Spellbound

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The incantation summons an army of paper talisman birds, swarming the room in an instant. A shadowy figure begins to take shape before me. I see a man in a ritual garb with a stack of paper charms hanging loosely around at his waist. The spell he cast earlier- it was a yokai-subduing spell!

*Is he an onmyoji?!* I try to flee, only to be blocked by this mysterious man. The talisman birds, Fluttering gracefully at his command, swiftly pin me to the ground.

"You'll die today, you murdering cat yokai!"

The talisman birds bind me tighter every second. I can't breathe....

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