I, Den-O, the Contract Urban Legend

That's strange. Didn't she put the book on the shelf next to it when she was cleaning?

Or did he take it out and look at it?

This is not right. That idiot can't understand the ancient Latin in the book, right?

Inoue Ueya saw Miss Sadako standing by the desk in a daze, so he called her.

"What's wrong, Sadako?"

"No, nothing." Miss Sadako shook her head and said nothing.

Maybe it was her illusion. Although she had heard that this book was dangerous, it shouldn't be able to move on its own, right?

"So, I'm going to turn off the lights, okay?"

"Eh? Wait!"

Miss Sadako quickly put the book of witchcraft back on the bookshelf and lay down on the bed.

However, she didn't notice that the Book of Shadows, which had been put back on the bookshelf, seemed to begin to emit a faint light.

A moment later, in the dark room, the three of them lay on their beds like the Chinese character "川".

"Well, why does Sadako have to sleep in the middle..." Miss Mary seemed a little dissatisfied.

"Of course, that's to prevent that idiot Ueya from doing anything strange. The person sleeping in the middle is at great risk of being attacked at night. Miss Sadako made such a heavy sacrifice to protect you, so don't complain!"

"???"

——Are you kidding me? Could I, Inoue Ue, be such a pervert?

The more Inoue Ueya listened, the more he felt something was wrong, so he decided to speak up and refute it.

"Really? It's obviously your sleeping posture that's bad, Sadako. After falling asleep, you always use Mr. Inoue as a pillow..."

Upon hearing this, Miss Sadako blushed and stammered, "Shut up! I just subconsciously used you as a pillow. Can you say that you have a bad sleeping posture?"

"Okay, stop arguing. We have to go to school tomorrow."

Inoue Ueya waved his hand and closed his eyes.

After relaxing his mind, the fatigue brought by the exercise came over him, and Inoue Ue quickly fell asleep.

"Zzzz..."

"Uchiya? No way, did you really fall asleep so quickly?"

Miss Sadako was a little surprised. She had originally wanted to improve her relationship with Ueya.

……

When he came to his senses, Inoue Ueya found himself in an unfamiliar place.

He looked around, and after seeing the dense forest all around him, he couldn't help but sigh: "Here we go again? What a strange dream..."

Probably a few days after the Tenjin Elementary School incident, Inoue Ue began to vaguely dream of himself in the woods. However, he only began to realize the problem now. This originally vague dream gradually began to become more and more real, and he didn't know what was going on with him.

"Well, this situation can't be normal, can it?"

In short, let's try to find external help first.

[Sadako! Is Sadako here? Sachiko, Hanako?]

Inoue Ueya stood there and waited for a moment, but they didn't seem to respond.

It seems that Inoue Ueya's connection with the three people was also affected in the dream, and he might not be able to rely on their power here.

So what about the transformed Black Pass?

Inoue Ueya reached into his pocket, but found nothing.

After thinking for a while, he shook his head and walked carelessly in the woods.

Since he appeared here, there must be a reason, and there was no point in staying where he was. Mr. Inoue would just keep moving forward.

"That's right, I won't stop!"

Mr. Inoue's upper body swayed slightly from side to side, and he walked aimlessly forward in the woods in the same way as Xiao Ming.

"But speaking of which, if this is a dream, as long as Mr. Inoue falls asleep again, then can I experience the feeling of a dream within a dream?"

It seems to be something like this?

If dreams within dreams can be repeated infinitely, then does that break the limitation of twenty-four hours in a day?

Inoue Ue also began to have wild thoughts in strange directions.

rustle……

Suddenly, the grass next to him moved, and Inoue Ueya was so scared that he subconsciously took several steps back.

"Could it be some kind of wild beast?"

Anyway, this is a forest, it’s not like a haunted house where some monsters and ghosts will suddenly jump out, so Inoue Ueya won’t be scared!

However, if it really is a wild beast, it would be better for Mr. Inoue to escape as soon as possible.

"Give me the way~"

Having said that, Mr. Inoue turned around and ran away.

Unfortunately, his reaction was still a step too slow.

A figure jumped out from the bushes and pounced directly behind him.

"Brother?"

A strange female voice came from behind Inoue Ueya.

"Fuck, no, big brother, ahhhh——" After hearing the familiar dialogue and feeling that he was grabbed by an unknown creature from behind, Inoue Ueya seemed to have the imprint in his DNA activated. Without looking back to see what was happening, he started running wildly driven by instinct.

"Hahaha……"

For some reason, Inoue Ueya ran faster when he heard the guy behind him laughing.

But it was no use. The faster he ran, the louder the guy behind him laughed.

So, while running, Inoue Ue also stopped.

"Calm down, Inoue Ueya! The best way to fight fear is to face it... Mr. Inoue is not afraid of any monsters or ghosts..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Inoue Ueya suppressed his instinct to escape and suddenly turned around to look.

The person who came into view was a girl he didn't recognize.

Chapter 68: Say it like this

"Brother?"

The girl hanging behind Inoue Ueya tilted her head and looked at him with a puzzled look, as if she was a little puzzled by Mr. Inoue's sudden stop.

Inoue Ueya breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and said softly, "What? It's just a wild, unknown girl."

Then he gently put the girl behind him down, and Inoue Ue also began to carefully observe the girl in front of him.

The girl in front of him had long light golden hair, cyan eyes, and a skinny figure.

"who are you?"

"?"

When the girl heard Inoue Ueya's question, she showed a puzzled expression. After thinking for a while, she spoke to Inoue Ueya in a language that he could not understand.

"Eh, I don't understand at all..." Inoue Ueya scratched his head.

What kind of a development is this? First I entered a strange dream, then I met a girl I didn't know...

No, come to think of it, when she was lying on top of me, she seemed to have called me "big brother"?

"Well, you just mentioned big brother, right?"

Hearing this, the girl in front of him seemed to understand something. She pointed at Inoue Ueya and said softly, "Big Brother?"

"Well, even if you say that, can you not call me big brother?"

This title brings back some unpleasant memories for Inoue Ueya.

Although this is not the world of alchemists, when Inoue Ueya hears these three words, he still recalls that incident.

Inoue Ueya pointed at himself and said softly, "I am Inoue Ueya."

The girl blinked, a look of curiosity on her face, "Jing, yeah?"

"No, no, no, it's Inoue Ueya." Inoue Ueya continued.

"Well?"

"...Inoue Ueya." Inoue Ueya was silent for a while and then said it again.

"Well, Jingye!"

The girl puffed up her cheeks, seeming a little dissatisfied.

"Well, a well is a well..."

Inoue Ueya sighed and gave up explaining. "Iye" was better than the previous name.

Not caring that this was a forest, Inoue Ue found a flat area nearby and sat down.

Regardless, since even humans with the ability to think have appeared in this dream, I must now seriously analyze the situation...

First of all, this is definitely a dream.

Inoue Ueya remembered very clearly that he always entered this forest after sleeping. In the past few days, he even witnessed with his own eyes that this place gradually changed from a vague dream to the forest in front of him. There was no doubt that this was not the real world.

If I remember correctly, this situation started in the last few days, and the only monsters and monsters he has encountered recently are "Tenjin Elementary School" and the Old Rat Group.

If it was about Tenjin Elementary School, then the existence of Tenjin Elementary School had already been directly erased from history, but if it was the source of power—

Could it be the Book of Shadows that he stole from the past?

If it was an old rat, no matter how he thought about it, Inoue Ue felt that it was impossible for it to have such strength, otherwise it would not need to be a gigolo or kidnap people.

But the old rat's voice is a bit like that of the blond vampire. Could it be that it awakened some special abilities before dying?

"Uh... no no no, that's impossible no matter how you think about it. In the original story, Old Rat was just cannon fodder who was killed instantly by the protagonist. There shouldn't be such a big development, right? Anyway, I don't believe that guy can be resurrected after being kicked to death..."

In addition, he is now unable to use Den-O's abilities, nor can he seek help from the urban legends at home, which means that he has no fighting power.

This means that if he is attacked now, this combat idiot like him is likely to get into trouble. He doesn't know whether the injury in this dream will affect his real self, so it is better for him to pay more attention to safety now.

Finally, there is one more question: who is the girl who appears in this dream?

Inoue Ueya immediately raised his head and looked at the smiling girl in front of him. She was wearing a simple robe...

No, to say it was simple might be an exaggeration. If you looked closely, the robe was even a bit worn out and seemed to have quite a few stains on it.

"Well, whatever happens, I'll have to stay here until I wake up or someone wakes me up. Please be kind."

Inoue Ueya smiled.

"?"

The girl tilted her head again, it seemed that the problem of language communication still existed...

"Well, whatever happens, let's find a way to communicate with her first."

——Come to think of it, I still don’t know her name.

Then, Inoue Ueya pointed at himself and said his name. The girl called him "Inoue" again without hesitation.

So Inoue Ueya nodded, pointed at the girl, and looked at her silently.

The girl was stunned for a moment, then she suddenly realized what was going on and said, "Kuīn!"

"Um, is it Queen?"

"Queen"?

Although the pronunciation is similar, it should be a little different, right?