[Ghost Lamp] The dark humor of hell

"That... Master Ghost Lamp?"

"Please, bone girl-san."

Standing outside the border of the country known as "human nature", Ghost Lamp nodded slightly to the bone girl with a bitter face.

In the present world, in Tokyo, in a public toilet in a park...

A group of two people evolved into a group of four after meeting Bai Ze and Momotaro. Although Bai Ze and Ghost Lantern had been fighting, they also reached a short-term consensus on the general direction of the task, leaving the crossroads traffic center, Several people walked into a small park.

Occasionally, couples playing in the middle of the night can be seen on the stone path of the grove in the park. The ghost lantern cautiously asked the bone girl's age, and only walked in the dark fir forest with confidence after getting the answer.

Because it was midnight, even if you could see a couple of couples occasionally, it would not be impossible to find an open place. Momotaro treated Baize's wound a little bit, and the bone girl discovered the truth that Baize wore long sleeves in summer.

Maybe it's the characteristic of a creature like Bai Ze, that eyes can be seen on his arms.

But even if he understands the truth about his long-sleeved clothes, it doesn't mean he has to understand the color matching level of his clothes. At least the bone girl, maybe even Lord Ghost Lantern, can't treat his outdated clothes with empathy.

Gui Deng stood aside and made a few sarcasm from time to time, and walked away without leaving Bai Ze. It can be seen that he doesn't want to give up such a free labor force - in the hearts of bone girls, Gui Deng has always been a workaholic who puts work first.

Moreover, he is a good boss who strictly abides by the labor law that protects migrant workers, at least much more reliable than the maximum salary of [-] in Taoyuan Township.

Looking up at the dark sky, summer will be relatively clean, and it hasn't rained recently, so the sky is very clean at this time.He took out a folded piece of paper from the jacket pocket of his suit, stared at the guide signs in the park and thought for a while, then nodded slightly to the bone girl.

"Bone girl-san, let's go somewhere."

Then came to the toilet.

The jump may be a bit big, but they did come from the open lawn to the narrow toilet.It is said that the crime rate of toilets in this world is very high, and it is also a place where ghost stories are widely spread. The bone girl who is a monster has to be frightened by the gloomy cold wind inside.

...Actually, she has never been to such a place.

"Master Ghost Lantern, why don't you come by yourself?"

"This is the national border that marks 'humanity', and if you cross this border, you will be awarded the title of 'pervert'. ... I don't mind if you want to go in, if you can accept the photo to be broadcast on the prime time of Hell News if."

Ghost Lamp coldly glanced at Bai Ze who was about to move, and warned.

"But Hanako-san... I've never heard of this kind of monster, and this toilet makes me feel uncomfortable."

Seeing the men standing firmly at the door of the women's toilet, even if they didn't come in, they can still be treated as perverts if they peek into the women's toilet openly, right?The bone girl raised her hand and knocked on the third last door of the toilet.

"Hanako-san? Are you there?"

"……I'm here--"

"Ah, it's like this. I'm a jailer who came from hell to investigate some things in this world. My boss, Lord Ghost Lantern, hopes to meet you."

Not frightened by the pretentious tone, the bone girl looked around and explained why she came.

"...Master Ghost Lamp?"

A muffled answer came from behind the door.The bone girl lowered her head and glanced at the letter handed to her by Ghost Lantern, which was barely visible in the dark, with the address of Hanako's classmate printed on it. It seemed that they hadn't moved yet.

"Crack-"

The locked cubicle toilet was opened from the inside.

The darkness shrouded the toilet all the time. Even though the bone girl's eyes barely adapted to the darkness, she couldn't see the person who came out clearly. She only knew that she was a short child with black hair.

The head has already melted into the surroundings.

"Where is Lord Ghost Lamp?"

The black suspected head in front of the bone girl made a sound, tilted her head, and she pointed to a direction that could only be seen around a corner, "Over there."

The toilets in this world are much bigger than those in hell, because I just heard Lord Ghost Lantern mention that he can stand at the door of the women's toilet in hell to have a friendly exchange with Hanako.

"Adults are still struggling with strange aspects."

"I think it's following a moral principle..."

Regarding not going into the women's toilet and being evaluated by Hanako as a "strange aspect", the bone girl deeply felt that she had to correct her moral concepts.

Huazi unexpectedly turned out to be a rather silent little girl. She followed the bone girl to the door of the women's bathroom in three or two steps. Because the sky was cloudless, the moonlight illuminated her, and the bone girl was able to see her whole body clearly.

A child with short black hair wearing an old school uniform.From the smell, it is a deity that bone girls hate.

"...Master Ghost Lantern, what kind of monster is this?"

The bone girl who knew the strange tales of ancient times could not find any information about them in her mind.

"The Hanako classmate of the toilet that was circulated in the streets and alleys in the middle of the twentieth century... but it is actually the god who guards the toilet. This is Shizan Ji, and her younger sister, Mizuo. It was previously changed because of the current toilet. I couldn't bear the pressure too quickly and lived in the toilet of the other world for nearly 20 years. Speaking of which, I haven't asked you for rent yet, where is your sister Shui Wangnv?"

The ghost lamp explained clearly what happened between him and Hanako in a few sentences, and then found that there was another sister with blue and white hair who was not by her side at this time in hell.

Logically speaking, Ji Shan and Shui Wang should act together.

"Water...she..."

The tone is a little heavy.

It was a bit different from being active in hell, and the atmosphere around Tian Shanji, who was alone at this time, couldn't help but become heavy, and the bone girl could easily detect that something terrible had happened.

"she……"

"It's okay, it's my honor to serve such a beautiful lady like you."

"Water..."

"Really? Thank you so much. I'm also worrying about where to put the child. It can't be thrown on the ground."

Gritting her teeth and hesitating, Tian Shanji was repeatedly interrupted by the relaxed and cheerful conversation outside the toilet.

You don't need to go out of the women's toilet to understand that Bai Ze, who was bitten by a woman just now, is hooking up with a passerby again at the corner.

The female passerby's chuckle stopped abruptly when she saw a few people blocking the door of the women's toilet, and her footsteps stopped slowly. After making full mental preparations, she asked softly on the other side of the wall that the bone girl could not see.

"Excuse me, is this...?"

The bone girl can understand that if you stand outside the women's toilet, you won't be regarded as a pervert. On the contrary, if you look inside from the outside of the women's toilet... this kind of thing is even more avoidable.

It's like the feeling that you can't survive but you can't die.

"Oh, they are just a group of perverts clustered around the door of the toilet, don't worry, go in, I'll wait for you to come back."

The few people called perverts glanced at Bai Ze.

The woman hesitated, but in the end she believed Bai Ze's words, and walked into the toilet from the path slightly out of the way of the ghost lamp, and the bone girl was able to see the other person's appearance clearly.

...Are you not interested in a wife as promised?

You only need to poke your head out to catch a glimpse of the baby wrapped up in a ball sleeping peacefully in Bai Ze's hands. Thinking of the woman who just walked in, you can probably understand what happened.

Because the mother wanted to go to the bathroom but the baby had no place to put it, so Bai Ze took advantage of it, right?

"At this time, do you still have time to strike up a conversation?"

The perverted ghost lamp glanced at Bai Ze with disdain.

"Women are spiritual food. By the way, where did you just talk about?"

It was rare for Bai Ze not to get angry. Instead, he smiled and looked at Tian Shanji and Gu Nu who were standing at the door...then silently stepped back a few steps.

He always felt that something bad was going to happen.

The most obvious expression is that Ji Shanji looked at the woman who walked into the toilet with a complicated expression.

To put it bluntly, Tian Shanji is also a god. Although she and her sister have pretended to be monsters for many years in order to hide their real bodies, there is no reason for Bai Ze, a divine beast born in the Cretaceous period, not to know them.

Although it is not the same as in ancient times.

"...That one just now, is Miss Anzi?"

Tian Shanji said in a complicated manner with a complicated expression.

"Miss Anzi?"

"Ah, I've heard of it. It's a strange talk that's been popular recently, right?"

Compared with Bai Ze, who lived from the Cretaceous to the present, Ghost Lamp, a ghost of the Pleistocene, is more knowledgeable.

"Miss Anzi, who is holding a baby, will ask passers-by to hold the baby for a while at the toilet door, and then she will walk into the toilet and start counting."

"one…"

In order to confirm the words of the ghost lamp, there were eerie counting sounds from the toilet.

"like this."

The ghost lamp stretched out its finger and pointed to the inside of the toilet, conducting on-site teaching.

"The baby gets heavier as she counts, and if you don't let go of the baby at the count of ten, the baby will be with you for the rest of your life."

"five…"

Bai Ze moved his hand away expressionlessly, and the baby fell vertically to the ground.

"...But if you let go, you will be cursed by Miss Anzi."

Ghost Lantern added it after the fact, which was obviously intentional in terms of timing.

It turned out that the reason why Ghost Lantern didn't reject Bai Ze all the way was because he was needed as a meat shield... The bone girl suddenly realized.

"...You! This! The kid didn't say it earlier!!"

"Say it earlier? It's all your fault that you strike up a conversation with a woman, right?"

Ghost Lamp tilted his head, his eyes drifted to the women's toilet, and he said faintly, "Besides, there is no solution."

"what?"

Bai Ze glanced angrily at the silent baby on the ground.

"...Just ask her to break the curse herself."

The Yin Qi floating from the toilet rushed out following Miss Anzi's "ten", and a creature with disheveled hair that looked like Sadako rushed out desperately in the eyes of the bone girl.

"Well, why did you come out so soon... But it just so happens, Miss Anzi, I have something to ask you—how about taking us to the place where the ghosts walk?"