This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 184 - 168: Calm Despair_2

Chapter 184: Chapter 168: Calm Despair_2

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Beichuan Si had escorted Nishizaka Maya, whom he happened to meet, back to her home and then called Yamakou Hideyasu and others to let them know not to worry before returning to the guesthouse hotel.

During their conversation on the way, Beichuan Si learned that Nishizaka Maya had severe liver cancer.

Such a disease couldn’t be cured with the aura of death,

but Nishizaka Maya had an indescribably open attitude about it.

Fate had dealt this woman too many injustices, yet she still chose to carry on.

It seemed that even her impending death couldn’t cause any ripples in her tranquil state of mind.

According to her, she actually had a husband, but she had initiated a divorce when she was diagnosed with liver cancer.

She didn’t ask for half of the property.

She wanted to spend the rest of her life alone in the Ogao Mountain Area, quietly looking after her old home, quietly guarding the ruins of the Sanmu Puppet Factory.

"Anyway, everything is over now, and if there’s a chance, I might visit her again."

Beichuan Si placed Kelian on the other side and leaned his head on the pillow, comfortably closing his eyes, planning to rest.

But it wasn’t long before the ringtone of his phone began to sound.

Beichuan Si furrowed his brows and flipped over to grab his phone.

Who could be calling him so late?

"Hello?"

"Hello... hello! Is that Beichuan? Ah?!"

It was Magong Tong’s voice but, oddly, she seemed to be scared by something, emitting a frightened scream.

"...Is that me? What’s the matter?" Beichuan Si fought the urge to sleep as he got up.

"I mean... Beichuan, you can see ’it’ too, right?"

It?

Which ’it’?

Beichuan Si didn’t quite understand, "What are you trying to say? Magong."

"I mean, Beichuan... you can see Spiritual Bodies, right?" Magong Tong’s voice slowed down, showing great fear.

"Also... Magong? Can you see Spiritual Bodies?" Beichuan Si was somewhat surprised.

"I don’t know why... After I parted from you that day I started seeing them occasionally; I thought I was hallucinating at first." Magong Tong’s voice sounded mournful, pitifully so.

"..." Beichuan Si.

She started seeing something after parting from him?

But Magong Tong’s spiritual sensitivity wasn’t that high before—

"...Could it be because of Shenzhu Shihui?" Beichuan Si rubbed his chin and muttered to himself.

Shenzhu Shihui had once possessed Magong Tong for a while; maybe that had heightened her spiritual sensitivity, allowing her to see Spiritual Bodies as well.

Faced with such occurrences for the first time, Magong Tong didn’t know what to do and hurried to call Beichuan Si after confirming that it wasn’t a hallucination.

"Don’t panic, Magong." Beichuan Si continued, "Just because you can see them doesn’t mean they can hurt you, and you probably don’t see that many, right?"

"Uh... that’s true." Magong Tong gradually calmed down under Beichuan Si’s voice and stammered, "I’ve only seen one or two in the last couple of days, and they didn’t harm me... just a bit scary."

That’s to be expected.

Seeing one or two in two days is still a very high frequency.

If there were that many lingering spirits in the world, it would’ve been in chaos long ago.

Plus, not everyone has the physique like Beichuan Si, who could encounter spirits just by walking.

"Calm down. Don’t panic, and if you’re free tomorrow, you can come over to my place, and I can check to see exactly what’s the problem," Beichuan Si reassured.

Magong Tong, who was only in her nightgown, took a couple of deep breaths.

"Okay... I understand, thank you, Beichuan."

"Right, it’s late, get some rest now. We’ll talk about it tomorrow."

"Okay."

Magong Tong’s weak voice agreed.

The phone call ended.

Taking this opportunity, Beichuan Si also checked the time on his phone.

It was already after two in the morning.

It was too late; better go to sleep.

Beichuan Si laid down.

His phone rang once again.

Beichuan Si.

Beichuan Si expressionlessly stood up and grabbed his phone with a snap.

He kept his expressionless face and answered the call,

"Hello?"

"Mr. Temple! Is that you?!"

The energetic voice of Shen Gu Mirai came through from the other side of the phone.

"It’s me, Shen Gu. No need to shout."

Shen Gu Mirai immediately lowered her voice several notches and asked,

"Mr. Temple, are you alright? I was watching the live stream on YouTube just now, and to think that there really was a supernatural event happening."

This girl was indeed not so easily fooled.

Beichuan Si originally thought that Shen Gu Mirai wouldn’t think of investigating the live stream, but who knew this young girl was too astute. She had anticipated that Beichuan Si might appear in the live stream of Yamakou Hideyasu and Tanaka Takashi.

But that was nothing significant. As a large studio among various supernatural forums, it was normal for her to find out about the live stream by Yamakou Hideyasu and Tanaka Takashi.

However domineering Beichuan Si was, he couldn’t deprive her of the right to watch the live stream.

"There was something there, but I’ve already dealt with it."

"You dealt with it that quickly?" Shen Gu Mirai’s voice was full of disbelief, "That’s one of the hottest psychic spots in Tokyo right now."

"It’s not about the fame, the entities inside aren’t necessarily stronger," Beichuan Si replied tersely.

A grudge is just a mutant species of human thoughts, and fame doesn’t really enhance them much.

"Hehehe, Mr. Temple, you really are the most powerful. By the way, it’s quite late now, you should be going to sleep, right?"

Regarding Shen Gu Mirai’s carefree laughter, Beichuan Si just countered with a question,

"What do you think?"

"Then I won’t disturb you anymore!"

After saying that, the other party immediately hung up the phone, the swiftness of which made Beichuan Si raise an eyebrow.

But... oh well.

Sleep must be had.

Beichuan Si promptly set his phone to silent mode and lay down in bed.

A night without words—

The next morning, Beichuan Si feeling refreshed, paid the inn and rushed to Ogao Station.

From there he took a ride and then transferred to head back to Bunkyo District.

He pondered over the tasks for the day as he walked.

Aside from the possibility of Shen Gu Mirai suddenly showing up at his house, he had two things to do today.

The first was about Magong Tong being able to see spiritual bodies.

To be honest, Beichuan Si felt indifferent whether one could see spiritual bodies or not; to him, it was all the same.

And frankly, being able to see spiritual bodies and ghost tales could, in a sense, be helpful in avoiding misfortune.

But Magong Tong was a girl, and it was normal for her to be scared of such mystical matters. Beichuan Si’s task was to simply reassure Magong Tong and help her adjust to the heightened spiritual awareness.

The second matter was about helping Qianye Yuki with her leg.

Unless something unexpected happened, Qianye Yuki was supposed to come to his house today for help with her leg.

Thinking of this, Beichuan Si tugged at his bangs, "I wonder how Hui Li is doing with her studies."

Beichuan Si was not home yesterday, so he had no idea how Beichuan Huili’s studies went. Today, he definitely needed to ask.

Beichuan Si also needed to make sure his sister wouldn’t end up becoming a ’Salty Egg’ today.

After changing vehicles and walking a bit more, Beichuan Si finally saw his house.

And next to the door of Beichuan Si’s house, there was a black sedan parked.

Qianye Cang and Qianye Yuki, leaning on a crutch, had just gotten out of the car.

Seeing this scene, Beichuan Si greeted without a second thought,

"Miss Ying."

"Ah... Senior Beichuan?" Qianye Yuki hadn’t expected Beichuan Si to appear from behind. She was startled and felt she had been rude, so she bowed and apologized,

"I’m sorry."

"It’s fine."

Beichuan Si waved it off and greeted Qianye Cang as well.

"Miss Cang."

"Good morning, Senior Beichuan," Qianye Cang likewise bowed.

After exchanging greetings, Beichuan Si raised his hand, opened the door, and invited Qianye Yuki and Qianye Cang into the house.