Tokyo: I am the Lord of All Demons!

Appeared!

"I...I hate it so much..."

As the sound rang out, a figure wearing a triangular scarf and wrapped in a coarse cloth appeared behind the sliding door.

"what--!"

A scream.

Fujita Misaki rolled her eyes and fainted, collapsing unconsciously to the ground.

Run!

Shimizu Suzune was instantly silenced upon seeing the ghost. She frantically tried to command her hands and feet to leave.

At this moment, Shimizu Suzune felt as if her thighs weighed a ton, making it impossible for her to move another step.

The situation was worse than that; the action cameras, microphones, talismans, and amulets she wore seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, making it hard for her to breathe.

If you hold others back, you'll lose everything!

Compared to life and death, live streams, popularity, and comments are all worthless!

Shimizu Rin gave up the live stream because the angles at which the live stream phone and action camera fell were not good; the former was pointed at the floor, and the latter's lens was pointed at the ceiling.

The live stream chat has crashed.

[Is the streamer still alive? If so, please give the female ghost a close-up shot; I forgot to take a screenshot.]

[Did the streamer quit?]

[Don't give up, streamer!]

[Carrying a burden and running around in a panic, losing his equipment in the process, the streamer seems to be in trouble.]

[Holy shit!]

Oh no, my shoe fell off! I saw a red high heel.

If this is true, I hope it's false; if this is false, I hope it's true.

[Just joined, what horror movie is being streamed in this room? Does it have copyright?]

[Remove the word 'suspected' from the beginning; the streamer is now a complete fraud.]

These bullet comments.

One of them was posted by Makoto Araki.

To date, he has earned more than 30,000 units of "fear" through live streaming alone, which is about half the number of viewers in the live stream.

The greatest credit, of course, goes to Shimizu Suzune's hard work with her live streams, though she seems to be a bit dead now.

save her?

Or should we leave her to live or die?

Chapter 4 Beans for Exorcising Ghosts

It should be emphasized that this is not the first time Shimizu Suzune has encountered a ghost; she had previously been frightened by a female ghost at a shrine.

As a result, it actually led to her launching her show, to reveal the fact that the urban legend actually exists.

Judging from her courageous actions, she was a very good tool. If she were to die like this, who would replenish the "fear" that Makoto Araki lost?

As for the barrage of so-called "calling the police" comments that filled the live stream, Makoto Araki completely ignored them, not worried at all that his investigative methods could reach him.

To put it another way, the belief in ghosts and spirits in Japan is already rampant, to the point of being a plague. Even if some people believe in them, and some officials do, it is still not surprising.

Who is most afraid of being proven guilty?

It's official!

And once it's confirmed...

So who benefits the most?

Without a doubt, it is a shrine that has always claimed to be able to communicate with ghosts and gods and to ward off evil spirits.

Shimizu Suzune is a shrine maiden from a shrine, not to mention that she has the support of her father, the chief priest of Nakano Yomiyama Shrine.

For this reason, Makoto Araki even felt that no matter what happened in the live stream, as long as the content was related to the supernatural, the official Xiao Ri Zi platform would not use administrative means to ban it.

Now that we've decided to save Shimizu Suzune, there's only one way: go to the shop and exchange for specific items to drive away the ghosts.

What? Wasn't it said that the spiders could be moved to achieve the natural extinction of the urban legend? It's possible, and they would indeed face extinction if they were done, but that wouldn't save the two girls.

This is because even after the spider leaves the area, the urban legend can still persist for a certain period of time and can still harm people.

[Fear: 35200]

A very fruitful experience!

Araki Makoto then opened the consumer shop related to "fear" in the system panel.

It was already known that, in addition to creating more advanced urban legends, "Wei" could also purchase a variety of items.

There are three main categories of items. The first category is called "Urban Legends," which provides items for creating advanced urban legends and for enhancing and developing them.

The second major category of props is "Exorcising Items," which includes common Japanese exorcising items such as shimenawa (sacred rope), dolls, exorcising arrows, and exorcising beans.

The third category of props is about "divine artifacts," which lists props that have appeared in Japanese mythology to date.

However, even with over 30,000 "fears" now, Makoto Araki can still unlock very few items, especially the "divine artifacts" section, which is still grayed out.

Makoto Araki's gaze quickly locked onto the "Demon-Repelling Beans" among the exorcising items, which only required 100 units of "Fear".

Ghost-repelling beans.

It is a very basic talisman for warding off evil spirits, requiring only one hundred units of "fear".

The most direct effect is that as long as you carry these beans in your pocket, urban legends will not dare to approach you, which is similar to how vicious dogs will not dare to attack you if you pick up a stone.

If you scatter beans at them while chanting a spell to drive away evil spirits, you can drive them away, which is similar to using stones to drive away vicious dogs.

In Makoto Araki's memory, the "demon-repelling bean" is a very common item in traditional Japanese culture, and it is easy for ordinary people to use.

Considering how hard Shimizu Suzune worked to earn him over 30,000 "Wei", he'll take out these 100-plus points as a token of his gratitude!

The exchange was complete. Makoto Araki, using the Spider Map and monitoring the spiders, prepared to send the box of exorcism beans to the scene.

In the spider map's view, Shimizu Suzune's situation hadn't improved much after shedding her burdens; the dual pressures of morality and survival were making it hard for her to breathe.

But she still supported the already delirious Fujita Misaki, even if it meant giving it her all, just to be able to take her one step.

"Misaki... I will definitely get you out of here safely..."

Shimizu Suzune's mind was blank, with only one thought remaining: she was the one who dragged her best friend into this, and if her best friend were to die here today while she ran away, then the guilt would surely follow her for the rest of her life.

The ghost's laughter lingered behind her. Fujita Misaki had become numb to it. Now, she felt neither fear nor consciousness, and was simply being pulled along by her best friend instinctively.

Yes, Shimizu Suzune was in a relatively better situation, and she wasn't wandering aimlessly. She was walking with her best friend down the hallway, making her way to the kitchen with difficulty.

The moment Shimizu Suzune and her companion stepped into the kitchen, they heard a "whoosh" sound, like beans being scattered on the floor.

"...Beans? Ghost-repelling beans?"

Shimizu Rinne murmured to herself, recalling a ghost story her grandmother had told her when she was little—it was said that if you threw beans at a ghost while chanting "Ghost, get out of here!", you could drive it away.

But that's just a story.

In reality, can you really fight demons? Anyway, Shimizu Suzune has been a shrine maiden for so long, but she has never encountered any real abilities.

As Shimizu Suzune was vaguely thinking about these things, she took a step forward and felt as if her foot had stepped on something round. Looking down, she saw that it really was a bean.

And there's more than one!

She looked up.

Just a few steps away, a square container had been overturned on the ground, from which the beans had spilled out.

Shimizu Suzune bent down and picked up the bean she had stepped on.

After picking up the beans, Shimizu Suzune could clearly feel that the air was no longer tense, and the pressure that had been weighing on her collapsed at that moment, making her feel instantly refreshed.

Her intuition told her that these beans were something special.

Taking this opportunity, she immediately let go of her best friend's hand, squatted down, and put all the scattered beans into the box.

Then, emboldened by the courage the beans gave her, she suddenly turned around and looked behind her!

I saw it—

A disheveled ghost!!

"You ghost, get out of here!"

Shimizu Suzune grabbed a handful of beans and threw them forcefully at the white evil spirit. The evil spirit's body began to twist, dodging all the exorcism beans at extremely tricky angles.

It would have been better if the ghost hadn't dodged; its efforts to dodge only confirmed that it was afraid of beans.

Scatter the second handful of beans!

Moreover, the portions are generous and filling!

The ghost was overwhelmed by the barrage of ghost beans and couldn't dodge them at all. Two beans hit it quickly, one directly on its forehead and the other hitting its torso.

This isn't over yet!

When Shimizu Suzune grabbed another handful of beans to enhance the ghost's power, the ghost, which had been attacked and driven away by the beans, refused to take the hit and instead turned and fled, drifting away into the corridor.

With the ghost escaping and the crisis temporarily averted, Shimizu Suzune could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Leaning against the kitchen wall, he gasped for breath, trying to suppress the pounding in his heart.

Meanwhile, Fujita Misaki, who had "fainted" and was lying at her feet, woke up because she was no longer suppressed by the ghost's resentment.

She could even get up on her own and whisper in her best friend's ear, "...What happened? The ghost suddenly disappeared."

Chapter 5 This is not scientific

What just happened?

No one answered Fujita Misaki, nor did she need an answer; it was a rhetorical question.