I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

"That……"

What Kaguya Shinomiya remembered was that when she walked into the house with the boy, she couldn't help but look back.

result.

The scariest thing the girl had imagined was that one or more heads would peek out from around the corner of the corridor, watching her and Takagawa Takayuki.

But in reality...

The "neighbors" just stood there in the corridor, completely uninhibited, staring straight at the two of them.

They stared intently at their own and the boy's backs, whispering to each other.

what is it?

Kaguya Shinomiya remembered what those people were saying—

"How pitiful."

"Don't let them get away."

"We can't let them leave."

"..."

The whispered words seemed to linger in my ears, constantly creeping into my mind, impossible to shake off.

This place was completely different from any of the haunted places she had visited before, a fact that Shinomiya Kaguya sensed almost instinctively.

That's true, because...

"Have even the residents been distorted? No...or perhaps they're influencing each other..."

Gao Chuanlong muttered to himself.

"Long, what do we do next?"

"Rest first and observe the situation."

According to previous intelligence, the colleagues who came to investigate stayed in the apartment for two and four days respectively.

period.

It is able to communicate normally with the outside world—through special codes and verification procedures, it can be confirmed that it has not been possessed, or that a [spirit] is making the communication on its behalf.

All the dangers occur within a short period of time.

Although the people who escaped were still alive, their souls were severely damaged and they could not provide any information, so Takagawa Takayuki was not quite sure what the situation was in the apartment.

But what's concerning is...

"Why two days and four days?"

Did they discover something that led to the attack?

Between thoughts.

Kaguya and Shinomiya returned to the living room. The windowless bedroom in the apartment was so oppressive that it made them have no desire to rest there.

"Eat something. It's best not to sleep tonight; we can talk about it tomorrow morning."

Not only because spirits usually appear at night, but also because the colleague who escaped earlier kept muttering things like, "Don't be the first to fall asleep, don't be the first to fall asleep, don't be the first to fall asleep..." which is also quite intriguing.

The disappearing apartment is not a "strange tale of rules," that much is certain.

Then.

Will the first person to fall asleep in the apartment be attacked?

"is that one!"

As if suddenly remembering something, Kaguya Shinomiya spoke quickly.

"Have you heard the story of the first person to fall asleep turning into a cow?"

"what……"

Influenced by Eastern culture, there are legends in Japan about people turning into animals, and even the ghost story of "human-faced dog" was popular on the Internet before.

However, stories like "the first person to fall asleep will turn into a cow" have absolutely nothing to do with similar ghost stories.

"Legend has it that there was once a village where the villagers made a living by raising cattle and preserved the custom of using cattle bones for sacrifices."

"But because of the war, the villagers ate all the cattle, but even so, the villagers were still able to eat meat every day and eventually escaped the famine."

That "meat" is definitely not beef.

Instead, every night, the first person to fall asleep would be killed as a sacrifice, like a "cow," so that the village could continue to exist.

"The legend of the story probably originated from a time of famine at dawn."

That was a nationwide famine that broke out in Japan during the Edo period from 1783 to 1787, and similar legends and stories are countless in various places.

"That makes a lot of sense!"

The girl may very well have actually told the truth!

"But what does famine have to do with modern apartment dwellers... Ah... Although rice prices seem to have gone up a lot recently, it shouldn't be this bad, right?"

Kaguya Shinomiya muttered to herself.

However, Takagawa Ryu considered another possibility: according to legend, the first person to fall asleep and turn into a "cow" could not only have his flesh used for personal purposes, but also for...

[Sacrifice].

The night was especially quiet, perhaps because it was inside the apartment building; there wasn't a sound to be heard, and the air felt somewhat oppressive.

The boy then rummaged through the box and found some food, starting to make a simple late-night snack.

Since we didn't know how many days we would be investigating in the apartment, we prepared quite a lot of things, including meat and vegetables, dumplings and steamed buns made by Big Fox, and noodles, etc.

There is also a refrigerator in the apartment.

Gao Chuanlong opened it without hesitation, completely unafraid of what he might see inside.

This is a "haunted house" where a family once went missing!!

Kaguya Shinomiya was used to it.

On the contrary, the boy's normal behavior made people relax a lot, especially after turning on the TV. The sound of variety shows coming from inside the TV dispelled the cold silence and gave people a very reassuring feeling.

But sitting alone on the sofa in the empty living room still felt a little strange.

The sofa is placed in the very center of the living room.

It felt as if she were sitting here being watched by everyone else outside the windows... Thankfully, the curtains were drawn now. Kaguya Shinomiya didn't even dare to imagine how she would live in a house like this without the curtains drawn.

There's absolutely no privacy whatsoever! It's practically like being in a zoo...

？ ！！

Another wave of chills washed over her, and the girl could no longer sit still. She ran to Takagawa Takashi, who was busy in the kitchen, and hugged him tightly.

That makes me feel much more at ease.

Kaguya Shinomiya thought to herself, then blushed shyly at her own intimate behavior.

Gao Chuanlong, who was cooking dumplings, saw this and felt an irresistible urge to take a bite.

And then, they actually did it.

He bit the girl's soft, sweet lips, and then, naturally, pried open... no, rather, she opened her teeth on her own initiative...

for a long time.

As the girl, who had just gotten a chance to breathe, made an even cuter expression, she bit her lip and murmured something.

“Now is not the time to do this, Long.”

She was simply trying to convince herself.

Gao Chuanlong knew, of course, that he wouldn't go so far as to discipline her in a place like this.

That was just a "psychological massage".

"Feeling a little better now?"

"Ok!"

"Let's have dumplings, do you want some chili?"

"don't want!!"

The girl still prefers the traditional sweet sauce style!

Right there in the kitchen, near the stove, they started eating a late-night snack. Strangely, Kaguya Shinomiya felt that she and Takagawa Takayuki were actually like a married couple at that moment...

ah!!

Suddenly, my phone vibrated in my pocket.

New information came from the other girls who stayed at home to provide support.

Chapter 126 is another unlucky guy.

Look at this!

The message was sent directly to a group called "We Are a Loving Family".

Shijo Maki somehow got hold of a photo, which looked like... taken late at night by someone looking at this apartment building.

The time displayed is around 2 a.m.

On a dim autumn night, especially when most of the other apartment buildings and houses around were dark, with only the dim streetlights still emitting light.

In this "disappeared apartment," all the windows facing the outer wall were lit up.

It was like the lights were on all night.

But the weird thing is.

The lights in the house were all on, but the hallway was pitch black. In fact, the photos showed what appeared to be blurry shadows standing in the hallway.

Not just one, but rows and rows...

In addition, there is a house in the photo whose window is not lit.

Of course, Shijou Maki and the others noticed this as well. After further investigation, they discovered that the household with the lights off was room 507 on the 5th floor, and this happened the day after the photo was taken.

A young man living alone in the building disappeared.

[Is it some kind of strange rule? Like having to turn on the lights at night or something?]

Fujiwara Chika was saying in the group chat.

After cramming on a large number of horror stories, the girl's interest in this was particularly pronounced.

[This isn't a superstitious belief, but there might be some kind of superstition, such as being attacked if you don't turn on the lights at night.]

Takagawa Ryu explained.

It's important to distinguish between these two points. The "strange rules" created by modern people are usually things that have no logic but must be done, which can give people a rather strange feeling.

However, in ancient or traditional legends about spirits or monsters, there are also sayings such as "you can't do this or that".

The strange tales about rules are actually derived from the latter.

Although they are indeed very similar, and can even be said to be of the same lineage, it is still necessary to distinguish them when facing them.

【In that case, let's just not turn on the lights tonight! Let that guy come knocking and we'll take care of him!!】

That's what the big fox was thinking.

It was indeed a rather simple and straightforward idea, and that was what Gao Chuanlong originally thought as well. However, after actually arriving at the apartment, he discovered something that really bothered him.

What exactly are the residents here worshipping?

Why is a doll in a red wedding dress here?

And then there are those who have possessed bodies and come to Kyoto.

Previously, their goal was to use Sukuna's fingers as bait to seize Gojo Satoru's body. During this time, through Rime, an inside man, Takagawa Takayuki allowed Sukuna to kill many of the body-snatchers lurking in Kyoto.

Furthermore, they even gained another finger from the other party's hand.

Those guys also realized that Rime couldn't be trusted and have been hiding recently, but obviously, they couldn't just abandon Gojo Satoru's body after their failure with the Kamishiro family.