Horror/Fear Anime: Starting with a Tomie Hairstyle.

"Is it paralyzed? Drive!" Tomie ignored him and yelled at the driver in front.

She's in a bad mood, and she'll yell at any dog ​​that passes by.

"Okay, okay." The driver quickly started the car.

The man kicked the can next to him angrily, "Damn it, why are you ignoring me!"

Tombstone Town.

After several days of cleaning, the streets were much cleaner, and the smell of disinfectant filled the air, masking the strong stench of blood.

Jiuzhiche could also see many white flowers placed by the roadside, which were people's offerings to the dead, and people in various places were also performing "fire sacrifices".

The fire ritual is similar to the burning of paper money in the Dragon Kingdom in Jiuzhiche's previous life, except that the fire ritual here is not about giving money to the dead, but about purifying the soul of the deceased.

It has the meaning of purifying sins, washing away defilement, and sending one to rebirth in the Pure Land, similar to the meaning of attaining Buddhahood.

The occasional passersby also seemed to be in a hurry, looking sullen and unhappy, creating a depressing atmosphere in the small town.

Jiu Zhiche arrived at the mayor's house again. This time, someone was inside, a middle-aged man who looked tired. He was slightly surprised when Jiu Zhiche explained his purpose.

"Come in first."

Jiuzhi Che followed behind the man, pausing slightly, always maintaining a certain distance from him.

Once inside, the room, which was messy last time, was now neatly organized.

There was a little dust floating in the air, probably from when they were burning paper money outside.

“Awen is my brother. I was traveling and luckily escaped this disaster. When I came back…” The man said sadly, but he controlled his emotions. “Just call me Qitian.”

"Few people mention Miyamoto Takeshi anymore. What is your purpose in coming here after such a special disaster?"

"That's right. I was also in Tombstone Town during this disaster. When I was escaping, I saw a record about Miyamoto Takeshi in the library, which mentioned the devil. I have a feeling that he is related to this incident."

Hatada did not deny it, but said, "You'll know once you finish reading the record."

He turned and went upstairs, took a thin notebook from a box in the attic, and handed it to Jiuzhiche when he returned.

Jiuzhi Che opened the book, and the first sentence was: He's gone mad.

This is a record of the situation made by the town mayor 50 years ago.

About 50 years ago, after Miyamoto Takeshi saved a child who was possessed by an evil spirit, he became eccentric. He would not only fly into a rage over the smallest things, but also verbally abuse people who had simply bumped into his shoulder.

The mayor and Miyamoto Takeshi were good friends, and the mayor thought something must have affected Miyamoto Takeshi, so the mayor went to his house to talk to him, only to find that the other man looked very unwell.

After some communication, I learned that Miyamoto Takeshi wouldn't live for more than a month.

“I can feel it… watching me! It hates me for saving that child! That’s why it’s punishing me! Genri! My life is slipping away! Like sand flowing through an hourglass, I can feel it ‘slipping away’ every moment!”

The mayor was initially skeptical, but seeing his friend's appearance, he began to believe it was probably true.

But the town mayor was just an ordinary person and there was nothing he could do about it.

Not long after, a stranger arrived and spread the word that tombstones could become Buddhas. The town mayor did not believe it; he had never heard such a thing in all his life.

Miyamoto Takeshi believed it, and he helped the outsiders spread the word. He was already a well-known priest, and now almost the entire town believed in the idea of ​​becoming a Buddha through a tombstone.

“That day, I was looking for Wuzhi everywhere during the prayer event, but he rarely appeared. Not long after, a fire broke out at the event.”

"I think I saw a fleeting glimpse of Wu Zhi's face, so ferocious, terrifying, and crazed..."

Afterwards, the town mayor noticed that Miyamoto Takeshi looked much better.

The town mayor dared not think about it further.

"Wu Zhi, how have you been lately?"

“Excellent, better than ever before, Yuanli. Tell me, is it feasible to use ‘immortality’ to combat ‘the passing of time’?”

"I do not know."

The mayor felt that his friend was becoming more and more terrifying.

Not long after, Miyamoto Takeshi's complexion worsened again.

He kept muttering to himself, saying things that no one could understand, "You lied to me, you lied to me."

"There is no such thing as immortality. You are a loser, a fugitive..."

Seeing this, Jiu Zhiche roughly guessed what would happen next.

The town mayor didn't know what had happened. When he saw his friend again after half a month, he was carrying a box and bleeding from all seven orifices, looking like a blood-soaked person.

"Yuanli, please help me... You're the only one left... You have to hide it well for me, don't let anyone find it... Don't open it under any circumstances..."

After saying that, Miyamoto Takeshi died.

With a heavy heart, the mayor buried Miyamoto Takeshi outside the town.

After seeing that Jiuzhi Che had finished reading, Qitian said, "You should have made your own judgment. There is a big problem with Miyamoto Takeshi."

"Thank you," Jiuzhiche said. "Does the mayor's family have any other magical artifacts or similar items? If so, I can buy them."

The other party was a smart person, didn't ask many questions, and was even quite straightforward, so Jiu Zhiche didn't intend to pretend to be stupid.

"Even if I had it, it wouldn't be of any use to me. Unfortunately, I don't."

"Sorry to bother you."

Jiuzhiche took his leave.

It's quite obvious that Miyamoto Takeshi was afflicted by the "Withering" curse after saving a child, experiencing feelings of being watched. There must be something behind this, or perhaps the curse itself can cause the feeling of being watched.

In order to survive, Miyamoto Takeshi then chose to cooperate with outsiders and demons, causing the fire incident during the prayer event and sacrificing 14 people, hoping to gain eternal life.

But the demon was clearly deceiving him, so in a fit of rage, Miyamoto Takeshi used all his strength to seal the demon away, leaving behind the box.

The mayor's logbook in the library, along with Miyamoto Takeshi's own diary, all embellished Miyamoto Takeshi's image...

The mayor's house.

Shortly after Jiuzhi Che left, Qitian closed the door, picked up the cup on the table, and drank the water in one gulp.

The cup was set down, and a faint black handprint flashed across its surface.

Immediately afterwards, Hatada got up and went to the attic.

Chapter 44 The Unburnable Corpse of Tomie

Hatada picked up a diary, and with a slight pressure, the diary shattered into pieces.

Then he gave a venomous smile and his figure slowly disappeared.

Half an hour later.

The face of the man from the attic reappeared, and after scanning the area and seeing that no one was coming back, he disappeared again.

The air grew quiet.

This luxurious detached house was so quiet it seemed no one had ever lived there, exuding a chilling aura.

Two hours later.

A cold wind swept by, and a figure appeared silently. The gas cylinder valve in the kitchen was twisted by an invisible force.

"Click, click."

The stove was lit.

Moments later, the flames came into contact with the gas, triggering a violent explosion.

The noise was so loud it startled almost the entire town.

People, like startled birds, looked in terror toward the direction from which the sound came, fearing that something like the Tombstone Man massacre would happen again.

"Are all the ghosts in this world actors?"

In an alley next to a house not far away, Jiu Zhiche stared at the towering flames, somewhat speechless.

If he wanted to kill someone, he wouldn't bother with all those complicated procedures.

However, to put it another way, the opponent wasn't very strong.

Otherwise, why bother with all that deception and cover-up?

What is he hiding?

Identity, or weakness?

However, everything was destroyed in the explosion.

Hatada's disguise was quite clever; even the Mystic Eyes couldn't see anything unusual about it, which must be because his ability was very good at concealing itself.

But he overlooked some minor details.

The smell of burning in the air was seen by Jiuzhiche's demonic eyes, so he could smell it.

Furthermore, Hatada's attitude was off. His older brother's entire family had just died, yet he cleaned the whole house and dressed himself up impeccably. There was something fishy about that.

Of course, the most crucial point is that upon first seeing Hatada, I didn't see the flame of life on his body, plus there was a system notification.

"Encountering a ghost grants an initial 18% increase in spirituality."

"Current progress of triggering template selection: 63%"

However, even without the system notification, Jiuzhiche would not fall for it.

So, from the beginning, Jiu Zhiche didn't get too close to this thing and kept watching the other party's performance!

Seeing that the people around him were starting to put out the fire, Jiuzhi Che did not linger and headed towards the direction of Xiaoquan's house.

Since we're already here, let's go see how their family is doing.

......

After returning from Tombstone Town, Jiu Zhiche went back to his laptop and started typing away.

He went out late at night, making Tomie think that Kyushiki Che was going on a date.

"Stop right there! What were you doing outside?"

Tomie sat on the sofa like a mistress of the house, speaking in a accusatory tone as if she had caught her husband cheating.

Jiuzhi Che pulled Fujiang into the room and whispered in her ear.