Evil Spirit Consultant

Chapter 15 Torii
When the vengeful spirit has generated enough resentment to cover its entire body with black fog, it will enter the second stage - evil spirit.

When it reaches the evil spirit stage, ghosts also have the ability to actively harm humans.

After becoming an evil spirit, theoretically, one can accumulate resentment without limit, and the evil spirit's ability to harm people is also related to the amount of resentment it has accumulated.

Ordinary evil spirits can only make ordinary people feel listless and depressed at most, but although powerful evil spirits cannot directly harm matter, they can directly "cheat" the human body through mental influence.

So when Yang Liu heard Imamura Nozomi's story about someone who moved into this room and was poisoned by gas even though there was no gas, she concluded that the evil spirit in this room should be of the same level as Tanaka.

The other party must have created an illusion, making the person living here think that he really smelled gas, so the corpse showed symptoms similar to gas poisoning.

But after careful observation, Yang Liu found that the ghosts here were a little beyond his expectations.

Generally speaking, ordinary ghosts only have two stages at most.

Since resentment itself has the property of eroding consciousness, as resentment accumulates, the ghost's consciousness will be increasingly eroded.

Whether a ghost is conscious or not is related to his willpower during his lifetime. However, no matter how strong a person's willpower is, he will eventually lose his mind completely due to the accumulation of almost unlimited resentment.

At that point, the ghost becomes a spirit that wanders around unconsciously.

More importantly, the creation of resentment comes from obsession, and obsession itself is supported by consciousness.

Therefore, when the consciousness is completely worn away, the ghost's obsession also dissipates, and it loses the ability to create resentment.

Without a constant supply of replenishment, even if the remaining resentful power can resist the short-term erosion of the sun, the spirit will still completely dissipate over time.

This is basically the normal route of a ghost from birth to death.

Therefore, ghosts are inherently distorted beings. Only a minority of ghosts, like Tanaka, will voluntarily give up their own existence and choose to dissipate and "become Buddhas" after completing their obsessions. Most ghosts will give birth to the next obsession after completing one obsession and their minds will be distorted again.

However, under some special circumstances, ghosts can evolve to the third stage.

Yang Liu did not name the ghost at this stage, because the secular world already has names for it, such as "weird", "urban legend" or "monster".

These three names seem to have nothing to do with each other, but they actually have one thing in common: they are widely known by ordinary people.

Whether it is the strange and urban legends circulating on the Internet or among supernatural enthusiasts, or the monsters that are familiar to people and recorded in ancient books, they all have this common feature.

Or in a sense, the so-called weirdness and urban legends are actually modern monsters.

This is also the way for ghosts to advance from evil spirits. Too much resentment will wear down their minds, so they can only rely on other people's "cognition" as an anchor point, so as to transcend individual limits.

And now the ghosts in this haunted house are in the transition from the second stage to the third stage.

Perhaps it is because the knowledge related to this ghost is only circulated among a small number of people, and there seems to be some problems inside the ghost, so the progress of evolution is "stuck".

But no matter what, this ghost did take that step, which, according to some fantasy novels, can be called "half a step to the third stage."

This is completely different from the evil spirits in the second stage. Ghosts at this stage can directly harm matter.

Before being sealed by the priest from Sumiyoshi Shrine, ordinary people who came to this house would probably be "grabbed and refined in an instant." But in fact, except for the unlucky employee of the first Miyoshi Real Estate, the rest of the professional "renovators" hired by the real estate company are alive.

This means that the professional renovators behind are all quite capable, so there are no more deaths, which also indirectly delays the evolution of this ghost.

That's why Yang Liu came to the conclusion that supernatural powers are not uncommon.

“Although people in this field are relatively rare for ordinary people, the overall number is definitely not small. According to this ratio, the spread of supernatural powers in Japan is more widespread than I thought.

After I came to Japan, I have been deliberately avoiding contact with forces that may have extraordinary powers. It seems that I can relax a little bit..."

Yang Liu stroked his chin and thought about the future while walking to the center of the house and looking up at the roof.

A large amount of hair gathered here to form something like a cocoon, and inside this cocoon there was a faintly glowing object.

Yang Liu narrowed her eyes slightly, and suddenly reached out to grab the "cocoon", tearing the squirming hair and limbs on the outside into pieces, revealing what was inside.

It was a torii gate made of wood painted red, but it was extremely small, about the size of a person's palm.

Yang Liu could feel that this torii that looked like a toy was constantly emitting a special suppressive force, forcing the evil spirit to fall into a deep sleep.

"Oh, this is... a magical tool? No, since it was done by a shrine priest, it should be called a 'divine tool'?"

After so many years, this was the first time that Yang Liu came into contact with supernatural powers other than ghosts. She admitted that she was a little excited.

"It's amazing. The material is clearly made of solid wood, but ordinary people can't seem to see it. What is the principle behind it..."

Yang Liu looked at the torii above his head for a long time, and only gave up exploring it after Imamura Nozomi came back with the contract.

But Yang Liu has made one thing clear: "I have decided not to go near Sumiyoshi Shrine unless necessary."

Just kidding, since it has been confirmed that the other party is a genuine supernatural force and a local tyrant in Fukuoka, Yang Liu does not intend to make trouble for himself.

Even if you want to get in touch with other extraordinary powers, you have to start with those powerless and lonely people!
Taking the contract from Imamura Nozomi, Yang Liu glanced at it and signed his name on it.

Imamura Nozomi heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, and pointed to a document on the back of the contract: "The water and electricity network of this house have been fully opened, but the gas has not been turned on. After all...if you need to turn on the gas, you can call this number. If you have any questions, you can call me at the number behind."

"okay, I get it."

"That's really troublesome for you!"

After handing the key to Yang Liu, Imamura Nozomi said goodbye and left in a hurry.

Glancing at his back as if he was running for his life, Yang Liu smiled and shook her head.

After closing the door, I turned around and looked at the hair on the ceiling:

"Okay, now it's my turn to work."

(End of this chapter)