Tokyo: I was tricked into marrying a yandere ghost

Tomie Kawakami didn't say a word throughout the call, only saying "I understand" before hanging up.

But Kiyokawa Kiri wasn't worried at all. For some reason, he was quite certain that the other party would find someone to bail him out. After all, it was Kawakami Tomie who helped him when he was injured and hospitalized, and now he could only ask the other party for help.

But this means we'll end up owing them a favor.

Favors are something that are really hard to repay.

Especially since the other person only desires her body...

Kiyokawa Kiri was preoccupied and was taken back to the interrogation room by the two detectives.

He quickly asked, "Officers, how is my sister?"

"Your sister?" One of the detectives paused slightly, recalling the events, and said, "She should be fine. She's too young. But we've already had the patrol team contact her family. Don't worry."

Hearing this, Kiyokawa Kiri was slightly relieved.

At worst, once the lawyer arrives, we can find a way to bail out Kayako Kawamata as well.

This case is very easy for the litigators to resolve, because those involved are mostly Yakuza, the kind with bad records.

At most, Kiyokawa Kiri's actions constituted excessive self-defense, resulting in someone's death. If those lawyers who specialize in finding loopholes were to come in, they could easily cover it up. Moreover, the police and prosecutors certainly wouldn't want to get too involved in cases involving minors, lest they get themselves into trouble.

As things stand, my situation seems to be slightly better now?

Kiyokawa Kiri sat on the iron chair, his brows furrowed the entire time.

He could feel the strange power within his body receding rapidly like a tide, as if it had never existed.

But the facts are laid bare before him, whether he believes them or not.

My body has definitely undergone changes that no one knows about.

Not only that strange strength, but even his eye socket, which had been smashed open by the strong man, miraculously healed. In fact, before the two detectives arrived, the injury to his eye socket had already healed, leaving only bloodstains around the wound.

These unusual occurrences are most likely related to his amnesia, and are also inextricably linked to Omi Kin.

Don't you think about how you managed to escape your predicament?

[Be happy, now that you have abilities similar to Tomie's, you should be grateful to me for helping you resolve this trouble.]

Just as he was frowning in thought, Omi's lazy voice rang out.

She is also a member of urban legends, but she is not one of the ghost stories like Tomie Kawakami and Kayako Kawamata, who become vengeful ghosts after death. Instead, she is one of the ghost stories like Anne Asagiri, who is born and raised in nature.

It's similar to the strange tales found in folk literature.

Her true identity is that of a mermaid.

"So that's why Asagiri An said I smell like fish?" Kiyokawa Kiri wondered to herself.

I guess so. This dead cat has a pretty keen sense of smell.

Omi was a little annoyed, after all, she was a mermaid, not an ordinary fish.

How could she possibly smell like fish? It's just that Asagiri An smelled mermaids and started talking nonsense.

Mermaids are one of the ancient Japanese ghost stories. It is said that if a person eats mermaid flesh, he can gain the ability to live forever, which is somewhat similar to the "Tang Monk's flesh" that Kiyokawa Kiri knew in his previous life.

Simply put, mermaids possess an immortality similar to that of Tomie Kawakami.

And Omi Chika is a mermaid; she currently lives in symbiosis with Kiyokawa Kiri, which means...

"Did I eat you?"

Kiyokawa Kiri's face instantly turned green.

How was I supposed to know? This is the first time I've encountered something like this in all my years of life.

However, one thing is certain: you have now inherited the abilities that mermaids possess, including the physical changes you've undergone recently, which are likely related to eating mermaid flesh.

Only after Omi's reminder did Kiyokawa Kiri realize what was happening.

Shota Yoshino also said that he felt he had changed a lot in just two days...

When I'm getting dressed, it feels like the clothes have shrunk and I've grown taller.

Even the injuries he had sustained earlier have miraculously healed.

All of these fit the urban legends about mermaid flesh and immortality.

For a moment, Kiyokawa Kiri's expression became incredibly complex. He never dreamed that he, who had always feared ghost stories, would end up being a part of them, eating mermaid flesh that would grant immortality...

I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but judging from the current results, it seems to be all benefits and no harm to me.

There are no downsides right now, but have you thought about what would happen if others found out you've eaten mermaid flesh?

Omi's mocking tone instantly brought Kiyokawa Kiri back to reality.

His face instantly turned pale. What if others found out he had eaten the flesh of a mermaid that could grant immortality...?

Needless to say, others will definitely grab him and dissect him like crazy.

Some people are even more extreme, trying to eat themselves in hopes of gaining immortality.

Moreover, immortality doesn't seem to be considered a particularly powerful ability in Japanese ghost stories. After all, Tomie Kawakami is also immortal, and Kayako Kawamata, a powerful female ghost, later possessed abilities even more powerful than immortality.

Even modern firepower is more powerful than immortality...

There are simply too many ways to solve the problem of immortality, such as burying a person hundreds of meters underground or sinking them into the deep sea.

No matter how long they survive, they can never escape again.

"What a waste of my excitement! So, what use is this ability to tell ghost stories to me now?"

Kiyokawa Kiri sighed softly, feeling that this ability was only useful for making him unafraid to date Kawakami Tomie.

Omi Kinko stopped paying attention to him, probably because she was in a bad mood.

After all, she was now certain that Kiyokawa Kiri had achieved symbiosis with her by consuming her, and had even gained her abilities.

It would be a miracle if this made you happy.

Just as the two of them were lost in thought, footsteps came from outside the interrogation room.

Although the room was well soundproofed, Kiyokawa Kiri still managed to pick up a few sounds. He heard someone show their lawyer ID to the detective, followed by a familiar female voice.

"I want to see him now, wherever he is."

"This way, please..."

Before long, the door to the interrogation room was opened from the outside.

A familiar, alluring figure appeared behind the door. Her expression was quite unpleasant, but after noticing that Kiyokawa was alright, her expression softened somewhat.

"Excuse me, we need to speak with Mr. Kiyokawa privately. This is Mr. Kiyokawa's family member..."

Beside her was a middle-aged lawyer wearing glasses.

The detectives didn't seem to want to get too involved and readily gave up the interrogation room.