A young love story that started with exorcism

Takahashi Takumi looked around and saw only a vast expanse of black fog. He had no choice but to try to use words to provoke it to appear.

"Do you want to see me so badly?"

Chapter 16 GOD

"Pa, pa, pa..." Slow applause came from the sky.

A figure stepped down from the black fog. His footsteps in the air made no sound at all, but every step was like the beating of a drum, making Takahashi Takumi's heart almost jump out of his chest.

Finally, they reached the same level and stopped seven steps in front of Takahashi Takumi.

At this time, Takahashi Takumi and the other two saw the man's appearance clearly. He was a middle-aged bald man with a Nordic race and medieval clothing, with an inexplicable smile on his lips.

"What's wrong? Are my clothes weird? I just got here not long ago, and these clothes are from the previous world."

At this time, Yukinoshita Yukino finally mustered up the courage to stand up and ask: "Who are you? What did you do to me? Why did you do this?"

"Wow~ You're so polite, little girl." The bald man was unmoved, and after bowing and waving his hands, he said pretentiously:

"I'm new here, so I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Gaunt O'Dimm, a wanderer unknown to anyone. First of all, let me make a correction. All of this is done according to your request. Have you forgotten what you said that night?"

This man named Gaunt O'Dimm seemed polite, but his eyes were always looking at the small animals.

"Gaunter O'Dimm? Gaunter O'Dimm, GOD? You...?" Yukinoshita Yukino pondered his name secretly, and quickly shook her head to get rid of the bad thoughts in her mind.

"I just imagined turning into a cat in my dream, but I didn't really want to turn into a cat. You can't take dreams seriously. And I didn't ask you to help me, I'm sure..."

"Are you talking about this?" Gaunt O'Dimm stretched out his hand and a black cat appeared on his palm. "This is just a window I set aside, an eye to observe the world.

And whether you take it seriously or not is not up to you, but up to me. I take it seriously, and I am about to realize it. Soon you will become this black cat, and I will take over your body.

It was a chance encounter, a contract in a dream, and I also reached the final step of the contract in my dream. This was also my first time playing like this, and although it was troublesome, it was just the limitations of this world, and the result was not bad.

"You're bullying me, aren't you? How can you take dreams seriously?" Yotsuya Miko boldly chimed in. Seeing that Gaunt O'Dimm was able to communicate, she pleaded, "A big shot like you, please don't embarrass us."

"Hahaha," Gaunt O'Dimm laughed, clutching his stomach. "I didn't expect someone with such a pure clairvoyant eye to be so naive..."

At that moment, Takahashi Takumi commanded his Stand's steel-chain fingers to launch a sudden attack. Gunter O'Dimm was perfectly within range. Was he doing this intentionally or accidentally? However, this guy had been specifically emphasizing Yotsuya Miko's eyes and his own soul from the beginning. It seemed that this situation wouldn't be resolved through dialogue today.

The first to strike is the strongest, the last to strike will suffer. Right now, the enemy is strong and we are weak, but if we don't strike, we will only wait for death, so we can only gamble everything.

"Ali!" The steel chain finger burst out with a speed that exceeded panel A, and even an afterimage appeared on the spot. The real body had appeared in front of Gaunt O'Dimm and suddenly threw a punch.

However, the punch stopped in front of Gaunt O'Dimm, and the steel chain fingers did not move.

"Finally taking action? I was wondering how long you could hold back." Gaunt O'Dimm carefully examined the steel-chain fingers of the blue-white armored body. "What a strange spiritual entity! The ability to slice through space like a zipper is truly eye-opening."

The steel chain finger was actually imprisoned. Although he didn't understand how Gunter O'Dimm did it, Takahashi Takumi knew that his methods had no power in front of it. They were not on the same level at all. It was easier for a chicken to kill him than to be killed.

But then I thought, if he's so strong, why would he do that kind of boring trick on Yukinoshita Yukino? Why? He said he just arrived here, the clothes of the previous world, the limitations of that world; could it be that he crossed over from another world?

Unlike other travelers who traveled through time passively, he traveled through time actively. His strength was unquestionable, but he should also be subject to constraints. Are there any limits to his strength?

Contract, yes, it’s a contract!

Takahashi Takumi suddenly realized that this might be a good place to start, so he spoke:

"Gaunt O'Dimm, you, the great man, just mentioned the contract in your dream. Since it's a contract, why not show it to us and see if it's exactly as you described?"

"Yes, you have been talking to yourself all the time. What contract is this, you are the one who lied to us about it?" Yotsuya Miko saw that the stand's sneak attack failed, and when she was about to despair, she heard Takahashi Takumi's words, and she didn't think about whether it was useful or not, so she just followed his words, as if this would be the only way to calm her wildly beating heart a little.

Yukinoshita Yukino also nodded and said, "I don't remember when I signed the contract. I can't stop this big shot from doing anything, but please don't insult my intelligence."

Gaunt O'Dimm said nonchalantly, "A dream contract is naturally signed in a dream, and the form of signing is determined by me. Even a verbal contract counts."

"You are cheating!" Yukinoshita Yukino was shocked and angry, knowing that she had suffered an unexpected disaster. Who could have imagined that she would become like this just by going out for a walk and petting a cat? Tears rolled in her eyes, and she grabbed the corner of her clothes with her hands in humiliation and powerlessness, "I'm sorry, Takahashi-san, Yotsuya-san, I'm responsible for you all."

"It's so boring to play with other people's lives. Don't you have anything else to do if you are so bored? I want you to let her go. Tell me what you want and I will take it." Takahashi Takumi was helpless at this time. Is this Gunter O'Dimm a dimensional demon or an evil god? He looks like a fun-loving person. Moreover, Takahashi Takumi knew that he and Yotsuya Miko had been targeted by him. If they didn't solve it together, none of them would survive.

"Well, since you said so, I can't but give you a chance. I lost the bet in the last world, so I can make another bet with you. You two will be included in the bet, and if I lose, I will let her go." Gaunt O'Dimm said to Takahashi Takumi and Yotsuya Miko with a smug smile.

"Don't"

Although Yukinoshita Yukino is very desperate now, she doesn't want Takahashi Takumi and Yotsuya Miko to fall into the same desperate situation because of her.

"Don't worry, Yotsuya-san and I have been targeted now. He even has methods like dream contracts. Once we are targeted, retreating is a dead end. We have no choice but to fight hard." These words were meant to comfort Yukinoshita Yukino and to explain the current situation to Yotsuya Miko.

Although Yotsuya Miko was also very scared, she did not retreat at this time.

"Well, I believe Takahashi-kun will find a way."

Ever since being rescued by Takumi Takahashi, Yotsuya Miko has trusted him very much, and when she saw the greedy look in Gunter O'Dimm's eyes, she knew that he would not let her go easily. In this situation, agreeing to the bet is the best choice.

After the three of them reached a consensus, Takahashi Takumi turned to Gaunt O'Dimm and said:

"So how do you bet?"

Chapter 17 The Devil's Game

"I was very confident in my last puzzle, but I didn't expect someone to find the answer. Now I'm going to do it again, although I've made some minor changes. It's impossible for such a good puzzle to be solved twice in a row.

Listen carefully, I will tell you once, the puzzle is:

Everything in the world is related to me, but some people are afraid to avoid it;

Caressing and playing with you will make you lose your mind, but no attack can hurt me;

Children are happy when they see me, elders are afraid of me, and girls stare at me intently;

If you cry, I cry too; if you yawn, I fall asleep too; if you show your teeth, I smile with pride.]”

After hearing the riddle, Takahashi Takumi had no time to think about it. The surrounding scene suddenly changed. The black fog quickly dissipated, and he found himself on a small sunken platform with Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino. The platform was about ten square meters, paved with stone slabs, with five steps leading up to the edge. Outside, there were giant stone slabs standing in a forest, surrounding the area where the three of them were.

Suddenly, Gaunt O'Dimm's voice rang out during class: "If you can solve the puzzle before this hourglass runs out, you'll win. Otherwise...use your brains!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a giant glazed hourglass appeared above the three people's heads, and the timer started instantly. Seeing that the sand in the hourglass had become a thin line, it was estimated that it would be finished in an hour, so they had to find the answer within an hour.

"What should I do? I haven't finished memorizing all the puzzles." Yotsuya Miko was looking at the hourglass so anxiously that tears were about to fall.

Yukinoshita Yukino turned around and observed the situation around her and said, "It's okay, I've written it all down."

Is this the academic master? Takahashi Takumi said that he didn't remember it either, and the three of them quickly discussed the answer to the puzzle.

Yukinoshita Yukino finally regained some spirits at this time, and said confidently: "I think it's a mirror. [If you cry, I cry too; if you yawn, I fall asleep too; if you show your teeth, I smile proudly too] This is obviously looking in the mirror; and if it's a mirror, then the above few sentences make sense."

"Yes, the answer is a mirror," Yotsuya Miko shouted at the hourglass above. But there was no response. "No response, could it be wrong?"

"To find the answer to the mystery, perhaps it's to find a mirror in this space."

Takahashi Takumi walked up the steps and looked around. The nearest circle of giant stone slabs consisted of eight, arranged in a regular octagonal pattern. Between each slab was a door-sized gap, and behind each gap was another circle of giant stone slabs.

This can probably be described as a Bagua maze made up of giant stone slabs, and Takahashi Takumi and the other two are now in the center of the maze.

"What should we do? Should we split up and look for it?" Yukinoshita Yukino was undecided for a moment when facing the maze, and the tall figure of Takumi Takahashi gave her a sense of security, so she asked subconsciously.

"I don't know if there's any danger in the maze. That Gaunt O'Dimm isn't kind enough to let us go in and find things safely. Who knows what unexpected dangers may arise? It's not safe to stay here either. It's better for the three of us to act together." Takahashi Takumi could clearly feel the oppressive feeling from the giant stone slabs surrounding him, and he could not let Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino act alone.

After reaching a consensus, the three of them immediately set out to make their move. The eight gaps formed the eight entrances. In this space, it was impossible to tell north from south, or east from west. Takahashi Takumi chose an entrance and headed for it, followed closely by Yukinoshita Yukino and Yotsuya Miko.

At the entrance, Takumi Takahashi summoned his steel chain fingers and drew a conspicuous arrow on the floor as a mark to avoid confusion with other entrances.

Once you get to the entrance, you're blocked by another giant stone slab. Between the two circles of stone slabs, there's a path wide enough for two cars to drive side by side. You have to choose which way to go.

The three decided to go from the left. There was no obstruction on the road. The second circle of giant stone slabs was much longer than the first circle, so it was a larger regular octagon inside the regular octagon in the inner circle.

When Takahashi Takumi and the other two arrived at an entrance to the second circle, two sounds of breaking through the air suddenly shot down from the giant stone slabs on both sides.

"Be careful"

Fortunately, Takumi Takahashi did not let his guard down. He stretched out his hands to protect the two women behind him, and immediately summoned his steel chain fingers, and with two "dang dang" punches, he knocked down the two hidden weapons.

Looking at the short arrow dropped on the ground, it was actually shot from a mechanism between the two stone slabs at the entrance.

"WOW, he actually dodged it. By the way, the short arrow is covered with poison. It's deadly on impact. What a lucky little guy."

Gaunt O'Dimm's annoying voice mocked him again.

"There is actually a hidden mechanism, how insidious," Takahashi Takumi cursed inwardly. Fortunately, crossbows and poisons were common goods at that time and posed no threat to the steel chain fingers, otherwise he would have really suffered from his mistake.

After that, the third period was uneventful, but in the fourth circle, a door appeared where the entrance should have been, and this door seemed a little familiar.

Yukinoshita Yukino also recognized it, "Isn't this the door of my house? Why is it here?"

"What should we do? Should we go in? If it's Yukinoshita's house, is there a mirror inside?" Yotsuya Miko said hopefully.

Takahashi Takumi couldn't understand why the door of Yukinoshita Yukino's house appeared here, but now was not the time to hesitate. With a thought, he stood beside him with his steel chain fingers and reached out to open the door.

It really was the living room of Yukinoshita Yukino's house, but Takahashi Takumi immediately noticed the difference. There were no other rooms except the living room. The original room doors and the connected kitchen were gone, leaving only the living room, and there was a large sofa in it.

At this moment, that annoying voice sounded again: "Haha, we're back home, why not take a rest? There's still a lot of time anyway."

Rest, can you sleep at this time?

Yukinoshita Yukino also found that there was nothing in the living room except the sofa, so she pushed the door open and walked out. Takahashi Takumi and Yotsuya Miko quickly followed.

"It seems that this maze has only four circles, and the mirror is probably located in the fourth circle. We will find it soon if we follow the path of this circle." Yukinoshita Yukino seemed to see through the layout of the maze, and said with eyes full of fighting spirit.

"Great, let's go quickly." Yotsuya Miko was also infected by Yukinoshita Yukino's emotions and urged.

Takahashi Takumi frowned. Is it really that simple, or is it just setting up some dangers on the road?

The three of them began to move forward quickly along the fourth circle in a counterclockwise direction.

"Bang!" A puff of green smoke suddenly erupted from the ground ahead, startling the three. The smoke then transformed into a grayish-white evil spirit with a pointed hat on its head, a festering and hideous face, and a lantern in its left hand.

"Ahhh" Yukinoshita Yukino and Yotsuya Miko both screamed and stepped back in fear.

"Swish" the evil spirit pulled out a tetanus sword covered with blood and rust in his right hand, and disappeared on the spot in a flash.

What is it doing? A sneak attack!

As a child of the sixth generation, Takumi Takahashi naturally knew what this guy was going to do. He was sure that he would suddenly appear beside him and stab his kidney with a sword.

Sure enough, the evil spirit appeared behind Takahashi Takumi with green smoke coming out of it, and stabbed him in the kidney with a tricky sword.

Takahashi Takumi, who had been prepared, could not let him succeed. He dodged the attack with a very nimble turn, and before he could swing the second sword, his steel chain fingers and fists bombarded him like a storm.

As expected, the evil spirit was beaten to ashes on the spot, leaving only a handful of dust caught by the steel chain fingers.

“Vulnerable”

Yukino Yukinoshita and Miko Yotsuya were shocked when they saw that the evil spirit was defeated by Takahashi Takumi as soon as it attacked.

"Let's go quickly, we don't know how much time is left."

Chapter 18: Castling

Soon the three of them arrived at the fourth circle, which was supposed to be the entrance. Sure enough, there was no entrance. Instead, there was a cave with faint candlelight flickering inside.

Takahashi Takumi didn't care whether there was danger inside or not, and had to go in anyway.

Piles of gold, silver, and jewelry littered the cave floor, and unknown gemstones shone brilliantly in the candlelight. The deeper one went, the more valuable the jewelry seemed.

I reached out to a jewelry box and took out a silver-white and crystal clear necklace. The gems on it seemed to be some kind of metal, emitting bursts of fluorescence. It felt warm to the touch. If I gave it to my sweetheart as a token of love, I believe no one would refuse it.

At this time, Gaunt O'Dimm spoke up again:

"What a good eye! This necklace is called Twilight Star. It was a token of love given from a human prince to an elf princess in a certain world.

The brightness of the Evening Star neither increases nor decreases; it remains eternal and unchanging.

Unfortunately, this is a replica I made with the same materials and craftsmanship. Do you want to give it to the woman behind you? How about two women sharing one necklace? There are better jewels inside. Let's find another one."

Yukinoshita Yukino and Yotsuya Miko, who were standing behind him, looked at the necklace on Takahashi Takumi's hand and were instantly attracted by it. Seeing their greedy eyes gradually growing, Takahashi Takumi flipped his hand and threw the necklace far away, and shouted a warning:

"Wake up, there's something strange in this cave, let's get out quickly"

The three of them rushed out of the cave in a panic. Takahashi Takumi said with lingering fear: "The things in the cave have some kind of greed that makes people degenerate. Fortunately, we didn't go in for long, otherwise we might have gone deeper and deeper and never got out."

"Is that so?" Yotsuya Kenko was also frightened when she heard it, and turned her head away with a shy look on her face. Qiehao also saw Yukinoshita Yukino doing the same thing, and both of them couldn't help but blush.

"Ouch!" The two girls' ears were suddenly grabbed by Takumi Takahashi, and they grimaced in pain.

Takahashi Takumi said angrily: "Why are you two blushing? Go to the next place quickly and don't let it affect your spirit."

The pain treatment was indeed effective, and Yotsuya Miko and Yukinoshita Yukino both regained consciousness. At this moment, Yukinoshita Yukino said worriedly as they walked, "I think that bald man is deliberately delaying us. Let's hurry up."

Indeed, this fourth round took about fifteen minutes based on the two locations just mentioned. There are probably six more locations left, so it will take almost an hour to complete the search.

There will definitely be traps set by Gaunt O'Dimm along the way, so it depends on luck? Is guessing the riddle based on luck?