Chapter 2: Unknown Ritual

In early spring at Beihua Street 1-chome, most people on the street are dressed in bright and colorful clothes, and even the flowers on the roadside are in bud, full of vitality.

Anton Yayoi was wearing a black robe and a hood, which was too conspicuous in the bright and colorful daytime, and he looked like a mental patient or a terrorist. Passersby on the street looked at him in surprise and kept a distance of three meters from him.

Anton Yayoi thought it was very good. He didn't hate humans, so who would hate food? But when he was hungry, it was a good thing for food to automatically stay away from him. Moreover, he was in a bad condition now. He had lost most of his power and didn't have the form of a god. He couldn't even sense who was dying. Now he could only eat human souls that had already died and formed. This meant that he could only helplessly look at the living human souls and couldn't eat them at all.

"Sir, please show me your identity information." A patrolman noticed something was wrong and came over to ask, holding his baton tightly. He couldn't tell what the problem was, but it looked like something was wrong, especially when he got closer and smelled a faint smell of blood.

Thanatos only has the memory of Endo Shinzo, not the memory of Andong Yayoi. Thanatos can only understand a person's memory through the soul, but he has not taken Andong Yayoi's soul. However, this kind of thing is not difficult for the gods. He reached out and lightly touched the hand of the patrolman. It was a small trick, and he could still do it.

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation, Anton." The patrolman seemed to have seen something and instantly dropped his guard. He even smiled and joked, "Are you going to a comic convention? It's a bit scary to walk on the street dressed like this. You can take off your hat. It might be more suitable this way."

The sleight of hand can only make the other party see something that does not exist, but it does not mean changing the other party's mind. The patrolman only saw the "student ID card" and did not give up all his suspicions. After hearing this, Anton Yayoi reached out and took off his hat, revealing a plain face, but it was exactly the same as the "student ID card" just now.

The patrolman then left with peace of mind, and even kindly wished him a pleasant trip.

Dongdu University does not provide on-campus dormitories, but the school provides student apartments nearby, which are relatively cheaper than renting houses outside. Because this small building is occupied by students from the same university, it is also jokingly called a dormitory by students.

Yayoi Anto walked back to the dormitory without any obstacles. Thanks to Endo teacher who had asked Yayoi Anto where he lived, and there was only one key in his pocket, with the room number written on it. This allowed Yayoi Anto to find his room smoothly.

Yayoi Ando's room was a small single room, even smaller than the Endo family's ceremonial room. Looking around, there was only a quilt bed, a small chest of drawers half a meter high, a portable folding table, and a toilet and bathroom that was extremely difficult to squat in.

The closed room had only one window the size of an A4 paper. The stagnant air was filled with a strange, fishy smell, like the smell of rotting blood after an animal was slaughtered. Thanatos vomited a few times in discomfort. Was the original owner of this body too careless about hygiene?

He looked around. Although the room was small, it was messy. It seemed that Anton Yayoi had been planning to kill people for a long time and had no mood to tidy up the room for a long time.

In the messy room, there is only a relatively clean glazed hollow box on the cabinet on the left, which seems to be the only thing the original owner cares about.

Yayoi Anto went forward to open it, and inside were some worthless plastic toys and a few yellowed photos of the couple. This beautiful and unique box seemed to come from the woman in the photo. Judging from her age and appearance in the photo, she should be Yayoi Anto's sister, and the toys should be a gift from her sister to Yayoi Anto. However, the toys looked like cheap toys for a four or five-year-old child, and the photos looked like they were nearly ten years old.

The relationship between them doesn't seem as good as imagined.

Thanatos threw most of the things in the room, even the bed, into the garbage dump. Thanatos had no problem with the size of the room. He had no physical form, so he would live in any place that could accommodate his current body. But although he didn't mind the size, he did mind the mess, not to mention that the whole room was stained with a strong smell of rotten blood from animals.

When He cleaned the house, only a few clothes in the chest of drawers were left, thrown randomly on the ground. He piled the clothes together casually to form a simple hill, and then lay down on the ground along the hill, ready to sleep. After all, in His concept, after eating and exercising, it is time for humans to sleep.

After sleeping for less than half an hour, Thanatos moved his arm in confusion, only to find that he had completely lost consciousness.

What's going on? Is this body dying, or is there something wrong?

He stood up anxiously, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. He didn't feel any injuries, no energy consumption, and his lifeline was not affected, as if he had no problems at all. He ruled out all the possibilities he knew and could only consider that it was a problem with the human body.

But as a god, He did not understand the human body structure, and He did not know where to get the answer. After thinking about it, He had to open the computer, click on the search website, and ask: "Why did my arm suddenly lose sensation?"

Then Thanatos saw:

"If the arm is hit by external force, it will cause nerve damage, accompanied by numbness and pain."

"Multiple peripheral neuritis damages the nerves around the arm, causing loss of sensation."

"Cubital tunnel syndrome is caused when the ulnar nerve is compressed, stretched or rubbed in the cubital tunnel. Typical symptoms include pain and numbness on the inner side of the forearm."

"The cervical vertebrae are abnormally positioned and compress the arm nerves, causing numbness in the arm nerves."

Thanatos frowned in worry. These two looked very serious, and some even needed surgery. He did not have the extra energy to supply this body, and could not repair it by himself. In order not to fall asleep again just after waking up, he could only pack up quickly and prepare to go to the hospital for a thorough check-up.

When we arrived at the hospital, the serious old doctor looked at the film, frowned and asked, "Are you saying that when you woke up, you had no feeling in your arm?"

Andong Yayoi also nodded seriously.

"What about now?"

Yayoi Andong waved her arms and realized that she had returned to normal, so she said with a puzzled look, "I feel fine now."

The old doctor seemed very puzzled. He pressed several acupoints, compared the X-rays repeatedly, and even carefully flipped through a 15-centimeter-thick medical book. He still couldn't find any problems. He was puzzled and finally asked without hope: "Can you describe how you sleep?"

Anton Yayoi nodded, stood up, and slept on the ground under the shocked gaze of the old doctor, lying on his side, as straight as a medical dummy that had been knocked to the ground.

"You...you just sleep on the floor?"

"You have your hands underneath your body?"

"You slept like this for half an hour???"

The old doctor held his forehead in silence, "My patient, you are not making fun of me, are you? You are simply numb from sleeping. Believe me, there is really no problem with you. Don't sleep directly on the floor in the future, and don't sleep on your side. Buy a soft bed and sleep on your back. I promise that this will never happen to you again."

Thanatos really didn't understand what the connection was here, why a bed could cure human paralysis.

As far as he knew, humans were usually paralyzed by poisoning. Could it be that... humans would be poisoned if they came into direct contact with the floor? He thought humans were very fragile, but he didn't expect them to be so fragile. Thanatos nodded deeply, "Thank you for your warning. I'll go buy a bed now."

Alert, warning?

The old doctor's eyes widened and he pointed at himself blankly. This patient...does he need to contact the mental hospital next door?

In the end, the old doctor said nothing and looked at Anton Yayoi as if he was a fool. Poor young man, he has a brain problem at such a young age.

Unfortunately, Anton Yayoi, who knew nothing about the ways of the world, did not notice the old doctor's expression at all.

After returning home, Yayoi Anto thought about it and felt that something was wrong, so he decided to use this modern tool that he cared about very much - the computer - more often.

Every day after that, Anton Yayoi was addicted to surfing the Internet. For a god, the only thing that limited him was the Internet speed. He finally found out the real reason why the old doctor told him to buy a bed. He also finally understood why the old doctor had such an indescribable expression at the end.

Feeling sorry, he posted a piece of paper on the old doctor's door overnight to explain his situation - it said "I'm really not mentally ill, don't be afraid".

I hope the old doctor can understand that he is different from the mentally ill patients mentioned on the Internet and will not retaliate against the doctor.

Not to mention the old doctor's expression when he saw the note, just as Anton Yayoi returned home after class and was about to play on the computer as usual, he received a phone call he didn't want to answer.

"Mr. Anton, I have invited the famous detective Mori. Can you come to my house? The police are also here. If it is inconvenient for you, the police can also pick you up." Mrs. Endo's tone was tentative, but the content was extremely tough.

The comfortable life of the past few days was finally broken. Anton Yayoi sighed, "Okay, see you in half an hour."

He could not escape the sins of his original body, and now he could only hope that the knowledge he had gained in the past few days would be useful.