5:23 PM, inside the Haibara family's villa.

Shiho and Akemi finally had a chance to catch their breath.

"Phew. Moving these seeds, waste materials, and soil was much more troublesome than I imagined."

Shiho even felt like her body was about to give out.

As a Planter, she had strong confidence in her stamina and strength, but even so, she was exhausted by the work of moving these things.

"You're one to talk."

Akemi rolled her eyes at her sister.

"If I hadn't stopped you a bit, you would have bought even more things."

"Also, next time you buy these things, I'm not against it, but please have them delivered to your door."

She was a Secrets Suppliant, not her sister's Planter, and her stamina and strength had not significantly improved, so she could not squander her energy as freely as her sister.

She was more skilled in certain sacrificial and ritual magic, and these spells were not suitable for moving things.

Seeing her sister's resentful expression, Shiho also felt a little embarrassed.

"I'll be more careful next time, Sister."

She also knew that she had bought a bit too much this time.

After catching her breath, Shiho slowly walked to the window of the room, leaning her hands on the window frame and looking out at the villa.

Not far outside, one could see the side house, and next to the side house was a large sunroom, which was currently empty, but in the future, many plants could be cultivated there.

"This villa is really nice. It has all the necessary amenities."

"It's clear that Sawamura must have done a good job with the renovations, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to such great lengths. It's just a pity that a past spirit turned into an earth-bound spirit here and evolved into a spiritual field."

Shiho could not help but laugh, seemingly mocking the painstaking Sawamura.

"However, Sawamura must have encountered something big, otherwise he wouldn't have sold it to us so easily."

"Sister, what do you think he encountered that made him say such things?"

Akemi pondered for a moment, then began to analyze:

"Sawamura's problem shouldn't just stem from his physical condition. His living environment must have also deteriorated."

"His unkempt suit today, his unkempt appearance, all indicate that he hasn't been in the mood to deal with his image lately, most likely due to increased stress in his life."

"Most likely, it's directly related to his company's capital chain breaking."

"Judging by his eagerness to offload the villa, he must have confirmed that the villa is directly related to his capital chain breaking."

If not for that, Akemi believed that Sawamura wouldn't be so eager to quickly sell the villa in his hands.

Shiho also thought so.

"How did he confirm such a connection?"

Akemi shook her head slightly. How could she know such a thing?

Of course, she wasn't interested in how Sawamura confirmed the connection between the villa and his capital chain breaking.

"I don't know, and I don't want to know."

"Ding-dong!"

The doorbell outside the villa rang, and Akemi and Shiho quickly got up and immediately went to the villa's entrance.

The two sisters quickly arrived at the entrance and saw only Ren outside the door.

Both of them unconsciously straightened up.

"Good afternoon."

Ren nodded slightly, his gaze passing through the two sisters and looking at the large area of the villa behind them.

"It's indeed a very nice place. Akemi chose a good location."

Akemi smiled slightly, but the next moment, she couldn't smile anymore.

"However, your judgment on the safety of this villa was a bit off. Hmm, it seems this soul is very well hidden. It clearly has no self-awareness, yet it's already skilled at hiding itself."

"There's an evil spirit hidden in this spiritual field."

Akemi's eyes widened.

"Th-there's an evil spirit!?"

Shiho's brows furrowed. She finally understood why the previous landlord said what he did. As expected, this cheaply priced villa had problems.

Actually, Ren didn't find anything strange about an evil spirit being hidden in such a villa.

Just by looking at it, even from his perspective, that evil spirit was well hidden, even disguising itself as one of the earth-bound spirits, and it didn't reveal its evil spirit nature. It even had great control when attacking people.

Ren just smiled and shook his head at this.

"No need to be especially surprised, Akemi."

"Of course, this isn't a problem with your abilities. It's just that as a Secrets Suppliant, your spiritual perception is quite strong, and some souls can be easily captured under your perception. It's just that this evil spirit is good at hiding, and it hides as an earth-bound spirit, so it's no wonder you didn't notice."

"And then, the evil spirit's threat is too small. Its role is in luck, sucking away your good luck, keeping your luck below standard. It won't cause you to be accidentally killed, but it will make you feel like death is better than life."

"I think the previous owner must have noticed this problem, which is why he quickly and cheaply sold this villa, just to transfer this misfortune to the next unlucky person."

So that was how it was.

Akemi and Shiho finally understood why the previous landlord was so happy. It was to transfer the misfortune to them.

Seeing the two sisters looking a bit angry, Ren instead comforted them:

"It's nothing, just an accidental misjudgment. And you didn't really misjudge. Isn't this villa quite good? This spacious villa, with decent renovation, probably costs 800 or 900 million."

"Besides, isn't it just an evil spirit? I don't treat evil spirits as air conditioning or a condition for lowering rent, do I? And no water or electricity bills, how practical."

The sisters both understood that this was Ren comforting them, otherwise who would bring up such a thing?

Their moods improved a lot.

"Let's go. Let's deal with the spiritual field, earth-bound spirits, and evil spirits first, otherwise these guys will affect the atmosphere of this villa."

(To be continued.)

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