Tokyo Fall Guys beats up the supernatural

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The street scene here is completely different from Tokyo. As far as the eye can see, there are only low-rise buildings, and the streets are quiet and bright, presenting a peaceful scene.

"I never imagined there would be a place like this near Tokyo. It's unbelievable." Dou Tang looked at the road sign on the side of the road.

This place is called Forty Inaba Town.

The name made Dou Tang frown: "Forty Rice Feathers, it sounds strange, like I've heard it before."

Lu Zizhen seemed to understand what he was thinking and said, "You still remember Persona 4, right? The town in it is called Yasuo Inaba."

"Oh—" Dou Tang suddenly realized, "I remember now, I used to really enjoy playing that game."

While chatting, the two arrived at a parking lot in front of a supermarket.

Lu Zizhen stopped the car and then said, "Um... Hey."

Dou Tang was about to open the car door when he heard this and turned around, asking in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Lu Zizhen scratched her cheek, her eyes darting around, and puffed out her chest, saying, "A bra, a bra."

Dou Tang paused, his movements a little stiff: "Oh, oh, right, bra..."

Lu Zizhen rolled her eyes: "Aren't you going to button it up for me?"

"Huh? You, you're not driving anymore, can't you deduct it yourself..." Dou Tang blinked.

Lu Zizhen suddenly became very ashamed and angry: "Bastard... Get out! Get out! Go outside and wait for me!"

Dou Tang hurriedly opened the car door and slipped out.

Just as Dou Tang was about to turn around and look, he saw Lu Zizhen glare at him and press a switch on the vehicle's dashboard, causing the windows to slowly darken.

Even though he couldn't see anything, Dou Tang still asked curiously, "Why does your car have this kind of feature?"

"Can't I save this for later to shake you up inside? Get out!"

Dou Tang shrank back and took two steps back.

After a while, Lu Zizhen got out of the car, straightening her clothes and panting heavily.

Seeing Dou Tang, she snorted and said, "You bastard, I told you to wipe it and you actually did."

"It happened by accident," Dou Tang explained.

The two bickered as they followed the navigation on foot toward the old school building of Yiyan Private Academy.

There were hardly any people on the streets of Forty Inaba. Apart from the area around the vegetable market, there were hardly any shops. It seemed that the two streets of shopping and vegetable market were enough to provide for the daily needs of this small town.

Furthermore, Dou Tang noticed that apart from the elderly, there were almost no other people on the street.

Lu Zizhen noticed his confusion and said, "This place is too close to Tokyo. Most of the young and middle-aged people go to Tokyo to make a living, while the students are still in class at this time. It's normal to only see elderly people on the streets."

"Being too close to a behemoth like Tokyo has its pros and cons."

Dou Tang nodded without saying anything.

The two walked slowly, not in a hurry, passing through an area that looked quite old.

The two-story apartment building eventually led to a lifeless street.

At the end of the street, a school building faces the main road. Its exterior walls are mottled and covered with unknown green plants, making it look like a lurking beast, bound by a black steel gate, silent for many years.

"If Huaiyin has a constitution that attracts supernatural beings," Lu Zizhen suddenly said, "then you must also have a constitution that attracts trouble, right?"

Dou Tang frowned: "Why do you say that?"

Lu Zizhen gestured with her chin forward, and Dou Tang followed her gaze, noticing a gray van parked outside the abandoned school.

“I came here to scout things out before, and nothing happened. But since you came with me this time, there’s someone here to join in the fun.”

Dou Tang held her down: "Let's take a look first."

The two pretended to be passersby and walked past casually.

The back seat of the van was open, and a man was tidying up something there; upon closer inspection, it appeared to be filming equipment.

Lu Zizhen whispered, "Damn, they're here to steal our business again."

Dou Tang raised an eyebrow: "Hmm?"

"After you became famous, a lot of videos of people filming paranormal adventures have sprung up online recently, and it has become a trend."

Dou Tang understood: "I get it. When the teacher asks what your dream is in class, the students answer that they want to drop out of school and become a live streamer. Everyone wants to be a creator these days."

"But they don't even bother to think things through properly, and they don't even consider their own capabilities..." Lu Zizhen said discontentedly.

The two people walked past the car, and in front of the van, directly in front of the black iron gate, stood three people.

It was one thing that the trendy-dressed man and woman were there, but what really caught the attention was the person standing in front of them.

The girl, dressed in unfashionable sportswear, crossed her arms and looked at the two people in front of her with dissatisfaction.

Dou Tang recognized her at a glance; it was Ringo Shinzen, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

Lu Zizhen recognized her too: "It's that naive and innocent witch."

Dou Tang nodded.

As I passed by the three of them, I vaguely heard them discussing something.

The two remained expressionless and passed by the three. Fortunately, Ringo Shinzen did not notice them.

Upon reaching the corner, the atmosphere between the two changed, and Dou Tang's expression became solemn.

"The presence of that witch here likely means that there really is evil spirit in this old school building."

Chapter 45 Abandoned Campus

The two stopped at the street corner, eavesdropping on a conversation in the distance.

Ringo Shinzen seemed to be reprimanding the two people.

"I'll say it again, this isn't the kind of place you're thinking of. I absolutely forbid you from coming here at night, okay?"

Then came the man's voice: "If we don't come at night, what are we filming for? Miss Shinzen, aren't you a shrine maiden? Are you that timid? I'm paying you not to interfere with our filming schedule, but to ensure that nothing goes wrong, okay?"

Lu Zizhen laughed and complained, "Hmph, it seems our rustic shrine maiden has found an amateur client. These kinds of ignorant and arrogant people are the most difficult to deal with."

"They would go to great lengths to court death, even touching the evil spirits for the sake of the show, including but not limited to waving and intimidating them with a cross-shaped object made of steel..."

"I have a feeling you've complained about something really serious."

Dou Tang muttered something to himself and continued to listen attentively.

Ringo sighed and said, "I can only guarantee your safety from those evil spirits, but if you insist on going in and provoking what's inside, isn't that a bit too much?"

"I don't object to performing rituals to release vengeful spirits, but what you're doing is like breaking into someone's house, causing trouble, and then asking me to kick the homeowner out..."

The man's tone turned indignant: "Ha, you make it sound so real, Miss Shinzaki, aren't you being far too superstitious?"

"Let me put it this way: the real reason we called you here is to see if you're photogenic and hardworking. As for any vengeful spirits or evil ghosts, if you believe in them, that's fine, but we don't."

"The recording is scheduled for tonight. If you don't come, we'll consider it a breach of contract, and you'll have to return our deposit!"

"You!" Ringo Shinzen's voice was angry, even a little aggrieved, but in the end, this kind girl couldn't bear to watch these two people go to their deaths, so she could only sigh and nod.

"...It's evening then, but you must stay with me at all times. I must guarantee your safety."

The man chuckled, while the woman retorted sarcastically, "It's quite a character of Miss Shinzen to be so serious."

"Oh." Lu Zizhen sighed again, "See? This is the daily life of a poor exorcist. Being attacked by customers who don't know their stuff. It makes me want to jump out and slap those two bastards."

The argument between the three temporarily ended. Dou Tang sighed and said, "Let's avoid them and find a chance to sneak in."

Lu Zizhen nodded.

The two waited a little longer. The three people in front of the door seemed to have finished their discussion and decided to come back in the evening to scout the location, go in first to check the situation, and make some arrangements.

As for what to set up... well, it's some fake supernatural props, since the show needs to be entertaining. If it were just a simple adventure video, it definitely wouldn't have many fans.

Then, footsteps were heard from the street corner, and the voices of the three people gradually faded into the distance.

Dou Tang and Lu Zizhen then stepped out from behind the wall and looked through the high wall at the church building covered with green plants.

School building.

"After being abandoned for twelve years, it looks completely different," Dou Tang remarked.

The teaching building in the courtyard is clearly a dangerous building. There are huge cracks on the exterior walls, which are covered with dense green plants. It is as if those vines have become adhesive tape supporting the building. If the green plants were removed, the entire building would probably be completely cracked in two.

The two walked to the main entrance.

Looking through the heavy black iron gate, the entire courtyard was covered with fallen leaves. The unmaintained road was blocked by large trees on both sides, making it look gloomy and quiet, just like the town itself.

Dou Tang's gaze swept across the top of the wall, finally landing at the junction of the iron gate and the wall, where the wall and the iron gate formed an angle, at least providing a place to step.

"Let's start now, lest something goes wrong."

Dou Tang said something, then suddenly jumped up, pushed off the wall with his foot, and gripped the iron gate railing with one hand. He pushed off the wall while holding onto the railing, and was pinned in the air with one hand and one foot, exactly halfway up the iron gate.

His physical strength is formidable.

He even had the energy to spare, reaching out to Lu Zizhen: "Come on, I'll throw you in."

Lu Zizhen nodded, took a running start and jumped, grabbed Dou Tang's hand and swung it high into the air. The two of them worked together like skilled gymnasts.

Lu Zizhen was flung high into the air, her figure as graceful as a fox spirit, and she even had time to reach out and grab her phone that had fallen out of her pocket.

She did two and a half somersaults in the air and landed smoothly on the other side of the gate, her arms outstretched high, giving the impression of an athlete finishing a performance.

Dou Tang was used to her antics. He gripped the railing tightly with both hands and pulled himself up, his feet landing on top of the iron gate. Then he fell high down with a thud, crouching on the ground to reduce the pressure of the fall.

The two men skillfully scaled the more than three-meter-high railway gate, proving that no simple obstacle could stop them.

Walking to the middle of the road covered with fallen leaves, Lu Zizhen said, "The feng shui here is perfectly fine, and we can't sense any evil spirits lurking around. If we go inside and don't experience the bone-chilling cold and EMF anomalies, or..."

"Wait a minute, what you're describing sounds like the settings from some ghost-hunting game, right? The bone-chilling low temperatures and stuff, I've seen Huaiyin play that game before!"

Lu Zizhen seemed very surprised: "What? A girl with a supernatural constitution who has seen ghosts would actually play a supernatural game like phobia?"

"You, the professional exorcist, are doing this too, huh?"

The two, still bickering intensely, arrived at the main gate, completely disregarding the dangerous and eerie teaching building before them.

The main entrance of the teaching building was in a dilapidated state. Half of the red door had collapsed, and the other half was also on the verge of collapse. Lu Zizhen went up and kicked it, delivering the final blow.

Half of the door fell to the ground, stirring up dust and a damp smell.

The main entrance of the building is the staircase, which then splits into two staircases leading up to the next floor. This staircase runs through five floors and serves as the main structure of the teaching building.

There are corridors on both sides.

Dou Tang said, "Where should we start looking? I haven't sensed any evil spirits or anything unusual."

Lu Zizhen said confidently, "Go upstairs and start searching from the top floor."

The two stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, ascending the stairs from either side.

There was no sound or living creature on campus, not even a mouse or an insect.

"It's too quiet here, something's not right." Dou Tang stopped on the third floor.

The two stood back to back, looking at the dilapidated and weathered stairwell in front of them.

"That's true, but there's no trace of evil spirits either. If there's nothing here, then what is the rustic shrine maiden afraid of?"

"Perhaps the evidence has disappeared with the passage of time." Dou Tang frowned. The two went up another floor, and he asked again, "Is there any news about the missing man and woman?"

"No... wait."

Just then, the two heard some noises coming from the floors below.

Chapter 46 The Deep Underground

"Um, wait, not here..."

Lu Zizhen and Dou Tang stood on the fourth floor, listening to the sounds coming from downstairs.

The man was panting, and the woman was blushing; it was clear they were the same two people from the paranormal show at the main entrance.

Lu Zizhen crossed her arms and shook her head.

"I never expected them to have this kind of fetish." Lu Zizhen pouted. "Although having an XP is a personal choice, I still think they should see a doctor."

Dou Tang shrugged.

The two stood upstairs, and the commotion downstairs clearly prevented them from continuing their exploration. They could only remain silently in place, listening to the sounds coming from below.

Dou Tang had seen such scenes before, and Lu Zizhen, who often came into contact with dark things, had also seen a lot. If either of them had come alone, they certainly wouldn't have reacted to the commotion downstairs, and wouldn't have felt a ripple in their hearts.