Chapter 41: On the Distribution Method of a Huge Sum of Money

"Hmm..." Facing Komachi, Hachiman Hikigaya had no intention of hiding anything. Moreover, given the current situation, he couldn't think of a better solution by himself, so he wanted to hear Komachi's opinion... "Hmm, is the situation really that bad?" After quietly listening to Hachiman recount tonight's ordeal and his guesses about the evil spirits, Komachi frowned. According to Hachiman's assumptions, their living environment was actually quite terrible. In just Chiba alone, there were 41 high-level or above evil spirits. By that calculation, the whole of Japan was basically a ghostly den. Scratching her head, Komachi glanced up at Hachiman, who was deeply worried and pondering how to deal with those evil spirits, and suddenly she thought of something. "Hey, Onii-chan, you only got the system three months ago, right?" "Yeah, why?" Hachiman nodded when Komachi asked this while he was thinking about how to find and eliminate the remaining 30 high-level evil spirits in Chiba. "Oh, then there's nothing to worry about!" Upon hearing Hachiman's answer, Komachi relaxed and plopped down on her bed, fiddling with a giant teddy bear. "Why?" Seeing Komachi suddenly relax, Hachiman was confused. "Because those evil spirits couldn't have appeared only after you got the system." Hugging the teddy bear in front of her, Komachi looked proudly at Hachiman. Before he could figure it out, she had already made the connection—this was a big win for Komachi. "You mean...!" Hearing Komachi's words, realization dawned on Hachiman's face. So that was it; he had been worrying too much. Since the spirits existed before he even had the system, how did ordinary people survive in this evil spirit-ridden world before? "That's right, there must be some kind of force in this world that restrains the evil spirits from killing people at will. Only because of this can we ordinary people survive in this spirit-infested world..." "But I haven't found anyone else who can kill evil spirits..." Hearing Komachi's guess, Hachiman nodded. He thought the same way. But this guess lacked evidence to prove it right. After all, in the three months since getting the system, except for Yotsuya Miko and Kawasaki Saki, he hadn't met any living person who could see the spirits. "Hmm, that's quite a troubling problem." Komachi scratched her head upon hearing this. But after thinking hard, she still couldn't figure out how to prove her guess was correct. In the end, she gave up, hugging her teddy bear and rolling on the bed, throwing the question back to Hachiman. "Alright, keep it down or our parents will wake up..." Watching Komachi roll on the bed, Hachiman's face showed a mix of indulgence and helplessness. He smiled and shook his head, carefully reminding her. "Hmm..." As expected, hearing the mention of possibly waking the Hikigaya couple, Komachi immediately stopped moving. But from her puffed-up cheeks, she clearly was quite unhappy at not being able to roll freely. "Well, cheer up. Though today was dangerous, the gains weren't small either." Seeing Komachi's cute expression, Hachiman's previously gloomy mood dispersed. He reached out to pat Komachi's head, then took out his phone to show her. At first, Komachi was indifferent. But when she clearly saw the balance in Hachiman's bank account, she immediately perked up. "1, 2, 3, 4,... sixty million yen?!" Seeing the amount in Hachiman's account, Komachi couldn't suppress her surprise and exclaimed aloud. Anticipating this reaction, Hachiman, who had been waiting since Komachi started staring at the phone screen, quickly covered her mouth the moment she spoke out. "Onii-chan, you didn't rob a bank, did you?" Looking nervously at Hachiman while staring at the screen. That was sixty million! How could a single spirit-exorcising commission pay that much!? "What are you thinking? If I robbed a bank, I'd get cash anyway..." Seeing Komachi so nervous, Hachiman was both amused and helpless. Honestly, when he checked his phone balance on the train ride home, he was also shocked. He hadn't expected the middle-aged man's final act on the phone before dying to be transferring such a huge amount to him. What was this? A reward for helping his entire family find peace? If possible, Hachiman would rather not have it. After all, who knows how many people's blood was stained on that money. "That's true!" Hearing Hachiman, Komachi seemed to find it reasonable. Then, realizing, she immediately leapt at Hachiman with eyes shining like gold coins. With a faint rustling sound, Komachi pinned Hachiman down. "Didn't I say be careful and don't make noise that wakes our parents?" Hachiman looked helplessly at Komachi sitting on top of him. "Hehe, I was just too excited..." Komachi touched the back of her head with an embarrassed expression. But a second later, she quickly pulled out her phone to urge Hachiman to transfer the money. They had agreed before that Hachiman's money was to be kept by her! "Alright, alright, I'll give it to you..." Facing Komachi's eyes that had completely turned into coin shapes, Hachiman shook his head helplessly. Then he operated his phone and transferred thirty million yen to Komachi's account, reminding her carefully to keep this huge sum safe. "Don't worry!" Komachi patted her little chest, swearing with determination, "This thirty million will definitely be safe!" "But you still need to spend where you should..." Hachiman flicked Komachi's forehead and added. He didn't want her to be like a miser who never spends a penny despite having a fortune. "Yeah, I got it~" Covering her forehead, Komachi answered obediently. Then she glanced at the remaining thirty million in Hachiman's account with a curious expression. "Onii-chan, how do you plan to spend the thirty million?" "Five million is someone's salary, and the remaining twenty-five million is for the families of the victims..." "But how do you know who the victims are?" Having heard Hachiman's previous explanation, Komachi knew the middle-aged man had harmed many people because of those three evil spirits before meeting Hachiman. Therefore, she didn't oppose Hachiman's decision to set aside money to help improve the lives of the victims' families. But Hachiman isn't that man; how could he know how many victims there were and who they were? "That's the police's job." Hachiman shrugged. He was already responsible for dealing with the evil spirits and helping the victims' families. Even if the police couldn't fight evil spirits, they should be able to handle information investigation, right?