Dramatic Blade

Taking advantage of the cloudy sky, the two decided to set off early to the location of the mission.

Before going out, Asahikawa questioned his soul: "Can't Sister Nezuko be made smaller, like a figure?"

He hadn't noticed before that the way Tanjiro kept Nezuko on his body was to make Nezuko shrink into a light black box.

Tanjiro had no choice, "Nezuko can only become so small."

After he finished speaking, he picked up the suitcase, and Asahikawa looked it over. It looked like he was carrying a simple suitcase. It was just spring, and people were not wearing light clothes, so it would not be suspicious at all. .

"Isn't it okay, Mr. Asahikawa?"

"Don't worry, I checked the weather forecast and it will be cloudy today, and when we arrive at our destination, it will be time for the sun to set!"

"Hey, then Nezuko..."

Kamado Tanjiro realized that he wanted to release Nezuko as well, and Nezuko might travel faster than them.

"No, you'll be treated as a pervert!"

Asahikawa quickly stopped him. This is not the countryside. A girl in a kimono with a bamboo in her mouth was brought to the street by two men... Tanjiro is still relatively young, passers-by will definitely think I am playing something Exciting PLAY!

"Oh..." Tanjiro was disappointed.

Asahikawa couldn't help but lightly tapped the opponent's head: "I can't be treated as a pervert, why are you so frustrated!"

Ghosts in modern society certainly don't easily appear in the daytime, and most of them hide in the city. They must have identities and occupations to hide themselves in the crowd and find opportunities to eat secretly.

This kind of ghost is the most terrifying. Once his state becomes stable, it means that many humans will die at his hands now and in the future.

Recently, many low-level ghosts have entered the society with the goal of "successfully hiding in the city", which has caused a lot of headaches for the members of the hidden army to investigate.

Although Asahikawa was in charge of distinguishing ghosts and youkai in the ghost slaying team for a while, actually encountering youkai is rare.

Most of the monsters that can be associated with monsters in modern times are rumors such as urban ghost stories or unbelievable campus stories. Most of them are also relatively junior monsters who make trouble. No, he was quite disappointed.

This time Tanjiro's job comes from a rumor that resembles an urban legend.

Now is the time to approach the spring break of major primary and middle schools. Before the spring break, students of a middle school near Asakusa, Tokyo, can spend a few minutes bypassing the downtown area after school. There are many alleys behind the downtown area. Those alleys used to be A convenient street formed by many small shops one after another, but because of the rise of the downtown area of ​​Sensoji Temple, the business here has gradually declined, and the whole alley has become depressed.

When a student was passing by an alley one day, he saw a young woman in a red coat and a mask standing in the alley, looking at him.

The woman's long black hair and the eyebrows and eyes under the ends of the hair are very beautiful, and the eyes are so quiet that the students can't help but ask if they need help.

Instead of answering, the young woman in the mask asked a question:

【Am I pretty? 】

Hearing this, Tanjiro was taken aback: "Isn't this the legend of the Gap Girl?"

The most famous urban legend in the 20th century will become popular in the countryside, but Tanjiro is more afraid of the wild bears that come out to look for food after the mountains are closed by heavy snow in winter than these rumors of human culture.

"Ah yes, that's the one, if you answer 'beautiful' she will take off the mask to reveal the mouth that is split to the ear and ask again, if you answer 'not beautiful' she will skip the process of asking again, no matter what the answer is In the end, I will pick up the sickle and hunt you down."

Asahikawa looked through the information for a while: "I don't know how the student answered, but his parents asked him for sick leave the next day, and when a second student with the same situation appeared later, rumors quickly sprouted gone."

When the rumor about the "Gap Girl" reappeared in the school, no one was missing. Otherwise, the parents of the students who were on sick leave would not have called the teacher to ask for leave for the missing child.

This is more like the situation where the flu was prevalent in early spring and many students were recruited.

After all, if there are ghosts in a place, there will definitely be human beings turned into its rations and disappear in the sight of others.

A month after the rumor surfaced, spring break came, and everyone thought that there would be no students in the school talking about this outdated urban legend.

But then people started disappearing.

Two students on sick leave came to the school on the first day of spring break to pack their textbooks and notes for the holiday. The security guard who wanted to leave work early set up a clock at the door, and it was too late to wait for them to come out again.

Even during the spring break, when they learned that a classmate who had gone on sick leave was missing and his family members had registered to report the incident, the students started discussing it on the BBS.

/: So she was taken away by the sickle girl!

/: This is the scariest urban legend of the 20th century!

/: A woman whose mouth is bursting to the base of her ears, wouldn't her upper and lower teeth be completely exposed, and there is still excess flesh and blood!

/: Wow, it's scary, it's scary...

/: It is said that it is a disfigured woman who failed in plastic surgery!

/:ha! ?I've heard that's what happens when you use a dead dog to do bad things!

/: Evil dog?This statement is too backward!

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Rinaki Taki's most recent graduation gift bag included not only a knife and a fox mask, but also an old-fashioned mobile phone for Kamado Tanjiro. Although it was a bit difficult to go to the forum, it was uploaded anyway.

After seeing many unimaginable guesses, the boy widened his eyes, turned his head to Asahikawa and sighed for a moment: "So there are so many theories about the Gap Girl!"

But at the same time, he didn't forget that Asahikawa was also a folklorist in the ghost killing team. The other party also said that he had a lot of research on monster culture, so he asked directly: "So how did she appear?"

For a moment Asahikawa knew which rumor Tanjiro was asking was more credible, but he asked back first: "How do you think monsters are born?"

Tanjiro was stunned: "Is there a unified source?"

Asahikawa looked at him in surprise: "You guessed the point."

"How to say!?"

"Isn't there a famous saying: 'A lie told a thousand times will come true', so it's not surprising that weird things happen after everyone's talk, not to mention that the Gap Girl is a relatively famous urban legend in modern times."

Eh! ?

Tanjiro quickly realized, that is to say, it is not because of the appearance of monsters that everyone will talk about it, but the reason why monsters appear is because of people's discussions! ?

"But, isn't the Gap Girl a rumor in the 90s? Why did it appear only now!?"

"There will be many reasons for the resurgence, just like a 'temporary rumor', but the power will not be very strong after birth, after all, it all comes from the tongue of ordinary people. The initial form will only appear in a limited manner Scary people, or stumbling passers-by or making pranks, the rumors will naturally disappear when the rumors subside. If you are really lucky, you can gain strength from fear and hurt people, then you can't continue to let it go. "

"So that's how it is!" The young man was opened the door to the new world again, and then strode in, drawing inferences: "So many monsters are formed in this way, as long as there are rumors in different places, there will be many rip girls!"

Asahikawa raised his eyebrows for a while, and he suddenly found that many explanations that did not make sense or could not be trusted by others could be quickly accepted by Tanjiro. Should it be said that it is worthy of the character design of the protagonist of the boy manga?

hateful!I really want to draw!

He nodded: "That's the truth, but this should be limited to modern urban legends. Although I haven't seen many ancient monsters, it seems that their existence no longer depends on people's simple talk. Their influence It's deeply rooted, and it's become one with youkai culture."

Having said that, Kamado Tanjiro felt the oni around him get excited, and his speech became sonorous and powerful.

"So! As long as culture or writing is immortal, they will always exist! No, even if the writing is lost, they will live in a world we don't know! How powerful!"

Tanjiro Kamado couldn't help clapping his hands: "It makes sense, Mr. Asahikawa is really knowledgeable!"

Asahikawa was very moved: "Tanjiro, you were the first person to support me when I showed my true colors, thank you, you can just call me by my name from now on!"

"One Time Lord!"

"Tanjiro!"

"One Time Lord!"

"Tanjiro!"

In the box, Nezuko was confused when she heard the two suddenly make a sound similar to hugging each other and crying.

Asahikawa knew for a moment that he was a little emotional, but he didn't expect Tanjiro to be so cooperative. Fortunately, he released it quickly and received it quickly. After some chatting, they arrived at their destination very quickly.

They stood in front of the school gate, the sky was dark, Kamado Tanjiro smelled a trace of blood.

The boy's face became serious.

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The author has something to say:

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*New pit opened!I plan to practice the emotional line that I am not good at, hey, if the pit is not deep, you can jump at will

Because the background is modern, a small part of the settings will be changed and explanations will be made. The overall story should belong to the fantasy/everyday category. The existence of ghosts is the same as monsters for ordinary people, but it is different for ghost killing teams. the w