Truth is everywhere within range

When Qiao Qiao went to Gray Hat Software before, the corridors and offices were filled with promotional posters and character boards related to the company's games.

He thought that most game companies were probably like this.

But Ren Otang is obviously an exception.

At the front desk, except for a statue of Uncle Mao Ou, there is nothing that can reflect the game culture.

It was quite simple. Qiao Qiao even saw that the picture decorations hanging on the wall were not Pi Oqiu but ordinary cats.

After registering with the staff on duty at the front desk, the two of them arrived at the second development department.

Although it was Saturday, there were still quite a few employees in the company.

In the second development department, Qiao Qiao saw some game-related things.

In the lounge, in addition to game consoles owned by Odo like NS and Wii, there are also game consoles from other console manufacturers including PS4 and XBOX.

Qiao Qiao even saw some arcade machines.

The employees here seem to have a variety of ways to have fun after work.

he sighed.

On the unoccupied desks, you can also see some character figurines and models of game characters.

In the semi-open conference room nearby, there was another group that seemed to be discussing issues. When they saw Qiao Qiao and others, they smiled and said hello.

"How should I put it? It's not the same as the Ren Otang I imagined."

Suzuka looked around.

In her opinion, a game company of this size is probably like Gray Hat Software, with game posters everywhere and everyone having endless fun while playing games and working.

On the other side, Hayami Nanase also stopped playing with his mobile phone and looked at the inside of the company.

There was also a look of regret.

Probably the gap between imagination and reality.

"It is precisely because of this rigorous working environment that we can produce those popular games."

Qiao Qiao guessed.

"It's hard to imagine that large-scale games can be developed if employees are addicted to games every day."

Qiao Qiao didn't care about this.

What he felt was wrong was the evil atmosphere in this company.

When he walked into the building, Qiao Qiao's spiritual vision began to scan the surroundings.

But the strange thing is.

There is absolutely no negative energy found in this building.

This is a very strange thing.

As mentioned before, Yin Qi is not entirely caused by evil spirits.

Geographical location, environment, and various factors will produce Yin Qi, which will accumulate and become the soil for the nourishment of resentful spirits.

But in the Ren O Hall building, at least where Qiao Qiao saw it so far, there was no yin energy.

for example.

Although dirty places will have more bacteria, rooms that have been sprayed with disinfectant will actually have bacteria remaining, and a small amount of bacteria will not cause serious problems.

But Ren Otang's headquarters is like a completely sterile laboratory, with no trace of yin to be found.

With such doubts in mind, Qiao Qiao met Daisuke Miyagi.

"I'm from Sendai. After graduating, I joined a company and moved to Kyoto."

Daisuke Miyagi was working. When he saw Qiao Qiao and others, he stood up.

Well, there is indeed a lot of yin energy in the body.

Qiao Qiao glanced at Hayami Nanase again.

"Zao Jian Sang, please confirm."

he said.

Hayami Nanase wanted to type another series of complaints on her phone, but after thinking about it, she decided not to.

Resolving delegation is a priority.

She turned on her spiritual vision and saw the Yin Qi spreading from Daisuke Miyagi like slippery tentacles, trying to reach out to others.

However, these tentacles are quickly melted in the air, making it difficult to endanger others.

"How is this going?"

I saw Nanase tilting her head early, and she was very confused.

Looking at Qiao Qiao, she tried to find an answer.

"To remove the spirit, we must first conduct an on-the-spot investigation to find the source of the yin energy. I have already seen Sang. Why don't you take a look around here first."

Qiao Qiao did not tell Hayami Nanase the correct answer.

"Well"

As soon as Nanase looked around, he discovered that there was a strange-looking figurine sculpture on Daisuke Miyagi's desk?

The upper part of the sculpture is as smooth as an octopus's head, the middle part is filled with countless tentacles and several ferocious eyes, and the lower part is made of strangely shaped stones.

The whole sculpture gives people an evil feeling, as if just looking at it will make them fall into the abyss.

More importantly, this sculpture is entangled with a strong Yin Qi, and it is intertwined and entangled with the Yin Qi on Miyagi Daisuke. It is obvious that the source is the same.

Even the newcomer Nanase Hayami could tell that the Yin Qi in Daisuke Miyagi most likely came from this sculpture.

Then here comes the problem.

Why does Mr. Daisuke Miyagi have this sculpture on his desk?

Is he a believer in some evil god?

Will he introduce his heavenly father Cthulhu to Qiao Qiao and the others next?

"This, this."

As soon as Nanase opened her mouth, she choked.

It's not a curse, it's just that she's really not good at communicating with people in this situation.

Crackling.

She typed words on the notepad of her phone, then turned the screen towards Daisuke Miyagi.

"Huh? Where did you get this statue?"

After reading Hayami Nanase's words, Miyagi Daisuke turned to look at the sculpture.

"Is this fox statue? I found it at the mobile market over the Kamogawa River. I don't know why, but I wanted to buy it as soon as I saw it. I remember that my family bought a similar one when I was a kid, but later I changed it. I’ve never seen it again since I lost it, it’s really nostalgic.”

He turned his head.

"Any questions?"

"Fox statue?"

Suzuka tilted her head, looking very confused.

This is obviously a statue of an indescribable evil god, but it seems to have nothing to do with the fox, right?

I saw that Nanase was also confused early on. He checked the information on the Internet on his mobile phone, but he didn't understand it very well.

Only Qiao Qiao, looking at the statue, quickly had the answer.

"Sure enough, in the eyes of people with spiritual power and those without spiritual power, this statue looks completely different."

he said.

This is a kind of weirdness with a very low degree of information manipulation ability, or a weak memetic weirdness.

In Miyagi Daisuke's eyes, this is just a cute fox statue that seems to bring good luck to people.

But in the eyes of a person with spiritual power like Qiao Qiao, this is a sculpture of an evil god.

"Meme?"

Although Nanase didn't quite understand the meaning of the word, he could understand Qiao Qiao's meaning.

This weirdness was also mentioned in her studies.

Disguised as someone else, weird to communicate with humans.

Such existence.

There is no doubt that this statue is attached to a wraith and has gained a certain ability to manipulate information.

Relying on this ability, it searches for a host, disguises itself at the same time, and continuously sucks the host's energy.

This caused Miyagi Daisuke to be exhausted at the company during the day and lively at home at night.

The subsequent processing is very simple.

Just burn the statue completely and spray the ashes with spiritual water, and that's it.

Johashi doesn't even need to let Hayami Nanase waste bullets.

As for why, the yin energy of this statue and Daisuke Miyagi failed to spread in the company.

Qiao Qiao guessed that it was probably because this was Ren O Hall.

The place that brings joy to players all over the world naturally carries the thoughts of players from all over the world.

To a certain extent, the headquarters of Ren O Hall is no different from the divine residence in a shrine.

There is naturally no room for the Yin Qi to spread.

It can be said that the reason why Miyagi Daisuke is still just tired now is inseparable from the working environment.

At this point, the incident can basically be considered over.

"It's boring."

Suzuka commented on this.

"Isn't there a character in Chaos O who is haunted and Suzuka needs to show off her powerful gaming skills to defeat the enemy? Or maybe there is a ghost level in Mario O'Cay where Suzuka uses her ingenuity to conquer the game?"

"It's just a simple act of burning a statue to remove the spirit. It's completely unworthy of the name Ren Otang!"

"Why is it so interesting for Qiao Sang to remove spirits with that miko, but so simple and boring to remove spirits with Suzuka?"

"What kind of strange thing do you imagine Ren Otang to be?"

Qiao Qiao asked rhetorically, and then continued.

"Situations like that should be rare."

At least Qiao Qiao didn’t see much.

This kind of ordinary spirit removal is the mainstream of entrustment.

Compared with the thrilling and ups and downs of legendary stories, Qiao Qiao has seen more of these ordinary people's little troubles.

but.

"Manipulation of information...?"

On the way back to the shrine, Hayami Nanase kept struggling with weird questions about memes.

"This is normal, Hayami-san. Modern war is not so much a war of weapons as a war of information. Only the party that has the initiative in information can take the initiative in the war."

Qiao Qiao explained seriously.

"It's the same during the spirit removal process."

"It is not enough for a spiritual master to simply use spiritual power to destroy the resentful spirits. Now the weirdness has evolved to be able to manipulate information. In other words, you think you have successfully eliminated the ghosts, but in fact, are the resentful spirits just Changed the form of existence and hid?"

"this"

Saw Nanase suddenly felt a cold wind behind him.

It turned out that the subway door opened and the air conditioner blew in.

"So, if you are interested, I have a case in this area that I can read to you."

"You know, on the modern battlefield, the control, attack, and interference of information can be said to be an indispensable part."

"Haijian-san seems to have corresponding abilities. If he is properly cultivated, he may be able to play his role in various battlefields."

"Furthermore, if Sang is interested in electronic devices and games, there is also a way to control drones in modern warfare. Wraiths can be destroyed without direct contact with them."

Qiao Qiao said, making Nanase a little confused.

"It doesn't matter."

He looked at his phone.

Six o'clock in the evening.

After confirming a certain tweet, Qiao Qiao raised his head and said.

"Let's go out to eat tonight. I know a very good restaurant. We can think about it while eating."

"Okay, Suzuka can do it!"

Suzuka was very happy, or rather, she didn't seem to be unhappy at all.

“A very nice store?”

Nanase said confusedly.

"Well, the name is"

Qiao Qiao nodded.

"Cat ramen."