From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

Chapter 22 Friends walk together for a lifetime

"It's about that woman again? It's so troublesome! Why do you police keep asking the same questions over and over again? You don't really think her death has anything to do with me, do you?"

"So is there one or not?" asked Tachibana Hirokazu.

"Of course not! There are so many women who broke up with me, why didn't others commit suicide? Please check those posts on the Internet. It's obvious that she committed suicide because she couldn't stand the remarks of those mobs. It has nothing to do with me!" The biker with a Mohawk hairstyle, earrings and a nose ring, and a series of skull rings on his hands said impatiently.

"Why did you break up with her?" Mu Yuan asked.

"Do I even need to ask? After seeing that photo, could I still have the heart to do that to her? Anyone would feel disgusted, right?"

"Have you said this to her?" Mu Yuan asked.

"I don't remember so much." The biker turned his head to one side, and then said impatiently. "Anyway, the reason for her death must have nothing to do with me. A woman like her, who appears to be pure on the surface, has actually been with countless men. She was with me only to use my reputation to scare those idiots in school. It's impossible for her to commit suicide because of a breakup! It was because of those cyber bullies!"

"I really hope it's him who dies tonight." She couldn't help but say as Kimoto and Tachibana Koichi walked towards the car.

"I hope so. It would be better for the country if all these guys died." Tachibana Hirokazu agreed. "But the more people she kills, the more dangerous she becomes. Even though we know this guy is a scum, we have to find a way to save him."

"Hello." He took out his phone and looked back at the bikers who were drinking beer and chatting on the roadside. "Confirmed, I'll send you the exact location, and you send the police over immediately. No matter if it's illegal vehicle modification, drunk driving, or any other reason, arrest him first."

"A case like this is really troublesome." Mu Yuan got into the car and sighed.

This is what Akasaka hates to see the most, because evil spirits do not have a specific location and clear targets, and there are too many targets to investigate and guard against, which is simply impossible to guard against. In comparison, evil spirits that are active in a specific location are the easiest to deal with.

It's nothing more than a matter of one EMP or two, three, or four. It's not their responsibility to clean up and compensate for the losses afterwards, so it's much simpler to handle.

"Let's go, there's another place to go." said Tachibana Hirokazu.

All students in Higashioku High School who might be related to this incident have been put under attention, but because there are too many people involved and the scope is too wide, even if everyone in Akasaka is mobilized, it is impossible to cover them all. They can only focus on the few people who are most likely to become the targets of the evil spirit's revenge.

The technical department confirmed that the photos were uploaded by more than just Shuichi Takashima, but from three different mobile phones, but because they could not tell the students the truth, they could not track down the other two people for the time being. Fortunately, in the photos they took, Ayano Minami did not appear in many photos, so the danger should not be too great.

The student who forwarded the post on the campus forum to the Internet has also been found. She admitted that she did this deliberately because she had been bullied by Ayano Minami for a long time. She also exaggerated the fact that Ayano Minami was dating a biker gang and even made up stories about her multiple pregnancies, thefts, and robberies.

This student has been monitored as a key target, but no one dares to take it lightly, because she is not the only one who has made vicious remarks about this matter on the Internet and fabricated more negative information about Ayano Minami.

Some claimed to be her junior high school classmates, some claimed to be members of a biker gang, and some claimed to be her neighbors. Of course, most of them were fake, but after Akasaka's technicians retrieved Ayano Minami's personal computer, they quickly confirmed that these were the posts she had been reading before her death.

So what the biker gang said was not completely wrong. He was definitely one of the straws that broke the camel's back for Ayano Minami, but he might not be the last one.

Among so many vicious words, which one does she hate the most?

"Why not legislate to make cyber violence a crime?" Mu Yuan couldn't help but ask. "There is also a real-name system. With this, cyber violence will definitely be greatly reduced, and the number of victims will definitely drop significantly!"

"If only it were that simple. Public opposition is one thing, and the definition of cyber violence is another. And, think about it, even if there is no internet to vent, will people's anger and dissatisfaction be reduced? What if they vent their emotions in real life?

What we can influence and manage is only Japan's online world. After the domestic blockade, they can just move to websites in other countries without restrictions to continue their cyberbullying. You can't stop them from going online, right? If we keep the current status quo, at least we can still locate their identities and locations relatively easily."

"Don't think you can simply cut off the source. As long as we are still dealing with humans, this kind of thing is inevitable." He parked the car on the side of the road skillfully. "Besides, this is the reason for our existence, isn't it?"

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As the night deepened, the hustle and bustle of the day gradually subsided. The parents, exhausted after a whole day, had gone to bed early, but the girl was still sitting in front of the computer.

She searched for posts related to the new school, hoping to know more about the new school and new classmates and find popular topics so that she could better integrate into them.

She deliberately tried not to think about that incident, especially the series of events that followed.

A pop-up window suddenly popped up.

"Female high school student committed suicide due to online violence"

She shuddered subconsciously and quickly closed it, but the next second, she was shocked to find that the search interface she was browsing had turned into the post that she should have closed.

A photo of Ayano Minami, her eyes seemed to be staring at her.

She hurriedly clicked to close the window, but no matter how she clicked, the page remained on the screen.

She then simply turned off the power to the screen.

But the next second, the screen that had turned black suddenly lit up again, and not only that, it turned into a playing video.

The protagonist of the video was Ayano Minami. Her wrist was bleeding and her eyes were staring fiercely at the screen.

"what!"

The girl stood up in panic, took a few steps back, tripped over some debris on the ground and fell to the ground.

"Why did you run away? Why did you leave me to endure so much alone? Didn't we do those things together? Why am I dead and you are still alive?"

She didn't know when she came to reality and stood in front of the girl. She was so scared that she couldn't even utter a word.

"Xiaonan... I'm sorry, I..." She finally squeezed out these few words.

"Aren't we best friends?" Ayano Minami suddenly laughed. "Come and keep me company."

Chapter 23 When the Ghost Meets the Evil Spirit

Kimoto followed Tachibana Koichi into the room. The scene was almost exactly the same as the previous incident. The only difference was the identity of the victim.

"The time of death was probably between 12 and 2 o'clock, which is the same as the victim of the previous incident. We checked the investigation file when Ayano Minami committed suicide, and the time of death determined by the forensic doctor at that time was roughly in this period."

"The type that appears at the time of one's own death?" Tachibana Hirokazu said.

This is good news for Akasaka, but if they can't find the pattern in how the evil spirits choose their victims, their actions will still be very difficult.

"We must deal with her before the third victim appears, otherwise, the problem will be serious."

This world is lucky, because most people do not produce spirits after death. Only a very small number of people who have experienced inhuman torture before death and died with great fear, resentment and regret may produce spirits. Among them, the vast majority will collapse within a few minutes after being formed, leaving no consciousness and causing no adverse effects on the world.

However, there are also a very small number of people with particularly strong obsessions who will produce spirits after death that retain some of their memories and self-will during their lifetime. When they harbor resentment towards the world, these spirits will spontaneously retaliate against the objects of such resentment, torturing and intimidating them, and devouring the spirits produced after the victims' death to strengthen themselves.

Unfortunately, in this incident, Ayano Minami was one of those extremely selfish and paranoid victims. According to Akasaka's experience, evil spirits like her would quickly evolve into murderous spirits after killing three or four victims in a row, resulting in more unpredictable and serious consequences.

If she could only appear at a specific time and through a specific medium before, then after becoming a vicious spirit, it is possible that she would break through this limitation and become more dangerous.

It's not that they are completely impossible to eliminate, but when the evil spirits reach this stage, killing them will definitely come at a heavy price.

"Why would she kill her best friend first?" Kimoto couldn't understand Ayano Minami's logic. Shouldn't she be angry at those who hurt her?

"Love probably has a reason, but hate often has no reason." Tachibana Hirokazu sat in front of the computer and began to look through the deceased's Internet history, hoping to find something similar to the first victim and different from the others. But the two were of different genders, and their personalities, ages, and hobbies were completely different, and the objects of their attention were also completely different.

The only thing they have in common is that they have all entered the forum used by students of Higashio High School, and have all entered the post that forwarded and exaggerated the slander against Ayano Minami.

But unlike Shuichi Takashima, this girl just browsed the post without leaving any comments, and did not even read the entire post in its entirety, only the first few pages.

If this is the condition for the evil spirit to choose its target, then there would be at least several hundred people who meet the condition.

"Maybe it's because she didn't stand up to defend Ayano Minami, nor did she stand with her to deal with this matter, but escaped the storm with the help of her parents. Isn't there a saying that traitors are more hateful than enemies?"

"Then we have to protect her friends as well." Kimoto couldn't help but sigh. This way, Akasaka would need to invest more manpower and material resources.

"We can find a way to gather some of them somewhere. Most of the people who need protection are students of Higashio High School. Maybe we can ask the school to step in and use the name of training or group activities? As for the others, we can find an excuse to bring them here to cooperate with the investigation and put them in a detention center."

"Is there enough time?" Mu Yuan was a little skeptical.

"It's better than doing nothing. If we're lucky, gathering multiple people she hates in the same place might draw her attention and lead her away from the target she was planning to attack." Tachibana Hirokazu said. "Anyway, let the higher-ups decide."

Deputy Ishino quickly approved his plan, and the entire Akasaka was quickly mobilized.

The common buck-passing, procrastination and wrangling among Japanese government departments have no place here, because countless bloody lessons have taught them that any delay in the matters they face will only make the problems out of control, and the consequence of doing so will be that they will have to bleed more blood to make up for their mistakes.

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At this moment, Aoki Yui and Natsukawa, who had completely separated from Toui Takashi's past, knew nothing about this matter. They still traveled back and forth between Aoki Yui's home and Tsuru Manor as they did before.

Three days had passed since he treated the patient. The family had insisted on visiting the shrine every day, and Natsukawa's source of strength had suddenly doubled.

Before this, he had been able to steadily obtain strength from the prayers of Yui Aoki and Kentaro Sato, and occasionally received power from fear from Takahata and Yoshiyama. With the addition of this family, the number of his believers increased to six.

The number one contributor has changed from Aoki Yui to Sato Kentaro. Yui at least still has to study under Natsukawa's supervision and help out at Tsuru Sho, so she can only provide her wishes sporadically, while Sato Kentaro prays almost all day, begging for his response.

The situation can be said to be very good.

The family's pious appearance even caused discussion among nearby residents.

Everyone knew what had happened to the Sato family, and they had all quietly concluded that the shrine was useless.

But now, suddenly some people come to the shrine to worship every day with a pious heart. What is going on?

The idle elderly people around began to ask them why they came here, but because of Sato's special instructions, they could only vaguely tell people that this shrine was effective. Maybe there was indeed some problem in the past that caused it to lose the favor of the gods, but now, the situation is completely different.

People were skeptical, but they couldn't expose the Sato family's secrets to their faces. Some people even went into the shrine to worship and observe, with the attitude of believing it was true rather than not. Although they did not find that the dilapidated shrine was any different from before, it did increase the popularity of the shrine.

Although the incense money was still not much, it was a big improvement compared to before, which made Sato Kentaro happy and terrified. He was happy because he finally saw the light, but he was terrified because Xia Chuan had ignored him since that night, which made him eat poorly and sleep poorly every day, not knowing whether he had passed the test of the gods.

Rumors of this magnitude should not have attracted Akasaka's attention, but Natsukawa has indeed been carefully observing whether there are any unfamiliar faces around in the past few days.

If everything goes well, we should be able to proceed to the next step after leaving it alone for two or three days?

Xia Chuan thought about it maliciously.

The first thing to be solved is of course the problem of loan sharks. It is too inappropriate for the number one tool of the great Natsukawa Damingshin to be chased by loan sharks all the time.

But that was not his problem, but Sato's own problem. He could give Sato a little help, but he had to do it without attracting Akasaka's attention.

He was really looking forward to seeing how far Sato could achieve within the big framework he had given.

Yui had fallen asleep, and he began to turn down the volume of the TV as usual to pass the time, while also collecting some information and intelligence.

When the time came to one o'clock, Xia Chuan suddenly felt a little irritated, and the air around him seemed to suddenly become heavy.

The next second, the picture on the TV screen suddenly shook, and then turned into a picture of a private house.

The girl with a sad and vicious look in her eyes, her wrist bleeding.

What's happening here?

Haunted?

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A new day has come again. I hope everyone slept well and didn’t dream about anything strange, right?

Before starting a new day with full energy, have you forgotten what to do?

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Chapter 24 A worthy death

"Aoki Yui, you..."

Ayano Minami's evil spirit crawled out of the TV screen and said sinisterly, but unexpectedly saw a fellow of her kind floating in the air studying her with great interest, as if trying to figure out how this operation was done.

The scene was very embarrassing.

Fortunately, spirits no longer have many emotions that originally belonged to humans. Apart from hatred, resentment, and resentment, evil spirits do not have many other thoughts in their minds.

She instinctively distanced herself from Natsukawa, trying to bypass him and rush directly towards the direction where Aoki Yui was, but Natsukawa always stood in front of her, preventing her from moving forward.

"You are the one..." Xia Chuan really couldn't remember her name. Someone seemed to have mentioned it at that time, but it was not important to him at all, so he didn't bother to remember it.

What surprised him was that she died in just a few days, and it seemed that she had turned into a vengeful spirit?

"How did you die?" he couldn't help but ask. Thinking of the boy he had seen in the hospital, he had some clues. "It was just that you were splashed with... well, dirty water. You didn't commit suicide, did you?"

"It's you!" Ayano Minami's emotions suddenly became violent, her body suddenly grew larger, and her originally pretty face suddenly grew many horns and thorns, becoming hideous and terrifying.

"What am I? Please stop talking nonsense!" Xia Chuan was a little envious of this skill. Regardless of whether it was practical or not, at least he had the upper hand in terms of momentum. However... he suddenly became a little curious, because he couldn't see himself, he didn't know what he looked like now. Why were Takahata and Yoshiyama so scared every time they saw him? Could it be that... he didn't look that good now?

"You did it! You made me like this!"

Although this is theoretically correct, Xia Chuan had been idle for too long and finally met someone of the same kind, so he still wanted to explain himself.

"It's true that I broke the pipe, but who can I blame? If you didn't bully Qingmu, you would have done something more extreme. Would I have done that? Please, you have become a spirit. You should have a lot of time and can observe the world from a completely different perspective than before. Why don't you reflect on yourself and why you have become like this?"

Ayano Minami rushed over directly.

Behind him was the room where Yui Aoki was. Natsukawa had no way to avoid it. He could only gather all his strength and strike back hard.

"Ah~~~~~!"

Ayano Minami screamed. Her methods were always effective against humans, but when facing Natsukawa, who was also a spirit and had fought against even more powerful vengeful spirits before, she was almost split in half at the first encounter. It was only after a few seconds that she finally stuck together again.