While practicing and developing his new alias at Jiuyuan, he became a bit of an Internet celebrity.
The next day, Kato woke up and found himself lying on the toilet in the park, sleeping soundly with saliva dripping down his face. Fortunately, today was a day off, otherwise he would not be able to handle a phone call urging him to go to work.
...Of course, it wasn't very pleasant when the kids who came to play in the park saw him and thought he was a pervert.
When Kato came to, he found four or five kids standing around him, all looking at him with strange eyes.
A middle-aged man was pushing him and asked him, "Are you okay?"
He was startled and tried to stand up from the toilet, but because he had slept in this stiff position all night, his whole body was stiff and he almost fell when he got up.
"Thank you, thank you." Then, amid the strange looks of the crowd, he fled the scene like a flash.
When I turned on my phone, it was filled with messages and missed calls from friends.
He quickly called back, and the person on the other end started yelling, "An entire night! You finally called back! I was afraid that you had been kidnapped and buried alive in the mountains!"
Kato: “…” To be honest, he also thought he was going to die in that strange space last night.
He quickly went to a convenience store to buy some food, and then explained to his friend on the way home.
After hearing this, his friend did not doubt it. After all, Kato was a very honest person, even a little dull. In addition, he did not smoke or drink, and had no other bad habits, which also ruled out the factor of being overexcited in this regard.
My friend asked cautiously, "Are you really not hallucinating because you worked overtime too long last night?"
"Absolutely not!" Kato looked at the small holes on his clothes that were torn by branches and bushes, and said firmly: "I definitely entered a different space. Oh, and I also secretly took photos. I'll look for it..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a little regretful.
If it really is a monster, will it leave any traces in the photo?
He first looked through the chat records with his friends and found that the scenery near the station that he had taken photos of at that time could still be found.
Kato happily opened the photo album on his mobile phone, and after seeing the short video he had secretly recorded, he no longer had any doubts.
In order to prevent the camera sound of his mobile phone from being heard by the young man leading the way in front, he recorded the video.
In the video, although it was pitch black all around, some sounds could be heard faintly.
He turned up the volume and listened carefully, and found that it was indeed a wail, a scream. However, the boy leading the way seemed to be walking in a somewhat stiff and unnatural manner... He didn't notice this at all last night!
Even his hand holding the lantern was as pale as a corpse.
...Could this young man be dead?
He felt a little scared and quickly sent the video to his friend.
——Everything that happened last night must be true.
But, I don't know why the young man didn't harm him, but instead sent him out from there...
He opened the post he posted last night and found that there were already many replies.
For example, some people accused him of being off the mark or making up stories, while others were genuinely worried about him.
Kato quickly replied: [Don't worry, I'm back. A mysterious boy saved me.]
There were many people who blessed him, but there were even more who questioned him.
Kato threw the video back in, and no one knew whether people believed it or not.
[The original poster is really careless. He just followed the thing in front of him that he didn't know whether it was a human or a ghost? ]
[It really doesn't look like a living person... Could it be a zombie or something? ]
[This is the first time I've heard of this kind of follow-up to Kisaragi Station.]
【How did you come back? 】
Seeing that someone finally asked this question, Kato began to explain that the young man took him to a house and then pushed him into a room. He saw blackness in front of his eyes and when he woke up, he was back.
[It's really unbelievable. Was it that boy who saved me? He said there were other residents in the house. Did he not want them to see me?]
[It doesn't seem so scary now. If it's so safe, I want to see what the monster boy looks like.]
Kato answered seriously: [He looks very good, like a young master from a noble family.]
He continued: "However, I still feel it is very dangerous. If it weren't for that boy, I might have been eaten by the monster in the dark. And the boy said there are other people living here. He must have deliberately asked me to avoid those people. Maybe they are monsters that eat people. 】
He swiped again, and of course, the majority of people still thought he was talking nonsense.
Until Kato saw a line——
[You'd better go find a shrine maiden or an onmyoji to remove the aura left by the monster from your body. ]
[If the monsters want to harm people, you won't be able to find any evidence against them. ]
Kato's heart trembled, and he quickly stuffed the remaining rice ball into his mouth.
Go home first, and then find an effective shrine nearby!
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Jiuyuan also saw the post, and netizens even named the boy Ru Yue.
…It’s a really simple and easy-to-understand way of naming. How is it different from calling a kitten Mimi or a puppy Xiaobai?
After leaving the realm, he went home first. Before he sat down for two minutes, he received a call from Gojo Satoru.
"good afternoon."
Gojo Satoru asked curiously on the other end of the phone: "Have you seen the news on the BBS?"
Jiu Yuan asked knowingly, "What?"
"Kiragi Station," he said. "Can't you tell me? This guy is also a monster, right?"
This time, Jiu Yuan denied it: "I'm not sure. I don't know this monster."
"Really? That's a pity." Gojo Satoru said without much disappointment, "I'm curious about Kisaragi Station. Unlike the Yokai whose true form can be seen directly, doesn't it feel full of mystery?"
Is this a blatant test? Jiu Yuan replied with a smile: "Is it?"
There was one thing he was not sure about, whether the flow of power at Kisaragi Station could be captured.
Theoretically, it is a folded space different from the real world, but there will be times when it overlaps with reality. At this juncture, it becomes a product of "reality". It should be detectable by the "window".
In any case, with such a strong force flowing, it would be strange if the window had no reaction at all.
Could it be that Gojo Satoru was near the overlapping point where the realm and reality overlapped last night?
…Since Gojo Satoru didn’t mention it, let’s just assume that he doesn’t know.
Jiuyuan simply changed the subject and asked him, "How is your business here?"
"To be honest, the tickets are really popular. Although I have also distributed some of them, they are able to enter the exchange themselves, but they can't develop a side business." His tone didn't seem to care much. "Compared to these, I am more curious about how much they will pay to trade with monsters."
Kuen: "If there's something fun to watch, I'll tell you."
"Well, I'll just keep looking forward to it." Gojo Satoru said, "By the way, I gave the ticket to a special guy. If nothing unexpected happens, he should come to you guys to trade soon."
"A special guy?"
"—He is a wealthy foreigner." Gojo Satoru said with a rising tone, "He is also the leader of a powerful group of esper users."
Jiuyuan laughed: "It sounds like he has a big background..."
However, do foreigners come to Japan's Yokaiya to shop?
For some reason, he thought of foreigners buying local specialties at the airport...
Gojo Satoru probably knew something about the other party. He said, "Don't worry. He is very sincere in this regard. You can find out about him with just a little inquiry."
Although Jiuyuan could obtain information through the customer information automatically displayed on the notebook as long as the other party got the ticket, he still asked out of procedure.
"Really? What's that person's name?"
"The full name is too long, so I'll just say the part that's enough for you." Gojo Satoru said as if complaining.
"—Fitzgerald."
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"The leader of the group..."
Kuen sat in the folded space, and after Hanako moved all the things here, this cramped space seemed a little wider.
He flipped through the notebook. This was the first time he had used it properly. The information of the ticket holders emerged from the paper. Although it was not detailed enough to know everything, it was enough to roughly understand a person's experience.
He turned to the page he needed - it recorded the major events in Fitzgerald's life, important turning points and experiences.
Jiuyuan also clearly knew Fitzgerald's current request -
Healed his wife and resurrected his daughter.
"Wanting to reverse life and death is a bit too greedy. However, given his personality and style, it doesn't seem strange that he would have such a wish..."
Unfortunately, Jiuyuan doesn't have this ability, and even if he did, he might not do it.
This iron rule is deeply engraved in his mind and even in his soul.
——Life and death can never be reversed.
"It's just that the world seems a little small." Jiuyuan sighed after reading the information, "I didn't expect that the person who placed a huge bounty of 7 billion was Fitzgerald..."
Spending money without hesitation seems to be a very important wish for him.
It was unknown whether the detective agency knew that he was the one behind the wanted Nakajima Atsushi. Jiu Yuan thought again and felt that they probably knew it a long time ago.
But, what secrets does Nakajima Atsushi have?
As long as he gets Nakajima Atsushi, will his wish be fulfilled?
However, there was no detailed record in the notebook for such an important place, which made Jiuyuan wonder if the notebook was not capable enough.
After all, Fitzgerald wanted to resurrect the dead... It's no wonder that the notebook couldn't reach that level when it comes to the power of life and death.
[System: Will the master accept his commissioned transaction? ]
"I'm not sure if he will bring up these two points with me." Jiuyuan put down his notebook, took out a piece of paper from the blank document beside him and folded an airplane. As he folded it, he said, "It's too shocking to say that he wants to revive the dead right away. Healing his wife is possible, but according to the information, his wife is more likely to have a mental illness, right?"
Jiuyuan sighed.
How could Fitzgerald not be able to afford a doctor? But he was just trying to comfort his wife as much as possible.
If his daughter came back, his wife Zelda would certainly recover without any medicine.
I don’t know when this gentleman will choose to visit... I need to prepare the goods in advance.
Then again, Fitzgerald probably doesn't have hard currency that can be used among monsters, so he might choose to trade with human currency.
"No, you can't be so harsh..." Jiuyuan immediately interrupted his preconceived thoughts.
If the description in the notebook is correct, Fitzgerald's power level must be good in terms of intelligence acquisition ability.
Even if he is very good at making money, it is not without purpose. It is impossible without intelligence sources. As the money rolls in more and more, the information network behind it will become more and more dense.
It is normal that I did not visit this store immediately after knowing its existence, which can be understood as being cautious.
But it is also possible that they are looking for the right chips to trade on your doorstep.
For example, looking for something...unusual in human society in advance.
Then it is more likely to be used for barter.
Jiuyuan said to himself, "...Actually, I would accept it even if you gave me currency."
The monster doesn't like it, but he likes it!