Ten o'clock in the evening.

Kamiyagawa clocked in from the convenience store and received a lunch box that had passed the tasting period as usual, ready to go home and eat it hot.

The poor ghost and god co-owner has not yet realized open source in the real sense, so he can only throttle in places where he can throttle.

"Speaking of which, the 1.4 million that Uncle Yuki promised to remit to me hasn't arrived yet, he won't want to play it, right?"

The plastic bag with the bento in his right hand dangled back and forth, and Kamiya slowly walked towards the tram stop.

It's late summer, but it's ridiculously hot.

In the bushes by the roadside, cicadas chirp tirelessly.

After walking seven or eight hundred meters away from the convenience store, Kamiya passed by a small park.

It was late, and there were no people in the park, only the swings in the park.

Squeak - squeak -

Kamiyagawa glanced towards the position of the swing.

After the level of [Spiritual Magic] was raised, his spiritual vision was not bad. In the dimly lit park, I didn't see any strange stories.

It's just the sultry night breeze blowing the swings.

"How is this scene a little familiar?" Kamiya suddenly thought so.

Oh, remembered.

It seems that the first time I received a call from Mary, I was walking home after the night shift.

Kamiyagawa withdrew his gaze from the small park, carrying the bento and intending to continue walking.

At this time-

"Big Husband、いつか大Husband になる,なんて思う日々を小つ重ねた,Todayだって独りTokyo's scenery に透ける仆は,幽霊みたいだ?"

Kamiya's cell phone rings.

The caller ID is displayed as, 1234567890.

A very strange number that should theoretically not exist.

However, Kamiyagawa is familiar with this number.

"Mary?"

This is the caller number of the evil spirit of the phone.

Both—

Kamiya's movements were faster than his thoughts, and before the phone was automatically picked up, he swiped up the screen and connected the call.

A short, rapid blind tone rang on the other end of the phone.

However, no one spoke.

So Kamiyagawa directly said tentatively: "Mary? ”

It took three or five seconds before a soft answer came from the phone.

"Huh?"

It's a familiar cold female voice, but it seems to have a little imperceptible tone, similar to the misty tone that has just woken up.

Listening to this voice, it is really Mary.

"You're awake." Kamiyagawa's tone relaxed a little.

It's been a long time since the evil spirit of the phone has slumbered.

Kamiya had wondered if Mary would go on sleeping like this and never wake up.

But today he received another call from the other party, and he was inexplicably relieved.

"Hmm." Mary on the other end of the phone finally started her usual conversation, "Hello, I'm Miss Mary." I woke up and I missed you. ”

Kamiyagawa: ......

Is it so straight?

Even Kamiya, who has never been too thin-skinned, felt his old face flush when he heard Mary's words.

After taking two deep breaths, Kamiya calmed down and spoke again: "That, the wound on your body?" ”

He recalls the scene after Mary retired to Hanako.

The evil spirit of the phone is like a porcelain doll that has been broken and glued, cracked all over, and it seems to have said that it hurts a lot.

"It doesn't hurt anymore." A cold female voice rang on the other end of the phone again, but there seemed to be some imperceptible fluctuations in her tone, "Thank you, care about Mary...... Like. ”

"That's good." Kamiyagawa took the phone and nodded.

Then, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

Isn't it a little strange when Mary woke up?

Just woke up during the time when the custom lady disappeared over there?

Thinking of this, Kamiya furrowed his brow.

The disappearance of the custom lady can't have anything to do with Mary, right?

The phone never hung up.

After weighing it for a while, Kamiyagawa tried to ask, "...... you Have you been sleeping before? ”

Mary didn't know what Kamiyagawa was suspicious of, and after listening to the question, she answered very bluntly: "Mary, I've been sleeping." When I wake up, I'll call you. ”

Kamiyagawa: ......

Boy.

It feels like the atmosphere is a little weird.

What's going on with this feeling of registering an itinerary between couples?

However, Mary's answer made Kamiya put his doubts at ease.

Generally speaking, strange stories are not likely to lie, and what they say is more credible.

Especially Mary, who is a model of honesty and trustworthiness in strange talks.

When reporting the point, he said that he was where he was; On the phone, when I say what time I will cut you, I will cut you at what time, rain or shine.

Never lie, just play real.

"Moreover, the people who disappeared in the town were all young and beautiful women. In all the urban legends associated with Miss Mary, she does not have this specific need to attack. Kamiyagawa thought to himself.

Thinking about it this way, the matter of Custom Town should really have nothing to do with Mary.

She probably just happened to wake up at this time.

"And when are you coming to play with me?" Kamiya asked.

He currently has an empty Shikijin Iron Statue that can restrain the C-class Weirdos.

The iron figure has been placed next to the god, waiting for the second Shikigami to move in.

In addition, Kamiyagawa also has a backup for the dead paper man, and with the [High Heaven Origin Divine Tree], he can enter the strange world at any time.

Everything.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for four or five seconds before Mary's voice came again: "Wait two more days, I'm sorry." ”

Kamiya's heart tightened.

Wait two days?

What does Miss Mary want to do?

So he hurriedly asked, "Do you want to play with someone else?" ”

Ever since the evil spirit of the phone retreated and cured Hanako, Kamiya had the idea of restraining her to become Shikigami.

After all, Mary is a strange story, and what she understands by "fun" is to break out and split people in two with a machete.

If Kamiyagawa doesn't plan to retreat from her, the best option is to take her in as a shikigami and restrain her by his side.

Since he is his own quasi-god, Kamiya can't quite accept Mary going to "play" with others and hurting innocent people.

Forget it if you don't know it, but since you already know it, you still have to take care of it.

Mary on the other end of the phone quickly explained, and there seemed to be a little grievance in her cold tone:

"Mary hasn't played with anyone else, and she just wants to play with you in the future."

"Uh......"

Kamiya choked.

Haven't "played" with someone else?

Got it.

This is the meaning of the fact that I have only been cut off so far.

Then, in the future, I just want to "play" with you.

From now on, I just want to cut me alone.

Kamiya Kawakoro said, "Mary's words are flattering at first glance. But if you understand what she means, it really makes people's backs chill......"

Is this what it's like to be entangled in illness?

However, since Mary, who is very trustworthy, has said so, it should be certain that she will not come to reality to cut others.

Wait two days, just wait two days.

Just hang up and brush the [Spiritual Magic] again to increase the probability of capturing Mary.

As for the phone, why can't the evil spirit rush over and cut himself immediately.

Kamiya guessed that it might be that she had just recovered from her serious injuries and was not yet able to get a good idea, so she couldn't come to reality for the time being.