Cheek stroke.

A traditional tale that appears in southern Yamanashi Prefecture.

It is said to haunt a dimly lit valley road at night, and if someone passes by, it will touch their cheeks.

"Stretching out a pale hand from the darkness, it stroked smoothly, and the touch on his cheek seemed to be rubbed by a withered mango spike wet with night dew."

In addition, among the strange talk materials that Kamiya has read, there is also a kind of monster called "thin hands and long hands", which is probably the same type as "cheek stroke".

The strange story of "thin hands and long hands" is that someone once saw several strange hands as slender as vines in the inner living room, sticking out of the cracks in the door of the room and waving to people.

In addition, in modern urban legends, there are similar strange stories such as "The Hand of Hokkaido" that appear in the deep forests of Hokkaido.

As for the cheek stroking monster that Kamiyagawa bumped into tonight, it was probably born from the background of this strange talk.

But it's far more aggressive than in the story.

This can be known by looking at the final tragic situation of Uchimura Yasuji, if Kamiya comes late tonight, this guy's life should be explained.

……

Kamiyagawa rushed into a deserted building with a knife.

The cheek strokes in the room had been forced to the second floor by Mary and Inugami, who had just chased out.

When he arrived, he saw the corner of the corridor on the second floor, and the tangled blue-gray arms were shrunk into balls, and the palms of the hands were twisting back and forth.

It doesn't seem to have any other body parts, and the arms are its body.

"Whew-"

The dog, who has always liked to take the lead in grabbing meat to eat, howled, burst into flames, and pounced forward.

"Huh?"

Kamiya, who had just come up, instinctively felt that something was wrong.

How to say it.

The "cheek stroke" that Inugami is attacking now is a little different from the one that tore Uchimura Yasuji's face downstairs just now.

Although there is also a strange atmosphere on the body, it is much weaker.

Bang!

There was a loud bang.

The already dilapidated hallway shook, and dust and debris shook off.

When the dog charged, it didn't seem to bite the "cheek stroke", but directly hit the wall, and the "cheek stroke" that had just shrunk in the corner quickly disappeared.

Click.

Dragging a machete, Mary moved unhurriedly through the hallway.

Her cold gaze was fixed on the ceiling at the other end of the hallway.

At the same time, Kamiyagawa also stared at the pupils of his eyes and looked towards where Mary had moved.

That's right, the real cheek stroke should be there!

Swish!

The huge machete in Mary's hand swung from the bottom up, and a thick bloody red mist overflowed from the heavy blade, making a boiling noise.

This knife cuts down.

Most of the ceiling at the end of the hallway had collapsed.

Rotten wood collapsed from above, and blue-gray twisted cheeks rolled down from above.

Mary's knife is extremely skillfully grasped.

Such a heavy blade only smashed the ceiling, and did not directly hurt the cheek that was hidden above.

Its precision is comparable to the difference between slaughter and surgery.

Since being promoted to B rank.,And after receiving the blessing of the shrine and faith.。

Mary doesn't seem to be as good at fighting as before, at least she won't let go on the battlefield, but will follow Kamiyagawa's instructions, appear where she should appear, and do what she needs to do.

"Whew!"

Behind Mary, a fiery dog god spewed out a corrupt breath.

In the faint reflection of the moonlight in the corridor, the black hair of the dog god fluctuated like the waves of the forest sea, and the long hair that stood up made it look as if it was larger, and the sparks on it contained extremely high heat.

I was just tricked once, and the dog is angry.

Seeing that the cheek stroke really appeared, he naturally wouldn't let it go.

And a D-class strange talk, head-on collision with an angry upper C-class strange talk, what will be the end, you can imagine.

Crunch Crunch –

The sound of seeping gnawing sounded, and the smell of burnt roasted meat filled the air.

The cheek strokes could not make a sound, and the sound of the twisted palms scratching and flapping indiscriminately was inaudible after a while.

Jingle bell, jingle bell.

Zashiki began to ring the bell, giving Kamiya River a very short period of good luck.

[Candle Monk's Blood Pump] roared and flew out.

[Cheek Fu (Alien) has died, obtained 176 soul crystals!] ]

[Obtain the D-Rank Monster Heart's Blood!] ]

Strange talk of retreat.

……

Killing Cheek Stroke is not too unexpected for Kamiya.

Now that the specific heart and mind has been initiated, everything is going well.

However, he was more curious about what the illusion-like "cheek stroke" just now was.

"The special ability of the cheek stroke? Although this one seems to be an alien, it is not quite like it. ”

Kamiyagawa collected the spoils, suddenly sensed something, and looked up. On the ceiling that Mary had cut open, it seemed that there was something else.

Crunch crunch –

Some rotten wood fell.

A figure rolled down from the ceiling.

Kamiyagawa stepped forward to inspect it, only to realize that it was a corpse, which generally looked like a man in his early twenties.

It should have been dead for a while, and the body was cold.

I could see that my cheeks and abdomen were torn apart, and the blood stains were congealed and dark red, which was terrible.

"So it's still a little late, someone has already died here on the cheek on the hand."

Kamiyagawa thought so.

Then, he heard a steady, faint "buzz" sound coming from behind him.

Turning around with a knife, he saw a black drone hovering behind him.

The drone's original camera actually projected a light curtain like a projector, and the white light column with a slight blue light reflected the dust flying, and finally projected a 3D image of a young man wearing a convenient sweatshirt.

It seems that the image projected from the drone is what the victim in front of him looked like when he was alive.

"The strange tales composed of the obsession of the dead, the wandering spirit, etc., seem to be weak, and they may not be able to stabilize the state at any time and dissipate. But is this geist attached to the drone? ”

Seeing the scene in front of him, Kamiya could roughly react.

The "cheek stroking illusion" just now is mostly projected by this strange talk that controls the drone.

So, this is a geist with the ability to keep up with the times.

There is nothing surprising about this, Kamiyagawa is not surprised.

Like the sisters Mary and Xiaowu at home, they are also modern weirdos with the ability to control electronic devices.

"Mysterio, huh?"

Kamiyagawa held a knife and stared up and down at the victim ghost in front of him, who only had a projection vision. Behind the 3D projection, the black drone is still suspended in the air, and the four rotors continue to emit a steady and slight humming sound.

Not to mention, the 3D illusion projected by this drone blessed by supernatural power is quite like that.

It's no wonder that the dog's brain was hot just now, and he pounced without thinking too much.

"It's just that you're unlucky, you died on your cheek before I could come. The wandering soul obsession turned into a strange talk, and it looked like it was about to dissipate after the cheek stroke was retired. ”

"Considering that you just helped you to disturb us, it may be that you can't help yourself, so I don't care about you. If you don't want to dissipate, I'll arrange a good place for you. ”

Kamiyagawa said this to the drone monster.

In fact, the other party probably didn't understand what he was talking about at all.

The young man projected in 3D just "stood" in the mess, staring blankly at his corpse and not moving.

This geist seems to be a bit similar to the original state of the Mikami brothers in the hearse group, and it is estimated that they have no independent sanity.

But Kamiya doesn't care.

The scene before recruiting employees still needs to be finished.

"If you don't object, you agree."

Kamiyagawa stepped forward and raised his hand to grasp the black drone hanging in mid-air.

The "buzzing" sound stopped instantly, the four rotors stopped, and the light projected from the camera position disappeared synchronously, and the projected geist also hibernated.

[Get the Haunted Drone of the Spirit!] ]

Kamiya's phone vibrates.

After holding the drone, "Strange Tales of Things" gave identification information and gave a [mortal] rating.

But the "ordinary product" mentioned by the system is actually no longer a normal item.

Like some messes picked up by Kamiya in the inner world, maybe there is "garbage"; Coins previously enchanted with thunder; Now this drone with a haunting spirit......

These ordinary props or materials are more or less supernatural or supernatural.

"Good. The system has a rating, that is, it can be brought into the inner world. ”

Kamiya put away the drone, turned his head to look at the corpse on the ground that had been disemboweled, and his cheeks were torn, and sighed invisibly.

The next thing here is to contact the people in the countermeasures room to deal with the aftermath.

After attending the high school graduation ceremony directly, Kamiyagawa said hello and goodbye to acquaintances in or around the school, and learned from Okamura, one of his acquaintances, that there might be a strange conversation on the side of Takenozuka in Ashiri Ward. Then it's a rush to check, save people and retreat from the strange talk.

Everything is very reasonable, putting aside his selfishness of thinking about brushing materials, it can even be regarded as righteous and old-fashioned.

After that, just report it to the countermeasures room truthfully.

Something else, they'll take care of it.

The countermeasures room is good at this.

……

Kamiyagawa came out of a deserted building.

The black tengu transformed into a half-human, half-bird boy wearing a white god-tattooed mask, carrying the fainting Yasuji Uchimura behind him.

After the two of them walked out for a while, the whale in the air rode the whale down, and halfway through it turned into stars, and the damp breath of azure color disappeared.

When Kamiya returned to the ghost car, he saw the young man and woman who had just run out of the haunted house, lying in the car.

Sister Ohara was crouching in front of them, raising her hand to poke the face of the man and woman.

"What's wrong with them?"

Kamiyagawa looked suspicious, beckoned Utengu to put the third injured person in the car, and then asked Oishi and Takayama in the hearse like this.

Takayama Mayi looked embarrassed.

Oishi Junma scratched his head: "They were scared and fainted. It was an accident, Boss, this time it was really an accident. ”

Kamiyagawa: ......

Listen to the meaning of the little yellow hair and big stone.

The man and woman seemed to have fainted from the hearse.

Kamiya: "Forget it, that's it. Originally, they were here to be excited, and it was lucky that they were still alive. ”

After saying this, Dashi and Takayama became even more uncomfortable.

Although I know that the boss is not pointing at himself......

But when the five of them were still alive, they were trying to stimulate the deserted fantasy park, and then put their lives into it.

Kamiya also realized that the hearse group under his command seemed to be the predecessors of these soul explorers. So I didn't go any further, just beckoned everyone to get in the car: "Take them to the hospital." ”

The ghost car's engine roared, and it turned on [Ghost Acceleration] and sped out.

The car was a little crowded because there were three more fainting idlers.

Ohara, who already has a new car, did not take the ghost Mazda at all, but put on a motorcycle helmet and directly summoned the ghost motorcycle with industrial texture and a sense of power.

The two heavy wheels were swirled with black flames, and as soon as they pulled the accelerator, they rushed directly to the front to open the way, like a galloping mechanical beast. The only thing you can see behind is the twin exhaust pipes and floating taillights of the ghost motorcycle.

Originally, Xiaoyuan's sister was still looking forward to it, and slapped the back seat of the motorcycle to invite her boss to go with her.

However, Kamiyagawa's attitude towards this is polite.

Not because he's a little scared, absolutely not.

The main thing is that there are other things to do.

On the ghost Mazda, in order to keep a distance from the three people behind him, Kamiyagawa sat in the co-pilot this time. He first contacted the countermeasures office and informed the Adachi Ward about the situation.

Then he took out the [High Heaven Origin Divine Coffin] and quickly touched it into the inner world.

A burst of light and shadow, a change in the reorganization of the world, and another teleportation, Kamiya came to the [Living Fish Hotel].

Here in the hotel, he has only been here once since he defeated the black thunder god two days ago.

Let's take a look at the Imperial Fronts who were all "doing their best" in order to defeat the enemy.

After the boss battle of the Seven Emperors, none of them survived, so all the memories were reset back to the state when they first became Yu.

They seem to be a little angry with each other, but when they see Kamiya, they are all very respectful, as if they are instinctive.

After all, the only thing they can know about the "factory reset settings" is that they have a certain connection with the Kamiya River, and Kamiya-sama is their master.

Because of the arrival of the Master, the seven people who were aware of it began to converge from various places in the hotel. The last one to arrive to report was Chihiro Miyauchi in women's clothing, and when he came over, the boning knife in his hand was still dripping blood.

It is estimated that it was reopened and re-invested in the "cat and mouse game".

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Kamiyagawa took out the [Ghost Haunting Drone] directly from the [Mirage Cloth Bag].

Buzzing.

The black drone detached from his palm and floated smoothly.

Once again, a 3D image was projected, still in the form of the young wandering spirit. This wandering soul without sanity, facing the existence that can crush itself with a finger of the surrounding one by one, does not react much, just "stands" indifferently.

"Kamiya-sama, what is this?"

The royal officials came over to see the surprise.

Kamiya took out a small requiem candle and lit it and placed it in front of the drone spirit.

The wandering spirit young man finally made a move, the expression on his face seemed to be more vivid, obviously it was the appearance of a projection, but at this time he opened his mouth and began to gulp the breath of the candle.

A small requiem candle fed down, though it was far from enough to make the drone monster talk to his senses.

But at least it can make him less weak and not dissipate on his own.

After doing this, Kamiyagawa looked at his subordinates:

"I'm looking for a new colleague to document your good life...... Probably. ”

(End of chapter)