Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful scumbag.

"August 8th, a reward for myself."

"August 6th, Maki Aida, Maki Aida, how could you fall so low! You were once a shrine maiden, have you forgotten all the self-cultivation methods you learned back then? You can't go on like this!"

"August 8th, a reward for myself."

"August 8th, a reward for myself."

Kasuga Kaito and Kudo Nanase:...

"Is this thing really valuable?"

"Let's finish watching it first."

The group continued flipping through the diaries...

"On September 1st, the boss brought Caijia into the office and didn't come out for an hour."

"On September 2nd, the boss took Mina into the office and didn't come out for an hour."

"September 3rd, damn it, why couldn't it be me! Aren't I his secretary?! Why doesn't he like me?!"

"On September 4th, jealousy filled my heart, and I didn't even feel the point of rewarding myself."

"..."

"On September 9th, the boss finally took me into the office, but only assigned me a huge amount of tasks. I came out ten minutes later and then worked overtime for ten hours."

"I couldn't take it anymore on September 10th!"

"On September 11, I prepared gasoline and matches, determined to scare them a little."

"On September 13th, I didn't expect the fire to spread so quickly... I'm so sorry, so sorry..."

Nanase Kudo and Kaito Kasuga exchanged bewildered glances.

Unexpectedly, this was the diary of the culprit behind that fire!

Hoshino Hideyuki remarked, "This Miss Aida is still too weak..."

Kudo Nanase asked, puzzled: "She set the building on fire, and you call that weakness?"

The fox said earnestly, "If she weren't weak, she should have rebelled, drugged and tied up her boss in her own basement, and then rewarded herself for the rest of her life!"

"As a result, she was too weak and ended up causing the death of the people on the first floor."

"So this story teaches us that to cherish life, you have to become a yandere! Did you learn that?"

Kudo Nanase: ?

I don't believe you! What kind of subversion is this?!

Meanwhile, Kaito Kasuga continued flipping through his diary.

"On December 3, I discovered that their souls were trapped inside the building."

"On December 4th, as a former priestess, I decided to correct my mistakes and let them rest in peace."

"On December 5th, I was ready and returned to the abandoned office building."

"I failed..."

"Although I've helped most of them pass on, I've also exhausted my strength. What a pity, I was just a little short."

“I can’t get out, but I’ve left the idol and the incantation behind. If someone finds this diary later, they can simply continue chanting the incantation towards the idol to complete the salvation and bring everything to an end…”

The last few words were written very hastily, clearly in a moment of panic.

Seeing this, all three of them were very excited!

With trembling hands, Kaito Kasuga turned another page in the notebook and, sure enough, saw the incantation!

however……

"Why are they all Chinese characters?!"

On the other side, Kudo Nanase lifted the cloth covering the statue and then widened her eyes.

Why is this witch worshipping a Buddha statue?

"And he looks so much like Ultraman!"

Chapter 49 The Fox Teacher Teaches You Chinese

“Miss Kudo, have you ever heard of Mahayana Buddhism? I suspect that this Buddha statue belongs to that sect.”

"I said in a serious and deep voice."

Kudo Nanase scratched her head.

Are you serious?

But upon closer reflection...

In the past two years, some temples have produced robot Guanyin to chant sutras, some shrine maidens have turned scriptures into rock music, and some are simply cults with claims of Jesus's brother, son, and seven great-aunts flying around...

Damn it, these people in religious circles just love to mess things up.

It's not surprising that this witch brought in a Tigamon to worship...

Regardless, the fact that the old woman's vengeful spirit actually retreated proves that this thing works! If it works, then it's a true god!

On the other side, Kaito Kasuga was still struggling with the entire text in Chinese.

I don't recognize this. How do you pronounce it?

"Master Kasuga!"

At this moment, Hideyuki Hoshino said, "I found an image translation app that should solve this problem!"

He raised his phone and pointed it at the diary.

Kasuga Kaito glanced at his phone.

what?

The screen is full of katakana!

This is something I can't understand! I'm even more confused!

This time, it's not fair to blame Kaito Kasuga for having a bad attitude or not knowing his mother tongue; the main problem is that Japan does indeed have issues in this regard.

Katakana is a type of Japanese character that can be directly pronounced, similar to Pinyin in Chinese, and is usually used to translate foreign words.

It doesn't sound like a big deal.

The problem is that Japanese people particularly like to crudely transliterate foreign words into katakana!

For example, the Chinese translation of "computer" is either "计算机" or "电脑", and its meaning is immediately clear.

What about the Japanese? Hehehe, I'll translate it as コンピュータ, which sounds like "康批优特" (Kangpi Youte), a pure transliteration.

If it were just one or two words, that would be fine; this phenomenon exists in all languages, such as the robustness that engineering students talk about.

However, the Japanese, in their pursuit of trendiness, have done this with most foreign loanwords, sometimes even those that already have Chinese translations.

Furthermore, because Japanese doesn't distinguish between R and L and often omits syllables, these words become neither English nor Japanese, making them incomprehensible to anyone.

An extreme example is the movie "No Time to Die".

It is not called "007: 死ぬ日なし" or "007: No time to die" in Japan, but "007: ノー·タイム·トゥ·ダイ", which is pronounced "No·Tem·Tu·Tai".

that's all.

That's why Kaito Kasuga gets a headache when he sees a screen full of katakana.

"Is this thing reliable...?"

Just as I was complaining, a hoarse, chuckling voice came from outside the office.

The old woman is here again?!

Kasuga Kaito shuddered.

No, regardless of whether it's reliable or not, we can only give it a try!

Kudo Nanase, who was standing next to her, also said, "This is probably just marking the pronunciation, but when it comes to chanting spells, you only need to pronounce them anyway, so it should work! Try it, Kasuga-san!"

Following the instructions in her diary, she placed the Ultraman Buddha statue on the ground—during which she noticed that the bottom of the statue was somewhat damp, as if it were leaking water, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

Then, Kasuga Kaito, the only person openly possessing spiritual power, held up his phone and diary in front of the Buddha statue and slowly began to read.

At first, he was quite slow.

But the old woman's laughter outside gradually drew closer.

"Hehehe... Bonana...hehehe...bonana..."

Finally, with a bang, two shadows peeked out from under the door.

"She...she ran outside? And she's banging on the door?"

Kudo Nanase's forehead was covered in sweat.

Kasuga Kaito didn't have time to look at it carefully. He suddenly sped up his chanting, wishing he could finish chanting the entire page of incantations right away!

"Bona... Ugh! No! This old woman is in so much pain! You brat, stop! Stop!"

boom!Boom!

As Kaito Kasuga read the later parts, the old woman outside also became excited.

Kudo Nanase was not afraid but happy: "It worked! It worked!"

With renewed vigor, Kasuga Kaito recited the entire page of incantations in one go!

"No!"

After a scream, the old woman's ramming outside stopped.

However, the shadow under the door is still there.

Hoshino Hideyuki said, "The spell has taken effect, but the vengeful spirit doesn't seem to have been eliminated yet..."

Kudo Nanase frowned and stepped forward to look through the diary.

"There's one last step left: they say the ceremony is only complete when we kneel and bow before the Buddha statue!"