Truth is everywhere within range

"At first it was just hard to sleep."

"Later, in my dreams, there was often a voice. As I lived here longer and longer, the voice became clearer and clearer."

"He was saying: 'Give me back, give me back, give me my house, give me my life back.' In this case, in the dream, I couldn't see his face clearly."

"Once, it was another nightmare. I woke up in the middle of the night and suddenly felt like there was something behind the curtains. It was like a pair of eyes staring at me."

"I stood up in a hurry and opened the curtains, but there was nothing but the closed windows."

"At this moment, I saw that what was reflected in the glass of the window was not my face, but a man with a pale face and his tongue hanging out."

"He opened his mouth and said to me."

"'Give me back, give me back, give me my house, give me my life!'"

The man's face swayed in the dim light, and his voice was deep, creating a strange and cold atmosphere.

Qiao Qiao frowned slightly.

"Mr. Arai, may I ask about your job description?"

"I'm a software engineer."

Shinnosuke Arai didn't know why.

"What's wrong?"

"No, I just feel that you are not too afraid of these, but rather interested."

Qiao Qiao smiled.

"Haha, my colleagues and friends often say that I have talents in this area. When I was in the club dormitory in college, the ghost stories I told could scare away all the girls!"

Shinnosuke Arai touched the back of his head and spoke enthusiastically.

"So after graduating from college, I joined this gray hat software company. Speaking of which, our company is developing a horror game. I didn't expect that I encountered a supernatural event myself. What a coincidence. Recently, I put my The experience told the company’s planner, and he came up with a lot of inspiration, and he still praised me.”

"I would like to ask again, Mr. Arai, do you currently have a girlfriend?"

Qiao Qiao couldn't help but ask.

"Not yet. Compared to women, games are more fun. What's wrong?"

After sighing with emotion, Shinnosuke Arai asked.

"No, it's nothing."

The weirdness has not been solved yet, but Qiao Qiao finally knows the reason why Shinnosuke Arai is still single.

"To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that I've been really affected at night recently and couldn't sleep well, I wouldn't have asked you to remove spirits."

The conversation changed, and Shinnosuke Arai began to complain about the recent changes in the house again.

While listening to his continued chat, Qiao Qiao looked around.

This is a cafe located near Shinnosuke Arai's residence.

At this point, except for some students who are immersed in reading groups, office workers in suits are relaxing with a cup of coffee.

Weirdly speaking, the culture of Japan is that socializing with colleagues after get off work is particularly important.

If an office worker goes home on time after get off work, his wife may misunderstand that he is being squeezed out by his colleagues in the company.

Therefore, even if they have nothing to do, some office workers will go to places such as izakayas or coffee shops and Internet cafes to kill time. When the time comes, they will take the train home slowly.

Naturally, it was impossible for Qiao Qiao to directly enter Shinnosuke Arai's house from the beginning. Who knows what level of weirdness there was.

After hearing Shinnosuke Arai describe the conditions of some houses, Qiao Qiao suddenly said.

"Oh, this is serious."

"What's wrong?"

Shinnosuke Arai suddenly panicked and asked.

"Mr. Arai, how much do you know about weird things?"

But Qiao Qiao didn't answer, but asked without any clue.

"Uh, something like Sadako Kayako?"

Shinnosuke Arai is not sure what Qiao Qiao means.

He looked to the side.

The cafe, which was originally illuminated by orange lights, now became a bit eerie.

Those students seemed to be peeking here, and the clerk in the cafe also cast his gaze over from time to time, which sent shivers down Shinnosuke Arai's spine.

"According to the official certification of the Spiritual Exorcist Association of Japan, there are three categories of weirdness."

Qiao Qiao took a sip of coffee and explained.

"The first type is the spirit, which is the spirit and soul of the deceased combined with other ghosts such as resentment and obsession. This is also the most common weird thing."

"The second type, monsters, as the name suggests, are monsters born from items, creatures, etc. that have been infected by spiritual energy for a long time. These weirdos usually have self-awareness and know how to hide themselves."

"The third type, ghosts, is extremely rare. Whenever it appears, it is a natural disaster-level existence. In the past fifty years of ghost removal records in the country, it has only appeared five times."

After saying that, Qiao Qiao smiled again.

The moonlight shines through the window and reflects on his smile, giving it a somewhat strange meaning.

"Then what's weird about me is..."

The more Shinnosuke Arai listened, the more frightened he became. Wraiths and ghosts were scary enough, but if there were also monsters or even evil spirits,

"Judging from the information, it is an ordinary wraith."

Qiao Qiao replied simply.

"puff--"

Shinnosuke Arai, who was drinking coffee, almost squirted.

"Don't underestimate the ghosts, Mr. Arai. The number of people who died due to ghost incidents in Japan last year is almost equal to the total number of deaths caused by other weird incidents in the past ten years."

Qiao Qiao explained.

"Furthermore, vengeful spirits will be entangled with grievances. Living in a place where grievances and Yin spirits are seriously accumulated for a long time will also affect the body. Therefore, even the smallest resentment spirit must be eliminated in time."

He looked at Shinnosuke Arai.

Maybe ordinary people can't see it, but people with spiritual power like Qiao Qiao can see it at a glance.

Um.

On the back of Shinnosuke Arai, an ordinary office worker, there was a black mist that was as difficult to dissolve as thick ink, directly covering his head.

Especially his neck, a circle of darkness, like a rope, tightly imprisoning Shinnosuke Arai.

If this situation continues for another month or two, Shinnosuke Arai may become seriously ill or even die from it.

But it doesn't matter, there is no need to be afraid anymore.

Because Qiao Qiao is here.

Moreover, judging from Shinnosuke Arai's situation, the resentful spirit entrenched in his house is not very strong. It can only erode Shinnosuke Arai's body bit by bit through its resentment, without any physical interference at all.

Even, Qiao Qiao suddenly felt.

If Shinnosuke Arai was not engaged in the development of horror games and was not so repelled by this kind of resentful spirit, but instead had some expectations, this resentful spirit would have gradually dissipated over time.

Faith is spiritual.

The spirit is such a being.

After exchanging the necessary information, the two left the cafe.

Although the combination of a middle-aged office man and a handsome ordinary high school student in school uniform could easily make people think of something bad, the store clerk didn't say anything.

Even though the look is weird.

Qiao Qiao followed Shinnosuke Arai and took the elevator upstairs.

Due to Arai Shinnosuke's insistent request, Qiao Qiao took him with him this time.

Because Shinnosuke Arai said that he wanted to see the process of removing spirits with his own eyes to collect inspiration.

With a click, the door lock opened, and Qiao Qiao walked in front without turning on the lights. Only the moonlight provided illumination for the house.

This is a standard 1LDK apartment. Judging from the age of the wallpaper and windows, it is quite spacious and tidy overall.

Qiao Qiao opened the curtains and looked outside. There were many residences in Nakano District. It was considered the golden hour. Thousands of houses were brightly lit and there was a bustling market atmosphere.

A cloud slowly drifted by, blocking the moonlight.

Qiao Qiao saw himself reflected in the glass.

That face was smiling at Qiao Qiao.

A smile stretching from the corners of his mouth to his ears.