Kamiya's house, basement.
This place is completely different from the time when Cai Zhi and the childbirth girl stayed.
After tidying up and cleaning hard every day, the basement became very tidy.
Moreover, Nihebo's environment is dry from time to time, and some newly installed lamps make it bright and spacious overall.
A corner of the basement.
The little old man's spiritual gift, the bird's copper set, was placed on the ground. On both sides of the copper set, a red weeping blood candle was lit.
One class F and one class E.
The candlelight is dim.
The Kamiya family's scouts are undergoing an upgrade ceremony from F level to E level.
The little old man's investment in Requiem Candles has always been a medium-to-high priority. After all, he is the only scout in the team and has considerable development value.
The ritual candle has been burning for three days since the Women's Day.
It's finally about to burn out.
As soon as the flames of the candles on both sides were extinguished, the bird's copper pair reacted.
A more intense purple ghost energy than usual curled out from it, solidifying into the appearance of a little old man.
"Congratulations, little old man, you have successfully been promoted to E-level."
Kamiyagawa sat on the ground on the edge, originally reading a book called "Kojiki", which records Japanese mythology.
Seeing the little old man appear, he smiled and congratulated him.
"Abba!"
Faced with the master's behavior of "loving his subordinates like his son" when he personally welcomed the end of his promotion ceremony, the little old man was naturally very moved.
One moment he raises his hands, circling excitedly around his master like a strange creature, and the next moment he taps his bare chest to express loyalty.
"After upgrading, will there be any changes in abilities?" Kamiya asked him.
"Abba! Abba!"
The little old man couldn't wait to show his master his hand.
Two wisps of crimson ghost energy separated from his body, fell to the ground, and turned into a mini form that looked the same as him but was reduced in size.
This is the [outer body] of the little old man.
It is a clone that moves freely and is connected to the ontological consciousness.
At F level, you can only summon one, but it seems that you can summon two after you advance.
"Very good." Kamiyakawa nodded with satisfaction.
If this trend of increasing number of clones continues, from now on the little old man's strange story will turn into an entire scout team!
After being promoted to level E, the little scout's size has not changed much, and he is still 20 centimeters in size.
However, his promotion ceremony took a little long.
After all, the originally inferior Kaitan racial value was there.
If there were no new Kaitan relics for him to absorb and increase his ability limit, he would probably be stuck at level E.
But it doesn't matter!
The corresponding relics had been prepared by Kamiyagawa for the little old man.
"Try to absorb this."
He took out the [Mirage Bag], took out the [Void Shakuhachi], and placed it in front of the little old man.
This shakuhachi is a relic of the D-class Kaidan Kyōmon monk.
The little old man is E-level, so there should be a possibility of absorbing him.
"Aba Aba!"
The purple ghost relic wrapped the Shakuhachi on the ground, and the entire bamboo instrument slowly melted away as the ghost energy dispersed, drifting to the little old man.
Clothes began to appear on his body, which originally had no hair and only relied on ghost energy to cover key parts of his body.
A deep straw hat appeared on the head, and the body was wearing a somewhat tattered white robe, with a cassock hanging around the neck and a convenience bag with the word "emptiness" written on it.
Similar to the previous Void Monk's appearance.
Including the two mini old men who had just been summoned, their clothes also changed.
The occurrence of this change shows that the absorption of the relics was successful.
"How about it?"
Kamiyakawa narrowed his eyes and stared at the little old man, feeling that the ghost talk aura on him was getting stronger.
After absorbing this relic, it shouldn't be a problem for him to be promoted to D level in the future.
"Abba..."
The little old man was in a trance for a while, feeling the enhancement of his abilities.
After about half a minute, he raised his hand and dragged out a smaller version of the shakuhachi from the purple ghost energy around him.
The two outer bodies moved in unison with the main body, and each took out a shakuhachi.
"Woo——"
The shakuhachi was played.
The sound is desolate and vast, ethereal and tranquil, but also contains some rough and sad taste.
It's like under a moonlit night, strong wind blows waves of wheat, and there are monsters swaying in the fields.
The sound of the shakuhachi stopped, and the little old man's ghostly aura disappeared, his figure completely disappeared, and even his spiritual descendant, the bird bronze pair, could not be seen.
Kamiyakawa continued to stare and looked around the basement.
Out of sight.
I can vaguely feel that there is a subtle atmosphere of ghost stories here, but I can't tell where it is at all.
It’s similar to the situation with the Void Monk before.
"Come out."
Kamiyagawa was very satisfied with this change and spoke to the air.
"Abba!"
The little old man reappeared with his two outer bodies, five or six meters away from Kamiya River.
At the same time, the bronze bird bird on the ground also appeared again.
With the assistance of [Autumn Hair Slash], Kamiya's perception ability is very strong.
Being able to keep such a close distance from him and still hide him, it is estimated that few spiritual masters or ghost talkers will be able to find the little old man in the future.
The professional ability of your own scouts has greatly increased!
"If you can hide your copper accessories, can you do other things?" Kamiya began to study the little old man's new ability.
"Aba whined."
The master and servant communicated for a while, and it was generally understood that the little old man could now hide some small objects with the help of the shakuhachi.
"That's just right."
Kamiyagawa took out another prop from the [Mirage Bag].
It's Shui Lizi's [Qi Qing Zhi Magatama].
"Try this."
The little old man used his new ability again.
Amidst the illusory shakuhachi sound, the outline of the small warm magatama began to blur and disappear.
However, [Seven Emotions Magatama] itself is of a much higher grade than the Nagitori copper set, and Kamiyagawa can still roughly "see" its location while staying in the basement.
Once you leave the basement, the feeling becomes even more ambiguous. If you walk to the living room, you won't feel it at all.
But being able to do this to the highly perceptive Kamiyagawa is already very good.
Kamiya named the little old man’s new ability [Void].
"Now you have two external objects, separate one of them, and there is a fixed job that needs your clone to do."
…
Tokyo, Nerima Ward.
The Haunted House of Mercy Hospital located in a remote location.
This large haunted house, known as the Shivering Maze, has something to do with the Kamiya River.
Last year, he took his ghosts and had a friendly exchange of scare experiences with the staff inside and a group of tourists.
Later, he personally eliminated hidden dangers in the haunted house and eliminated the "epidemic" that the breeder had buried in it.
Moreover, the area in the inner world corresponding to the Jijie Hospital is currently under the complete control of Kamiyagawa.
There are no safety hazards in the entire haunted house.
Kamiya Chuan, who has a warm heart in ancient times, is a great benefactor of the Ci Emergency Hospital!
"When I suddenly came here, I really missed the experience of my last visit. If I have the opportunity in the future, I can take the ghost stories who have never been here to play here again."
Kamiya rides in a ghost car and appears in a secluded place outside the haunted house.
The purpose of his coming here is simple, to collect love cores.
The effect of [Seven Emotions Magatama] is: [People have seven emotions: joy, anger, sorrow, sadness, fear, and fear. This magatama can sense emotions and slowly condense them into a nucleus. ]
When it comes to where human beings experience more of the two emotions of panic, the first thing Kamiyagawa thinks of is the Haunted House of Ji-Eru Hospital, which has a good service attitude and makes tourists feel "at home".
Previously, because the countermeasures room had to deal with the epidemic god, the area around Ci Uruguay Hospital was sealed off for a period of time.
It is said that the haunted house facilities need maintenance.
However, the large-scale blockade still aroused people's speculation and discussion.
Some people even suspected that Ci Ji Hospital was really haunted, and that the blockade during that period was to invite a respected mage to perform an exorcism ceremony.
But, despite such rumors, when the haunted house reopened, the number of tourists did not decrease but increased.
For example, today is obviously a working day, but there is an endless stream of tourists waiting in line to enter the park.
Kamiyagawa bought a ticket outside the haunted house. The girl in the ticket booth was not the same as last time.
However, when handing over the tickets, he still shouted out the words very dedicatedly: "Welcome to Mercy Hospital!"
Times have changed.
The handsome man with yellow hair and big stone stood behind the boss, watching the conductor's performance, and said with a proud smile: "Sure enough, it was me who originally said this line that had the greater impact."
"Don't be so complacent, you scared a tourist into fainting, okay?"
Miss Gao Shan whispered angrily, and at the same time stretched out her hand to tug Huang Mao's ear.
Maybe he was using too much force, and he pulled Dashi's head off halfway.
Dashi raised his hand to straighten his head: "Don't just talk about me. The body and head were separated long ago. Didn't it also scare a tourist to faint?"
"It was not an accident... I wanted to save her." Sister Xiaoyuan shook her head and argued in a low voice.
Kamiyagawa received the ticket and entered the hall by familiar means. The layout was still the same as usual, similar to the waiting hall of an abandoned hospital, dilapidated and deserted.
After finding a random corner to sit down, Kamiyakawa took out [Seven Emotions Magatama] from his pocket.
After entering the Ciju Hospital, this piece of magatama changed a little.
It was originally a warm jade color, but now both ends of the magatama have changed color.
The wide end of the Yin Yang fish gradually turns black, while the pointed end appears gray.
These two colors should represent fear and panic respectively.
It seems that Magatama started to work after entering Ji Ursu Hospital, collecting the strong panic here.
After holding [Seven Emotions Magatama] in his hand and looking through it for a while, Kamiya called out the little old man.
The latter calmed down a little and maintained a state where ordinary people couldn't see it, but the master could see it.
"As promised before, let one of your bodies wear magatama, hide the aura, and enter the inside of the haunted house. Before collecting the fear core and shock core, your clone will stay here, guarding the magatama .”
[Seven Emotions·Magatama] The process of condensing the core of love is very slow.
It’s hard to say exactly how long it will take to produce a core.
Moreover, it is impossible for Kamiyagawa to personally guard Magatama all the time while he is working.
Now that the little old man has the ability to summon the second outer body, he just leaves this job to him.
"Abba!"
The little old man responded, summoned a clone, took Magatama into the safe passage, and quickly disappeared.
Even Kamiyagawa couldn't tell where he went.
"That's enough, even I can't sense it. And the haunted house is so big, even if some capable strangers come, they won't be able to detect the presence of magatama under the care of the little old man's clone."
Kamiya is more reassured that Magatama stays and works in Jiji Hospital.
Moreover, if there is a very unlikely accident, the little old man can notify him in time to handle it.
"gone."
Kamiyachuan did not enter the haunted house to play, but called the hearse group that had been following him and left the charity hospital.
The collection of love cores has begun, and all you have to do is wait patiently for the output.
The next task for Kamiya himself is to go to Ehime County to find Shikijiro and officially use the Aokigahara mine.
…
Farewell to Tongzi Mountain.
Located in what is now Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku.
The Shikoku region is almost 850 kilometers away from Tokyo and is a large island in itself.
It is connected to Japan's Honshu Island by the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. This bridge spanning the Seto Inland Sea is 37.3 kilometers long. It is connected by multiple suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges and girder bridges to form a spectacular bridge group. After its completion, it once occupied the title of the world's longest cross-sea bridge.
Later, this longest record was continuously refreshed by the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in the neighboring country. Nowadays, the length of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge has been relegated to third place.
Because of the existence of the cross-sea bridge, Kamiyagawa directly chose to take the ghost car for this trip.
He had never crossed the sea-crossing bridge before.
Sitting in the Mazda, watching the bridge continue to retreat, the shadows of clouds on the blue sea rippled with the water, and the sparkling waves reflected the bright sunshine.
It's a quite fresh viewing experience.
Anyway, it’s much more comfortable than taking a boat.
The ghost car itself has three times the speed of an ordinary vehicle, and with [Ghost Acceleration] it can ignore volume collisions.
It took a total of about 3 hours to cross the 850 kilometers.
We arrived at Niihama City in Ehime Prefecture from the Ji-kyu Hospital in Nerima Ward at exactly 6 p.m.
It's almost evening, but it doesn't matter.
It is also possible to set off to find Shikijiro at night.
Beetongzi Mountain is located in the mountains, and in order to avoid the mining tunnels that have been commercially developed and become part of the theme park, the Kamiya River must go deep into the mountains.
Facing the completely mountainous terrain, the ghost car will have a hard time.
A few kilometers away from Bie Tongzi Mountain, Kamiya and his party found a small town to stop.
This town seems to have been a gathering place for miners and their families who mined copper on Tongshan a long time ago. It later developed into a small town. Even if Tongshan stopped mining, it was still not abandoned due to the rise of tourism.
Kamiyagawa had a simple dinner in the town.
After that, he wandered around the streets of the town casually with the [Thousand Silver Needles] in his pocket. When it got darker tonight, he planned to go into the deep mountains and forests to look for abandoned mine tunnels.
Before taking action, you may try to find local people to learn about information related to Bie Tongzi Mountain that cannot be found online or in books.
