In reality.

Kamiyagawa wakes up.

The sunlight in the cherry blossom forest is a bit dazzling, giving people the feeling of being in a trance like a dream.

What just happened in the world of strange talk is indeed quite like a dream.

Hanako was successfully retired.

It's a little unrealistic.

He took out his phone and saw the death prompt this time-

【Soft Rice Man】

Kamiyagawa: ......

Damn it! What's wrong with soft rice, you can eat one too?

"♪大husband、いつか大husband になる,なんて思う日々を幾つ重ねた,Todayだって独り東京の景色に透ける僕は,幽霊みたいだ" ♪

The phone rings.

Mary called.

Kamiyagawa chose to answer this time.

"Hello?"

There was a blind tone on the other end of the phone, and after a while, Mary's voice came: "Hello." I'm Miss Mary. ”

"Hmm."

The tone of the evil spirit on the phone was slightly weak: "Mary is very tired, and her body hurts...... I need to get some sleep, and when I wake up, I'll come back to you. ”

Doodle.

The phone hangs up.

"Need some sleep?" Kamiyagawa subconsciously repeated Mary's words.

What does that mean?

Kamiya recalled the state of Mary after retiring from Hanako in the strange world just now.

Cracked all over his body, like a porcelain doll that has been smashed and then reglued.

"Mary, is that hurt?"

To be sure, Mary's injuries were definitely not caused by Hanako.

The ghost doll in the toilet is like a mother beating her daughter, so that the latter has no strength to fight back.

If Miss Mary doesn't know the seven-wound knife method of "injuring a thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred", then there is only one reasonable conjecture—

Maybe the evil spirit on the phone was injured before he started talking to Hanako?

And the battle that broke out in the corridor, Mary fought too seriously and tried her best, so the wound that was not completely healed was torn apart and the old wound recurred?

Kamiyagawa felt that his conjecture should be reasonable.

But the question is, who injured Mary?

The telephone evil spirit is definitely the craziest criticism and the most combat-effective strange story that Kamiyagawa has encountered so far.

What kind of terrifying existence does it have to be to beat her like that?

Kamiyagawa only found it unimaginable.

In addition, considering that Mary has already completed the visit, she can travel freely between the real world and the strange world. So the object that hit her hard, there is also a certain chance that it exists in reality.

"It feels like the world is a lot more dangerous than I thought. Whether it's the reality of the surface world, or the strange world of the inner world. ”

Thinking like this, Kamiya opened the [Alien Catalogue] on his phone.

The only two weirdos in it have changed their status.

Hanako's status is grayed out as [Retired].

As for Mary, it's [asleep].

Kamiyagawa looked at Mary's state, stunned for a few seconds, at this time-

Buzzing.

The phone vibrates and another new notification pops up.

[Your character has gained a new status.] ]

Below the personal information, the original entry "Mary, jealous" disappeared and was replaced by a new one.

[Mary's Love].

[Mary is an old abandoned doll that has been dumped in the garbage to rot and stink.] ]

[Gone are the days of playing with people and having fun.] No one will like Mary anymore, everyone is afraid of Mary, and no one will ever take the initiative to invite Mary. ]

[But you're different, it's different everywhere.] Mary is curious about you, wants to play with you, and will be jealous of you——]

[Mary, love you.] ]

[So, go ahead and play with Mary?] If I abandon Mary, I'll kill you? ]

Looking at the newly brushed entries, Kamiyagawa was silent for a while.

"Mary, you are a deformed love...... In other words, if you fall in love with a strange talk, it should be quite dangerous, right? ”

……

[Area Mission: Retreat D-Class Strange Tale Ghost Doll Hanako, completed!] ]

[Quest rewards are distributed, and you can learn the Soul Magic!] ]

[Area Mission: Explore Flower Bell Trick School 80%, completed!] （82/100）]

[Quest rewards are distributed, and Shikami-tin statues are obtained!] ]

After successfully retiring Hanako, Kamiyagawa's exploration of the strange school was also very smooth.

After touching all parts of the building, the area exploration value came to 82%.

The remaining 18% is estimated to be on the bottom of an artificial lake.

The Kamiya River in the water can't go down for the time being, but it doesn't matter, just complete the mission.

The area at the bottom of the lake, come back and explore it later.

[Spiritual Technique (Entry-level): Arresting ghosts and spirits, exorcising demons and sending monsters, the secret method of cultivating gods by onmyoji, and mastering this method can raise monsters to fight for themselves.] ]

[Shikigami Tin Statue (Excellent Grade Material): Used in conjunction with the Spiritual Arts, the strange tale of the metal statue that inhabits this metal statue will become a Shikigami for you to drive.] The tin figure can restrain the weird talk of the highest D level. ]

As mentioned in the explanation, the Oni Imperial Spirit is a secret method of Japanese onmyoji.

Legend has it that the great onmyoji Abe Harumi raised 12 powerful Shikigami companions.

After mastering this spell, Kamiyagawa can also start cultivating his own Shikigami.

"Souls-based games are paired with a Pokémon system, right? The statue of the god tin is a poke ball. ”

Kamiyagawa reviewed what he had obtained and had a general understanding of this new Shikigami system.

"The tin statue can only restrain the strange talk of the D level at the highest, that is, the level of Hanako. It's strong......"

"I feel that in the future, as the game progresses, there should be opportunities to get other types of Shishen statues and control higher-level strange talks."

Got it.

After learning the art of controlling spirits, my goal is to become a master of strange talks!

At present, Kamiyagawa only has one tin statue, that is, there is only one Shikigami slot.

If you want to cultivate what kind of weirdness as your first god, you have to think about it.

If conditions permit, Kamiyagawa would like Miss Mary to become his first Shikigami.

Unfortunately, Mary is a C-class weirdo, out of the Tin Figure's containment limit.

"Mary hasn't been seen in a long time, though."

Since retiring Hanako, the telephone evil spirit has never haunted Kamiyagawa again.

Judging from the [Strange Tales Catalogue], Mary's state is also always shown as [Sleeping].

I don't know when she's going to wake up.

Speaking of which, Kamiyagawa's current view of Mary is a bit complicated.

At first, when he was haunted by the evil spirit of the phone, he only felt that his personal safety was threatened, and all he thought about was that he had to find a chance to get rid of this sick and strange talk.

But what about now?

Does Kamiyagawa still want to retire Mary?

I don't know.

Maybe I don't want to.

His attitude towards the evil spirit of the phone changed, and it wasn't just because Mary acted as a tool to heal Hanako for him.

And because of that [Mary's Love] entry, and that sentence-

"Hello, I'm Miss Mary. I'm in front of you. ”

In all the urban weirdos associated with Mary, this evil ghost of the phone who hovers in the middle of the night will only appear behind the victim's back, and take out the target with a single sword.

"But in the corridor of the teaching building, Mary appeared directly in front of me and stopped the Hanako family."

At that time, I should have been protected by strange talks, right?