Thirteen Modesty

After arriving in Japan, I became a high school student named Kamiyagawa. Looking around—
Hanako crouched in the bathroom, waiting for someone to knock on the door; the Split-Mouth Woman wandered the streets with scissors in hand; Miss Mary's deathly calls echoed incessantly; the wails and barks in Inunaki Village never ceased; the Ubume searched for her long-dead child; the Aoandon smiled, enticing passersby to play with the lanterns of a hundred demons…
In a crumbling world rampant with sinister tales and malevolent spirits, Kamiyagawa set a small goal for himself:
"Defeat all the demons and monsters, and become the supreme ruler of ghosts and deities."

I Loaded Kaidan Game

Eri Yoneyama's safety rope around her waist loosly came undone as if it had a life of its own, slowly forming into a loop and rising along the branches of the large tree until it reached in front of Yoneyama's face.


Above, where branches obscured the sky, ropes both new and old tangled together like poisonous snakes writhing and covering the treetops.


They dragged decaying hanged corpses, the bodies swaying incessantly as pulled by the ropes.


Malignant whispers of incitement could be heard intermixed with the wind through the trees—


Eri Yoneyama tilted her head back slightly, her eyes hollow and tearful as she stared fixedly at the red rope loop in front of her.


It seemed as though she could see something through the loop.


256 The Bridle of the Hanged