Tokyo, love before they become female ghosts

Looking into the dark eyes behind Yoshiyuki's thick-rimmed glasses, Takuya Hase glanced at the university students around him.

"Did someone bully you just now?"

Jia Yezi blinked blankly upon hearing this, and then took the little black dog that he offered her.

"No, no..."

With a soft voice, Takuya Hase frowned slightly.

"Are you sure?"

"No, no..."

"So... did something happen that made you unhappy?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Jia Yezi suddenly recalled the feeling she had just had of going crazy thinking about Hase-kun.

She was afraid that he would notice her unusual behavior and think she was a shameless woman, thus distancing himself from her.

After all, a girl like me who doesn't fit in is generally not very likable...

Thinking of this, Jia Yezi hurriedly spoke up in a panic.

"No, not at all...!"

"Um?"

Hearing Jia Yezi's somewhat ambiguous tone, Hase Takuya looked at her with some suspicion.

Seeing Takuya Hase's unwavering gaze, Kayoko's eyes began to dart away, landing on the little black creature in her arms.

"Nothing really happened?"

"Really, no."

"You have my Line account, right? Remember to contact me if you need anything!"

As she spoke, Kayoko looked at Takuya Hasegawa's hands resting on her shoulders and the concern in his eyes.

Hase-kun, Hase-kun is concerned about me...

I'm not talkative, I don't fit in, and I have no friends. Do you even care about someone like me?

Hase-kun... Me, someone like me, am I good enough for you?

Won't you dislike me?

Chaotic thoughts overwhelmed reason, causing Jia Yezi's mind to tremble.

Her fingers unconsciously clenched the hem of her dress, letting it entwine around her fingertips, Jia Yezi murmured incoherently.

"Okay, okay..."

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

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

[Humanity: 26 points]

As the number of human reasoning points increases, Jia Yezi's number of ghost reasoning points also decreases significantly.

[Ghostly Principle: 58 points]

[Ghostly Principle: 53 points]

It eventually stabilized at 48 points.

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

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

[Humanity: 26 points]

[Ghostly Principle: 48 points]

Seeing that Yoshiyuki's Ghost Points had stabilized, Takuya Hase breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Great! I no longer have to worry about feeling an itchy stomach at night, lifting the covers, and seeing a pale, large head lying on my chest.

You don't need to hear that chillingly loud bubble sound, nor do you need to see that black hair covering the entire room...

Takuya Hase, you've successfully saved the world!

As Kayoko's human form grew taller again, Takuya Hase felt proud that he had suppressed the birth of the Demon King. At the same time, a system notification popped up.

[The Ju-on human form has over 20 points in Human Reasoning; one skill can be randomly drawn. Draw now?]

The system's notification drew Takuya Hase's gaze to Kayo, who seemed lost in thought, her left hand clenching and unclenching around Kuro's belly.

What are you hesitating for? My gods have all run away.

If you can't even perform the most basic blessing now, and you don't learn some skills to protect yourself, what if you're unlucky enough to encounter a sudden high-level paranormal event one day? You won't even know how you died!

If not now, when?

The prize is here!

Under Takuya Hase's expectant gaze, a twisted, swirling mass of darkness appeared before him.

As consciousness lightly touched the darkness, the vortex spun and unfolded like a strange and terrifying flower.

Then, an unsettling mass of darkness rushed into Takuya Hase's body, and as he looked somewhat bewildered, his control panel automatically unfolded.

[Host - Takuya Hase - Absolute Immunity]

[Skill Acquired - Time-Space Distortion]

[Time-Space Distortion - Passive: At the right moment, it will reverse everything with unspeakable power.]

Looking at his skills, Takuya Hase blinked blankly.

No, what does "passive" mean, and what does "at the appropriate time" mean?

What exactly is being reversed?

It's not that I doubt the strength of this skill; putting everything else aside, Takuya Hasegawa knows the true value of the term "time and space."

Even in fantasy novels, any cultivation technique or supernatural power that involves time and space is the ultimate power!

Didn't you see how Subaru Natsuki used his time reversal ability to completely overwhelm Re:Zero?

The problem is that while Subaru's ability is clearly known to be death reversal, his own time-space distortion sounds incredibly powerful, but its activation mechanism and principles are still very unclear.

You can't expect me to die like Subaru Natsuki did, can you?!

"Hase-kun, are you... alright...?"

With a gentle expression of concern, Takuya Hase looked at Kayoko, who was holding Kuro beside him, her eyes filled with worry.

Looking at her hair, which still covered most of her face, Takuya Hase breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's nothing, I just thought of something that made me unhappy."

Upon hearing this, Jia Yezi blinked, a glint of light appearing in her eyes.

"Has someone offended Hase-kun?"

"No, why are you asking that? If someone piss me off, are you going to go and beat them up?"

Seeing the teasing look on Hase-kun's face, Kayoko lowered her head shyly.

"I... I can draw circles and curse him..."

Looking at the unusually shy Jiayezi, Hase Takuya felt a pang of emotion.

What a lovely girl! How did she end up being associated with that unlucky thing called Ju-on...?

"Good coconut."

"Hi!"

Looking at Kayoko, whose little face was serious and who stood at attention like a soldier in a parade, Takuya Hase smiled.

"Don't be so serious, relax. I just want to ask you, you're clearly very good-looking, why don't you put your hair up?"

A sense of joy welled up in Jia Yezi's heart as she listened to the words of praise.

Hasegawa-kun, he... he complimented my looks...

"I... I don't like people looking at me..."

Why?

Hearing Hase-kun's question, Jiaye bit her lip and hugged the little black dog in her arms tighter.

"From childhood to adulthood, the people around me have never really liked me..."

Takuya Hase frowned upon hearing this.

Why?

"No, I don't know..."

Looking at Jia Yezi's soft voice tinged with a hint of disappointment, and recalling the world-renowned and unique campus culture of the island nation, Hase Takuya sighed inwardly.

It's not hard to imagine that this girl must have been isolated and subjected to emotional abuse for a long time to develop her current personality.

After all, this is an island nation... If you're tall, you get bullied; if you're pretty, you get bullied; if you don't understand the atmosphere, you get bullied.

In the most abstract sense, once the person who started the bullying stops, then it's their turn to be bullied.

Damn... a perfect closed loop!

"Good coconut."

"I'm here!"

"I made money today."

"Huh?"

"I'll treat you and Xiao Hei to dinner!"

Upon hearing this, Jia Yezi froze on the spot. Looking at Hase Takuya walking ahead, Jia Yezi's dark eyes behind her glasses narrowed happily.

"Thank you, Hase-kun."