You say this is a love game?

Akemi Ota took the menu and prepared to order, but seeing that Mizutani Makoto looked absent-minded, she handed the menu to him again.

She wants to treat us.

Mizutani Makoto was not actually hungry, but Ota Akemi's expression was very serious, so he did not refuse. He obediently ordered a cup of fruit tea so that he would have something to do while chatting later and would not appear awkward.

Akemi Ota ordered a few plates of snacks.

While waiting for the waiter to serve the food, Akemi Ota took out bag after bag of medicinal herbs, all of which were wrapped with reed paper ties, which looked quite retro.

Mizutani Makoto collected the herbs and expressed his due gratitude to the rich lady.

Then, Mizutani Makoto said: "What happened to you?"

He guessed that judging from Ota Akemi's reaction, this girl might have gotten into trouble with some dirty things again.

Ota Akemi lowered her head, intertwined her fingers, and hesitated for a long time.

"Don't worry, if there's anything I can do to help, I'll do my best."

Mizutani Makoto comforted.

Ota Akemi nodded, a worried look on her face.

"A strange thing happened in my house these two days."

"In my room, there would suddenly be a 'wow' sound, which would startle me..."

Chapter 110 The monster outside the crack.

Night Light City, high-end tower apartment.

The tower apartment building before him was located in the city's bustling commercial district, its soaring silhouette standing out against the backdrop of other buildings. Mizutani Makoto stood in front of the tower, gazing at it in wonder, while Ota Akemi led him into the luxury apartment building.

It wasn't quite the private residence he had imagined.

Akemi Ota's parents run a new pharmaceutical company in Japan. Although the roots of medicinal material cultivation are in the Night Light Market, this industry inevitably needs to go abroad to expand channels. In addition, her mother also has certain talents and ambitions. The two elders are basically on business trips abroad and may only come back a few times a month to visit their daughter.

But it is impossible for Akemi Ota to live alone.

In fact, she initially lived in a private residence owned by her parents.

But the girl was still young after all - the presence of servants was indispensable for the maintenance of the mansion, but she was at an age where she desired a higher level of privacy and did not like the feeling of so many people walking around in her home, so she reported to her parents, and out of convenience and safety, she took the initiative to move to the high-end tower apartment.

This type of high-end tower apartment is exclusive to wealthy families. Many Japanese artists are very fond of this type of apartment. Its security and property management are simply beyond imagination.

Makoto Mizutani quickly passed the front desk and security on the first floor and followed Akemi Ota to her apartment.

He is now also thinking about what kind of monster is haunting Ota Akemi.

"Go in first."

Mizutani Makoto watched Ota Akemi unlock the access control, and suddenly thought of the anti-theft door of his own apartment. He thought to himself that although they were both apartments, the difference was like the difference between a doghouse and a villa.

Keep working hard and you will definitely be able to afford a big house in the future!

The moment I pushed the door open, a shrill cry came from somewhere.

"Wow!!"

It's like a little ghost who likes to play pranks, and he chooses to scare people when someone opens the door.

After entering the apartment, Akemi Ota's range of activities shrank to within half a meter behind Makoto Mizutani.

"That's the sound! It scared me when I came back yesterday. I searched every corner of the apartment but couldn't find what was making the sound. I thought I must have misheard it."

"But around 7 or 8 in the evening, I had just finished getting dressed and was about to go take a shower when I heard the screams again."

"Then, I was scared away by it and ran straight to my old home. I was scared the whole night, afraid that I would be haunted by the ghost again... Then I thought of you, Mizutani-san."

As she said this, Ota Akemi squeezed closer to Mizutani Makoto, her eyes wandering around every corner of the apartment, even the cracks in the ceiling, as if she was afraid that some strange thing would come out of the apartment.

"Did you check it out?"

"Yeah! I didn't dare sleep the whole night, and while I was researching, I found the story about the Lady of the Gap... That legend is so scary, could it be that kind of thing?"

Mizutani Makoto coughed lightly and almost thought that the girl had peeped into his warm crevices.

"Don't worry, she's not the Gap Girl."

"Hey, is it confirmed so soon?"

"If it was the Gap Girl, you would be left with nothing but a ball by now."

Mizutani Makoto's words of experience sounded particularly confusing to Ota Akemi. What did "leftover" mean? But seeing Mizutani Makoto's reassurance, she knew he must have some way to confirm that the demons hiding in the apartment were not the horror stories she imagined.

So reliable.

Such a thought flashed through my mind.

The girl shifted her pace and approached Mizutani Makoto again, whispering, "It just so happens that the housekeeper has prepared all the herbs you asked me to collect, so I called you out this morning... If you can help solve this problem, that would be great!"

Mizutani Makoto nodded slightly.

Quite interesting.

The Buddha head bead in Mizutani Makoto's pocket was getting slightly hot, which meant that there were monsters or strange stories around.

The [Buddha Head Bead of Ksitigarbha] that he first discovered can serve as a warning against evil spirits.

In his personal experience, this thing, like the [Eyeball of the Woman by the Window], was also half a powerful identifier. The main reason was that it couldn't sense overly powerful monsters, such as monsters of the same level, and its warning range was probably limited to small monsters of the Paper level.

And now, this thing is hot.

This means that there is a paper-level monster hiding in Akemi Ota's apartment.

"Jia Zi, come out."

From the amulet on his chest, Satori Yoshiko jumped out lightly.

When it became clear that Akemi Ota needed his help to exorcise the ghost, Makoto Mizutani used the amulet to call Yoshiko Satori who was in the apartment.

This is a very convenient feature.

When "recalling the shikigami" or "the shikigami returns", Satori Yoshiko can be directly teleported into this amulet regardless of the spatial distance. He has used it once before to calibrate the trigger time of the mirror. Now it is very convenient to use it to "call friends Satori Yoshiko".

"There's an unpleasant smell here!"

Yoshiko Satori jumped out of the air. The girl was in an unfamiliar environment, so she took the initiative to protect Makoto Mizutani in front of her, holding Makoto Mizutani's thighs, and poked her little head out from behind.

Now that this little god of fortune has appeared, Mizutani Makoto's strongest form is guaranteed.

Even if the opponent may be a paper-level small-time monster, Mizutani Makoto also understands the principle of using all his strength when fighting a rabbit, and will not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

Of course, Ota Akemi's spot was squeezed out by Satori Yoshiko. The wealthy bespectacled woman glanced down at the small god of fortune, which was not even as high as her chest, and a rare look of curiosity appeared on her face.

Is this the legendary "Shikigami"?

After all, she is a native Sakura girl, and she understands the concept of "Shikigami" very clearly.

She had seen Satori Yoshiko before at Yomi High School, but Mizutani Makoto rarely saw this girl in his daily life. This was their second official meeting.

Why does Mizutani-san have such a little girl as a shikigami?

She couldn't help but feel curious.

During this period, Akemi Ota has been involved in Mizutani Makoto's campus life, but it is not what Mizutani Makoto expected - the more she gets in touch with him, the more she feels that Mizutani Makoto's exorcist side is hidden very deeply. From his daily life, you can only see his ordinary boy side, and his identity as an exorcist is hardly reflected at all.

He distinguished them so clearly.

Everyday life is daily life, and exorcism is exorcism. Ota Akemi can't find the point of intervention at the boundary, and it is impossible for her to imagine that someone's exorcism actually means staying up late at night to let the soul wander... So, he feels very mysterious.

Mizutani Makoto didn't notice what the girl behind him was thinking and just continued walking inside.

As his eyes swept over the interior structure of the apartment, he already had a guess in his mind.

"The little monster just now yelled 'Wow'."

This sound undoubtedly falls into the category of "screaming", of course it is a little distorted, so that when you listen carefully it sounds like the sound of a frog.

With the growth of his spiritual power, Mizutani Makoto's spiritual vision has greatly improved. With the help of the Buddha head beads in his pocket, a little bit of faint fluorescence like sparks gradually emerged in his field of vision. Finally, the boy narrowed his eyes slightly and caught a glimpse of an unusual movement somewhere in the apartment.

He drew two swords from the void.

The two swords hadn't even been unsheathed, but Ota Akemi's throat was already trembling, and she swallowed with awe. Mizutani Makoto's gesture almost brought back the horrific nightmare she'd had last Thursday night... That dream was almost inexplicable. They should all have died in that nightmare, but someone, like the Heavenly Demon Lord, had wielded three swords and slaughtered his way through the entirety of Yami High School.

Since then, the four of them have always been respectful to Mizutani Makoto.

It's like treating your savior as well as looking at your Prince Charming.

Mizutani Makoto walked to a corner close to the wardrobe and thrust his unsheathed blade directly into it.

There was a muffled sound.

Ota Akemi was almost frightened to jump up, covering her ears and looking at the gap between the wardrobe and the wall in horror.

"Quack, quack, quack!"

Six or seven toads jumped out from the gap, croaking and hopping away in all directions.

Ota Akemi covered her mouth and said in disbelief: "Where did this come from? How could there be a toad in my apartment?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, there should be bats."

Mizutani Makoto patted Sanatori Yoshiko's head, and the little god of fortune immediately understood. In an instant, his red clothes turned black. He raised his hand and waved it. A dark green spirit bullet flew out. The burning dark green phosphorous fire instantly attracted Ota Akemi's attention, making the girl look surprised.

Don’t even say it!

As long as you don't go to the backstage to check Yoshiko Satori's DPS, her output effects look really good.

Along with the bombing of the spirit bomb, bats flew out from the corner of the ceiling. Along with Ota Akemi's screams, these bats flew around in the apartment. Mizutani Makoto opened the window casually, and these bats immediately flew out of the window in panic as if they had found a way to survive.

"Quack! Quack!"

What about us?!

A toad also jumped to the window, and the next moment it jumped from more than 20 floors and became free.

Mizutani Makoto knocked lightly on the windowsill.

"It's 'wow'."

In folk tales across Japan, there are many monsters related to sound.

Among them, there is a monster called "Wow".

For the sake of convenience, let's call it "Wow Demon".

Wow, a monster that lives in an empty house. When you walk on a quiet street at night, if you pass by an old house, you may hear a loud "Wow!". No one has ever seen the true face of this monster that suddenly shouted "Wow!", but only knows that it always lives in an empty house.

It is said that in Akita Island during the Edo period, a man with some savings bought an old house from a family who had run away from debt at night. The couple moved in directly. When they were cleaning the house on the first day, a large number of bats and toads were hiding in the house for some reason. The couple was scared while cleaning and felt creepy and uncomfortable.

That night, after falling asleep, they were suddenly awakened by a loud "Wow!!" sound, accompanied by the noisy croaking of frogs. The shocked couple was unable to sleep and got up to check around the house, but could not find the source of the sound. However, the terrifying screams continued intermittently throughout the night, and the couple could not sleep at all.

The next day, the couple complained to their neighbors about the mysterious noise that kept them awake at night. However, none of the neighbors heard the noise, so no one believed them and thought they were joking. After all, if the noise was really that loud, everyone nearby should have heard it.

The gossip quickly spread, and the story ended with the couple being ridiculed by everyone.

And in this story, the thing that keeps making the sound is "wow".

Wow monster is a little monster that scares humans.

Makoto Mizutani recalled the information he had recently looked up, and among the stories he collected, there happened to be one that matched the number.

Under normal circumstances, the Wow Demon does not have much killing power.

It just likes to scare humans with a "Wow!" sound for no reason. Its lethality is probably to scare people into having a heart attack, or to keep them awake all night, making them listless the next day and increasing the risk of sudden death.

"A scary little monster?"

Ota Akemi seemed to relax a little.

"But in some areas, there are also variant legends of the Wow Demon."

Mizutani Makoto explained.

Monsters and strange stories are prone to localized variant legends during the process of transmission.

For example, the Wow Monster. In another legend, it is not just a scary monster, but a dangerous and murderous monster.

When people walk alone outside old buildings and temples, the wow demons especially like to attack these lone passers-by. They jump out of the vague shadows and shout "Wow!". People with weak wills will be scared to faint on the spot, and the wow demons will steal their souls and escape into the darkness. Those whose souls are stolen will never wake up.

Of course, just like the Classic of Mountains and Seas always describes the taste or eating XXX after describing a bunch of powerful beings, many Japanese monster legends often have corresponding solutions.

For example, if you encounter this kind of wow monster, the solution is to bravely shout "Wow!" back at it. This way, the monster will be scared and flee the scene at the speed of light, and will never attack this brave person again.

As Mizutani Makoto explained, Ota Akemi nodded, seemingly understanding something.