"Although I could guess that the Devil's Shrine would have problems sooner or later, I didn't expect that it would already have problems..."
God Valley walked down the mountain road quickly.
The well-meaning wandering ghosts on both sides of the road followed him curiously. After passing the torii on the mountain path, they stepped back with a smile and waved goodbye to him.
The conversation with Guizi’s mother went very smoothly. Whether it was the power of Guizi’s mother or the suggestion of relocating the family, the other party responded. However, Guizi’s mother made an additional request——
She hopes Kamiyagawa can help her find a Mizuko who escaped from the shrine.
As long as the escaped Shuizi can be found, the ghost mother will fulfill her promise.
The promises given by ghosts are very reliable, and there is no need to worry about the ghost mother going back on her word.
Moreover, just by doing a "finding mission", you can surrender a wild god and a group of water children who look like they can be sent to "child labor" in the Santu River without any blood. It seems to be a good deal.
So Kamiyagawa accepted this commission.
"According to the explanation of the devil's mother, that water child has been on the run for half a month. And the devil's mother herself has to control a large number of other resentful water children in the cemetery, making it difficult to escape. At most, she can arrange for the ghosts of those good boys to wander around the surrounding area.
Inquiring about the situation... I haven't found it yet, so you have no choice but to entrust it to me?"
"The devil's mother said that the Shuizi who escaped was not a bad boy. Oh, considering her doting character, I probably can only listen to this sentence."
True.
Considering the large number of water children around the devil mother, their common feature is that they are difficult to convert using flexible means, but not all of them are necessarily malicious and born bad. However, the water children carry resentment due to their early death.
In addition, the mind of a child is chaotic and does not distinguish between good and evil, so it is inevitable that the character will be distorted.
If you let a water boy move around freely, he will definitely cause trouble.
"Moreover, being able to escape under the nose of the devil's mother, this water child is probably much stronger than its other companions in the cemetery."
Kamiya continued to climb down the stairs while thinking.
When he reached the bottom of the mountain, his phone rang.
It was a call from the Countermeasures Office branch of Yamagata Prefecture.
"Mr. Kamiya, there have been no Kaidan attacks in the Kitamurayama County area recently... In addition, two days ago, a disappearance of a female high school student occurred in the neighboring Tokai County. An investigation has been opened there, and it has been confirmed that it has nothing to do with Kaidan.
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After accepting the commission of "finding escaped Mizuko" from the devil's mother, Kamiya called the countermeasures office of Yamagata Prefecture and inquired about the recent situation in Kitamurayama County.
It is easy for a disciple of ghosts and gods who is very popular in the field of spiritual exorcism to find out this kind of official information.
After the other party confirmed Kamiya's identity, they didn't even ask for the reason, and cooperated to contact the subordinate units to confirm the situation.
"Okay, thank you. I will contact you again if necessary."
Kamiya hung up the phone.
There have been no clear ghost attacks in Bukchonsan County, but there has been a disappearance case in neighboring Baohai County recently.
According to the report from the Yamagata Prefectural Countermeasures Office, this disappearance case is not a strange incident.
In other words, there is a high probability that Shuizi who escaped has not hurt anyone.
"No matter what, it's better to find that Shuizi quickly."
With this thought in mind, Kamiya arrived at the road at the foot of the mountain, walked back to the waiting ghost car, and summoned the scouts at the same time.
"Little old man, Dashi, let's work."
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1 pm.
At the foot of Oishida Mountain in Hokumurayama County.
Three junior high school students in casual clothes met here.
Two boys and one girl.
They are students of Kitayama Middle School, and they are all members of the school news club, headed by the president, Shimazaki Yamazaki.
Today is Saturday, so students naturally do not go to school.
The members of the news agency are preparing the next issue of school news content these days.
But there isn't much news worth reporting about a school.
Under Shimazaki's suggestion, they are preparing for the entire big issue this time——
Explore and decipher campus urban legends.
In Japan, it seems that many schools have some urban legends spread around them.
However, most of the content is commonplace.
What about the 13th step of the stairs, the Hanako in the toilet, the unplayed piano in the music classroom, the Beethoven sculpture with moving eyes, etc.
Students in Beishan Middle School occasionally tell strange stories of this type.
However, the strange stories they tell usually focus on the abandoned old school buildings.
This brings us to the situation of Beishan Middle School.
This national high school has two campuses. The old one is located in Oishida Mountain and was abandoned more than 20 years ago. The new campus is located in the center of the town which is convenient in all aspects.
When the students of Beishan Middle School talk about ghost stories, they always start with -
"Let me tell you, more than twenty years ago, when the old school building was not abandoned..."
The old campus has become dilapidated due to abandonment and neglect.
It has a mysterious quality of its own, and it seems natural that the place where various strange stories are told is set there.
Moreover, there is a saying among the students of Beishan Middle School that the old school building was abandoned because it was haunted.
However, Shimazaki Okaji specially conducted research and consulted some local information for this news topic of "Campus Ghost Stories". What is certain is that this rumored statement is actually just groundless.
.
The old school building was abandoned simply because of normal administrative planning.
In addition, Shimazaki didn't think that any supernatural events would really happen when he went to the old school building to collect materials. How could those old ghost stories be true?
His original intention was to go there and take some photos, and then discuss in a news feature how the school's mainstream media came into being.
Well, it can be regarded as a scientific report that dispels strange legends.
From this perspective, this news feature is quite interesting.
Shimazaki Okaji held a Sony A7 camera in his hand: "Everyone is here, let's go? While it's still early, after exploring the old school building, I'll treat you to dinner."
"Wait a minute, Bando-kun hasn't come here yet." Chinatsu Hamaka, a girl in the team, waved her hand.
"Bando? Oh, you seemed to have mentioned that he would come too."
"Yes, I made an agreement with him yesterday when school was over."
The Bando mentioned by Chinatsu Hamanaka is also another student of Kitayama Middle School and is not a member of the news agency.
President Shimazaki also met him recently through Hamaka.
It seemed like he was a boy who was one level below them, and he had not been seen much in school before.
I have the impression that he is a rather sinister person, and he also has facial paralysis. He always has no expression on his face and speaks very little. There are so many people in the school, so it is normal for a student with such a personality to remain unknown.
I just don’t understand how Hamaka got to know each other.
"Hamanaka, have you made an appointment with that Bando at the right time? Why hasn't he come over yet? Is he not coming?" Another boy in the team, Kayo Abe, spoke up.
"No, we agreed."
"Then you give him a call?"
"Ah...I, I actually don't have Bando-kun's contact information."
"ha?"
"That's right! That's right, we just met not long ago." The girl's voice became softer and her cheeks turned slightly red.
"Then how did you get to know each other?"
"We meet often in the library these days."
To be continued...