Tokyo Fall Guys beats up the supernatural

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For some reason, Dou Tang's mindset began to relax. Looking at the delicate skin on his arm, he even wondered if one day all the souls of his ancestors would leave him and the Crown Game would end, would he be able to live a normal life without having to care about evil spirits?

Every day I would get up to cook for Huaiyin, go watch Lu Zizhen take modeling photos or watch her paint, then graduate from school and live...

Just as he was about to start daydreaming, he suddenly stopped himself from thinking about it, and for the third time realized that his mindset had changed and he was no longer so depressed.

However, it's good not to feel repressed, but dreaming of overly wonderful futures is still too much of a luxury for him.

Dou Tang took two deep breaths to calm himself down, and the soreness in his body lessened considerably. So he started to jog down the mountain with lighter steps.

He saw the dilapidated shrine again, and now many medical staff and some police officers had arrived in front of it.

Siren Head's body was turning into dust, unlike the bones of Ito Oogami, which remained. It was as if these monsters from urban legends were merely shells propped up by evil souls, and once they lost their inner eerie filling, they would shatter into illusory dust.

Or perhaps, those beings beyond the comprehension of the normal world have disappeared, and their death has rendered them utterly worthless to this world. But who knows? Dou Tang was simply thinking this way because of his active mind.

At the same time, he discovered Lu Zizhen.

At this moment, Lu Zizhen was sitting on the steps under the torii gate, wrapped in a clean white blanket, after all, she was soaked through by the rain.

The dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and a ray of sunlight rose in the distance. A wide and extremely long white band of light appeared at the boundary between the sea and the sky, heralding the arrival of dawn.

Beneath the vermilion five-arched torii gate, this woman, who, like Dou Tang, carried many burdens, sat obediently. People kept passing by, but she remained utterly quiet, gazing absently at the morning light, like a puppy that hadn't yet realized what it had done wrong, staring blankly at the world after the rain, wanting to shake its head to get rid of the rain but not daring to.

There was an air of loneliness and despair.

Dou Tang emerged from the woods, and the police on both sides saw him, but Aida Yue, looking puzzled, pulled the police aside to indicate that he was one of their own, and did not come up to stop him.

Dou Tang came to Lu Zizhen's side and sat down.

"Stop looking at the sun, look at me instead," he said, making a rare, playful remark.

The lonely and desperate aura emanating from the woman beside him shattered instantly, as if she had been waiting for him to arrive; her aura of keeping strangers at bay had no effect on him.

Lu Zizhen chuckled, turned around, looked at him, and smiled brightly: "My hell, are you done with your work?"

"I don't think so." Dou Tang looked back and saw that Aida Yue was collecting the candies on the ground, but he didn't care. After all, Lu Zizhen would probably find an excuse to take them all back later.

"There are still many questions, and this is only a temporary reprieve."

Lu Zizhen continued to smile, reaching out her slightly cold hand to touch his face, and whispered, "You really stole the show tonight, with Ito-sama and Siren-head... Are you satisfied now?"

"...Yes, I am very satisfied."

"I wanted to resolve all of this behind your back, but you ended up settling it all down." She sighed again, resting her chin on her hand, her eyes filled with admiration for Dou Tang and frustration with herself as she looked at him.

Why do you still try to act tough in front of me?

"I don't know, I just tend to be stubborn, but I want to remind you..."

People's habits are formed through past experiences, so don't try to guess.

Dou Tang didn't ask any questions. Sometimes his conversations with Lu Zizhen were really like playing riddles, so he decided to change the subject.

"I don't know why, but I feel like there will be many more things like this in the future... I mean these evil spirits."

“I think so too.” Lu Zizhen nodded, but suddenly seemed to regain her energy, jumped up abruptly, and threw the white blanket off her body.

Her black dress clung to her body, but it wasn't seductive; it only made her look incredibly dashing. She pointed down the mountain, grinning, "Let's not talk about that anymore! I'm hungry. Let's call Huaiyin and go eat!"

Dou Tang smiled helplessly, then stood up and took her hand.

"Fine... let's just leave this mess here unattended?"

"When you're around, I don't want to deal with these trivial matters that don't even require my involvement."

The two left the noise behind them and walked under the torii gate. At that moment, the Taoist priest and the jelly bean man transformed back into a young boy and girl, holding hands as they walked down the mountain.

Chapter 129 Return Under the Morning Light

The matter has come to an end.

This grand drama, meticulously planned by Priest Ito, ended amidst chaos and bizarre developments.

Priest Ito did not get to see the battle between the new and old eras as he had hoped, because the appearance of the Fall Guys destroyed everything. These Fall Guys showed him through their actions that the eras did not matter to them.

Dou Tang did not get what he wanted. He did not obtain the soul of Ito Oogami, and even lost a part of the power he originally possessed. At the same time, more doubts were thrown onto the table, telling him that the world was in turmoil. Even the two powers within him—Fall Guy and Mr. Ren—were not stable, and even contradicted each other.

But in any case, that night of thunder and lightning mixed with the howls of evil spirits is over.

Dou Tang pulled Lu Zizhen along a path through the fields. Both of them were soaking wet and were talking in hushed tones as they walked slowly.

"Is there anything else you need here?" Dou Tang asked wearily.

Lu Zizhen held his hand with heartache. She had never seen Dou Tang look so tired. His eyes were drooping as if he might fall asleep at any moment, a stark contrast to his usual strong and energetic self.

She replied gently, "If you want, none of that matters. I can stay with you, and so can Huaiyin."

Dou Tang shook his head: "Don't rush to flirt with me. That's not what I meant at all. Don't overthink it."

Lu Zizhen was stunned, her eyes widening in surprise. Clearly, Dou Tang would never have said such a thing before, and he had shocked Lu Zizhen.

"Are you... are you out of your mind? Or did you see some weird stuff online?" She quickly reached out and touched Dou Tang's forehead, but there was nothing wrong.

"No, I'm just... a little more relaxed." Dou Tang grinned, but that smile seemed different from before.

Lu Zizhen asked curiously, "Relaxed? What do you mean by relaxed?"

"I don't know either." Dou Tang shook his head. "Or rather, I don't know at the moment."

"I just feel that my mindset has become much more open, and I'm not as bitter and resentful as before?"

Lu Zizhen seemed to understand but not quite. The two walked down the mountain, naturally holding hands, but neither of them noticed that this was the first time they had truly held hands.

As the sun rose and dawn broke, the dark clouds dispersed, and Dou Tang could see the scattered corpses of weasels and the messy footprints of the Bean People on the ground, as well as the damaged outer walls of the houses in the distance.

As the sunlight shone on them, the corpses of those weasels turned into black dust and disappeared.

Thirteen candy beans were scattered in the field, sinking into the wet mud and indistinguishable.

Ignoring the fact that he would get himself dirty, Dou Tang jumped down into the field, gathered up the candies, wiped them clean, and put them in his pocket.

"It seems that while we were fighting on the mountain, that so-called Priest Ito came down the mountain intending to attack ordinary people, but..." Lu Zizhen said, glancing at the houses not far away, "was blocked by Huaiyin using your clone."

"Priest Ito?" Dou Tang asked curiously.

“That’s right, Priest Ito… It’s said that he returned from abroad a year ago and then rebuilt the Ito Shrine, but… it seems he has ulterior motives.”

The two continued walking towards the residential area, and Dou Tang shared the information he had gathered: "I found a mummified corpse in an old house behind the Ito Shrine. The corpse had a name tag with the name Ito on it, and the bus driver told me that... the Ito family only has one son."

“An only son…” Lu Zizhen frowned and continued analyzing, “In other words, this Ito priest is not a member of the original Ito family at all, but an… imposter?”

"I get it, it's Kamen Rider Ryuga!"

Dou Tang shook his head and complained, "Dragon Fang is just a mirror image... If we're talking about something, it should be from the Ultraman series! After all, Ultraman does a lot of scenes where it's hard to tell what's real and what's fake!"

Lu Zizhen nodded repeatedly: "Mmm...you're right. Oh right, I haven't watched Zeta this week yet!"

It was a very serious topic, but Lu Zizhen steered it off course, leaving Dou Tang shaking his head helplessly.

After the joke ended, Lu Zizhen continued, "Since that's the case, then I'll use my connections to investigate that guy. Using the exorcist's connections... there should be some..."

Some clues.

Dou Tang nodded in agreement; he couldn't help with this kind of thing.

It's time to cultivate your own connections...

Exorcists and evil spirits—I always feel like I'm closer to evil spirits. If possible, should I make use of the people under the Mountain of Vengeful Spirits?

Try it when you get back...

After thinking it over, the two arrived at the entrance of the house.

Police have managed to calm the nearby residents down temporarily. Although the windows of the houses are broken, it's a sunny day today, so the impact isn't too great. It's just that glass merchants in Kamogawa City might make a fortune.

After such an incident, the exhausted students were having breakfast on the first floor of a residential building. Their planned study session for the day was ruined, not to mention they would have to rest in a drafty room without windows later... Therefore, everyone looked depressed.

When Ms. Xingzi, who was standing at the door, saw Dou Tang, she immediately frowned and rushed over.

"Kiryu-kun, you actually know how to come back!" She was clearly furious, extremely angry about Tou-tang not returning all night, not to mention the critical situation last night.

She raised her hand, pursed her lips, wanting to slap Dou Tang, but hesitated for a long time, looking at his soaking wet appearance and staring at his tired face, before finally reaching out.

I wiped the rain off his face.

This action made Lu Zizhen squint, and Dou Tang could feel that she was gripping him a little tighter.

"Was everything alright last night? Did nothing happen?" she asked, glancing at Lu Zizhen.

Lu Zizhen immediately smiled and said sweetly, "You must be Dou Tang's teacher. Don't worry, Dou Tang was with me all night."

“That’s right, I’m his homeroom teacher, Kyoko Tominaga. You can call me Ms. Kyoko. And you are…?”

She scrutinized the somewhat haggard red-haired woman before her and continued, "My name is Lu Zizhen."

"Yes...it's his sister, um."

Exhausted, Dou Tang nodded: "I'm sorry, teacher, I made you worry."

"...Never mind, I'll punish you later. Let's go inside first."

At the same time, Dou Tang looked up and saw the thin figure at the entrance of the house. Huai Yin was leaning against the door frame, looking at him with concern.

He smiled and walked over.

Behind them, Ms. Kyoko seemed to have something she wanted to ask Mr. Ryū, and the two of them stood by the roadside and started talking.

Upon reaching the door, Huaiyin sniffed, seemingly wanting to show concern for him, but then suddenly seemed a little sullen and took a step back.

"I'm back," Dou Tang said apologetically.

Huaiyin sniffed again, ignored him, and turned to run upstairs.

Chapter 130 A Young Girl Yearns for Your Love

Is the little girl throwing a tantrum?

Thinking this, Dou Tang glanced at Lu Zizhen beside him. Lu Zizhen gave him a "I'm here" look, and only then did Dou Tang feel relieved enough to go upstairs.

He arrived at the door of the room and opened the paper door.

Huaiyin stood with her back to him, a towel draped over her body to cover her wet clothes. She stared silently at the morning sky outside the window. The shattered glass on the ground gleamed, giving this unfortunate girl an inexplicable air of holiness.

"...Huaiyin?" Dou Tang called out, somewhat uncertainly.

The little girl took a deep breath, and you could tell she was a little aggrieved. Her face, turned towards the window, was probably already red-eyed.

Dou Tang's heart suddenly clenched. He couldn't stand such scenes, he couldn't stand people crying, and he couldn't stand their intense emotions.

Whether it's the hysterical screams of people before they die or the mournful cries of every vengeful spirit before its demise, he actually can't stand those things the most, but he's seen them so many times before that he doesn't think much of them.

But for some reason, when it was Huaiyin's turn, Doutang felt that he was still an ordinary person, and all his iron-bloodedness disappeared, turning into gentle, rippling water.

"Huaiyin... what's wrong?"

He slowly walked behind Huaiyin, but dared not pat her shoulder. He only dared to kneel down, feeling somewhat uneasy.

"...Can't you tell? I'm angry." Huaiyin had her back to him, and although she really wanted to ignore him, she still replied somewhat angrily.

Dou Tang scratched the back of his head blankly: "Why are you angry?"

……

Huaiyin thought about it and realized that if she wanted to communicate with Doutang, being arrogant was the least effective method. This guy could only receive straightforward and direct expressions of emotion and would never try to guess other people's feelings.

"...Because I'm worried about you! Also, I'm very dissatisfied and frustrated..."

Huaiyin simply turned around. The somewhat slender and quiet aura she exuded had now transformed into a kind of naive courage. Perhaps it was because she felt powerless in this rainy night that she decided to speak out.

Or perhaps it was because she sensed a kind of hope in Dou Tang within her, a hope that he would care about her more, a hope that he would stop immersing himself in the terrifying world of ghosts, a hope that he… who knows, she doesn’t know yet.

Her eyes and the tip of her nose were red.

Because she had been staying at home for too long, her skin was pale and sickly, and coupled with her already thin frame, she appeared weak and frail as the morning breeze blew in through the window.

But her eyes were sharp, and despite being exhausted from the whole night, they still shone as she stared intently at Dou Tang.

Dou Tang was even somewhat afraid to meet her gaze; he had never done so before.

Gu Ren, whether it's her previous sister, her current sister, or anyone else.

He couldn't understand why, despite always giving the best he could to the people he loved, things always... always went against his wishes.

Just as he doesn't understand where Huaiyin's anger comes from.

Seeing his expression, Huaiyin wiped her nose with a hint of disappointment and said, "I was very worried about you last night."

Dou Tang only dared to lower his head, like a child who hadn't finished his homework and was being scolded.