Upon hearing Hyakume's words, Mitarai Ichiro pursed his lips, not daring to reply.

"Little sister, are you that afraid of the manager? You can speak quietly, just don't disturb the other guests." Futakuchi-onna lowered her voice and looked at the other ghosts in the open-air hot spring. "Everyone, keep a little distance and be quiet. You can still chat."

Mitarai Ichiro nodded, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt a little dizzy.

Luckily, he had a towel on his head.

8. When bathing, please place a towel from the hot spring resort on your head. If you feel unwell, soak the towel in warm water before placing it on your head.

This kind of scene often appears in Japanese anime. Foreign viewers may experience some cultural differences, but as a native of Japan, Mitarai Ichiro quickly follows the rules, taking the towel off and putting it in the water. Once the towel becomes a hot, wet towel, he then places it on his head.

This is probably a little scientific knowledge for people who love hot springs.

Because the air is cold while the hot spring water is warm, there will be a certain temperature difference between the two, which can easily cause a rapid rise in blood pressure, leading to physical discomfort.

Therefore, at this time, a hot towel should be placed on the head to prevent the temperature from rising too quickly and causing dizziness due to large changes in blood pressure.

Mitarai Ichiro quickly returned to normal.

The woman touched his forehead, somewhat concerned: "Little sister, are you alright? Did you get up too fast?"

"without……"

A faint, mosquito-like sound escaped from the corner of his mouth.

For some inexplicable reason, Ichiro Mitarai had a feeling that something was off about this hot spring. He subconsciously gripped his wrist and counted the water again, refusing to believe it.

One, two, three... eight, nine.

Excluding him and the two female ghosts who came with him, no one entered or left the open-air hot spring during this time, so normally, Mitarai Ichiro should have been able to see seven people.

However, two more people appeared in the hot spring pool.

These two people also appear to be humanoid beings, without any obvious yokai characteristics, but it cannot be ruled out that they are powerful yokai who have cultivated for a long time, since the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons is full of all kinds of humanoid yokai.

Putting everything else aside, if you don't expose the mouth on the back of his head, the two-mouthed woman next to him is also a humanoid monster.

As for the Hundred-Eyed Demon, with its distinctive features, if it covered its body properly and didn't expose its skin covered in eyes, it could probably be mistaken by a pervert for a graceful and normal beautiful woman.

Not to mention the shameless No-Face Demon and the one-eyed Aoandon.

In just a few hours after entering the dungeon, Mitarai Ichiro had already encountered too many humanoid yokai. So when he saw the two extra figures in the hot spring, his first reaction was to rack his brains to figure out which yokai they were and why they looked so normal.

No, this is just making something out of nothing!

Shaking his head violently, Mitarai Ichiro finally regained his senses and remembered the rules of the open-air hot spring.

7. If you find that the number of people in the bath is not the normal number when you enter the bath, please calm down for a minute after leaving the bath and count again.

If the numbers are still incorrect after recounting, please immediately inform other employees who have not yet showered.

Could it be that he was hallucinating because he was dizzy just now?

Mitarai Ichiro smiled and apologized to the other two yokai. He left the bath and sat down to try to calm himself down, silently counting: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... 59, 60.

A minute passed.

He nervously looked back at the bathtub and counted the number again. Yes, it was still nine.

There are two more "people" in this bathhouse.

It seemed that most of the ghosts and monsters did not notice the presence of these two people. Occasionally, the ghosts and monsters next to them would greet them, as if they knew each other.

Is there anything enigmatic about this hot spring?

The reason for calming down after getting out of the bath is to prevent me from being misled and to keep me clear-headed.

Mitarai Ichiro became more and more excited as he thought about it, feeling that he had seen through the hidden meaning of the rules. He took the towel off his head, his long hair, which had been tied up, fell loose, and he hurriedly went to find the other employees, only wrapped in a bath towel.

There are many guests today, and many staff members will be by the hot spring pool.

Fortunately, he found it.

It was a skeleton preparing to serve soft drinks to a customer, dressed in the signature maid outfit of the hot spring town, with a bow in its hair, seemingly trying to look cute.

Unfortunately, he found it.

When it saw Mitarai Ichiro, the orange flame in its eyes turned slightly cold.

“I’ve finally found you.” Mitarai Ichiro pointed in the direction of the large public bath. “There are two more people in the bath. The number is wrong. I’ve checked it repeatedly.”

"Really? Take me to see it."

The skeleton didn't say much, but just stared coldly at Mitarai Ichiro, seemingly trying to determine the truthfulness of his words.

The two returned to the large public bath one after the other. Mitarai Ichiro quickly counted again in his mind. It seemed that Aobozu had also entered the open-air hot spring while he was away. There were twelve "people" in the bath. Although he didn't know how many employees there were, the number was correct.

With just one glance at the bath, the skeleton agreed with Mitarai Ichiro's assessment: "There are definitely more people."

Ichiro Mitarai was somewhat looking forward to seeing what it would do.

The skeleton tilted its head, blue flames flickering in its eye sockets, staring blankly at Mitarai Ichiro, lost in thought.

This unusual behavior made Mitarai Ichiro a little uneasy: "W-What's wrong?"

“You’re superfluous too,” the skeleton said coldly.

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