I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

The next afternoon.

Shinjuku, Kagurazaka, Akagi Shrine.

In the apse of the shrine, there is a huge cherry tree planted in the courtyard.

Now is the time when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom and the rain is falling.

In a few days, the annual "cherry blossom season" will come to an end after the late blooming cherry trees.

Little Bird Yumayumi sat upright on the green grass. From time to time, pink and white petals floated down from the cherry blossom branches behind her and landed softly in the teacup in her hand, causing ripples.

Opposite her, sat Kengo Yamada, who was talking about the sorrows of adolescence.

And Sousuke Araki was sitting under the eaves not far away, looking up and smoking a cigarette.

"Your situation, Mr. Araki probably told me yesterday, and after what you just said, I have fully understood."

Putting down the teacup, Kotori Yumayuki said with a solemn expression and a calm tone.

"There are two kinds of situations where you can see the 'spirit': one is when the 'spirit' takes the initiative to let you see it, that is, the situation that ordinary people encounter after being entangled; the other is when the 'spirit' does not know In this case, the spirit is directly observed."

After a special explanation from Sousuke Araki, she was wearing a full shrine maiden costume today.

Although her face is a little immature, she looks like a professional priestess.

"The situation on you is the latter. It should be after being stimulated by resentful spirits and awakening inspiration, you will see the existence of spirits. Although this phenomenon is rare, it also happens occasionally... However, most people awaken inspiration the day after tomorrow. You can only see vague figures and some low-intensity spiritual bodies, Yamada-kun's spiritual talent seems to be unexpectedly excellent."

The inspiration of awakening is naturally divided into strong and weak. The stronger the inspiration, the more powerful the "spirit" can naturally be observed.

Hearing her words, Kengo Yamada immediately said happily to Sousuke Araki at the door: "Look, senior, I'll say I'm not paranoid."

Sousuke Araki covered his face dejectedly, and kept winking at Yuumako Tori.

Hey, didn't I ask you to enlighten him on the phone yesterday, let him understand that what he saw was an illusion, why did he pull him into the abyss of feudal superstition instead?

"In the case of Yamada-senpai, I don't think that evasion can solve the problem. Spirituality is a part of this world, and it truly exists around us. Only by recognizing the situation in ourselves and their existence can life continue. "

Looking at Sousuke Kamiaraki's gaze calmly, Yuumako Tori said sincerely.

When she wanted to come, Mr. Araki, who clearly knew more about these things, should have asked herself to answer in order not to expose her identity as an "illegal slayer" and to maintain a pure friendship with her friends.

How to solve Yamada-senpai's confusion is also a "practice test" he gave himself.

If you can't even solve people's troubles, how can you resolve the "spirit" obsession and transcend it to become a Buddha?

Therefore, like a student who is focused on solving the problem, Kotori Yumayumi seriously thought about all kinds of possibilities, and finally decided to solve the problem in a "straight to point" way.

"But, if all I see are ghosts, how did Araki-senpai see it before..."

"Senior Araki, of course, you can't see the spirit. Maybe what you saw today happened to be just ordinary people... It's normal for you to just wake up and not be able to distinguish between people and 'spirits'."

Araki-sensei, you can naturally see that he is just trying to protect the friendship between you, and he has good intentions.

With this thought in mind, Yuumako Tori helped cover it up with a serious face.

"You don't have to worry too much. Ordinary 'spirits' can't hurt people. At most, they will only make people unlucky. But...if you see a resentful spirit with black resentment, you must run away immediately, it is not ordinary Humans can handle it."

After a short pause, Yumayumi Kotori reminded seriously.

Listening to her words, Kengo Yamada remembered the half-length woman who rode on him that day, and the black aura lingering around her.

Is that, a resentful spirit?

"That coin with black energy..."

Kengo Yamada immediately put the coin on the table.

Seeing the coin, Yuuma Yumiya frowned slightly.

"This is... Although there is very little resentment, this is indeed an extremely rare 'resentment'. Where did you get it?"

"The vending machine gave me change..."

The Yamada-senpai in front of him has encountered female ghosts one after another, awakened inspiration, and obtained grudges. Is it lucky or unfortunate.

Seeing Kengo Yamada's dazed expression, Yuma Yumori explained to him.

"There is still no clear answer to the birth of the 'resentment'. What is known so far is that it is an entity formed by the residual resentment after some powerful existence dissipates. It has various dangerous and unknown abilities. An existence that needs to be handed over to an official agency.”

"For example, how do you throw the numbers up?"

Outside the door, Sousuke Araki burst out laughing.

He just heard the "superstitious girl brought up by grandfather of the magic stick" Kotori Yumayumi's often self-justifying rhetoric, and he was naturally very disdainful.

But thinking of Yutaro Yutaro's request, he could only try to "spread science" to the other side.

"It is also possible that there are functions that have not yet been discovered. Such weak grievances exist in large numbers around us, and it is difficult for people to detect them. This coin may be condensed by the resentment of people who can't always guess when they toss a coin..."

"Is there an undiscovered function... Question: Has Senior Araki ever used Lina..." Hearing this, Kengo Yamada curiously picked up a coin and threw it into the air while asking.

The coin fell from the sky, and this time it turned out to be the "head" facing up.

"Oh, this time, it's not the number up. Does it mean that you have to ask it to change it?" Yamada Kengo said excitedly.

"Bastard, don't ask such a question suddenly... It's different every time it falls, doesn't it mean that the previous situation was only caused by probability, is it just an ordinary coin?"

Sousuke Araki, who was sitting at the door, turned his head in panic and cursed.

"In addition to resentment, 'resentment' also has a characteristic that ordinary people can recognize, that is, the material is extremely hard, and it is said that even if it is bombed with missiles, it cannot be destroyed."

I didn't think Sousuke Araki didn't believe in him, but he felt that the other party was testing him, Kotori Yumayumi answered seriously as if he were answering a question.

"Is it hard to destroy?"

Sousuke Araki walked under the tree, picked up the coin and looked at it curiously.

"However, coins are inherently hard..."

Saying so, Yamada Kengo, whose mood stabilized a little, took a sip of the green tea on the table.

"Crack".

"Pfft..." The green tea in Kengo Yamada's mouth sprayed all over the ground, making the crisp grass even more green.

Just now, before he finished speaking, Araki Sosuke held up the coin with his thumb and index finger and pushed it hard.

The 500 yen coin was mercilessly split in half between his fingers.

Under the cherry tree, the air suddenly became quiet.

Only the sound of cherry blossoms falling with the wind remains.

Yamada Kengo and Kotori Yumayumi cast a monster-like look at Sousuke Araki.

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