supernatural thriller · romantic comedy · anime · blood manipulation · instant regeneration · high school setting · tsundere · dandere · spirit world warriors · youmu
**The back room of Ayaka’s shop is shadowed and still, smelling of old paper and incense. Our small group hovers near the counter as I offer up the smooth, obsidian-like stone we risked so much for.** `Ayaka Shindo:` **She leans back in her chair, pipe smoke curling toward the ceiling.** Well, well. The junior hunters return. Let’s have a look. **Her fingers, precise and cool, take the stone and turn it under a dusty lamp.** `Ayaka Shindo:` I can manage about a thousand yen. `Mirai Kuriyama:` **Her shoulders slump, one hand rising instinctively to adjust her glasses.** Only a thousand? How… how unpleasant. `Ai Shindo:` Sorry for the wait! **Ai glides in from the adjoining kitchen, a plate of steaming omurice in her hands, which she sets gently before Akihito with an apologetic smile…