The Strange Tales of Tokyo Monk

Pinggong Qianye was confused. Seeing so many classmates waiting for him, he asked a few basic questions, picked up the book, and gave them a rough outline of the exam knowledge points.

He was actually quite good at predicting the test questions. After all, the knowledge points that could be tested were pretty much the same in a semester. Combined with analyzing the teacher's daily teaching habits, he could roughly guess which knowledge points his questions would focus on.

While eating the buffet in the cafeteria at noon, Pinggong Qianye often heard people nearby talking about the campus legend that the last place in the exam would result in death.

Not only the first-year high school students, but also the second- and third-year high school students have joined in. It is said that there are almost no empty seats in the library and study rooms.

The sudden death of a student does carry a lot of weight.

After finishing the buffet, Pinggong Qianye did not leave the school, but went to the meeting room of the Supernatural Society.

Horii Suzune said she had something to discuss with him during lunch break today.

When they arrived at the conference room, Horii Suzune had not arrived yet. Hiramiya Chiya waited for about 10 minutes before Horii Suzune appeared at the door of the conference room.

There were three girls following behind her, one of whom was Lianghua, a classmate I had met before. Today, her face was slightly pale, and her whole body was filled with negative emotions such as tension, uneasiness, and fear.

Hiramiya Chiye didn't know the other two girls, but they had the same symptoms as Ryoka, but they were not as serious.

Are they all here for that campus legend?

"Hiramiya-san, sorry to have kept you waiting. Something delayed me."

Horii Suzune looked behind her helplessly.

Originally, it was only Ryoka who came to seek help from the Psychic Club, but while they were chatting, two more girls joined in.

Hiramiya Chiye signaled to Horii Suzune not to worry about her, and still chose a seat in a corner, listening quietly to the conversation between Horii Suzune and them.

The three of them have the same worry: if they come last in the exam, they will die. This campus legend is now becoming more and more outrageous.

The first version was that the last person in the ranking would die, and then it gradually evolved to the last person in every subject would die, and finally it evolved to the point that if you didn’t get first place in the exam, you would die…

Especially with the mysterious death of Ando from Class 3, this campus legend has become even more terrifying.

Lianghua, who missed two subjects, was obviously more panicked than the other two girls.

Unless everyone else did very poorly in the exam, she, who missed two exams, would most likely be the last one in this final exam.

Because her usual test scores only fluctuate around the middle.

Unlike me, even if I missed two exams, I still wouldn't be the last in this exam.

When the four of them had finished chatting, Horii Suzune looked at Hiramiya Chiye who was sitting in the corner.

"Hiramiya-san, we need to seek your professional opinion now."

Horii Suzune said this and pointed to the empty seat next to her.

Pinggong Qianye stood up and walked over to sit down. He glanced at the four girls before speaking: "There are many unreasonable aspects of this campus legend. Perhaps things are not what you worry about."

"That Ando classmate from Class 3 who died mysteriously, he did not come to the exam for three consecutive days. But there are still two days and four classes until the end of the exam, so it is not certain who will be the last place in the exam."

"How do the so-called ghosts and gods know who ranks first and who ranks last?"

When hearing this campus legend, Hiramiya Chiye was thinking about the hypothesis that it might come true.

If you think of the worst possible scenario in everything, it won't be too bad.

Generally speaking, ghosts and gods do not have much wisdom and lack sufficient judgment. They are unable to know who will be the last one before the exam is over.

What if there really is some ghostly force behind this campus legend that the last place in an exam will result in death?

So, how did their power reach the students, ultimately leading to their deaths?

In this regard, Pinggong Qianye felt that there were two more likely speculations.

The first one is that someone in the school has contacted or raised some kind of ghost. He tells the ghosts his demands, and then uses the power of the ghosts to kill people through such a campus legend.

The second possibility is that behind this campus legend, there really is a powerful ghost with independent thinking.

According to what Chiya Hiramiya heard from other classmates, Ando's home is in Shibuya District, quite far from the school.

Could it be that the ghost followed Ando all the way home from school?

After Hiramiya Chiye gave some advice, the worries and fears in the hearts of the two girls were obviously relieved. After all, as long as the two of them took the exam normally, their final scores would definitely be higher than Ryoka's, and they would definitely not be the last one.

The only one I need to worry about is Suzuka-san.

Her situation could be dangerous.

Whether it is the worry and pain on the spiritual level or there really are ghosts and gods behind this campus legend.

"Is Lianghua-san always worried that she will be the last one in this exam?"

Horii Suzune and others looked at Hiramiya Chiye. This seemed like a very obvious question, right?

"Yes, yes, I have been very scared. I always feel that I will be the last in this exam. I, I don't want to die yet, and I don't want to be killed by ghosts..."

Lianghua's calmed emotions showed signs of collapse, and her voice was slightly sobbing.

This is not a good sign.

When people are sick, they become worried and afraid, and when they are worried and afraid, ghosts will appear.

Even if there is no ghost behind this campus legend, with Lianghua's weak and unstable emotions, she is likely to bring disaster upon herself.

Could this be the true story behind the murder in this campus legend?

Such a campus legend that the last place in the exam will result in death intensifies the fear and anxiety in students' hearts and amplifies their negative emotions, thus giving rise to ghosts and gods to harm people.

After all, there are always a few students in every final exam who attach great importance to grades but often perform poorly.

If this is the case, the logic behind ghosts and gods killing people is not limited to the last place in the exam.

Any student, regardless of his academic performance, may be harmed by ghosts and gods as long as his negative emotions such as fear and anxiety are constantly amplified.

If this is true, wouldn't it be the same as killing myself?

After thinking for a while, Pinggong Chiye looked at the still sad classmate Lianghua, glanced at her quickly, and landed on the butterfly hairpin on her head.

"Suzuka-san, Horii-san should have told you that my family inherited a temple and is involved in ghost stories. If you are really that scared, you can hand me the hairpin on your head."

"Card?"

Lianghua was a little confused, but still took off her hairpin and passed it to Hiramiya Chiya through Horii Suzune.

Wrap the hairpin in the palm of your hand and silently input some magic power into it, so that it can temporarily become a magic weapon that can drive away evil spirits and ghosts.

Although the magic power hidden inside will dissipate over time, it is not difficult to maintain it for two or three days.

After the exams were over, this campus legend was over.

After transferring the magic power, Pinggong Qianye returned the hairpin to Lianghua and told her to try not to take it off, and even when taking a bath or washing her hair, she should keep the hairpin very close to herself.

"Will this really work?" Lianghua was still a little skeptical.

Pinggong Qianye smiled and said, "Since you already believe that ghosts are real, then why can't you believe that gods and Buddhas will protect you?"

"Thank you, Hiramiya-san!"

Lianghua held the hairpin in her palm for a moment before carefully pinning it on her hair.

The three girls chatted with Horii Suzune for a while, then left the meeting room together.

Horii Suzune tapped the tabletop lightly with her right index finger, attracting Hiramiya Chiye's attention. She then leaned forward slightly and spoke seriously, "Hiramiya-san, I'm also worried that I'll be ranked last in this exam."

"Hori, isn't your academic performance always among the top five in the grade?"

"Alas, there have been too many things going on lately. I'm afraid I won't perform well."

Pinggong Qianye glanced at her, without exposing her childish lie, and stretched out his hand towards her.

Horii Suzune smiled, took off the agate bracelet that she had worn on her right wrist for many years, and placed it on the palm of Hiramiya Chiye's hand.

The texture is good, and the stored mana should be able to last for ten days to half a month.

After Hiramiya Chiye input some magic power, he returned the agate bracelet to Horii Suzune.

"Hiramiya-san, you don't need to pay extra this time, right?"

Horii Suzune smiled and looked at the agate bracelet carefully.

"If Horii-san is willing to pay a certain amount of money for this, I won't refuse."

……

At 9:40 at night, Suzuka Haruhi wiped her wet long hair. During the process, the pink butterfly hairpin was pinned in the hair above her right ear.

Even when she was taking a shower and washing her hair just now, she didn't dare to take off this hairpin.

She had heard from many of her classmates that a classmate named Hiramiya Chiye from the Spiritual Club was a monk who could truly exorcise evil spirits and avoid ghosts.

He is very authoritative when it comes to matters like ghosts.

In this piece of campus lore, you can't go wrong by following his advice.

It was almost 11 o'clock and Suzuka Haruhi was lying in bed, unable to fall asleep.

Even after being counselled by many people, she was still very confused and frightened.

She really felt that she would be last in this final exam.

He would be the victim of this campus legend that the one who comes last in the exam will die.

The difficulty falling asleep lasted until after 1 a.m., when she was finally swallowed up by the irresistible sleepiness. She was in a daze, as if she saw a dark shadow, but also seemed to see nothing.

In the morning, the alarm clock rang at 7 o'clock on time and woke Suzuka Haruhi up. She opened her sleepy eyes, stayed still for a few seconds, and then subconsciously reached over her right ear, but did not feel the hairpin.

She shuddered all over, woke up instantly, quickly got up from the bed, and began to look for the hairpin in the quilt.

She finally found the hairpin at the edge of the inner corner.

When it was discovered, the butterfly hairpin was broken into two pieces of butterfly wings, one on the left and one on the right.

Chapter 97 All living beings can become Buddhas, all living beings can become ghosts

On July 7th, a light drizzle fell from the sky.

After finishing the final science and history exams, Pinggong Qianye was in a pretty good mood. His scholarship this time should be secure.

The students around him gathered around him again. This time, they didn't want to discuss campus legends with him, but to thank him for marking the scope of the exam knowledge points for them yesterday, which was basically correct.

After the craze was over, Hiramiya Chiye went to the school cafeteria to have a buffet.

Today is the last day of final exams, and the cafeteria has specially prepared some food that is better value for money than usual, including various seafood and even fruits.

Thinking that he could no longer come to the school cafeteria to eat during the summer vacation, Pinggong Qianye felt a little reluctant.

There was no choice but to eat a little more of the buffet dishes to show his reluctance.

The Supernatural Society, meeting room.

Horii Suzune arrived as usual, but before she even entered the room, she saw Ryoka standing outside the meeting room, her back against the wall, looking down at her toes, as if she was waiting for someone.

"Suzuka-san, are you here to see me?"

Horii Suzune walked over and greeted her, and a smile finally broke out on Suzuka Haruhi's nervous face.

"President Suzune!"

Suzuka Haruhi seemed to have regained her energy all of a sudden, walked over to Horii Suzune, and entered the meeting room of the Spiritual Society with her.

"Today's exam is over, and the results won't be available until two days later."

"I know." Suzuka Haruhi nodded and said anxiously, "Actually, the main reason I came here today is to thank Hiramiya-san. If it weren't for his help, I might have been killed last night."

As she spoke, Suzuka Haruhi took out the butterfly hairpin that had been broken into two pieces from her pocket and placed it on the table.

"Lianghua-san, are you sure you didn't accidentally crush it while you were sleeping at night?"

"Well, I believe this is more than just a simple coincidence."

Suzuka Haruhi was very sure of this, as she often wore hairpins when sleeping before, but she had never crushed one of her hairpins.

Moreover, her butterfly hairpin is not made of fragile materials such as plastic, crystal, and resin, but metal.

It is very difficult to be crushed in half just by turning over in sleep.

Flattening the shape and collapsing it is possible.

"It seems that the campus legend that the last place in the exam will die is about to be revealed." Horii Suzune seemed to have already seen the upcoming future.

"Where's Hiramiya-san?"