I'm raising a fox fairy wife in Tokyo

"Well, that's right!"

Will you feel sleepy, hungry, or thirsty?

"Hmm...I don't really know."

Speaking in somewhat strange Japanese, Meili tilted her head slightly, indicating that her longest survival time was only about three hours.

If what the boy said is true, the "status" will be fully restored every time you restart.

It's normal not to feel hungry, thirsty, or sleepy.

Moreover, I have indeed not eaten, drunk, or slept since entering the zoo.

But this also means that a game shouldn't last too long.

After all, abandoned zoos don't have food or water, so they'll have to reopen them eventually...

"I understand."

side said.

At this moment, Gao Chuanlong looked at the large patch of darkness beside him, following the light from his phone.

just now.

Meili was walking a little ahead of him.

There is only one path in the giraffe enclosure, which leads straight to the other enclosures. On both sides are wooden fences and lush green grass—even in the light.

The grass was an unnaturally healthy color, almost like a plastic artificial lawn, giving it that kind of impression.

"The hand is right in front of you, Takagawa-kun, be careful, here..."

The girl's words came to an abrupt halt.

It wasn't that something had happened to her; rather, in the light of her phone, a face suddenly appeared in the darkness.

His eyes were wide open, his face was thin and distorted, and he had an indescribable sense of strangeness.

Takagawa Ryu suddenly remembered what Fujiwara Chika and the others had said before.

[That rabbit-man's face... it looked like it was shaped by something...]

The description of the girl is very abstract.

But it's true.

Because that's how it is right now, after staring at him for three seconds, Gao Chuanlong confirmed that it was as if a human head had been "re-sculpted" into the shape of a giraffe's head.

It was roughly the same shape, but because of that, it looked incredibly distorted and terrifying.

The head in the darkness slowly and calmly lifted up.

Very high.

The light also illuminated his several-meter-long neck, an unbelievably long neck covered in veins and blood vessels, which even reminded Gao Chuanlong of monsters like the "Flying Head Barbarian".

The body is also a human body.

Naked, with its hands and feet transformed into thin, slender hooves, it lay prone on the ground.

Disgusting.

By the light of my phone, I could vaguely see that the entire giraffe enclosure was almost entirely filled with those kinds of things.

They come in all sizes, and include men, women, young and old, with particularly large differences in physique.

"Shh!"

Mary blinked in the distance, waved to herself, and whispered.

"The hand is over there."

While keeping my distance from Meili, I could see a large, lush tree about ten meters away through the fence.

Under the shade.

It was an impenetrable, dense darkness that even the light from a mobile phone couldn't dispel.

And right there, a slender, fair arm lay.

"We need to find a way to get it out."

The girl looked a little troubled, saying that she had failed at this several times already.

You can't just go and get it.

because.

It's written in the "Tourist Guidelines".

Humans are not allowed to enter areas inhabited by animals; otherwise, they will be attacked. If you do enter, please leave immediately.

However, the next second, Gao Chuanlong climbed over the wooden fence.

The girl seemed unsurprised by this, after all, she had just been forced to turn her head by the boy, triggering the curse of the "Red Person".

And then came over.

The moment the boy entered.

The previously quiet "giraffes" suddenly let out a rather strange hissing sound, and then all of them crawled over on their hands and feet.

That's right, it's crawling.

It crawled on the ground with an unusually fast and contorted motion.

Then, they froze into ice.

The boy had already taken out the demon sword [Kukuun] from the guitar bag behind him.

"Knot."

Under abundant profound energy.

All the surrounding "giraffes," and even the grassland, were covered in azure frost.

"what……"

So, if you have the power, you can do whatever you want in ghost stories, right?!

in this way.

Takagawa Ryu quickly reached the edge of darkness under the shade of the trees.

It thrives in the darkness, so please do not rest under trees or approach areas where shadows exist.

For a moment.

Gao Chuanlong noticed many eyes on him from behind. He turned around and saw a group of people frozen in ice, standing outside the wooden fence, chatting and laughing as they looked at him.

It's as if they are the tourists, and they are the animals being observed.

and so.

Am I the giraffe?

"Hehehe~"

Strange laughter came from somewhere.

Gao Chuanlong calmly looked at the darkness before him, thinking to himself that this trap was far too obvious.

However, the solution is simple.

That is……

"Knot."

Frost reappeared.

However, it spread along the ground like a long snake, and soon reached the corpse in the darkness under the tree.

then.

It was arched out.

That's right, it was arched out. The frost is an objective physical structure, like a self-powered "little train." It's incredibly easy to push it out from somewhere with one hand.

"what?!"

Looking at the scene before her, Mary could hardly believe her eyes.

How can it be? !

If things are going so smoothly for my brother, then what use am I?

Unacceptable!!

This was a meticulously planned and crucial operation: "to get close to my older brother and then become his ally."

"Um... Takagawa-kun is amazing, you did it so smoothly..."

The girl was reading and planned to change the subject immediately.

"Let's go check out the other areas, maybe over there... for example..."

"Chizuru's side is settled too."

"Eh?!"

The big fox just sent word that they found one-eighth of the body, which was half a chest.

As for how he got it...

……

Let's rewind a few minutes.

Fujiwara Chika and Minamoto Chizuru returned to the rabbit enclosure they had visited before, and this time, they actually saw the "rabbits" inside.

"Well!"

Both girls showed expressions of extreme disgust.

It was the same as the "giraffe" that Takagawa Ryu saw.

The "rabbits" here are also people of all sizes, hunched over and naked, squatting on the ground, as if they were sculpted by something.

A "rabbit" that still retains a human-like appearance.

The body they found was also under a big tree.

Since the "Visitor Guidelines" state that one should not approach the dark shade of the trees, it is obvious that one should not do so.

Chizuru Minamoto originally wanted to ask Takagawa Takayuki what to do.

result.

Fujiwara Chika quickly came up with a solution.

"Chizuru, you do this...do this...and then..."

"what……"

The big fox blinked, looking at Fujiwara Chika's face, which was full of certainty.

Then I actually tried it.

The girl's method was simple, and that was...

Use the "rabbit" as a ball to knock that half of its body out!

It's like using a soccer ball to kick down another soccer ball that's stuck in a tree.

The large fox, dressed as a shrine maiden, easily used illusion magic to make the "rabbits" stay obediently in front of her.

then.

He flew up and delivered a kick!

"Good shot! Just a little off!! Chizuru, try again!!"

"it is good!"

"Hmm! This time it was just close, almost there! Let's try again!!"

"Let me adjust it... Well... this should be about right."