Horror/Fear Anime: Starting with a Tomie Hairstyle

Tombstone Town, a town whose name carries an ominous connotation.

The town's tradition is that wherever a person dies, that is where they are destined to die, until their body forms a stone tombstone, at which point they can become a Buddha.

If the corpse is moved, the path to Buddhahood will fail, and the person will be covered in stone thorns and unable to find peace even in death.

Jiuzhiche saw nameless tombstones everywhere—on the road, in houses, by ponds, and so on. These tombstones were formed naturally from the bodies, and the townspeople believed that carving words on them would diminish their good deeds, so they all agreed not to carve any words on them.

Apart from the tombstones that are everywhere, everything else is quite normal.

"Kyushi-kun, where should we start looking?" Yoshikawa Kaori looked blank. It couldn't be a curse formed by these tombstones, could it? Did they have to destroy all the tombstones to break her brother's curse?

"I'll wander around. Also, let me make this clear: I can't guarantee the outcome of handling any strange incidents, but I promise I won't give up easily."

Even though Jiuzhiche took the money, he still maintained professional ethics.

Tombstone Town wasn't very big, and Jiuzhiche quickly noticed a house with a black cloth hanging for mourning. As he got closer, he could hear crying.

Looking from outside the door into the hall, there was a coffin in the center of the hall, with eight or nine people kneeling there, all dressed in black. Among them, a girl was crying the most sadly. Most of the others were silently shedding tears or had sorrowful expressions. Only that girl kept shedding tears, and when she got emotional, she would slap the ground.

"Xiao Mei..."

Beside them was a girl with red and swollen eyes, a haggard face, and sobbing softly.

At the front were a man and a woman, both around 50 years old, supporting each other. The man's eyes were filled with sorrow, his face was ashen, and the corners of his mouth were slightly downturned. The woman repeatedly raised her hand to wipe the moisture from her face, repeating the process until she was almost numb.

It seems this is Xiaomei's home.

Jiuzhi Che remembered that in the original story, even after Xiaomei's parents and older sister Xiaoquan all died, they still didn't know where Xiaomei's body was.

The reason for her death was that her father was too heartbroken and fell ill and died. Her mother lost her husband and daughter and hanged herself in grief. Koizumi had no will to live and cut her wrists to end the rest of her life.

One tragedy gave rise to many more tragedies.

So the girl who was crying so sadly was Koizumi?

But when Jiu Zhiche looked at her from behind, he felt that the girl's life force was exceptionally strong. Looking at her, he always felt a strange, almost imperceptible feeling in his heart.

To put it another way, if you have food stuck between your teeth and can't get it out, don't you always feel the urge to use your tongue to push it out, spending most of your energy focusing on that area?

That's how Jiu Zhiche felt about the girl. Maybe it was because her life force was so bright that he subconsciously paid attention to her?

Seeing no ghosts or anything like that inside, Jiu Zhiche went straight in. Three people turned around when they heard the noise.

Jiuzhiche nodded at them with a natural expression.

They nodded in response.

It is not surprising that distant relatives and friends came to mourn.

The mourning lasted for about half an hour.

The girl with red and swollen eyes said goodbye to everyone.

When she arrived at Jiuzhiche, she paused for a moment.

"May I ask who you are?"

"I'm Xiaomei's friend. She helped me when I fell before. She's a good girl. My condolences."

In most cases, saying you're friends and praising the other person can quickly dispel any doubts.

The girl's emotions were stuck in her throat, and her eyes reddened first: "Thank you. Xiaomei will be very happy to know you came to see her off. She likes to collect idol posters..."

The girl choked up when she mentioned her younger sister.

Her younger sister is cheerful, has a good personality, and is popular. Everyone in the family dotes on her, as she is like a ray of sunshine.

She had only just started high school and had a bright future ahead of her, but now, everything was ruined.

Jiuzhiche was silent for a while, then said, "I heard that Xiaomei was just missing, so why did you hold a funeral?"

"She's been missing for so many days, and the police found obvious skid marks and blood at an intersection. I think, I think Xiaomei must be..."

"You must be Xiaomei's older sister."

The girl nodded through her tears.

"The deceased is gone, but she would surely want you to carry her thoughts with you as you continue to see this world. If there really is a murderer, justice will prevail, and he will not have a good end."

Jiuzhi Che's firm tone instilled a sense of warmth and hope in Xiaoquan's heart, and her nose tingled with emotion: "Mm."

After leaving Koizumi's house, Kujikichi asked a passerby where the town's shrine was.

After following the directions for a while, Jiuzhiche paused slightly.

Ahead was a corpse, half petrified, but not like Xiao Mei's corpse. This corpse was petrified from the inside out, and the petrified half was a flat stone.

A ghostly figure silently embraced the stone, its eyes closed, its face contorted in pain and struggle.

Jiuzhiche noticed something strange: if turning into a tombstone really leads to Buddhahood, why would the soul have such an expression?

and!

Jiu Zhiche suddenly realized that the system notification had not appeared since he encountered the tombstone!

When you encounter ghosts or strange creatures, even harmless ones, you can acquire initial spirituality.

What does this mean?

This means the tombstone is haunted! Not that kind of ghost, but something sinister behind the whole story of the tombstone becoming a Buddha!

Jiuzhiche threw a purification spell at the tombstone.

"Purification": It can drive away evil spirits and demons, eliminate filth, harm ghosts and demons, and purify the source of strangeness, curses and other evil products.

P.S.: Reaching 10% activation progress unlocks a new feature: the ability to deliver ghosts from suffering.

This is the introduction to the revamped system; it's quite detailed.

If there were a rating system, Jiuzhiche would definitely give it a six-star rating right now, because it's a 6! He would also be willing to give it a ten-star rating, because it's perfect. It would incentivize the system to improve in the future!

As the purification process was completed, the stone parts of the corpse began to fall off, and the expression on the soul's face gradually changed from pain to peace.

Light emerges from the depths of the soul, gradually fading the outline and making the figure transparent.

In the final moment of dissipation, the soul opened its eyes.

"Thanks."

The wind shattered the faintest sounds, mingling them into the vast emptiness of heaven and earth.

"You're welcome."

[Slay lost souls and gain 0.02% spirituality]

Jiuzhiche found another intact tombstone, purified it, and threw it away.

A faint ray of light appeared on the tombstone, as thin as a spider's thread, stretching into the distance with no end in sight.

The tombstone began to shake violently, and the light threads suddenly tightened, dragging a soul from afar.

Immediately afterwards, the tombstone exploded, scattering stone fragments everywhere.

[Gain 0.05% initial spirituality]

[Slay lost souls and gain 0.05% spirituality]

Jiuzhiche's eyes shone with an astonishing brightness.

Mosquitoes are meat no matter how small they are.

Besides, Tombstone Town is full of tombstones!

He abandoned his plan to visit the shrine and began frantically casting purification spells!

leave!

I lost it!

Two lost!

[Gain 0.03% initial spirituality]

[Slay lost souls and gain 0.03% spirituality]

[Gain 0.01% initial spirituality]

[Slay lost souls and gain 0.01% spirituality]

[Get...]

The accumulation of spirituality is growing rapidly!

The people of Tombstone Town were horrified to discover that, without them noticing, many shattered tombstone fragments were scattered on the ground.

Anger surged rapidly in people's hearts.

Who is it? How could they be so immoral! To do something so heinous and outrageous!

Their ancestral graves were blown up!!!

At the same time, the dense resentment in the shrine's ancient well was churning, and a murderous intent surged forth.

"Who dares to touch my food?!"