I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

Amidst the thick, long hair, pale faces emerged, along with empty, lifeless eyes that opened and closed.

no doubt.

The uncle wasn't a fellow professional at all; he was a "spirit."

"You... brat... how... did you find out?!"

"you guess."

"Then die! Perfect, your body looks pretty good!!"

……

A few minutes later.

Looking at the "uncle" who had been dismembered into eight pieces by Takagawa Ryu, and who died like a bloody mess because the coffin had been completely destroyed.

Hayasaka Ai smirked.

Still, I don't understand exactly what happened.

"That's how this industry is; battles always come unexpectedly."

The boy, his face covered in blood, still spoke softly.

However, his appearance under the night sky was rather frightening.

"Even so, do you still want to join, Hayasaka-san?"

"I……"

"It's okay, think about it again. This is the most important thing in your life. After all... you might really be called [Ai Takagawa] in the future."

!!!

Don't always say strange things that are easy to misunderstand when you're being serious!

"Takagawa-kun, just now... what exactly was he?"

Hayasaka Ai refers to the "older man" who is already dead.

Is it 【灵】?

But why did he seem like an ordinary person just now, even calling himself a colleague or something?

"【Those who have possessed bodies】."

Takakawa Ryu spoke casually.

"Most of the spirits are not mentally sharp, or their way of thinking is completely different from that of normal people, but there are also exceptionally intelligent ones, even more intelligent than humans."

"Then at some point, a very clever spirit took over a human body and successfully lived in human society, slowly increasing the number of its companions, and eventually became the 'Possession Group'."

The boy spoke of it casually.

But Hayasaka found it quite terrifying. Didn't this mean that the people around her might be spirits at any moment?!

what the hell!

It sounds like some kind of "pseudo-human" horror tale popular overseas!

"Don't worry, even the weakest spirit cannot possess an ordinary person's body, because it would collapse under its power."

"Just like that one before..."

"Yes."

Hayasaka Ai had heard Takagawa Ryu talk about the meat slices in "Ryomen Sukuna".

So it came to mind right away.

"However, Su Nuo's situation is a little different. His body has been destroyed, but his power and consciousness remain in his finger. Because he is so strong, he can take over the body of the person who ate his finger."

"In short, the [Body-Snatchers] only take over the bodies of spirit mediums, and the more powerful their peers are, the more they like them."

what……

This is the danger the boy was talking about.

Once you embark on this path, you will not only face the curse of the spirit, but also all sorts of strange and bizarre things.

Hayasaka Ai felt an almost instinctive chill in her heart.

"So, think it over again. You really need to think it through."

The boy continued to say the same thing.

then……

"What are you doing?"

"Looting the bag."

"??!"

"Ah, I found it."

He found what he wanted in the completely shattered body of the one who had possessed the old man's spirit from who-knows-where.

A small box sealed with talismans.

Hayasaka Ai looked familiar.

Sure enough, when the boy opened the box, he found several charred and twisted pieces of meat inside.

That is.

The "finger fragments" of the Ryomen Sukuna.

"As expected, these guys are still collecting Sukuna's fingers and pieces of flesh."

Are they trying to revive [Ryomen Sukuna]?

"do not know."

Takakawa Ryu answered very readily.

Previously, he had obtained the five Su Nuo fingers from the [Soul-Stealing Beings], but he himself did not know their true purpose.

K……

……

"But they probably came here to recruit Zijian Tongzi."

"The possessors will seek out powerful [spirits] in exchange for finding suitable bodies for them, completing the possession process, and successfully integrating into human society, in order to win them over as companions."

It's casual.

I sat down on one of the benches by the roadside.

Takagawa Ryu invited Hayasaka Ai to rest together, showing no intention of entering the ruins of Hachioji Castle in front of them.

Aren't we going in?

"Don't go."

"But Kaguya-san and the others aren't inside..."

"It's okay, I'm just on vacation."

real or fake?

Hayasaka Ai now feels that it's hard to completely believe what Takagawa Takayuki says.

"Well... the main thing is... it's unnecessary, you know, it really isn't necessary..."

This is even more suspicious!

What do you mean by "unnecessary"?!

That so-called "tourism" is definitely not that simple!!

And at the same time...

……

The rushing sound of the waterfall is especially clear in the dead of night.

Kaguya Shinomiya could sense it.

A chilling coldness ran through my feet, because I was standing in the water.

In front.

They were shadowy figures, countless black shadows dressed in white.

I am one of them.

There are also Shijou Maki and Fujiwara Chika.

Turning your head slightly, you can see two other girls standing not far away.

but.

Unable to speak.

Unable to move, I could only stand motionless in the water.

Shijo looked terrified, almost on the verge of tears, but somehow she was strangely adorable. It even made you want to keep teasing her!

Fujiwara... Fujiwara, are you asleep?! With your eyes closed and head drooping, how can you possibly be asleep at a time like this?!

It is indeed very late now...

Head hurts.

Kaguya Shinomiya felt a headache coming on.

Recalling what happened before, after the girl in white was killed by mounted samurai, those samurai were then killed by a female warrior in white wielding a naginata.

The Toyotomi army is attacking! Quickly seek refuge at the citadel!

The female warriors, who were nothing more than shadows, said this.

Then, he led the others through the mountains and forests, along the stone-paved mountain path, towards the distant castle tower.

The firelight and crimson blood along the way were intertwined, devoid of any of the aesthetic appeal typically found in "war movies".

In the woods.

Groups of two or three samurai and foot soldiers suddenly appear, either killing the woman wielding the naginata or being killed by her.

They had experienced countless similar battles along the way.

Unknowingly.

Kaguya Shinomiya found herself standing here.

what.

Having experienced something similar before, the girl probably understood that this was, in a sense, a "scene reenactment".

It's like being treated as a victim in the basement and needing to escape.

So what needs to be done next is actually—

Suicide?!

What happened to the promised trip?! What kind of trip is this?!

Chapter Thirty: Please Don't Forget Us

There was a "boom" sound.

In a daze, the girl saw the dark figure at the very front cut off her own head with a knife.

Subsequently.

The body and head fell down the waterfall together.

Blood gushed from his neck, staining the originally cold water red.

One by one.

The shadowy figure repeated this behavior.