Tokyo: I am the Lord of All Demons!

However, it's possible that it was precisely because the two of them were discussing a shocking conspiracy that Araki Makoto couldn't fall asleep.

Since that's the case, Makoto Araki has no choice but to speed up the acquisition of Fear, even if it means constantly creating ordinary ghosts and wasting a lot of energy, he's willing to do it.

In order to gain more fear, Makoto Araki decides to temporarily abandon monitoring Suzune Shimizu and relocate the spider to other places to create urban legends.

But it's daytime now, so where can I create an urban legend to scare people?

The answer is: haunted houses!

People who enter haunted houses are usually just looking to test their courage, but many end up being so scared they wet themselves on the spot, making it a very suitable scary scenario.

Why didn't I think of that before!

Just do it.

Makoto Araki immediately transferred the spiders to a nearby amusement park and deployed them in a haunted house, where they began creating ordinary ghosts to scare people.

What good luck! Because it's currently a school study tour, the amusement park is packed with people, and quite a few students went into the haunted house. It worked really well; in just one hour, Makoto Araki had already gained 500 fears!

However, since they were in a haunted house, the students were mentally prepared, so the ordinary ghosts weren't that scary. At most, the students were only scared to the point of being one unit of fear, and only a very few were scared to the point of being two units of fear.

The "very few people" here do not refer to students, but to the staff of the haunted house. They originally intended to scare people, but unexpectedly saw a strange ghost and were immediately terrified.

As for whether the ghost killed anyone, the answer is no. Because so many boys entered the haunted house, coming and going in batches, the yang energy was too strong. All the ghost could do was scare people; it had no energy to kill anyone.

There were simply too many people, and ordinary ghosts had limited strength, making it impossible for them to isolate the others.

If Kikuko Yamamura came here, it might be alright, but right now Kikuko Yamamura is busy working thousands of miles away!

Just like before, since it was broad daylight, Kikuko Yamamura didn't cause much trouble.

The school's amusement park study tour, which started at 9:00 AM, was suspended at 11:00 AM so that students could gather in the cafeteria for lunch.

After two hours of being terrified in the haunted house, Makoto Araki's fear has changed again.

[Current - Fear: 3880]

Not bad!

This study tour is fantastic!

Considering that the students' study tour might continue in the afternoon, it was time for Makoto Araki to have his meal.

Araki Makoto turned around, pointed at Hime-Daruma, and ordered, "Hime-Daruma, help me eat!"

Jidamo jumped onto the windowsill as ordered, preparing to leave the house, but was stopped by its owner.

Araki Makoto commanded, "I order you, this time you are not allowed to steal food from Yamamura Kikuko. This time you are to steal Shimizu Suzune's food and eat it!"

Ji Damo received the order and ran off.

Watching Hime Daruma leave, Araki Makoto felt much better. If he wanted to punish the bad woman, he had plenty of ways to do so!

I, Makoto Araki, am going to make sure you, Suzune Shimizu, are hungry today, and see if you still have the energy to cause trouble.

After Hime Daruma left, Makoto Araki immediately manipulated the spider, sending it back to Shimizu Suzune's arrow.

Nakano area.

Yamiyama Shrine.

At this very moment, Shimizu Suzune was indeed sitting in the cafeteria, looking at the food on her plate, but she had absolutely no appetite.

After seeing Officer Ishiguro off, she went to play with the cats near the cafeteria when she received a call from her best friend's sister.

In a phone call, Fujita Mino claimed that a woman broke into her home last night and killed her sister and mother. Nakano Ward police have intervened, and the bodies of the two women have been transported to the hospital for autopsy.

Fujita Mino mentioned "woman" rather than "female ghost," which inevitably left Shimizu Suzune feeling confused.

During the phone call, when asked how her sister and mother died and what the murder weapon was, Fujita Mino did not explain; she just kept crying.

And now, since their bodies have been transported to the hospital for autopsy, Shimizu Suzune is unable to do anything, not even to see the tragic state of her best friend.

So, unable to do anything and unaware of the situation, Shimizu Suzune could only eat alone in the shrine's dining hall, feeling sullen and unhappy.

Shimizu Suzune thought a lot. She had reason to suspect that her best friend died at the hands of a ghost, but she had no evidence. The police in Nakano Ward were the same as the police in other areas; they all refused to acknowledge that ghosts existed.

"Waaaaah, Misaki..."

Thinking of Fujita Misaki's smile and their past sisterly bond, Shimizu Suzune couldn't help but cry again. But since this was a public place, she could only cover her face with her hands, trying her best not to let others see her embarrassing state.

Tears soaked her foundation, ruining her makeup, and streamed down her cheeks, wetting the light meal on the table.

Unbeknownst to her, Shimizu Suzune cried for a long time, and the number of people in the cafeteria gradually decreased.

Just then, she suddenly heard someone in front of her eating heartily.

I opened my eyes and looked down.

It's actually a Bodhidharma doll!

And she was eating her simple meal.

Shimizu Suzune got to know this Daruma doll online; it was the same one that caused trouble at McDonald's that day.

Chapter 41 Bodhidharma Becomes a Spirit

Perhaps because she was too sad, or perhaps because Shimizu Suzune's personality was different from Yamamura Kikuko's, she did not show any anger when she saw Hime Daruma eating the food.

Instead, he crouched down slightly, bringing his face close to Jidamo, to carefully observe how it ate.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the Ghidorah actually has both a mouth and hands; it uses its hands to grab food and put it into its mouth.

However, unlike humans, the Gitamo does not need to chew its food; it simply keeps forcing food into its small mouth.

In no time, Hime-Daruma finished Shimizu Suzune's simple meal, leaving only some scraps and leftovers. But Hime-Daruma didn't leave. Instead, it jumped on the plate, stepped on the edge of the plate, and overturned it.

Shimizu Suzune, who was standing nearby, was accidentally hit in the face by a plate, with food scraps sticking to her face and hair.

"what……"

Caught off guard by the prank, Shimizu Suzune was completely bewildered, having no idea what Hidama was up to.

It was obvious that Hidama wanted to deliberately provoke her and then have a passionate battle with her like that of Kikuko Yamamura.

Unfortunately, Shimizu Suzune's personality is rather ladylike and gentle, and she doesn't get angry even when Hime Daruma repeatedly provokes her.

Instead, when she took out her personal mirror and saw her miserable state, she couldn't help but laugh like an idiot.

Yes, a silly grin.

No one expected that Shimizu Suzune, who was feeling down because of losing her best friend, would be amused like this.

Seeing that he couldn't provoke Shimizu Suzune with this, Ji Damo jumped up and, without saying a word, smashed his ceramic buttocks into the girl's forehead, knocking her to the ground.

"what……"

Shimizu Suzune screamed and fell to the ground, motionless. The blow she had just received had left her even more bewildered.

However, she remained unperturbed; Jidamo was utterly unable to provoke her.

The shrine maiden's unusual behavior in the cafeteria quickly attracted the attention of others, and many people gathered around to see what was going on.

Seeing that more and more people were gathering, and having already eaten his fill for his master, Ji Damo had no choice but to leap away quickly from the place.

Back to the spider's perspective.

Araki Makoto witnessed the entire scene in the cafeteria, and even he couldn't help but admire Shimizu Suzune's truly good temper.

No, this isn't about having a good temper.

Is she an idiot?

However, since he had managed to prank and punch Shimizu Suzune, Araki Makoto's dissatisfaction with her dissipated.

However, having her dissatisfaction dispelled doesn't mean Araki Makoto intends to let her off the hook. If she insists on coming back to get herself killed afterward, then he'll just have to... well, you know.

After teaching Shimizu Suzune a lesson, Araki Makoto immediately sent the spider back to the haunted house in the amusement park to continue creating ghosts and scaring students who wanted to test their courage.

Judging from the number of visitors to the amusement park, it is expected that another one to two thousand units of "fear" can be earned in the afternoon.

Let's get to work!

Araki Makoto's spider had barely left Shimizu Suzune's surveillance range when Shimizu Suzune got up from the ground, cleaned up the plates in front of everyone, and then silently left amidst the strange looks from the others.

After leaving the cafeteria, Shimizu Suzune returned to her dormitory immediately and tidied herself up in front of the vanity mirror.

After that, she picked up the phone, looked at Inspector Ishiguro's number on the screen, hesitated for a moment, and then decided to call him anyway.

"Hello, Inspector Ishiguro? I can assist you in apprehending that person. Hmm? When would you like to? Right now."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Shimizu Suzune immediately sprang into action, stuffing the equipment she needed for the live stream, such as an action camera and a live streaming phone, into her bag, and even folding the tripod inside.

Considering the danger of this operation, Shimizu Suzune also brought gauze, bandages, and disinfectant to prevent any future problems.

Finally, she also brought a baseball bat sheath, but of course, it didn't contain a baseball bat; instead, it contained the gold-leafed gohei.

When I walked out of the shrine, Inspector Ishiguro's police car was already parked on the side of the road.

Shimizu Suzune opened the car door, got into the back seat, and found that there were two police officers on the trip, including Officer Ishiguro.

There was another person, Riku, who was still Inspector Ishiguro's apprentice. He decided to try his luck with his master again.

Once in the car, Officer Ishiguro introduced Riku to Shimizu Suzune. Riku smiled at Shimizu Suzune, and then the car started.

Throughout the journey, Shimizu Suzune was not very talkative, mostly answering the officers' questions without ever speaking on her own initiative.

Soon, the police car arrived at the designated location, an old and dilapidated apartment building. Its exterior had completely faded, revealing eerie cement walls, and it really did look a bit like the location of an urban legend.

What's even more suffocating is that the apartment is located in the forest, surrounded by trees on all sides, which naturally creates a sense of fear.

As for why such an apartment building would be built in such a place, it's simply because things are different now. This apartment building was originally a hotel, designed to resemble a "farmhouse inn." However, due to reduced customer traffic, it was converted into apartments, and due to improper maintenance, it has become overgrown with weeds and lush trees.

Upon seeing this apartment building, Shimizu Suzune suddenly had a strong sixth sense: she shouldn't have come here to court death.

Yes, that's courting death!

This was the first time such a word had come to mind for Shimizu Suzune. She had previously conducted two consecutive live streams of ghost hunting without ever thinking that it was "courting death."

This time, it's different.

Shimizu Suzune truly felt the danger, and this danger could very well lead to her utter ruin.

Should we retreat?