Tokyo: I was tricked into marrying a yandere ghost

Chapter 102 The Administrator of the Paranormal Forum

By immersing one's spirituality into the small horned stone statue, one can actually obtain a small amount of magical power.

Kiyokawa Kiri was somewhat surprised. No wonder Asahara Shoko was so resilient... It turned out he had a curse that could strengthen his body. Time stop was probably a skill he had acquired. It seemed that curse power was indeed a good thing.

Unfortunately, I have very little spiritual power that I can control right now.

After pondering for a moment, Kiyokawa Kiri decided to hide the small stone statue for now, and then try to use it to enhance his strength once he had fully mastered its spirituality.

Adding a supernatural gadget to your cart, not bad...

It would be even better if we could obtain the "Necronomicon" or other supernatural items of the same rank.

Kiyokawa Kiri couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Just as he had hidden the small stone statue, he heard the sound of a key being inserted into the lock.

As the door lock turned gently, Kayako Kawamata timidly peeked in. When she saw Kiyokawa Kiri, her eyes lit up, and she exclaimed happily, "Onii-san, you're finally back?"

"Um, I'm sorry, Kayako, I've been quite busy these past few days. Thank you for cleaning the house..." Kiyokawa Kiri quickly said.

I've been away from home for a while, but Kayako Kawamata is still taking care of cleaning.

He even lent someone else's cat out, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

"It's alright, Onii-san, it's what I should do."

Kayako Kawamata's face suddenly turned red, realizing that she was the one who should be thanking him.

But she didn't dare reveal her infatuated side, and quickly said, "Where have you been these past few days, Onii-san? Asagiri-san asked if something had happened to you?"

"Asagiri Yuko?"

Kiyokawa Kiri was puzzled by what he heard.

Since sending Asagiri An back to the izakaya two days ago, he has been focusing on planning how to deal with the Aum Shinrikyo cult.

I've never been to an izakaya before, so I don't know what it's like there.

He had originally planned to take another look at it in a couple of days when he had some free time.

Unexpectedly, Kawamata Kayako seemed to have run into Asagiri Yuko, so he casually asked, "I had some family matters to attend to a few days ago, so I went on a long trip... How is Ms. Asagiri? She seems to have only been discharged from the hospital a few days ago, right?"

"She's almost fully recovered..." Kayako Kawamata paused, then said cautiously, "I've been working at her shop recently."

"Huh?" Kiyokawa Kiri was taken aback upon hearing this.

Kayako Kawamata went to work?

This was something he hadn't expected. After all, although Kayako Kawamata's personality had changed a lot after meeting him, her essence as "Ju-on" remained, making it difficult for ordinary people to like her.

However, considering that Asagiri Anne is a magical little tanuki, perhaps they can neutralize each other?

Kiyokawa Kiri was somewhat uncertain, but couldn't help asking out of curiosity, "Why did you decide to work for Asagiri's family?"

"Because my mother has been coming home later and later lately, and she doesn't leave me much money for meals..."

When Kayako Kawamata talked about this, she seemed to revert to her old hesitant and stammering manner.

Girls are generally more sensitive, especially when facing someone they like, and they don't want to expose their vulnerable side.

Fortunately, Kawamata Kayako felt that Kiyokawa Kiri was such a gentle person that she would definitely understand her, so she said intermittently, "Just before the holiday, I ran into Asagiri-san who had been discharged from the hospital. After chatting for a few minutes, she invited me to work at the store."

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Asagiri Yuko probably saw that Kawamata Kayako was quite young, yet she had such parents.

Feeling sorry for the other person, I thought of doing something within my power.

Moreover, Kiyokawa Kirito has been missing for the past few days, and the shop always needs manpower. In addition to Kawamata Kayako, she hired another female employee, which allowed the shop to stay afloat and also gave her some free time to play with Asagiri An.

According to Kayako Kawamata, Ms. Asagiri seems to be considering how to resolve Asagiri An's household registration and schooling issues recently.

Kiyokawa Kiri was surprised that so much had happened in just two days. While somewhat taken aback, she couldn't help but say with relief, "Really... You've really worked hard, Kayako."

After saying that, he patted the other person's head as a reward.

Kayako Kawamata was stiff with excitement, her heart pounding with joy, and she almost drooled.

She quickly swallowed and forced a silly smile.

Getting a part-time job at an izakaya (Japanese pub) is, of course, not that simple...

Kayako Kawamata had actually wanted to go for a long time, because Kiyokawa Kiri had said he was going to work there, and Kayako didn't want to keep waiting for him to come back from his house. She didn't even know if she could wait for him, as they could only see each other so rarely every night.

So she decided to work at the store with Kiyokawa Kiri.

This would greatly increase the amount of time the two people spend together.

Unfortunately, Kawamata Kayako doesn't seem to realize that Kiyokawa Kiri is already planning to resign...

"Anyway, how about I treat you to dinner tonight, Onii-san?" Kiyokawa Kiri asked patiently with a smile, "Is there anything you'd like to eat?"

"I'm fine with anything, whatever you decide, Onii-san..."

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Kayako Kawamata nodded obediently, her heart pounding with excitement.

Sure enough, she knew that Kiyokawa Kiri was a very gentle and kind person.

The better you perform, the closer the other person will become to you.

It seems the day when we "change our surname" isn't too far off!

Kayako was inexplicably excited. Even after Kiyokawa Kiri took her out for a meal and complied with her request to go shopping at a mall for a while, she was still somewhat reluctant to leave when they returned home.

However, she knew that feelings need to be cultivated slowly and there was plenty of time.

After experiencing the "fatherly love" and "brotherly love" from Kiyokawa Kiri for the first time in a long time, she waved goodbye reluctantly, made an appointment to meet him again the next day, and returned to her rented room next door.

"That's right, Kayako is becoming more and more independent."

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After sending the other party back, Kiyokawa Kiri felt increasingly gratified.

Everything is going well.

Kayako Kawamata is even able to go out and do part-time jobs on her own, which means that she no longer needs to rely on herself all the time.

I didn’t expect that “Ju-on” could be solved so easily. He was scared by Omi Kin before, and he thought that he would have to fight Kayako in the future to solve the problem... But nothing has happened so far, so I feel like I don’t need to worry about it anymore.

Kiyokawa Kiri stretched and decided to take a shower first.

But just at that moment, the phone suddenly rang.

That was a flip phone that Tomie Kawakami gave him; very few people knew the number.

Only Sadako Yamamura, Yuko Asagiri, and his girlfriend Tomie...

Kiyokawa Kiri glanced at her flip phone a few times and saw that it was Kawakami Tomie calling. She immediately perked up and answered, "Hey, are you awake?"

"Come to my house now, it's something very serious."

Tomie Kawakami's voice sounded extremely serious on the other end of the phone.

Kiyokawa was taken aback at first, then immediately agreed in a deep voice.

An hour later, in Roppongi Hills, Minato Ward, Tokyo.

Kiyokawa Kiri returned to the Kawakami family home, and as soon as she entered, she was forcibly dragged into the study.

He had initially thought the other person's seriousness meant something very important was happening, but Kawakami Tomie first handed him a few newspapers. Upon taking a look, he discovered that they were about the fire that had occurred last night in the suburbs of Tokyo, at the Shambhala Private Buddhist Academy.

"Fire... I don't think there was a fire before we left."

"That's not really the point," Kawakami Tomie said in a low voice, her eyebrows furrowed. "Actually, similar incidents have happened once or twice before."

Ghost stories have existed for so long, there must be other people besides Aum Shinrikyo who abuse their power.

Meanwhile, Tomie Kawakami has been investigating the traces of ghost stories for years, and she keenly sensed that someone seemed to be secretly hiding or even destroying information about ghost stories, as if the other party did not want these things to be known by the general public.

If that's all there is to it, there's really not much to say.

After all, it's more likely that the Japanese government was behind this.

Tomie Kawakami was just curious; she didn't intend to investigate who the force behind this was—she wasn't that stupid to knowingly invite danger and still go to satisfy her curiosity.

But now the situation is different because someone has contacted her.

Look here...

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Tomie Kawakami pulled Kiyokawa Kiri to the desk, where she noticed the large, bulky computer.

These days, computers are mostly huge and square like this. When Kiyokawa saw this computer, he was a little dazed, as if it had been a long time since he last used a computer.

The computer was now turned on, and a forum page was displayed on the screen.

Kiyokawa Kiri glanced at it a few times and couldn't help but ask, "So this is the forum you were talking about before? The one used to hire the Ishii couple?"

"Um.

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Tomie Kawakami seemed to be in a somewhat heavy mood.

She nodded, then opened her private messages on the forum and whispered, "Just last night, not long after we withdrew from Aum Shinrikyo, the forum administrator messaged me privately. I only saw it just now..."

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"administrator?"

Kiyokawa was slightly stunned, then quickly looked at the private messages on the computer.

It was a username called "Hojo". I don't know if this name is the other party's real surname. The other party first sent a long string of text. After Kiyokawa Kiri patiently read it, he was immediately shocked. It described what happened last night.

The other party even mentioned at the end what time Kawakami Tomie would be, noting that they had noticed her private message.

"Is it really this time?"

"Yes, they're right."

Tomie Kawakami nodded slightly and continued, "I had suspected before that the administrator of this forum must also be someone who knows about ghost stories, and now I can basically confirm it."

"But that's not the main point. They've asked us to meet tonight. What should we do?" she added.

"Tonight?" Kiyokawa Kirito was taken aback.

Is time really that tight?

Anyone with a brain knows that the administrators who create this kind of paranormal forum are definitely not ordinary people.

Moreover, the other party is even fully aware of my plans against Aum Shinrikyo... It's also difficult to figure out whether the other party is neutral or a remnant of Aum Shinrikyo.

The latter is actually less likely, but the former doesn't seem very plausible either.

After all, what could the other party possibly want that would require finding Tomie Kawakami?

"I suspect that this administrator may have a direct connection to the fire that occurred at Aum Shinrikyo."

Kawakami Tomie took a deep breath and said with a grim expression, "The other party might have been there yesterday, but we just don't know who it is."

"If it really was this person who did it, then those ghost stories that I found out before that were deliberately destroyed are very likely related to this person as well. Over the years, this person has been intentionally or unintentionally erasing all the ghost stories in Tokyo, and even the impact caused by the ghost stories has been quelled in other ways."

It's the 90s now, even though the bubble has just burst.

But even a weakened camel is bigger than a horse; Tokyo remains the largest metropolis in Asia at this moment.

In such a prosperous and incredibly densely populated metropolis, the number of supernatural tales is naturally several times that of ordinary cities.

The other party has the ability to suppress all the ghost stories in Tokyo to the level of other small cities... Either the other party's strength far exceeds their imagination, or there is an even larger organization behind them.

Based on the current situation, the latter is more likely.

"So, you suspect that high-ranking Japanese government officials are behind the forum?"

Kiyokawa Kiri stroked his chin, secretly guessing, "It couldn't have been done by one person."

"Although most of the ghost stories are not very powerful, finding these ghost stories is not an easy task. Just collecting information on ghost stories is a considerable undertaking."

He was able to obtain intelligence because of his identity as a time traveler.

If the other party is a single person, unless they are also a time traveler and possess very strong abilities, it is impossible for them to do such a thing.

Therefore, the latter is more likely...

Now, the problem comes back again.

Should we make contact?

"What do you think?" Kawakami Tomie rubbed her temples and couldn't help but sigh. "It's not just the two of us who have received the text message. On your way here, the Ishii couple called me. They also received a notification from the administrator. Only Tottori Rena hasn't heard from us yet."

"In other words, the other party has gathered all the ghost stories we could contact at once."

Kiyokawa Kiri frowned in thought.

If he could, he definitely wouldn't want to get involved in this mess anymore.

But the commotion that occurred in the suburbs last night was no ordinary one.

The most important thing is that far too many people have died.

Although Kiyokawa Kiri only killed Asahara Shoko and Niimi Tomomitsu.

But Ishii Fuchi and Tottori Rena killed quite a few people at the event. Although the situation was special at the time, and those people were completely possessed by supernatural artifacts—once such a thing happens, no matter how it happened, it will definitely be horrifying if it gets out.

The casualties and property losses caused were far too great.

It seems a bit troublesome to make excuses and not meet at this point.

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