Tokyo Ghost Diary

"Roar...ahhhhh-!!"

The screams echoed, and the faceless swordsman disappeared with the flames, turning into nothingness and being completely wiped out from this world. Only the black scabbard hanging on his waist fell to the wooden floor with a crisp sound.

As if he had exhausted all his energy, Hoshino Gen's body went limp, and he knelt on the ground. He raised his left hand to hold the hilt of the demon sword that penetrated his right hand, and pulled it out with all his strength.

Another large pool of blood fell to the ground. Hoshino Gen's face turned pale, and fine beads of sweat covered his forehead.

It wasn't just because of the pain. At this moment, the penetrating wound on his hand was filled with black energy. It was obvious that being penetrated by that knife and being injured by an ordinary sword were two completely different concepts.

Now Hoshino Yuan felt like he wanted to close his eyes and faint, as if a hand was dragging his consciousness, trying to force him into the abyss.

"Hey...hey!" After witnessing everything that happened in that moment, Yu Shimizu was so shocked that she was only awakened by the pool of blood now. She hurriedly got up, but she couldn't use any strength and had to stumble towards Hoshino Gen.

"How are you! I'll call an ambulance now..."

While talking, Yu Shimizu had already taken out his mobile phone, but Gen Hoshino held his wrist to stop him.

He wiped his waist, took out another piece of talisman paper and covered it on the wound in his palm. The talisman paper turned into clear water and washed the wound, removing the black energy along with it.

Like a drowning person who finally came ashore, Gen Hoshino gasped for breath. He took out a roll of gauze from his coat pocket and bandaged himself skillfully.

Although he was extremely weak, Hoshino Gen's eyes were still filled with enthusiasm. He picked up the demon sword on the ground with his left hand and looked at it carefully.

The original scarlet blade became as black as obsidian, and when you put it in front of you, it even reflected Hoshino Gen's own strange-colored eyes. His blood that had just been stained on the blade was absorbed by the blade in an instant, highlighting the ominous nature of this demonic sword. .

After waving it twice, the slightly heavy weight and the sound of cutting through the air made Hoshino Gen extremely satisfied.

"Well, your hands..." Qing Shuiyu couldn't help but remind him.

Gen Hoshino also picked up the scabbard and put the knife into the sheath. He looked at Yu Shimizu with a smile: "It's just a minor injury. Thank you very much this time, Shimizu-san."

"Eh?" Qing Shuiyu was stunned, and then scratched his cheek in embarrassment: "Didn't I drag you down? I promised you thirty seconds..."

"Don't worry, no matter what the process is, as long as the result is good, luck is also a part of strength." Gen Hoshino stood up with the knife in his hand, and his body shook twice, but his face remained as usual, not showing that he was weak at the moment. fact.

He took out all the remaining talisman papers from his waist and glanced at them. There were eight more.

After thinking about it, Gen Hoshino handed all eight talismans to Yu Shimizu's hands: "Now, these are your rewards, and the stimulation condition is your own blood at the moment of leaving the body."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the gym with his knife, waving his hand: "Then our employment relationship ends here. The reason why you didn't die this time is really because you were so lucky. Don't pursue it again in the future." It’s something supernatural, it’s very dangerous.”

How could Yu Qingshui dare to stay alone in this gym? He tightly grasped the talisman in his hand and hurriedly got up and ran to follow Hoshino Gen: "Wait a minute, where are you going?"

Hoshino Gen gave her a strange look: "It's almost dark, of course I want to go home."

"Don't you want to go to the hospital? Your hand..."

"No bones or tendons were injured. Going to the hospital was just a matter of suturing, applying medicine, and re-bandaging. The white water charm just removed has the effect of removing dirt and accelerating healing. I also have the necessary medicine at home, and I don't know how to bandage. So why do I have to go to the hospital and waste time?"

Shimizu Yu had nothing to say. It might be that her brain was still in a state of confusion and she hadn't sorted out her thoughts yet.

She followed Hoshino Yuan silently. Everything she experienced today was too strange, and her mood was quite complicated at the moment.

Unconsciously, they had left the woods where the gymnasium was located and returned to the road they usually walked to and from school.

Gen Hoshino stopped a taxi, waved to Yu Shimizu as a farewell, and soon disappeared from her sight.

Standing alone under the dark blue sky where the sun has set, the blue-black clouds on the horizon hang horizontally like ink marks painted by a brush.

Shimizu Yu once again looked at the mysterious talismans in his hands. The feeling of this fantasy being brought into reality and then being touched by his own hands... was really amazing.

Recalling the activation method that Hoshino Gen told her, the urge to prick her finger and take some blood to try out arose spontaneously, but luckily she still had some sense. She looked around and saw several more cars passing by.

Swallowing, she hugged the talisman tightly and ran towards home.

......

"I am back."

Gen Hoshino habitually said hello after walking into the house. Of course, there was no response. After all, it was normal for his parents to be away from home, and his sister was also a busy person. But what surprised him was that when he was changing shoes, he looked in the shoe cupboard. Here are the leather boots that Hoshino Rin wore out today.

is back? Or did you go home halfway?

Hoshino Gen didn't pay much attention and went straight back to his room. He placed the demon sword in his hand against the wall. He casually found some clean clothes suitable for the season and entered the separate bathroom in the bedroom.

The shower sprayed on her body, and the water droplets mixed with the blood on her palms fell on the smooth bathroom floor.

Hoshino Gen looked at the palm of his right hand with his eyes lowered. The wound was hideous and blood was still oozing out.

"It hurts..."

......

Wearing a plain white shirt, shorts that didn't reach the knees, and long wet hair draped over her shoulders, Hoshino Rin walked out of the bedroom on soft cartoon shark slippers on her white and petite feet. Her moist and beautiful heterochromatic eyes glanced at the living room. He tentatively shouted: "Nissan?"

Quiet~~~——

Hoshino Rin blinked, wondering if he heard the sound of opening the door just now in the room wrongly.

But thinking about the issue of illegitimate stalkers that her manager had mentioned to her a few days ago, out of caution, she hesitated before going to Hoshino Gen's room and knocking on the door.

"Nissan? Are you back?"

There is still no response inside.

"I'm sorry." He muttered in a low voice, Hoshino Rin held the door handle and pushed the door open.

There is a nice fragrance in the room. The room is very big, similar to hers. The walls and ceiling are gray, and the floors are all covered with silver-gray velvet carpets. The layout and decoration are very Nordic, but I don't know why. The temperature in the room is lower than outside.

This was the first time Hoshino Rin entered Hoshino Gen's room. She was a little surprised, but soon, her eyes were firmly grasped by something.

It was a long sword with a black scabbard, handle and blade.

Although Hoshino Rin is an internet-addicted girl who is addicted to various games, in reality, she has no interest in toys and crafts such as knives and guns.

But for some reason, the long knife lying quietly against the wall seemed to have magic power, deeply attracting her.

Her beautiful heterochromatic eyes gradually became dull, and she broke into Hoshino Gen's room without realizing it. She came to the knife and picked it up unconsciously.

Her right hand naturally placed on the handle of the knife, and there seemed to be a voice in her mind urging her to take the knife out of its sheath.

Clang——!

The crisp and sweet out-of-body sound echoed in the bedroom. Looking at the pure black blade that could even reflect his own heterochromatic pupils, Hoshino Rin murmured in admiration from the bottom of his heart: "So beautiful..."

She put down the scabbard in her left hand, raised her hand and touched the blade as if curious.

A slight tingling sensation was transmitted from the tactile nerves at the fingertips to the brain. Hoshino Rin suddenly woke up. She was astonished as to why she went deep into her brother's bedroom as if she was possessed by a demon, and why she pulled out the knife almost against her own will.

But the next moment, she suddenly felt that her body became very heavy.

Hoshino Rin's body went limp and fell to the ground, his consciousness instantly falling into deep darkness.

The blade that fell to the side, the part of the blade that was in contact with Hoshino Rin's finger, was stained with a trace of bright red, but it disappeared without a trace in an instant.