Are you here for extermination or destruction?

　　The best way to strengthen the "Bridge of Fear", he was, was to repeat the action of overcoming his fear.

　　From Ryota's point of view, the thing he is most afraid of is definitely ghosts.

　　Even after the Tenjin Elementary School incident, he had overcome his fear of such things. But not completely thorough.

　　Just not afraid in general. In a real encounter, presumably the tension is still unavoidable.

　　With these speculations in mind, Ryota asks the minister to help him keep an eye on a ghost he can handle.

　　Then contact him when you need his help. Unexpectedly, only four days later, there was a call.

　　Ryota stopped training, his soul power soared, and the sweat and stains on his body and clothes instantly froze.

　　Accompanied by soul force flowing through the meridians, it is used as True Qi in martial arts and immortality styles, simulating vibrational frequencies.

　　bang —

The congealed sweat and stains were immediately blown away and scattered on the ground.

　　Throughout the process, his clothes remained intact.

　　"Um... not bad."

　　Ryota nodded in satisfaction.

　　Ever since he started the Military Commander System, his control over his own power had greatly increased. Now that the sword skill has been explosively improved, the controllability has reached a level of nuance.

　　If a mosquito flew past him, as long as he thought about it, he could cut off the mosquito's leg without hurting any other parts.

　　Situations like swiping the phone before and smashing the screen will never happen again.

　　"I hope this time it will be smoother and the first bridge will be completely stable."

　　Ryota put away the long sword materialized by soul power, and his short-term plan came to mind.

　　Now he is very hungry for power.

　　As long as the first bridge can be stabilized, he will immediately participate in the adventure and earn a lot of points.

　　Then come back and start construction of the second bridge.

　　Using points to help increase the progress of the Military Commander System, he can greatly reduce the time needed to accumulate emotions.

　　At that time, as long as one's spiritual transformation was completed, one would succeed in constructing the bridge immediately, and one's strength would instantly increase by a large amount.

　　New emotional side abilities will also be awakened.

　　Very interesting to think about.

　　With anticipation, Ryota left the Hayasaka family's villa.

　　After a while, a black car stopped at the gate outside the villa.

　　Ryota glanced through the car window, and the driver turned out to be an acquaintance.

　　It was the bald, gangster-like man who was in charge of picking her up to the office building last time during the Grudge incident.

　　It seems that these two are quite fated.

　　Unlike before, the strong man stared at him with even more admiration.

　　This made Ryota lose any desire to communicate, and quietly went to the scene.

　　...

　　After more than ten minutes, Ryota arrived at the outskirts of an upscale hotel.

　　Nearby areas have been cordoned off and people have been evacuated.

　　Police personnel guarded all parts of the blockade, preventing curious onlookers from approaching.

　　When Ryota got out of the car, a staff member immediately came to meet him and took him to the blockade.

　　"What's the situation?" Ryota asked while walking.

　　"The incident happened last night. The whole hotel has been turned into a special ghost room. People can only enter but not exit. We sent a team to enter, but they lost contact after entering."

　　The staff member looked worried, but still answered patiently:

　　"Including our people, a total of 125 people are trapped inside. Their safety is still unknown."

　　"Where are the people from the alliance? Aren't they coming?"

　　"There is a shortage of manpower, and it takes time to move people quickly, so the captain found you."

　　"Is that so..."

　　While talking along the way, the two arrived at the door of the hotel.

　　Ryota asked some details. After learning more about it, he asked the most critical question:

　　"What is the assessment of the strength of this ghost?"

　　"According to the concentration of feedback from the spirit particles, it should have just been promoted to the [Evil Spirit] level."

　　"Does not matter."

　　Ryota nodded.

　　He had yet to deal with a ghost of the [Evil Spirit] level.

　　Among the Grudge clone and Sachiko clone that Ryota met before, the strongest was only close to [Evil Spirit] level.

　　This time, even though it was his first time dealing with an [Evil Spirit] level, he was extremely confident in his own strength.

　　In the past four days, he had gone to the official organization office and asked the minister to help him assess his strength.

　　The other party's conclusion was that he had originally reached the second stage of psychic level. And that's not even taking into account the Ming Hong Sword's special attack against souls.

　　Dealing with low level ghosts was a challenge for him now.

　　(It's better if it's a bit difficult, otherwise I won't feel nervous, and this trip is worthless... No, it's worth it, there's a reward of 40 million yen after all.)

　　Seeing the hotel gate, Ryota entered a battle state.

　　A mischievous smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his emotions ran high.

　　A longsword that manifested with soul power appeared in his hand, and a vicious killing intent appeared in his eyes.

　　The sudden change in temperament shocked the staff at the side.

　　Ryota ignored his thoughts and only said: "Stay outside and don't let anyone bother me."

　　His tone was harsh, and his tone was like an order.

　　"...Yes."

　　The staff subconsciously responded in an obliging manner.

　　When he realized something was wrong, Ryota had already entered the gate.

　　...

　　The hotel gate was like the gigantic mouth of some kind of monster, swallowing people who entered its stomach, waiting to be slowly digested.

　　As soon as he entered, Ryota had this feeling in his heart. The subtle feeling of dislocation in space is somewhat similar to that of Tenjin Elementary School.

　　He immediately turned around and rushed out of the gate as fast as he could.

　　But after successfully passing through the gate, he did not come out, but still arrived at the hotel lobby.

　　Ryota tried a few more times, but the result was the same.

　　It's like a legendary ghost hitting a wall.

　　However, he could rest assured that his consciousness was protected by the Ming Hong Sword, and would not be disturbed by ghosts at the [Evil Spirit] level.

　　The hotel space was completely distorted, it turned into a ghost land dominated by ghosts. It seems that he is still in the real world, but in fact he has lost touch with reality.

　　(Is it similar to Sachiko... or the characteristics of a Tenjin Elementary School ghost?)

　　Ryota frowned.

　　The ghosts in this world are very scary things.

　　In most cases, ghosts themselves are not very strong, but certain characteristics can reach strange levels by disturbing time and space and manipulating cause and effect.

"Let's see if I can cut it!"

　　Ryota's eyes suddenly cold.

　　The sword in his hand was held high, and the muscles on his arm immediately bulged.

　　Explosion power out.

　　"Ha--!"

　　He shouted loudly and slashed.

　　Explosion!

　　It was like a bomb exploded.

　　The hotel gate was shattered into pieces by the violent force. Together with several surrounding walls, they exploded and fired simultaneously. From the broken hole, Ryota jumped out.

　　When he landed, he found himself still in the hotel lobby.

　　"Not successful? No… It should be because my soul power is too weak to fully activate the characteristics of the Ming Hong Sword."

　　Seeing this, Ryota couldn't help but give up the idea of breaking the door violently.

　　Just like in Tenjin Elementary School, Sword Ming Hong allowed him to teleport with Miyuki and Chika.

　　But that couldn't prevent Tenjin Elementary School from sending them.

　　There were too many differences in soul power levels, and in terms of phase restraints, he had to pay attention to the relative strength factor.

　　"There's no way to save people first... Forget it, it's the same after killing ghosts."

　　Ryota set his mood, following the emotional perception brought by the Ming Hong Sword, and looked in a certain direction.