I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

In the afternoon of the next day, somewhere in Taito District.

Mai Hanyu in a white coat pushed open the rusty black iron gate and walked into the courtyard of an old single-family villa.

This is the "one-family building" structure that became popular in Japan in the 1960s, and was once considered the most ideal model for private houses.

Behind the iron gate is a wide courtyard, and then the main entrance of the house, and on the outside is the street parking garage connected to the house.

The courtyard is a two-story steel-wood structure building with an area of ​​about 300 square meters, which glows warmly in the setting sun.

It is a pity that the overall structure of this well-designed house presents a dilapidated and decayed atmosphere due to no one maintaining it.

Not only are the walls covered with moss, but the weeds in the yard are also quite lush, and there are also a considerable number of black garbage bags piled up.

"It's a pity that no one lives in such a nice house..."

Following Mai Hanyu was the "sleeper" and research assistant Sousuke Araki, dragging two large suitcases.

At this moment, he was lamenting that when some people can't even afford to rent a house, there are such good houses vacant in the city center.

This inexplicably familiar villa is only a ten-minute walk from the Kuramae apartment where he lives. If calculated according to the normal housing prices in Tokyo, it costs at least 200 million yen to start here.

Seeing the black garbage bags piled up outside the courtyard, Araki Sousuke's forehead fell into a drop of cold sweat for some reason.

"The house is a good house, but it's a pity that the property rights belong to the bank, and now it can't be sold even with a discount..."

Hearing his words, Hanyu Mai smiled coldly.

The intermediary client this time is a large bank.

A house like this that has become a "psychologically defective item" will be the bank in the end.

Because the heads of households who passed away one after another and went to another world will not continue to repay the mortgage.

"One off..."

Araki Sousuke put down the suitcase, and excitedly took out the house information in his hand to check.

Breaking my fingers, if I don’t make the payment first, I can’t afford the down payment, is there a bank willing to loan...

He found that he couldn't afford to give it away for free.

For a house of this size, the annual fixed asset tax and city planning tax alone are a huge expense.

When the tax bureau approves the housing cost, it does not take the factors of the haunted house into consideration.

It is also for this reason that the vacancy rate of houses in Japan is close to 20%, and there are a large number of vacant houses in rural and remote areas that refuse to inherit and give away for nothing.

"I was born empty-handed..."

At this moment, Araki Sousuke's phone rang.

"...Oh, Takumi, you said that game cassette? I'm sorry, too many things have happened recently, and I just changed jobs. I will definitely return it to you some other day... Go out with you to do something at night? No Sorry, I'm on the job for the first time today, and it's a night shift, so I can't ask for leave."

After rejecting some kind of "Night Play" invitation from Takumi Fujiwara on the other end of the phone, he let the other party hang up the phone while weeping. When Sousuke Araki turned around, Mai Hanyu had disappeared.

"...Why are you staring blankly, work has started."

When he walked into the door following the sound, Mai Hanyu had already put on a mask, pushed open the door of the house in the courtyard, and entered the entrance.

The living room of the villa is very spacious and well designed.

The living room is directly elevated to the height of the two floors, and there is a rather elegant escalator leading directly to the second floor, forming a rather wide semi-connected space between the first and second floors.

The living room was littered with decayed furniture, damaged electrical appliances, and other sundries.

Everything seems to have been sprinkled with a layer of white ashes by time, freezing the happy memories of the former residents.

Putting on a mask and goggles, and opening doors and windows for ventilation, Sosuke Araki started working as a "sleeper".

Most of these large "psychologically defective houses" have been in disrepair for many years. He needs to use the structure, walls, floors, doors, windows, furniture, circuits, pipelines and even furniture of the house according to the appraisal list and standards of "Be careful! Haunted House Appraisal". The condition and fineness are inspected one by one to ensure that there is no damage caused by improper use that has buried a huge safety hazard for the house. At the same time, it is also for the owner to refer to the possible renovation costs after purchase.

"Wooden floor... newness...according to this standard...10%?! Could it trap me from somewhere..."

While Sousuke Araki was checking the scene step by step with the foolish list and standards in his hand, Mai Hanyu took out the tablet and checked her "research materials".

"In 1952, the police found the bodies of the owner, Hiroshi Sunada, and an unknown woman in this house. According to the investigation, the woman had been imprisoned and assaulted for a long time here. The cause of Hiroshi Sunada's death was that she was killed by the woman with a kitchen knife , and the woman died of haemorrhage caused by dystocia, but no trace of the fetus was found at the scene or around."

Reading the materials on the computer, Mai Hanyu nonchalantly walked up to Sosuke Araki who was looking up at the ceiling in the living room, and took pictures with the camera hanging on his chest.

"It's really miserable...Huh?"

Araki Sousuke turned his head and found that the two were sticking together at a very close distance.

The lightly mature woman's breath on the opponent kept impacting his fragile heart.

Hanyu Mai looked at him indifferently with winking eyes, and calmly said the creepy words: "The body was found where you and I are standing now..."

Then, Mai Hanyu took out the tripod and the camera installed with the "Real Eye Prototype No. 1", placed them in a corner of the room, and aimed at the "crime scene" that was just positioned.

According to her bizarre hypothesis, the longer the death time and the stronger the obsession, the greater the probability of being able to produce "soul element particles" and merge with the "holographic hidden energy field" after death.

While Sousuke Araki was concentrating on investigating potential safety hazards and appraising the quality of the house, Mai Hanyu, who kept installing "Real Eye Prototype No. 2, 3, 4, and 5" according to the location of the case, muttered lines in his mouth. It was starting to send shivers down his spine.

"In 1960, shortly after the family of three Odajima moved into this mansion, father Kokichi Odajima and elder sister Ichiyo Odajima disappeared in the house. Their bodies have not been found so far. His brother Yasuo Odajima was subsequently taken away by a child welfare agency."

"In 1988, after the 'psychic' Shen Zheze visited this mansion, he died at home the next day with a horrified face, and his entire mouth was extremely expanded in an 'O' shape."

"In 1997, on the day Zhujiao and his wife moved in, they claimed to see a female ghost with a baby in their arms. Husband Zhujiaoyong disappeared immediately, and his whereabouts are unknown and his body has not been found. His wife Zhujiaoyongzi was sent to a mental hospital."

"In 2001, housewife Kayakin was imprisoned and murdered by her husband Takeo Saeki in the house. His body was placed in the attic and his son Toshio Saeki disappeared. Cause tragic death..."

Even though he is an atheist, Sousuke Araki still shudders knowing that there have been so many tragedies in the house he lives in for decades.

Sure enough, the scariest thing in this world is not a vengeful spirit at all, but a human heart...