Second Key

　　It wasn't until the ghost had completely disappeared that Ryota's high fighting spirit died down.

　　The spiritual transformation is complete.

　　He could feel that the "Bridge of Fear" had completely stabilized.

　　As long as he thought about it now, communicate with Ming Hong, and Ryota could immediately start accumulating new emotions in the Seven Emotions.

　　Glancing over his shoulder, the little girl with a crazy face had disappeared.

　　(Are you back...)

　　Seeing this, Ryota felt a little helpless.

　　This little girl only looks so energetic when fighting. Usually, even when she came out, her expression was serene... or blank. Not even a word.

　　If she sneaked out at night, she would just crawl into his bed and sleep peacefully. It seemed she had no interest in anything other than fighting.

　　At this time, Shinobu put away the Nichirin Sword and approached Ryota.

　　The water in the pond is partially frozen. After Ryota fell, he landed on the ice and stood firm.

　　Shinobu jumped lightly from the edge of the pool and jumped to Ryota's side.

　　The low temperature around her, and the coolness made her subconsciously tighten haori with butterfly wing patterns on her body.

　　"Are you all right, Shiro?"

　　Shinobu didn't mention gratitude for the time being, but first cared about Ryota's physical condition.

　　In the scene just now, Ryota clearly used the ultimate attack. Since this is called an ultimate attack, it must be the same as the special sword skill performed by members of the Demon Slayer Corps, and the consumption will not be small. And he seemed to have been cursed by a ghost before, and was thrown to the bottom of the water by a blow.

　　If it was an ordinary person, his body would probably explode on the spot.

　　But Ryota shook his head: "It's okay, it's just a light injury. Once my stamina recovers later, it will recover immediately."

　　He began to breathe regularly, and the soul force within his soul was replenished.

　　As his mind is limitless, so is his soul power, and it can be recharged at any time without being consumed.

　　It was a rather small "export" at this time, with only one bridge.

　　If the soul power carried in the soul is emptied at one time, and then replenished, it will take some time.

　　"Let's get out of here first, then the ice will melt."

　　Ryota put away the sword in his hand.

　　"Wait a moment."

　　Shinobu stopped him from jumping, and half closed her purple eyes to study her closely.

　　Through her rich medical knowledge, she assesses Ryota's physical condition.

　　In fact, a direct touch to confirm is the most efficient way.

　　But the two had just met, so she couldn't do this kind of thing.

　　"Don't worry, I understand my own body, and unlike ordinary people, I have the ability to heal myself."

　　Ryota explained helplessly, then jumped to the edge of the pool.

Without leaving immediately, he approached where the little girl's spiritual body was, and searched the ground carefully.

　　After a while, he found a transparent crystal with a happy expression on his face.

　　Shinobu followed and asked curiously: "What is this?"

　　"Good thing!"

　　Ryota explained: "In our world there is a power system called psionic energy, which can be opened by anyone with a spirit attribute over 100, and the key to unlocking it is this type of crystal. However, when dispelling the ghost, the probability of condensing the lock is not 100%, it seems that this time the luck is good. "

　　Besides the crystals he had obtained from Grudge, he had already harvested two keys.

　　What he previously gave to Hayasaka Ai was as a token of gratitude. After all, the villa provided by Hayasaka's mother gave his a lot of convenience.

　　Hayasaka mentioned that she would be taking on some simple quests to complete recently. Presumably she would soon be able to accumulate enough points to activate the psionic system.

　　Ryota is looking forward to it, what abilities can Hayasaka get?

　　"Key... can anyone use it?" Shinobu asked again.

　　The interest seems great.

　　"Yes, if the spirit attribute meets the standards." Ryota said: "But after the psionic system is activated, the absorption of spiritual particles must be carried out on our side. I can't guarantee whether there are spiritual particles in other worlds."

　　After he finished speaking, he met Shinobu's curious eyes, and the corners of his mouth curved up slightly:

　　"You want?"

　　"Who doesn't want power? In the world I live in, there exists a type of man-eating monster called a Demon, which is very difficult to deal with. We can only rely on sword skills to fight them. If we could learn another kind of special power, maybe we could defeat Demons more easily. Too bad..."

　　Shinobu shook her head reluctantly, and sighed softly: "Since spiritual power can only be trained by your side, it's useless if I want to."

　　"Demon..."

　　Ryota memorized the relevant information in his mind.

　　He remembered that the Demons in Shinobu's world seemed to have a weakness for being afraid of the sun.

　　Do you want to tell her that they really can use ultraviolet light to kill... No.

　　Killing Demons shouldn't be taken lightly. It's not that there's no ultraviolet light at night, and Demons can still move, this shouldn't be their weakness.

　　Unable to understand its principles, he gave up on the idea of blindly giving advice.

　　Throwing the transparent crystal in his hand, Ryota suddenly asked:

　　"Kocho, you just joined the guild not long ago, right?"

　　"How do you know?" Shinobu lowered her head and looked at her body: "Maybe I look like a newcomer?"

　　"Not the appearance, I judge it from the experience and information you have. You probably haven't read the posts on the forums, have you?"

　　Ryota had nothing to hide, so he briefly explained the system's task module's various tricks.

　　After Shinobu listened, a hint of astonishment appeared in her eyes. Although she quickly calmed down, her tone was still a bit subtle:

　　"Is it still possible to play like this by taking out the nominee's trust to let a friend travel to it own world..."

　　"That's right, there are still a lot of tricks to play."

　　After Ryota scoffed at the system, he got down to business: "So, you can take the psionic system as one of your choices. If you want to open it, I can give you the key in my hand, but… it's not free."

　　It wasn't that he didn't want to hand over his key to Shirogane Kei.

　　It's a pity that Kei's spirit attribute is not good enough, and the points can only be used to strengthen himself, and not others, so this option can only be temporarily released.

　　He didn't need it himself, so exchanging it with a guild member was the most suitable way.

　　"Of course I know that."

　　Shinobu smiled slightly: "Thanks to your help I was able to complete the side quest this time, It's a bit embarrassing to hold the gift in my hand... How about using it to exchange this key?"

　　"There's no need for that much. The key value is only allowing the absorption of spiritual energy. The specific stage you can reach depends on yourself."

　　Ryota thought for a moment and said: "Well, if you want to train psychic powers, you must come to our world to absorb spiritual particles. If you have the conditions, plus I'll entrust your nomination, how about it?"

　　"I have no opinion." Shinobu agreed very simply.

　　Even though she urgently needed points to reach a certain goal, this matter couldn't be rushed.

　　This side quest is high risk. She could make use of it in exchange for some kind of power.

　　"Then it's settled." Ryota nodded.

　　He didn't hand over the key to Shinobu right away.

　　Unlike the usual quests, the items obtained during adventure are unlikely to be retrieved immediately.

　　Except use now.

　　Thinking of this, Ryota asked:

　　"Kocho, what is your spirit attribute now?"

　　"Less than 100," replied Shinobu, "But this time when I go back and use points to strengthen it, I can reach 100 points."

　　"It's fine now... then add me when you get back and message me."

　　Ryota suggested: "At that time, I will send you the nomination task, and you can come to me to get it."