Tokyo Trickster

Naoetsu is not far from Tokyo and can be reached in about two hours by train.

Need to take a plane... He went to Osaka first, but it was too far to drive from Osaka to Tokyo.

The two schools there are not bad, but the guardians of both schools are not very reliable.

The Okazaki couple who were willing to take him in were alumni of the private Hiksuzaka High School. However, the "freedom" given by Mr. Okazaki Tomoya was too little, making it difficult for Amamiya Ren to adapt to the new life.

As for the other one... who would want to be treated as a junior by a guy who is obviously still in high school and is only two years older than him! A young girl like this as a guardian, and she is also very pretty and cute... Although it is a dreamy light novel-style development, Amamiya Ren doesn't dare to believe that she can handle the mess of "protective observation". He is afraid that he will be arrested and taken back to the small dark room of the Metropolitan Police Department without knowing why, and then live in a juvenile detention center and make the headlines of literary magazines. The title has been thought of: Shocking! The famous Japanese genius young writer, Kurusu Akatsuki actually...

After drinking a mouthful of hot coffee, Amamiya Ren finally suppressed his palpitations. Whenever he thought of the high school girl who shouted at him "Superpower! You are finally here!" when they met, he was a little afraid. He always felt that he would be dragged into various weird occasions and die completely in the sociological sense.

Suzumiya Haruhi, goodbye! He thought of the scene when he was waiting for the flight, when this "guardian" girl was waving a white handkerchief outside the door with tears in her eyes. It was only a day since they met and got to know each other, but this girl showed great enthusiasm and enthusiasm for him. Thinking of the phrase "superpower"... She must have seen the guy in her mind.

As expected, it was great to escape from Osaka.

Sakura Jiawei touched the empty cup and plate in front of the alliance and said, "Take your luggage, it's time to leave."

"I understand." Coming to a strange city alone, if you want to complete your studies normally, self-discipline and self-awareness are indispensable.

Amamiya Ren made up her mind that this time she would be self-disciplined and self-conscious to become a super student, and then get into the University of Tokyo to bring honor to her family. Before that, she needed to correct some bad habits, such as quitting those special entertainment activities that adolescent boys like - yes, I'm talking about you, "Apex Legends", the popular video game in Japan.

The phone screen suddenly lit up, and a user with a familiar blank avatar sent a Line message.

【】：On the number.

Adolescent power boys don’t dream of Gibraltar seniors: I’ve moved and I’m busy.

【】：Can you be okay today?

Adolescent power boys don’t dream of Gibraltar seniors: Yes.

【】: OK, the new season is waiting for you.

Sorry, self-discipline and self-awareness are leaving me.

Amamiya Ren's fingers were shaking and his heart was trembling. He switched back to the main page of his phone and wanted to open FGO to relive the warm greetings from his servants.

Wait? What is this? He suddenly saw a strange application icon appearing inexplicably next to FGO. The icon was painted with a blood-red eyeball, emitting radiating red threads against a dark background, evil and seductive.

He looked up suddenly, and found that the carriage had become dead silent without him noticing.

Sakura Jiawei, who was driving in the front, pursed his lips but did not move, with one hand still holding the steering wheel.

The sun was shining brightly. The high-speed traffic outside the car window was frozen, and even the shadows of the birds in the sky could be clearly seen. Every joy, anger, sorrow and happiness were frozen into eternity.

Amamiya Ren suddenly felt a chill engulfing her.

Time suddenly resumed its flow, and I could hear the whistling wind on the road by rolling down the car window.

"Hey, try not to look at your phone when you're in the car," Sakura said nonchalantly, and he quickly took on the role of guardian.

"Yes...I understand." Amamiya Ren turned off his phone and pushed the plain glasses on his nose.

Did you finally realize it?

The words Haruhi Suzumiya once said to him resurfaced.

The Joker, who was defeated by Batman, has never had an ordinary life.

Think about a “disaster” you experienced in junior high school.

The playful girl seemed to be sitting next to him. She stretched out her finger and lightly touched his forehead. Her tone suddenly became passionate, "Run wild, youth!"

Everything was just an illusion. There were only the sounds of engine braking and whistling wind inside and outside the car. Amamiya Ren held the phone and felt it was extremely hot, as if it was a ball of fire.

The weather is dry: 003. Fear that the school is not violent enough (4K)

With the help of Sakura Jiawei, Amamiya Ren successfully moved into an apartment with very good environment and infrastructure.

Located in Shibuya, close to the train station, it only takes one train stop to get to Shujin High School where he will attend, or to find a guardian to help solve problems that only adults can deal with.

Everything is good, except the monthly rent is 15 yen.

After packing her luggage, she placed her laptop and various peripherals on the desk and poured herself a glass of cold water. Amamiya Ren sat at the desk and examined her phone.

Ever since he discovered that strange software, he has been a little hesitant to touch it.

As a victim of the so-called "superpower incident", Amamiya Ren has not yet dealt with the hidden dangers in herself.

Seeing that someone came to help remove the doors and windows in my already miserable life, I felt a chill in the wind, and couldn't help but feel a sense of despair, like when I saw the opponent start mowing the neighbor's house in the Master Duel, and sent 20 cards to the graveyard to activate the effect, and saw that it was the Pearl Tears Lament Family Portrait, and I had no tricks to interrupt it. (Hot knowledge: "Master Duel" is an online card competition game developed by K Club. Pearl Tears Lament is the strongest and most rogue deck in it, and its main effect is to send it to the graveyard. The full deployment of Pearl Tears Lament means that the opponent will have no chance to fight back.)

Amamiya Lian finally turned on her phone and drank the cold water in the cup in one gulp. A fearless feeling of dying surged in her heart... "Okay, I still don't dare."

He was hesitant and wanted to click on the software, but when his finger was about to touch it, he suddenly changed from clicking to long pressing, and dragged the software, which looked suspicious, into a new folder and a new application page. He repeated it many times and finally hid it in a corner that he would never see or touch on a normal day.

Emergency treatment completed. Amamiya Ren breathed a sigh of relief, picked up her phone and lay on the sofa as if nothing had happened, opened Twitter and boredly browsed the latest updates of those beautiful girls and models.

The method of selective amnesia, commonly known as self-deception: as long as I can't see it, it doesn't exist.

......

Until he suddenly dropped his phone and covered his face in annoyance.

Tsk, it’s really annoying. In the apartment where she lives alone, Amamiya Ren feels that the space here is too spacious.

He took out the student record with the "protective observation" stamp on it from his schoolbag and thought about his future life.

Try to be a marginal person in school...

Amamiya Ren defines what she means by "marginal": not taking on responsibilities in classes or clubs, and not attracting the attention of others.

After all, he came to a completely new environment, and his classmates would only regard him as a "new transfer student."

Study hard, work hard to change your reputation in the eyes of your teachers, gain new social connections, and then get into a good university.

Anyway, what I am best at is deceiving others. Amamiya Ren has built a new persona for himself that is different from the past. He can easily deceive himself to realistically express emotions or behaviors that are completely different from his true inner self. This talent comes from the accident in junior high school.

I hope my new classmates will like my character as the "Naoetsu transfer student".

As he was daydreaming, the fatigue from the journey quickly overwhelmed his rationality. He set an alarm, wrapped in a blanket and took a quick nap on the sofa.

He was going to meet the principal at school soon, so he had to adjust his mental state. He should wash up and take care of his personal appearance after waking up. A high school student who was punished by the Metropolitan Police Department was really not well-received by adults. His trip to Osaka had clearly taught him this.

Reading the scale of the clock at dusk, the burgundy glow spread over the streets of Shibuya without any error. People of all kinds walked under the building showing animated commercials. They walked out of their homes and into the big dye vat of society, and were packaged in clothes of similar styles, losing the uniqueness of their shapes and leaving only the colors.

He felt that this description was correct.

Shujin High School, whose full name is Private Shujin Gakuen High School.

In the principal's office, Amamiya Ren and her guardian stood across from the desk. Sitting behind the desk was an old man in a suit and tie, with a plump figure. If she had to use a word to describe her first impression of him, Amamiya Ren would choose "extremely smart".

The shiny scalp reflected the sunset outside the window and the warm light inside the room, just like a peeled and boiled potato.

This is the principal. He is serious and looks like a yokozuna from the sumo ring. But in fact, considering his broad figure, it makes people think that he is a blunt version of Gibraltar in APEX, without the blood and edges of a soldier, and all that is left is the bloated fat that symbolizes wealth and happiness.

In addition to the principal, there are two teachers in the office.

Ms. Sadyo Kawakami, who teaches Chinese, has short curly hair that reaches her ears, a pretty face, and looks quite young, with a well-proportioned figure.

Next to her was Taku Kamoshida, who taught physical education. He was tall and wore short sleeves even in the cool autumn, showing off the strong muscles on his arms. Amamiya Ren had checked the information in advance. Teacher Kamoshida was the mainstay of this key university. He graduated from here and won the honor of the Olympic men's volleyball championship. After retirement, he served as a physical education teacher in this school, guiding the volleyball department in club activities. With the expectations of many parties, he had the goal of making the Shujin volleyball department enter the national competition. When the school recruited students, his name and examples were always listed in the first few pages. Most of the students respected and admired him.

The walls of the principal's office are covered with various awards, quite a few of which are related to sports clubs.

I don't know if it's an illusion... Well, it's not an illusion. Amamiya Ren is quite confident in his observation skills. He found that this physical education teacher was not as praised and full of teacher ethics as he was in the school forum.

During the few minutes that Mr. Sakura was talking to the principal, Kamoshida had already glanced at the elbows and ankles of his female colleague next to him six times.

What a senior with a full tank of paint. The high school student under disciplinary action thought, but soon he received a glare from Kamoshida.

Ha, he seems to be very dissatisfied with me? Amamiya Ren didn't quite understand this inexplicable hostility. Could it be because of the "protective observation"?

Maybe he was afraid that I would steal the attention of some female classmates, he thought of some silly jokes. If I took off these glasses on my face, it would be possible to return to the live mode in Naoetsu.

Unfortunately, Amamiya Ren has decided to be an ordinary marginal person in the class...

"Amemiya," the principal motioned for him to sit down.

"Yes," Amamiya Ren, who had put on a good attitude, followed suit.

"I don't care what sneaky things you did in your hometown. If you get into trouble again, you will be expelled immediately," the principal said straight to the point. "You have to think about it. If you are expelled from school here, you will have no way out."

"......" What else can I say? At this time, I can only respond with silence and pretend to listen attentively.

"To be honest, I have hesitated about whether to accept a student like you," the principal said in a serious tone, "but we also have our own considerations."

The principal is wise. Amamiya Ren secretly praised him and naturally pretended to be admiring and respectful.

"I'm your homeroom teacher, Kawakami," the female teacher beside her nodded slightly, then reached into her pocket, "Here is your student ID."

Sorry, I already know you on the school forum. Amamiya Ren stood up and stretched out her hands to take the student ID. Etiquette must not be neglected.

Teacher Kawakami took out her student ID from her pocket. She was about to hand it over, but her expression changed drastically the moment she felt the paper in her pocket. At the same time, she adjusted her expression and tone, pretending to be calm and put it back. "Come to my office first after you enter school tomorrow, and I'll take you to the classroom."

"Yes," Amamiya Ren answered immediately.

The movement was very small and subtle, so neither the principal nor Mr. Kamoshida noticed it. However, Amamiya Ren was very sensitive to the mystery... He was sure that it was a flyer for a maid cafe.

"Mr. Sakura, please be careful too. Don't let him get into trouble outside," the principal said to Amamiya Ren's guardian.

Sakura Jiaweisha glanced at Amamiya Ren beside him with a smile, which was meaningful. He nodded in agreement.

The greeting process is completed and I can start school normally tomorrow.

Amamiya Ren followed Sakura Jia Weishan into the principal's office, and as soon as he turned around, he was stopped.

It’s Taku Kamoshida.

The physical education teacher sternly rebuked him, "How can you be so rude? Don't you know how to bow and say goodbye to the teachers when you leave?"

Amamiya Ren did not refute, but bowed respectfully to them, "Thank you for your hard work, teachers."

The madman in his heart began to stir again, probably because he was excited. He could predict that his future campus life would not be dull.

Mr. Kamoshida really has a lot of opinions about me.

Amamiya Ren stood up. Neither the principal nor Miss Kawakami made any statement regarding this obvious targeting, and some even turned a blind eye to it.

"Tsk," Kamo Shida was dissatisfied with Amamiya Ren's obedience and compliance. He was thinking of giving the transfer student a more severe greeting gift, but now it was impossible. "Be careful in school and don't cause trouble for yourself."

“Remember the teacher’s teachings.”

Amamiya Ren bowed again, and then followed Sakura Jiaweishan into the office. His body kept shaking slightly, as if he was afraid of Kamoshida's stern look.

Only he himself knew that this was not fear, but genuine excitement, so excited that he was trembling with anticipation for the upcoming "carnival".

That madman was starting to get to him again.

Amamiya Ren pushed up her glasses, as if this could sever the connection between herself and the crazy consciousness in her head.

"Remember me? I'm Joker," the voice claiming to be Joker whispered in the ear with a sticky and hoarse laugh, "I hate a boring life."

"Get away from me," Amamiya Ren answered him in his heart.

"Fear and timidity will only help you gradually understand me. The more you avoid me, the closer you will be to me." Joker's laughter gradually disappeared, as if it had never existed.

"Let's go, I'll take you to buy some affordable daily necessities," said Sakura Jia Wei-san. "What are you laughing at?"

Only then did Amamiya Ren realize that she had inadvertently raised the corners of her mouth and was smiling.

Joker......

He found himself in a cold sweat.

Dry weather: 004. Joker (4K)

Ghost stories are born out of human cognition, desire and emotion. They follow the accompanying "rules" and exist in corners of society that no one cares about.

There are very few special people who understand the nature of ghost stories and control the rules of these products. They are called "ghost story experts."

......

On a starless night, men and women wrapped in black were gathered in the thick fog.

Outside the ivy-covered brick house, they sang celebratory hymns and danced seductively and bizarrely, with fanaticism and obsession on their faces, because the Son of God they believed in, who would save them at the end of the world, was about to be born in the house just across the wall.

In the center of the house was a square wooden table with an old TV on it. The screen was covered with thick dust and a torn videotape was inserted into the card slot.

A man with short shaved hair was walking slowly around the TV. This was a small town in Naoetsu, and as a missionary with a great reputation in and outside the town, he was holding a ceremony to celebrate the birth of the god.

Perhaps there was no God before. An entire cult of believers is obsessed with the fake thing he created.

But from today on, a God is about to be born, a "God" who can change this society and bring him countless wealth and power.

If the missionaries had not been exposed to "weird" knowledge and thought of using a plan that could easily change the rules of reality, perhaps they would have spent their entire lives fooling the residents of towns and villages in the countryside where the government did not pay much attention to them to satisfy their own desires.

The TV and videotape in the house are well-known to almost everyone in Japan. There are countless TV dramas and comics made with them. Sadako. No one knows how she was sealed back into the videotape, and who buried her and the TV in the deep ditch of the Naoetsu River. But this muddy videotape finally saw the light of day. The videotape was inserted into the TV from the beginning, and no matter what means were used, it could not be destroyed.