Hana's ability is indeed related to eating.
Looking at the phantom dragon head, the corner of Shizuka's mouth twitched slightly.
Although it was very powerful...
It felt somewhat abstract.
"By eating Cursed Spirits, she can increase her spiritual energy?"
Yayoi blinked, her small mouth slightly agape.
Wasn't this ability a bit too overpowered?
Compared to her own, it was a whole tier stronger.
When it came down to it...
She was a Pokémon trainer.
While the other focused power onto herself.
"It's not that exaggerated."
Sensing Yayoi's thoughts, Ayato performed a head pat and smiled. "Hana can only eat Cursed Spirits of similar strength."
"For you, the level of Cursed Spirits you can control far exceeds your own. It's hard to say who is stronger."
"I see."
Yayoi nodded thoughtfully.
"Alright, don't just watch, you all should attack too."
"Yes, Master."
Miko walked forward, streams of red light flickering in her calm eyes.
She slightly raised a finger, and a barely perceptible spiritual bullet took shape.
Chii!
The spiritual bullet tore through the air.
Leaving a trail of light in the atmosphere.
Bang!
A Cursed Spirit was instantly pierced and then crashed to the ground.
Seeing this, a look of surprise appeared in Yayoi's eyes.
She said instinctively, "It doesn't look particularly special, does it?"
No matter how you looked at it, this move was just the most ordinary spiritual bullet.
"That's not how you calculate it, Yayoi-chan."
Seiko came closer and said, "Didn't you notice that the spiritual bullet Miko used was too weak?"
"Normally, it wouldn't be able to threaten that Cursed Spirit at all."
Yayoi was stunned.
That did seem to be the case.
"Eyes of Truth."
Ayato gave the explanation.
"This is Miko's Balance Breaker. It allows her to see through falsehoods and perceive the flow of energy."
"So Miko uses the minimal amount of spiritual energy to find the weakest point in the Cursed Spirit's defense."
Hearing this, Yayoi understood.
As expected!
Everyone among the servants was extraordinary.
"Now watch me."
At this moment, Shizuka attacked.
With each movement, Cursed Spirits were simply punched and destroyed.
As a martial arts-focused, Reinforcement-type Balance Breaker, her fighting style had no flashy tricks.
However, due to her large movements, two exaggerated features kept jiggling.
"Your fighting has problems. Too many unnecessary movements."
Ayato's figure flashed, appearing behind Shizuka, and grabbed her fist.
"You should punch like this."
He guided Shizuka's movements.
"Oh... oh..."
Shizuka instantly flushed red.
Too... too close.
Her back... was touching.
She felt her body go weak and her breathing quicken.
Yayoi: "???"
You can play like this?
Are you sure you're teaching boxing?
Why does this look so wrong?
Seiko stared intently, thinking, "Looks like I shouldn't focus solely on barrier techniques. I need to improve my close combat skills too."
Yayoi: "..."
What a mess.
What this senior said felt very... subtle.
"Heh, hehe!"
Momo's mouth twitched as she covered her face with one hand.
Her own grandmother was really embarrassing.
Do you want to learn close combat?
You clearly have ulterior motives.
Feeling frustrated, she could only use her telekinesis to crush the surrounding Cursed Spirits.
Meanwhile, Ayato controlled Shizuka, destroying several Cursed Spirits.
"Although you haven't learned my martial arts..."
"The essence of martial combat doesn't change."
Ayato explained. "It's basically about minimizing your weaknesses."
"Dealing with these Cursed Spirits is fine, but if you encounter someone of similar strength, you'll be at a big disadvantage."
It seemed he should have someone give Shizuka some special training.
Although she had a martial arts foundation, she clearly lacked practical experience.
Thinking this, Ayato released Shizuka's fist.
Suddenly, Shizuka felt a strange sense of loss.
After being dazed for a moment, she realized she had been practically pressed against Ayato's chest.
"Haha, well, um..."
Holding her burning cheeks, Shizuka quickly jumped back, at a loss.
"No need to be like that. If you want, I can continue teaching you."
Seeing this, the corner of Ayato's mouth curled up.
A 27-year-old 'old maiden' was indeed very interesting.
"...."
Shizuka was completely flushed, her brain felt like it was overheating.
Damn it!
Shizuka, you're an adult.
Can you not be so pathetic?
Falling apart after just a few words.
Yes, that's right, I need to show the calmness of an adult.
Even as she thought this...
Her body honestly remained frozen in place.
No!
She had to find a way to overcome this.