Tokyo, love before they become female ghosts

After the police figured out what had happened, one of the older policewomen, looking at Mako's bronze skin and beautiful face, immediately glared angrily at the contractor and his men.

"A girl comes to work on the construction site, and all I ask is that you treat everyone equally? Can't you even do that?!"

"Not only did you withhold her salary, you even tried to coerce her into committing indecent acts. Are you even human?!"

As the policewoman angrily berated them, the surrounding officers also looked at the contractor and his men with very unpleasant expressions.

As men themselves, they naturally know better than anyone how much sun exposure it takes to develop that bronze tan.

Furthermore, as the investigation unfolded, Mako's tragic past further enraged the police officers.

Her younger brother died shortly after he was born at the age of seven, and her mother committed suicide by jumping into a volcano when she was eight. After her unreliable father died of tuberculosis, he abandoned her to her heartless uncle.

After her aunt came into the family, she made things difficult for Mako in every way. After Mako graduated from high school, her aunt cut off all support for her, leaving her to make a living on her own.

She's a helpless orphan. I don't expect you to treat her kindly, but at least give her the most basic respect!

A beautiful young woman's fair skin has been ruined to this state just to survive. Are you guys even human?!

"Officer, I... I broke my ribs. She broke them, and she wants compensation!"

The worker who was first struck in the chest by Mako's flying knee strike spoke, his voice trembling with cold sweat, as several policemen around him glared at him with hostility.

"Compensation? What compensation? You're already being lenient by not suing me for harassment in self-defense."

"Although the penalties for harassment aren't as severe as they used to be, it's still enough to put you in jail for several years!"

"Compensation?! Compensation for slapping you a few times?!"

Under the menacing reprimand of a male police officer, the contractor and his entourage, looking dejected, were led into the police car.

Seeing the foreman and his men being taken away, Hase Takuya quickly looked at Mako's control panel.

【Name - Mako Yamamura, Meme Reaper】

[Characteristic: Never stop, never give up]

[Humanity: 8 points]

[Ghostly Principle: 56 points]

Wow, it's so stable!

Looking at Mako's unchanging panel, Hase Takuya blinked in disbelief.

In contrast to the rollercoaster-like fluctuations of the girl with low self-esteem, her panel remained completely unchanged in this situation.

With a look of admiration in his eyes, Takuya Hase gave Mako a thumbs-up.

I love girls with stable personalities like yours!

Mako watched his movements, a hint of confusion flashing across her usually calm and wooden face.

The policewoman glanced at the two people in front of her, her eyes flickered slightly, but she pretended to be wistful as she spoke.

"Miss Yamamura, now that you've fallen out with that idiot, where will you be staying next?"

"Bridge arch".

"Huh? Under a bridge?!"

An exclamation came from the policewoman, and Mako calmly nodded.

The policewoman thought that Mako would say she would find an internet cafe to make do for a while, but she didn't expect her to say that she was living under a bridge.

"How can anyone live under a bridge? That's not allowed! Ghosts are appearing now; those places are dangerous!"

Mako calmly responded to the policewoman's advice.

"Bridge arches are free."

"..."

Upon hearing Mako's reply, a hint of pity appeared in the policewoman's eyes. After thinking for a moment, she took out 20,000 yen from her wallet and handed it to her.

"Take this first, find an internet cafe to stay in. Although you're good at fighting, those filthy things can't be dealt with just by being good at fighting."

Mako shook her head at the policewoman's kindness.

"Thank you, no need."

Seeing Mako's resolute refusal, the policewoman felt a pang of sadness.

Looking at Takuya Hase, who seemed hesitant to speak, the policewoman spoke softly.

"Hase-no-ji".

"you say."

"How about you let Miss Yamamura stay at your Morita Shrine for a while?"

Takuya Hase paused for a moment upon hearing this, then looked at Mako beside him, just as she turned to look at him as well.

"My family's shrine is quite large, how about... I stay there for a while?"

Mako fell silent as Hase Takuya spoke.

The policewoman, observing her expression and recalling the girl's tragic life, knew that she must be extremely strong-willed.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have wandered alone for so many years, never even thinking of asking his unreliable uncle for help when living in dangerous places like under bridges.

"Haseji is a good person, just like his grandfather. You can trust him, everything will be fine."

As the policewoman tried to persuade her, Mako calmly looked down at the ground.

Takuya Hase pursed his lips, looking at Mako's appearance, pondering how to get her to come home with him.

Such a dangerous being would be best kept under surveillance.

Considering her less-than-ideal demonic stats, otherwise another incident like this might cause her to become even more demonic...

Considering this girl's extremely stable emotions, it's likely that once her "ghostly reasoning value" goes up, it will be difficult for it to fall back down.

"It's decided then. Don't worry, Haseji will take good care of you. Come on, I'll take you both back to the shrine!"

Without giving Mako a chance to hesitate or think, the policewoman pulled Mako, who was two heads taller than her, and got her into the police car. Takuya Hase quickly followed.

As the car started moving, the policewoman spoke again.

"Are you going to your rented apartment to pack your things?"

"want."

In her calm reply, the policewoman glanced at Mako in the back seat through the rearview mirror; Mako seemed to have accepted all the injustice with a numb expression.

Following her directions, they arrived at an old apartment complex. As Mako opened the peeling door, the three of them entered the rented room.

Looking at the clean and tidy rental room with very little furniture, Mako was about to come out of the bathroom carrying a black plastic bag in less than two minutes.

"Is that all?"

"Um."

Looking inside, there was only a simple toothbrush, a toothbrush cup, and a towel. Apart from that, there was a bottle of shower gel and shampoo, but no skincare products.

There was another black plastic bag, almost identical to the outfit I was wearing; it was also a dirt-resistant type of clothing.

Not to mention the policewoman, even Takuya Hase felt a little lost.

"Let's go, we're better off not staying in this awful place!"

When they arrived downstairs, Takuya Hase looked at the convenience store on the edge of the apartment complex and asked the two to wait for him for a moment.

A few minutes later, Takuya Hase returned carrying two bags.

The policewoman looked through the documents, a smile appearing in her eyes.

"Bought for the mountain village?"

"Hmm, if we happen to find a convenience store, we can arrange it for her."

Upon hearing this, the policewoman smiled and then drove the two of them to Morita Shrine.

At the shrine entrance, Takuya Hase looked at Mako, whose big toe was peeking out of her sock after she took off her shoes. He pursed his lips, found a pair of slippers for her to change into, and then led her towards the backyard.

"This is the temple, there's nothing inside. These rooms are for resting. Your room is here, this is the bathroom, this is the kitchen..."

As Mako meticulously explained everything about the shrine to her, she didn't try to calm herself down; she simply described every detail of the shrine to Takuya Hase.

"Hase-kun".

"Um?"

"Thanks."

【Name - Mako Yamamura, Meme Reaper】

[Characteristic: Never stop, never give up]

[Humanity: 9 points]

[Ghostly Principle: 55 points]