Ichimoku (Note (1)) walked around the campus with his team and sighed boredly.

With the gradual expansion of the Hundred Things, there are more and more grassroots strange rumors that they cannot seize the right to reside in the Tower of Babylon and can only take root in the present world.

But as soon as the number is large, the distribution and acquisition of [knowledge] has become a problem, those well-known strange stories, as long as you get the label, you can rest easy, but his status is more embarrassing, even if it is a monster-themed animation, it can only be a passer-by's supporting role, so it is necessary to create topics in order to maintain the heat and attract attention.

But the reason why they are weak is because the characteristics are not distinctive enough, and their abilities are not very exaggerated, if everyone is allowed to freely spread their own strange stories, then in the end, all the strange stories will be mixed together, and everyone will not get the attention they deserve, but may be integrated together, and then conjure up a strange new strange story.

In order to ensure everyone's interests, a set of unspoken rules has gradually formed within Baiwuya -

Relying on the Torii Gate, a companion of a certain cadre, the Tales of Hyakmonogatari can enter a world known as "Forever".

It is not really a separate world, but an extension of the concept of "torii dividing the boundary between humans and gods", cutting the distance between humans and gods, thus creating a state in which people and "gods" live in the same world, but people cannot see "gods".

In this way, they hide themselves in the shadows of the present world, and make a pact that they cannot freely reveal their existence, and can only attack if they meet their own rules, or if they meet a "matchmaker" who can see them.

Such a contract not only did not reduce the income of each strange story, but because of the strong requirements for the appearance of the standard, the characteristics of each strange story were more distinct, and in the case of high-level strange talk control of this country, the mortals of this country would not doubt the authenticity of the strange story.

In addition, there is also a reward mechanism within Hundred Things, and if anyone can make a contribution, they can get a reward for getting a main character in the animation and game, and spread their "personality" more widely.

Of course, those powerful, elegant, handsome, and evil villains will always be the cadres' own place.

Thinking about the one-eyed little monk, and he is a strange talk about the source, even at the same time, just because of his contributions, he became a supporting role in an animation, and now he has become a cadre, but he can only be an obscure garbage monster, and he can only barely make a living by eating the income of the collective strange talk of Hundred Things.

"I want to get ahead as soon as I enter the Tao!"

Ichimoku cheered himself up in his heart and embarked on the journey of searching for the target again.

On the first day of the new year, Lord Kato made a prediction that "the Kamen Rider who killed the owner of the sea will appear in Chiba", and last night, Hyakme-sama also confirmed that there was a flow of Kamen Rider [Knowledge] in Higashitennuma Town.

Although it is completely impossible for him to catch the kind of powerful existence that even the cadres can kill, as a one-eyed monk, he has the same power as the one-eyed monk, which is very suitable for delaying time.

However, unlike the one-eyed monk's [taunt], the power of one-eyed entry is [Selling Miserably].

It sounds a bit stumbling, but this power is much safer than the one-eyed monk's taunt, as long as he sells miserably, the other party will feel pity, and it is much stronger than the one-eyed monk being chased and beaten after scolding!

"As long as I can meet that Kamen Rider, I'll get the news out right away, and then kneel down and delay time!"

Ichimoku stuck out his uncomfortable-looking tongue and licked his eyes, and searched separately from the team members, although I didn't think that Kamen Rider would be hiding in the school, but last night I went through the entire house in Higashitennuma Town with strange talk such as dirt tasting and patio tasting, and if there were, I would have found out a long time ago.

However, the prophecy of the Lord is absolute, and now that [Takamagahara] is unfolding, the advent rules and doors will be temporarily blocked, and the other party must still be in Chiba!

Walking in front of each student and staring at him with his giant eyes, I know that I can't find the Kamen Rider in this way, but if I can meet one or two "destined people" who can see me, then it is also good to scare and gain some knowledge.

Just as Ichimoku walked in front of the students, he suddenly noticed a line of sight, although it was very faint, but Ichimoku still noticed the slightest peeping.

"Won?!" Turning his head at a glance, he was also mentally prepared to kneel down and beg for mercy at any time, he stretched out his tongue, sensing the flow of [knowledge] in the air, and his huge eyes turned, slowly locking on to a young girl.

"It doesn't look special, and there are no traces of [knowledge] on the body, is there a fate?"

Ichimoku thought so in his heart, but he didn't pounce immediately.

After being a strange talk for so long, how to make the deepest impression He still understands, the kind of person who pounces directly is just a rookie after all, squeezing the other party's spirit to the limit a little bit, that is the way to squeeze [knowledge] to the greatest extent.

He pretended not to notice the other party's gaze, and continued to walk in front of the eyes of those ordinary students, approaching little by little, and finally, the girl seemed to have begun to be unable to bear it, and with her uncontrollable horror, she made a look as if she had found something, and left the student in front of her, and walked towards the girl little by little.

"Hehe, you must be scared too much, right? Oh, I'm going to cry! Hehe, it's so cute, don't worry, I won't kill you......"

Ichimoke imagined various bridges in his heart, and deliberately made the clogs make a crisp sound.

The girl's eyes twitched with each step, and he felt a strong sense of pleasure.

"It's a lot of fun!" Ichimoi has come to the front of the girl, looking at the obvious frightened about to [beep-] out, but still maintaining a blank look, as if I want to see the wall behind me through myself, the tongue of the Ichikami is so happy that it is about to knot!

He brought his huge eyes to the girl, as if to catch her whole face, and then, biting his tongue, asked in an eerie tone:

"Can you see it?"

......The girl didn't speak, but the horror and trembling in her eyes almost overflowed.

"It's funny!" Ichimoi turned slightly, as if observing his prey, shook his tongue in front of the girl, and continued:

"Can you see it?"

"Woo......" The girl let out a whimper unconsciously, and understood that the time had come, and immediately said loudly:

"I can see it!"

As he spoke, he opened his big mouth and pounced on the girl, with a posture of wanting to swallow it into his stomach, but at this moment, a phantom suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and he only felt a sharp pain in his eyes when he saw it, and then lost all perception.

And the last voice he heard before he died seemed to be......

"Muda!"

Note (1): Ichimoku and one-eyed monks are very similar, they are both monks and monsters with one eye, but Ichimoku is a spirit, and there is even a legend that it is a kappa.

PS: When discussing cognition, I generally don't talk about interest, not because interest does not cause cognition, but because interest itself is too vague and unstable.

Strange talk is a system that gathers the power of the crowd to strengthen itself, in other words, what is needed is a big and broad cognition rather than a small and refined cognition.

And when the group expands to a certain extent, it is difficult for the interest to provide a sufficient amount of knowledge, because it is impossible to have so many people with exactly the same interests.

Therefore, there are basically only two main sources of [knowledge] for group strange talk, collective strange talk, and large-scale strange talk, "closely related to one's own life" and "may threaten one's normal life".

As for curiosity...... In the end, it is just an impulse to turn the unknown into a known due to the fear of the impact of the unknown on oneself. It can be classified among the latter.

Of course, interest can't be said to be absent, for example, Feng Xue has not condensed the "demon chef" until now, the main source of [knowledge] is interest, and the spread is actually not small, the reason why it has not yet taken shape is because it itself is "dispensable", after all, he is neither necessary for life, nor will it have an impact on life.

The state of "it's the same with him or not" is the most terrible situation for strange talks. So either make yourself extremely important (into life) or keep yourself focused (dangerous, curious, vigilant).

As for interest, after all, it is just the "surplus" of a few people.

(End of chapter)