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Nowadays, more and more couples are gathering at haunted places. I wanted to thoroughly reduce the number of places where people will screech You know, if the atmosphere at a haunted place is normal, its a bit of a letdown, isnt it? Riajuu will get disappointed too, and thats why Im destroying them from one side to the other. Its a million years too early for them to be playing with each other here, they ca here the day before yesterday too Or rather, let the riajuu perish, explode in a grand way and go back to the earth, you idiot!
A black aura overflowed from Yakumo, who was cackling with unsightly jealousy.
I looked at him and thought quietly, Well, this guy is not popular
Apparently, he just wanted to interrupt the couples who were thoughtlessly stepping into the haunted place. What a dumb motive I an, how jealous were you of all those couples?
I had assud that he was on a more significant mission. Or rather, I wondered if he was aware that, rather than interfering, he was indirectly helping these people by purifying the spirit reservoirs. Well, forget it; I should pretend I was oblivious to Yakumos sinister sche.
Were there psychics in the world who operated for this kind of reason?
Didnt you claim that you are an expert in destroying haunted areas earlier?
To be honest, I dont stop until Ive destroyed a site once Ive set my eyes on it, so my work is of a different caliber than that of other psychics.
Indeed, he had a majestic expression on his face. This was no pretense. He had a lot of experience in this field. Despite all his jokes, this guy was a real
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A real idiot!
How should I put it? I just want to make a point.
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I expressed my honest views to the Kansai-style evil spirit exterminatorwho was acting so optimisticallydespite the fact that I felt horrible about doing soin the sake of truth, regardless of whether he grasped the situations futility.
This is the so-called the mummy hunter himself becos a mummyright?
What!?
The mummy hunter himself becos a mummy
Exactly as the expression ant. In an attempt to exterminate an evil spirit, he himself beca a specter. These words were perfect for Yakumo.
After hearing this, he opened his lips and his expression tightened as if he had no spare ti and was going to demand an explanation from right then.
No, no, no, no! This is, this is! I screwed up a little bit, thats all!
Arent you a professional?
Yeah! Isnt that obvious!?
Then why is a professional in this ss? Moreover, youre asking for help from a civilian.
N-No! About that! You know, my condition is not at its best!
Condition?
Yeah! As long as I got in shape, I could have handled it on my own! I wouldnt even be like this!
I wonder. You really arent that good, are you?
Huh I cant let that slide, you know!
Within a short period of ti, I was able to analyze Yakumos personality. He was straightforward in his responses to others statents, simple, and easily agitated. And he was a screw-up who flaunted these traits at the most crucial tis.
I am a true first-class evil spirit exterminator! Even I cant be silent when you criticize like that!
No, you dont have a body, so you cant prove anything.
What!? You cant say that!!
I was only trying to tease him a bit but I supposed my remarks had wrecked his self-esteem. Yakumo slumped to the ground, his face expressing shock.
I-Indeed I couldnt say that I am a first-class in this state I am a failure as an evil spirit exterminator I didnt say it out loud because it would have made feel even more empty, but I still feel extrely embarrassed about my current state I feel like Im walking around the city naked.
Huh, that was all it took for him to break down.
What sort of cody is this exorcising evil spirits?
Ah, if Tsure finds out, for sure I will be made fun of.
Yakumo suddenly began to feel down.
Hey, hey you dont have to be so depressed.
I might have had a lot of fun and shattered his pride more than necessary. I tried to tap the crouching guy on the shoulder but it slipped through easily.
Yeah rather than doing this, I should find the body of this guy at once.
Look, if you dont kick up a fuss, I wont be able to force myself to get hyped up.
Even so, we had reached rather deep. Not even moonlight was perceptible anymore. Overhead, the branches and leaves of the trees were jostling each other, making feel sowhat suffocated.
The dread that I would never leave this place, which had been weighing heavily on , seed to be releasing itself at any mont. I wondered where in the sea of trees I was now, no, there was no specific area in the sea of trees.
I felt like I had gone a long distance. How far had we proceeded since entering
Ah.
Sothing imdiately struck as I pondered how far I had co. My heart felt as though it had been punctured by a thin needle when my veins abruptly stopped circulating blood.
Ti stopped within . The feeling of this. This helpless feeling.
Aaah!?
W-What!?
Yakumo, who had remained dejected up until that point, jumped up at the sound of the shout and turned to face .
I, on the other hand, clutched my head and stiffened the muscles of my face as I scread.
Aaahh.
I ssed up I ssed up
Even though I was so careful before entering I.
I forgot all about it.
I forgot to tie the vinyl string in place at the beginning.
As a lifeline, I had brought two rolls of vinyl packing string. I figured that using them as a marker and tying them soplace would be pointless in such a wide sea of trees, but I reasoned that it would be better than nothing. Despite having planned to do so, I had forgotten about it until now.
What a screw-up.
At this rate, we would be lost and dead in the sea of trees. Due to the lack of a road, I didnt know whether I ca from the right or the left, or even what part of the path I had taken.
Oh no, I might really die.
That thought compelled to scream out again. I wanted to shout for help which might not reach soone.
Wasnt I a real screw-up, too?
Buha! Buhahaha! Sonny, youre an idiot You cant criticize others, can you! Haha!
Shut up! This is on a different level than your screw-up! Stop laughing!
I an, vinyl string! Couldnt you have picked sothing better!?
Silence! I dont have a survival rope in my house!
Yakumo laughed hysterically at my impatience. Hey, this was seriously not the ti to be laughing! Without a marker, even if you were lucky enough to get back into your body, you might not be able to return!
Ah, God! What should we do!!
Dont worry since I made it out once myself.
Whats with that its just a stroke of luck line?
Relax for now, I can handle getting out but only if I get back in.
I dont know if I can believe that story of yours but I dont want to be a corpse in a place like this.
Like I said, sonny, I am a professional. I have been in this kind of maze many tis. I have the counterasures.
Yakumo responded confidently and proudly. Should I be reassured?
In the first place, even if I found his body, if it was too late, I would be left alone with his corpse on my back
I didnt want to think beyond that.
Dont you know how much longer you can sustain your own body?
Dont ask that like its an expiration date Hmm. I dont know about that. All I know for sure is that I am not dead yet, and I still feel a faint connection with my physical body. Perhaps when my body runs out of energy, Ill be able to feel it naturally, he remarked calmly as he walked on.
I supposed it was because he was well aware that he would not get anywhere by making a fuss.
Cant you sense where your body is now?
If I could, I wouldnt be having such a hard ti. I can only recall a few things.
I see
After that, I continued walking again. While I was worrying about foliage and spider webs, Yakumo abruptly ca to a halt before . A red sports bike, flung to the ground and sared with mud, ca into view.
The engine stopped working here.
He said he had abandoned the bike at this spot when it was no longer useful. Beyond that point, his recollection was a bit hazy apparently.
Try hard to rember that part
Im struggling to rember that but
He instructed to take up the bike and open the seat cover while seemingly to be recalling sothing. When I did so, I found that it was packed with items that I had never seen before and that was difficult to describe in one word.
Several books that resembled tattered old docunts. A collection of unsettling paper dolls linked together with twine that seem like human forms. In addition, a stack of red gaily colored paper, like the color of blood, was in it.
Even the occult research club wouldnt own such things.
W-W-What is this?
Tools for my job. I dont have ti to explain.
I am curious, though.
Sonny, dig through it all and pull out the tag at the bottom.
I was completely ignored. He seed to have no intention of explaining everything to .
Having no other choice, I fearfully put my wrist in and probed the inside of the box. Deep inside, I found a piece of paper with a texture like Japanese paper, so I pulled it out to see it.
On the paper, which was about the size of an old postcard, were inscribed words that I could not read no matter how hard I tried. This was it looked like the kind of thing you often find on a Shinto altar or sothing like that.
Keep it with you at all tis, it should be enough for soone like you.
What do you an?
Its a talisman. Its a good luck charm, and since Im the one who forced you into this, I need you to be safe at all costs. Simply holding it will shield you from all kinds of evil things, and it will blind the evil spirits.
Thats amazing if its true. But are you sure? There is only one.
Its only for the weak. It doesnt matter if I have it.
That sounds like the kind of thing that would be said about a weak guy.
Thats right! That ans youre a weak guy! This talisman is extrely effective in your instance since you are essentially only a man with spectral vision. So keep it with you.
A piece of paper like this?
I doubted it would have such trendous power.
I shook it with my hand while squinting. It was a piece of rag paper, so if I pulled on it, it would tear right away.
However, if you tear it, it will really be nothing more than a piece of paper, so please be careful.
Being told that it was like a lifeline that I must not let go of if I wanted to advance, I swallowed my saliva and slipped it into my hoodie pocket.
Alright, now, lets go.
Wait a minute.
A double lifeline was more reassuring. I pulled a packing strap out of my bag and wrapped it around a large tree nearby.
Since I brought it with , I dont want it to go to waste.
Well, thats okay.
I carefully wrapped it around the tree and tied a tight knot to prevent it from coming undone.
Yeah.
Although not very reassuring, this should at least bring us back to this place.
I pulled on the string and checked it a few tis. It looked secure.
Whats this?
Ah? What?
While I was content with the sturdily wrapped cord and was feeling ready to go on, Yakumo approached the tree that was wrapped with a curious look on his face and uttered a mysterious remark, Sothing is carved on it.
Huh? What
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