[Shadow clumps (good material): When the shadows grow, you'll see another me.] ]

[The ghost relics of the shadow ghosts, the strange stories of similar nature, if you can absorb the shadow clumps for your own use, you will definitely be able to improve your strength.] ]

When he got home, Kamiya took out the small iron box he had obtained from Uncle Yuuki.

And took out his mobile phone and checked the information of the small shadow item in the iron box.

"It's a relic to absorb, yes. Although the evaluation given by "Strange Tales of Things" is excellent, the transcendent aura on this thing is very weak, no wonder Uncle Yuuki said that it is suitable for the little old man. Kamiyagawa looked at the phone screen and nodded, "Anyway, this [shadow mass] looks like human nature." ”

The origin of this [shadow lump], when I was eating yakiniku skewers in an izakaya just now, Yuuki mentioned it.

As mentioned in the item information given in Strange Tales of Things, this relic was exploded after killing a strange tale called the Shadow Ghost.

The so-called shadow ghosts are legendary disembodied yokai that only appear in people's lives in the form of shadows.

There are many types of shadow ghosts.

For example, in ancient Japan, it is said that women were often seen through things such as sliding doors in the shade of their homes.

If you look closely, you will find that no one is standing in front of or behind the sliding door, only the shadow of the mold lake exists out of thin air.

This unowned female figure reflected on an object is called a "shadow girl" in Japan, and it is one of the shadow ghosts.

However, the Shadow Ghost that drops [Shadow Block] is more dangerous and rare than the "Shadow Girl", and belongs to the parasitic Shadow Ghost.

Parasitic shadow ghosts will descend into the shadows of humans, lurking and hibernating, quietly observing the words and deeds of their hosts, everything in their daily lives.

When the time comes, it will become the host.

Parasitic ghosts will generally follow the host quietly for many years, because they know everything about the parasited, whether it is daily habits, personality and behavior, and interpersonal relationships, so they can completely confuse the real as if they were adults.

The first thing an adult parasite will do is kill the original host and replace it.

That's where this weirdness comes in.

Ordinary people simply have no way to defend against it.

Moreover, for those around the parasited, they may never know that one of their family members or friends may suddenly disappear from this world one night.

In its place is another "person", another thing.

The family and friends of the original owner don't know anything about it, and they will still have daily social activities with that thing.

Meet, say hello, eat together, hang out together, say goodbye, say goodnight to each other...... It's business as usual, normal as if nothing had happened.

After listening to the story of this parasitic shadow ghost at dinner, Kamiyagawa commented on it in his heart: "In a sense, it is really a bit similar to me, a time-traveler." ”

However, Kamiya never felt guilty for being a traverser.

After all, he is essentially different from the parasitic shadow ghost.

He didn't take the initiative to hurt the original owner of this body, but just borrowed the corpse to resurrect the soul. Moreover, the original owner did not leave any interpersonal relationships that he needed to deal with and deceive.

Straight to the point.

When Uncle Yuuki was having dinner, after introducing the background of the story of the parasitic shadow ghost, he slowly told how the [Shadow Mass] was born-

The story is not complicated.

It's a parasitic shadow ghost, a spirit that has descended into the shadow of a host.

But its luck is bad, the parasitic host is not an ordinary person, but an official soul slayer.

A professional player who mixes with the spirit world himself, can he manage this kind of shadow weirdness?

That will not be possible.

When the soul slayer realized that he was being parasitized, he violently overtook the shadow ghost who had chosen the wrong opponent.

Taking advantage of the fact that it did not grow at all, it was directly strangled in swaddling clothes, and the method was extremely cruel.

Then, there is this [Shadow Mass].

Originally, loot obtained during non-mission missions like this did not need to be handed in.

However, the soul slayer itself could not use this material, so he simply transferred it to the "warehouse" of the organization and exchanged it for contribution points.

Eventually, this ghost relic came around and into Kamiyagawa's hands.

Theoretically, the little old man has a certain "shadow" characteristic, and the parasitic shadow ghost also has a "hidden" nature.

The little old man had a reciprocal relationship with this strange relic.

There is nothing wrong with Yuuki Shinkenyu's idea of choosing props.

……

"Little old man."

Kamiyagawa placed the small iron box containing the [Shadow Mass] on the small square dining table at home, and called out to the little old man.

The latter reacted quickly and appeared directly from the bronze match of the bird.

"This one is for you, try it."

Kamiyagawa pointed to the tin box on the table.

"Aba! Aba! When the little old man saw this scene, he was naturally very excited.

Sure enough, following and serving Lord Kamiya is the most correct choice the old man has made in his life!

It was a long time of shouting before he touched the small disembodied shadow in the box.

As soon as they made contact, the shadow mass swayed and stretched out, running down the little old man's short arm and directly into his body.

The moment the [Shadow Mass] disappeared, Kamiyagawa, who was observing the situation on the side, could clearly feel that the ghost aura on the little old man's body, as well as the shadow aura, were obviously aggravated.

For things like strange talk about absorbing relics, Kamiya also has a lot of observation experience.

The current situation can basically be judged to be a successful act of absorbing shadow clumps.

So, Kamiya asked, "Okay, do you feel like you've changed somewhat?" Or are there any additional abilities to master? ”

"Abba ...... Aba! ”

The little old man was stunned for a few seconds before he realized a little.

He raised his short arms above his head and jumped in a comical circle, as if he were performing some strange ritual dance. Then Kamiyagawa saw something crawl out of the little old man's short shadow.

It was a humanoid shape that looked no more than three or four centimeters tall.

The figure crawling out of the shadow was black, and it seemed to have a heavy ink dripping on the surface of the table.

However, the ink-like flowing shadows dripping onto the table quickly disappear.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, something was born in the shadows and was fully formed.

It was a miniature version of the little old man.

"I've really gained an interesting ability." Kamiya was amazed on the sidelines, and then asked, "What is the connection between you and this miniature version of you?" Does he exist on his own, or is he part of your body? ”

"Abba Abba ......"

"Woo woo woo ......"

Kamiyagawa communicated with the little old man for a while, wrote down several pieces of paper, and finally figured out the relationship between the little old man and the little old man.

The new ability of his own swift scout can be compared to the connection between Kamiyagawa and the Kabuki puppet.

The difference between the two is quite big.

Kamiya and Kabuki puppets are just prop users and props.

The resulting golems do not have any autonomous consciousness.

Basically, it can be used as a drone or a mechanical dog connected to a brain computer.

But the relationship between the little old man and his shadow is more complicated.

The little old man has a certain sense of autonomy, but it is not complete, and it cannot be regarded as a truly independent individual. Strictly speaking, it should be regarded as a derivative of the consciousness of the little old man.

If you don't have to understand.

The relationship between them should be more similar to the concept of "swarm" or "hive thinking".

Based on this feature, the little old man ni can be separated from the main activity, and unlike the Kamiyagawa Kabuki puppet, there is no limit to the scope of activity.

In addition, if the little old man ni is destroyed, the little old man who is the main body will receive a certain amount of negative feedback.

Moreover, the new skill will enter the CD, and it will take 24 hours before the new little old man can be summoned.

"There is no restriction on the distance of movement, and it can be separated from the main body to the greatest extent, which is a very good feature...... With this skill, the little old man can use his shadow to explore the Cijian General Hospital, but he doesn't have to worry about encountering real danger. ”

After Kamiyagawa finished communicating with his scout, he nodded in satisfaction.

This wave is not a loss.

Maybe it can also take advantage of the situation to bring a little change in information acquisition to the fourth map that is being stuck.

Because the little old man is not a Shikigami and can't check the name of this new ability through "Strange Tales of Things", the little old man himself doesn't seem to know what this skill should be called.

So, Kamiyagawa helped to give it a name-

【Outside the body】

The outer body of the little old man.

Well, that's good.

After learning the [Outer Body] from his own scout, Kamiya once again found an F-class Weeping Blood Candle and a small Requiem Candle.

This time, the little old man was able to set the advanced materials on fire.

The promotion ceremony began directly in the room.

In order to avoid any strange talk in the real world that was attracted by the candle flame breath of the candle to interfere with the promotion, Kamiyagawa specially called the members of the hearse to the room, and also summoned Pranya and Inujiro, who had recovered from his injuries, to stay behind.

With a strong enough masked ghost girl, plus the Swallowing Dog God sitting in the array, you basically don't have to worry about what will go wrong with the ritual.

And Kamiyagawa himself took out the [Takamagaharajin Tsuki] and took Miss Mary into the strange world.

Today, because I went fishing with Uncle Yuuki, I didn't have a good liver game.

……

Strange talk about the world.

Flower bell trickery.

Because there is a main force left behind in reality, Kamiya did not go to the new map Cijian Hospital that was being raided, but went to the novice village.

Next to the gloomy cherry blossom forest, in addition to the fluorescent flying gods, you can also see the stalls of the Lingmei Wanshiya.

Recently, Kamiya will come to the Flower Bell School to take a look every time he gets on the number.

In fact, the booth of the spirit meow can be put away, turned into the original beckoning meow ornament, and brought to another map and then expanded.

However, because the cat shopkeeper with two tails jumped out of the school wall to collect supplies and has not returned, Kamiya has not done so.

Let this little stall stay here, waiting for the shopkeeper to return.

In the previous time, every time I came to the Flower Bell Trick School Lingmeow Wanshiwu, it was in a state of playing foreign, and the lights in the booth were turned off.

But this time I logged in tonight, and things changed.

Manishiya is open.

Two red lanterns could be seen swaying under the white cloth canopy of the house, and the warm light illuminated the clean solid wood countertop of the stall.

Apparently, the traveling cat cat is home.

"It's my cub back." Kamiyagawa stepped forward to check the situation.

On the countertop of the House of Everything, you can see two small, hollow spheres that glow yellow.

"Meow~"

Just as Kamiya reached out to pick up the ball, he heard a coquettish meow.

The cat's shopkeeper Xiaojin gradient gracefully jumped onto the table from under the stall, and walked to the front of the two hollow balls and sat down.

It sat upright, elegantly wiping its face with its little paws, glancing haughtily at the valley of the gods from time to time.

I don't know why, but that posture always gives people the feeling that "it's in charge here".

Although the cat shopkeeper is indeed the steward of the Lingmeow Wanshi House.

But, the last time this little gold gradient saw Kamiya River, it wasn't like this, obviously very enthusiastic, as if it was going to be upside down.

Sure enough, cats are an unpredictable existence.

Buzzing.

Kamiyagawa's phone vibrates.

[The cat's shopkeeper returns with materials around the Flower Bell School, and the non-specific search commission is completed!] Please pay the 200 soul crystal commission fee and take this round of supplies! ]

"Did you want to collect money?"

Kamiyagawa operated his mobile phone and paid for 200 soul crystals.

After the small crystals of the netherworld currency stacked appeared on the countertop of the Wanshi House, they turned into a white thick breath and floated into the beckoning meow ornaments on the side.

"Meow~"

The round, smiling beckoning meow, swinging the raised arm, making an urn sound and a cat's meow.

At the same time, Kamiya also saw that the body of the cat shopkeeper Xiao Jin gradient was also full of white gas.

"It seems that Lingmeow Wanshiwu can digest the soul crystals received after completing the commission, turn them into energy to strengthen their own strength, and feed back to the cat's shopkeeper."

"As long as I charge money, it can become stronger, that is what you mean?"

Kamiyagawa is barely well-informed now, and quickly guessed the operating mechanism of the Wanshiya.

The House of Everything and the Cat Shopkeeper should have a special reinforcement system.

Just like Inujiro, it is necessary to achieve self-reinforcement through a special flesh and blood mechanic.

"If the cat shopkeeper becomes stronger, the better the things he brings back, then I will charge it with money completely sincerely." Kamiya continued to think along these lines.

"Meow~"

After the white aura on his body subsided, Xiao Jin, who was originally sitting upright, let out a pleasant cry, got up close to Kamiyagawa, and rubbed his hand with his neck, his two tails cocked high, shaking gently.

After two rubs, it rolled on the clean countertop and lay down, revealing its soft white belly unsuspectingly.

"Ah......h Give money and let it, right? You're a girl, you can't look like this. Kamiyagawa preached to cats and cats hating iron and steel.

Then he reached out and touched the fluffy, soft belly of the little gold gradient.

Don't say it.

It feels great!