I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

The old woman changed the subject, revealing a wide smile with her rotten teeth.

"As long as you complete the ritual of bowing to the right, you can help A share the burden of that curse. That should be alright, right? You're kind-hearted, you wouldn't just watch A be tormented like that forever."

"spread."

He pulled out a dirty mirror from his pocket; the surface was covered with black mud and talismans.

The old woman hung the mirror on the wall next to it, and then began to peel off the talisman paper on its surface little by little.

"Come on, young man, let's do it together. Consider it as helping A share some of the burden."

He patiently and persuasively guided them.

Under the "hypnotic curse" on the phone, the other party is guided by language to perform a ritual of bowing to the right.

This is an old woman's method that never fails.

If the boy were to actually do such a thing, he would undoubtedly die, after all, the being summoned through this ritual was—

"I do not want."

"Eh?"

The boy in front of him was looking at him like he was an idiot.

"After saying all that, as long as we don't go through this kind of ritual, everything will be fine."

"That's what they say, but Mr. A really..."

"He's just being stupid."

"..."

What the heck? My hypnosis didn't work at all?!

"And also, grandma, hypnosis phone apps and stuff like that, which are ranked third in the final fantasy of otaku, how could they possibly be real? Don't take the emojis that the group members post seriously."

"Although the cat that is ranked number one will turn into a cat girl, and the other world that is ranked number two are definitely real."

What strange things are you talking about?!

What catgirl isekai? I've never even heard of that before!

"And most importantly, the ritual you just mentioned is wrong; the creatures summoned are not authentic at all."

"Eh?"

"To prevent idiots from doing something reckless, the official procedure was hidden. The actual [right bow] should be..."

Suddenly, Gao Chuanlong started muttering to himself.

It was incredibly fine.

Almost inaudible, like a murmur from a distant, deep, dark depth.

"どうして...どうして...どうして..."

【why? 】

Why why why why why why…

The sound gradually reached the old woman's ears. She saw the boy's head swaying slightly from side to side, like the hour hand of a clock, mechanically going back and forth.

The body also began to exhibit a distorted posture.

The hands were clearly performing a prayer, yet there was an unusually eerie feeling about them.

His face was expressionless.

It seemed that even his eyes were gradually becoming empty. Suddenly, in a strange posture, he bowed deeply while turning his head to look at the mirror hanging on the wall.

Then, the inside reflected that lifeless face.

"Snapped"!

The shopping mall, which was brightly lit by the afternoon sun, was suddenly plunged into complete darkness.

In the mirror.

Black sludge began to overflow.

The old woman, who was a curse caster, sensed something in that instant.

That was a bone-chilling cold that welled up from the depths of one's heart.

My limbs and body began to tremble, and in the corner of my vision, behind one of my shoulders, something emerged.

That was a woman's spirit with her hair down.

She was right behind me, sticking her head out over my shoulder.

His face was covered with talismans, densely packed, layer upon layer, mottled and old, now falling off one by one silently.

"Why, why, why, why..."

The woman's voice gradually synchronized with the boy's voice.

even.

It was also slightly swaying its head.

Not sisters!

The old woman, a curse caster, couldn't understand why the spirit, summoned by the boy through a ritual, was targeting her!

"The spirit summoned by this ritual is quite malevolent. It will slowly toy with the cursed person, curse and kill everyone around them, and drive them step by step into the abyss of fear."

The boy's calm voice came from the darkness.

but.

The current situation has nothing to do with that. The reason why [Spirit] went directly to the old woman who was a curse master was simply because—

She was afraid of powerful people, so she pretended not to see herself.

That's it.

Chapter Sixty: This is a multinational corporation!

When the mall was illuminated from darkness, the old woman, who was a curse master, had already died of fright.

Her face was deathly pale, her eyes were wide open, her mouth full of rotten teeth was agape, and she fell hard to the ground with a dull thud that was somewhat frightening.

"Boom"!

The sound startled Xia Youjie slightly.

"what."

Gao Chuanlong looked at the black-haired boy standing not far away. He had originally thought he was "next," but it turned out he wasn't.

"Students at the Sorcery Academy."

The other person was wearing a school uniform, a style I recognized.

Because Kyoto also has a high school specializing in sorcery.

"Could you please contact the authorities to come and clean up the mess? Two people have already died."

"..."

There's one more.

Xia Youjie pursed his lips. He had actually wanted to use his contracted [Spirit] to devour this curse master, but he didn't expect Gao Chuanlong to be even more ruthless.

White teeth.

And they summoned something extraordinary, a top-tier (S-rank) one, right?

and.

It seems quite special.

The spirit that the boy had just summoned through the ritual had not left; it remained on the wall of the corridor, in the mirror that had just been hung up.

The woman, dressed in pure white burial clothes, with her long black hair disheveled and her face covered in talismans, stared blankly at something while slightly swaying her head.

It's as if it's about to climb out of the mirror at any moment.

"It's okay, this guy will walk away on his own soon."

As the one who summoned the curse through a ritual, Takagawa Takayuki spoke without any awareness of his own limitations.

But that's not the problem at all!

Can't we just let this dangerous spirit go?! More people will be killed because of her, won't we?! Why don't we get rid of her here?!

and.

If we could subdue it...

Xia Youjie is a sorcerer who possesses an innate ability called "Spirit Manipulation," which allows him to contract an unlimited number of spirits and control them completely at will, with unique uses for it...

For Xia Youjie, who is still a college student, this is a new chapter in his life.

Being able to obtain "S" grade or higher [spirits] through the Spell Manipulation Technique is certainly a very powerful aid.

Having discerned the other party's thoughts, Gao Chuanlong simply shook his head and said...

"This guy is special, let's forget about him."

"?"

"This is a collection of [spirits]."

Throughout history, there have been similar legends around the world about rituals that summon non-human beings.

In modern times, they have become even more bizarre and varied.

Ouija board, spirit board, fox spirit, dog spirit, spirit board...

And all sorts of strange methods that claim to allow one to see "spirits".

Peeling an apple or combing your hair in front of a mirror at midnight;

He lay down in a bathtub filled with water at 3 a.m.

Place rice at the crossroads and insert three incense sticks in between;

Three people stood in a corner of an empty square room, blindfolded, and then began to walk in circles along the corners of the room, trying to tap the next person on the shoulder.

Countless similar stories exist around the world.

include.

The "bow to the right" that the old woman just mentioned is actually the same type of thing.

The non-human beings they summon can be collectively referred to as "spirits seen during death rituals".

Those killed by it become part of it, creating a continuous cycle—just like the previous "Suicide Game".

only.

If we say that the "Suicide Game" is a newly emerging "company" that only became famous because of the development of the Internet, but has long been outdated and faded from people's sight.

[The ritual of courting death] is much more serious.

It's no exaggeration to call it a multinational corporation with a history spanning thousands of years, and it remains popular and well-known around the world to this day.

Most people, even those who haven't specifically researched horror-related topics, have heard of similar rituals to some extent.

They even developed their own "branches" due to different regions—the one that Takagawa Takayuki has just summoned is an "employee" of the [Death Ritual Japan Branch].

under these circumstances.

"There are too many employees in the company that performs the 'Death Ritual,' so it's impossible to kill them all. Therefore, the best approach is to hide the actual ritual steps from the public."

"..."

"As long as people don't know the real ritual process, they naturally won't summon its employees. In a sense, this dangerous collection of spirits will be rendered harmless."

Is that how it is?

Xia Youjie smirked, feeling that the boy in front of him, who seemed to be about his own age, spoke with surprising maturity...

Weird!