Evil Spirit Consultant

Chapter 133: Phantoms and Decaying Ghosts
"What are you talking about?!"

When Yang Liu said this, Oshima seemed extremely excited.

If it weren't for Yang Liu's size, he would probably have been unable to resist and hit her.

Yang Liu had anticipated his hostility and shook her head calmly: "I've said we have no ill intentions. To be honest, if we really had any ill intentions..."

Oshima's eyes suddenly widened, because the person who had just stood in front of him suddenly disappeared, just like the scene jumping due to missing frames during editing, which made people feel extremely inconsistent.

"...You don't have the power to resist, do you? So don't worry, just think of us as being kind and trying to help others."

Yang Liu's voice came from behind, which scared Oshima so much that he shivered and couldn't help but crawl forward a few steps.

Without even glancing at Yang Liu who had come up behind him, Oshima clenched and unclenched his fists, and finally lowered his head helplessly and sighed, "You're right..."

Although what this person said was unpleasant to hear, it was indeed correct. Especially since the other party had obviously discovered the problem, it would be impossible for him to make excuses.

After understanding this, Oshima's attitude softened. The two sides introduced themselves to each other, and then Oshima took the initiative to lift the curtain and invite Yang Liu and Koizumi Ling to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, a short, fat, bald figure was sitting dully in front of the stove. It was obvious that he was the owner of the restaurant.

But his current appearance looks quite abnormal. Although he seems to be resting, he gives people the feeling of a robot on standby.

In Yang Liu's eyes, there was a ghost floating there that was exactly the same as the figure in front of the stove. The two figures overlapped somewhat, but Yang Liu was still able to recognize them with his ability.

Yang Liu ignored the ghost and took a look at the figure that looked exactly like the boss with interest: "I see, no wonder he has to hide in the kitchen. Although they look alike, there are still some differences in details. If someone looks closely, it will be easy to see through - is this your talent?"

"Talent... Are you talking about the ability to create illusions?" Oshima nodded blankly. "I guess so, but the illusions I create can only affect vision. Cooking and other things actually rely on Mr. Arima's soul."

As he spoke, Oshima stretched out his hand, and the illusion turned into light smoke and was taken back into his palm, leaving only the ghost still sitting in front of the stove in a daze.

That’s right, the shop owner in front of them had already died a long time ago, and the figure that the customers had seen in the past few days was actually an illusion created by the clerk Oshima.

Yang Liu didn't even notice this problem when she first glanced at him, but only sensed the ghost power emanating from the other party.

It was Koizumi Suzu who discovered that there was another phantom overlapping with the location of the ghost itself. According to the information exchanged after going out just now, the reason why Koizumi Suzu found something wrong was because "the figure in the kitchen and the clerk are one and the same."

As for why it can be seen that they are one and the same, Koizumi Ling herself is not quite sure. According to her, it is an intuition that makes her feel that the two beings should belong to the same individual in terms of "death".

According to Yang Liu's understanding, this was probably the perception that came with the special vision provided by Koizumi Ling's talent, just like Yang Liu's own perception of ghosts.

Sensing Oshima's approach, the boss's ghost slowly turned his head, and his neck twisted so awkwardly that it looked as if his bones were rusted.

After finally turning around, the Arima boss opened his mouth again and asked in a hoarse voice: "Oshima...Is Yuna back?" Oshima pursed his lips and showed an ugly smile on his face: "No, boss, Yuna will not be back for a few days. Didn't she tell you before?"

“Oh… cough cough cough…”

He turned his head with a dull expression, and apart from coughing from time to time, Boss Arima had almost no other reaction. He even had no reaction to Yang Liu and Koizumi Ling who followed Oshima to the kitchen.

Oshima looked a little unhappy, but he managed to control his emotions and turned to look at Yang Liu:
"The situation is pretty much like this. About a month ago, I found the ghost of Mr. Arima in this store. He had forgotten the reason for his death, but he still remembered to look for his daughter, Arima Yuna."

"Then why did you think of continuing to open the store?" Koizumi Ling asked puzzledly.

Oshima shook his head helplessly: "At the beginning, Mr. Arima was not like this. He could even go out with me to look for people. It was as time went by that his mind became more and more blurred.

Later I found out that he had been repeating the act of cooking in the kitchen, so to help him maintain his sanity I decided to reopen the store, just to make him more sober.

This method was fine at first, but Mr. Arima's condition has been getting worse and worse recently, and now it has become like this..."

Koizumi Ling nodded blankly. He was better at dealing with problems involving living people, and was not very good at dealing with dead people.

Fortunately, there is an "expert" nearby.

Xiaoquan Ling looked at Yang Liu for help, and Yang Liu, who had been looking around the kitchen, answered the question immediately:
"The reason why his condition is getting worse and worse is actually very simple, because the load is too heavy."

“?”×2.

"Basically, all ghosts have a basic concept, which is that they cannot affect any matter other than the target of their obsession, including all kinds of living and non-living things... Can this Mr. Arima operate all the utensils in the entire kitchen?" Yang Liu turned to look at Oshima halfway through her explanation.

Oshima nodded subconsciously: "Of course, I don't have as good skills as Mr. Arima. And it's not just the kitchen, he can also touch other things in the store."

"So his obsession target is the entire store?" Yang Liu was also shocked. "This is really a bit exaggerated."

"Is this situation... rare?" asked Koizumi Ling.

Yang Liu nodded vigorously in affirmation: "It's very rare! So far, the ghosts I have encountered that can manipulate matter are limited to things the size of kitchen knives or game discs. Something like a whole store... It's unheard of!

But because of this, his soul is under a considerable strain, so it will quickly become weak."

"So... so it was because of my suggestion that Mr. Arima became what he is now?!" Oshima looked incredulous.

"There's no need to blame yourself so much. If you hadn't allowed him to maintain his obsession, his sanity would have been worn out long ago." Yang Liu glanced at Boss Arima next to him.

(When you think I have doomed, I have not doomed, which is also a kind of doom.)
(End of this chapter)