lingering obsession after death.
As long as a ritual was performed to help her achieve enlightenment as a Buddha, the nightmares and everything else would naturally disappear.
And no other students would be harmed.
As a teacher at the school, two students had committed suicide in her classroom consecutively.
Even if the responsibility wasn't hers, she would still feel guilty.