Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Playing Cats and… in a Haunted Castle

"It's one of those adventure spots with strange rumors, actually. The event was initiated by a psychic broadcaster," Kamohashi Ron said. "He invited quite a few people, including the recently featured psychic user and the fortune-teller Prince."

"Is this a metaphysical gathering?" Isshiki Dudumaru complained.

"Who knows? By the way, I'm a fan of that superpowered Tiger Hair, even if I'm just following the trend." Kamohashi Ron held up a board, "Because it's very interesting no matter how you look at it, even though I don't believe it at all."

"...Can you still be considered a fan if you don't believe in it at all?"

"So you're just a fan following the trend," Kamohashi Ron said. "That psychic streamer said you can bring friends, so you're not interested? If you're not interested, there's no need for me to agree."

"You want to put this kind of decision-making power on me?" Isshiki Dudumaru was stunned for a moment, then realized something. "You just want to find an excuse to go out and have fun, right?"

"Well, I was discovered by the excellent Inspector Isshiki of the Metropolitan Police Department." Kamohashi Ron said innocently, "Well, I've been at home for five years without any detective work, so when I was extremely bored, I made a list of dreams that I must fulfill in the future, and one of them was this—"

Isshiki Totomaru looked at the sign held up by Kamo no Hashiro and read out the words one by one: "Eating snacks with black honey in a mysterious castle... Are you serious?"

"Of course I'm serious. After all, the list also includes playing Monopoly after soaking in the hot springs, ripping lentil tendons while watching fireworks, eating shaved ice with black honey on the beach while pretending to be a platypus and diving..."

“It’s totally incomprehensible!”

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In the end, Sedo Dodo Maru accompanied Kamohashi Ron to this castle.

"That's because I happened to be accompanying Noboru on my day off. But come to think of it, I heard that the supernatural streamer is also a salaryman and always broadcasts on his days off." Isshiki Totumaru even brought a camera. "I didn't expect there would be such beautiful scenery in front of the castle."

"Of course, this is the castle I picked specifically." A man in the distance, looking fully armed and even wearing sunglasses, waved to Kamohashi Ron and Isshiki Todumaru. "I'm the organizer of this livestream, 'Strange Night Talk.' You must be the emotional blogger 'Duckbill Pussy,' right? The person next to you is..."

"My roommate happened to have a day off so I brought him here." Kamohashi Ron said, "I heard you also invited Prince Fortune Teller and Tiger Hair?"

"Of course, I didn't expect them to agree to come," said "Strange Night Talk." "Prince Divination is a big anchor, and Tiger Hair has even been on a TV show. But I don't know if what they said is true."

"Is everything you said on your account true, Oda-kun?" Kamohashi Ron asked casually.

"Not all of them... Eh? How did you know my last name is Oda?"

"You didn't tear off the boarding pass on the suitcase. Your name was written on it. Did you fly here specially?" Kamohashi Ron said.

"Yeah, after all, I was exploring a place in Europe where vampires were said to exist." Oda laughed and said, "Mr. Platypus should have been in Japan all along, right?"

Kamohashi Ron nodded and said, "I've been in Japan for five years and have been doing emotional live broadcasts here. I'm a little surprised that you would invite me here." His live broadcast attributes don't seem to have anything to do with the supernatural. On the contrary, the Fortune Telling Prince and Tiger Hair are both lucky and have super powers.

"There has to be an anchor who appears to be an ordinary person." Oda said bluntly.

Kamo no Bridge Theory: "..."

"It would be even better if you weren't frightened by those so-called supernatural events. Ordinary people are actually the most powerful ones. The main point is to create a sense of contrast." Oda continued, "That way, the live broadcast traffic will definitely increase."

...I think you have figured out how to play live streaming on the Internet.

Mr. Oda.

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Oda booked everyone into a nearby inn. The innkeeper looked at them and said, as if giving them some advice: "Let me tell you, there are rumors that the castle is haunted. It's best not to explore there at night unless necessary."

"This hotel owner is quite nice." Isshiki Todumaru said, but Kamobashi Ron shook his head slightly and asked Isshiki Todumaru to observe him more carefully.

The next second, the innkeeper said to the man who was obviously afraid of ghosts: "Don't worry, all the rumors about ghosts are false. After all, there are no ghosts in the world!"

Isshiki Totomaru: "..."

Kamo no Hashiron patted Isshiki Totomaru's shoulder and said, "The boss is doing this for business, I understand."

He is too flexible in doing business, and his speeches are like a fight between his left and right brain!

"After you pack your luggage and your room, go to Mr. Oda's place. He should start the live broadcast once everyone is gathered."

"Then I will have to show my face as an amateur!"

"If you don't want to show your face, I'll have Mr. Oda find a way to blur it out. For example, we could just put an emoji on Officer Isshiki's face." Kamonohashi even took out a squirrel headgear. "Or how about you wear this headgear during the live broadcast?"

"Seriously?!"

"I'm just kidding." Kamohashi Ron said, "If you don't want to show up, just don't go there."

Isshiki Todumaru took a deep breath, he had no idea whether Lun was serious or joking.

"It's just a collaboration between several anchors, there's no need for amateurs to show their faces." Kamohashi Ron explained, "The Prince of Fortune Telling didn't even bring anyone here."

"Is that so." Isshiki Todumaru breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "I thought you really needed me to show my face."

"Will Dudu show his face if I say this?"

"Didn't you say so? We're partners!"

“…That’s true.”

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"Hello, everyone. This is the 'Strange Night Talk' channel. I'm Xiaoye. Today we have invited several guests to join the live broadcast. This is the Prince of Fortune Telling, this is the psychic Tiger Hair, and here's Mr. Platypus." Oda said seriously to the live camera, and several hosts nodded at the camera in front of them.

Because it was a joint live broadcast, the perspectives of several people were actually different, including the barrage.

[The long-time otaku Yaya is out! And he's exploring a castle!]

[I only remember Yaya’s venomous comments on emotional articles]

Xiaoye is amazing! She even managed to invite Prince Divination and Tiger Hair. Prince Divination's luck-boosting items are very useful!

[Oh, I've seen Tiger Hair on TV. He has some pretty impressive superpowers.]

[So Yaya is just an ordinary person with nothing to do with the supernatural?]

【Focus on a contrast】

[No, you don't understand. The fact that Yaya, a lifelong otaku, would go out is already a supernatural event!]

Kamo no Hashiro: "...I just seem to be a loner for various reasons, but I'm not really that isolated from the world."

On the other side, the man wearing a black ribbon said, "Do you need anything to bring good luck? I have some recommendations."

"With a superpower like Tiger Hair around, I don't think we need to worry about encountering supernatural events." Kamonohashi Ron even took out a notebook and said, "Would you mind signing it for me?"

"Of course I don't mind!" Hu Mao took out his double-sided signature pen and signed Kamohashi Rin with the thinner end.

[Oh, Yaya is looking at Humao too? I thought Yaya didn't believe in super powers at all.]

[YaYa then divined the prince's luck-boosting items, and it worked!]

Facing the enthusiastic comments, Oda remained unmoved: "We will explore the castle separately. Do you plan to go it alone or..."

"I have super powers and can act on my own," Tiger Hair said, crossing his arms.

"My lucky color today is black, so I'm going to go with this anchor dressed all in black." The Fortune Telling Prince looked at Kamonohashi Ron and said, "Brother Platypus, do you mind?"

"I actually wanted to do this with my roommate," Kamohashi said, "Let me ask my roommate first."

When Isshiki Totomaru received the call, he said helplessly: "Am I your guardian? Of course, this matter depends on you!"

"If you don't come, I'm going to act alone."

The fortune-telling prince on the side said: "Oh, I think I disturbed Mr. Platypus."

Prince of Fortune: I shouldn't be here, I should be under the car.

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The last four people acted separately, but because they all had live streaming devices on their smartphones, netizens in the live broadcast room all watched the anchors they were interested in separately.

As for Kamohashi Ron, Isshiki Totumaru really accompanied him to explore the castle.

Kamonohashi Ryunya really didn't let Isshiki Todumaru show his face.

[Yaya deliberately adjusted the angle so that we can’t see her roommate! ]

[Ahhhh, you're protecting me so well!]

[I'm dying of laughter. I just came back from the livestream next door. The main focus of the livestream next door is a supernatural blessing, and here everyone is yelling about not letting people see their roommates.]

[Next door: Supernatural Channel Here: Roommate Channel]

The value of the fortune-telling prince's "excuse me" is still rising!

"So, besides being a little dim, there doesn't seem to be anything here... When was this painting put up there? It wasn't there just now!" Isshiki Todumaru suddenly saw something and was a little frightened. "It's a bit scary!"

"After all, it's a haunted castle. It might be set there by an unknown ghost." Kamohashi Ron opened a door in front of him and then closed it silently.

"Why did you close the door? Did you see something?" asked Isshiki Todumaru.

Kamohashi Ron thought about the old-fashioned TV he saw, which had suddenly started playing TV programs for some unknown reason, and then thought about the content of the program and said:

"Nothing much, just something that kills the spooky and supernatural atmosphere."

After all, Tom and Jerry isn't usually shown on haunted TVs.