Chapter 50 Induction Training (9)
“However, because Japan is within the radiation circle of Chinese culture, some orthodox Taoist spells can still work, but...” Qian Xiaoyi said painfully: “ When I originally planned to make do with these charms, you gave me a new job, that is - urban legends."
Inuyama Heita asked: "What happened to the urban legends. ? Doesn’t the spell work?”
Qian Xiaoyi sighed: “It is useful to deal with obvious undead urban legends, but can you tell me whether the cracked woman is a human, a ghost, or a demon? What spell should be used to deal with it? "
"She should..." Inuyama Heita began to think about it. There is an old urban legend in Japan. It is said that a certain woman went for plastic surgery, but the plastic surgery failed and her mouth was cut open. So she wore a mask and wandered the streets all day long, holding scissors in her hand and asking lonely people if her face was beautiful. If they said her face was beautiful, she would cut it like hers and then stab her. Chou replied, got furious, and stabbed him anyway. No matter what, it's a death.
However, in recent years, I don’t know who added a new setting. It is said that the doctor who performed the plastic surgery on the cleft girl applied a lot of hairspray, so when you meet her, you only need to take out the hairspray to scare her away.
Heita Inuyama carefully sorted out the context of this urban legend and found that he had no idea how to classify this thing. Let's say it is a ghost. She has her own entity, and the story does not say that she is dead. You could say they are monsters, they have all had plastic surgery. Let's just say it's a human being. This urban legend has been circulating for decades, and there will still be eyewitness reports...
Ignoring Heita Inuyama who was still thinking, Qian Xiaoyi sighed again: "There's another one, you say Granny Turbine, is she a human, a ghost or a demon? "
Granny Turbine, another well-known urban legend, says that there is an old woman running faster than a car in a tunnel, and there is no harm done to anyone. , just running, also known as Speedy Granny or Sonic Granny. It is said that you can occasionally run into her running outside the car while driving. This legend is like in a battle royale game, you are driving a car through a drug ring, and suddenly a player quickly runs up parallel to you and asks you if you want to buy it. It makes people feel a little sore and confused.
“Also, a human-faced dog.” Qian Xiaoyi added: “It is said that it has the head of a middle-aged social animal and the body of a dog. It has no special abilities... What is this? Is it really a social animal?”
Inuyama Heita was puzzled by Qian Xiaoyi's question. He didn't know how to classify these monsters in urban legends.
“It seems you understand my pain.” Qian Xiaoyi said: “Whether they are monsters naturally formed in the ghost realm, or just cognitive products caused by the spread of rumors, these things are It's hard to classify. I can only call it a monster, or weird. This monster is a monster among monsters. It is a completely new thing to me. These urban legends are very popular in Japan, and they were also popular in our last century. There are similar stories, such as rumors about cat-faced grandmothers and water monkeys, but they are too old and these stories have no market and gradually disappear from the public's view. But it is strange here in Japan. They are obviously from decades ago. Urban legends have become more and more popular, and they have been circulating to this day, and new types of urban legends are constantly emerging, such as Ruyue Station, Red Raincoat, etc."
Finally, Qian Xiaoyi concluded: "So, yes. For me, how to deal with monsters in urban legends has become a topic that I cannot avoid. I have never encountered such a thing before. Now you understand why we need to investigate urban legends before a large number of commissions come, right? This is a new type of modern ghost, and I don’t know if it can be subdued using spells, because some of the commissions may contain this factor, so it is better to figure out how to deal with them now than to be at a loss after encountering them by chance.”< br>
“I understand.” Inuyama Heita nodded: “Then where should we start?”
Qian Xiaoyi said: “Tokyo is very big, and it is difficult to find relevant information when running around. To find out the location of the ghost domain, start by collecting eyewitness reports and rumors. Collect information on various urban legends from various websites and forums, then slowly sort them out, designate the target, and then confirm the location of those rumors... ...It’s already so late before you know it? Let’s go and take the train back. You can go back to the school and chat with your classmates. The students in the school are the most interested in this kind of topic. Maybe you can get some relevant information. location.”
Afterwards, the two of them left the ramen shop and took the train back to their respective homes.
The next day, because of Qian Xiaoyi's instructions, Inuyama Heita not only used his smartphone to read ghost stories on various supernatural forums, but also took the initiative to chat with his classmates to see if he could find out any information about urban legends.
“Urban legend?” A boy who is relatively familiar with Inuyama Heita asked: “What? Why did Inuyama Heita, a working warrior who has been busy all the time, suddenly become interested in these things? But I know everything It's the legend that they are all those old-fashioned ones, from the toilet. I don’t know about Hanako, the slit girl, and the rest... Ah, by the way, if you are interested in these strange stories, you can ask those people. "" Those people?" Inuyama. Pingtai was a little curious: "Who is it?"
< br> "What is it called 'Supernatural Novel Research and Creation Association'." The boy replied: "It is a middle school group composed of several evil characters. It is not even a club, it is just a club. On the surface, it is composed of horror novel lovers. Writing Guild, but that's just for the application event They called themselves the Paranormal Phenomenon Research Department and said they wanted to find evidence that ghosts are real in order to win the Nobel Prize. These people were very keen on these weird stories and often got together to do it. Some weird activity.”
"Nobel Prize..." The corners of Heita Inuyama's mouth began to twitch, sounding like they were not a serious group at all.
But in order to obtain first-hand information on urban legends, Inuyama Hei stayed in school after school for a long time and found the activity room where the Supernatural Phenomena Research Department was located. There was a large sticker on the door of the activity room. The three words "Supernatural Department" were written on the note. When I looked closely, I found that the tiny handwriting on the note was sandwiched between the three large characters: Supernatural (Novel Research and Creation) Department.
"Hmm...it seems completely unreliable." Heita Inuyama sighed, and finally turned around and wanted to leave here. He didn't want to be associated with such a strange-looking fellow. .
With a crash, the door of the activity room was opened suddenly, and a hand was placed on Inuyama Heita's shoulder.
"Young man, are you here to join the club? Our club is very difficult to get into. Only those who have passed the entrance test can join us..." came a boy's voice.
"No, no, I was passing by." Inuyama Heita wanted to leave here and started walking forward without looking back.
“——It should have been like this, but since today is the first anniversary of the founding of our department, the test is waived! There are also free snacks and tea.”
“ ..." Inuyama Heita kept walking forward in silence, but the man behind him refused to let go.
"Please...please~" the man begged.
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind.
"Inuyama-san?"
Heita Inuyama looked back and found Suzuki sitting in the activity room, with tea and snacks on the table in front of him.
(End of this chapter)