I, Den-O, the Contract Urban Legend

"Big Brother, you guys should stay here too—"

boom!

Before he could finish his words, the other person was kicked away by "Inoue Ueya" and hit the wall outside the door.

"Don't interrupt me, no one!"

【…】

The ghost that was kicked away in front of him gradually turned into black dust and dissipated. The two ghosts next to Suzumoto Kanon stood there trembling.

"From now on, ghosts or humans, you have to listen to me. Just shut up and do as I say. Understand?"

Chapter 30: Principal's Office

"Ghosts and the like...it's best to disappear from my sight now. If you do anything strange, you know the consequences."

As soon as the words fell, the two ghosts disappeared.

Inoue Ueya turned to look at Suzumoto Kanon and said, "If you want to be a good person, you have to consider the situation, right? Besides, those two ghosts just now smelled strongly of blood. You don't really think they'd be so easy to talk to, do you?"

"Eh, smell of blood?" Seeing the ghosts disappear, Suzumoto Kan looked surprised.

Inoue Ueya raised his index finger and pointed at the desk near the door. "Well, next is that black guy over here..."

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw a pencil that seemed to be held by something invisible, and a notebook on the desk was scribbled with words.

The blond delinquent frowned at the automatic pencil on the desk and asked in confusion, "No, right? I only saw the pencil rising out of thin air."

Although ordinary people couldn't see it, Inoue Ueya and the other man could still see it clearly. It was a ghost covered by black air.

[The other person should be Shinozaki Yoshie, but Hanako, do you have a way to remove the evil aura from her? ]

"Ahh, this is easy."

A scarlet light suddenly emanated from Inoue Ueya's body. He then walked towards the black ghost, patted its shoulder with one hand, and whispered in its ear, "Stop sleeping! Wake up!"

Immediately, the black energy on the ghost's body seemed to be shattered by "Inoue Ueya". First, cracks appeared, and then it turned into scattered black fragments and fell to the ground.

Now, everyone finally saw the ghost sitting at the desk.

That ghost is a mature woman. She should be the health teacher that Inoue Ueya wants to find, right?

Inoue Ueya nodded secretly, "Now, it's your turn."

A red light flashed, and Hanako Natsukawa appeared beside Ueya Inoue.

Inoue Ueya walked forward and said softly, "Nice to meet you, Shinozaki Yoshie. I'm here to help you."

"help me?"

"Excuse me, do you remember what happened after you died? And about the Book of Shadows?"

……

Time train.

Inoue Ueya held Shinozaki Yoshie's diary, looked at the people in front of him, and nodded: "Well, now the people from Kisaragi Academy have finally been found, right?"

Hanako Natsukawa shook her head and said softly, "Don't forget one thing. I have a contract with Shinozaki Yoshie now, so I can't attach myself to you for the time being. Please be careful."

Although he went through a lot of trouble, Inoue Ueya finally succeeded in making Natsukawa Hanako and Shinozaki Yoshie sign a contract, but the price was that the connection between the two was temporarily cut off.

The next step is to find Sachiko and then help her to be reborn.

Well, Mr. Inoue can still transform into the platform form, and the more dangerous vengeful spirits have been driven away or defeated, so it shouldn't be a big problem, right?

Tian Jiuchi stepped forward and said, "Excuse me... did you meet Mr. Kiji? Actually, we originally agreed to use the workshop as our base, but the door there can no longer be opened."

Inoue Ueya thought for a while, but the story in his head was still a little vague. He didn't have much impression of the character of Onibei Ji, so he shook his head and said, "No, we didn't pass by the workers' room..."

"Don't worry, if I see anything, Hanako and I will go in and take a look at the situation."

When Inoue Ueya and his companion were about to return to Tenjin Elementary School, the blue-haired girl with twin pigtails who had just walked into the health room with the blond delinquent walked up to him.

"that……"

"Ah, I remember you were the squad leader. What's up?"

Speaking of this squad leader, Inoue Ue also has some impression of her, because the story of "Corpse Party", whether it is the main story or the sequel, basically every time starts with her committing suicide.

"Uh... yes, I'm Shinozaki Ayumi, the class monitor of Class 2, Year 9, Kisaragi Academy High School."

Shinozaki Ayumi bowed slightly to Inoue Ueya and continued, "Thank you for saving us from the ghosts. Thank you so much!!"

Inoue Ueya thought for a moment and whispered to her, "In that case, please promise me one thing: don't get involved in anything related to the supernatural anymore."

"??? Uh, I get it! Also, please save the remaining three people. They are..."

……

A moment later, the two returned to Tianshen Elementary School again.

"Transform!"

Although the possibility of encountering danger is small, in order to avoid any accidents, Inoue Ueya decisively transformed into the platform form first.

"Well, let's keep going."

I looked up out of habit and saw the sign on the door that read "Principal's Office".

"Oooohhh—it's the principal's office!"

Inoue Ueya suddenly became excited.

"After such a long journey, Mr. Inoue can finally find someone to vent his anger on..."

After all, it is because of this scumbag principal that this space exists. Inoue Ue has also found an opportunity to beat him up, so of course he will not give up just like that!

Hanako Natsukawa stood behind him and did not stop him.

Well, after all, he has been on edge ever since he first entered Tenshin Elementary School, right?

Inoue Ue also followed Natsukawa Hanako's lead and kicked open the door to the principal's office, shouting, "Come out and duel with Mr. Inoue, you scumbag principal!"

No one responded, but Inoue Ueya saw a figure falling from a height outside the window...

Seeing this, Inoue Ue also walked to the window and looked out.

"Very good, that uncle lying on the ground should be the principal, right?"

So, Inoue Ue also walked down the road and looked at the principal and a bag lying motionless on the ground.

He picked up the bag and opened it, and inside was a tongue.

"Well!"

The scene before Shinozaki Sachiko's death gradually emerged in my mind. Then, the scene where the scumbag principal was often visited in dreams by Sachiko, who was called a vengeful spirit. He cut off Sachiko's tongue and put it in this bag...

Inoue Ueya sighed, kicked the principal on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Stand up, you shouldn't be dead, right?"

The ghosts that were "eliminated" by Hanako Natsukawa along the way basically disappeared directly, and the principal lying on the ground in front of her was undoubtedly a living ghost.

As if he had heard what Inoue Ueya said, the principal reached out and grabbed his feet, saying intermittently: "Forgive, forgive me..."

Unable to contain his inner rage, Inoue Ueya shouted, "How dare you ask for forgiveness? You were the one who did the wrong thing in the first place, weren't you? And to avoid being convicted, you're the one who made the mistake again, aren't you?"

The principal lying on the ground disappeared, fell from a high altitude, and then lay in the same position again.

Inoue Ueya looked at the situation in front of him, took a deep breath, and continued: "Mr. Inoue, I don't know what your mentality is when you do this, but I can be sure that you are the least qualified to ask for forgiveness!"

Hanako Natsukawa shook her head, trying to stop Inoue Ueya's actions. "Give up! Can't you see that he keeps falling from the building? This is a cycle that has manifested in his mind. No matter what you say, it's hard for him to break free from it."

"Original--"

Interrupting him, Inoue Ueya pulled his collar and pulled him up from the ground, "Hey, you're not an NPC, are you? You've been listening the whole time, haven't you?"

Chapter 31 A Strange Combination

"..."

This time, the principal, no, Yanagihori Ryumine fell silent. The next second, he disappeared from Inoue Ueya's hands and fell from the sky again.

"Since you've done something wrong, admit your mistake and stand up!"

Yanagihori Ryumine disappeared again and fell from a high altitude.

"In the fifty years since you murdered Shinozaki and her daughter, do you know how many people they've killed as vengeful spirits? Do you think you can atone for your sins by just staying here and jumping off buildings?"

Once again, he disappeared from the spot and fell from a high altitude.

"You know very well that you've already died, right? You also know very well that you will never be forgiven, right? But at least you can walk up to them and apologize to them before you disappear!"

Yanagihori Ryumine seemed to gradually regain consciousness, but lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice: "I... I don't know what to do..."

Disappeared from the spot again and fell from a high altitude.

"What's there to be afraid of? You're already dead, right?"

"I, I'm afraid to see them like this again, and I'm also afraid to face my former cold-blooded self..."

Disappeared from the spot and fell from a high altitude.

"So? Don't you understand?! Tenjin Elementary School is like a broken clock. Time has stood still. If no one steps up to solve the problem, everyone will be imprisoned here forever... Aren't you the principal of Tenjin Elementary School? Isn't this your responsibility? Then face the problem!"

"..."

At this moment, Yanagihori Ryumine's falling cycle came to an abrupt halt.

Inoue Ueya looked at the ghost uncle in front of him and couldn't help but sigh, "Whether it's to atone for your sins or to find liberation... Come with me, I want to put an end to everything."

Indeed, Yanagihori Ryumine is fully aware that his guilt alone won't solve the problem, and he knows that innocent victims are constantly being dragged into this "Tenjin Elementary School." Perhaps it's because he wants to escape the truth, and his fear forces him into this endless cycle of death...

But is this really a good thing?

The armored man in front of me was right. Everything started with him, and he was the principal of "Tenjin Elementary School". Was it really okay for him to continue to run away like this?

Yanagi Hori Ryumine stood up from the ground, the confusion in his eyes was gone, and he seemed to be alive again, no longer the walking corpse he was just now.

"...Finally, as the principal, I will put an end to everything here."

Looking at Yanagihori Ryumine standing straight in front of her, Natsukawa Hanako next to her widened her eyes with a surprised expression.

"Hey, hey, is this true? This is too exaggerated. Can it actually allow ghosts to break out of the closed loop in their hearts?"

Inoue Ue was silent for a moment. "Let me make it clear in advance that Mr. Inoue has never given up on the idea of ​​beating you up. I'm just temporarily postponing it until the incident is resolved. Remember this."

Yanagihori Ryumine nodded, seemingly agreeing with Inoue Ueya's statement.

"Since you are the principal, you should know the way around this school very well, right?"

……

Workers' room.

"Well, this is the workroom that Tadashi Masago mentioned, right?"

Although Inoue Ue also felt that the ghost monument was probably dead, in order to avoid missing the opportunity to save the survivors, he still asked Yanagihori Ryumine to take them to the workroom first.

I reached out and tried to pull the door of the workroom. The door was not as tightly closed as the one Tian Jiudi had kept in his mouth. Inoue Ue easily opened the door...

Ka!

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

A lovely cry came from the workroom, as if it was startled by the sound of the door suddenly opening.

What came into view were two high school boys in Kisaragi Academy uniforms, a little girl, and a man in a kimono.

The little girl seemed to be frightened and hid behind the brown-haired high school boy with a scared look on her face.

"Um...you are the Mochida siblings and Morishige Sakutaro, right?"

The brown-haired man stood up and looked at the strange combination of Kamen Rider, the woman in red, and the ghost uncle. He asked tentatively, "Hello, I'm Tetsuya Mochida. May I ask who you are?"

"Ah, it really is you guys. That's great. I..."

Hanako Natsukawa looked impatient as she turned to look at Ueya Inoue and said, "That's enough. I don't want to explain anymore! Anyway, just send them to the Desert of Time and let someone else explain to them!"