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A special fragrance wafted through the divination shop, and Yang Tao quite liked it. The old divination lady, hearing Yang Tao's words, slightly raised her head to look at him, but her attention was quickly drawn to the glittering Hana.
'Such strong life energy. This child might attract quite a few unclean things…'
Seeing that the old lady didn't speak, Yang Tao reached out and gently tapped the table.
The old divination lady came back to her senses, looked up at the man in front of her, then took out a stack of tarot cards from the side and laid them out one by one on the table.
"Young man… pick one."
Tarot cards? Is it that type of divination?
Yang Tao reached out and randomly picked one from the table, flipping it over.
[The World]
The old divination lady reached out, took the tarot card back, and lowered her voice, saying, "The World represents permanence and continued success, symbolizing the establishment of a new era. It describes a kind of inner happiness; what you want to do will surely succeed…"
In reality, she just thought Yang Tao was planning to pursue a girl and didn't think much beyond that. Typically, young people who come for divination are mostly there for matters of the heart.
Yang Tao showed a bright smile and said, "You're quite accurate. I also feel like I'll definitely reach the other shore."
He reached into his pocket, pulled out a banknote, placed it on the table, then turned and left with Miko and Hana.
The fact that the other party could provide a decent amount of exploration value indicated that they were a plot character. Showing his face now would make it easier to talk later.
As for whether it was accurate or not?
His Frostwalker and Supernova were not to be trifled with.
The old divination lady looked at the banknote on the table, gazing at Yang Tao's retreating figure, and muttered in her heart:
'What a strange young man…'
…
4 PM, subway station entrance.
Yang Tao stood beside Miko, waving goodbye to Hana. After Hana entered the subway station, Miko's face turned slightly red, mainly because Hana's teasing gaze when she left was a bit much for her.
"Mr. Yang… where are we going?"
"You can just pretend I'm not here. If you usually separate from Hana, where would you go?"
"At this time, I might go home."
"Then just go home, I'll follow you."
After two subway transfers, Miko walked towards her home with Yang Tao.
"Um… that's my house up ahead."
Miko pointed to a two-story house not far ahead, a standard Japanese-style building. If she had to describe it, it was pretty much like Crayon Shin-chan's house.
"Wait for me, I'll go exorcise something first…"
Yang Tao looked at the man standing at Miko's doorstep, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Although the other party looked exactly like a human, his slightly golden glowing body indicated that he was no simple individual. His golden glow was not like Hana's, but rather a golden light with a hint of sacredness.
Moreover, behind him was a monster with a life value as high as 500 points, a very peculiar-looking monster.
Its head somewhat resembled an enlarged Goblin, but it had a beast-like body, and its huge eyeballs contained crimson pupils.
A massive mouth opened and closed, muttering something unintelligible.
Seeing Yang Tao walk towards the man and the monster, Miko quickly reached out and grabbed Yang Tao's arm, her voice trembling slightly, "Th-that's my father, but he's already passed away. I don't dare to show that I can see him…"
Yang Tao was stunned by her words and looked at the male ghost again. He had the appearance of a man in his forties, wearing a white shirt and black trousers, with glasses on his face, looking gentle and refined.
Temporarily abandoning the idea of physical exorcism, he smiled and said:
"You're doing the right thing. Humans and ghosts are on different paths. When you don't know the other party's true situation, protecting yourself is correct…"
Miko's father saw Miko return and immediately walked over enthusiastically, saying, "Miko, why are you home so late today? Mom has already made dinner."
His words were habitually ignored by Miko, but the man didn't get discouraged and continued to talk to himself with a smiling face, "Who is this man? Is he your boyfriend, Miko?"
"I didn't expect it so soon, Miko is already starting to date boys?"
"But you're still in school, so you must be careful and never let a boy trick you. However, this young man does look quite good, he has some of your father's youthful charm."
Yang Tao heard the man's words and suddenly turned to him, saying, "Uncle whose name I don't know, your daughter and I are just friends."
"You can see me?"
The man's expression was somewhat surprised.
"Yes, just some special abilities."
Hearing Yang Tao admit he could see him, the man hadn't said anything yet, but the monster behind him suddenly moved close to him, its mouth, larger than his head, opening and closing, revealing flat teeth inside.
"I see you're very different from the other evil spirits on the street. At least you look like a normal person. Can you tell me why this is?"
"Also, Uncle, I want to ask, is this thing your pet? If possible, please make it stay further away from me. It doesn't look like it brushes its teeth often."
This monster was strong, but Yang Tao felt he was stronger.
"It's not my pet. Actually, I don't know what it is, but I know it wants to take me away…"
"Take you away?"
Could it be a type of Shinigami?
As for the other party's appearance, Yang Tao didn't think it was a problem.
He looked at the large ghost in front of him.
Yang Tao stared into its crimson eyes and asked, "Are you a Shinigami?"
"Something like that…"
He didn't expect this large ghost to actually respond to him, even though the language it spoke wasn't human language.
"What I need to do is protect his soul, and take him away from here after he fulfills his wish. But, mysterious being, I am very curious about you now…"
Yang Tao's lips curved into a slight smile as he said, "Put away your curiosity, or you'll regret it."
The large ghost showed a strange smile and retreated back behind Miko's father. For it, guarding Miko's father's soul was its most important task.
'Could it be that the method of exorcism in this world is to have one's own guardian ghost? That's quite interesting…'
Just as Yang Tao was about to ask Miko's father why he had become so golden and glittering, a young woman walked out from the neighboring house.
[Exploration Progress: 35.64%]
[Accessory Slot mod Activated]
[Rich Accessory mod Activated]
Yang Tao completely disregarded the large ghost and Miko's father in front of him. The exploration value provided by this woman was even higher than Miko's, significantly higher even…
"Miko, are you just getting back?"
Miko showed a polite smile and bowed to the young woman, saying, "Aunt Kayako, I just got back. I'm about to go home now…"
Yang Tao's pupils suddenly constricted.
'Kayako?! The Grudge?!'
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