"Matsumoto, I have some guesses about your girlfriend."

In the apartment, the sofa was pushed to the wall.

On the floor, there were talisman papers with inspiration.

Sitting on the sofa surrounded by magic circles, Luo Qing asked inquiries while he was having some free time.

"Are you guys trying the psychic game?"

"For example, Pen Xian, Disc Xian, Four Corner Game, Summoning Bloody Mary at Midnight, etc."

Before, Matsumoto mentioned that he had tried various experiences of committing suicide and even encountered monsters.

Even Junko Wuyu's death is related to this.

"Yes, we tried the ritual of the Hundred Story of ghost hunting."

"A Hundred Story, it's a very historical game."

"I don't know which way of playing it, so you can get monsters?"

“It’s the retro type.”

"Edo Period?"

"Yes, it's just one, we think it looks more authentic."

"The Kamazi" written by Asai (さいりょうい), a book about the Edo period, details the game of "The Legend of the Stories" in the Edo period.

All participants were dressed in blue clothes and gathered in the dark room.

Next to the dark room, running lights were prepared with blue paper paste, and enough lamp oil was added, and then a hundred wicks were lit side by side.

Next to the running lights, a small wooden table is placed with a mirror on it.

After each person took turns talking about the strange talk, he left his seat, walked to the next door in the dark, and blew out a wick.

Then, take a look at your face from the mirror and return to the original dark room.

Then replace someone else.

While blowing out the wick, I continued to talk strange things.

Until the ninety-ninth weird talk was finished, the last wick was left, so I kept it and let it continue to light.

Then everyone continued to sit together and waited for dawn until the sun came out and the ceremony was completed.

The strange talk always ends when the 99th is mentioned.

It is said that when the 100th weird talk is about, something strange will happen, so no one dares to touch this taboo.

With the different times, running lights have been replaced by candles, and the new game rule is that the last candle must be blown out.

The Hundred Story Game has become a terrifying monster talk.

"If you really use the green running lights as ritual props in the retro way, you may directly summon the green running lights!"

There is a saying that the green running lantern is the monsters that change the terrifying lanterns in the game "The Story of the Hundred Things".

This may be because the game's horror atmosphere, the blue lantern itself has a horror atmosphere, and it took a long time to come to such a legend.

The story of Qing Running Lights is related to the circulating of the Hundred Story of Things game in the Edo era.

"Then have you seen the woman carrying Qingxingdeng?"

"No, on the contrary, nothing was summoned at that time."

Matsumoto Nao recalled the past and looked complicated.

"It's just that very soon, all those who participated encountered strange things one after another."

"It should be the monster!"

Luo Qing affirmed:

"Where did they meet monsters?"

“Since ancient times, the time and place of monsters appearing have been specific.

I rarely hear of meeting monsters on auspicious festivals or happy scenes.

Generally, it is in places where there is "demonic energy": mountains, seas, etc., where human power is beyond the reach of manpower, or commonly known as evil places, haunted houses, etc., as well as bridges, mountain passes, villages, cemeteries, etc.

Time is usually late at night, dusk, or the other side of spring, autumn, etc. when seasons change."

"These are places and times that need to be paid attention to and are taboo moments that monsters are prone to cause trouble."

"I didn't pay much attention to this."

"So, what kind of monsters they encountered?"

What does a monster change from, or what does a monster look like?

It can be divided into five types: humans, animals, plants, utensils, and natural objects.

Where does monsters cause trouble?

It can be divided into four types: present demon, spiritual demon, reincarnation demon, and concrete demon.

The appearance of the monster.

There are seven types of people, animals, plants, utensils, buildings, natural objects, and debris in a single appearance.

In addition, there are monsters with compound appearances.

According to the "monster collection report" from various parts of Japan, monsters are divided into the following types:

The monsters of mountains, the monsters of Taos, the monsters of woods, the monsters of water, the monsters of seas, the monsters of snow, the monsters of sounds, and the monsters of animals.

There are a lot of 1000 types, and there are many types of classification. It can be said that the Japanese monster components are extremely complex.

"Most of them are weird."

"I heard someone slap the wood and shouting that the sky is dry and the fire candles are careful, but I put on my clothes and went to the atrium to see, but there was no one there."

"This is a monster who saw off Paizimu, and it belongs to a concrete monster."

A concrete monster is a monster of some phenomenon.

For example, in ancient times, some people believed that the echo sounds in the valley were a kind of monster, so the concrete monster of this phenomenon was born.

The beat wood is a musical instrument similar to a speaker board, strung with two pieces of bamboo or wood.

The monster named "Sending off Paizimu" originated from "The Seven Incredible Stories".

Near the cleaver of our office, the night patrolman hit the slap wood and shouted "Beware of the fire candle"

After stopping, I heard Paizimu's voice circling repeatedly, as if someone was patrolling the night together behind me.

Turning his head, he found that there was no one behind him.

Some people think that it is actually the echo of the sound of the beat-wood in the narrow alley at night.

Some people also think it is a rainy night when the sound of raindrops hitting the wooden beats.

"This kind of monster has no great lethality, it is just a scare and should not be harmful."

"It's like that. We held it many times. Every time it was strange, and the monsters that appeared were different."

"I can't explain clearly when it started, and gradually the game changed a little...it became a little weird, and there was one more person...I don't know if it was a human."

"Now, it was about that time that everyone gradually became a little disgusted with this game."

"Is it possible that the extra people you see are the weird stories called "Hundred Story" itself?"

Luo Qing tells them another version of the Story of Hundred Things:

"The legend says that the Qing Xinglantern will become the appearance of the people we are familiar with, and teach us to play a game called the Hundred Ghost Lamp, and use the human spirit to achieve its purpose of opening the Ghost Gate."

"This is the origin of the well-known story of the Hundred Story...described as a monster named Qing Running Lamp, spreading these Hundred Story."

"However, who was the first person to compile this story?"

"No one knows, but I've heard of another perhaps more realistic version here."

"In the Edo period, a famous and wealthy businessman was old and afraid of death. He was also disrespectful to the gods during his lifetime, and was afraid of being captured and taken to hell after his death."

"After thinking about it, he found the Onmyoji at that time and paid a lot of money in exchange for a way to avoid punishment."

"After returning home, he summoned his servants and ordered the spread of news everywhere, and spent money to acquire various monster stories, and each story would be paid."

"After the news spread, someone came to the door, so he ordered the painter to draw the story."

"For the rest of his life, he has been insisting on collecting strange stories."

"Finally one day, he collected a hundred strange stories that he thought were the most satisfying, and named them the Hundred Story."

"Then, on the day of writing, I drank the water from the teapot and turned from a human to a monster."

"This story is over, I think you should have guessed it."

Matsumoto Suo suddenly realized:

"Will Junko become a monster because of the Story of Hundred Story?"

"Maybe, we'll find out soon."
Chapter completed!