Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 185 Tomb View Room

In the 60s, against the backdrop of the economic boom in District , the government put forward the slogan of "one household per family, one room per person", and the "one-household building", a small wooden building with a separate courtyard that was between a bungalow and a small Western-style building, came into being.

Today, even though many single-family buildings are too old to be lived in, due to the rapid rise in land prices, many people choose to buy old houses and then entrust construction companies to completely demolish them and build new ones.

Therefore, the "advantages" of this property that Saejima Tetsuo just mentioned all make sense, except for one thing...

Looking through Xia Fan's [Divine Eyes], the surface of the house, and even the yards in front and back, were all covered with densely packed black hand and footprints of varying sizes.

According to the information in Lesson 9, evil spirits born from obsessions will naturally dissipate even if they are not nourished by foul air, but the traces of their past activities, which can only be seen by psychics, will remain for several years.

Occasionally, Xia Fan would see one or two similar traces in the environment where he lived, and he would choose to “turn a blind eye”.

But at the moment, this large-scale "hand and footprints" that cause people to suffer from claustrophobia can only mean that a large number of evil spirits have been active here in recent years. It is unknown whether they have dissipated.

"There are so many traces of spiritual activity. Is there something special around here?"

"Wait, the direction of the hand and foot prints is moving towards that direction..."

After observing carefully, Xia Fan suddenly noticed that most of these hand and footprints were pointing in the same direction.

He walked in that direction, into the weed-covered yard, and along the collapsed wall, came to the back door of the house.

"Um, Mr. Saejima, behind this house..."

Xia Fan pulled aside the grass that was as tall as a person, took a look outside, turned his head stiffly, and looked at Saejima expressionlessly: "...Why is there a cemetery?"

At the back door of the house, in the open space beyond the weeds, tall and short pagodas and wide and narrow tombstones stand in an orderly manner, like an endless desolate stone forest.

The surfaces of tombstones and pagodas also have the same hand and footprint prints as those on this house.

It seems that these traces were left by the evil spirits in the cemetery when they came to "visit" over the years.

"Ahahahaha, I just didn't have time to introduce it to you in detail..."

"Didn't I just say that this piece of land is a Feng Shui treasure land, a perfect room with a cemetery view!"

Tetsuo Saejima was stunned for a moment, then burst into awkward laughter.

According to the regulations on private land ownership, cemeteries are private property of the people and the government cannot move them at will.

With the development of population and city, houses can only be built around the cemetery wherever there is space, so the scene of residential areas surrounding cemeteries is actually very common in District 11.

Moreover, because of the belief that "all things have spirits", in the eyes of the people, the souls of ancestors will be sublimated into gods to protect future generations, so the residential areas next to cemeteries are known as "feng shui treasure lands" and are not too taboo.

"It's fine if it's next to the cemetery, but the scale of this cemetery is quite large..."

Xia Fan sighed helplessly.

There are usually only a few tombstones between ordinary houses, but this cemetery separated by a small path in the backyard has at least hundreds of tombstones, which is extremely spectacular.

"Let me see. The information says that not far from here was once a place of execution during the Edo period. The people who were beheaded were buried in a pit dug in this cemetery... ahem..."

"The more tombstones there are, the more ancestors there are protecting our descendants, and the better the feng shui is..."

Saejima Tetsuo forced a smile, but his voice of explanation became weaker and weaker.

A strong wind blew by, and a dark cloud blocked the sunlight above their heads, and the temperature around them dropped sharply.

In the cemetery, translucent, headless figures crawled up from the shadow-covered ground. "Evil spirits..."

Xia Fan narrowed his eyes and took a step back cautiously.

These evil spirits seemed unable to see what was around them. They just twisted their bodies silently in pain, hideously and ferociously, and flew around the cemetery like headless flies.

"I see. Their consciousness is still at the moment before death?"

"Because he was beheaded, he has no head and cannot 'see' the outside world..."

"Because of the 'pain' deep in my obsession, I will helplessly grasp the things around me, leaving deep hand and foot prints..."

Staring blankly at these confused spirits, a hint of pity flashed across Xia Fan's eyes.

According to the records in Lesson 9, this kind of "earthbound spirit" is the most common type of evil spirit. It cannot ascend to heaven due to its obsession and is bound to a certain area, constantly looping the memory of the moment of death.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Saejima, I don't like this piece of land. Let's go look at the next one as soon as possible."

"That's right. Of course you should compare prices from different stores before making a decision. Let's get going now."

Noticing that the earthbound spirits were approaching the house, Xia Fan pulled Saejima Tetsuo back to the car.

……

"We're here, clang clang clang clang... The second property we're going to see today..."

Just when Xia Fan sent a message to inform Lesson 9 about the situation of the cemetery and requested that a psychic be arranged to go to the cemetery to comfort the souls, Saejima Tetsuo had already rushed all the way and arrived at the second house for sale next to it.

"This house is only a ten-minute walk from the Oedo Line subway station. The location is also very good, and the house is very new, less than ten years old."

“Although the land area is only 90 square meters, the spatial structure is well designed, and it comes with brand new decoration and furniture, so you can move in right away…”

"Most importantly, the price of the whole house is less than 40 million yen, and the total budget is more cost-effective than the previous place!"

As soon as he got off the car, Tetsuo Saejima very professionally introduced the property in front of him to Xia Fan.

"Just looking at the appearance and hearing what you said, it is indeed a nice house."

Standing in front of the gate, Xia Fan put his hands in his pockets and looked at the house carefully...

The wooden body in natural wood color, mixed with gray roof and white walls, makes the building look stylish and simple while ensuring durability.

An entry and exit garage is designed on the side of the gate, connecting to the not-so-wide front yard.

In the yard, the vegetation is well-maintained, and there are stairs and eaves designed for lying down and sitting, which is both simple and warm.

In short, judging from the appearance alone, this is a "new-style single-family building" that perfectly blends modern design and traditional style. The designer obviously put a lot of ingenuity into it.

Of course, what made Xia Fan most relieved was that there were no suspicious "traces" on the exterior of the building. It was surrounded by small houses full of life, and there was no cemetery or anything like that.

"Come on, go in and take a look, maybe you'll like it more."

"Wait a minute, according to the information, the key is under the second flower pot... Found it!"

This house seemed to have never been lived in and had been entrusted to an agent for sale for a long time. Tetsuo Saejima swiftly climbed over the wall into the yard, easily found the key and opened the door.

(End of this chapter)