You say this is a love game?

In the "evaluations" of these souls, there are words that seem like last words, almost all of which are illogical screaming onomatopeia. Only a few souls seem to still retain the ability to cry out in pain.

"..."

They are all victims of the gap woman.

As for the reason for the crazy screams, Mizutani Makoto also had some guesses - the killing of the Hit Woman could be described as torture. Even an immortal like him, who was good at endurance, was broken by the Hit Woman's brutality when he first encountered her. He was directly ranked first in the book of blood feuds. If it were an ordinary person...

Mizutani Makoto glanced at the things inside the metal cabinet.

Just like what he had seen when he was executed before, it was all folded flesh and blood, a large pool of rotten meat twisted in the iron cabinet, emitting a strong stench of decay.

There is even a deformed head, and the facial features can be seen to be completely distorted. The nest of this gap woman is almost the same as that of the ghost bear, both of which challenge people's psychological endurance.

There are many metal cabinets like this in the women's locker room.

Mizutani Makoto drove past them one by one. There were many [weak souls] in them, which were the echoes of the victims.

Deep inside one of the metal cabinets, Mizutani Makoto turned to a page of his diary.

[Gymnasium Diary Fragments]

Description: A few days before the fire, someone seemed to have seen Mr. Kurosawa... He was wandering outside the gym. His behavior has been really strange lately. Many students have reported that he's been sneaking around, and he smells like gasoline, which makes people feel uneasy.

Lao Hei, why is it you again?

After reading this diary, Mizutani Makoto frowned.

This stadium side story seems to be deeply connected to Kurosawa Ryohito.

The first diary fragment he found recorded Kurosawa Ryohito's identity as a physical education teacher. Now a new story has been revealed. If the key word is related to "fire", you are probably secretly reminding me that the fire is related to Kurosawa Ryohito.

As for the predictive opening "Before the Fire," Mizutani Makoto was already accustomed to it—these fragments were said to be diaries, but who in their right mind would write such a diary? Not to mention the various victims' perspectives we'd seen before.

It's impossible that the ghost came back to life, crawled out of the coffin, wrote a diary for you, and then lay back down obediently, right?

Mizutani Makoto had long seen through these so-called "diaries"; they were all products of a certain obsession, and it was normal to have such relics in this crack centered on obsession.

He put aside his thoughts for the moment and put the remaining pages of the diary into his backpack.

Holding the candlestick high in his hand, he followed the footprints he had just seen and walked directly to the pile of junk in the corner.

Standing here and looking up, it seems that the woman in the gap came out from the corner of the ceiling.

Mizutani Makoto pulled down all the piled-up debris, and the things that were covered by the debris were exposed.

That's a locker.

A half-meter-deep hole was dug out in the floor, and inside it was a severely melted storage cabinet. It was almost completely burned, and the metal and unknown substances were twisted together crookedly, like a crumpled paper ball thrown casually in this corner.

Mizutani Makoto stepped into the pit and took a deep breath. The ash particles in the air stung his nasal cavity and made him feel extremely uncomfortable. At the same time, the air was filled with a strong smell of burnt meat and a disgusting stench mixed in it. He resisted the urge to move away from the metal cabinet and bent down to grope around.

The cabinet door was completely warped.

But upon closer inspection, it was discovered that they were not completely melted together. There was an obvious gap in the deformed cabinet door, as if something had been pushed open from the inside and escaped. Following this gap, Mizutani Makoto tried to pull hard and directly pulled the entire cabinet door down.

In an instant, the vision was filled with white light.

——[Ordinary Soul]

The light was much stronger than the souls just picked up, and there were eight of them, which was equivalent to a total of 4000 souls.

This woman in the gap seems to have a very solid family background.

After picking up all the glowing souls, only the burnt sediment remained in the cabinet. Many flocs or molten substances were at the bottom, among which were faintly visible white bones and torn purple hakama fabric. Mizutani Makoto held his breath instantly, isolating himself from the pungent smell of a mixture of coke and some kind of sedimentation and fermentation smell.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Even so, he still started coughing.

There seemed to be something sunk inside.

Mizutani Makoto suppressed his nausea, reached in, and picked up a student ID card.

The photo on the ID card was particularly clear. It was of a girl with a cheerful smile. The name was "Saito Keiko". As for the school, it was undoubtedly the private Hiiragiyama Academy.

"Gap Girl?"

Mizutani Makoto looked at the student ID thoughtfully.

Kurosawa Ryojin once said that the girl from the private Hiiragigaoka Academy was a victim trapped in a fire, and her resentment combined with urban legends eventually formed her current appearance.

If nothing unexpected happens, this Saito Keiko is the victim that Kurosawa Yoshihito mentioned, that is, the real body of the gap woman.

But this student ID card is not a prop. Mizutani Makoto turned it over both sides, but no pop-up window was triggered, and it could not be put into the system backpack. It is just an ordinary student ID card, which looks like an easter egg.

After killing the Gap Girl, give the character description?

Mizutani Makoto continued searching and found the last thing in the corner of the cabinet.

Saito Keiko's Diary

[Description: The fire started in the gymnasium and will soon spread throughout the school... It's so hot and it hurts. Please don't lock me in the closet! Let me out. I won't tell anyone. Please...]

A diary entry tells the story of Keiko Saito, who tortured and killed countless victims as a gap girl. She was once a victim herself.

When his eyes swept over the "you" in the description, his eyebrows instantly frowned.

Was Keiko Saito locked in a closet?

It seems so, the word "resentment" has always been mentioned in her description.

Mizutani Makoto put this special diary into his backpack, and when he saw that he had thoroughly explored the gymnasium, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The face of Kurosawa Yoshihito flashed through his mind.

He now has a lot of things to discuss with Lao Hei.

But after weighing the pros and cons, this lingering body was really a disgrace to the sight. Mizutani Makoto scratched the pale hair on his forehead, sighed deeply, and walked directly towards the school building. He had cleared out all the monsters along the way when he came, and went straight to Furuya Ruriko and upgraded her level first.

In the school building, Furuya Ruriko sat upright on a chair.

"Lord Mizutani, it seems you have successfully defeated a powerful enemy."

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Furuya Ruriko seemed to have never worried that he would fail. The tone of her congratulations was slightly trusting, which touched him deeply.

I have seen many monsters and demons, but it is still the witch in his family who warms my heart.

Before Mizutani Makoto could say anything, Furuya Ruriko guided the golden light from the shrine onto Mizutani Makoto, "refreshing" his bad condition.

"grateful."

Makoto Mizutani took out the [Gap Woman's Spirit Core] from his backpack and handed it to Ruriko Furuya.

The witch held the spirit core in her hands. She lowered her head slightly. Although she had no eyes, she seemed to be able to see the heart inside the crystal.

She sighed, "What a pitiful soul! Lord Mizutani, if you can give her liberation, it can be considered a form of redemption for her."

The miko exudes a certain glow all over her body, which makes a certain bloodthirsty maniac feel warm.

She clasped her hands together and held up the soul full of fear and resentment. Then white light emerged from Mizutani Makoto's body, and the soul fires contained in Mizutani Makoto's body were drawn and gathered towards Furuya Ruriko's palm.

The scale of this soul light is unprecedented.

The brilliance of its bloom is also extremely dazzling.

The spirit core has completely melted away, turning into misty fog and becoming the core of the light.

Furuya Ruriko held the gentle light in her arms and held it before Mizutani Makoto. The young man knelt on one knee, nodded slightly, and let the light fall on his head, as if he were wearing a crown.

"Please don't resist."

"Close your eyes."

"Enjoy a moment of peace."

Chapter 114: Non-mastery level sword energy.

[Spiritual Power: 21]

【You have reached the rank of Merit. 】

[The shrine maiden Furuya Ruriko will continue to provide you with the service of drawing soul essence.]

[Before your spiritual power reaches 40, you can consume 10000 souls to let Furuya Ruriko help you increase your spiritual power]

When Mizutani Makoto opened his eyes again, he clearly felt the existence of spiritual power for the first time.

If the spiritual power before was a vague breath that wandered through his meridians and could only be captured by using certain props, then the spiritual power now was a series of materialized veins. He could sense that the spiritual power radiated from his heart to every part of his body.

“It’s very different.”

He exclaimed.

Mizutani Makoto now suddenly understood - the change from Paper Level to Parallel Level wasn't just a change in the amount of spiritual power, it also involved a qualitative change. For example, before, he could use [The Eyeball of the Woman by the Window] three times with one point of spiritual power, but now, he could use one point of spiritual power many more times...

This was also the reason why he had previously merged with Satori Yoshiko, who was also at the paper level, but was unable to reach the level of Nami.

This involves a qualitative change in spiritual power.

On the contrary, it was the [Boiling Blood Secret Medicine], the spiritual power increased by this secret medicine was more special, it was directly squeezed out from his vitality, which pushed him to the level of integration... This should also be the value of the [Boiling Blood Secret Medicine]. It has some kind of pharmacological effect that can help him temporarily break through the level of integration.

"That medicine has some serious side effects... In the real world, using it once would be a life-or-death struggle."

Just as he was thinking about it, Mizutani Makoto couldn't help but become curious again, and asked Furuya Ruriko about matters related to the [Secret Medicine for Boiling Blood], focusing on its side effects. He asked Miss Miko how to alleviate its side effects if this thing was used in the real world?

"Does using it once really cost me decades of my lifespan?"

Faced with this question, Furuya Ruriko gently shook her head. "The solution lies in replenishing vitality... This secret medicine is indeed for desperate situations, but if you survive, our shrine also has other secret medicines passed down to alleviate its side effects... I guess taking the secret medicine and recuperating for a period of time will minimize the side effects."

"It's just that I haven't learned those secret medicines yet."

"If you want to obtain those secret medicines, I'm afraid you'll have to find the grandmother at our shrine... Ah, it's been over thirty years, and I'm afraid she's long gone. I'm sorry, Mizutani-sama, I can't help you."

Even Miss Miko is not truly omnipotent.

She did not inherit all the secret medicines. After all, she was only in her early twenties, still young, and she died here.

Mizutani Makoto looked apologetic: "I should be the one to apologize. I'm sorry for reminding you of something unhappy."

"will not."

Furuya Ruriko shook her head and smiled, "That's all in the past. What I hope for now is to completely eliminate this rift... Meeting you, Master Mizutani, is one of my few good fortunes."

After chatting with Miss Miko, Mizutani Makoto turned his attention back to the upgrade needs.

"Or is it still the spiritual power range of 20?"

"That's actually okay."

"That's the upgrade requirement, 10000 souls? Tongzi, aren't you going a bit too far?"

These 10000 souls can only be exchanged for 1 point of spiritual power?

So to climb from level 21 to level 40, not counting Tongzi's mission, he would need a total of 19 souls!

The one with grooves costs 19!

His entire paper-level process only required 4 souls!

The souls needed to complete the entire leveling process, not counting the spiritual power points reward from Tongzi, actually required 20 souls.

This gap in numbers... Mizutani Makoto clenched his fists. He now deeply felt the gap between "parallel level" and "paper level". No wonder when he met old monsters of the same level before, they were kicked to death like stray dogs on the roadside. It turned out that the gap between the two levels was so huge!

But then again——

"19 souls, do you know how many Miss JKs would have to be killed for that?"

Mizutani Makoto sighed deeply.

This crappy game, and the soul count requirement, seemed to be right within his reach.

Strictly speaking, he can actually get a lot of souls now.

However, his daily output is actually only around 3K - this is because his combat power has improved recently and he has become more and more proficient in the routes, so he crossed the 3000 soul threshold for the first time yesterday.

why?

time.

At present, Mizutani Makoto has not yet opened all the maps of the private Hiiragigaoka Academy, but there are so many places to farm souls that it makes him feel liver pain.

If he could lick all the monster spawning locations that have been opened now, he estimated that he could gain 7,000 to 8,000 soul points at a time. If he could fully swipe the three exploration opportunities in a day, the souls he would gain would definitely be more than 20,000.

The reason is simple - there are too many strange things.