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"Is there anyone here? Please help me, give me a hand."

A voice came from the deep purple crack in the space.

Somehow, Tsurumi Aoi felt that the voice sounded a little familiar. And as she focused her eyes and continued to observe, she could feel the strange atmosphere emanating from the arm that stretched out from the crack in the space, which actually had a strange sense of familiarity.

Before Tsurumi could figure out what was going on, she saw her junior sister Kanaya rushing to the space crack in excitement.

The deer grabbed the arm that stretched out from the void with both hands, gritted her teeth and exerted all her strength. With a "puff" sound, a short and hunched black shadow was pulled out from the ground by her like pulling a carrot, and fell to the charred and muddy snow ground beside her.

Along with the figure, there was also a large dirty white porcelain bowl with a hole cut in it that rolled out.

As the short figure left, the space crack on the ground quickly shrank and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Tsurumi Aoi did not relax her vigilance, but instead tightened her grip on the Ichimonji in her hand and continued to look at what was coming out of the crack.

Judging from the aura, it should be a C-level weird story.

He was a skinny old man, only about half a meter tall, wearing a dark hat and ragged clothes, the clothes on his body were almost worn into tattered strips of coarse cloth.

But judging from the style, these rags should have been a monk's robe when they were still intact.

The moment he saw the little old man, Tsurumi finally realized where that familiar feeling from the other person came from.

This dirty old man, both in appearance and in his weird aura, was surprisingly similar to his own scout.

Then, the ragged old man staggered to his feet from the ground, first picked up the broken bowl, then pushed the dark hat on his head, and finally set his eyes on Shikanoya.

"Miss, it is you! What I felt just now was right. I knew that the master must have taken you out of Matsuzawa."

His tone was joyful and he danced with joy.

The rich body movements are exactly the same as the little old man in the Kamiya family.

Xiaolu did not reply immediately, but grabbed the old man who told strange stories and burst into tears.

Seeing this scene, Tsurumi Aoi finally relaxed her knife-holding hand, and she began to understand what was going on.

She once heard a story from her junior sister, which could not be considered a story in the strict sense, but rather a personal experience of Shikanoya.

When that incident happened, Tsurumi Aoi had not yet become Kamiya's disciple.

The story begins with the Tokyo earthquake a few years ago.

Of course, Tsurumi now knows that the earthquake that occurred in Tokyo was not caused by nature, but was caused by the activity of the Aragami earthquake catfish.

During the earthquake, the inexperienced Shikanoya accidentally fell into a huge crack in the ground.

After falling into the crack in the ground, she was not buried underground, but fell into an area called "Matsuzawa".

Matsuzawa is the area controlled by Mizujiko, the eldest son of Izanagi and Izanami, and Yaobikuni, who is said to be immortal. It belongs neither to this world nor to the eternal world.

Perhaps it was because Matsuzawa had such a strange regional characteristic that a little old man who was following his senior sister at the time and fell into Matsuzawa with her unexpectedly awakened his independent consciousness.

The senior sister called the little old man's outer body "No. 3".

At the end of the Matsuzawa incident, in order to buy the last bit of time for Mr. Kamiya who was rushing to rescue his senior sister, the little old man No. 3 chose to use himself as bait and single-handedly led away a large number of monsters "leech people" in Matsuzawa.

Finally, Matsuzawa collapsed, and Teacher Kamiya took the senior sister away in time, but the whereabouts of the little old man No. 3 is still unknown.

After hearing this story earlier, Tsurumi thought that the loyal little old man No. 3 had sacrificed himself to save his senior sister.

Not only did she think so, the entire Kamiya family basically agreed with this.

After all, after the Matsuzawa incident, the little old man who was the "original body" could no longer feel the existence of No. 3.

But now it seems that is not the case.

The dirty and weird old man in front of me must be the missing old man No. 3.

As for the deaths of Shuizhizi and Yaobikuni, and the collapse of Matsuzawa, where did he go and what did he experience?
Why did it, as a body outside of itself, now give off the aura of a C-grade ghost story?
Why is it following the Namahage and reappearing in Akita Prefecture now?

These questions have to be explained by the little old man No. 3 himself.

……

When Kanoya and Tsurumi left Kurikoma Mountain and returned to the roadside, they saw a number of police cars and fire trucks rushing towards them with sirens blaring.

The person who got out of the front police car was an acquaintance, Masao Nagatomo.

Nagatomo has been in the Countermeasures Office for several years, and has always been with Masahiro Yui, traveling around the country for many years, accumulating a lot of experience in exorcism and overall command. Moreover, as a combatant, he has been training day after day for a long time.

Thanks to this, compared to when he was a high school student, Nagatomo now has a more sturdy and robust physique, and his temperament is also capable and calm, exuding a sense of maturity and reliability that is inconsistent with his actual age.

Similar to the situation on Kamiya River's side, due to the frequent ghost story activities this year, Kensuke Yuu also delegated power to Masao Nagatomo, whom he was training as his successor.

For example, in the case of the demon disaster in Akita Prefecture this time, Nagatomo Masao was nominally in charge of the overall command of the local personnel together with Kanoya and Tsurumi.

However, Nagatomo is an honest man.

It was said to be a joint coordination, but in actual operation, he chose to obey the orders of the more capable Kamiya disciples.

Among the two disciples of the Kamiya family, Master Kanoya, like Kamiya Kawa, is not very keen on giving orders and arranging battle plans for the human exorcists.

Therefore, the actual commander of this exorcism became Tsurumi Aoi.

"That's great, Ms. Kanoya and Ms. Tsurumi, you're all fine." Upon seeing the disciples of the Kamiya family, Nagatomo Masao first breathed a sigh of relief, and then simply reported the situation on his side like a subordinate, "Our people have cleared out the Namahage that are still sporadically active in Mitsumachi, and the work of comforting the citizens is also underway."

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Nagatomo. The threat on Mt. Kurikoma has been eliminated, but we still need manpower to clean up the scene..."

"Leave it to us."

Nagatomo began to command his men to go up the mountain.

In any case, the staff in the Countermeasures Room were very adept at handling the aftermath.

"Ms. Tsurumi, I think the Namahage this time are... very strange. I'm a little skeptical whether they are really the traditional ghost stories in Akita Prefecture... I feel like they are something else."

During the conversation of exchanging information, Nagatomo said this.

He also fought with three kinds of Namahage that were still roaming around the town tonight. Those monsters seemed to be speaking a language he couldn't understand.

"I'm feeling it too."

Tsurumi nodded.

It is difficult to explain the specific situation in a few words, so we still have to jointly compile a written report.

Moreover, Tsurumi felt that the little old man No. 3 who followed the "Namahage" might have some information about the true identities of these Namahage.

"Mr. Nagatomo, my sister and I have to go back to Tokyo first, so I'll leave things here to you," Tsurumi said.

Let’s go back to Tokyo first.

What happened in Qiutian County today needs to be reported to Mr. Kamiya first, and then we can slowly deal with it.

Tsurumi and Kode said goodbye and left first.

When passing by Shikanoya, Nagatomo finally noticed that there was a strange-looking old man following behind Miss Shikanoya.

In the Countermeasures Room, Nagatomo Masao is also a member of the "Kamiya faction".

Moreover, he has a private friendship with Kamiya, and knows more about the situation on Kamiya's side than ordinary exorcists.

and so--

Is there such a strange story about Shikigami under the hands of Kamiya-kun and his disciples?
It looks somewhat similar to the little old man, but not exactly the same.

At the same time, the little old man No. 3 also noticed Nagatomo Masao's sight. He stopped and raised his hand to push his dark dark hat, which was a polite greeting to the other party. Then he followed behind Shikanoya and Tsurumi and got on the ghost car in a familiar way. During the process, he also said a few words to Shikanoya.

Seeing this, Nagatomo felt that the existence of this ghost story old man was not something he should worry about.

……

The cleanup work on Mount Kurikoma was not difficult.

The main task is to extinguish the remaining forest fires and search the forests to see if there are any Namahage that have not been cleared out.

However, it would still take a lot of time to search the entire foothills.

During the work, several exorcists who came from Tokyo chatted casually.

"I just heard that the two young ladies killed a wild god here. I didn't expect a wild god to appear here."

"Fortunately, they are here. They are worthy of being the Scarlet Sword Princess and the Finger Goddess."

"Scarlet Demon Sword Princess" and "Finger to the Goddess" are the nicknames that Tsurumi and Koka got after they became active in the Countermeasures Room and gained fame.

Needless to say, the origin of Tsurumi's name comes from a well-known name.

Perhaps because they thought that the younger disciples of Kamiya had nicknames, the Countermeasures Office also gave one to the eldest disciple, Kanoya. This title of "Finger of God" is worth mentioning. In a sense, it is a name that is "inherited".

This title refers to the Son of God and was first used to refer to Abe Yasuchika.

He is the fifth-generation grandson of Abe Haruaki and the founder of the subsequent Tsuchimikado family.

Abe Taichika is another genius Yin-Yang master who emerged in the Abe family after Qingming. It is said that Taichika is proficient in various Yin-Yang techniques and has combined the best of various schools to defeat demons and monsters without fail.

His most famous achievement was suppressing Tamamonomae.

Now, in addition to some high-ranking people in the spirit world, we have also learned relevant information about Tendo Rock from Kamiya River and Onitsuka Kirihotaru.

The "Amado Shamanic Festival" that seals Amado Rock with human lives and blood was also first performed by Abe Yasuchika.

Therefore, the attainments in magic of this first-generation Son of God can be seen.

Today, Shikanoya is also a leader in practicing various techniques, so it is no wonder that the title of "Son of the Finger God" is given to her by contemporary exorcists.

Compared to the nicknames of his disciples, the title of "Demon Disciple" that Kamiya Kawa used to be active in the Countermeasures Room seemed a little off. However, now that he is semi-retired, the exorcists have privately given him a new name that better fits his identity:

"Unparalleled in the world"

It's a tribute to this legendary exorcist.

I can only say that the Japanese are really good at naming flowers.

Kamiya himself had heard of this new title, but he didn't care much about it.

If you don’t like calling me “disciple of ghosts and gods”, then just call me “unparalleled in the world”. I can bear it.

Nagatomo Masao, along with his exorcists and police officers, worked on Mt. Kurikoma until daybreak before they finally finished their work. When he returned to the main road, he felt in his pocket but could not find the car keys.

He patted his coat again, and only then realized that not only the car keys, but also his mobile phone and wallet were all gone from his pockets.

At this time, a white shadow emerged from the "stone hammer with long arms and long legs" on Nagatomo's back.

Shiro let out a hearty laugh that only Nagatomo could hear.

"Senior, what are you laughing at?"

Nagatomo Masao was confused.

"Sorry, sorry. Nagatomo, I just realized it too. You made eye contact with that ghost story old man who followed Miss Kanoya last night, right? I'm afraid you've been tainted by bad luck."

"What do you mean, there's something wrong with that old man? Then Ms. Kanaya and Ms. Tsurumi..."

"No, I think he's fine, and he has no ill intentions, nor does he want to bring you bad luck and ruin your fortune. It's just that the two young ladies were able to resist the influence of that old man, but you failed. Hahahaha... find a place to take a bath and get rid of the bad luck."

"Uh... I don't understand, Senior."

"Haven't you figured it out yet, Nagatomo? That old man is the God of Poverty."

God of Poverty...

Nagatomo Masao now has a lot of knowledge about ghost stories. After hearing this name, he basically understood that there might be no chance to get his lost property back.

The winter morning wind at the foot of the mountain was a little cold, and Changyou's heart was also a little cold. (End of this chapter)