Starting a Night Shift Part-time Job at a Convenience Store Chapter 12.1: Evil Spirit Exterminator I

NoiwayTranslator: MadHatter

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Theiwhite-faced guy showed no indication of waking up. After all, he had been in this state for a whole day. No way he would wake up normally.

It wasionly natural that he was dead Unless he was a monster. If he were human, he would be dead.

Perspirationiran down the top of my nose. Did he seriously die No, Yakumo said sothing like that, but he was not yet

Atithis ti, far from being calm, I was trapped in panic. Therefore, at the sight of Yakumo, who did not budge at all even though I pulled and shook him, it was hopeless for to simply cease my train of thought. Inia fit of desperation, I tried to do everything in my power to keep him alive.

Cardiacimassage and resuscitation.

I vaguely recollected the procedure, but it was the only thing I could undertake at this point. There was no other choice.

With all my might, Iislid myself into the charred tree and attempted to pull Yakumo out.

Gugh!iUghhhhhh!!

Aniextraordinary weight enveloped my overall body.

No, Iicouldnt drag Yakumo out from under in this position. Furthermore, even a single fallen tree was considerably heavy. By myself, I could not even lift it up, let alone throw it over.

Thatibeing said, giving up easily was not an option. The survival of this man was the key to leaving this place alive. There was no way to go back. As long as even the slightest bit of hope existed, I would do anything, even reckless attempts.

From the bottom of my stomach, I exerted all the strength I could muster, and lifted the large tree on my back. The gap was sowhat wide, but not enough. Nonetheless, perhaps because the tree had been removed, the unconscious Yakumo spewed out a stream of filthy water mixed with blood.

Yakumo, caniyou hear ! Wake up!

Damn, as expected, it was heavy, and my back was wobbling.

You dragged all the way to this place, so dont just dump here! Take responsibility!

I nevertheless maintained a steady tone as I let out a persistent screech.

With every scream, my voice wavered with impatience.

Wake up, wake up, wake up.

I beg you.

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Dontidie.

Dontiyou dare die!

The faceiof Hyuga flashed in my mind briefly before disappearing.

I hurt her, and Hyugasidead face

Yakumo!!

Regardless of how much screaming was issued, Yakumo still wouldnt wake up. My arms were numb from the lifting, and my legs were reaching their limits.

I strained my arms, which were riddled with blood vessels, even harder, determined not to be outdone, and stepped back on my legs.

Right then

Without warning, the weight of the large tree solidified, and one of my knees yielded to the ground.

It was different from before, what was this weight

Huh

When I thought so, I felt sothing damp against my forehead area. Accompanied by a bad premonition, I stretched my neck and faced upward. What stuck to my forehead was long black hair. My eyes were unable to tear themselves away from the bloodshot eyes that had sprung into my field of vision.

Uuh haha, ha, ahaha.

Woman it was a woman.

A woman was on top of the tree I was lifting. She was leaning over to peer into it, and her face was directly above . It was like a gigantic balloonan unbelievably inflated, hideous face.

Hieeeee

With a thin smile on her features, the woman gripped my screaming head with her piercing fingernails.

The large tree dropped significantly as my strength was completely sapped away. I jerked my head around to attempt to free myself from the womans hands, but the grasp was too firm and I was unable to do so. Instead, the nails sunk even deeper into , inflicting pain on .

Ii, hyonyi, hihe e.

When she grabbed my head, I was compelled to turn my head and stare directly into the womans face.

With a mouth that was missing so of her teeth, she made hear horrific sounds. The next thing I noticed was a dull ache in both of my legs as well, and there was no way I was going to check it out under the circumstances. Both of my ankles were seized with such force that I thought bruises might develop on them.

Sothing was undeniably doing that to . I didnt want to imagine any further. The weight on my body heightened again.

Why?

Since I had the talisman, I shouldnt be affected by this, so why

It was then that I was reminded that I had just taken a major tumble. It couldnt be

Did I tear it at that ti?

That was the only thing I could conceive of it, otherwise, I wouldnt have suddenly gotten into such a bind.

The womans force was so intense that the bones in my neck screeched across my entire body.

This woman, no way, she was trying to break it

Gah, a-ah, stop, stop, damn!!

Even though I resisted, it was the sa as before, not even flinching. Perhaps it was because they died in the sea of trees and stayed there for a long ti that they were so different from the specters I saw around. Either that or this sea of trees made their power more potent.

Whatever the case may be, at this rate, my neck would be broken before I could save Yakumo.

Sohow, by so ans, I must do sothing.

Even if I thought so, my arms were obstructed, my ankles were seized, and my head was immobile, making it impractical for to take any action.

Despite this situation, my hearing was disgustingly clear, and I kept picking up sounds I didnt want to hear. Sounds of sothing approaching, sothing crawling on the ground, grunts, screams, muffled and unfamiliar voices.

Shifting my eyeballs as much as I could, I peered out of the corner of my eye and spotted a great number of black shadows advancing toward in a straight line from the darkness. Bound to the sea of trees, these departed souls sucked the life out of the living and sought to subject the living to the sa fate as themselves.

In this way, many victims would be created which in turn would lead to the next victim

I learned the aning of this with firsthand experience. I, who had penetrated this deep inside, was an ideal prey. I was not an existence they could disregard.

Like a pack of predators, the departed were slowly approaching, and soon they would be right around the corner.

Takenakas worried face before my departure and Ayas words drifted through my mind.

Regardless, everything was already too late.

No, dont co, dont co I didnt want to die

I didnt want to die yet!

I hated the way this was ending!

The ending of not being able to do anything was

Panic surpassed my breaking point. The large tree that was pressing down on ultimately crushed as all of my remaining strength left my body. I was pinned between the falling tree and the ground after my waist gave way.

I closed my eyes tightly, bracing myself for the end

Within the next mont, I felt a sensation of receiving an impact. The tree was indeed crushing heavily, yet the ground wasnt trapping in between.

A slight gap separated us.

Why my whole body was drained of strength, and there should be no strength anywhere to sustain this large tree Why

Sniffling and suppressing my fear, I opened one eye thinly.

!

Another arm, the one that was protruding from under the large tree, was strongly supporting the tree and maintaining the space between the two. And the owner of that supporting arm was

Y-Yakumo!!

Coughing and spitting out a large amount of filthy water, but still pressing the tree up with remarkable strength, the guy opened his eyes wide.

He had woken up!

U-Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

Yakumo shifted his posture and twisted his voice from deep within as he endeavored to raise the large tree with both arms. Even though I was struggling so much with that, the tree was rising rapidly with his trendous strength and creating more space in the gap.

I joined in and pushed it out of the way.

I have reviveddddddddddddd!!

Both of us raised a strange gorilla-like cry and finally succeeded in crawling out from under the large tree. Yakumo was drenched in blood and riddled with wounds but he still wiped his mouth and pulled up vigorously with a dignified look on his face as I landed on my buttocks on the ground.

This guy had truly risen from the dead.

Oh, for heavens sake! Finally, Im back to normal!

Y-Youuuuuu!!

I grasped both of Yakumos shoulders as he bent and stretched his bodywhich he had finally regainedwhile complaining about my feelings with a half-crying voice.

Damn you! I thought you were dead!!

No, Im really sorry! That was pretty close!!

Its not pretty close! I really almost gave up on the whole thing!!

No problem, but you saved my life! Im so grateful!

If it werent for Sonny, I would have really been dead, he said unfashionably with a chuckle and picked up the spiked bat that had been lying around.

Although I should be overjoyed that Yakumo made a full recovery, I mustnt forget about the situation here. Countless evil spirits, including the woman who had been tornting up until a mont ago, were everywhere, besieging us.

What to do, Yakumo?

How do we escape?

For so reason, Yakumo responded to with a cackle as I timidly took a step back.

Escape? No, thats unnecessary Im going to knock every last one of them out!

Yakumo, his lips hanging sharply, took a step in front of .

I told you, I am a professional evil spirit exterminator. Its my job to blast evil spirits to where they belong. From here on out think youre getting on a big boat, and leave everything to .

Since Sonny has put his life on the line for , there is no reason why I cant do the sa.

How dare you humiliate so much, you all look so pathetic

Yakumo usedihis feet to draw sothing on the muddy ground.

Listen to with your ears open, you dead folks! Japans number one evil spirit exterminator, Yakumo Akane, is going to send all of you to the Sanzu River with a bang! Brace yourselves!!

Not intimidated by the swarm of evil spirits, he roared like a beast, not unlike a dying human being. He looked valiantly at the present situation.

His back brimming with confidence.

His dignified voice.

Yakumos aura sent shivers through my entire body.

I an Im ashad of myself for saying such a chuunibyou thing even at my age.

Dont get embarrassed there!!

He stumbled forward.

Wrapping up this type of scenario would be really appreciated. You didnt have to turn it into a cody. Show the power of the evil spirit exterminator you claid to be!

Oh, yes, yes, I know, lets redo it, lets redo it!

I beg you.

Because I couldnt do anything.

Dont be so surprised, Sonny.

Following his words, Yakumo returned to his stern face and reached into his pocket. What was brought out were two bundles of suspicious blood-colored paper, redder than his parka. Yakumo flung them high into the air.

WhatWhats this?

A number of red papers scattered and danced in the air. Yakumo stepped on the mark he had drawn on the ground once and shouted.

When Yakumo shouted, all the papers in the air simultaneously changed their shapes, morphed, and transford into origami cranes, one after another, in the sa way.

With my mouth gaping open, I was transfixed by the wonders unfolding in the night sky.

Had I ever seen such a profoundly mysterious phenonon before? Paper changing its shape in mid-air all on its accord?

Was this what an evil spirit exterminator perford? This was the power of Yakumo

With this, he might be able to overco the predicant.

Though it was a sight that made want to doubt my eyes, I was strangely convinced and gazed at it with my own eyes.

However

Shortlyiafter the origami cranes began to dance gracefully in the airthey sohow lost their power and crashed headlong into the air, obeying gravity as if they had no power at all.

Huh

Apparently, I was not the only one who thought so.

Huh?

Yakumo tiltedihis head and raised his voice when he spotted them falling down.

Sothing was amiss.

My shikigami is

Yakumo

Ah ah! Aaaahh!!

Whatihappened!

Yakumoiput his hand over his mouth and shouted, Oh no!

At the subsequent mont, he uttered the most outrageous thing.

Noiway The paper was soaked from the rain the day before and now its unusable.

Heilooked ati with a look that said, I screwed up, and I couldnt help but raise my fist in the air.

Youiare after all a screw-up, right!?

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