Chapter 155

Haunted?

What Kawakami Ejiko said, is it related to the sound Tang Luo and the others heard this afternoon?

"Tell me, how does this haunting work?" Demon-Subduing and Evil-Eradicating·Illumination Society, President Tang is online!

Overbearing president, online demon extermination, a million demons, two kinds of salvation, a hundred ways to die, one illumination.

"Someone died there, you know." Kawakami Ejiko said, her tone and manner not sounding like she was talking about a haunted house.

But rather, flirting.

"And then?"

After a while, no further sound came, Tang Luo asked.

"That's it." Kawakami Ejiko said, "A house where someone died—isn't that scary? A haunted house."

Tang Luo reached out and pressed Kawakami Ejiko's face, pushing her to the side.

What does this woman want to do with so little information? Too naive, isn't she?

"Where hasn't someone died?" Tang Luo stood up, walked to the chair behind the desk and sat down, "Who knows how many bodies are buried beneath this school."

"Huh, does Teacher Tang know?" Kawakami Ejiko wasn't angry either, "This high school used to be a temple, I heard it was built to suppress the vengeful spirits of the war-era paupers' graveyard. Later it was demolished, and strange things kept happening nearby, so they rebuilt the high school, and that calmed things down."

"Is that so?" Tang Luo was noncommittal, "Who died where I live, and when."

"Just two months ago." Kawakami Ejiko, "It should have been a tenant who died mysteriously, after which other tenants moved out one after another. Your rent is probably cheap, Teacher Tang, and hardly anyone lives there."

Tang Luo thought for a moment, then reached into the drawer to find the contract.

Whether it's cheap or not, he really doesn't know; this kind of thing depends on comparison, and he doesn't know what the normal rent is like in the surrounding area.

But it's certain that hardly anyone lives there.

Downstairs, a landlord he's never met lives in the house near the stairs on the second floor, the Nitian couple.

Besides that, there's no one else.

Seven rooms total, four empty, three occupied, and one is the landlord's own residence—actually only two rooms are rented out, the rental rate is indeed low.

"Got it." Tang Luo stood up, about to leave.

"Huh, Teacher Tang doesn't want to ask more?" Kawakami Ejiko said.

"Asking others will do." Tang Luo said.

"Teacher Tang, you're really aloof, could it be you really don't like being with people?" Kawakami Ejiko looked on the verge of tears.

She paid no heed to her own identity as principal.

"Well, you're just too ugly." Tang Luo said.

"Ugly?" Kawakami Ejiko's face changed instantly, then she smiled again, a stiff smile, "Am I ugly?"

"Ugly." Tang Luo thought for a while, then said seriously.

"Teacher Tang, you're really indifferent." Kawakami Ejiko's face gradually flushed with an unusual blush, "Unlike those vulgar men outside."

Domineering Principal·Kawakami Ejiko. jpg.

"... Huh?" Tang Luo expressed that he really didn't see this coming—this guy was actually an M.

"I just like you like this." Kawakami Ejiko cupped her face and said.

"Then give me a raise." Tang Luo waved his hand, about to leave.

Kawakami Ejiko stepped forward and firmly gripped Tang Luo's arm: "Teacher Tang, do you really not like me?"

"First, raise my salary." Tang Luo said, "Just give me a hundred thousand or eighty thousand, I'll consider it."

"Alright then—do you think I'd say that?" Kawakami Ejiko said, "This kind of stringing-along spare tire talk, I'm much more practiced at it than you."

"... Forgot you have a house full of lickspittles." Tang Luo said, "Indeed, you're more practiced than me."

Pressing Kawakami Ejiko's face, he pushed her away again.

This woman reminded him of the fox spirits and such demons he encountered on the Journey to the West, yet she had not a trace of demonic aura on her.

One thing is certain: every move she makes carries a near-enchanting allure.

No wonder that blond guy this morning was so happy even after copying lines a thousand times as punishment.

Never mind a thousand times—even if it were ten thousand, I'd bet he's still hopping about, copying until his hand breaks.

Thinking of this, Tang Luo reached out, suddenly hoisting the Kawakami Ejiko who had come back over onto his shoulder.

Kawakami Ejiko giggled: "Teacher Tang, you're so rough! But I just like your roughness."

"Is that so?" Tang Luo walked to the wooden wardrobe in the office.

Don't ask why there's a wooden wardrobe in the office—remember, this is a female principal, having a wardrobe is perfectly reasonable.

Tang Luo opened the wardrobe door, threw Kawakami Ejiko inside, didn't wait for her to say "Ah, so dark, so cramped" or the like, then shut the door and proceeded to lay the wardrobe on its side on the floor.

The way with the door facing down.

"Teacher Tang?" Kawakami Ejiko's voice carried a hint of disbelief.

A man, shoved her into the wardrobe, then pushed the wardrobe over?!

"I'm going to eat." Time was nearing noon, already mealtime, Tang Luo had no intention of continuing to entangle with this Kawakami Ejiko.

What woman isn't less important than eating?

This woman is always around, but if you miss this meal, even if you make it up later, it's just another meal—equivalent to having missed it forever.

Tang Luo knows what's more important. And just now, thinking of M made him think of the Golden Arches, and suddenly he felt like eating, not knowing if this world has Golden Arches.

Before leaving, Tang Luo also took the office key, locked it from the outside.

Ensuring no one would come to rescue Kawakami Ejiko, convenient for him to bring Chu Zhongtian and the others over to study together.

Many hands make light work.

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"Fujiang, Master, this is Fujiang! Special charm ability, makes men unable to resist." At a store outside school similar to Golden Arches, Chu Zhongtian said.

Mom, at first it was encountering the Slit-Mouthed Woman, then the "Staircase Ghost Voice" appeared at home, and now I'm being targeted by Tomie?

If it were other gods and demons walking around, they'd probably be dead by now.

We're all from Shinano High, so why does the principal only target Master and not me and Uncle Li Suibian?

Master, you're being targeted!

As for appearance issues, Chu Zhongtian naturally overlooked them.

It must be because Master is too strong, so he's being targeted! Exactly, that's it!

"Tomie?" Tang Luo thought for a moment, "Is that the thing that can infinitely reproduce and regenerate?"

He told the other three about the special traits of that Kawakami Ejiko, and Chu Zhongtian reached the above conclusion.

"Yeah, from the setting perspective, Tomie will regenerate into a new Tomie even from a single drop of blood." Chu Zhongtian was quite familiar with that horror manga character, "Master, did you hurt her?"

"No, I just temporarily restricted her movements." Tang Luo said.

"Good." Chu Zhongtian breathed a sigh of relief; theoretically, Tomie won't die, only infinitely regenerate into countless Tomies.

"Isn't this harder to deal than that Slit-Mouthed Woman?" An'an said.

The thing suspected to be the Slit-Mouthed Woman has already been turned by Tang Luo into a half-dead female corpse, lying under the bed, no longer a threat.

But Tomie's infinite regeneration alone is enough to cause trouble.

"For us, Tomie isn't hard to deal with—seal her in cement—throw her into Tokyo Bay." Chu Zhongtian said, "Tomie's regeneration speed probably isn't fast; by the time she crawls out to cause us trouble, we'll have already completed the mission."

They'll only stay here for a month.

"..."

An'an once again doubted whether this mission had gone wrong, wondering who exactly is the source of danger.

"Let's go check. Whether it's Tomie or not, we need to confirm; if yes, resolve it early to prevent it from becoming a major problem." Li Suibian said.

Tang Luo nodded: "Indeed excellent, heaven has the virtue of good life—no need to kill, and we can prevent that benefactor Kawakami from causing harm everywhere, truly a meritorious deed. The poor monk thinks it's acceptable."

"They call you Master because you're really a monk? Speaking of which, besides conducting Buddhist rites, where do you look like a monk?"

The three dangerous elements reached a consensus; the out-of-place An'an could only silently keep her complaints in her heart, boarding the thief's ship and walking the dark path with them.

Returning to Shinano High, it happened to be lunchtime, with not too many people wandering around the school.

Several people headed straight for the principal's office, and along the way they didn't encounter many people.

"Master, did you lock her inside?" Upon reaching the still tightly shut principal's office door, Li Suibian watched Tang Luo pull out his keys.

Originally I thought it would be stricter, but it's just this kind of movement restriction—too casual!

"Don't worry, I shoved her into the wardrobe." Tang Luo said while opening the door.

The three saw a wardrobe lying on the ground with its back facing up and face down.

"..."

"Master, impressive technique." Li Suibian said.

Stuffing a person into the wardrobe, then pushing the heavy wardrobe over—this movement restriction method is truly creative.

This is what they call the strong's mindset.

Walking to the wardrobe, bending down to grab a corner, Tang Luo lifted the wardrobe due to gravity and weight.

The wardrobe door swung open directly.

"No one?" From the wardrobe door fell only a pile of clothes, including a pile of colorful, very interesting underwear.

But there was no Kawakami Ejiko.

"Did she run away?" Li Suibian said; indeed, this method was still too casual.

"The door was bolted from outside, this is the fifth floor, the wardrobe hasn't moved. Another locked room?" Tang Luo looked at Chu Zhongtian, "Does Tomie have teleportation ability?"

"No." Chu Zhongtian shook his head.

Before he could continue speaking, a rush of chaotic footsteps came from outside.

"Someone's coming!" Li Suibian said, taking a firm step forward and locking the door from inside.

The principal's office has good soundproofing; even with the door shut, one can still hear such clear footsteps, proving the visitors are not few!

The chaotic footsteps soon quieted down.

Then came the sound of high heels' thin heels tapping the ground, far louder than footsteps, as if walking directly on Chu Zhongtian and the others' chests.

"Dear, are you there?"

The door was knocked twice, and Kawakami Ejiko's voice came from outside.

"Mmm—" Chu Zhongtian licked his dry lips, involuntarily swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his breathing became a bit hurried.

Just hearing the voice makes one unable to pull away; Tomie is indeed dangerous!