Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

Which restaurant should we try?

For the next three days.

Everything is well.

That evening, in her rented room, Ichiki answered a phone call with a smile.

"Yui, is there a result so quickly?"

A lazy yet playful female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Of course! After all, it's a request from a friend who's been missing for almost half a year, how could I not do my best?"

"Haha, stop teasing me... Let's talk about the performance hall (it'll be easier to fight there, so it won't be called a Live House anymore)..."

The person Kikuri Ijichi spoke to on the phone was named Yui Sakai, the drummer in her former band and one of her best friends.

For the past six months, due to being scammed, Iji Chikiri has almost shut herself off, and her contact with Sakai Yui has become very distant.

Now that the problem was solved, she regained her former temperament and immediately sought out Sakai Yui.

After having a meal and exchanging pleasantries, she remembered her previous plans to open a performance hall and took the opportunity to inquire about information related to Sakai Yui.

After all, she's been out of the entertainment industry for over half a year, so there are some things she really doesn't know...

On the phone, Sakai Yui said, "Do you still remember the Teru Teru Bozu exhibition hall?"

"Of course I remember, after all, it's a well-established performance hall with excellent location and facilities."

"That's the one. My two junior colleagues said that the owner there recently wanted to close down and go back to his hometown. Everyone thinks it's a pity. If you want to open a shop, you might as well go and talk to them to see if you can take over."

"what?"

Kikuri Ichichi was surprised: "Even though the economy isn't doing so well, that shop should be very popular, so why did it go out of business?"

"I heard that a vengeful spirit in the shop scared the owner."

"A vengeful spirit?!"

"That's outrageous, isn't it?"

Sakai Yui's tone clearly indicated disbelief: "Why don't we go and take a look together tomorrow? Asking face-to-face is the clearest way!"

"okay……"

After agreeing on a time, Kikuri Ijichi hung up the phone.

In the past, she definitely wouldn't have believed in vengeful spirits at all.

But if there are fox spirits in this world, then there must also be vengeful spirits, right?

Or, why don't you call and ask?

dong dong dong.

Just as Ichiki was wondering whether to contact Hoshino Hideyuki, there was a knock on the door.

Open it and take a look.

Outside the door stood a pink fox with a wooden stick slung across its shoulder. The end of the stick had a full cloth bag tied to it, making it look like it was leaving home with its luggage.

"Kikuri, I've come to seek refuge with you!"

Chapter 26 This is clearly a reward from the fox!

The visuals were too much like an American cartoon, and Kikuri Iji didn't immediately recognize them.

"How is this going?"

"Let me go inside and we'll discuss the details."

Hoshino Hideyuki flicked a flying insect that had landed on the tip of his fluffy ear: "If you keep standing outside, the neighbors will easily spot you... By the way, you'd better change your clothes too, I can see everything from this angle~"

"what?"

It was then that Ichiki realized she was wearing a dress today, the hem of which was considered low for a human, but for a fox...

Her ears immediately turned crimson.

However, let's ask ourselves honestly.

After sharing a bed and having a conversation that amounted to half a confession, she wasn't actually resistant to Hoshino Hideyuki, especially since he was in his fluffy fox form...

At this moment, Hoshino Hideyuki added, "To be honest, her legs are great, and the blue and white 'sky line' (a type of sky covering the clouds) has a very natural feel to it. I give it a high score. If she could wear a layer of thin black stockings to simulate dark clouds obscuring the sun, it would be a hundred points!"

Ah ha ha……

Why are you even commenting?!

Isn't this already considered harassment?

I almost forgot about this guy's usually terrible personality.

No, even if you really like foxes, you can't be too lenient with them, otherwise big problems will arise in the future!

For example, if you asked me to wear a maid outfit and then lift up my skirt for him with a disgusted look, that would be terrible!

The imaginative woman immediately pressed down on her skirt, put on a polite smile that said, "If you say another word, I'll pull out my stick," and waved for the fox to hurry inside.

Hoshino Hideyuki stepped across the threshold with a smile.

He was very satisfied with Kiku's performance.

If this woman becomes completely subservient to him after becoming an accomplice, that would be rather boring.

boom!

After closing the door, Ichikichi first changed into a white short-sleeved shirt and jeans before returning to the living room with a plate of cookies and juice.

"Mmm, much more polite than last time~"

Hoshino Hideyuki didn't stand on ceremony and immediately picked up the snacks and stuffed them into his mouth.

"I bought this from a shop called Suiseiseki and Souseiseki. What do you think of the taste?"

"That shop? No wonder the food is so delicious. I'll buy more next time!"

"As long as you like it."

Kikuri Ichichi smiled and then asked, "So, Hideyuki-kun, what brings you here so late at night? Do you have a new target?"

With examples of eight million cases a day before her, she was a little excited.

"No, it's just that I'm seeking refuge here."

After swallowing the food in its mouth, the fox explained:

“The water pipes at my original place burst, and the upstairs and downstairs were flooded. I didn’t want to find a hotel late at night, so I came here.”

As for who will fix the leaky house, who will replace the rotten furniture, who will apologize to the downstairs neighbors, etc., how could you ask the little fox such dark questions?

Of course, we should find a reliable adult like Mr. Inuyama!

"That's why I'm here. What, aren't you welcoming your accomplice friends?"

"No, no, no, of course you're welcome! You can stay as long as you like!"

Since it wasn't the first time, Ichikiku didn't care. However, staring at the swaying fox tail, she held back for a long time before swallowing her request to touch it for one minute a day.

Ichikiku, Ichikiku, you must be a good woman, you can't just lust after foxes all day long!

Now that the arrangement for her to stay had been made, Ichiki brought out bedding and set up a small bed for the fox in the living room.

During the conversation, the two chatted about the performance hall.

The fox put its hands on its hips and said, "Wraiths? Of course they exist, and they're quite common."

"Really……"

"Yeah, for example, there's a vengeful spirit behind you—a guy who committed suicide in front of his idol after being rejected, just to make sure his idol would never regret it—staring straight at you through those two empty eyeballs..."

"ah!!!"

A sharp cracking sound came from Iji Chikiku, and then she lunged forward and hugged Hoshino Hideyuki, trembling.

Yo.

Kiku-chan, are you so afraid of ghosts?

Just as Hoshino Hideyuki was about to laugh, he suddenly realized that Iji Chikiri's hug had put his head in a rather awkward position.

It was warm, filled with the sweet scent of shower gel, but it was a bit dim, and I couldn't see my surroundings clearly.

So why is it so dark that you can't see anything?

It's because we don't recognize the true face of Mount Lu, simply because we are in the mountain ourselves.

Ah, Dame...

"I'm suffocating! Waaaaah! I was just kidding, there are no vengeful spirits!"

"Huh? You're kidding me?"

After calming down, Ijichi Kikuri released the fox and said angrily:

"Seriously, don't try to scare people with those kinds of words!"

"Sorry, but your reaction was a bit over the top... Wait, you weren't doing this on purpose, were you?"

"How could that be? Is that the kind of woman you see me as...?"

As Ichikiku said this, she was thinking to herself:

Ah, that felt so good!

cough.

A few minutes later.

Hideyuki Hoshino and Kikuri Ijichi sat at the table and opened their laptops.

"To be serious, vengeful spirits undoubtedly exist, but they are not that common. Not everyone who dies will become a ghost. It depends on the deceased's talents, the manner of death, and the local environment. Otherwise, the world would have been overcrowded long ago."

"I can't judge whether there are any vengeful spirits in that Teru Teru Bozu exhibition hall, but there's a website where you can check first."

Ichiki looked at the webpage that the fox had opened.

Nightmare Island...