I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

"I know... I know... I know..."

The intermittent and noisy cicadas roared tirelessly.

Wisps of bright white light pass through the walls and wooden sliding doors, criss-crossing in the room.

"?"

Opening his eyelids with difficulty, what Sousuke Araki saw was the old and neat wooden ceiling and the old-fashioned chandelier.

He was wearing a loose Japanese-style nightgown and sleeping on a tatami futon.

"??"

Sit up slowly, reached out and scratched unconsciously in the crotch, Araki Sousuke looked at the surrounding environment with a confused expression.

"This is... my home?"

The spacious room in front of him with only some basic furniture such as tables, chairs, and TV is the living room built by a family in his "ten-year rent-free period".

On a low table not far away, a pot of unknown blood-red flowers was swaying in the wind.

A pile of his clothes were neatly stacked beside the bed.

"Dear viewers, welcome to this special episode of Tokyo Reconstruction Celebration. I am your humorous host, Xiao Jing."

A familiar voice came from the unturned TV.

"As we all know, eight months have passed since the 'Aum Shinrikyo terrorist attack' incident, and the 'Tokyo Metropolitan Reconstruction Plan' is coming to an end with assistance from various places..."

Araki Sousuke caught sight of Moto Oida, who was standing at the foot of the MS building covered with all kinds of explosive posters, with hair gel and bright clothes.

"Although the profession of 'Spirit Eliminator' came into the sun during this disaster, and began to become active in the prevention and control of hidden energy field disasters, large and small. It’s still very mysterious.”

Holding a thick and long black microphone in his hand, he spattered saliva in front of the camera without any hesitation: "Today, under the leadership of the special guest, the Tokyo Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Police Department's Ninth Section Deputy Director Ni Maeda, For the first time in front of the media, the mystery of the strongest member of the Spirit Eliminator Association was revealed..."

As Moto Oida passed out the microphone in his hand, a greasy man in a uniform with an upright face appeared in the camera.

"Xiaojing, was it more imposing to use 'unzip the trousers chain' just now... Hey, don't hand over this kind of black, long and thick thing suddenly, it's too direct, I'm not used to it..."

Seemingly unaware that he was being filmed close-up of his face, the "special guest" was concentrating on picking his nostrils.

"By the way, that... Xiaojing, since it's an 'exclusive', 'feature', and 'live' report, the NHK TV station should have enough budget for the reception fee, right?"

"I am very familiar with the association. I will go up and grab a few acquaintances in a while, but the interviewees are just perfunctory..."

Taking out his fingers from his nostrils and rubbing them, he smiled ambiguously in the direction of the camera: "Then, let's go to a newly opened [beep...] store next door."

"Hey, Nizuma-kun, it's already started here, tell me something that can be broadcast!" 』

"What, this is the start of filming? It’s okay, it’s all video anyway, you can cut it casually when you go back, and mute the sound... Let me tell you, the [beep...] of that girl is quite [beep...] [beep...] 【Beep...】...』

Amidst a series of noisy muffled sounds, the camera was lifted quickly, aiming at the blue sky and white clouds overhead with great desire for survival.

***

"Ahem, let's get down to business. Although the spirit eliminators with their own charismatic personalities in the association have gathered strong popularity among the public... but the title of 'the strongest spirit eliminator' in the hearts of the people still belongs to someone who has disappeared from our sight. the black figure in the

"Now, I officially announce that the theme of this secret interview program is..."

When the screen turned, the livid-faced Koida Moto forced a smile and stood in front of a long and narrow corridor: "The strongest spirit remover, the ghost-faced knight, reveal the secret!"

***

"As the director of the Institute of Truth, the proposer of the 'Holographic Hidden Energy Field' theory, the winner of the 115th Nobel Prize in Physics, and the supporter of the development theory of spiritual props, there are even many followers on the Internet who think that you are actually He is the biggest... no, the strongest person in the Association of the Eliminators..."

"Then, what do you think of 'Ghost Rider'... Dr. Hanyu?"

As soon as the screen turned, the magnificent mind that the white coat could not conceal occupied the entire shot.

"Tsk, that kind of guy who stays in bed and misses work all the year round is not qualified for my 'evaluation' at all..."

The camera moves up, and Wu Hanyu's indifferent expression, with a hint of coquettish beauty hidden in the mole of tears, appears.

"Staying in bed? Missing work? You mean..."

"Sorry, you asked the wrong person."

As if realizing that she had missed something, Mai Hanyu turned around and walked into the office: "We are powerless scientific researchers, no matter how you look at it, we have nothing to do with that 'powerful and noble spirit remover'." relationship."

"But……"

"Lu Dou, close the door."

"Sorry, Mr. Xiaojing, you know... a certain 'Sleeping Beauty' is now my sister's 'taboo word'."

Amid the apologetic words of a fat man with glasses, the door of the "Institute of Truth" was slammed shut.

***

"Everyone, look quickly, there are important figures in front of you..."

"That's the president of the Kyoto branch of the Spirit Eliminator Association, the executive director of the Tsuchimikado Foundation, the iron-handed swordsman who has gathered a large number of crazy female fans with his peerless appearance, stunning sword skills, and melancholy temperament, His Excellency Tachibana Pyoyuki!"

"Tsk, I'm just here for regular contact, don't grab the young men randomly, okay?"

Chased by the shaky camera, Abeji, who was dressed in a black kimono and had two swords on his waist, stopped walking helplessly because he was caught by the hem of his clothes.

"The strongest spirit remover...Ghost Knight?!"

"Yes, in your opinion, what kind of person is Ghost Knight in private?"

"Privately... probably a self-talking, unreasonable, blindly arrogant guy..."

With the sharp metal left arm and the razor-sharpened chin impatiently, Abe Temple's eyes flashed a bit of fighting intent: "However, before the official return, the title of 'strongest' will be deposited with him again. A few days."

Ignoring the camera that was taking a photo-level close-up of his handsome face, Abeji turned around gracefully and left, with a huge "Seimei Kikyo" fluttering in the wind on the back of his robe.

***

"Everyone, this room marked with 'lounge' seems to be used by the spirit removers to wait between missions. Let's take a look at the environment..."

"?"

As the door of the room was pushed open, a white, round, bright and dazzling object appeared in front of the camera.

"you……"

The boy with the hair parted in the middle was poking his buttocks and bending over, struggling to get the tight leather pants off his thighs...

"Ah, I'm sorry, Grand Priest Fujiwara, I didn't expect you to be changing... We have a secret interview today, and the topic is..."

"Asshole, don't you see others changing clothes, get out of here!!!"

The young man who was so frightened that he slipped to the ground writhed his mosaic lower body on the ground like a dehydrated fish, and roared in embarrassment and indignation.

***

"Ahem... um... all the viewers in front of the TV, I'm the president of the Spirit Eliminator Association, Hiroshi Tokita."

The Mediterranean was shining under the fill light, and Hiroshi Toda, who was covered in thick foundation, stood in front of the podium and straightened his tie.

"The one next to me is Vice President Yamada who is in charge of daily exorcism."

He raised his hand slightly, gestured to the camera for a young man with a square face standing beside him, then put his mouth close to the microphone with a blushing face, and said in a low and seductive voice: "That, developed by me, the Association and Tsuchimikado The 'Spirit Detective Phone', 'Soul Vibrator', 'Requiem Spray' and 'Body Care Oil' jointly produced by the consortium have been officially launched in BIGC, 71 convenience stores and major shopping websites. Welcome everyone in front of the TV Audiences are enthusiastically buying..."

"Hey, President, Mr. Xiaojing's question just now should be 'what kind of person is the ghost knight in private'... Is it really okay to broadcast this kind of unauthorized advertisement..."

Before President Toda could finish speaking, the "Vice-President Yamada" on the side had already grabbed the microphone: "I am the most qualified to answer the question just now. Ghost Knight is the senior I admire the most in my life... from the association." The spirit removers have been looking forward to his..."

"Tsk, what's the news about that guy?!"

The "speech" was interrupted by a question, Hiroshi Tsuneda wrinkled a blue vein on his forehead, and squeezed back to the microphone with a forced smile: "As long as you have the spirit-removing props developed by you, even ordinary people can effectively prevent conventional-level attacks." Hidden energy field violation..."

"Senior... The senior I respect the most, how can your soulless props be able to replace... I have always been to the senior... woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

"Ghost Knight or something. It's only a matter of time before unemployment becomes the tears of the times. My spirit removal tool is an epoch-making feat. Do you guys understand it..."

The two scrambled desperately for the microphone, sprays of saliva colliding with each other in the air and splashing in all directions.

"It seems that even the Spirit Eliminators Association is not exempt from the workplace phenomenon of 'going down over top'."

"Wow, President Tokita is really old and strong, and a veteran monkey picking peaches, so that Vice President Yamada, who is good at speed, accidentally got tricked..."

"Tsk tsk, it really is that the fist is afraid of the young and the stick is afraid of the old man. Vice President Yamada counterattacked from the rear without changing his face..."

"There, come on, here's a close-up of the 'shrimp-style back fall'... The management of the Spirit Eliminator Association seems to be in harmony, and the president and vice-chairman fight, but it's an excellent news material..."

In Oida Moto's voice-over, the well-dressed podium immediately turned into an indiscriminate mud wrestling ring.

...

"It's all a mess."

Staring at the increasingly miserable picture on the TV, Araki Zongjie took the remote control on the low table expressionlessly, and pressed the close button.

"Masumi, I'm back at four o'clock, are all college students so busy these days?"

"Well, the recent classes 'just happen' to be in the morning... Isn't Hanyu-san very busy with her research project, why is it so early?"

"Well, there's no progress in the research room anyway, why don't you go home and get some air..."

"Heh heh heh, stop pretending, the reason you came back so early is because today is the day to wash someone's body, right?"

The pleasant conversation of the three women came from outside the courtyard.

"Ayano, why are you here..."

"Oh? Since Director Mochizuki knows, why did he choose this day to come here... Could it be that he wants to see that guy grow bigger..."

"Don't, don't get me wrong, I just have a research topic, and I just need you to help me get some 'material' from someone!"

The sound of laughter came from far and near, and the wooden sliding door leading to the backyard was pulled open with a "crash"...

The glare of the afternoon sun penetrated through the three slender figures and fell on Sousuke Araki who was sitting in the room.

The book is over.

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End of this testimonial

After a long time, I finally finished the book according to the established outline. Perhaps it is the only advantage of a part-time author who is motivated by interest to write recklessly despite the sluggish popularity.

As the first novel to be completed, the one who gained the most is naturally myself. During the writing of this book, not only accumulated a lot of reading materials, but also came into contact with some teaching of commercial writing, which can be regarded as accumulating some "introductory" experience in the field of writing novels.

Regarding the next book, there are currently two options for themes, one is the original world view, the passionate stories of boys and girls (this book has been signed by the editor-in-chief), and the other is the theme of anti-hero reincarnation in another world (the draft has not yet been opened) ). While I haven't decided yet, friends who see this can leave a message to give some suggestions.

Thank you for your support for this book all the time, and I hope you can pay more attention to the new book.