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"Ugh!" She heard a strange cry, which came from the jelly bean man.
He... he's waving at me?!
This is too eerie... Her hair stood on end, and all she wanted to do was get out of here as soon as possible!
Dou Tang in the courtyard slowly lowered his hand, his swollen body dissipating in the cherry-pink light. He deactivated his transformation and looked at the leg bone in his hand.
This bone has been buried for twelve years and looks somewhat dark, but an unknown force has prevented it from decaying, and it remains strong.
A deep spiritual energy emanated from above. It was a man's leg bone, but it was still unknown who it belonged to. This man had been dismembered and buried in the schoolyard. Perhaps the so-called high-level vengeful spirit was referring to him.
Lu Zizhen walked out from under the tree. She had just been filming the Fall Guys "digging a grave" scene right in front of Dou Tang, so the two people upstairs didn't see her.
"Oh ho, looks like someone started the monster hunt before us!" Lu Zizhen seemed a little excited, her eyes sparkling as she watched the two running down the corridor, then said with some dissatisfaction, "Someone actually stole my job?"
Dou Tang put the leg bone into a sealed bag, then stuffed it into his backpack, saying, "Hurry up, it seems there's more than one vengeful spirit in this school."
It's strange, why would there be so many vengeful spirits in a school that's still in use? That doesn't make sense at all.
Ultimately, having only been in this world for a year, Dou Tang has not yet figured out what these evil spirits are, despite having performed physical exorcisms on many vengeful spirits.
Ultimately, is the world I've come to a supernatural world or a surreal one filled with demons and monsters?
But now was not the time to think about those things. Dou Tang and Lu Zizhen rushed into the teaching building and began to go upstairs to chase after the two people.
Lu Zizhen turned on the recording again. But instead of recording Dou Tang in human form, she turned the camera on herself wearing a mask, running and gesturing, adding her own voice.
"Hello everyone! Welcome to the 'Fall Guys Beat Up the Supernatural' channel! Today we're visiting a school that's still in use! But surprisingly, this usually bustling school becomes a haunted place at night!"
She pulled a transparent plastic bag containing bones from Dou Tang's backpack, showed it to the camera, and continued, "Look! These are the bones that house vengeful spirits. We are collecting these bones to allow the vengeful spirits here to regain their form, and perhaps this will help them find peace!"
"What's more, we dug these bones out of the wall! Just imagine how mentally disturbed a person would have to be to do something like that... and it's so unprofessional!"
"If I wanted to destroy the evidence, I would grind the body, bones and all, into dust..."
"Say less!" Dou Tang waved his hand to interrupt her, while carefully covering his face with the mask and looking towards the end of the corridor.
Two hurried footsteps could be heard coming from the stairs. The school building wasn't very big, so finding the two people who were running around in a panic was really easy.
"Is it time to transform?" Lu Zizhen excitedly raised her hand.
Turn on the camera.
Dou Tang did not reply, but simply stood silently in place.
"Oh, right!" Lu Zizhen added, "I promised the fans last time I'd imitate a Kamen Rider transformation! You pick one! I remember you said you liked Kuuga the most?"
Dou Tang's tense nerves immediately relaxed. He shook his head helplessly and changed his posture. Although there was nothing in his hands, it was as if he was holding a card.
"Oh, it's Decade right off the bat! You really do suit pink!"
“That’s called Pin Hong!” Dou Tang pointed out.
Just then, two people rushed down from upstairs.
The blood-stained clothes behind seemed to become more free over time, looking as if they were worn by an invisible person.
Meanwhile, Ringo and Chinatsu Kume also saw Toudou blocking their way.
Dou Tang made a gesture of inserting the card into his belt, then clasped his hands together at his waist.
"Transform!"
Pink light danced up, its momentary brightness like a pink sun, dazzlingly bright.
The words "transformation" distorted in the light into a childish voice and a series of whimpering cries. When the sounds faded, a broad and burly jelly bean-shaped figure appeared in the corridor.
He put his fists together, and his pink fists made a muffled thud. No human being could withstand such a punch.
The two people who were running away were stunned, their faces turning pale.
Chapter 8: How Powerful Are Fall Guys!
The sudden transformation and the unexpected appearance of the Fall Guys completely stunned the two of them. Even Ringo Shinsaki momentarily forgot that she was a shrine maiden and stood there dumbfounded.
The Fall Guys stretched out their limbs as if warming up, and their jumping made the ground tremble slightly.
...Is he doing gymnastics?
Actually, Dou Tang was also quite helpless, because after transforming into a Fall Guy, there was a strict requirement that he had to stand still and move his body a bit... These movements were indeed quite silly.
How stupid was it? Upon seeing this scene, even the blood-clad figure who had been aggressively pouncing on the attack froze in place.
This ignited a nameless anger within Dou Tang.
No way, it's one thing for other people to be scared, but you, you inhuman thing, are scared too?!
Do you think I'm scary?
He snorted coldly, but what came out was a cheer of "Woohoo!", but this did not hinder his actions.
The burly, tall Fall Bean Man started running, his disproportionately short legs propelling him forward.
The expressions on the faces of both Ringo and Shinzen were practically meme material.
"Idiot, get out of the way!" Lu Zizhen shouted quickly.
Compared to Ringo Shinzen's astonishment, it was Chinatsu Kume who reacted first. She suddenly remembered what the tall monster had done last night. It seemed to have no ill intentions towards humans, but only hostile towards evil spirits. Moreover, it had an accomplice... that woman must be the photographer?
So it... or rather, it shouldn't hurt us?
Thinking of this, Chinatsu Kume found some courage and simply fell to the side, knocking Ringo Shinzen to the ground.
"Bang! Bang!" Fall Guy ran faster and faster, eventually charging past the two like an angry rhinoceros. Lu Zizhen excitedly followed, wanting to capture the best shot.
The blood-stained clothes floating in the air were stunned.
The Fall Guy stretched out his big hand and grabbed the blood-stained clothes in his hand!
The blood-stained garment seemed to let out a mournful cry before suddenly snapping shut.
The Fall Guy clutched the blood-stained clothes and then slammed them to the ground!
"boom!"
The tile exploded with a loud crash and shattered!
[A low-level vengeful spirit has been confirmed. Please eliminate it immediately!]
The prompt appeared in the field of vision with a pink candy border, and behind the border was a vengeful spirit in blood-stained clothes lying on broken tiles. It has to be said that it was a really... hilarious picture.
The system prompted him, but Dou Tang certainly didn't stop. He slowly lifted the blood-stained clothes and shook them.
...No movement?
At this moment, the blood-stained clothes stopped running and remained limply in his hand, as if resigned to its fate.
……That's it?
"That's it?" Lu Zizhen voiced Dou Tang's inner thoughts as she walked up with her GoPro, filming the blood-stained garment at extremely close range.
Upon hearing this, Ringo Shinzen gritted her teeth and finally spoke up.
"You...please show some respect."
The voice was soft, but it was filled with dissatisfaction, which made Lu Zizhen turn her head in surprise to look at the two people who had just been so frightened that they couldn't move.
"Huh? Respect? Respect what? Vengeful spirits?"
Ringo swallowed hard. She glanced cautiously at Toudou and, seeing that Fall Guy didn't seem offended by her words, continued, "Those vengeful spirits... at least they were once human. Please don't describe them in such an insulting tone."
A thought suddenly popped into Dou Tang's mind: This person is so kind.
Therefore, he turned around curiously to look at Ringo Shinzen. This girl in sportswear had a short sword tucked behind her waist. She looked capable and dashing, but this dashingness was different from that of Michiko Sada, and was more simple and unpretentious.
A rustic, unsophisticated exorcism girl.
Dou Tang made this definition in his mind.
But he remained silent, wanting to see how things would develop.
As expected, Lu Zizhen immediately launched into a tirade. Her personality is such that she thrives on chaos, even to the point of being somewhat detached from right and wrong.
Because of her control over the world, she was very unhappy when she heard what Ringo Shinzen said.
"Huh? Is this what someone who just had their life saved should say?" She shook the GoPro in her hand. "Should I find some footage to show you how pathetic you were just now? Now you're lying here, trying to speak for vengeful spirits? Do you even have a brain?"
Ringo Shinzen choked for a moment, then said guiltily, "I just wanted to say that even if it's a vengeful spirit, there's no need for insults or anything like that. We just need to get rid of them, right? What's the point of arguing with such irrational spirits and speaking rudely to them?"
"Whoosh—" Dou Tang wanted to say "Stop arguing," but only a cheer came out.
Damn it... how can you talk like that?
But Lu Zizhen probably understood what Dou Tang meant. She snorted and stopped arguing. Instead, she turned her head and continued filming the vengeful spirit's blood-stained clothes.
The blood-stained garment in his hand had been silent since earlier. If it weren't for the faint black resentment still clinging to it in Dou Tang's eyes, he would have thought the vengeful spirit had dissipated.
What to do now? Just tear it up?
The vengeful spirit before us is clearly not the one that was sealed away at the school for twelve years. Sigh, judging from the condition of those two people, our exploration tonight cannot continue.
Never mind, I'll tear this one up first.
Dou Tang was completely unaware that at this moment, he was treating killing evil spirits as some kind of simple and straightforward task.
He stretched out his hands and twisted the two ends of the blood-stained clothes as if he were wringing out a towel. This action startled Ringo and the other person behind him.
Ringo Kamiya exclaimed in surprise, "Wait, wait! No! That's too rough!"
The pink jelly bean didn't care about anything, it squeezed and twisted it violently with its big hand.
A creaking sound rang out, and visible black mist turned into juice that seeped from the blood-stained clothes. It was then strangely absorbed by gravity and flowed into the Fall Guy's dark eyes.
Then, without hesitation, he tore it off.
"Rip—" The blood-stained clothes were torn into shreds. The fabric, twisted and wrung with tremendous force, looked as if it would break at the slightest touch. Then, the Fall Guy threw it away.
Just, that's it?
A malevolent spirit capable of controlling people... was dealt with just like that? Like wringing out a wet towel?!
Looking at that pink figure from behind, Ringo felt that something she had always held onto had shattered.
She has always believed that her family's work is sacred. Exorcism should be carried out with holy water and talismans, accompanied by a magnificent dance, to respectfully invite the help of the eight million gods in the world to guide those who have fallen into vengeful spirits due to the many grudges of the mortal world to the other side of the world.
But now... why can he kill a spirit so decisively? Why is he so casual about these supernatural things?
Fall Guys... what exactly is he?
Dou Tang waved to Lu Zizhen, signaling her to leave. The exploration tonight could not continue. Although he did not know where the high-level evil spirit was, since he still had his student status here, it would be fine to come back and investigate under the guise of going to school later.
Lu Zizhen glared at Shenqian Linqing with some resentment before turning around and leaving with Dou Tang. The pink Bean Man and the woman in black slowly walked down the corridor and disappeared around the dark corner without any hesitation.
It wasn't until Fall Guys disappeared around the corner that Ringo Shinzen felt as if she had just woken up from a dream, and her whole body trembled.
Wow, that's powerful...
Chapter 9: A Strange Dream Unfolds - Who's Knocking on the Door?
While Dou Tang was on campus, Huai Yin tidied up her home and made her bed by herself. Instead of continuing to play games, she crawled into bed.
Another night, another late night with no one to keep me company.
Huaiyin had already fallen asleep. Dou Tang never took her with him when he went out to explore, even though she emphasized that her spirit-absorbing constitution could be of great help. Dou Tang always refused.
Perhaps she was afraid that her poor athletic ability would hold her back.
Today was the same. I was supposed to be doing my job well, but I was so scared by a dream that I didn't leave the house all day, which also prevented him from going to work. How can this family stay together if things continue like this?
Ultimately, being bullied by that group, dropping out of school, encountering the supernatural, and even having one's own brother turn into another person... one's life is completely shattered, and one embarks on a path with no clear future. Why should it have to be one of these experiences?
Such pessimistic thoughts lingered in Huaiyin's mind, hovering over her fragile heart for a whole year.
Go to sleep, sleep before he comes back. Maybe that way I won't be affected by him anymore, or enter his nightmares. Although I'll feel a little guilty, like I'm escaping my duty to help him, even if it's just for one night, I want to try a night without him by my side.
With such complex emotions in her heart, Huaiyin slowly closed her eyes.
But her dreams found her right on time, unaffected by her insignificant wishes.
She opened her eyes in her dream and saw a city where it was snowing.
The snow was very thick, and the streetlights cast a dim yellow light on it. The snow, which was up to our calves deep, turned an eerie warm yellow under the lights, but it brought no warmth whatsoever.
The city was already asleep; this white blanket had put it to sleep early, even though the clouds in the sky still had an eerie dark red hue, preventing the world from appearing too dark.
She appeared to be standing at the entrance of an elementary school, with ornate ancient buildings standing at the gate.
The old Chinese-style archway, with red pillars and green plaques, is decorated with paintings of dragons and phoenixes. The plaques, entwined with the dragons and phoenixes, bear words that Huaiyin cannot understand. However, dreams always bring strange and direct information that penetrates the consciousness, so she understood those words.
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