Tokyo Ghost Diary

On Saturday morning, light rain fell from the gray sky.

Hoshino Rin was picked up by his agent and assistant early, and Hoshino Gen also left the house after solving the breakfast problem.

However, his destination was not the downtown area that his peers loved on weekends, but a deep alley near the town district.

Lifting up the large rolling shutter door that was dusty due to not being here for a week, revealed the spotless glass exhibition window inside. Next to the exhibition window is a classical wooden door with a European medieval style, and a small iron vertical sign extends from the edge of the door frame. The words "antique shop" are written on it in beautiful calligraphy.

Gen Hoshino asked his father to buy the house used in this shop several years ago, but he had never been here before, and he didn't care what Gen Hoshino did with the house. He probably had long forgotten that he still had such a name in his name. A real estate, even the business license of the store was obtained by Hoshino Gen through his grandfather's housekeeper.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that this "antique shop" is Gen Hoshino's secret base.

Normally, Gen Hoshino would use this shop to buy and sell some ordinary antiques. Although it was in a remote location and Gen Hoshino would only come here on holidays, there were basically no customers.

Hoshino Gen took out the key and opened the store door, then threw a piece of talisman in. Suddenly, a breeze blew in the house, and soon carried a small amount of dust, and disappeared into the world outside the door along the side of Hoshino Gen. .

Feel free to change your shoes and walk inside. What you will see is a classical atmosphere that matches the display windows and wooden doors. Whether it is the mostly solid wood decoration or the unique layout, it seems to create an atmosphere that spans time.

Amidst the white noise caused by the rain, Gen Hoshino walked through the spacious living room and walked into the wider exhibition hall inside.

Since the name of the store is called "Antique Shop", there will naturally be no antiques here. In the bright exhibition hall, there are dozens of exquisite plaster booths neatly arranged. Unfortunately, most of the booths are empty, with only a dozen or so scattered ones. Dark-colored antiques were placed on the seat, and all of these antiques were affixed with more than one piece of bright yellow talisman paper.

The temperature in the exhibition hall is inexplicably much lower than other places. Coupled with the talisman papers covered with scarlet writing and symbols, it makes people feel uneasy just standing here.

This is natural, after all, every antique here represents a genuine ghost.

After death, the soul separates from the physical body and turns into a spirit body that is cut off from reality. Generally speaking, apart from passing away, the spirit body will only end up in a state of disintegration.

However, there are also some spirits who are extremely obsessed with the human world who refuse to die, and are not willing to dissipate. Generally, such spirit entities with deep obsessions will often find and choose the third option - using items with extremely heavy yin energy as objects. Carrying objects, parasitizing them to achieve the purpose of interfering with reality as a spiritual body.

In layman's terms, it is to become what people often call a "ghost".

The deeper the obsession, the heavier the Yin Qi of the objects that must be carried, and among all things in the world, the most Yin Qi objects are naturally antiques——

Hunting ghosts and removing spirits is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous job. Hoshino Gen is very self-aware. He has never regarded himself as a good person who sacrifices himself for others. He has no interest in exterminating demons and defending the law. The reason why he can do this is The biggest reason why the old Taoist priest still insisted on walking this dangerous path after his death was that the benefits were worthy of the danger.

Perhaps because he was afraid of poverty when he was a child in his previous life, Hoshino Gen is actually a very greedy person. Although he later followed an old Taoist priest and became no longer short of money, this "greed for money" gradually evolved into a kind of money-grubbing thing that is engraved in his heart. In the soul, the persistence for "treasures".

There are South China Sea traveling beads that are rare in a century, and top-quality pink diamonds that are unearthed once in a thousand years. Just hearing the names makes him want to drool.

Things that can be called treasures are rare, but antiques undoubtedly occupy half of the world of treasures. This means that almost every fierce ghost represents a treasure, and the more ferocious the ghost, the smaller the treasure. The more valuable it is.

Now when I think of the scarlet demon sword in the hands of the ghost swordsman in the forest gym... Hoshino Gen wants to drool again, but then think about how many times he came to find trouble, and the final result was that he ran away in embarrassment surrounded by danger. My mood suddenly became as bad as the rainy weather outside.

While expressionlessly replaying his battle with the ghost swordsman in his mind for the nth time, he inspected the antiques in the exhibition hall.

After confirming that everything was normal, Hoshino Gen turned around and left, closing the exhibition hall door tightly again.

After grinding a cup of coffee behind the antique bar, Hoshino Gen sat by the bay window on the other side of the living room, leaning his head gently on the cold glass, quietly listening to the sound of rain outside, a different kind of tranquility in the classical indoor spread.

I really want that knife, I really want it, I really want it...

Thoughts were fermenting in his mind all the time, as if there was a crazy voice shouting hysterically. Hoshino Gen's forehead twitched slightly. He took a big sip of bitter coffee and swallowed it, and then reluctantly suppressed it. Restless restlessness in my heart.

slam-la-

Dense raindrops were hitting the ceiling of the stadium. Hoshino Rin, who was sitting in the dressing room backstage with his knees in his arms, was looking at the "Fun Online Game Recommendations" webpage he had just searched on his mobile phone.

"Rin-chan~!"

An extremely sweet cry penetrated into Hoshino Rin's ears, and then her slender back was pressed by a fragrant and soft body.

"What should I do, Rin-chan! I'm about to go on stage, I'm so nervous!"

Hoshino Rin didn't look back, because he knew who the guy lying on his back was by the sound of his voice. Hayakawa Yukina, a second-generation student who joined tky02 two months ago, was also the only second-generation student selected for this Shinjuku concert.

She swiped the phone screen and comforted perfunctorily: "Don't be nervous, just practice like usual."

"That's what I said." There was a hint of weakness in Hayakawa Yukina's sweet voice: "But the performance is a performance after all. Aren't all the more than 8,000 tickets sold out at once? On the stage, so many audiences If you stare at it... ugh~ it's so scary just thinking about it!"

"Don't worry, there won't be many people staring at you. After all, everyone is here for Rin-chan and Xiaoxun."

Another voice suddenly came from the side, causing Yukina Hayakawa and Rin Hoshino to look together, and found that the speaker was the captain, Seiko Hayami, who had stood beside them at some point.

Hayami Seiko grinned at Hayakawa Yukina: "Just kidding, don't mind."

After saying that, she expanded her gaze to include Hoshino Rin, and the smile on her lips became brighter: "We are about to go on stage. Are you ready, ladies?"

......

The soothing music gradually faded away, and the main melody in the ears was replaced by the sound of rain and the noise on the street. Yu Shimizu carried shopping bags and left the clothing store behind him with his good friend Suzuki Sawami holding an umbrella.

"How's it going? Let me just say this store is great!"

Suzuki Zemi waved the same shopping bag as Shimizu Yu, with excitement on her face: "It's the same brand store, but it's 10% cheaper here than elsewhere!"

"Although it's still very expensive—"

"Ah! Why do you have to wear school uniforms in school! It's rare for me to buy beautiful clothes~"

"By the way, Xiaoyou, I heard from people in other classes yesterday that there is an exam on Monday. Do you think we should have a study session when we go back? It's a good opportunity to show off your new clothes~"

"Xiaoyou..."

As she spoke, Suzuki Zemi's voice gradually became quieter. She looked at Yu Shimizu's face and frowned slightly: "Yu-chan?"

"Xiaoyu!"

"Ah...ah?" Qing Shuiyu turned to look at his friend as if waking up from a dream, blinking confusedly: "What's the matter?"

Suzuki Zemei slapped her forehead with a speechless face: "I should be the one to ask 'what's wrong'! What's going on with you today? You've been like this since you left the house. You didn't sleep last night, okay?" ?”

The words of her friend made Shimizu Yu's expression stagnant. She really didn't sleep well last night, or to be more precise, she barely slept at all last night.

But there’s nothing we can do about it! After all, the shock of completely shattering the worldview is not easy to digest. She saw with her own eyes the scene in the abandoned gym yesterday, which was almost a fantasy brought into reality!