Tokyo, love before they become female ghosts

In the 24-hour convenience store, which had taken various precautions against supernatural pollution, Takuya Hase watched the number on the meter rapidly soar to 10,000 yen, and the six packs of sanitary napkins on the table, and his mouth twitched.

But all it can do is twitch; after all, the 24-hour convenience stores in this world are not the same as those on Earth.

Earth's 24-hour convenience stores are mostly only good for keeping drunk people away; they pose virtually no danger to life.

Even in America, the worst that could happen is getting shot.

However, 24-hour convenience stores in this world are truly operating with their lives on the line. If you're unlucky, a powerful person might get in, or some kind of preventative measure in the store might fail.

Not only will people die, but they will also die in an extremely painful way.

Although the risk is low, it still exists objectively, so when faced with items that have increased in price tenfold, Takuya Hasegawa has no choice but to grit his teeth and sell them.

"It's damn expensive..."

Although he felt bad, he couldn't bear the thought of the two women at the shrine not having prepared such a thing, and he didn't want to stain the shrine with blood.

Especially Jia Yezi, her personality is extremely unstable. If she's not handled well, it could lead to another rollercoaster ride of emotions. It's expensive, but so be it...

With a sigh, Takuya Hase slung his backpack over his shoulder and walked down the road.

The bustling night markets that exist on Earth do exist in this world, but they are no longer accessible to the general public. For ordinary people, being able to eat at a night market twice a year is already considered quite wealthy.

After all, being in a bustling market at night, the pressure of supernatural contamination is immense.

It's not like there aren't any cheap ones, located in some remote corner; if you're brave enough and think you're tough enough, you can go there.

As the concept of the paranormal has evolved, humanity has begun to learn to coexist with it.

The key issue is that coexistence is not an option; so far, no one has discovered the root cause of the supernatural occurrences, making it impossible to completely suppress them.

Returning to the shrine, the shadowy figures of wandering spirits occasionally appeared in the darkness; these things are now as common as rats in the city.

If an anomaly occurs outside the cluster, it is generally not specifically addressed.

When he walks down the road carrying the demon-slaying arrow, wandering spirits will avoid him at all costs.

I glanced at the time; it was already 9:30 PM. At 7:00 PM, most of the world's public transportation system would shut down.

Except for a few critical routes, most will cease operation.

Takuya Hase marched toward the shrine, his eyes constantly scanning his surroundings.

Passing by an alley, seeing several wandering spirits roaming within, Hase Takuya made a note of the place, planning to report it at the quarterly meeting of the Human Defense Forces the next day and have the cleanup team come and clean the area.

Better safe than sorry; it would be troublesome if a haunted house of spirits were to form.

Not long after Takuya Hase disappeared into the dark alleyway, the wandering spirits, which should have been drifting aimlessly, began to fly around in panic.

They instinctively drifted towards the alley exit, only to be blocked by a scarlet barrier.

In the pitch-black alley, a ghostly figure, dressed in a rotten white kimono and with a twisted body as tall as a tree trunk, appeared.

With the appearance of this figure, the wandering spirits struggled even more rapidly.

Watching the terrified wandering souls flee, Shiromuku suddenly rose slightly, revealing a base formed by countless hands beneath her skirt. With a soft, ants-like munching sound, she moved horizontally to the location where the wandering souls had gathered.

The tearing sound began to come, and Shiromuku was still hunched over, looking at the ground. However, the wandering souls in front of her seemed to be being silently and rapidly bitten by an invisible maw.

In less than a minute, all the wandering spirits were eaten by the white kimono.

After dealing with these wandering spirits, Shiromuku's neck quickly and strangely bent at a 90-degree angle, silently turning like a machine in the direction Hase Takuya had left.

After a brief pause, a large number of chillingly pale hands emerged again from beneath the white kimono skirt, clawing at the ground like insect legs as they chased after Hase Takuya's direction.

"!"

On the street, Takuya Hase suddenly turned his head to look at the location behind him.

He had a vague feeling that something was watching him.

Without any hesitation, Takuya Hase immediately pulled out a spirit-manifestation talisman from the side pocket of his exorcism backpack and threw it out.

White light scattered in the air as the talisman flew out, but nothing was found.

Seeing this, Takuya Hasegawa sighed. Damn it, if he were like those exorcist masters, able to sense supernatural entities within a hundred-meter radius with a single release of his mental power, he wouldn't need this thing at all!

Shaking his head, Hase Takuya continued carrying his things and jogged back towards the shrine.

She had no choice but to run. The girl with low self-esteem looked like she was about to explode. If she ran too slowly, she would be doomed.

Just as Hase Takuya turned around, the figure of Shiromuku suddenly and ghostly appeared behind him.

One after another, ghostly figures with their heads bowed and their hair covering their chests, with only their pale legs visible, appeared around it.

Looking at Hase Takuya in front of her, and smelling the spiritual energy contained in his flesh and blood, Shiromuku finally raised her head.

On the face held by the giant hands, the gray-white fingers slowly unfolded to the sides like flower petals, revealing a terrifying ghost face with some withered flesh and exposed gums.

As the terrifying ghost face was revealed, the ghostly figures surrounding Shiromuku immediately twisted their limbs and crawled on the ground, spreading into the surrounding darkness and chasing after Hase Takuya.

However, not long after these ghostly figures rushed out, the ghostly face that was held in both hands by Shiromuku seemed to retract like a startled mimosa.

As the white kimono contracted, the ghostly figure rushing forward immediately disappeared into the darkness.

Until Hase Takuya's voice disappeared on the steps leading to the shrine, Kuro, who had been sitting on the white kimono's head, leisurely raised its front paws and began to lick its fur.

Little Black licked it very seriously, extremely seriously.

The base formed by the white kimono's hand beneath him began to frantically tear at the darkness of the ground below, attempting to carry the white kimono into the shadows.

However, no matter how much it struggled, its body remained motionless, like a sculpture.

Once the fur was completely cleaned, Xiao Hei lowered its head and looked down at the white kimono beneath it.

A snap, the sound of bones being crushed, rang out in the darkness.

The little black cat emitted a whimpering sound, typical of felines when they eat, as it rapidly tore at the white kimono below, bite after bite.

The pale fingers on Shiromuku's head thrashed wildly like seaweed on the seabed, trying to stop the little black creature on her head from devouring her.

Disturbed from eating, Xiao Hei growled and swatted away all the fingers blocking its way with a single claw, then viciously bit into Bai Wugou's terrifying cheek, now unprotected by the fingers.

Like gnawing on a mouse, he devoured the white kimono beneath him, bit by bit, meticulously eating every bone.

After finishing the white kimono, Kuro sat on the ground and started licking his fur again.

The first time was for eating, the second time was for cleaning.

The owner wanted Xiao Hei to be a well-behaved and adorable kitten, and since the male owner was an exorcist, it would be troublesome if it wasn't licked clean.

After erasing all traces of its presence, Kuro peed on the spot where it had eaten the white kimono, then wagged its tail and scurried off towards the shrine.