A convenience store at night.

On the second night of the contract with Mary, Kamiyagawa came to work at the store.

"Uncle Yuuki remitted 1.4 million to me, and said that he would find me as an assistant in the future. The Metropolitan Police Department also has a commendation prize ready to be sent to me. If I can make steady money with my current soul removal skills, the work here at the convenience store will almost stop. ”

Kamiya has this in mind.

Loaded with the weird tale game, it really brought a sea change to his life through time.

After I was able to start making a lot of money by removing spirits, the part-time job at the convenience store became dispensable.

Maybe it won't be long before Kamiyagawa quits his job here.

However, before officially resigning from the surviving store manager, he will still work hard.

There is a beginning and an end.

Moreover, the manager of Kawai usually takes good care of him.

The atmosphere in the store was a bit dreary tonight.

The surviving manager stayed in the store, but instead of working, he sat in his seat in the dining area and swiped his phone.

Okamura, who usually talks a lot, is very dull.

Two days ago, he liked to say at every turn: "Miss Maruda has an extra 1,000 yen in the store." ”

But now he doesn't say it anymore.

In various media, reports about the "Extreme Fat Powder Fairy Organization" are overwhelming.

Manager Kawai and Okamura naturally also saw it.

And in the list of victims released later, they also saw such a name - Harori Maruda.

Confirmed.

This Harori Maruta is Miss Maruda, who has never appeared recently.

Maruta was killed.

Seeing the people who usually live around me, I was caught off guard and turned into a few pale characters on the list of victims.

This feeling is embarrassing and powerless.

It was more than 10 o'clock in the evening.

This is the time when Kamiyagawa clocks out and clocks out.

There were no customers in the shop.

As a result of the incident, the number of people willing to go out at night in Tokyo has decreased significantly.

The manager of Kawai, who was bored in the dining area and was watching short videos, suddenly stood up and walked to the counter: "Otherwise, it will close tonight." ”

"Huh?"

Kamiya, who was already ready to get off work, and Okamura, who was obviously not working, were a little surprised.

"I just saw that the Shinjuku City Park is said to be the place where the Metropolitan Police Department shot and killed Furuhashi Sunaba. There are quite a few people there tonight who spontaneously pay their respects to the dead. The surviving store manager's tone didn't fluctuate much, "So, let's close." ”

……

Shinjuku.

City Park.

On the pebble pavement, you can see lit candles and bouquets of flowers every few steps.

There are also some black and white photographs of women.

Some people were on the side of the road in the park, praying, or sobbing.

Presumably the families of the victims.

It is not known who was the first person to place black-and-white photographs and bouquets in this place. But Shinjuku City Park has now become a place of consolation for the dead.

A corner of the park.

There is a posthumous photo of Miss Maruda.

Okamura-kun squatted alone beside the statue, was quiet for a while, and then silently took out a somewhat crumpled 1,000 yen note from his pocket.

He used a lit candle to light the banknotes.

It is illegal to burn coins that are still in circulation.

But Okamura didn't think about it that much.

The 1,000 yen sheet was quickly burned to ashes.

"I never had a chance to tell you, but you gave an extra 1,000 yen that day. Oh, and then the drink you please was delicious. Okamura-kun said.

He looked at Maruda in the photo, his eyes were bright, and the tear mole in the corner of his eye was clear.

This kind young lady has always been so good-looking.

Obviously such a good person.

I'm trying so hard to live in this hellish place in Tokyo.

Now she is no longer visible.

"The bad guy who hurt you has been shot dead by the Metropolitan Police Department."

Okamura wanted to say something, but he couldn't, and he and this Miss Maruda probably didn't have much in common.

There was silence for a few more moments.

Okamura got up from the side of the statue and left the city park: "Be careful on the road, Miss Maruta. ”

After that, it wasn't long before Kamiya and the surviving store manager left the park side by side.

Didn't say a word to each other.

After they left, there were a few more bottles of matcha-flavored drinks next to the statue of Maruda.

In the park, the candles are dim and the atmosphere is quiet.

Even if the wicked have their evil retribution.

The dead are gone.

……

Meanwhile.

Somewhere unknown on the island of Japan.

A round table meeting room with a large area and good decoration.

Twelve chairs are placed on the edge of the round table.

Eight of them are seated, and the remaining four are empty.

Among the four vacant chairs, one originally belonged to the fat powder fairy ancient bridge sand feather.

If you put twelve chairs, it corresponds to the twelve hours of the day. And ancient

。 The location of the bridge sand feather is one of the "tsuki", and it is speculated clockwise.

The other three vacated chairs should belong to the following categories: Zishi (midnight), Yinshi (early morning), and Youshi (dusk).

It was quiet in the conference room at first.

The eight of them didn't communicate with each other in any way.

Until the man who was seated at the hour spoke, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with an elegant demeanor and a low and attractive voice:

"I've brought everyone together today to discuss one thing, but I guess you already know about it - Kabuki is dead."

The remaining seven people didn't give much reaction.

The lean man sitting in Shen Shi's seat answered without being salty or light, and his voice was sharp and funny: "I deliberately called everyone out for this little thing." ”

The girl sitting in the ugly position also spoke, and her tone could not hide her smile:

"Kabuki is just inferior. Obviously, the fat powder fairy on the body is known as a thousand faces and thousands of skins, right? Will you be caught and killed by the Metropolitan Police Department? I was so happy. ”

"Ahem. Be quiet. He knocked on the table top.

"Lawyer." An old man sitting in the seat of the future spoke, this old man has a goatee, his temperament is very calm, and he has a strong artist temperament, "Kabuki is dead, the adults at the third time, do you have anything to say?" ”

Lawyer.

This is another code name for the time.

The members of the organization at the time of the demon sealing had an additional identity code, in addition to the spirit calling each other for twelve hours.

This is a tradition that has been around for a long time.

The dead Furuhashi Sawa, whose identity code name is "Kabuki".

The old man with a goatee was not in time, and his identity code name was "painter".

The "hour code" is ironclad, while the "identity code" is fluid, and will change due to the change of members in the organization.

"No, they don't care too much." The lawyer shook his head.

Shen Shi on the other side of the round table answered: "How can there be." Do the three adults in the third day really care about our life or death? Oh, we don't even know who the three of them are. Hee-hee. ”

The twelve members of the Demon Hour.

It is divided into three o'clock, and nine o'clock.

One of them, Yin You, never attended a meeting.

No one even knows who they are, no one has seen them.

Only those in the position of "time" can have very small, non-identity-free secret contact with them.

"It doesn't matter." The Daughter of Ugly Time moved her chair back and rested her legs on the table, "Anyway, as long as I can get a large amount of money from them, I don't care who those three adults are." ”

"So, there's still no plan for the next step?"

The painter always seemed to be the only one in the room who was willing to have a serious discussion with the lawyer.

"Yes. As always, let's go ahead and do our own thing. ”

Lawyer Hai Shi said.

……

Following.

Kamiyagawa woke up from sleep, turned on his mobile phone after washing, and went online to do his daily life.

The real-life "limited-time event" is over, and it's time to focus on the liver game.

After the number, the first thing Kamiya did was to call out Prajna.

The shadow of the purple and white undergarment is outlined in response to the call.

"Whew!"

As soon as Pranya appeared, he snorted heavily at his own onmyoji.

Then drift half a step away from Kamiya.

She floated in the air, her hands crossed over her chest, two masks, one large and one small, swirling around her waist.

In the past two days, because Kamiyagawa has contracted Miss Mary, the tsundere god has been losing his temper.

Today, the attitude has eased a bit.

There is a vague meaning of going down the stairs of the Kamiya River.

"Why are you still angry? By the way, I have something for you. ”

Kamiyagawa is also very good at it.

The angry girl has the meaning of easing her attitude, at this time, you should send a well-prepared gift, take advantage of the victory, and end the Cold War in one fell swoop!

Kamiya took out the [Fat Powder Fairy Lady's Dough] from the [Mirage Cloth Bag] before: "This, do you like it?" ”

With his eyes half-closed, Pranya glanced at Kamiya, and then at the white leather mask.

Then, she descended slightly from mid-air and held out a hand.

Spread out your palms.

Take! Come!

It seems that if Praruo is interested in [Fat Powder Fairy Lady's Dough], maybe she really coincides with the phase of this martial arts.

"Don't be angry when you take it." Kamiyagawa said with a smile on his own Shikigami hippie face.

The white leather mask was placed in the palm of the tsundere-style god.

For a while, there was a treacherous white qi rising on Pranya's body, along with the [Fat Powder Fairy Niang's Dough].

"Oh! It's coming, it's coming! And Shikipo was in the well at that time

。 The situation is estimated to be about the same! Kamiya's heart was uplifted.

But it backfired, and this burst of white gas did not last long before dissipating again.

Prajna is still prajna.

[The dough of the fat powder fairy girl] has not changed.

Kamiyagawa: ?

Prajna:?

Onmyoji and Shikigami looked at each other for three or five seconds.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

"Whew!"

After that, Pranya was ashamed and annoyed, and stuffed the [Fat Powder Fairy Girl's Dough] into the hand of his own onmyoji, and turned back to the statue of the god.

"What's going on?" Kamiya stayed at a loss.

Just now, I obviously felt that I was going to absorb the [Fat Powder Fairy Lady's Dough]?

Buzzing.

The phone vibrates.

A text prompt comes in -

[Your style of god smile is compatible with the ghost god relic [the skin of the fat powder fairy girl]!] ]

[However, due to the reduction of Xiao Panruo's rating, this ghost relic cannot be absorbed for the time being.] Please upgrade the Shikigami rating as soon as possible! ]

"Uh...... Is it because the rating of Prajna is too low that it can't absorb that fat powder fairy skin? ”

This text can be regarded as answering questions for Kamiyagawa.

So here's the problem.

How can I raise the rating of Prajna?

Kamiyagawa doesn't know yet.

He only knew that Prajna was indeed about to upgrade recently.

Because these days God Valley has tried to feed her Shikhi God Statue with a small requiem candle, similar text prompts have been popping up in "Strange Tales of Things" -

[Your Shikigami Smile has accumulated and digested enough Requiem Candle Flame Qi!] ]

[Until you level up, you can no longer gain level experience from the Requiem Candle!] ]

"I always feel that the key to improving the rating of the god will have something to do with the weeping blood candle that the candle-making monk has never studied."

Kamiya guessed like this.

"Having said that, just after the failure to absorb the fat powder fairy dough...... I seem to be getting angrier......"

Yes, giving gifts to sum up the effect is counterproductive.

But let's be reasonable.

You can't absorb that, and that's not bad for me......

……

[Area Mission: Explore Inuaki Pass 80%, completed!] （83/100）]

[Quest rewards are distributed, and you can get the Takamagahara-hara pass!] ]

During this time in Kamiya, in the daily life of the game, he either hung up and brushed the proficiency of various skills, or took the little old man to explore the deep mountains and old forests of Inuming Mountain.

With the unremitting efforts of the little old man, today's exploration mission has finally been completed.

"There is still 13% left in the dog Ming Pass that has not been explored, this deep mountain and old forest, I don't know if it is purely unexplored, or if there is some hidden map."

Kamiyagawa is planning to open the map of Inunaki Pass to 100%.

In this way, you can not leave behind hidden images and no props are missed.

However, in the morning, you can take a break from this game and explore related things.

[Takamagahara's Pass (Ungraded Special Item): A pass to enter Takamagahara.] But as the potential next master of Takamagahara, it is your privilege to travel to and from this palace of the gods. ]

[Maybe you can give this pass to some special friendly tale to use?] ]

The newly obtained special item is a small token made of non-gold, non-stone, non-wood and non-jade.

There is no pattern carving on it, and it is simple and monotonous. But when you pinch it in the palm of your hand, you can feel the wonderful power surging in it.

"A voucher to enter Takamagahara?"

The hints in the description of this new item are quite obvious.

This small token is not for himself, the future ghost and god co-owner.

Kamiyagawa took the [Takamagahara Pass Card] in his hand and played with it over and over again for a while.

Shattered Takamagahara, Kamiya's current base camp in the world of strange tales.

Kamiya was already very familiar with the mechanics involved in entering it.

It's like the prop description.

As the co-owner of the ghosts and gods in the growth period, Kamiyagawa is the potential owner of that god's palace, and can enter and leave freely with the help of [Takamagaha Shinki].

Prajna and Miss Mary, who had signed a contract with him, could also appear freely in Takamagahara.

When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

In addition, the gods who sell medicine should have their own way to enter High Heavengahara.

And Kamiya has done experiments before.

Like Zashiki Boy and Little Old Man, who follow their strange stories in the form of "spiritual descent", they can't really step into Takamagahara.

Although their golden ball bells and bronze pairings are still carried by Kamiyagawa.

However, Shibao and the little old man would be suppressed by a powerful and irresistible force in the Shattered High Heaven Plain, and they would not be able to come out of their respective attachments.

"The Takamagahara-pass card should be to eliminate that irresistible external force suppression, right? So that ordinary strange stories can also be active in Takamagahara. ”

"So, the function of this thing is actually to stuff NPCs into the High Heaven Plain?"

Boy.

Shattered High Heaven, you still dare to say that you are not a fire sacrifice ground!

。