After all, Miss Mary, being an urban legend, isn't weak in strength. She probably just didn't expect a mere high school student like him to be so strong and caught her off guard.

In fact, Miss Mary's Resentment Power was quite strong, and Hikari had been continuously wrestling with her in terms of raw power. Although she was the one getting electrocuted, Hikari himself wasn't unscathed either.

But maintaining high-intensity Vajra Demon-Subduing Strength and thunder power put a heavy strain on the body. Hikari estimated that even with his good physical constitution, he could only keep suppressing Miss Mary for another half an hour. Any longer, and he'd run out of steam.

By then, if he slipped up even a little, Miss Mary might end up escaping just like Hanako did last time.

If that really happened, letting a tiger return to the mountain, it'd be a huge headache.

Unlike Hanako who mostly stayed in the old school building's restroom, Miss Mary was more mobile. After all, this was Mary from the phone, her threat level was much greater than Hanako's.

He had to think of a way to deal with her...

As if sensing Hikari's distress and indecision, having been electrocuted for over ten minutes and nearly numb, Miss Mary suddenly perked up quite a bit.

She smugly laughed, "Kukuku! Human, you're about done for, aren't you?"

"Just wait! Once I've gone back and recovered, next time we meet, I'll definitely defeat you and let you taste what it's like to be electrocuted!"

"Ah!", As she spoke, Miss Mary suddenly let out a delicate cry.

It was because Hikari had suddenly increased the electric current in his hand.

"Miss Mary, if your power matched how sharp your tongue was, that'd be impressive."

"I'll give you one more chance. About Hanako's information, will you tell me or not?"

Hearing Hikari's words, the doll Mary fearlessly replied, "Hmph! I, Miss Mary, will never betray my friends."

"If you've got the ability, keep suppressing me! But I can see you're already sweating, looks like you're about to reach your limit!"

Hearing her taunting words, Hikari didn't reply, just showed a bit of helplessness.

Because keeping a high-intensity, sustained suppression on Miss Mary was really tiring.

After all, destruction is easier than construction, same goes for this suppression.

This wasn't a full-on battle; he had to maintain Vajra Demon-Subduing Strength and lightning power continuously to pin her down.

Unlike during the fight, where just a single electric blast gave him the upper hand. Back then, Miss Mary hadn't tried to run, she wanted to fight.

But now she was clearly focused only on escape, so to prevent that, Hikari had to fully bind and restrain her.

Right now, his suppression was like a surface, and Mary was like a single point.

And Hikari had to maintain stability over the entire surface, while Mary only needed to break through at one point, and she could choose any point to do it. In such a tradeoff, Hikari's stamina was draining much faster.

Hikari was getting a headache.

Things couldn't go on like this. Miss Mary, this bizarre urban legend, didn't play by normal logic. Even though she'd been suppressed for over ten minutes, her Resentment Power didn't seem to weaken much. Her resistance remained strong.

But Hikari's stamina was decreasing rapidly.

If things kept going like this, she might not even need to run anymore, she could directly fight him head-on.

Right now, Hikari was in a bind.

If he continued suppressing Mary, it was getting increasingly hard.

But if he let her go now, it'd be the same as letting a tiger return to the mountain, leaving behind a massive future threat, that was even worse.

No matter what, it was a headache.

Seeing this, Miss Mary immediately let out a smug laugh, "Kukuku! You're sweating more and more, getting tired, aren't you?"

"I can feel it, your power to suppress me is weakening!"

"Just you wait! You despicable human, just wait!"

"How dare you electrocute me, I'm almost pee… I mean, I can't take it anymore!"

"Hmph! You wait, I'll definitely return the favor someday!"

Hearing Mary's triumphant declarations, seeing the fierce glint flickering in her green eyes, Hikari made a new decision.

"Who says… I can only suppress you?", Hikari suddenly said to the pinned-down Mary.

"Eh?", Hearing this sudden line, Miss Mary was briefly stunned. A puzzled expression appeared on her delicate little face.

"Besides suppressing me, what else could you possibly do? Are you going to kill me? Purify me? That's a joke...", After a moment, she disdainfully responded to Hikari.

"Heh...", Hikari merely chuckled lightly and didn't explain. He began to move.

Sensing Hikari's actions, Miss Mary instantly froze.

"You… what are you doing?"

"Wh…why are you lifting up my…?"

Her exquisite dress was suddenly lifted, and Miss Mary froze.

"You… What are you trying to do?"

Two slender, fair legs appeared, and a chill suddenly rose up Mary's back. A strange sense of unease surged within her.

"Hehe, of course, to purify and exorcise."

Looking at the now-panicked Mary, Hikari gave a soft laugh.

"Exorcise? Purify? What kind of purification? What are you going to do?", Miss Mary still didn't quite understand what Hikari intended to do next, but a strong sense of threat had already gripped her, causing her to panic.

"Simple, whatever I did to purify Hanako before, I'll do the same to you. Fair enough, right?"

In her wide, terrified eyes, Hikari fully activated his Vajra Demon-Subduing Strength and simultaneously boosted the electric current to maximum. Golden arcs of electricity swirled around his body. At the same time, he pulled from his chest his ultimate demon-subduing treasure, the Vajra Demon-Subduing Schlong.

Seeing the top-tier treasure in his hand, wrapped in golden arcs, Miss Mary's face turned pale. Fear involuntarily surged into her eyes.

"No! Don't come any closer! Stay away from me!"

"So disgusting! Don't touch me! Damn human!"

"No! Don't come near me!"

Watching Hikari grip his shining Vajra Schlong and close in step by step, Miss Mary instinctively retreated, flailing her limbs.

Hikari ruthlessly pinned down her struggling hands, gripping the Vajra Schlong tightly, and unleashed the three-syllable exorcism secret art.

"Evil!"

"Be!"

"Purged!"

"Ahhhhhh…!"

In the highest luxury presidential suite of the Richter Hotel, agonized screams tore through the silence…

———

As the afterglow faded, the setting sun gradually slipped behind the mountains, and a curtain of night appeared, accompanied by a crescent moon and scattered stars.

Tokyo at night remained as busy as ever. Crowds moved through the city: office workers returning home, students coming back from school, lighting up the countless neon lights.

Among them, the brightest one shone from the towering Richter Hotel.

The whole hotel narrowed as it rose, with a massive glowing screen plastered on the wall of the building, dazzling and radiant.

Inside the hotel, however, the elevator maintenance staff had just finished their inspection.

"Manager, the elevator doesn't seem to have any issues now," the maintenance worker turned and said helplessly to the hotel's female manager.

"How could that be? Didn't you say earlier it was going haywire on its own?", the manager asked in confusion.

"Hmm… maybe someone accidentally pressed the wrong button. Anyway, we've checked it for hours and couldn't find anything wrong with the elevator," the maintenance worker replied helplessly.

"Well, alright then," The manager also shook her head in resignation.

At this hour, guest flow would significantly increase, and lacking two elevators would be quite a problem. Since the inspection confirmed there were no issues, they decided to resume its operation.

Soon, the repaired luxury elevator began functioning again, serving the sky-high Richter Hotel.

And at the very top, unseen by anyone, unnoticed by all, a high-pressure interrogation and torture session was underway.

After subduing Miss Mary, Hikari had tried to befriend the love-starved doll to exorcise her and resolve the Hanako issue in one go.

But Miss Mary was utterly unyielding, resisting fiercely.

If left unchecked, she'd just escape again, another tiger loosed upon the mountain.

Seeing repeated questioning fail, Hikari had no choice but to probe her weak points.

Then he pulled out his strongest weapon, the Vajra Demon-Subduing Schlong, and struck straight at her core.

"Tell me, what kind of 'Miss' are you?"

"Miss Mary!"

"I'll ask again. What kind of Miss are you?"

"I'm… Miss Mary…"

"One more time, what kind of Miss are you?"

"I'm Miss Mary! Even if you ask me a hundred times, I'm still Miss Mary!"

"Final time. You, what kind of Miss are you?"

"I'm Ma… ah!"

"What kind of Miss are you?"

"I'm Mari… ugh… ah… I'm Miss Pie!"

"Repeat it again. What kind of Miss are you?"

"I'm Mary Pie! Wait, no! I'm Miss Pie! No! I'm… Cream Pie Miss—uuuugh…"

Hearing Mary finally give the correct answer, Hikari finally stopped his actions.

Looking at the doll who had resisted for so long, but finally fell under his full-force attack, Hikari let out a sigh of relief.

As expected, this exorcism method worked on both Hanako and Miss Mary.

Vajra Demon-Subduing Strength might do decent external damage to these urban legend specters, but to really hurt or suppress them, you had to strike at their core.

Only by infusing them with pure, Vajra-charged energy could they be sealed.

Maybe her Resentment Power was especially potent, because despite looking even smaller than Hanako, this "famous" legend appeared just like a soft girl, but Mary sure could take pain and punishment.

Hikari's initial assault met fierce resistance from her.

Her Resentment Power blocked him, making it difficult to strike her real body.

Relying on Vajra power alone, Hikari might've had a tough time.

But luckily, he had just fused with the power of the Heavenly Thunder Seed.

That thing's effectiveness on evil spirits rivaled the Vajra Strength.

So when Hikari activated both at once and unleashed electrified Vajra power, the lightning-wreathed staff pierced right through Mary's layered defenses.

No matter how thick the specter's barrier, under the violent surge of combined exorcism energy, it shattered with one strike.

Even though she had previously fought Hikari intensely, pulling out a blood-red greatsword and dueling him head-on, she hadn't even gotten scratched.

But once Hikari found her weakness and broke through, she was instantly wounded and bleeding profusely.

The previously stubborn Mary probably never imagined Hikari could not only subdue her, but also find her weak spot so easily, and break through all her defenses.

So when he finally succeeded, Mary was totally unable to resist anymore.

Just like her appearance suggested, a soft, delicate girl, she completely gave in.

In fact, Hikari even had to hold back a little, in case he really exorcised her out of existence.

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