I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

When they arrived at the entrance of the abandoned zoo, it was only early evening, at most around 7 or 8 pm, not midnight.

And this date...

"I remember now, Takagawa-kun!"

As an intelligence agent!

Detective Fujiwara is quite a genius and beautiful girl; her memory is undoubtedly amazing!

"October 8th is the day those six boys and girls went missing!!"

He also took out his phone.

The girl had taken photos of all the information she had collected and stored them in an album. In addition, there were also TXT versions of the information in plain text, as well as chat logs and other documents. She even carried paper files with her.

It was said to be to prevent unexpected situations, and it turned out to be very reliable, Fujiwara-kun!

"Um……"

The disappearance happened more than a week ago, so is it a "back in time"?

Gao Chuanlong seemed to have thought of something.

And just then, suddenly, the figure of a girl appeared in the distance.

She was wearing a school uniform, had neat shoulder-length short hair, was petite, and had a fairly cute appearance, but her face was now deathly pale.

Upon seeing the three of them, it immediately turned and tried to run away like a startled rabbit, but it tripped and fell. However, it still tried desperately to escape, using both its hands and feet.

Megumi Aishima.

One of the three missing girls.

Gao Chuanlong recognized the other party's identity in an instant, therefore.

"Don't be nervous, classmate."

Almost instantly, they arrived in front of the other party.

The girl, who was running away headlong, bumped into herself and fell to the ground. She instinctively wanted to scream, but as if she remembered something, she immediately covered her mouth, her eyes filled with desperate tears.

is a living person.

It is not a case of possession.

There are no problems with his physical condition.

Almost instantly, he used the [Transparent World] to look her over from the inside out.

After this confirmation.

Gao Chuanlong immediately and skillfully took out his ID from his pocket and waved it in front of the girl.

"You've encountered a paranormal event, haven't you, Aishima-san? We're from the Public Security Bureau's Anti-Demon Special Division, here to handle this."

"..."

ha?

Fujiwara Chika, who had followed him, looked at Takagawa Takayuki, who was clearly lying, and thought to herself, "Wow, the boy is too skilled at this!"

They even carry those fake official documents with them at all times!

It is not a forgery.

This is a necessary part of the job. It's normal to encounter ordinary people who get caught up in incidents. So, you have to rely on your official status to make them obey and to get more information.

Chizuru Minamoto seemed quite adept at this.

It even went so far as to show off its fox ears and tail.

This caused the girl named Aishima Megumi to widen her eyes in disbelief, but the fear on her face did indeed subside considerably.

"you……"

She glanced at the boy carrying a guitar case, then at the stunningly beautiful fox girl in a shrine maiden outfit standing to the side.

Fujiwara Chika, wearing an oddly shaped detective hat, was completely ignored.

"Woo!"

She burst into tears.

These are emotions that ordinary people would normally experience, and Gao Chuanlong was still very adept at it. While comforting the other party, he quickly began to extract information from her.

And then I found out...

More rules about this ghost story.

The search for the body will never end until it is found.

Specifically, this manifests as follows.

Everyone who dies will return to midnight on Tuesday, October 8th, and appear in this abandoned zoo.

"You've been trapped here for almost half a month?"

"Yes."

"Didn't they find the body?"

According to the "Visitor Guidelines" obtained upon entry, the body was divided into eight parts and hidden in various enclosures of the zoo.

Even for ordinary people, after so many days, is there really no progress at all?

In this regard.

Aishima Megumi shook her head, and then said something quite terrifying.

Because they discovered that even if you were killed inside, you wouldn't truly die, but would constantly revive.

So, although you can't leave the zoo, you can actually "do whatever you want" inside.

Of the three boys, two of them teamed up and started bullying the girls, while the other boy, in order to protect his girlfriend, completely parted ways with the others.

That leaves Aishima Megumi and another girl.

Just then...

"Michiko was just caught by them, those two bastards, they...they...they... Waaah..."

And this isn't the first time.

It's unclear how many similar cycles have occurred here, so the search for the corpses has made absolutely no progress.

"What the hell?! That's such a scumbag!"

Chika Fujiwara provided the summary that everyone had in mind.

Shouldn't everyone be working together to clear the game? Internal strife is one thing, but this is completely...

Takagawa Takayuki was no stranger to this.

After all, they're not professionals, so it's normal for something like this to happen.

"If this continues, won't it last for months, or even years..."

Fujiwara Chika considered even more terrifying possibilities, but these were not possibilities; they were facts.

"Besides the six of you, is there any girl named Melly in the zoo?"

"Have."

"where is she?"

"I don't know. She said she would rescue us and that she had already found people to help, but every time we respawned, she was the first to leave..."

The more he spoke, the more excited he became.

sudden.

Aishima Megumi stared wide-eyed at the three of them, muttering to herself.

"No...no...no!!"

"The search for the body can only involve six people... No... She's not human, and neither are you! Not human!!"

"Humans don't stay together; humans are solitary animals. You are not human!!!"

She started crying and screaming.

It even faintly emitted the bleating of a goat, and then, as if it had gone mad, it fled into the darkness in the distance.

This time, Gao Chuanlong didn't chase after her, because her last sentence was very intriguing.

Humans are solitary animals.

Is it a rule?

It wasn't written in the "Visitor Guidelines" I received upon entering...

"Takagawa-kun, are we going to separate too?"

"Seriously, what does 'people don't stay together' mean? What am I if not a person? Am I a rabbit...?"

!!!

Suddenly, I seemed to sense something.

Fujiwara Chika suddenly felt a moment of mental confusion, then realized that the boy had moved away from her and was looking at her with a puzzled expression.

"keep distance."

I felt it myself just now.

Am I not human, or am I an elephant?

That momentary distortion, without a doubt, was definitely influenced by ghost stories.

"Ten... fifteen meters... um, that's a safe distance."

The distortion disappeared.

It is a continuous erosion on the spiritual level.

"Fujiwara-san, you and Chizuru will be working together from now on."

"Eh?!"

Didn't you say you couldn't be together?!

Yes, the big fox is still right beside me, looking over with a bewildered expression, as if it has no idea what just happened.

"Chizuru is not human!"

Detective Fujiwara has discovered the key point!

That's definitely true, because Minamoto Chizuru is a fox god! Foxes aren't human, are they?!

"Then, for now, let's split up and search for the bodies in different areas."

quickly.

Takagawa Takayuki parted ways with the two girls.

Then, under the cover of night, I walked towards a certain direction of the zoo, following a somewhat dilapidated gravel path for a long time.

finally.

I spotted a wooden sign by the roadside that read "Giraffe House".

But this is not the point.

The key point is that Gao Chuanlong spotted Mei Li's furtive figure peeking inside from behind the wooden fence outside the venue.

The girl's dark gold hair and incredibly porcelain-white skin were especially eye-catching under the moonlight.

"Merry?"

"Ah! It's Takagawa-san!!"

She heard her own voice calling her, but she just stood there, keeping her distance and with her back to her.

?

Why are you facing away?

"You've finally arrived... I knew it! Takagawa-kun is the so-called... ah, professional, right!!"