A comic book, but a librarian

Morimiya Ling's sudden words saved the silent atmosphere in the car. Nakamura Eita seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief and began to tell the other people in the car about this supernatural rumor.

The content of the rumor was similar to what Uesugi Cheng had seen on the Internet. The only difference was that he mentioned that the rumor about the ghost bride appeared five years ago, and the marks on their hands...

"Yes, the matter of the mark was the first to be circulated. I remember it clearly."

The former female anchor who calls herself Christie said that she seemed to have calmed down.

"In this case, the once stable evil spirits suddenly start hunting humans. Can we describe it this way?"

Uesugi Cheng's words stunned everyone. They didn't expect such an explanation.

"After all, think about it, the ghost bride phone booth that had no rumors for five years suddenly became dangerous after the mark appeared. Doesn't it mean that she should have nothing to do with the mark?"

"Interesting idea, but let's discuss how to resolve this incident first. Otherwise, when dawn comes, we will be dead."

Yashiki Kazuo was also thinking about it, but the current situation did not allow them to think too much about it.

"No, that's just right. Since the bride can help people find things, then why... why not ask where the stolen Buddha statue went?"

Christie seemed to suddenly remember something and said to Yashiki excitedly.

Seeing the puzzled expressions of the newcomers, Yashiki Kazuo explained the special Buddha statue that was stolen from the shrine in the forest of H City, as well as their speculations about the statue. The talking doll Merry next to him seemed to agree with this plan very much. After all, at worst, Yashiki could delay his death by solving the incident of the ghost bride.

"Delaying death? Isn't that a solution?"

Uesugi Cheng asked.

"No... In fact, I still haven't found the source of the mark on me. I can only rely on resolving the marks of others to extend my life."

Yashiki Kazuo smiled bitterly. Every time he looked at the happy faces of those who touched the mark, and then looked at the still bright mark on his wrist, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter. When would he be able to get his own relief?

Soon, the decision to go back to the phone booth and try to summon the ghost bride again was approved by everyone. Uesugi Sumiya was also frustrated that he had no chance to see the ghost, so he readily agreed to Yashiki Kazuo's idea. After all, he was not the one who made the call.

Soon they found the second of the three rumored locations of the telephone booths, T Forest in H City, which was a telephone booth near the suicide site. It was said that this was also the last telephone booth Christie had stayed at.

But at this time, Nakamura Eita seemed to remember it again and began to add information about the ghost bride to the people present.

119

Chapter 119: Death Mark-Separate Action and Report from Five Years Ago.

"It is said that this female ghost first suddenly appeared in a telephone booth near here five years ago, and she seems to be very concerned about things related to sight. You must never mention topics or words related to seeing to her... otherwise."

The chubby idol otaku Nakamura Eita swallowed hard. He was naturally reluctant to elaborate on what happened afterwards. After all, he had seen these things written in magazines at the time, and had also learned about what female ghosts would do when chatting with other people. It was really hard to say it out loud.

"No matter what, the final death is extremely miserable, as if it was dissolved..."

He thought for a while and finally said this.

"Wait a minute, I thought you said... five years ago, right? Five years ago, strange stories and ghosts suddenly started to appear."

Uesugi Sumire was deep in thought, and suddenly he had a feeling that something was roaring wildly in the phone booth, just as if he had asked where Himegami Sakura was now. He didn't know what Yashiki Kazuo had asked to make the evil spirit on the other end of the phone as angry as he was, but he thought the answer to this question would not make the evil spirit very happy.

"Cough cough cough..."

As if escaping, Yashiki Kazuo was driven out of the phone booth. He looked like he had survived a disaster, but also a little confused.

"How is it? What did that guy say?!"

The female anchor Christie looked very anxious. She supported Yashiki Kazuo and asked.

"She said... Buddha has left me... a mark, on my hand."

However, Yashiki Kazuo's words made Christie shudder. She looked at the bright red mark on Yashiki's hand and her voice gradually trembled.

"That's... what the Buddha left behind...?"

"It seems that the Buddha you are looking for is not an easy one to deal with. Mr. Yashiki, do you have any other information besides this?"

"Yes, the piece of paper pasted inside the phone booth is a notice from the police station five years ago. An attack has occurred in the forest ahead. Anyone with information is requested to go to the police station and provide clues."

Yaoshiki Kazuo patted his chest and seemed to recover quickly. It seemed that this was not the first time he encountered such a thing, but compared to this, Uesugi Sumiya always had a feeling that the monster that cursed Yaoshiki Kazuo was not far away from him, and could even be said to be very close, but he had no clue at all, or the current evidence and information were not enough to point to the target in his mind.

"The assault case from five years ago?"

Suddenly, Yashiki Kazuo and Uesugi Sumiya took out their cell phones at the same time and started making calls.

"Hey, Hikigaya, there's a change of plan. Five years ago, in the forest of H City, there was an attack. Let's see what you can find now?"

Uesugi Sumire went straight to the point, which stunned Hikigaya, who was still working hard with a drink and headphones on, for a moment. Looking at the homicide cases in the past few years, which he had sorted out only one-third of, he suddenly felt like a corporate slave.

"I see. Wait a minute. Don't hang up. I just found a way to help you check it."

Of course, Hikigaya didn't have any powerful social connections to find out about this matter, so he used the library. Although the administrative efficiency in many places in Japan is ridiculously low, unexpectedly, in several libraries in the Tokyo area, Hikigaya saw many electronic publications, even every issue of local newspapers and major newspapers for nearly ten years.

"Five years ago, five years ago...is there a more specific time?"

Hikigaya drank the water in the cup and opened the newspaper of that year. Densely packed with dates and headlines appeared in front of him. This was no easier than simply investigating a murder case.

"On February 2, an attack occurred..."

Yashiki Kazuo added that his hearing seemed to be particularly sharp and he also heard the voice of Uesugi Sumire on the other end of the phone. After saying this, he asked everyone to get in the car.

"Let's go back to the Kujo Museum first. There is a lot of information stored there, and I have asked the people who are still in the museum to help start looking."

Although they said that they would take a two-pronged approach, how could the speed of manually searching for information be comparable to that of electronic retrieval? After a while, Hikigaya Hachiman called back. He looked at the information in front of him expressionlessly, and no one could tell what he was thinking. After Uesugi Sumire answered the call, he directly pressed the speaker button. Except for Yashiki who was driving, everyone else gathered around.

"how's it going?"

"Hasegawa Seiko hanged herself in the forest. She was wearing a wedding dress before her death. But that's not the point. Not long before her death, she was walking her dog near her apartment when she was spotted by a group of people. They forcibly tied her up in the forest and tortured her..."

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't say anything else, perhaps because he heard the voice of a little girl on the other end of the line.

“Did it go on…?”

Morimiya Suzu was a little confused by Hikigaya Hachiman's pause, so she repeated the last half of the sentence.

"In short, the violence was so brutal that even dogs were killed to protect their owners..."

"Is that the case? This story is well-known in certain circles. After being abused, Hasegawa Seiko's misfortune is far from over."

Several people returned to Kujo-kan and sat in front of the coffee table in the living room. Former policeman Mashita had already placed the information he found on the coffee table, but everyone had already known this information in advance, so they simply focused on the story told by Nakamura Eita.

"It is said that the video of her being abused was filmed and sent to her fiancé, who was asked to pay money, otherwise the video would be made public. Her fiancé bought the photos and negatives, but in the end, the Holy Child suffered a mental breakdown and committed suicide in the forest."

I don’t know if it was sadness or anger, but there was a brief silence in the living room.

"In this case, the location of the phone booth is clearly indicated, right? The phone booth in front of the convenience store is where she was kidnapped, and the one in the forest is where she was assaulted... There is another phone booth, which is probably where she was last found, right?"

Uesugi Cheng broke the silence. He looked at the clock hanging on the wall. The time was gradually approaching midnight.

"It's not over yet. Her fiancé also disappeared. Before he disappeared, the prisoners seemed to have disappeared one by one. The police suspected that her musician fiancé was seeking revenge, but in the end, he also disappeared, so the case was left unresolved."

"In any case, if Hasegawa Seiko is really related to the Ghost Bride, then we must go to that place... where she committed suicide."

Yashiki Kazuo patted his wrist, as if he remembered something.

"Sorry, actually Meili suggested that I should travel in groups of two to reduce the chance of being discovered by the monsters in advance..."

"I see. So who are you going to take with you this time?"

Uesugi Cheng nodded. It just so happened that he also had some things he wanted to confirm and wanted to leave the team.

"I go!"

Unexpectedly, the girl named Morimiya Suzu suddenly raised her hand.

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Chapter 120: Death Mark-Baoyue Night Snack that shouldn’t appear.

Kujo-kan is very big. Although it is not as big as the Silent Bookstore, as a mansion, it is also the main residence of the local powerful Kujo family. The luxury here is not inferior to the big house of the Uesugi family. This is not an exaggeration. Uesugi Cheng looked at the surrounding decoration and felt a little confused.

"Can the local big families actually be compared with the Chinese? Or is it..."

"Mr. Uesugi, I have an unwelcome request and I hope you can lend a hand."

Uesugi Sumiko returned to the living room. The mark on his elbow felt slightly hot again. Just as he was about to go to the basement to check, he heard the voice of Merry, the puppet who was sitting in the living room and could only speak.

"What is it, Miss Meili?"

Uesugi Cheng looked back. He could always feel a strange malice from Meili. The malice was not directed at Uesugi Cheng, but it was enough to make the perceptive Uesugi Cheng feel uncomfortable.

"In fact, I have always asked Mr. Yashiki to do this, but he is busy now, so I have to ask you to do it. I hope you can find a 'special prop' left behind by the missing head of the Kujo family."

Meili's voice sounded very clear and ethereal, even with a hollow feeling. Uesugi Cheng thought for a moment and asked.

"what is that?"

"I don't know, but if you bring it to me, I will definitely recognize it. It is a very important thing...if I am not mistaken."

Meili spoke very seriously. Uesugi Cheng was stunned for a moment. He suddenly felt that Meili was probably not a reliable person. Looking for something whose size and shape were unknown in such a big Kujo-kan was almost the same as looking for a needle in a haystack.

But he still agreed, because in this way, he could explore the entire Kujo Hall.

The door lock of the basement could not stop Uesugi Cheng at all. He gently opened the door, reset the lock that had been pried open, and then looked at the scene inside the locked room in the basement.

"No, what on earth does this Kujo family do? A collection of this size has only been seen a few times in the Tokyo area. Is it hidden on purpose?"

Uesugi Sumiko bit his thumb nail subconsciously. The room was filled with all kinds of spiritual tools, from Japanese to European to Chinese. Whether they were tools for exorcising evil spirits or tools that seemed like curses, they were all available. Uesugi Sumiko could even feel that some of the props still had a lot of resentment or spiritual power attached to them, but the most amazing thing in there was the several Buddha statues.

To Uesugi Cheng, these things looked like munitions used against spirits. When there were few useful amulets on the streets except for psychics, the things piled up in this room were almost equivalent to saying that everything the Kujo family claimed to the outside world except for the name of the family was fake.

"But in this case, maybe there are some things I can use."

Uesugi Sumiko had an idea in his mind, but these things nominally belonged to the Kujo family after all, and he was not shameless enough to be a thief and secretly take away the items here.

"If that's the case, then..."

The phone rings.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Uesugi!!! You can hear me, right? We are on our way to Kujo-kan now, but there is no way to go back, and your phone is the only one that can get through!"

Although Yashiki Kazuo's voice sounded a little excited, he surprisingly did not seem panicked. Perhaps he had faced such incidents too many times?

"You must remember what I say next. If I don't respond in an hour, take a helper to the telephone booth at the edge of the forest. Maybe our bodies can be found there. I have three tapes with me now! They were brought by her fiancé before he committed suicide after avenging her. They should be useful when we confront her!"

Although Yashiki Kazuo's tone was steady, it did carry a hint of fear. However, it seemed that the words stimulated his brain, making him slightly less afraid. He finished the conversation fluently as if he was explaining his last wishes.

"Finally, I hope we can all survive this night. I'm almost there, so I'll hang up first."

After saying that, Yashiki Kazuo hung up the phone. Uesugi Sumiko looked at the mark that was gradually getting hot and even scalding, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Another hour?"

Uesugi Cheng curled his lips, immediately ran back to the living room, and spoke to Christie straight to the point.

"Where is your car?"

"Huh...? It's parked at the back door, what's wrong..."

Before the female anchor could react, Uesugi Sumire appeared in front of her.

"I have to rush to the phone booth right now. Can you lend me your car keys? Mr. Yashiki seems to be trapped by something strange."

"Come with me!"

Christie jumped up immediately when she heard this, after all, this was related to her own life, but when she walked to the side of the car, she suddenly spoke.

"Sorry, to be honest I'm still a little scared... Can you drive?"

Uesugi Cheng did not force this matter. After all, it was a strong psychological quality for a female anchor to be able to stand up now. He nodded, took the car keys and sat in the driver's seat. The speed of the car on the road was far beyond the speed limit. Only in this way could he get to the phone booth as soon as possible. He had a hunch that the man named Yashiki Kazuo must not die there, and there were still very important mysteries about him that had not been solved.

When he arrived at the scene, the evil spirit wearing a wedding dress and with a head twisted to the point of making people feel nauseous was gradually approaching Yashiki Kazuo. At this moment, Yashiki seemed to be sweating profusely as he fiddled with the recorder in his hand, but the tall... or the evil spirit with a twisted and elongated head did not seem to have any intention of giving him any more time.

"Don't hurt humans!!!"

The girl's voice sounded, and Uesugi Cheng turned around and looked at the girl who should not be here at all in some disbelief. Baoyue Yexiao threw the puppet in his hand out, and then the power from the spirit burst out from the puppet and repelled the ghost bride.

Of course at this time Uesugi Cheng was not stupid enough to directly ask Baoyue Yexiao why he appeared here. He just silently took out the talisman paper.

The ghost bride let out a painful and sharp voice, but Uesugi Cheng had already rushed to her side, and the talisman in his hand suddenly began to spontaneously combust.

"Done! Uesugi, wait!"

Yashiki Kazuo pressed the play button on the radio, and miraculously, the ghost bride stopped moving and listened to the melody attentively.

“This is it… it’s already been completed.”

The voice was gentle and sad, completely devoid of the madness just now.