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Xingyi nodded.
"Sadako, although just an urban legend, her method of killing was extremely superstitious, and had absolutely nothing to do with how she died."
relation."
"But she was wearing the clothes she wore when she fell into the dry well, her hair was disheveled, and she gave off a cold and damp feeling. These were her characteristics, related to what she had experienced."
“I call them ‘cause’ and ‘manifestation.’ The cause is the opportunity for the birth of evil and the characteristics that the opportunity brings to it, while the manifestation is the supernatural power that it displays after becoming evil.”
Dou Tang shrugged: "As for me, I don't care at all how evil spirits behave."
Hoshigi nodded slowly, but his tone still carried some doubt: "I hope you really are that strong... I will also contact some Onmyoji or something. Although I don't know if those charlatans have any real skills, at least more people mean more hope."
"Don't worry, Kiryu-kun, no matter what, I will not treat you unfairly, even if you are not the one who catches the evil spirit in the end."
Dou Tang didn't tell him about his own experience of being attacked; he simply nodded in understanding.
“Then, if I catch him, I’ll take more than 200 million yen.” Tou-tang held up two fingers.
Hoshino frowned and said, "Two hundred million yen is no small sum for you, even though you have exceptional abilities..."
"Don't worry, I don't want money." Dou Tang held up his third finger: "I need you to do me a favor, for example, I need information about the Morning Star Group."
"I'd like to collaborate with you to help me find some things, and I'll offer you compensation in return. How about it?"
Xingyiren then smiled, his scars furrowing into a menacing expression: "You think this place is an intelligence agency?"
"Yes, but it's idiotic not to make money when you can, right?"
"That makes sense. So, how long do you plan to take to catch that evil spirit?"
"Let's find some bait from your group members and go fishing. As for the ocean for fishing... Shibuya is the place, how about it?"
“If any of my team members get injured, I’ll hold you responsible.”
"If he deserves to die, then it's not my fault."
Chapter 56 The Birth of the Wet Evil Spirit
Tingling.
It hurts so much, it hurts so much. My body is being pulled and tugged, as if a thousand mouths are surrounding me, constantly biting and nibbling at me.
I tried to open my eyes, but I couldn't. It was still pitch black in front of me. My eyes were burning with a sharp pain, but also chilled to the bone.
His hands were bound by something and he couldn't move, and his feet seemed to be completely imprisoned by hard stones.
I tried to open my eyes, tried to lift my head, and endured the stinging pain all over my body.
Before me lay bottomless darkness, a chilling reality. The deep blue of the sky surged and churned, and black things swam across it.
It felt like something was blocking my mouth, and an uncontrollable urge to vomit rose in my throat. My teeth parted slightly, and a cold, salty liquid poured in, making the vomiting even worse, and my stomach started to convulse.
The urge to vomit made her throat swell, and the pain seemed to be relieved a little at this moment, but the constant squeezing sensation in her throat seemed to evoke some filthy and dirty memories. Even though she was already dead, and she could not remember anything about her life, it made her feel even worse and hated herself even more.
She opened her mouth wide, as if to devour everything in front of her. She heard a cracking sound from her jaw and saw a scarlet ribbon drifting towards the sky. Some black, strip-like objects scrambled to grab the ribbon, just like... just like before, when someone had been scrambling to take her away.
With another click, she felt her mouth finally snap back into place, and she was freed.
She refused to let the endless seawater out.
What's the next step?
She slowly lowered her head and finally saw clearly what situation she was in.
He was wrapped in hemp rope, his pale body was tattered and torn, and there were even countless wounds torn by the fish. The swollen flesh was bound by the hemp rope, leaving marks and even tearing apart where it came into contact with the rope. Pieces of rotten flesh were mixed with hemp rope, which was extremely disgusting.
The feet were sealed in hard cement, and the white bones were visible where they came into contact with the cement.
The fish surrounded him, nibbling at him, bringing endless, undeserved pain to his bloated body that no longer belonged to humankind.
That was the source of the stinging pain.
He died.
The thought popped into her head, but the woman didn't even know if she had a brain left.
I don't want to die, I don't want to die.
Almost instinctively, the next thought popped into my head.
At the same time, she heard a sound, a joyful sound that even the roar of surging waves could not stop.
Welcome to Crown Games!
You have been given another chance. Please confirm whether you wish to use it.
One more time? One more...time?
Her chaotic consciousness was no longer capable of thought; almost subconsciously, she used all the remaining strength in her body, which had been dead for a long time, to open her mouth wide, nod, and shout silently in the dark seabed.
An hour later, a woman dressed in rags slowly emerged from the water and walked onto the beach.
She looked around blankly and helplessly; she was all alone on the dark beach.
She tossed her hair aside; the ends were tinged with burgundy, her former hair color. Now, this new, jet-black hair had replaced the few remaining strands of her old hair, signifying her rebirth and also...
He told her again that this second chance at life would not be the same as before.
She is now an evil spirit.
He was a participant in the Crown game.
Try your best to win the crown from other participants in the Crown Game! The final winner will be decided!
Her clothes were soaking wet and tattered, barely covering her body. She limped to the side of the road and came to the streetlight.
Under the streetlights, she examined her body. Her bloated, pale body had returned to its original state, but there were still traces of rope binding on her ankles and arms, and some cement residue on her feet.
Her figure was still as good as before, and that was enough! She felt proud and reached out her hands to support her chest under the streetlight.
What should we do next?
How did I die? Who killed me? Why?
She still looked bewildered when a small truck stopped by the roadside.
The car window rolled down, revealing a face on the driver's side filled with desire and despicable fantasies.
"Miss, why are you standing alone on the beach so late?"
"Would you like me to give you a ride? Judging from your clothes, you wouldn't happen to be... Oh, sorry, I shouldn't have asked."
The woman lowered her head, smoothing her wet hair, and asked in a cold voice, "So, uncle, where are you going?"
As soon as she said it, she was surprised and even felt a surge of emotion, as if she hadn't spoken in her original voice in so long.
My head is throbbing, and fragmented images are flashing through my mind.
The brightly lit streets, the dazzling dance halls, the drinks in the glasses, and the chaotic noises from the neighbors after returning to the dilapidated apartment...
Yes, yes, that feeling of being unable to speak no matter where you go, unable to say what you want to say, unable to use your own voice, having to be gentle and alluring to everyone, even when talking to yourself in your own room, habitually using that seductive voice, as if you have forgotten what you were originally like!
So annoying, so annoying, I even want to go back to the sea! So annoying!
She covered her face with her black hair, and her face involuntarily contorted behind the thick black hair.
The middle-aged man grinned wickedly, leaned out and opened the door: "Ah, I'm going to Tokyo, miss. I think you're from Tokyo too, right?"
Tokyo? Yes, Tokyo. I have to go back to Tokyo…back to take revenge! Revenge!
Her face twitched, and she lifted her bangs. When the older man's gaze fell on her face, all that remained was a charming, endearing smile.
"Yes, yes, that's how it is, uncle. Then I'll trouble you."
"However, I think I should go up the mountain first. Uncle, would you please keep them company?"
"I heard that you can see Tokyo in the distance from this mountaintop, right?"
………………
"Uncle, thank you for your help."
After getting off the bus, the woman looked into the distance.
Two hundred kilometers away, she could still see a beam of light shooting into the sky from a very distant place. It wasn't normal light. The middle-aged man behind her, smoking a cigarette, looked at her and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Miss, what are you looking at?"
"Look at the light, the light of Tokyo." She smiled contentedly, still gazing into the distance.
The middle-aged man leaned closer and looked in the direction the woman was gazing; there was only the pitch black of the deep night.
He slowly reached out and touched the woman's buttocks. The woman trembled slightly but did not resist, which emboldened him even more.
The woman simply gazed dreamily at Tokyo in the distance.
In her eyes, in the distant darkness, flames soared to the heavens, and a colossal crown of fire burned in the air, as vast as a city. Countless tiny crowns surrounded the enormous crown, like the guards of a supreme emperor.
The crown was engraved with images of the underworld, ghosts, and endless wastelands.
On the other side of the wasteland, however, lies a jarringly incongruous paradise, a paradise made of candy and cake.
She recalled another hint about the Crown game.
Please note that a unique participant may become the focus of your competition.
[Please be wary of the owner of the Supreme Crown. The system suggests that you obtain other crowns before challenging them.]
So that was the Supreme Crown?
She leaned forward slightly, resting against the railing, enjoying the rough caresses and thrusts from behind.
"How beautiful and powerful..."
"You, what did you say?"
"It's alright, uncle...it's alright."
While saying it was nothing, the damp evil spirit secretly harbored murderous intent.
Chapter 57 The Supreme Crown
No one, regardless of their status, can ignore the crown in the game of Crown.
That crown, suspended in the sky above Tokyo, covering the entire city.
The crown depicted scenes that no evil spirit had ever seen.
There are rivers that lie dormant in the ancient wilderness, which evil spirits speculate signify the underworld.
There is a sea of people wandering on the wasteland, and the vengeful spirits know that it is the final destination of all souls.
Broken souls and a desolate world—the afterlife—was depicted on the crown, the final resting place for all evil spirits and even ordinary life. These images trembled illusoryly in the flames of the supreme crown, as if being pinched.
He held all the participants by the neck and told them, "I am your final grave."
But then, the other half of the Supreme Crown makes people feel... very troublesome.
The other half of the scene is completely different, depicting an endless paradise where amusement parks made with candy and cakes are built without any rules.
Using candy sticks and fruit as themes, a pirate ship made of bananas, and a Ferris wheel with cabins shaped like mini cakes...
Playing in the park are strange, round creatures that have no facial features, only an oval area on their face with two vertical black holes.
The scene was completely different from the afterlife on the other side; it was full of life and joy, making one wonder if it might be heaven.
But precisely because the crown is so enormous, almost no one has been able to find its true form. The owner of the crown has been wandering around Tokyo, and even from a distance, the search area remains narrowed.
But not long ago, he made a big move.
The owner of the Supreme Crown went to the seaside, and from then on, three crowns revolved around the Supreme Crown, which made everyone understand one thing completely.
The owner of the Supreme Crown was not unintentionally involved in the competition, nor did he only want to be some kind of BOSS. That owner was also... a true participant, a powerful being who coveted the other crowns.
For a moment, all the participants panicked.
Forming alliances or killing enemies, participants are more active than ever before, leading to a further increase in chaos in Tokyo and a growing number of unsolved cases.
But compared to the social unrest, the real pressure still weighed on the participants, because they knew that as long as they were in Tokyo, no matter which street or building they were in, as long as they looked up at the sky, they could see that enormous thing wrapped in the eternal flame of the soul.
The same applies to dampness and evil spirits.
The first crown owner she found in Tokyo was none other than Huaiyin.
She could sense the crown within Huaiyin's body. This girl also possessed a strange allure that made the damp and evil spirits involuntarily want to approach her.
She meant no harm, but unfortunately, Huaiyin and another woman named Lu Zizhen seemed to regard her as an enemy, not to mention those strange jelly bean people.
At first, she thought that those jelly bean figures might be Huaiyin's special ability, or that the power the crown gave Huaiyin, but she later found that it didn't seem to be the case.