Truth is everywhere within range

It's almost the end of summer vacation.

In fast food restaurants and family restaurants, you can see students gathering together for reading groups and catching up on homework.

Various private schools and cram schools have not relaxed, after all, at the end of the year there are various entrance examinations.

On a hot summer day, Ariko Asano was wearing a red and white T-shirt and cropped pants in a cafe in Shinjuku District, and she gently put down her coffee cup.

"I already have a rough idea of ​​your situation."

Ariko Asano glanced at the information in her hand and said

Sitting opposite her was a man in his late twenties with short hair and side bangs, wearing a hip-hop style oversized shirt and jeans.

"That's great. I've been troubled by this evil spirit recently and can't work well at all."

The man said in a frivolous tone, his eyes glancing at Asano Ariko's chest from time to time.

"Speaking of which, Asano Miko's name is very similar to that of a virtual anchor I know. Did you know that Asano Alice's character is also a miko?"

"Yeah?"

Asano Ariko didn't even raise her head, writing down some ideas on the information file with a pen.

"Miko Asano is very cute. Why don't we go have a drink after the ghost-killing is over? I know a lot of good places."

The man said in a flirting tone.

"Regarding your situation, unfortunately, after investigation, it is found that this is not an ordinary resentful spirit, and it cannot be eliminated simply by using exorcism or spirit removal techniques."

Ariko Asano ignored the other party's words and explained.

"What's the meaning?"

The man was stunned.

"This is a wraith originating from the Internet, a memetic type of weirdness that is almost impossible to eradicate using conventional means."

Ariko Asano paused and then said.

"But conversely, as long as the conditions for cracking can be met, the problem will be solved without even the need for a spiritual master to take action."

"What does the condition mean?"

The man leaned forward.

"It's very simple. You only need to use your avatar identity to sincerely and publicly apologize to Baimei Louise online, and immediately stop persecuting other virtual anchors, and the problem will be solved."

"All the resentment of this resentful spirit is caused by this. If it can be eliminated, it will naturally dissipate."

"This is a very simple matter, Mr. Zhi Mingyue, or in other words, virtual anchor OZ-san."

Ariko Asano raised her head.

Sitting in front of her was a virtual anchor, that is, an anchor who wore a leather jacket and performed voice acting.

Zhi Mingyue, 29 years old, his online avatar is a mature man named OZ. In addition to simple live broadcasts of playing games and chatting, a considerable part of his live broadcasts focus on some hot events and people. Spray against each other.

Since she entered the industry very early and has experience in live broadcasting on Niconico, Zhi Mingyue also has a wide network of contacts and has mastered a lot of unknown information.

It is said that before becoming a virtual anchor, Zhi Mingyue once relied on exposing black materials about other anchors and subsequent online bullying, which led to the suicide of an anchor. However, there is no substantial evidence to prove this. The laws of the country have Injury cases caused by cyberbullying also lack effective legislative protection.

But such a virtual anchor is inexplicably very popular, and is even called the OZ Emperor in some anonymous forums.

Ariko Asano didn't know much about Paper Ming Yue before.

After all, by criticizing and digging up negative information, although it can attract some negative fans from other anchors, it ultimately has no hard power and is difficult to become popular.

But that all changed in April this year.

At that time, Zhi Mingyue posted a message on Twitter, claiming that she had black information about a popular virtual anchor at the time, Baimei Louise, which even involved some extreme personal privacy.

At first, the two were tit-for-tat, but later, as more and more of Louise White's black men were discovered, the home address of the person in Louise White was even directly exposed.

Online attacks quickly turn into offline harassment.

Under this circumstance, Louise Baimei announced her graduation and quit the live broadcast circle at the height of popularity.

A week later, Louise's lover was found to have committed suicide in his house.

Even outside the circle of virtual anchors, this is an extremely bad incident.

However, when everyone was feeling sad for Baimei Louise, Zhi Mingyue gained a large number of fans and traffic, and became a famous virtual anchor.

Seemingly reaping the benefits of this, Zhi Mingyue began to regard herself as a news anchor.

Since May, I have been competing with several virtual anchors one after another, but none of them had much impact.

Starting from mid-August, Zhi Mingyue began to persecute a new virtual anchor, but unexpectedly encountered the Internet ghost of Baimei Louise.

As urban legend shows, the avatar of Louise Baimei will suddenly appear in the live broadcast room, sometimes just silent, sometimes speaking fragmented words.

Zhi Mingyue suffered even more intrusion, and this image would even appear in his dreams.

In addition, there are also attacks on Zhi Mingyue in various related anonymous forums, and some people have started to do human flesh against him. For example, his previous experience on Niconico was revealed by some people.

So Zhi Mingyue believed that the ghost of someone from White Plum Louise had entangled her innocent self, and called the Spirit Exorcist Association. This commission happened to be assigned to Asano Ariko, who had just returned from Hawaii for a day.

After investigating Zhimingyue's residence and frequented places, Asano Ariko found no resentful spirit.

After thinking, she came to the previous conclusion.

Rather than saying that it is the resentful spirit of Louise Baimei, it is better to say that it is the resentment of netizens lingering on the Internet.

The resentment of the fans who used to like Baimei Louise, the resentment of the anchors who were once persecuted by Zhi Mingyue, and even the resentment of the victims who he used to engage in online bullying in other identities and finally chose to commit suicide.

It is these resentments that caused Baimei Louise's resentment.

If Zhi Mingyue can sincerely apologize and reform, although these resentments will not disappear immediately, they will eventually weaken.

But if he continues, Asano Ariko cannot guarantee the safety of Zhi Mingyue.

The evil spirits wandering on the Internet cannot be eliminated by physical means.

If the teacher were here, how would he solve it?

Ariko Asano was thinking.

"Are you kidding me, Asano Miko, asking me to apologize?"

Zhi Mingyue sneered.

"I didn't do anything wrong. Isn't it because they have dirty information that they are being attacked?"

"In the final analysis, those third-tier voice actors, outdated idols, and even guys who have dated several boys want to put on a two-dimensional skin and become virtual idols that are praised by the stars. How can this world be that simple?"

"If you want to blame them, they can only blame them for not completely erasing their past."

"If I apologize like this, do you know what my fans will think? How can I continue to be an anchor in the future? Can you afford to compensate for this loss?"

"If all of you spiritual masters are like this, then I don't think there is any need to find you."

He stood up and left very unhappy.

"How should I report to the association?"

Ariko Asano frowned and looked at the report in her hand.