Tokyo, love before they become female ghosts

Five hundred meters from Morita Shrine, Mio Koizumi stood on the street with a serious expression, her eyes cautiously surveying her surroundings.

Behind her, a massive, ethereal shikigami named Kuro, whose lower body was formed from condensed black mist and whose upper body was shrouded in a black cloak, was hovering behind her, carrying a phantom katana on her back and sharp claws.

Following the lingering scent of white death, we finally arrived here, where the scent of white death completely disappeared.

But it disappeared abruptly, like a drawing erased by an eraser, leaving no trace.

This does not conform to the rules of evil spirit transfer. Evil spirits always leave behind traces of their aura during the transfer process. If an evil spirit wants to appear in the mortal world, it is impossible to avoid the loss of its aura during the materialization of its spirit body.

It is precisely because of these lingering traces that exorcists are able to track down evil spirits that have escaped or are lurking.

However, the lingering aura of white death is quite unusual, as it abruptly ceased upon arrival here.

Just like a hunter tracking the footprints of his prey, it was very obvious in front of him, but suddenly disappeared after he arrived here.

After scanning her surroundings, Mio Koizumi looked up at the shrine and took out her phone.

"what?"

Takuya Hase's blunt voice came through the phone, and Mio Koizumi glanced at the roadside.

"Find a convenient place."

Upon noticing something amiss in Mio Koizumi's tone on the other end of the phone, Takuya Hase glanced at the two women beside him and gestured for him to go aside to take a call.

Upon reaching the street, Takuya Hase spoke again.

"That's fine."

"Are Mako and Kayo connected to evil spirits?"

"..."

"Were you out at night a few days ago?"

"Um."

"Have you noticed anything unusual?"

When Koizumi Mio asked him a question, Hase Takuya was taken aback at first, then recalled that he had noticed strange gazes on his way back from buying sanitary napkins for the two women.

Connecting this to Koizumi Mio's questioning earlier today, Hase Takuya's intuition tells him that something must have happened that night.

Taking a deep breath, Hase Takuya told Koizumi Mio what he had sensed.

"Has a powerful figure arrived around the shrine?"

"Yes, a spirit initially classified as Rank A has escaped from the demon realm into the mortal world, and its last known location was around the shrine."

As soon as he finished speaking, Takuya Hase turned to look at the two women not far away who were carrying things and looking at him.

"Is it possible that it could be them?"

【Name - Yuka Kawabata, the human form of Ju-on】

[Trait: Love that is infinitely twisted, and hatred that arises without cause]

[Humanity: 41 points]

[Ghostly Principle: 52 points]

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【Name - Mako Yamamura, Meme Reaper】

[Characteristic: Never stop, never give up]

[Humanity: 20 points]

[Ghostly Principle: 50 points]

After glancing at the two women's profiles, Takuya Hase frowned.

Judging from the panel, both women are in normal condition, but the problem is that Koizumi Mio doesn't suddenly ask me this question.

"That guy died around the shrine?"

"It's uncertain at the moment, but the scent disappeared very abruptly, as if it had been erased by an eraser."

"..."

Takuya Hase looked at the two women opposite him again, trying his best to appear normal so as not to provoke a reaction from them.

"It shouldn't be them. Their danger... would only occur after they die, or in extreme circumstances."

"What extreme situation?"

"..."

Beside the shrine, Mio Koizumi walked around it with her shikigami, Kuromaro.

Arriving at the alley where the white death god first appeared, the remaining chaotic curse power indicated that a supernatural devouring event had occurred here.

Judging from the presence of the white death god at the scene, it was clear that it had devoured several wandering souls here.

"Is the location you want to report, the one where a haunted house is forming, Chuanmu Lane?"

"right."

"Your feeling is right, this is where that guy used to be."

"..."

Takuya Hase rubbed his temples.

"What's the situation now?"

"That guy should be dead. He died very cleanly, so cleanly that the traces left at the scene of the supernatural devouring are more obvious than his disappearance."

Just as Hase Takuya was about to speak after letting out a breath, he heard Koizumi Mio say softly.

"Would going abroad be of any use? The US, or even China, would be fine."

In response, Takuya Hase first lowered his head and smiled complicatedly, then looked up at the two women who were waiting for him expectantly not far away.

"I thought about it at first, but you only get one chance, and if you miss it, you miss it."

"..."

After a long silence, Mio Koizumi's voice came through, full of complex emotions.

"Risk and opportunity go hand in hand. You're not the kind of person who's overly kind. There must be a reason for what you've done. I won't ask."

"Calm down. Remember to contact me before things get out of control."

"Know."

"The promotion assessment will be held the day after tomorrow. Remember to go."

"Um."

After hanging up the phone, Takuya Hase walked up to the two women.

"Yes, is it Koizumi-neechan calling?"

As Jiayezi asked in a somewhat timid tone, Hase Takuya nodded.

The little black cat turned around from its owner's shoulder, meowing affectionately at Takuya Hase and waving its two little paws.

With Xiao Hei on his shoulder, Hase Takuya led the two women back towards the shrine.

After all, the renovation workers will be arriving soon, and I need to go and keep an eye on them.

However, Koizumi Mio's sudden mention made Hase Takuya rethink the situation of the two women.

He realized he seemed to have fallen into a misconception. Because the system said that the two women would only become evil spirits after their humanity collapsed, he had always thought that as long as the two women lived normally and the panel data was normal, there would be no problem.

However, he overlooked one thing: a being capable of becoming a world-destroying demon could never be an ordinary person!

Even if their stats are normal, it doesn't mean they are absolutely safe!

It's very possible that the guy I noticed that night was killed by Kayanoko or Mako.

So the question is, was this action conscious or unconscious?

To be honest, Hase Takuya also hoped that this move was intentional.

Because consciousness implies controllability, while unconsciousness...

Then the danger posed by the two women is not as simple as the system described, especially Jia Yezi.

Considering her rollercoaster-like performance, to be honest, Taku Hase is also worried that one day she might encounter something outside and then explode on the spot if he can't handle it in time.

Just thinking about the consequences of the Ju-on's arrival made Takuya Hase shudder.

"Takuya, do you have a cold?"

With a soft voice, Takuya Hase, who had come back to his senses from his thoughts, looked at Kayano, who was looking at him with concern, and Mako, who had turned her head to look at him.

"It's okay, I'm fine..."