Tokyo Fall Guys beats up the supernatural

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No, do you have absolutely no self-awareness? Have you never considered that while your appearance is terrifying to humans, it's equally terrifying to evil spirits?

"...Fine, just transform and throw me up there."

Dou Tang hummed in agreement, his entire body shimmering with pink light, which then gradually turned black. A Fall Guy wearing a black wolf headgear appeared on the spot, his entire body pitch black except for a ring of pink fur around his ridiculous face.

Then he made a muscle-flexing gesture on the spot, which looked both silly and cute.

"Hmm, I have to say, this looks much better than before. The pink one was just too silly." Lu Zizhen seemed quite satisfied.

Dou Tang stretched out his large hand and placed it in front of Lu Zizhen. His broad palm was so thick that even if both feet stepped on it, there would be no problem. Lu Zizhen stood directly on Dou Tang's palm.

He raised his hands high, lifting an adult was effortless for him, and Lu Zizhen's head went straight over the wall. Then she grabbed the edge of the wall with both hands and nimbly flipped over.

Yiyan Private Academy has a very relaxed management style. Even the high walls of the school are not equipped with protective netting, probably because there is nothing to steal on campus, and the neighborhood is very safe.

This made things easier for the two thieves who came to steal the bones.

Dou Tang bent slightly, his two short, pillar-like legs compressed to their limit, and then jumped up with a "Whoosh!"

With this leap, accompanied by a slight tremor of the ground, the one-meter-wide and two-meter-high jelly bean-shaped figure seemed to fly up, lightly leaping over the high wall and landing with a thud on the playground.

However, after landing, he did not see Lu Zizhen.

Looking around, the playground was empty and completely silent, with no one else around except himself.

Strange... Where is she?

You've already gone ahead? Are you in such a hurry?

Over the past six months, the two have worked together seamlessly, so Dou Tang did not suspect that Lu Zizhen was up to something, or rather, he believed that everything Lu Zizhen did was harmless to him.

Dou Tang went into the shadows to deactivate his transformation and tried to call Lu Zizhen, but the call was disconnected.

...What are you doing?

Something's not right... The atmosphere is a bit off.

He looked up and surveyed the playground again, feeling as if something was amiss.

Open your senses, and the anomaly will become apparent.

In the original perception, due to those unknown skeletons, the entire campus was shrouded in a faint resentment. This resentment was too dispersed, so it became harmless. The resentful spirit with blood on its clothes that appeared before was obviously not the same resentful spirit as the skeletons.

And now, the situation seems even worse.

The entire school was enveloped by an invisible aura. In the world formed by perception, countless torrents of resentment flowed through the campus, wandering around like the wind.

This school is haunted! This is really weird!

However, Dou Tang was not afraid. Apart from being a little worried about Lu Zizhen, he was mostly excited.

Filled with excitement, Dou Tang slowly walked towards the teaching building.

………………

Why hasn't he arrived yet?

Lu Zizhen stood under the wall for a while, but Dou Tang didn't climb over the wall. She was a little puzzled. After thinking for a moment, she took out a talisman from her pocket.

The moment he took it out of his pocket, the talisman spontaneously combusted without fire, instantly turning to ashes and melting into the wind.

That was a talisman used to sense resentment.

Lu Zizhen blinked, then her eyes lit up, and she became somewhat excited. She immediately understood the situation before her.

I'm trapped in a maze... It seems I'm the one trapped in this maze, and it's not just a hallucination.

So that's how it is. You showed up during the day to lure Dou Tang or me? It seems you're still upset about your bones being taken away.

Lu Zizhen looked at the teaching building. Under the cold, dim moonlight, a figure in white stood on the roof, as if he might disappear at any moment.

The two seemed to be separated, as if they had fallen into the trap of the vengeful spirit on campus.

But it seems... it hasn't realized it's messed with the wrong person.

Chapter 30 Very good, very energetic!

One space, one moon.

Dou Tang looked up at the moonlight outside the window. He had searched the entire school but still couldn't find Lu Zizhen.

He was on the third floor of the south side of the school. The campus was quiet; he could not see anyone or hear any sound.

A similar incident occurred once when the two were exploring an abandoned hospital in the mountains of Fukushima. Inside the hospital, they encountered a vengeful spirit that could cause people to get lost in a maze. Even though the two of them stepped into a room one after the other, they found that the person next to them had disappeared.

The incident ended with Fall Guys going berserk and demolishing half of the building.

But we definitely can't demolish the school now, so we have to find another way.

Go to the top floor first and find the skull.

………………

Just then, Lu Zizhen walked under another moonlight toward the school cafeteria.

The moon overhead had shifted its position, and its light appeared even bluer.

At this moment, Lu Zizhen, having broken away from Dou Tang, had already regained his arrogant demeanor, holding a sword hilt in each hand and looking at the canteen in front of him.

She didn't choose to go to the rooftop for the appointment, but instead wanted to see what kind of campus this eerie vengeful spirit could show her.

Stepping into the cafeteria, the exterior is a perfectly square single-story building. Due to the increasingly serious problem of low birth rate and the trend of students arranging their own lunch, the cafeteria has gradually become a mere decoration. The entire hall has only about thirty tables, and most of the time only teachers eat here.

Inside the cafeteria, there is a series of windows and large vending machines. After printing a receipt from the vending machine, you can pick up your meal at the window using the receipt.

To demonstrate the standardization and food safety of their cafeteria, all windows are open, allowing people to see the entire kitchen at a glance.

At that moment, a light was on deep inside the kitchen.

Lu Zizhen glanced inside and saw a tall figure standing with his back to the door, simmering something.

Oh, I see.

"Boss, do you have fish ball noodles?" she shouted at the top of her lungs.

The figure inside, who was cooking something, suddenly paused.

What the hell is fish ball noodles?

The figure turned around, and unexpectedly, it wasn't some fierce and eerie evil spirit, but a middle-aged man in military uniform.

She was wearing a blood-red apron.

The atmosphere immediately became peaceful.

Lu Zizhen casually found a table, sat down nonchalantly, and then asked, "Boss, do you have curry fish balls?"

The vengeful spirit in the military uniform stared at Lu Zizhen without saying a word, like a puppet.

"How boring. You're supposed to be intelligent, right? Weren't you the one who threw me into this ghostly maze?"

The military-uniformed vengeful spirit slowly shook its head. Unlike ordinary vengeful spirits, it did not exude hatred, but rather revealed a bitter and resentful aura, as if it had a story to tell.

But whether you have a story or not is none of my business.

Lu Zizhen clicked her tongue in boredom, then stood up and pointed her sword hilt at the vengeful spirit in the military uniform, saying, "You're a bound spirit, right? The kind of old vengeful spirit from those old schools, who doesn't want to harm people but has no ambition either. You're the most boring kind. Do you want me to help you get rid of it?"

The vengeful spirit in military uniform seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying, "I am a member of the Naval Academy and died in 1941. I'm sorry, but I have an important position and can only refuse your kindness."

Lu Zizhen raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, "Oh? Showa 20, isn't that the year you surrendered? How did you die?"

"And another thing, you're Corporal Yamashita? You're quite spirited!"

The vengeful spirit in military uniform first tried to answer the first sentence, but was choked by the second. Of course, he didn't realize that Lu Zizhen was making a joke, and frowned.

"I died in a major air raid. How did you know my identity and rank?"

Lu Zizhen's expression was priceless.

"Are you really Corporal Yamashita???"

Before the lower-ranking officer at the foot of the Ghostly Mountain could speak, Lu Zizhen waved his hand again and said, "Alright, let's not talk about that. Around the Ghost Festival... I can understand encountering ghost walls, but the person who caused me to be trapped in a ghost wall wasn't you. What's going on?"

The corporal at the foot of the Wraith Mountain turned around and turned off the fire in the stove. Everything here was probably just a projection of the real world. It was rather suspicious that he was so fixated on that stove.

Then he seemed to want to leave the kitchen, but hesitated when he saw the two sword hilts in Lu Zizhen's hand. In the end, he did not go out, but said, "Are you an Onmyoji?"

"I guess so, but a bit more brutal. I prefer physical exorcism," Lu Zizhen said idly, fiddling with the tassel of her sword without turning her head.

"Are you... here on someone's behalf to suppress the evil spirits in this place?"

"No, I just came here out of interest to hang out with someone. I didn't expect that there would be so many hidden depths in this school."

After speaking, Lu Zizhen looked up at the teaching building outside. The building had completely changed; the exterior walls were cracked and covered with green ivy, and some rooms on the floors were radiating light, making it incredibly dazzling.

This is too much! Even during the Ghost Festival, this is unacceptable. The commotion in this building sounds like a parade of ghosts.

What exactly happened at this school?!

The lower-ranking officer hesitated for a moment before saying, "Sir, I advise you that you should not stay here for long. Since you are an Onmyoji, you should understand that after the Tokyo air raids, this place has become a place teeming with evil spirits, and this school is no exception. During the Obon festival, this place will once again be a living hell."

Lu Zizhen clicked her tongue, turned around and said mercilessly, "Please, do you think I'm some confident, suicidal supporting character in a horror movie?"

"Even if I jump off the roof, I won't listen to you vengeful spirits, OK? Whether I choose to go on a date at Crystal Lake where Jason appears or by the well where Sadako jumps back and forth, you don't need to worry about it. Just tell me the truth about this place, OK?"

This person really doesn't hold back when it comes to their words...

Upon hearing these words, the lower-ranking officer at the foot of the Wraith Mountain seemed to get a little angry. He slowly took off his apron and walked out of the window.

He was tall and dressed in a clean and neat dark military uniform. His face and hands were wrapped in bandages, and he had a sword at his waist. He stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, coldly watching Lu Zizhen.

Lu Zizhen became interested, jumped up, and said with a smile, "Getting impatient? Is that all? You're going to make a move?"

"The secrets here must be buried along with that massive air raid. If you insist on not leaving, then I have no choice but to..." He slowly drew his sword, surrounded by resentment, black energy seeping into his eyes, and a burnt smell permeating the air.

"I can only say that you must pass away peacefully."

Lu Zizhen burst into laughter. Without Dou Tang's restraint, she was a madwoman.

The two swords were swung out with a whoosh.

"You? A vengeful spirit, trying to bring a living person back to life?"

Chapter 31 Earthbound Spirit

Lu Zizhen's side has already developed into a surreal urban war, while Dou Tang is still wandering around the school.

"Got it, the teaching equipment room."

He arrived at a classroom corridor, which housed the activity rooms for various departments, as well as a storage room for all kinds of teaching equipment.

I tried pulling the door, but I couldn't open it; well, I couldn't push it open either.

I tried left and right, but it still didn't work; it was locked.

But I think it should be able to be pushed open!

Dou Tang is very confident!

"boom!"

With a slight exertion of force, the door in front of him made a miserable sound and fell backward. Just as Dou Tang had thought, the door could be pushed open... What did the consequences of pushing it open have to do with him?

Upon entering the equipment room, in addition to various old teaching tools, there is a suspended skeleton stored deep inside—an old human skeleton used for teaching.

That's his goal.

It was impractical to dig out all the bones scattered around the campus one by one, so he decided to catch the kingpin first and just take out the skull.

Then swap that skull with the skull of the teaching human to suppress its resentment... This is the best strategy, so that the vengeful spirit that died in such a way doesn't have to be destroyed.

As a last resort... crush your bones and scatter them, then throw your vengeful spirit into the Fall Guys world for a game!

Just for fun, it's free! Don't miss out...

Dou Tang walked up to the skeleton, pondered for a moment, and then removed the head from the last cervical vertebra at the back of the neck.

He didn't know who the skeleton once belonged to, nor did he care about its completeness. After all, when a person dies, their soul dissipates; why would you care about someone who has already been reincarnated?

At least that's what Dou Tang thinks, even if it's somewhat distorted.

He will respect the deceased, but he will not let the deceased hinder his actions, whether they are kind souls or vengeful spirits.

"Although I don't know who you are, I'm sorry, but I need to borrow your bones. If your soul is still here and you are dissatisfied, please come to me and I will help you pass on."

He clasped his hands together and sincerely apologized.

It's fortunate that the original owner of this skeleton had already passed away, otherwise he would have been so angry that he would have come back to life.