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

Kamiyagawa stopped in his tracks, about to say something.


The frequency of the flickering light overhead increased, the abrupt noise becoming more piercing.


The on-and-off lighting cast the damp corridor in a dark red hue.


Kamiyagawa heard a young woman's voice, humming a tune with a strange melody:


"As if bones melted away, the pain immense.


As if chests were torn open, the sorrow profound.


Corruption is divine punishment, penitence unheard.


Still not enough still not enough still not enough still not enough


At the same time, from farther down the corridor, there came the "clip-clop clip-clop" of hard leather shoes on the moist carpet, and the "crack-crack" as if sharp objects were scraping against the wall.


It was as though something was approaching.


Kamiyagawa's pupils narrowed, his eyes deepening.


But he saw no trace of the ghost story that should be present.


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