In the afternoon, in the classroom after school.

"An original amulet made by the shrine maiden herself...... How about this advertising slogan? ”

Mayumi Kamigawa is still persevering and actively recommending her own sales plan to Mizutani.

"It's a little subtle."

"There's always an indescribable aura."

"You're going to be caught by the dean, right?"

"Yes, absolutely."

"Kamigawa, is this talisman of your shrine really effective?"

"Peach Blossom Sauce Request?"

"No...... I was just...... Forget it, you can continue to grind with Mizutani. ”

"Alas~ What did you say~ Is Peach Blossom Sauce in love?"

"Love Omamori, White Day 20% off!"

"Oh, no...... I want to ask, can it drive away evil spirits? ”

"Exorcism? Haunted? ”

"I don't know ...... either"

"Check out the full range of exorcism services!"

“……”

Mayumi Kamigawa and the three members of Mizutani's small group were talking.

……

Beside.

Su Qi flipped through the books he borrowed from the library.

Tomoki glanced back.

"Faust...... Children's picture books? ”

"That's the only one in the library."

Su Qi shrugged.

On the picture book in his hand, there are cartoonish drawings and simple short story narration.

God made a bet with the devil Mephitos, who believed that no matter how good a human being was, would eventually go astray under temptation, God believed that a representative of humanity, such as the learned and diligent Faust, would not be tempted to go astray.

So the devil came to the learned Faust and promised to be his servant, to fulfill all his needs until he was satisfied.

When Faust is satisfied, the devil will take his soul, and then Faust will go everywhere, experience the world, ask the devil to fulfill his needs, go out of reason to perceive the sensibility of the world, the happiness and sorrow of mankind, and not fall into hedonism and opportunism.

……

Faust

The great writer Goethe's masterpiece of life, a masterpiece of poetry and drama that spanned half a century.

After the darkness of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, it returned to the aesthetic trend of ancient Greece.

Whether it is opera, poetry, or drama, it is a form that embodies the social trend of the time.

This complex masterpiece contains too many ideological and social meanings to be interpreted alone.

Su Qi didn't come to interpret the famous book, but to find the name.

……

Su Qi looked at the picture book in his hand, although the children's book was relatively brief, the synopsis of the story was basically complete.

Fukuda Hyakme told him 'Murphytos'.

It's the character in Faust.

A seductive and depraved devil.

……

The decapitation cycle speaks of the devil and the name 'Mephitos'.

Is it a divine thing?

Su Qi guessed in his heart.

Faust is too long, the thinking is complex, several different plays contain different themes, and the main line of thought is more broadly defined, depicting advanced ideas after the Renaissance.

According to its complexity, if it is a divine object, it should most likely not be a single divine object.

This is an inference based on the principles of occult knowledge, and there is a certain law in the formation of such a thing as a divine object.

Whether it is for people or works, it must be pure and single thought, and if there are multiple ideas at the same time, there is a high probability that it will be divided into many.

For example, Hans Christian Andersen's anchored original owner, the same original owner derived a number of divine objects such as 'the emperor's new clothes' and 'lighter boxes'.

……

Murphytos ......

Could this be a divinity split from Faust alone?

The devil who satisfies people's needs?

Maybe there's a contract or something?

Su Qi reasoned about the divine objects that the decapitation cycle might have, these reasonings were not necessarily correct, but they were indeed based on the clues he got now, combined with the principles of occult knowledge, and the probability of reasoning was the greatest.

However, these do not point to the true identity of the decapitation cycle.

……

Su Qi closed the picture book in his hand.

Faust and Mephitos were found.

But this clue doesn't seem to lead any deeper.

Therefore, Su Qi asked it to stop here for a while, and instead thought about the other clue that Baimu had provided him.

……

That's right, at noon, under Su Qi's repeated questioning.

Baimu provided two clues.

One is Murphytos.

One is......

……

"He asked me to reshoot the video once."

"Remake?"

"I said I made a mistake with my clothes."

"Clothes? Which video? ”

"The non-existent transfer student phase."

"Which clothes?"

"It's a ghost uniform, and when I first photographed it, it was our school uniform.

Later, after the film was handed over to him, he said that he had made the wrong design of the set costumes, so that the image would not match, and paid me to ask me to reshoot it once. ”

"The image doesn't correspond? What does this mean? ”

"I don't know ...... either"

……

This is a conversation between Su Qi and Baimu at noon.

Two key points in the conversation.

First, the content of the set is designed with a decapitation cycle, and then let the hundred eyes shoot, and the image does not correspond, probably because there is an error in the image with the real corresponding ghost, and I am afraid that the anchoring will be wrong, so I did not give it to the corresponding ghost.

Second, the decapitation cycle knows the image of the real transfer student ghost, has he ever seen? No, it shouldn't be right, and if you've seen it, you shouldn't be wrong at first.

And I had speculated before that the other party should also be a beginner, and it took a lot of effort for Su Qi, a transfer student, to meet him.

It is more likely that the other party only knew that this legend was in their school at first, and later realized that the school uniform was different that school year......

Su Qi lowered his head, and the clues were connected.

He had a conjecture in his head.

……

The decapitation cycle is most likely a teacher or student at their school.

And......

Under his bold assumptions, Su Qi came up with a conjecture that made him a little hard to believe.

He took out the information of the same grade student that he had copied when he was investigating the ghosts and gods of transfer students, and he took this information at the time and called to ask about Sakurai Tamako.

I haven't thrown it away, but I didn't expect it to be useful now.

Su Qi and his entourage looked at the name.

Eventually, it stopped at one name.

Found it, and sure enough.

……

Is it really him......

Su Qi frowned.

Although this reasoning line is very far-fetched, the jumping thinking in many places is too big, and it is completely unwarranted brain making up without evidence, making up stories.

But with so many coincidences put together, the story can be explained almost entirely.

This shows that it is not completely impossible.

……

Never mind.

Su Qi shook his head and put down the reasoning conclusion for the time being.

Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll ask for it in person.

Whether it's him or not, it's not a primary target right now, because the anchor is enough, and the tengu may have appeared.

Today and tomorrow, they will deal with the tengu first.

……