After dealing with Tou Shanyan and releasing the strangers trapped in the inner world, Kamiyagawa's life has become much more relaxed recently.
Even the young co-master of ghosts and gods needs a rest.
These days, his main activities in the inner world are more leisurely. They mainly clean up the remaining mobs and explore the map. When he is tired, he hangs up in the spirit dojo in Takamagahara to gain proficiency in [Spirit Control Technique].
The sea of trees in Aokigahara is so big that it will probably take a lot of time to clear out the main exploration missions.
In addition, while doing the exploration mission, Kamiya would also take Fu Bao and the little old man to look for minerals at the mark of the [Aokigahara Mineral Deposit Map (Inside World)].
[Aokigahara Mineral Deposit Map (no rating for special props): A map marking the location of a special mineral deposit in Aokigahara. The map itself is the key prop to unlock the mineral deposit. ]
This mineral deposit map should be a good thing, but it is too abstract.
Kamiya has yet to find the correct corresponding location of the marker point in the sea of trees.
But this is not a big problem.
[Aokigahara Sea of Trees] is big, but the area will not increase. If you spend more time looking for it with a mineral map, you will always find it.
As for the real world, it was rare for Kamiyagawa to live a normal male high school life for a few days.
However, he did not relax in his daily physical exercise. He also found time to ride a ghost horse to the special investigation and countermeasures room to practice gun shooting.
Then I chatted with Onizuka Miko on line every day to connect with each other, and at the same time, I also asked for some theoretical knowledge related to Japanese mythology.
Since acquiring "The Fragmented Divine Remains of Konohana Kaiyahime", Kamiyagawa has begun to consciously understand Japanese mythology.
Also, taking advantage of his recent free time, his plan to move to a new home finally started to be implemented.
Because there are more and more shikigami monsters under his command, and several of them like to do activities at home, Kamiyagawa has long wanted to move to a new home.
Recently, I have been actively looking for houses for rent or for sale near Tokyo that are extremely cheap.
…
Today is Saturday.
During the day, Kamiyagawa went to the Special Investigation and Countermeasures Room and got a copy of the "Return of Strangers from Kisaragi Station" file from Uncle Yuki.
Later, he went to the training ground on the second floor of the countermeasures room to practice shooting and shot targets for two hours.
When he got home, the first thing he did was to take out the [Gaotian Yuan Shenhu] and go to the other world.
The sea of trees in the underworld is dark and quiet.
Kamiyagawa rode on Inugami, who had the advantage of moving in the mountainous terrain, and took some time to arrive at Yamama's residence.
The mountain lair's residence, which once looked like an old hot spring hotel, is now only a ruined building.
"I'll stay here for a while, and you go back to the shikigami statue."
Kamiyagawa skillfully jumped off the dog's back and patted the dog's hard head.
"Woof woof."
The Inugami gave a low bark, then gently nudged his master with his head, and disappeared obediently.
From the perspective of completing exploration missions, the area around Shan Lao Residence has actually been explored, so there is no need to come back again.
But Kamiya came here not for a mission.
He walked through the ruins of Grandma's house on the mountain and came to an open space behind the original house.
This is the place where the strangers who stayed here before held a ceremony to worship the mountain grandmother.
There is a Fuji Mound in the open space. The surrounding vegetation is withered and decadent, making it look lonely and desolate.
The Fujizuka, which is about five meters high, is completely made of black volcanic rocks. On the "top" stands a small shrine about half a meter high.
The nomination above is "Asama Ogami, Ogosho's Servant God".
This is the former shrine of Shan Lao.
Thinking back on what happened in Aokigahara——
It seems that the relationship between Yamabiko, "Hasumi" and Yamala is very complicated, and there are some details that Kamiyagawa still does not fully understand.
But he knew that when Shan Yan and "Hasumi" destroyed Shan Lao's residence and caused the monsters in the sea of trees to massacre the strangers, Shan Lao kept his promise to "Lord Thunder God" and stood up in time to provide protection to the strangers.
The little old man had already reported this matter.
Kamiyagawa stood under Fujizuka for a while without much expression on his face.
After a long silence, he stepped up to the top of the tomb.
And he took out a small requiem candle from the [Mirage Bag], gently bent down, and placed the candle in front of the Yamalao Shrine.
The candle wick was lit silently.
The bright white candle flame rose slowly, with a heavy and quiet feeling, not moving at all, just burning quietly.
A transparent candle flame came out, but it was quickly blown away by the forest wind.
This requiem candle was not lit next to the shikigami statue, nor was it offered to anyone to drink. Kamiyagawa just let it be consumed.
This behavior seems a bit wasteful and pointless.
"Hehe-haha"
"Kaka——"
Because the scent of the candlelight from the burning requiem candle was not absorbed at all, but was blown away by the wind.
In the sea of trees, some small monsters wandering near Shan Lao's residence were attracted by the smell.
Kamiyagawa jumped down from the Black Mound Mountain in two steps, stood still and took out the [Mourning Banshee].
The muzzle of the pitch-black musket was pointed at the sky.
A piercing gunshot sounded like the wail of a banshee, and iron projectiles carrying a huge thunderous aura broke out of the air, exploding into a ferocious purple and white light in mid-air, roaring and roaring.
After the surging thunder exploded, silence returned to the forest.
"It's a pity that I can't bring in the file that Uncle Yuuki gave me, otherwise it could be burned here."
Kamiya put away the musket and thought this way.
A clearing with withered vegetation.
Kamiyagawa, who was wearing a black patterned haori with a letter hanging on his waist, stood quietly with his head bowed. The wind blowing from the surrounding mountains and forests rustled his cuffs and clothes.
Behind him, there were ruins and ruins, leaving only a desolate mountain aunt's residence.
In front of him was a mountain of mounds made of black volcanic rocks, with the Shan Lao Shrine standing on the top of the mountain.
In front of the red door of the shrine, there is a white candle. The rope bells decorating the shrine are swaying gently in the wind, but the bright white candle the size of a grain of rice is not moving at all, it just burns quietly, thick and peaceful...
That night, Kamiyakawa stayed next to Shan Lao's house for a long time.
…
"? A real man, a real man, a real man..."
The phone rings.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Mr. Kamiya?"
"Ah you are?"
"This is Doi, Doi Kazushi. We talked on the phone before, and this time I'm calling you to ask if you have time to look at the house?"
"ah……"
Taking advantage of the school lunch break, Kamiyagawa was sitting on the rooftop enjoying the breeze while eating a hand-made Hannya bento. He picked up the phone he had just picked up without looking carefully and looked at the notes. It was indeed a property he had contacted before. intermediary.
These days, he is preparing to move and has frequent contact with the real estate agency.
I also took the time to look at a few houses, but for the time being there was nothing I was satisfied with.
Agents are eloquent and make fantastic claims when selling real estate on the phone or online, but when you look at the house in reality, you will find that it is not the case at all.
They say that the house that "lives by the lake, interpreting the romantic style" may just have a small pond next to it; the house that they say "forest oxygen bar, the secret place of longevity" may just have a few trees around it.
But for Kamiyagawa, this kind of exaggerated propaganda didn't really matter. He didn't believe it in the first place anyway.
】
There was only one reason why he was really dissatisfied with the houses he had seen——
There was no dirt in those houses.
As a result, the rent or sales price are too high.
Not interesting.
A ghost slayer should live in a haunted house.
No matter how much you think about it, the discounts at Haunted Mansion are huge, and you can enjoy real benefits by relying on your skills!
Kamiyagawa put the phone back to his ear: "Do you have the house I want there?"
"Yes. I have made notes on your needs - large area, many rooms, but the price should be cheap. There is no requirement for location, it can be a remote area. The key point is a special property that can accept the abnormal death of the previous owner." Agent Doi's voice paused, "I do have a house like this here."
"Where is it? How big is it? How cheap is it?"
"In Arakawa Ward, a one-family house with a land area of 68 square meters and a house area of 50 square meters is priced at 22 million yen. There is still room for improvement in the price. Do you want to take a look?"
"Look. I'm not free during the day. Can I do it at night?"
…
In Japan, the so-called "one-family house" refers to a self-built house, which can be understood as a single-family villa.
Like in anime, the "Nobi family" or "Nohara family" is a standard one-family house.
Most single-family houses are two-story buildings with their own yards or gardens, and some also have garages.
Like the one introduced to Kamiya by Doi's agency, the land area is 68 square meters and the house area is 50 square meters. There is a high probability that it will have an 18 square meters yard.
(One square meter in Japan is approximately equal to 3.3 square meters)
Let’s talk about the location.
Because Kamiyagawa has no requirements for the location and wants the price to be cheap. The houses found under this requirement are basically located in the suburbs.
Arakawa District.
A relatively remote area of Tokyo was a farmland a long time ago.
Kamiyagawa’s personal feeling is that among the 23 wards in Tokyo, Arakawa Ward, Itabashi Ward, Katsushika Ward and several other areas are tied for second to last in terms of development.
As for the last place, it is Adachi Ward.
Arakawa Ward gives people the impression that it is poor and cheap, but at least it is clean.
The impression given by Adachi City is that it is poor, cheap, dirty and messy.
However, this doesn't matter much.
Anyway, the new home Kamiyagawa needs does not have much demand for location or transportation.
There’s the ghost Mazda, and there’s Shunma Oishi, a driver who calls himself “Akagi’s Yellow Comet,” and it’s easy and fast to go wherever he wants.
Finally, there is the issue of price.
In Japan, the price of a one-family house is generally much lower than that of a suite apartment. Therefore, there is a joking saying that "poor people live in villas and rich people live in apartments."
Plus, Arakawa Ward is a suburb of Tokyo.
Therefore, the relatively low price of the house recommended by Doi’s agency is reasonable.
But after all, it is a house located in Tokyo. Even if the price is low, there will be a limit.
According to what Kamiya has learned these days, for a single-family house with a land area of about 65 square meters in Arakawa District, even if the seller is in urgent need of money, it will cost more than 40 million yen.
Around 50 million is considered a normal price.
The set recommended by Doi Agency only costs over 20 million, which is half of the normal price.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
"I don't believe that this kind of house with a bargain price is not haunted. As long as I buy it, I will make a net profit of 20 million!"
Kamitani hung up the phone with an excited expression. The spirit-killer radar in his body must have been activated.
"But it's a pity. It seems that it is only for sale but not for rent. I can't get 20 million yen on hand, which is nearly half short... But let's go and see it first. It's a rare and cheap haunted house. It would be a pity not to go and see it."
Kamiya’s small treasury is actually quite full at the moment——
When I retreated to Inuming Pass to treat the high-speed mother-in-law and the earthbound spirit, I met Uncle Yuki for the first time. For the purpose of wining over, the uncle generously gave a large sum of 1.4 million yen to Kamiyagawa from his exorcism reward.
Subsequently, he participated in two major operations against the Fairy Lady and the God of Epidemic, both of which played a key role.
A total of 7.525 million yen was received in remuneration for the two operations.
The money for rescuing strangers at Kisaragi Station was obtained in the past two days. Uncle Yuki made a good move and helped Kamiya get 2 million.
In addition, I received a commission to exorcise evil spirits for the Zhengmu family, and received a reward of 800,000 yuan.
Finally, counting the little savings from the past, Kamiyagawa's total wealth is almost 12 million yen.
Although ten million yen is not very much, it is what Kamiya earned in less than a year.
He can be considered young and promising.
…
School was over that day, in the evening.
Kamiyagawa went to Arakawa and met Mr. Doi, the agent on the phone.
Doi is a man in his 30s, wearing a suit and leather shoes, with somewhat sparse hair.
When they first met, Doi was a little surprised by the age of this customer.
But he was dismissed casually by Kamiyagawa with [Thousand Silver Needles].
In addition, there are indeed restrictions on minors applying for home purchase loans, but there are no restrictions on buying a house. As long as you have money, you can buy it at any age.
Moreover, Kamiya will be 18 years old at the end of this year.
The two met and chatted for a few words, then got into Mr. Doi's car and headed towards their destination.
The one-family house that was sold at a low price was located in Higashiojiu, Arakawa.
The surrounding environment is surprisingly good. The road outside the door is spacious and clean, and the street lights are bright.
The houses in this area are all built per family, and the distance between each family is quite far.
The one-family building on sale is a two-story building. The building looks quite impressive, not old-fashioned. And sure enough, it comes with a large courtyard. It has obviously been neglected for a long time and looks a little deserted.
Best of all, this home also has a garage.
Kamiyakawa stood at the door for a while, and the black hole suddenly shrank slightly, becoming deep and clear.
He could feel that there was an evil atmosphere in this house.
Right.
"The house looks very nice from the outside, let's go in and take a look next?" Kamiya turned around and greeted.
"Uh, inside...yes, look inside."
Mr. Doi scratched the top of his head with little hair and stuttered slightly. After taking a deep breath, he took out the key from his pocket and stepped forward.
As he opened the door, he quietly built himself up mentally:
"It's okay, it's okay even at night. Huh - it's important to make money... Even if this house is a bit weird, didn't the previous owners who bought it have no big problems in the end? Look, it's okay. "
