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

Chapter 242 Group Activities
"learn."

Although there was nothing unusual about the three people, Inspector Higurashi understood and took out his cell phone to start making contact.

"It's okay, there may be new neighbors in the neighborhood, you guys go play..."

"New neighbors, new neighbors!"

"That's great, there will be more people to play with us in the future!"

Not noticing anything unusual outside the courtyard wall, the woman inside the house touched the two children's heads lovingly, and the three of them returned to the house together.

Outside the house, a middle-aged man wearing a coarse work robe and wooden clogs walked out from the path on the other side, holding a huge axe and carrying a bundle of wood.

When he passed by a few people, he didn't say anything, but just smiled kindly.

"Another possessed one..."

“What on earth is happening in this community?”

Xia Fan and Jinguji Aoi looked back and stopped, staring at the man's leaving.

This seemingly simple middle-aged man actually has an old outline from his back.

"How about it? The residents here are all quite kind, simple and well-educated, right?"

"The plot of land you want to see is not far ahead. Please follow me."

Tetsuo Saejima strode ahead and motioned the three to follow him.

"The information team is retrieving the background information of all residents in this community..."

"Our emergency team will arrive in half an hour."

Inspector Higurashi hung up the phone and reported in a low voice.

"Keep looking inside, there may be new discoveries."

Xia Fan and Jinguji Aoi hesitated for a moment and continued to follow Saejima's footsteps.

They didn't know how many more people in this community were possessed, so until the Section 9 task force arrived, they could only focus on investigating.

Walking along the main road of the community, the retro buildings scattered on both sides of the road had become as hideous as those residents possessed by evil spirits in the eyes of the two men.

"All the Japanese and Western-style single-family houses have been changed to retro styles. Is it possible that the residents' aesthetic tastes are so weird?"

"Could it be that……"

The figures of the possessed people lingered before their eyes, and a vague and terrifying thought throbbed uncontrollably in the bottom of their hearts...

Judging from the behavior and dress of those residents, most of them are affected by the earthbound spirits in their bodies.

If the style of the house renovation is due to the same reason, all residents in the entire community may be possessed.

"We're here. Yes, this is the plot of land!"

Standing in front of an open space, Saejima repeatedly checked the topographic map and finally confirmed the place.

"This piece of land is very large, with an area of ​​300 square meters. Although the surrounding green belt cannot be used to build a house, it can be used as an extension of the yard. The actual usable area is even more exaggerated..."

“Although the sales category is ‘single-family building’, if it is well planned, it can be built to be just as good as a large villa.”

The open space in front of the three people was overgrown with weeds and had many small, uneven mounds of earth. Even the markings on the surrounding areas used to identify the boundaries were almost buried.

"This piece of wasteland really doesn't have much to see. As for its location, it seems to be at the innermost part of the community..."

Xia Fan looked back in the direction he came from and found that the seemingly straight main road seemed to bend along some kind of arc, and the gate of the community was no longer visible.

"What is that thing?"

At the same time, on the grassy area in the center of the community, a tall stone pile made of countless stones stacked one on top of the other came into Xia Fan's sight. "This should be an artistic landscape, a sculpture or something like that. After all, it's a high-end community, so it has to be a little more artistic."

Saejima strode to the stone pestle and casually tapped it...

The stone pestle looked high and dangerous, but it was surprisingly solid and did not move at all.

"This pile of stones is at least a hundred years old. It doesn't look like it was newly built..."

Looking at the traces of natural weathering and the moss covering the pile of stones, Inspector Higurashi touched his chin and sighed.

"It's five o'clock in the afternoon, it's time for exercise, all residents, come out and exercise..."

"What is this, a community sports broadcast?"

A hoarse man's voice suddenly rang out from a hidden loudspeaker next to the stone tower, startling Saejima.

Then, a Japanese tune played by folk instruments such as shamisen, taiko, cymbals and flute sounded melodiously in the community.

Figures, as if attracted by the music, walked out from the six houses around...

"It's only five o'clock in the afternoon, and it's not time to get off work yet. How can there be so many people in the community? Should we say it's worthy of being a wealthy community?"

There were about twenty people, including men, women, young and old. They approached the pile of stones with comfortable smiles on their faces and dazed eyes.

The mother and two sons that Xia Fan had met before, as well as the man chopping wood, were all among them.

"According to preliminary investigation data, the permanent population in the community is close to 30 people. Some are newlyweds, and some have three generations living together. It seems that most of them are here?"

Higurashi instinctively smelled an unusual scent, and one of his hands seemed to be casually placed on his waist, but in fact it was on the handle of the gun.

"No, we can't disturb them easily..."

"These people...are all possessed!"

In the eyes of Jinguji Aoi and Xia Fan, these "residents" approaching the stone tower all had completely different faces overlapping each other.

"Possession usually happens at night. It's rare to see a ghost in the daytime. It's even more unheard of for multiple people to be possessed at the same time. There must be something special about this community..."

These people stood around the pile of stones.

"Our community often organizes some traditional group activities. If a few of you happen to meet, you can also exercise together."

The young man in a suit and leather shoes who was closest to them said this to the three of them, then slowly bowed towards the stone tower...

"It's about to begin..."

To the slow and low music, the residents bent their waists, straightened their upper bodies, and stretched out their right hands and left hands forward at the same time, starting a dance with simple movements and brisk rhythm.

"Pah...pah..."

"Pah...pah..."

Dancing around the stone tower, they clapped their hands or stomped their feet, creating uniform clapping sounds.

"It's a bit too early to dance square dance in the afternoon..."

The scene before his eyes, where the earthbound spirits were possessing living people and singing and dancing, exuded an eerie and creepy atmosphere. Even Saejima, an ordinary person, instinctively sensed something strange and his smile froze on his lips.

"The dance they performed was a bit like a certain dance that I remember..."

Jinguji Aoi groaned for a moment, then whispered, covering her mouth: "Soul-calling dance..."

"Yes, they are dancing the Soul-Calling Dance!"

(End of this chapter)