If it were night now, the Ghost Girl would have left on her own long ago. But unfortunately, it was daytime, and there was still a very long time until nightfall. She truly couldn’t leave by herself.
Even though it was darker inside the passageway and she no longer needed to stay in Tsukiyomi Ruri’s shadow, she still couldn’t leave this place. If this loli perished, wouldn’t she perish as well?
Seeing the Ghost Girl, now restored to a normal girl, pulling her arm with solidified hands, Tsukiyomi Ruri was also helpless.
Why wouldn’t this girl believe she was strong?
“You don’t need to worry about anything. Look, it’s been a while now. Besides those two earlier, has anyone else shown up from this Demon Spirit Group base?” Tsukiyomi Ruri asked.
The Ghost Girl paused, then her eyes widened. “You mean… there’s no one else here right now?”
Don’t forget, the previous gunshots weren’t silenced. Logically, if there were others inside the Demon Spirit Group base, they wouldn’t have ignored multiple gunshots from outside.
At this thought, the Ghost Girl breathed a sigh of relief. “So that’s it. You figured out the Demon Spirit Group’s base was empty, so you dared to walk in so boldly?”
“I could walk in just as calmly even if there were people inside,” Tsukiyomi Ruri answered.
“Don’t brag.” The Ghost Girl didn’t believe her at all.
Tsukiyomi Ruri couldn’t be bothered to explain further and simply walked straight down the passageway.
The passage wasn’t deep, and they soon reached the end. There were two rooms on both the left and right sides, all with their doors currently closed.
Having stayed here before, the Ghost Girl knew the layout and immediately explained to Tsukiyomi Ruri, “The room on the right, closer to the outside, is the place where we ghosts were imprisoned. The one further in is the passage between two worlds. As for the two rooms on the left, I don’t know. I’ve never been to those two rooms.”
Tsukiyomi Ruri’s gaze immediately fell on the room on the right, further inside. She walked towards it, quite curious about the Two Realms Passage.
“If there’s no one else left in the Demon Spirit Group, then this is a chance to rescue the other ghosts.” The Ghost Girl seemed a bit agitated and rushed towards the room where the ghosts were imprisoned, phasing directly through the wall.
Tsukiyomi Ruri paid no mind to the Ghost Girl’s situation. She examined the room on the right, further inside. The base seemed simple, but this door wasn’t ordinary. It looked like it required a card swipe to enter.
Without a key card, Tsukiyomi Ruri clenched her small, pale fist, poised to strike.
At that moment, the Ghost Girl floated out from the other room, a despairing look on her face. “They’re gone. All the other ghosts are gone. What do I do?”
Gone?
Tsukiyomi Ruri glanced at the Ghost Girl with confusion, but first, she smashed the door in front of her with a punch. A loud crash sounded, and the door shattered into pieces, scattering on the ground.
Then Tsukiyomi Ruri stepped into the room.
‘So this is the Two Realms Passage?’
Tsukiyomi Ruri frowned slightly.
A pitch-black passageway floated in mid-air ahead. It was completely impossible to see what was on the other side.
Although judging from the Ghost Girl’s words, the other end should be a Reincarnation World, Tsukiyomi Ruri didn’t dare recklessly enter that world. She didn’t know if she would be noticed by the Reincarnation Space if she did. If she was noticed, what would the Reincarnation Space do to a former “traitor” like her?
In her previous life, she had forced herself to disconnect from the Reincarnation Space, making her a traitor in its eyes.
Just as Tsukiyomi Ruri was looking at the Two Realms Passage before her, a group of people suddenly walked out from within it.
Tsukiyomi Ruri: “…”
Ghost Girl: “…”
The group that walked out: “…”
“Who are you? How did you get in here?” The leader of the group emerging from the Two Realms Passage was a man with a scar on his face, who looked exceptionally tough. He immediately glared at Tsukiyomi Ruri and questioned her.
‘It’s over, it’s over… They actually came back right now.’
Witnessing this scene, the Ghost Girl’s heart was filled with despair. She knew she might have to say goodbye to this world.
As the scarred, tough man questioned her, his eyes also condensed energy. He immediately noticed the Ghost Girl floating to the side.
“So it’s you? You already ran away. Why did you come back? Don’t tell me you wanted to save your ghost companions?” the tough man said coldly.
Although the Ghost Girl felt she was doomed, upon hearing the tough man’s words, she couldn’t help but ask, “What did you do with the other ghosts? Why didn’t I see them?”
“Them? They’re dead, of course.” The tough man’s face was expressionless as he said, “If you want to ask how they died, we killed them. Are you satisfied with that answer?”
Hearing this, the Ghost Girl felt as if she’d fallen into an ice cellar.
Those ghosts weren’t really her companions. She didn’t even know them. But they had been captured and imprisoned together, and she clearly remembered all their faces. But now, those ghosts were completely gone.
‘Next to disappear will be me, right?’
The Ghost Girl despaired.
Although she still had Tsukiyomi Ruri on her side, looking at Tsukiyomi Ruri’s petite figure and youthful face, the Ghost Girl had absolutely no confidence.
“How did you discover this Two Realms Passage? And which Reincarnation World does the other side connect to?” Tsukiyomi Ruri spoke up, questioning the members of the Demon Spirit Group.
The members of the Demon Spirit Group looked at Tsukiyomi Ruri as if they were looking at a fool. They had no intention of answering.
“I asked you a question, and you haven’t answered yet. You’re going to question me instead?” the tough man said coldly.
“I don’t want to answer your question. I just want you to answer mine. Are you unwilling?” Tsukiyomi Ruri tilted her head and asked.
Hearing Tsukiyomi Ruri’s words, even the Ghost Girl couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
‘This loli has completely no understanding of the situation. The situation is “the enemy is strong, we are weak,” and yet her tone is still so forceful. Isn’t she afraid they’ll make her death a painful one?’
The Ghost Girl looked away, unable to bear watching the scene that would follow.
As she expected, the tough man flew into a rage upon hearing Tsukiyomi Ruri’s words. “What do you think you are? How dare you speak to me like that? Are you courting death?”
As he spoke, the tough man directly attacked. Even though his hands held nothing, he made a chopping motion, slashing down towards Tsukiyomi Ruri.
Tsukiyomi Ruri extended her pinky finger.
“Bang!”
With the sound of metal clashing against metal, Tsukiyomi Ruri looked at her pinky and sighed. “Is this invisible sword your trump card? It can’t even leave a scratch on my fingernail. Isn’t that a bit too weak?”
The members of the Demon Spirit Group froze.
The Ghost Girl also froze.
