"Human, are you already tired? I climbed a hundred floors to come find you and didn't even cry about being tired, kukuku, you're really useless, right? Your name is Hikari-kun, isn't it?"

"Useless Hikari-kun, kukuku~"

Seeing Hikari once again fail in his pursuit, seemingly starting to pant, Miss Mary immediately recalled the time she was panting from exhaustion after climbing the stairs and let out a proud laugh.

However, as she stood there, Hikari suddenly threw something at her.

It flew at high speed, and the previously overly smug Mary, who was constantly mocking him, was caught off guard and gave a big start.

"Ah!", She cried out in surprise.

Judging from the previous situation, Hikari's weird paralyzing electric current couldn't be projected outward, what the heck did he just throw?

Very soon, Mary understood.

Bang!

The sound of a wine bottle shattering rang out.

Mary's beautiful white small dress was suddenly drenched in red wine.

Miss Mary's entire body was soaked in wine.

It turned out that what Hikari had just thrown was a bottle of wine he had just picked up from the table.

Getting soaked in red wine and dripping wet all over, Miss Mary was momentarily stunned, then after looking at her condition, she immediately laughed, "Kukuku! You picked up some trick from another weird website to deal with me again, huh?"

"Dolls are afraid of water, that's true, and getting soaked in wine is even more of a nightmare."

"But... I'm not really a doll. I'm not afraid of water, kukuku~"

Miss Mary raised her little hand and covered her mouth, giggling.

"Is that so? Not afraid of water? Then what about electricity, are you not afraid of that either?", Accompanied by Mary's shocked gaze, Hikari suddenly exploded with all his strength, dashing toward her at a speed she couldn't react to.

Hikari swiftly raised his hand, in his palm were dozens of ghostly blue arcs of electricity he had secretly gathered beforehand.

Then, he directly struck out with a palm, and before the astonished Miss Mary could react, the current had already arced out of his palm, only a few centimeters, but enough to touch her wine-soaked body.

Zzzzzz!

Using the good conductor that was the wine, Mary's small body was instantly engulfed in ghostly blue arcs, and her fair skin turned a bluish hue.

Rolling her eyes back, Miss Mary froze on the spot, her delicate body convulsing uncontrollably as if electrocuted.

Seeing Mary stunned and paralyzed by the electricity, Hikari didn't hesitate, grabbing her slender neck and lifting her high into the air.

Then, carrying this exquisitely doll-like small girl, he quickly walked a few steps and pressed her, still soaked and crackling with ghostly blue current, down onto the hotel's luxurious bed.

———

A few seconds later, the electrocuted Mary recovered.

She instinctively struggled.

But found that her delicate neck was tightly clutched in Hikari's large hand.

"Regained consciousness?", Looking at Mary who was slowly recovering from her white-eyed daze, Hikari held her slender neck tightly and smiled as he asked.

"Damned human! Despicable human! You're so despicable! Too despicable!"

"Let me go! Let me go now!"

Miss Mary struggled with all her might, but found Hikari's strength to be quite powerful.

Now looking down from above and restraining her by the neck, Miss Mary couldn't move at all.

She tried using her own delicate white hands to pry open Hikari's hand from her neck, but she couldn't even budge a single finger.

Miss Mary's previous strength and speed weren't inferior, even stronger than Hikari's, but that was only under the enhancement of resentful spirit power.

Without that enhancement, her strength wasn't much greater than that of a normal girl.

Maybe still stronger than an ordinary human, but compared to Hikari, whose physique was now many times that of a normal person, she was nothing.

And every time Miss Mary tried to summon her resentful spirit power, Hikari would channel thunder force through his hand and zap her again.

This left Miss Mary completely helpless under Hikari's grip.

"Let me go! Let me go now!", Realizing she couldn't break free and would be shocked repeatedly, Miss Mary opened her small mouth and kept struggling and yelling curses.

"Miss Mary, weren't you really smug just now? Why are you only begging for mercy now?", Watching Mary struggle nonstop, Hikari chuckled as he leapt up.

He hadn't noticed it while fighting earlier, but now that he had subdued this small Miss Mary, Hikari found her body to be surprisingly soft.

Just like her short-like height, she was light, soft, and easy to pin down.

And the sensation of her neck in his hand was icy and slippery, like cool soft jade, akin to the tender skin of a very well-maintained young girl, quite surprising.

What's more, despite being a doll turned spirit urban legend, she even had a sweet fragrance akin to a real girl's body scent.

Feeling all these things indistinguishable from a real person.

Hikari, who had assumed Miss Mary was just a possessed doll, was quite surprised.

"Damned human! What are you poking me with? Move it! It's jabbing me!"

Feeling that weird pressure, Miss Mary yelled at Hikari in her adorable clipped voice, with a tone as realistic as her body.

Even more adorable than most girls.

"No wonder you were so cocky, so you really are a sentient doll, huh," Hikari looked at the exquisitely cute Mary beneath him and commented.

"You're the sentient doll! Your whole family are sentient dolls! And get your thing off of me!", Hearing Hikari's evaluative tone, Miss Mary instantly flew into a rage and began cursing nonstop.

"Your mouth is as foul as Hanako's. You really are like a bratty li*tle g*rl," Hikari adjusted his positioning and continued, "Too bad, Miss Mary, your strength doesn't match your sharp tongue."

As the victor, Hikari wasn't the least offended by the cursing. Instead, he smiled teasingly.

"You despicable guy! You ambushed me! Otherwise, you wouldn't have even touched the hem of my skirt!", Mary glared wide-eyed and cursed indignantly.

"Are you saying you're not convinced by the outcome of our fight?", Hikari asked with a smirk.

"Of course! You humans are all shameless! Fight me fair and square if you have the guts!", Mary shouted.

"So you're saying... you want another round?", Hikari asked.

"Yes! Let me go and we'll fight again!", Mary shouted.

"Alright," Hikari actually agreed without hesitation.

Hearing this, Mary showed a hint of smug delight. If they fought again, she was confident she wouldn't lose.

However, the next moment, a strange sound rang out.

Zzzzz!

Electric arcs suddenly burst from Hikari's hand clamped on her neck, causing Mary's eyes to roll back again, her sapphire-like eyes spinning wildly, and her limbs trembling uncontrollably.

"Ugh ugh ugh... you... you bastard, what are you doing?"

"Didn't you say you'd let me go for another round? Why are you electrocuting me?"

Her small body twitched under her small dress, and Mary stammered as she questioned Hikari.

"Are you stupid? After all the trouble I went through to catch you, you think I'd just let you go?", Hikari sneered.

"And you actually believed that? Dolls really do lack brains," Hikari's face showed a mocking expression.

"You you you! You terrible person! Humans really are the worst!", Mary shouted at Hikari.

"I'm telling you, using tricks and dirty tactics to beat me, I'll never accept it! I don't accept it! Despicable human! Utterly shameful!", Listening to Mary yelling in her cute clipped voice, Hikari couldn't be bothered.

Nor did he care whether she accepted it or not.

He simply tightened his grip on her slender white neck and said softly, "Whether you accept it or not doesn't matter to me."

"But I am willing to let you go and fight you again. Of course, I have one condition."

Hearing this, sensing a turning point, Miss Mary quickly spoke up, "What condition? Hurry and say it!"

Seeing the panicked Mary, Hikari smiled and slowly said, "It's simple. Just tell me how to force Hanako out of the toilet, no, out of her resentful spirit domain."

"Or, tell me how to enter her resentful spirit domain. Give me the info, and I'll let you go."

Hikari had defeated the toilet-bound Hanako last time. His physique had improved even further now, and after fusing the Heavenly Thunder Seed, his power had increased again.

He had just subdued Miss Mary, so he was confident he could now defeat Hanako even more easily.

With that strength, Hikari of course wanted to quickly deal with Hanako.

After all, from what he'd seen of Hanako's personality, she was very vengeful and hostile toward him, even Mary came to avenge her.

Who knows what other creepy friends that girl might have?

In any case, just to remove one more hostile spirit, Hikari, ever cautious, wanted to completely eliminate Hanako.

But although he'd already defeated her once, she had fled into her resentful spirit domain.

And Hikari still didn't have any good way to break into that space.

So he couldn't say he'd dealt with her completely.

Originally, Hikari had intended to wait until he won some useful tool from the Pure Love Roulette to deal with Hanako—but that hadn't happened yet.

If Hanako wanted to hide, there was nothing he could do.

So now Hikari decided to interrogate Miss Mary, who was also an urban legend and a good friend of Hanako.

But hearing Hikari's words, Mary, who had been yelling nonstop, suddenly fell silent.

She stared sullenly at Hikari for a while, then after ten seconds, she sneered, "So that's it. You want to get the way to capture Miss Hanako out of me?"

"Pfah! You think I'd tell you?"

"Kukuku! I, Miss Mary, would never betray a friend. You despicable human can forget it!", Mary seemed to take the idea of friendship very seriously.

Maybe because she was abandoned by that little girl when she was young. Friends were important to her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come to avenge Hanako.

Hearing her unwavering words, Hikari chuckled, "You and Hanako are friends? I don't think your relationship is that great."

Hearing this, Mary scoffed, "We women have bonds you men can't understand!"

Seeing her roll her eyes at him so rudely, Hikari didn't mind. He just smiled and said, "Anyway, I don't think that toilet-dwelling Hanako sees you as much of a friend."

"She never even told you she got hurt. And when you came to avenge her, she was wary of you. She was afraid to fight you, didn't trust you, right?"

"With her suspicious, irritable nature, she wouldn't treat anyone, especially a weird doll, as a friend."

"She was human before she died."

"So this whole 'friendship' thing, it's just your wishful thinking, right, Miss Mary?"

Hearing this, Mary instinctively opened her mouth to object, "That's not true! You're spouting nonsense! Miss Hanako, she... she..."

Hearing Hikari deny her friendship with Hanako, Mary tried to argue, but found herself at a loss for words.

Because Hikari seemed to be right. When she first met Hanako in the toilet, Hanako had been very wary and afraid, showing great distrust.

Her attitude wasn't warm at all, nothing like meeting a friend. Only after she said she wanted to avenge her did Hanako get excited.

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