"The memorial monument in Higashi-Ikebukuro Central Park was destroyed during the battle, and the resentment broke through several of the soul monuments in the Sunshine City 60 building...... Fortunately, the resentful spirits in the damaged Soul Suppression Monument should have been wiped out after years of suppression, and there was no abnormality. ”

Hearing the news, Mochizuki Ayano suddenly gasped, only to feel that the ups and downs of life were coming too quickly.

You know, there used to be sixty vicious evil spirits in it.

"It was a blessing in disguise...... Having said that, he is worthy of being the heir of the Abe family, and he can easily solve even that level of aggregate resentment......"

After confirming the situation of the first group through the system, Ayano Mochizuki, who was relieved, couldn't help but groan.

Encountering a spirit of higher level than expected is an inevitable situation in the course of action.

After all, every supernatural case is like an unopened gift box, and if you don't open it yourself, you will never know what it contains.

"Report to the section chief, the spirit-eradication operations of each group are nearing completion......

One of the agents reported to her with some excitement.

Before the joint operation, the only people who could lead the team to perform a difficult spirit removal in the ninth lesson were the section leader Mochizuki Ayano and the newly promoted "Buddha Sniper" deputy section leader Iwata Takeshi.

After the members of the Soul Slayer Association joined, overnight, they actually had the ability to perform five strange level [one] or more tasks simultaneously.

Prima facie, the run-in phase of the joint operation can be regarded as achieving very good results.

"Let the team that completes the task close the team as planned, and the mobile team is responsible for the aftermath, medical treatment and other finishing work...... The Information Group conducts a preliminary analysis and review of the course of action. ”

The expression on Mochizuki Ayano's face only relaxed a little at this moment.

"I always feel like I've forgotten something......

An information agent muttered as he began the finishing touches on the work at hand.

……

Yoyogi 3-chome.

"If you're not careful, it's almost dawn...... But I managed to catch up with the game ......"

In the apartment, Takumi Fujiwara, who had big dark circles under his eyes, put down the game console in his hand a little tiredly and stretched his waist.

"Those guys from the Spirit Exterminator Association and Lesson 9 should still be fighting to the death outside......"

Thinking a little weakly, he opened the curtains and glanced down at Yoyogi Park in the morning light.

"Ding-dong".

Someone rang the doorbell.

"Who? So early? ”

Takumi Fujiwara, who was about to have breakfast and go to bed, turned on the screen of the video doorbell in confusion.

On the screen, a plain-looking man in a wrinkled Brazilian suit is standing outside the door with his head bowed respectfully.

His pale face took up almost the entire screen.

"Good morning, Mr. Fujiwara, I am an employee of NHK TV, and since you have not yet signed a contract with NHK TV, I would like to ask you to conclude a contract and pay for the use of NHK TV."

"Huh? NHK TV ...... Why do you know my name? Hasn't this apartment been signed with NHK all along? “

Looking at the man on the screen, Takumi Fujiwara's face was full of black lines.

There are basically only three kinds of people who can ring the doorbell: missionary grandmothers, delivery people, and ...... NHK toll collector.

NHK Television is a national, nationally neutral television station in Japan.

According to Japan's Broadcasting Law, if you live in Japan, you have an obligation to contract with NHK as long as you have a television or any equipment that can receive NHK television.

However, the law does not specify what the penalties will be for not fulfilling the obligations of the contract with NHK.

Once you sign a contract with NHK, you will face high viewing fees for the rest of your life.

Based on the idea that if you pay first, you will lose, most Japanese people are shy away from NHK.

NHK toll collectors were born.

Dressed in crisp suits and handsome hairstyles, they go door-to-door every day, and they take the trouble to explain to you the "duties of citizens" and "the provisions of the law" with their incorruptible tongues, just to make you honestly conclude a contract with NHK and pay the fees.

As the saying goes, it's not the trio and the wraith that are scary, but the doorbell of the NHK toll collector.

"Let him go back first today, and let Uncle Keigo deal with it later......"

Takumi Fujiwara walked to the door, ready to send the toll collector out of the two so he could go to bed.

He didn't care about the money, he was just too sleepy, and it took a lot of time to sign a contract.

Just as he was about to open the door, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and he looked at his feet.

A trace of black gas was wafting towards the house through the crack in the door directly below.

He carefully pressed his eyes to the cat's eye......

Across the door, the man who stood motionless, as if waiting for his response, looked up as if by feeling.

Pale with bruised faces, white eyes, and a distorted smile, looking towards the cat's eyes.

It can be seen through the cat's eye that the man's whole body is full of resentment.

Wraiths.

Looking at each other's silent eyes, Takumi Fujiwara's calves went limp, and he sat on the floor with his buttocks, and kept retreating towards the back......

"Right...... By the way, I'm a priest anyway...... That's right, ...... Spell ......"

Takumi Fujiwara, who was strong and calm, stood up tremblingly, grabbed his right wrist with his left hand, and condensed the spiritual power of his whole body against the door.

"Sealed".

Yin-Yang technique, door seal.

The door symbolizes the boundary, and the door strengthened by this technique can prevent evil spirits from entering.

A faint wisp of golden chrysanthemum spiritual power poured out from his palm and spread upwards towards the gate......

Then, it dissipated.

Cast failed.

Then, holding his breath, he tried again.

The spiritual power in the palm of his hand surged and dissipated again.

"Porphyry".

Due to the excessive force, the gas in the abdomen was accidentally discharged.

"Let's call and ask the family to send someone to deal with it......"

Seeing that the man at the door did not move for the time being, Takumi Fujiwara hurriedly took out the phone and dialed Uncle Keigo's number.

After a series of failed spells, he had no intention of trying again.

After all, the last time I practiced this pose was eight years ago.

The call was quickly connected.

"Hey, Uncle Keigo, I have an evil spirit here that interferes with my cultivation, you can ask someone to 'clean up' it......"

"Sir, smartphones are now also devices that can watch programs on NHK TV, so please conclude a contract with me......

What came out of the phone turned out to be the cold voice of the man outside the door.

was so frightened that Takumi Fujiwara directly threw away the mobile phone in his hand.

“NHK…… Seems to have seen ...... somewhere"

Suddenly remembering something, he immediately ran towards the computer.

Open the 2CH forum and quickly search for the keyword "NHK" in it.

Yesterday, after the people in Lesson 9 left, he immediately looked up on the Internet about all kinds of strange and resentful things in Tokyo that they described, and vaguely remembered seeing similar content.

"The ghost of the NHK toll collector! Contracts must not be concluded......"

"The man was hollowed out of the inside of the rental house and left a suicide note claiming to have met an NHK toll collector"

Posts like these appeared before his eyes.

"That's right, this is it."

According to the description in the post, the ghosts of NHK toll collectors will respectfully wait for the owner's response outside the door like ordinary NHK toll collectors; It's just that until the owner agrees to pay the fee, he will continue to haunt it in a way peculiar to the spirit of resentment......

However, once the owner agrees to "conclude a contract" and "pay", it is not as simple as a small amount of money.

"This guy turned out to be a real ......"

Before Fujiwara Takumi could stabilize his mood, the computer screen in front of him also became the same picture as the video doorbell.

In the dimly lit hallway, the man's pale face is pressed against the camera, taking up the entire screen.

"Mr. Fujiwara, I would like to ask you to fulfill your obligations as a computer and a car tablet that can be used to watch NHK television."

The man maintained a smiling expression, and his flattering and respectful words came into Fujiwara Takumi's ears like a curse.

Turning around, the TV in the living room was quietly turned on at some point, playing the same picture.

Several pale faces, through the screen, looked at Fujiwara Takumi, revealing an expression that was not smiling.

"Cold ...... Calm down...... As long as you ignore him and don't sign a contract with him, he should have nothing to do with me. ”

Takumi Fujiwara took out the remote control and found that he couldn't turn off the TV.

He tried to calm down and clear his mind.

As long as Uncle Keigo comes to deliver lunch......

It's even worse.

Uncle Keigo is already old, and he is an ordinary person with only a faint inspiration, if he is forcibly "charged" by this thing......

"No, we have to find a way to do it."