Cheek caress.
A traditional ghost story that appears in southern Yamanashi Prefecture.
It is said to haunt a dim valley path at night, and anyone passing by will be touched by it on the cheek.
"A pale hand stretched out from the darkness and stroked it smoothly. The touch on the cheek was like a withered awn tassel moistened by night dew."
In addition, in the Kaitan information that Kamiya has read, there is also a kind of monster called "Slender Hands and Long Hands", which is probably the same type as "Cheek Touch".
The strange story of "thin hands and long hands" is that someone once saw several strange hands as thin as vines in the living room, stretching out from the gaps in the room partition and waving to people.
In addition, in modern urban legends, there are also similar strange stories such as the "Hand of Hokkaido" that appear in the deep forests of Hokkaido.
As for the cheek caressing monster that Kamiyagawa ran into tonight, it was probably born from this background of ghost stories.
But the aggression is far stronger than in the story.
This can be known by looking at the tragic situation of Uchimura Koji in the end. If Kamiya comes here tonight to take a look, this guy's life will probably be decided.
…
Kamiyakawa rushed into an abandoned building with a knife.
The cheek caresser in the room had been forced to the second floor by Mary and Inugami who had just chased him out.
When he arrived, he saw in the corner of the corridor on the second floor, tangled blue-grey arms shrunk into balls, their palms twisting back and forth.
This thing seems to have no other body parts, and its arms are its main body.
"Ouch——"
The dog, which always likes to be the first to grab meat, howled, his body glowing with fire, and he rushed forward.
"Um?"
Kamiya, who had just come up, instinctively felt that something was wrong.
how to say.
The "cheek caress" that Inugami is attacking now is somewhat different from the one that tore Uchimura Yasuji's face downstairs just now.
Although there is also a strange aura on his body, it is much weaker.
boom!
There was a loud bang.
The dilapidated corridor shook, and dust and debris shook off.
The dog's charge did not seem to bite the "cheek caress", but directly hit the wall, and the "cheek caress" that had just been huddled in the corner quickly disappeared.
Ta-ta-ta-ta.
Mary moved slowly in the corridor dragging the machete.
Her cold gaze was fixed on the ceiling at the other end of the corridor.
At the same time, Kamiyagawa also stared at the position where Mary moved.
That’s right, the real cheek caress should be there!
Uh-huh!
The huge machete in Mary's hand was swung from bottom to top, and thick bloody red mist overflowed from the thick blade, making a boiling noise.
This knife cuts it down.
Most of the ceiling at the end of the corridor collapsed.
Rotten rotten wood collapsed from above, and blue-gray twisted cheeks also rolled down from above.
Mary's sword was wielded with great skill.
Such a heavy blade could only chop the ceiling into pieces, but did not directly damage the cheek hidden above.
Its level of precision is comparable to the difference between slaughter and surgery.
Since being promoted to B level and receiving the blessings of shrines and beliefs.
Mary seems to be less aggressive in fights than before. At least she won't give up on the battlefield. Instead, she will follow Kamiyagawa's instructions, appear where she should be, and do what she should do.
"Ouch!"
Behind Mary, the Inugami, bathed in fire, spewed out a corrupt aura and rushed out.
Reflected in the faint moonlight in the corridor, the Inugami's black fur rippled like waves in the forest. The long, standing fur made it look like it was a lot bigger. There were dots of sparks on it, which contained extremely high heat.
The dog had just been tricked once, and the dog was very angry.
When I see the cheek caressing really show up, I will naturally not let it go.
And one can only imagine what would happen if a D-class Kaitan collided head-on with an angry high-ranking C-class Kaitan.
Click, click, click——
There was an enticing sound of gnawing, and the smell of burnt barbecue filled the air.
The cheek caressing made no sound, and the sound made by the twisted palms scratching and slapping randomly was no longer audible after a while.
Jingle bell, jingle bell.
Zashiki started ringing the bell, giving Kamiyagawa good luck for a short period of time.
[Candlemaker Monk's Blood Pump] flew out with a roar.
[Cheekfu (alienated body) has died and received 176 soul crystals! ]
[Obtain D-level Kaidan’s heart-breaking work! ]
Weird talk about withdrawal.
…
Killing Cheekfu is not a big surprise for Kamiya.
Now that I have acquired the specific things I wanted to do, everything is going well.
However, what he was more curious about was what the "cheek caress" that appeared like a phantom just now was.
"The special ability of cheek caressing? Although this seems to be an alienated body, it doesn't look like it."
After Kamiyakawa collected the loot, he suddenly felt something and looked up. There seemed to be something else on the ceiling that Mary had cut open.
Crunchy——
Some more rotten wood fell.
A figure rolled down from the ceiling.
Kamiyakawa stepped forward to check and realized that it was a corpse. Generally speaking, it seemed to be a man in his early twenties.
He must have been dead for a while, his body was cold.
You could see that the cheeks and abdominal cavity were torn open, and the blood stains were solidified and dark red, which was horrible to look at.
"So it's still a little late. Someone has already died here on the cheek and on the hand."
Kamiyakawa thought so.
Then, he heard a steady, faint "buzzing" sound coming from behind.
Holding the knife, he turned around and saw a black drone floating behind him.
The original camera of the drone actually projected a light screen like a projector. The white and slightly bluish light beam reflected the flying dust, and finally projected a 3D image of a young man wearing a convenient sweatshirt.
It seems that the image projected from the drone is what the victim in front of him looked like before he was alive.
"The ghost story composed of the obsession of the dead and wandering spirits seems to be very weak, and it may become unstable and dissipate at any time. But is this wandering spirit attached to the drone?"
Seeing the scene in front of him, Kamiya was able to roughly react.
The "cheek caressing phantom" just now was probably projected by this strange man controlling the drone.
Therefore, this is a wandering ghost story that has the ability to keep pace with the times.
There is nothing surprising about this. Kamiya Chuan is not surprised.
Sisters like Mary and Xiao Wu at home are also modern ghost stories with the ability to control electronic devices.
"Mysterio, right?"
Kamiyagawa held the knife and stared at the wandering soul of the victim who had only projected illusions in front of him, looking up and down. Behind the 3D projection, the black drone was still hanging in the air, its four rotors making a steady and slight buzz.
Not to mention, the 3D illusion projected by this drone blessed by supernatural power is quite similar.
It's no wonder that the dog's head just got hot and he pounced on it without much thought.
"I can only count you as unlucky. You died from Cheekfu's hand before I came over. The wandering soul's obsession turned into a ghost story, and it looked like it was about to dissipate after Cheekfu was cured."
"Considering that you just touched our cheeks and disturbed us, you may have been involuntarily, so I won't argue with you. If you don't want to disappear, I will arrange a good place for you next."
Kamiyagawa said this to the drone ghost talk.
In fact, the other person probably didn't understand what he was saying at all.
The young man projected in 3D just "stood" in the mess, staring blankly at his body without moving.
This wandering ghost talk looks a bit like the initial state of the Mikami brothers in the hearse group. They probably have no independent mind.
But Kamiya didn’t care either.
You still need to finish the conversation before recruiting employees.
"If you don't object, I'll assume you agree."
Kamitani stepped forward and raised his hand to hold the black drone hanging in mid-air.
The "buzzing" sound stopped instantly, the four rotors stopped, and the light projected from the camera position disappeared simultaneously, and the projected wandering soul also became dormant.
[Obtain a drone haunted by wandering spirits! ]
Kamiya's phone vibrated.
After holding the drone, "Kaitan Monogatari" provided identification information and gave it a [Mortal] rating.
But what the system calls "ordinary items" are actually no longer normal items.
Like some of the mess Kamiya picked up in the other world, which may be used as "junk"; the coins that were enchanted with thunder in the past; and now this drone that is haunted by wandering spirits...
These ordinary props or materials more or less have a certain extraordinary or supernatural status.
"Very good. The system has given a rating, which means it can be brought into the other world."
Kamiya put away the drone, turned his head and looked at the disemboweled corpse on the ground with its cheeks torn apart, and sighed invisibly.
For the next thing here, we can only contact the people in the countermeasures room to deal with the aftermath.
After attending the high school graduation ceremony, Kamiyagawa said hello and farewell to acquaintances in the school or surrounding areas. He also learned from Okamura, one of his acquaintances, about possible ghost stories in Takenotsuka, Ashiki District. Then he rushed over to check, save people and cure the ghost story.
All the circumstances are very reasonable, and aside from his selfish desire to acquire material, he can even be regarded as being just and honest.
After that, you just need to report the truth to the countermeasures room.
They will take care of other things.
The Countermeasures Room is good at this.
…
Kamiya River walked out of an abandoned building.
The Karasu Tengu transformed into a half-human, half-animal boy wearing a white god-patterned mask, carrying the fainting Uchimura Koji and following behind him.
After the two of them walked out a little, the transformed whale in the air descended on the skeleton whale, turning into dots halfway down the road, and the moist aura of azure color disappeared.
When Kamiya returned to the ghost car, he saw the young man and woman who had just ran out of the haunted house, lying in a mess in the car.
Sister Xiao Yuan was squatting in front of them, raising her hand to poke the man and woman in the face.
"What happened to them?"
With a suspicious look on his face, Kamiyagawa asked Karasu Tengu to put the third injured person on the car, and then asked Oishi and Takayama in the hearse group.
Takayama Makoto looked embarrassed.
Oishi Junma scratched his head: "They were frightened and fainted. It was an accident, boss, this time it was really an accident."
Kamiyagawa:……
Listen to what Xiao Huangmao Dashi means.
The man and woman seemed to have been frightened and fainted by the hearse group.
Kamiya: "Forget it, let's just leave it like this. Originally, they were just here for excitement, so I'm lucky to be alive."
After saying this, Dashi and Gaoshan became even more uncomfortable.
Although I know that the boss is not criticizing me...
But when the five of them were still alive, they were a typical example of entering a deserted dreamland just for the sake of excitement, and then risking their lives in it.
Kamiya also realized that the hearse group under his command seemed to be the predecessors of these spiritual explorers. So he didn't continue talking and just asked everyone to get in the car: "Take them to the hospital."
The ghost car's engine roared, and it turned on [Ghost Acceleration] and drove out at high speed.
The car seemed a little crowded because there were three more fainted people waiting.
Obara, who already had a new car, simply stopped riding the ghost Mazda. Instead, he put on a motorcycle helmet and directly summoned the industrial and powerful ghost motorcycle.
The two heavy wheels were surrounded by black flames. When the accelerator was pulled, like a galloping mechanical beast, it rushed directly to the front to clear the way. Dashi driving behind could only see the twin exhaust pipes and floating taillights of the ghost motorcycle shining brightly.
Originally, little Yuan's sister was looking forward to it. She patted the back seat of the motorcycle and invited her boss to go with her.
However, Kamiyakawa's attitude towards this was politely declining.
It's not because he's a little scared, absolutely not.
Mainly because there are other things to do.
On the Ghost Mazda, in order to keep a distance from the three people behind him, Kamiyagawa sat in the passenger seat this time. He first contacted the Countermeasures Office and informed the Adachi Ward of the situation.
Then he took out the [Gao Tianyuan Shen Tong] and quickly touched it to enter the other world.
A burst of light and shadow overlap, changes in the world's reorganization, and another teleportation, Kamiya arrived at the [Live Fish Hotel].
Here at the hotel, he had just been here after defeating the Black Thunder God two days ago.
Come and see the imperial officers who worked hard to defeat the enemy.
After the seven people fought the boss battle, none of them survived, so their memories were all reset back to the state they had just turned into.
There seemed to be some aversion to each other, but when they saw Kamiya, they were both respectful and respectful, as if out of instinct.
After all, the only thing the emperors can know is that they "restore factory settings" and have a certain connection with Kamiya River, and Mr. Kamiya is their master.
As the Master arrived, the seven masters who were aware of it began to gather from various parts of the hotel. The last one to arrive to report was Chihiro Miyauchi, who was dressed as a woman. When he came over, the boning knife in his hand was still dripping with blood.
I guess I got back into the "cat and mouse game" after reopening.
Seeing that everyone was here, Kamiyakawa directly took out the [Wandering Soul Drone] from the [Mirage Bag].
Buzz.
The black drone slipped out of his hand and floated steadily.
The 3D image was projected again, still looking like the wandering soul of the young man. This wandering soul without consciousness didn't react much when faced with the existences around him that could crush him with just a finger. He just "stands" numbly.
"Lord Kamiya, what is this?"
The imperial ministers came over to see what was strange.
Kamiya took out a small requiem candle, lit it, and placed it in front of the wandering soul of the drone.
The wandering young man finally made a move, and the expression on his face seemed to be more vivid. It was obviously the shape of a projection, but at this time he opened his mouth and began to swallow the dense scent of the candle.
A small requiem candle was fed, although it was far from enough to make the drone monster regain its consciousness.
But at least it can make him no longer so weak and prevent him from dissipating on his own.
After doing this, Kamiyagawa looked at his subordinates:
"The new colleague I hired to record your beautiful life...probably."
(End of chapter)
