Weird Tokyo, I am the master of strange stories

Chapter 56

23-year-old Yamai Eiko has never imagined "death."

Like many young women of the same age, she loves beauty, dressing up and putting on makeup, but few people tell her that her makeup skills are really bad, especially the color of her lipstick, which is too bright.

However, with her natural beauty and high academic qualifications, she successfully applied for a job as a reporter at NHK TV station, and gradually became qualified to report news.

It's just that compared to those famous seniors, she is still a fledgling newcomer.

In a TV station that ranks employees based on seniority, I don’t know when I will be able to make my mark.

24-year-old Yamai Hideko is eager to become famous.

For journalists, the best way to become famous is to uncover a few big stories.

But where does it say that big news can be found by looking for it?

Yamai Eiko searched hard for a long time, but still could only find some trivial tidbits.

By chance, Yamai Eiko interviewed a pair of middle-aged women whose children had been abducted. Out of sympathy and other factors, she began to follow up on the case.

Perhaps it was God's blessing that with the help of the police, she actually found the child.

When she saw their family reunited, something in Yamai Eiko's heart seemed to be touched.

Surprisingly, she also gained some fame as a result of the exposure of this incident.

Being able to help others and become famous at the same time, two happy things overlapped together, isn't this what she dreams of?
After that, Yamai Hideko decided to continue on this road.

But soon, reality hit her hard.

The recovery of lost persons has always been the most tedious and difficult among all types of cases. There are many cases where nothing has been found for several years and there are no clues.

Yamajing Eiko hit the wall several times one after another.

Not only did people around her not understand her, the police also felt that the reporter seemed to be deliberately looking for trouble. There were many voices of criticism within the TV station. Some said she was crazy for wanting to become famous, while others said she had gone astray.

The senior who brought her into the industry also tactfully persuaded her: "There will be no good results if this kind of thankless job continues..."

But Yamai Eiko still didn't give up.

In this way, she quickly became an outlier and a freak in the TV station. The press releases she wrote were ignored by no one and seemed to be hidden.

Just when Yamai Eiko felt confused, she tracked down the Yakuza organization "Maruyama Real Estate Co., Ltd." and seemed to be involved in many abduction cases.

She also informed the police of this discovery, but the response she received was quite intriguing, and some even warned her not to pursue further.

Yamai Eiko suspected that she had touched some darkness "under the sea".

In order to collect more evidence, Yamai Eiko began a secret investigation.

Unfortunately, she was quickly caught during the investigation.

Fortunately, instead of being bullied against women, she was taken in front of a group of children.

These children have special value to those people. Only young women like Yamai Eiko are qualified to take care of the children and calm their emotions.

From a certain perspective, Yamai Eiko has also become their accomplice.

Within a few days, in a closed room, Yamai Eiko quickly became familiar with the children.

But one day, the negative emotions accumulated by the children broke out.

"Sister Yingzi, when can we go home?"

"It's so dark here, I miss my mother..."

"Sister Yingzi, I'm so scared..."

Facing their cries, Yamai Eiko suffered indescribable inner suffering. She suddenly thought of something strange: "It would be great if I could become invisible. I could avoid the surveillance of those people and escape from here."

She said to the children: "Actually, sister, I can become invisible, but I need to prepare in advance."

"Don't cry, don't make trouble, let down their guard. In two days, I will escape and come to rescue you with the police."

Rather than letting the children spend the rest of their time in despair, Yamai Eiko chose to give them a precious glimmer of hope.

Even if it is just a false bubble.

Perhaps these smart children also saw that she was lying.

But they are like prisoners in hell. Even if it is just a hanging spider silk, they do not want to give up.

So, the children chose to believe.

A few days later, Eiko Yamai said goodbye to her children.

"Sister Yingzi, you have to be careful."

"It's okay, I'll be invisible, they can't find me."

"Sister, will you come back?"

"Of course, I will definitely come back, it's a promise."

"It's agreed!"

Yamai Eiko made the promise, smiled calmly, and walked out of the room.

But where is she really invisible?

The reason why this lie was told was simply because the believers had found a new person to take care of the children and wanted to sacrifice her to the gods.

Rather than be sacrificed to that inexplicable god, she would rather meet her own death.

25-year-old Yamai Hideko died in the corner of the shrine.
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In a dark and damp room.

Yu Gonglang looked at Yamai Hideko and the rotting head, thinking everything in his mind.

The formation of the strange story about the invisible female reporter is based on the trust of those children.

The children imprisoned by the cultists are all "spiritual children" whose psychic powers are stronger than ordinary people.

They believed what Eiko Yamai said and firmly believed that she would come back here and become an invisible hero to save themselves.

Their cognition is like the belief of a fanatic, possessing mysterious power.

Even if the number of people is small, there is still soil for creating strange stories.

As a result, the strange story of an invisible female reporter lingers in the city like a ghost.

She forgot a lot.

But he still wanted to become famous like an instinct, wanted to find something, and was still subconsciously pursuing news related to abduction and trafficking, so that he came into contact with the bloody swordsman.

The reason why the world forgot "Eiko Yamai" and why she forgot the most important agreement may be related to the "processing" mentioned in the white coat.

Just by looking at the severed head, the empty skull, and the strange remaining aura... we can also imagine the cruelty and evil of that kind of behavior.

"After death, people will turn out to be so ugly."

Looking at her body, Yamai Eiko frowned in disgust, and said thankfully: "Fortunately, the children didn't see it."

She turned her head, raised her red lips, and said with a smile: "Blood-clothed swordsman, can I ask you a favor?"

After a moment, the bloody knife passed by.

The rotten body and head disintegrated into countless fine dust, which was blown into the distance by the night wind outside the door, drifting away without a trace.

The wandering soul trapped in it can be liberated in this way.

Immediately afterwards, Yamai Eiko's body gradually faded into a vast spot of light.

Once her obsession is gone, she will disappear from this world.

At the end, Yamai Eiko stretched out her hand, handed two blurry light balls to Hagong Rang, and said softly.

"Thank you, bloody swordsman."

　Thanks to "Young Master of the Ye Family" for the 500 coin reward!Thank you so much!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)