Kamiyagawa put away the sword and took the phone.
And the Zashiki boy who came to give him a mobile phone still stayed in front of him.
The little girl in a red and white kimono was looking up at Kamiya with her head raised, her nose slightly wrinkled, as if asking for credit.
"Yeah~"
The meaning of Zashiki is probably very clear.
Abba, please praise me!
I got the phone to you before Little Mother Prajna saw the phone display!
Kamiyagawa glanced at Hannya and Mari who were sitting inside and outside the house. Judging from their calm expressions, he had probably confirmed who made the late night call.
The silly daughter is complacent after doing useless work.
And in Fu Bao's mind, what kind of image does he have as a father?
Do you think I have to carry someone behind my back to answer the phone?
This is prejudice! Probably... it's prejudice.
Although he thought so in his heart, Kamiya still rubbed Zashiki's head in cooperation.
Guitan's eldest daughter, who was a little too smart, jumped back to the living room.
"Zashiki is facing me like this, so he will probably be bullied by the dissatisfied Hannya later. But this is normal for the two of them. It may be because they have been bullied, so Zashiki will be more towards me..."
Kamiya felt a little helpless, and only then answered the phone that had been ringing for a while.
"Hello?" Master Kanazawa's voice rang from the other end of the phone, "Kamiya, I'm sorry for calling you so late to disturb your rest."
"It's okay, I haven't slept yet. What's wrong?"
"That's it, my side...that..." Kanazawa's tone was sarcastic. It sounded like he wanted to ask someone for help, but he couldn't speak easily.
"In trouble?"
Hearing Kamiya's question, Kanazawa Xingluo finally said: "I'm in some trouble, so I want Kamiya's help."
"What kind of thing it is, please tell me first."
Over at Honganji Temple, Kamiya still owed someone a favor.
During the previous winter vacation when Kanoya stayed at home, Master Kanazawa led him to practice Buddhism and mantras.
As a teacher, Kanazawa has been doing his best during that time.
Therefore, the young apprentice’s progress is quite rapid.
Kamiya, who is the temporary guardian of his apprentice, sees all these things.
If others have helped you, you must help them back.
What comes and goes, there is still something to be said about human nature.
Moreover, the spells taught by Kanoya at Honganji Temple are all superficial, so the favor he owes is not too big.
Based on previous interactions with him, Monk Kanazawa has a pretty good character, and he probably won't make any excessive demands.
"There have been several disappearances related to Kaidan here in Sumida. In fact, they are not considered disappearances. This will be a bit difficult to explain clearly for a while."
"Then what do you want me to do?"
"Kamiya, you have a Kaidan scout with very good perception, right? The Kaidan that you have to deal with is not too strong, and it doesn't even seem to be harmful, but it is very weird. And we can't locate the location of the troublesome Kaidan at the moment, so we want to The help of your scouts.”
The scout with excellent perception ability must be the little old man.
"OK."
Kamiya didn't ask too many questions and answered simply.
"It's great that you are willing to help. After the matter here is over, I will definitely apply to the temple to see if I can find some suitable advanced spells to teach to Kanoya Yukino." Kanazawa was obviously relaxed. One breath.
Master Kanazawa, as her first practical preaching teacher, was aware of the situation of Xiaolu’s spiritual fetus.
Having the opportunity to advance to learn more in-depth spells in Honganji Temple will definitely be of great benefit to the young apprentice.
Kamiya felt that Kanazawa was quite cheerful when giving favors, but there was no need to be so coy when withdrawing favors.
But since people have taken the initiative to bring it up, there is definitely no need to refuse.
He is obviously thicker-skinned than Kanazawa Xingluo.
…
Sumida Ward, Tokyo.
After talking on the phone with Kanazawa Seira, Kamiyagawa came here directly in the ghost Mazda.
Sumida Ward is considered to be the most town-like neighborhood in Tokyo.
The shape of the street is square and very regular, and the overall rhythm is slow and quiet compared to Tokyo as a whole.
Izumi can be found everywhere here.
Izakaya has become an important symbol in Japanese culture. It is a place that interprets the nightlife of ordinary people and can deeply feel the atmosphere of Japanese life. After get off work, meeting up with close friends to have a few drinks to eliminate or reduce the fatigue of the day has become an essential part of life for Japanese people.
The small tavern is crowded and noisy, but always full of stories. Drinking and chatting, the fatigue is obvious, but while changing glasses, I feel peaceful and warm inside. It can be called the best place for hard-working workers to relieve the boredom and fatigue of a day at work.
When we arrived at Sumida, it was already approaching midnight, and there were a few izakaya shops still open on the streets, with warm yellow lights.
Kamiya met Seira Kanazawa at the agreed place.
The young mage was not wearing monk robes, but was wearing ordinary casual clothes. He was followed by four people, probably people from the countermeasures room. The group looked a little tired.
In comparison, Kamiya, who had been on "vacation" recently, looked in high spirits. He was the first to say hello: "Good evening, Master Kanazawa."
"Good evening, Kamiya."
Kanazawa returned the favor with clasped hands.
The few unfamiliar countermeasure room operators around him were probably very familiar with Kamiya, and they all said hello.
A few people chatted politely for a while, and Kamiyagawa got straight to the point: "So, what kind of strange disappearance is it? If you can't explain it clearly on the phone, you should be able to explain it now."
"Let's talk about it here."
Next to Master Kanazawa and the others, a black business car, or a nanny car, was parked. The space inside was spacious, a little larger than a ghost car that had been upgraded once.
After getting into the car, Kanazawa handed over a case file.
Kamiya casually sat down comfortably on the soft leather seat, took the file and looked through it.
Monk Kanazawa: "In recent times, the frequency of ghost stories in various places seems to have increased again. The Honganji Temple is also very busy and has insufficient manpower. I'm really sorry to trouble you."
"It's okay, don't worry about it. You take care of the little deer, I owe you." Kamiya responded casually.
"Child..."
Monk Kanazawa whispered this.
He felt that Kamiya didn't look much older than Kanoya, but he always looked like a natural parent...
In addition, what Monk Kanazawa just said is also true.
It seems that judging from the situation in the countermeasures room, the number of ghost stories throughout Japan has indeed increased again, especially after the Yumeo incident that affected the entire Kanto region ended.
As far as is known so far, Uncle Yuuki didn't even take a vacation. After handling the foreign visits in one place, he took Nagatomo to Nagasaki to assist the local spirit exterminator.
It seems that Onitsuka also received a mission recently and went to Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.
It feels like everyone is quite busy.
Kamiyagawa was entrusted by the people in the countermeasures room, so it was not surprising that he was mobilized.
rustle.
Flipping through the case files, you can quickly see what strange story Kanazawa and the others are going to deal with this time. The file also says:
[The strange story that caused the short-term disappearance of people in Sumida Ward is suspected to be Tomo Soba]
There is no buckwheat in the lamp, Kamiya knows this strange story.
A typical urban legend from the Edo period.
It is a ghost story set in "Honjo", which is today's Sumida Ward, and is also called one of the "Seven Mysteries of Honjo".
In the traditional Japanese folk art form "rakugo" (similar to stand-up comedy), performers often quote passages from "Honjo's Seven Wonders" to arouse the curiosity of the people.
In addition, the so-called seven mysteries actually include more than seven kinds of weird stories. Generally speaking, there should be nine kinds.
There are actually nine of the Seven Mysteries, which makes sense.
The "Ashiarai Residence" that Kamiyagawa once encountered in the Living Fish Hotel also belongs to this ghost story series.
As for the story of Denmo Soba, it is simple to tell——
This kind of strange talk mainly occurs in the cold late nights of winter.
At this time, it was late at night at Edo Honjo, and all one could hear was the sound of Buddhist practitioners reciting the Buddha's name in the distance. Other than that, only the bare branches whistling in the early wind. If he wasn't drunk and crazy, no one would be willing to step out of the house.
And on such a bitterly cold night, some people still have to go out to catch up with errands.
While walking on the road, I suddenly saw a large lantern appearing in front of me, with the words "28, hand-cut noodles, udon" written on it.
This was a lantern sign commonly used in soba shops at the time.
You can still hear shouts in the distance: "Come here, take a look, the hot soba noodles!"
If an unsuspecting passer-by eats food from a soba shop, they will find that the original stall or shop has disappeared, and misfortune may occur when they return home.
The "Tono Soba" that is now suspected to have appeared in Sumida Ward is different from the traditional story based on the existing data.
People you meet will disappear for a while.
It can be as short as a week, or as long as one or two months, and then the person concerned will reappear on the streets of Sumida late at night.
Judging from the files, people who encountered the new lamp without buckwheat would not suffer any physical damage, but their mental state seemed to undergo some changes.
In the information, the word "domestication" was used to describe the status of several parties.
They were "domesticated" by Dengwu buckwheat.
Although I don’t know how this strange story achieves this, people who have returned from the disappearance of Tono Soba have developed a certain resistance to society.
The three parties currently recorded were all found after Kanazawa and others intervened in the incident. They were very depressed and unwilling to communicate with the people in the countermeasures room. And all of them expressed a strong desire to return to Adenashi Soba's shop.
Because we have just started to deal with this strange story, there is actually not a lot of information, and the recorded content is also small.
Most of them are personal information of the parties involved.
In addition, Kamiya also discovered that the three parties involved are all relatively high-status people in society.
Their professions are doctors, small club presidents, and even a member of parliament.
"Why is this happening?" Kamiyakawa put down the thin file in his hand.
"I don't know." Monk Kanazawa shook his head with a bitter expression. "The three parties have just been found and are completely unwilling to communicate. We may have to wait for the countermeasures room to take some special auxiliary measures to know the period of time when they disappeared. What happened in there."
"Then why are you so anxiously looking for Denmo Soba now because someone is missing?"
"What made the Countermeasures Room aware of the new strange stories in Sumida was the disappearance of Mr. Tsukada Satake. Oh, Mr. Tsukada is the head of Tokuma Studio. He runs a small animation studio with about 90 people. . In recent years, there have been one or two slightly famous comics and animated films."
"Ah, animation studio."
Kamitani suddenly became interested.
Because of the need to spread Shikigami beliefs, he has been thinking about whether there is a chance to get involved in the cultural industry.
Now...maybe this is the opportunity!
"The current situation is that Mr. Tsukada probably encountered Tono Soba at a certain time, which led to his disappearance, and he has not reappeared yet. From the mouth of one of the three people we found, we heard that Tsukada Mr. Tian’s name.”
"In addition, there have been several disappearances around Sumida District recently. Although the Metropolitan Police Department has opened a case, it has no clue at present. According to the judgment of the Countermeasures Room, several of them may also be related to Tomo Soba."
"Tonight in Sumida District, we used a psychic detector to find slight Kaidan energy fluctuations. It may be that Tomo Soba appeared again, but we can't find the specific location of the Kaidan. So I thought, Kamiya, your subordinate That weirdo scout with strong senses might have a solution."
Kanazawa continued to introduce the situation.
Kamiya did notice that there were several metal detector-like instruments in the commercial vehicle.
He had seen Kanazawa use this thing before when he was conquering the Fairy Lady.
But now the detector's light is off and the alarm isn't sounding.
"I understand." Kamiyakawa nodded.
Then he looked at the armrest of his seat and asked, "Have you sensed the aura of ghost stories?"
In the business car, from the perspective of the official exorcists including Kanazawa Seira, the place where Kamiyagawa was asking questions was empty, and there was not even a breath of note.
In fact, the little old man had been sitting there cross-legged, listening to the communication between his master and Monk Kanazawa.
A long time ago, when the little old man was not promoted, Kanazawa could barely see his vague figure.
Now times have changed, but Monk Kanazawa's perception is still very different from a year ago.
But the little old man has been promoted and mastered a new skill [Void], which is completely different.
Even though he was sitting right in front of him, Kanazawa was completely unaware of his presence.
"Abba!"
The little old man patted his chest, jumped off the armrest of the seat, and quickly climbed to the passenger seat of the commercial vehicle.
In terms of perception ability, the little old man is very professional. Even Kamiya, who has mastered the extraordinary [Qiu Hair Cut] technique and has a perception that far exceeds that of most spirit slayers, is completely inferior to him.
And judging from how confident he is, he may really feel that something else exists in Sumida District.
"gone."
Kamiya first signaled the members of the hearse group who had been waiting on the roadside to go home on their own, and then followed the navigation instructions of his own scouts and began to greet the exorcists to set off.
"The Killing of Beauty Begins at a Fatal Turn"
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