I'm really unnerved in Tokyo

Chapter 39 The Resentment
the next afternoon.

Shinjuku District, Kagurazaka, Akagi Shrine.

In the apse of the shrine, a huge cherry blossom tree is planted in the courtyard.

Now is the season when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom and the rain of flowers is falling.

In a few days, after those late-maturing cherry trees bloom, the annual "cherry blossom viewing season" will end again.

The little bird Yu Mayumi was sitting on the green grass, and from time to time, pink and white petals would float down from the branches of the cherry tree behind her, and gently fall into the teacup in her hand, causing little ripples.

Opposite her, Kengo Yamada was kneeling and talking about the sorrows of adolescence.

Araki Sousuke was leaning against the eaves not far away, smoking a cigarette with his head raised.

"Mr. Araki probably told me about your situation yesterday, and after what you said just now, I have fully understood it."

Putting down the teacup, Kotori Yumasumi said with a solemn expression and a calm tone.

"There are two situations where you can see the 'spirit': one is when the 'spirit' takes the initiative to let you see it, which is the situation that ordinary people encounter after being entangled; the other is when the 'spirit' does not know Under such circumstances, the spirit is directly observed."

According to Araki Sousuke's special instructions, she is wearing a full set of miko costumes today.

Although her face is a little immature, she looks like a professional shrine maiden.

"The situation in your body is the latter. It should be after being stimulated by the wraith spirit and awakening the inspiration, you will see the existence of the spirit. Although this phenomenon is rare, it also happens occasionally... However, most of the people who wake up the day after tomorrow Inspired people can only see vague figures and some low-intensity spirit bodies, and Yamada-kun's spiritual talent seems to be surprisingly good."

Awakened inspiration is naturally divided into strengths and weaknesses. The stronger the inspiration, the more powerful the "spirit" can naturally be observed.

Hearing her words, Yamada Kengo immediately happily said to Araki Sosuke at the door: "Senior, look, I just said that I am not delusional."

Araki Sosuke covered his face depressedly, and kept winking at Kotori Yumaumi.

Hey, didn't I ask you to enlighten him on the phone yesterday, to let him understand that what he saw was an illusion, why did you drag him into the abyss of feudal superstition instead?

"In the case of Yamada-senpai, I don't think escaping can solve the problem. Spirits are part of this world and truly exist around us. Only by acknowledging our own situation and their existence can life continue. "

Facing Kami Araki Sousuke's gaze frankly, Kotori Yumasumi said sincerely.

She didn't answer in the way that "tell him it's all a hallucination and let him go to the hospital" as instructed by Mr. Araki on the phone, so she naturally had her own ideas.

In her thinking, Mr. Araki, who knows more about these things, should let herself answer them in order not to expose her identity as an "illegal exorcist" and to maintain a pure friendship with her friends.

How to solve senior Yamada's confusion is exactly the "test of practice" he gave himself.

If you can't even solve the troubles of people, how to resolve the obsession of the "spirit" and make it a Buddha.

Therefore, like a student concentrating on solving a problem, Mayumi Kotori carefully considered various possibilities, and finally decided to solve the problem in a "straight to the point" way.

"But, if all I saw were ghosts, then how did Senior Araki see them..."

"Senior Araki, naturally you can't see spirits. Maybe what you see today just happens to be ordinary people... It's normal for you to be unable to distinguish between people and 'spirits' just after awakening your inspiration."

Mr. Araki, you can naturally see that he is just trying to protect the friendship between you two with good intentions.

With this thought in mind, Kotori Yumasumi helped cover it up with a serious face.

"You don't have to worry too much. Ordinary 'spirits' can't hurt people. At most, they will only make people unlucky. But...if you see a vengeful spirit with black resentment, you must run away immediately, isn't it Ordinary people can handle it."

After a pause, Kotori Yumasumi reminded seriously.

Listening to her words, Yamada Kengo thought of the half-length woman riding on him that day, and the black air lingering around her.

That is, Wraith?
"Then this black coin..."

Yamada Kengo then put the coin on the table.

Seeing that coin, Kotori Yumaumi frowned slightly.

"This is... although there is very little resentment, it is indeed an extremely rare 'resentment'. Where did you get it?"

"The vending machine gave me change..."

The Yamada-senpai in front of him encountered female ghosts one after another, awakened inspiration, and obtained grievances. Is it luck or misfortune?

Seeing Kengo Yamada's bewildered face, Kotori Yumasumi explained for him.

"There is still no clear answer to the birth of the 'Grudge'. What is known so far is that it is an entity formed by the residual resentment after some powerful existences have dissipated. It has various dangerous and unknown abilities. An existence that needs to be handed over to an official agency."

"For example, how do you throw the number up?"

Araki Sousuke outside the door burst into a smile.

He just listened to the "superstitious girl brought up by the god-stick grandfather" Kou Yumaumi's self-justified rhetoric, which is often used by the god-stick, and he naturally disdains it.

But remembering Yutaro Kotori's request, he could only try to "spread science" to the other party in an insinuating way.

"There may also be undiscovered functions. Such weak grievances exist around us in large quantities, and it is difficult for people to detect them. This coin may be condensed by the grievances of people who always fail to guess when tossing coins..."

"Is it an undiscovered function... Question: Has senior Araki used Lina..." Hearing this, Yamada Kengo curiously picked up the coin and threw it into the air, asking at the same time.

The coin fell from the sky, and this time it turned out to be the "head" facing upwards.

"Oh, it's not that the number is up this time. Could it be that you have to ask it to make a change?" Kengo Yamada said excitedly.

"Bastard, don't ask this kind of question suddenly...it's different every time it falls, doesn't it mean that the previous situation is just caused by probability, is it just an ordinary coin?"

Sousuke Araki, who was sitting at the door, turned his head and cursed in panic.

"In addition to the resentment contained in 'Resentment', there is also a feature that ordinary people can recognize, that is, the material is extremely hard, and it is said that it cannot be destroyed even by missile bombing."

It didn't feel that Araki Sosuke didn't believe him, but felt that the other party was testing him, Kotori Yumasumi answered seriously as if answering a question.

"Is it difficult to destroy?"

Araki Sousuke walked under the tree, picked up the coin and looked at it curiously.

"However, coins are inherently hard..."

Saying so, Yamada Kengo, who had stabilized his mood a little, picked up the green tea on the table and took a sip.

"Crack".

"Pfft..." The green tea in Yamada Kengo's mouth sprayed all over the floor, making the crisp grass more green.

Before he finished speaking just now, Araki Zongsuke held up the coin with his thumb and forefinger, and broke it forward forcefully.

The 500-yen coin was ruthlessly broken in half between his fingers.

Under the cherry blossom trees, the air was suddenly quiet.

Only the sound of cherry blossoms falling with the wind remained.

Yamada Kengo and Kotori Yumami looked at Sousuke Araki like looking at a monster.

　Me, testing the waters, voting.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)