The tea room of Jujun Shrine.
The area can accommodate approximately four and a half stacks of "tatami mats". It is small, elegant and compact in structure.
There are alcoves, floor stoves and wooden windows in the room. The water room on the right side is used to store water boiling, tea making, tea tasting utensils and cleaning utensils.
Celebrity calligraphy and paintings are hung in the area between the beds, and bamboo vases are hung next to them.
The flower arrangement in the vase is a dead pine branch that is in line with the winter season. The shape is random but winding and powerful. The dead branch seems to live up to the posture of an ancient tree in the vase.
Tonight's sacrifice to Tianyu Shou has been successfully concluded.
In the tea room, three people, Gu Granny, Onizuka and Kamiya, were sitting.
The little miko Onizuka was very serious and ritualistic about pouring tea and water, mixing paste and water, whisking matcha, and finally brewed three cups of matcha.
It can be seen that she should be very good at the matcha tea ceremony.
Granny Gu pushed a cup of matcha in front of Kamiya: "Destroy the pink fairy, delay the plague god, deal with Kisaragi Station, solve the Wakayama skeleton whale disaster... The spiritual exterminators in the organization are familiar with what you have done this year, and are very interested in it. Your reputation as a disciple of ghosts and gods is astonishing, after all, a hero comes from a young age."
In Onizuka's mouth, this old priest always had the image of a strict elder.
But when it comes to other people, she is more often a kind and kind old lady.
"It's not that powerful."
Kamiyakawa picked up the teacup and took a sip.
The taste is slightly bitter and the aftertaste is very sweet, not bad.
"Xiaoying often talks about you in front of me."
"It's not often, mother-in-law! It's obviously just occasionally." Onitsuka Kiriho, who was wiping the tea set next to him, couldn't help but interrupt.
"Haha." Granny Gu just smiled, "You can get closer to Xiaoying more in the future, this kid doesn't have many friends."
"Mother-in-law!"
"sure."
Grandma Gu's eyes were empty and dull, but she was always "gazing" at the Kamiya River on the opposite side.
Kamiya could feel that he was being carefully scrutinized.
The three of them chatted for a while in a relaxed manner.
Grandma Gu did not put any pressure on Kamiya Kawakami as a guest, but Onizuka, because her mother-in-law would praise Kamiya from time to time, and she felt like she was facing "other people's children."
Maybe the elders all over the world are the same.
Grandma Gu: "...There are no elders in your family anymore? It's really hard. Xiaochuan, is it okay if I call you this?"
Kamiya: "It doesn't matter!"
"Haha." The old priest smiled kindly and paused for a few seconds. "Ogawa, I remember your official registration information. Among the shikigami under you, is there a dream-eating tapir?"
"Well, it does."
"This is a very rare and strange story."
"It was just luck that led to the contract."
Kamiyagawa said this, but he felt something vaguely in his heart.
The old priest's conversation with him today should not be as simple as just making things up.
"Grandma, I have something to ask you." Grandma Gu took a sip of matcha.
"You say."
Here comes the real point of this conversation.
"Recently, a very strange story has appeared in several areas of Kanagawa and Tokyo." Granny Gu took out a small pile of information from her side and placed it on the tea table. "It is related to dreams. In the organization's information files, There has been no record of this strange story before. So it must be new."
Kamiya picked up the information and looked through it.
In this pile of information, a total of three ghost stories were recorded, and the contents were similar.
Those who encountered strange stories all claimed to have seen a strange-looking man in their dreams.
In addition, the information also comes with a picture of the appearance of the "man who appeared in the dream".
The man in the picture has thick eyebrows, a high hairline, and a wide grin with his mouth closed.
"This is... Mengnan?"
Kamiyakawa recognized the strange image on the screen at a glance.
A few days ago, when he took his little tapir out to "forage", he encountered a strange story that grew like this!
After dealing with the dream boy who is probably rated F-level. The dream-eating tapir returns home and conveys the image of the dream boy to its owner Kamiyakawa through dreams, as well as the general experience of the young lady who hit the ghost in the dream.
Therefore, Kamiya knows what Yumeo looks like.
Onizuka beside him also took out a piece of information and looked at it: "Kamiya, have you ever seen such strange stories?"
"Well, I killed one in Chiyoda District not long ago. He was not very strong, probably an F-level alien." Kamiya nodded, "The strange man who appeared in the dream, Yumeo is the codename I gave him. Because there is no Find the backstory of this weird story.”
According to the information that Granny Gu brought out, the three incidents involving Meng Nan all occurred in the recent period.
The longest time we were together was only two months ago.
Including the one Kamiya met in Chiyoda District, in just two months, at least four Yumeo Kaitan appeared near Kanagawa and Tokyo.
As a new strange story that has no previous records, the frequency of such foreign visits is obviously abnormal.
Very unusual.
In addition, the dreams of those who encounter the dream man in each of the four cases are not the same.
The one Kamiya met was the one who dragged the person involved to jump off the building, and affected the person's real-life actions.
The remaining three cases were not so harmful.
Two of them saw Yumeng in their dreams one after another and were frightened to a certain extent.
In another incident, according to the person involved, she fell in love with Meng Nan in her dream. And the dream continues, falling in love, getting married, and even pregnant in the recent dream...
"Have you ever dealt with such weird stories? Then remember to write a report and submit it. The organization has recently paid great attention to the situation of this 'dream boy' because he is so unusual." Grandma Gu said this, her expression became slightly solemn. "According to the organization's inference, this strange story may have been deliberately created by someone."
"On purpose?"
Kamiya was lost in thought.
In fact, theoretically speaking, all modern urban public opinion myths are artificially created.
Spread generation in various horror stories.
However, basically everyone who creates weird rumors in public opinion does so unintentionally.
The previous "Hasumi" and Kisaragi Station are a typical example.
Grandma Gu emphasized that this time the dream boy was probably created "on purpose", which is a bit intriguing.
"Well, the initiator of the creation of 'Dream Boy' should not be an ordinary person with abilities or the blessing of extraordinary items. Otherwise, it would be impossible to have more than four Dream Boys visit in a short period of time." Granny Gu continued.
Kamitani completely agrees with this point.
He met a dream boy a few days ago, which doesn't mean anything.
But coupled with the data provided by the organization, the problem becomes bigger.
"We also suspect that the person who created Mengnan has something to do with a strange organization - Feng Mo Shi. The driving force behind it is probably a member of Feng Mo Shi. Previously, there were the incidents of the Fat Pink Fairy and the Xing Pandemic God. , are also judged to be related to this organization."
Granny Gu's tone was calm, but the word "God of Plague" was deliberately accented.
It seemed to be reminding Kamiya of something.
It turns out that the official organization knew about the existence of Feng Mo, and the two forces may have even fought against each other secretly several times.
Kamiyagawa has never obtained information related to the time of encountering demons from the official before.
But it’s normal to think about it.
The information about encounters with demons may be classified as high-level confidential information within the organization.
Based on Kamiya's previous status in the organization, he most likely had no right to know.
But now, with the title of "disciple of ghosts and gods", and having done a lot of great things, he is regarded as a special talent favored by the organization. He even enjoys some special treatment, and naturally has the authority to obtain information. Got taller.
Moreover, Kamiyagawa thought of something in hindsight——
In the actions against the Pink Fairy and the Pandemic God, the officials used a lot of resources and mobilized as many elite forces as possible.
In the two operations, high-level elites such as Uncle Yuki and Juqiong Shrine were all mobilized.
After all, the plague god created by Wu Shi Breeder has a B level, and it also controls many other "flower seeds". It is reasonable to use such a large-scale fight against it.
But at this time, kabuki, including the rosy pink fairy who descended from the flesh spirit, was a C-level ceiling, almost a B-level level.
It should not have been targeted with such fanfare.
Thinking about it now, the organization must have judged that the incident of Zhongfenxian was related to the time of encountering the devil, so they had to increase the investment in elite manpower.
"Mother-in-law, what kind of organization are you talking about?" Kamiyakawa pondered for a moment and asked.
Granny Gu just shook her head at this: "A strange and mysterious organization. At present, we only know that the members of this organization are using the power of strange stories to create social unrest with premeditation."
"Can I see records about this organization?"
"In your case... it should be possible to submit an application and have Yuuki and I act as guarantees."
Granny Gu didn't ask Shen Gu why she was so interested in this organization and gave her a direct answer.
He even planned to help provide security.
She obviously wanted Kamiyagawa to look up the information on Encountering Demons and learn more about it.
"Thank you, mother-in-law. The man who appeared with the Plague God before committed suicide and said that he would come back to me. I have always suspected that it was not that simple for him to commit suicide. He probably had a back-up plan, and he might have turned himself into a It’s similar to the strange story about the plague god.”
"Well, let's check it out. You have such authority now, so you should understand it carefully." Granny Gu nodded, without any surprise.
Kamiyagawa's concerns about the breeders were probably foreseen by people in the organization.
"Then mother-in-law, what do you want to ask me to do?"
"The organization recently wants to increase its efforts to investigate the Yumeo incident. Yuuki is currently in the Sendai area to deal with the strange incident there, and cannot get away. The matter of Yumeo is left to our shrine to take the lead. Since your men have food, Ogawa, As a shikigami, Dream Tapir is the nemesis of ghost stories in dreams. I hope you can assist our shrine operations."
Grandma Gu told her true purpose.
Kamiyagawa's current relationship with the official organization has become closer, but after all, he is regarded as a subordinate of Yuki Masakiyu, and his status is also somewhat special.
If Juqiong Shrine wanted to mobilize him, in addition to saying hello to Uncle Yuki, he also had to ask for his personal opinion.
This is considered a courtesy.
It would be much more appropriate than forcefully pulling him into the action.
"I will help." Kamiyakawa nodded.
If the Mengnan incident was really related to the members of Encountering Demons, he would have to be involved even for special event rewards.
…
The approach path under Juqiong Shrine.
The moonlight passed through the branches of the ancient trees and fell in pieces on the stone steps.
Onizuka and Kamiya climbed down the stairs together and sent him away.
"Won't you spend the night at the shrine?" the little witch asked.
"Sleep in the guest room?"
"Of course. Otherwise, where do you want to sleep?" Onizuka rolled his eyes.
"I'll be back soon. I still have some things to do at home. I have to deal with Yumeo's matter next, so I guess I'll have to come to your shrine many times."
"That's right." Onizuka jumped down two steps with his hands behind his back and came to Kamiya, "Kamitani, about the breeder, um... the information I've read seems to be called a breeder. He really knows how to do it. Come back to see you?"
They both stopped at the same time.
"It's hard to say. I think before he committed suicide, he was quite resentful of me. After all, I directly stopped him from attacking the Nuo formation at that time."
"He can raise a B-level Kaidan. If he could become a Kaidan himself, he would be very powerful."
Onizuka stood in front of Kamiya and did not look back.
The ends of the ponytail tied up with white sandalwood paper were blown away by the night wind on the shrine.
"Yes? But Grandma Gu just said it. According to the organization's judgment, even if the breeder really wants to make himself a ghost, he can't do it all at once."
"Hmm..." Onizuka nodded, "Do you know? Kamiya, I have been working very hard recently as a god. Even my mother-in-law, who is always very strict with me, praises me."
"Yeah."
"I plan to work harder next time. You have to work harder as a disciple of ghosts and gods, so don't let me surpass you." Onizuka went down another step, turned back and smiled at Kamiyakawa, "Also, I Remember to keep the Ema I gave you with you at all times."
Under the hazy and mottled moonlight, the girl's smile was bright.
"I will."
…
At the foot of the mountain of Juqiong Shrine.
After watching the little miko walk up the shrine, Kamiyakawa got on the ghost car.
As soon as he sat down, he took out his mobile phone.
In fact, when I was talking to Grandma Gu just now and the topic of "when encountering the devil" came up, my phone vibrated.
But Kamiya just took it out now to check——
[Special event mission, [When Encountering the Demon·3] has been opened! ]
[The core requirements of this mission are as follows: Defeat the members of the "Feng Mo Shi Organization" and the Mao Shi family. ]
[Special event tasks will issue generous rewards based on the final comprehensive score of the event, please actively participate! ]
"There really is a mission to meet the demon. So the judgment of the official organization is very accurate. The driving force behind the dream man's ghost story is indeed a member of the demon."
Kamiya put away his phone.
There are currently two special event missions in "Kaitan Monogatari".
In the previous [When the Demon Encountered Part 2], the breeder was completely defeated, but now it was only half completed.
After [Encountering Demons·3] came out, the previous mission was not overwritten and still existed.
"Home? The ability to create strange stories..."
