Tokyo: I was tricked into marrying a yandere ghost

It was almost 10 p.m. when I got home.

Kiyokawa Kiri first took a shower, then checked the wound around his left eye socket. After confirming that it was completely healed and there wasn't even a scar, he lay down on the bed, exhausted.

So much happened in just one day...

Rather, it's more accurate to say that ever since he woke up in the hospital, he's been bombarded with an enormous amount of information every day.

According to Omi Kin's theory that smoking causes cancer, he suspects that he must be at least a late-stage patient now.

"Xiao Jin, what was the last thing you remember doing?"

In the empty room, only Kiyokawa Kiri was talking to herself.

Omi Kin showed no sign of wanting to explain, and Kiyokawa Kiri, who was already familiar with her temper, wasn't angry. After all, things had already developed to this point, and from Omi Kin's perspective, she probably felt like the victim.

—She was eaten.

Kiyokawa Kiri felt uneasy every time she thought about it.

He touched his neck, sighed again, and then barely managed to gather his thoughts.

Firstly, it has been confirmed that I am also part of the ghost story.

The idea that consuming mermaid flesh or similar substances can cause physical mutations is likely a manifestation of ancient supernatural tales.

From this perspective, Kawakami Tomie and the others clearly belong to the modern ghost story category, while I and Asagiri An should belong to the ancient ghost story category. I just don't know what other ghost creatures I haven't learned about yet.

Although they are divided into ancient and modern times, their essential abilities should be roughly the same.

According to what Konmi Chika said, he should have already mastered an immortality similar to that of Tomie...

"Are mermaids able to adapt to their harsh environment, which is why they were able to shed their tails and grow human legs?"

Kiyokawa Kiri stared blankly at the ceiling, lost in thought.

However, the words that Omi had said earlier involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

According to their logic, mermaids can evolve continuously, but this evolution has a prerequisite: it must meet the requirement of "continuity"—for example, mermaids have extremely long lifespans and are immortal.

According to Omi Kin's logic, it's because mermaids are aging and heading towards death every moment.

Because of the mermaids' supernatural abilities, they gradually adapted to the concepts of aging and death, and thus evolved the ability to live forever. This ability is what the ancients often said: "Eating mermaid flesh can make you live forever."

When Kiyokawa Kiri was beaten tonight, the condition of "continuity" was clearly met.

After quickly adapting to the punches and kicks of several Yakuza fighters, his body began to evolve on its own.

"No wonder I didn't feel any pain afterward. I thought it was because my adrenaline was starting to take over my body, but I didn't expect it was because I got used to being beaten..." Kiyokawa Kiri's lips twitched slightly as she made a few self-deprecating remarks.

In order to adapt to the concept of being beaten, his physical fitness improved significantly in a short period of time.

Even their strength and reaction speed increased several times over.

However, after the police arrived, he lost the condition of "continuity," and his physical condition slowly declined back to its original level.

Kiyokawa took a deep breath and memorized all the rules for activating his abilities.

After all, there are quite a few strange tales around him. Although the abilities he currently possesses cannot compare to the fully developed "Ju-on" in its later stages, and may not even be as good as the naturally alluring Tomie Kawakami, they are still abilities that can at least keep him from dying.

In the future, when facing Tomie Kawakami and Kayako Kawamata, they will have a little more confidence.

After staring blankly for a while, Kiyokawa Kiri suddenly sat up.

He first took out a blank diary, then wrote about mermaids in traditional Chinese characters, added the abilities of Tomie Kawakami and Kayako Kawamata, and finally added An Asagiri and the Crossroads Witch.

These are all the strange tales he has encountered so far.

Kiyokawa Kiri felt that this might just be the beginning, so it would be best to make a record first. Looking at Asagiri An and the Crossroads Witch's records, he fell into deep thought again, after all, he had promised Asagiri An this afternoon that he would stay.

The other party's father seems to be a gambling addict, and has caused Asagiri Yuko a lot of trouble because of him.

The reason why he was able to find the Thousand Flavors Izakaya is most likely due to the combined effects of Asagiri An and the Crossroads Witch. Although the former's main ability is to attract wealth, it seems that changing one's luck is also included in it. The latter, needless to say, is the supernatural rule of "equivalent exchange" that allows him to find Asagiri Yuuko.

Kiyokawa Kiri pondered for a moment, then wrote a new line in her diary:

Short-term goal: to work at the Thousand Flavors Izakaya, pay back the price for the Crossroads Witch, and incidentally help Asagiri Anzu solve her troubles.

My long-term goal is to continue searching for the truth behind my amnesia, while also investigating strange tales about mermaids. Ideally, I should find records about Omi Kin, and I also need to consider my relationship with Kawakami Tomie.

After doing all this, Kiyokawa Kiri finally breathed a sigh of relief.

You seem to have quite a bit of free time. Finding any records of me might be difficult; my last memory was over sixty years ago.

Also, Tomie Kawakami may already know about your ghost story abilities. Be careful, she might find out you ate mermaid flesh and then eat you too.

Just as he was still deep in thought, Omi Chika spoke in a low, melancholic tone.

Unlike Kiyokawa Kiri, she was not optimistic about the current situation.

It would be a miracle if I could see through her. Kiyokawa Mist is completely different from the Kiyokawa Mist of the past. Although both of them have achieved immortality, based on experience, Kiyokawa Mist is still several levels below me.

"There's no harm in searching, and we don't have any leads right now, what else can we do..."

Kiyokawa Kiri put the diary away and casually said, "As for Kawakami Tomie, we'll talk about that later."

"When she was unconscious in front of her, she didn't do anything. Now she's worrying about things that may not even happen in the future. It's completely pointless."

Everyone has to die eventually, so why would you commit suicide now?

Worrying about these things is completely useless. Besides, Kawakami Tomie has helped her too much, and it's not something that can be repaid by cooking a few meals for her. Moreover, she's always been lusting after her body. Kiyokawa Kiri felt that she needed to think carefully about their relationship.

Perhaps even he himself hadn't realized that his attitude toward Kawakami Tomie had undergone an extremely subtle change without him noticing.

However, after considering what has happened in the past few days, his change seems quite normal.

After all, a beautiful, rich, and proactive girl came crawling to him...

Although this girl seems to have a bit of a yandere tendency, she is extremely possessive and sometimes a bit too arrogant.