Mirai Shinkai was still unable to adapt to such blunt sayings, it seemed that in the future she would need to increase her efforts to get used to them quickly.

Beichuan Si shifted his gaze from Mirai Shinkai and continued to look at his phone.

In the bizarre Tokyo Metropolitan Area, terrifying urban legends were constantly being produced, but few ever really stood out.

The reason Beichuan Si kept looking at his phone was because of a strange tale a fan had sent him.

On the small private message title, the title was written in fine print—

"The Elevator and the Tale of an Alternate World."

It seemed this time the tale was related to an elevator...

Beichuan Si couldn't help but hum thoughtfully.

In fact, Japan had no shortage of strange tales about elevators.

Because most Japanese people believe that "boxes," "wells," "elevators," and other enclosed spaces are mediums to another world. By following a special way, using a special method, you could pass through these mediums to another world.

And this was probably the main reason why this strange tale was somewhat famous.

After all, it was an elevator-related urban legend in Japan, which already had a decent amount of popularity.

However, Beichuan Si didn't particularly care about such urban legends because even if you used a special method for summoning spirits, without a grudge strong enough to drag the living to the spiritual realm... it was simply impossible to pull them into that world.

And urban legends like these... to be honest, only a few would give birth to a spiritual realm. It was only because Feituo Zhenna of the Mirror Apartment was originally a natural-born supernatural being that she, upon her death, could freely control the spiritual realm and quickly become a terrifying vengeful spirit.

But this elevator urban legend...

Surely it couldn't be the doings of another supernatural being after their death, could it?

Beichuan Si picked up his phone and continued to read.

"The Elevator and the Tale of an Alternate World. As the name implies, it's a tale related to an elevator. It's rumored that if you enter an elevator at eight-fourteen at night, and then press the floors in the sequence of 2418, the elevator you're in will take you to another world... What that world contains, or what has happened there... remains unknown. Because from the moment you set foot in that world, you've already completely lost contact with the outside, and what awaits you may be an end enveloped by unknown fears."

The tale was indeed quite elaborately written, but whether or not things actually happened that way remained to be seen.

After all, since establishing the urban horror supernatural tale homepage, Beichuan Si had received countless explanations regarding urban legends, but most of the time, these tales were essentially just rumors.

He exited his private messages, glanced at the time.

It was already seven in the evening.

As Mirai Shinkai had said, Nakajima Michika and Beichuan Huili had already had dinner downstairs, so he didn't need to worry about making dinner for them.

He propped himself up from the bed and glanced once more at the Shinra Bell hanging on the wall.

There was no movement from the Shinra Bell, it seemed like Magong Yongshi and Shenzhu Shihui were indeed exhausted from having a lot of their goodwill absorbed by Nishijou Kurenai.

"Since that's the case... Maybe I should step out for a bit."

Beichuan Si murmured to himself.

Go to the mall in Kyubei to grab a bite, then take a look at the switch.

That way, he would be fulfilling his promise to Shenzhu Shihui.

He stood up, gathered his wallet, phone, keys, and other items, and after instructing Beichuan Huili and Nakajima Michika, who were still enjoying Kyoto Sweets, he left.

...

The summer nights in Tokyo were as unbearably hot as ever.

Due to the urban heat island effect, the temperature of the entire city of Tokyo had risen quite a bit.

In such conditions, Beichuan Si naturally didn't skimp on spending a few hundred yen, he grabbed a can of orange juice and headed toward the mall in Kyubei.

In his memory, the supermarket where Magong Tong worked at had a counter that sold the Switch.

By the time he reached the mall, the orange juice in his hand was nearly finished, Beichuan Si threw the empty can into a trash bin inside the mall and then took the escalator directly to the supermarket.

After inquiring, Beichuan Si had a rough idea of where the electronics counter was located; it was on the outside, not too far from the entrance and exit.

He walked toward that direction and soon saw Magong Tong, who was explaining something to a customer with a warm expression on her face.

Her short hair was tied into a small ponytail, barely poking through the gap of her cap, giving off an impression of competence and shrewdness.

The light blue striped sales associate uniform wasn't as classy and beautiful as her usual clothes but still looked very fitting on her.

However, to Beichuan Si's surprise, the counter Magong Tong was in charge of was the electronics department aimed at teenage customers.

After all, this young girl was always so timid around him, too shy to even speak... And yet she was managing the electronics counter...?

And she seemed to be quite skilled at it—she must be able to communicate normally with others...

Beichuan Si shook his head to clear away these messy thoughts and stepped forward to greet her:

"Magong."

"Welcome... What might you be looking for... Ah?! Beichuan?" Magong Tong had just turned around with a smile when her eyes met Beichuan Si's.

And then—

A look of panic swept over her face, and her head involuntarily tilted back as she promptly plopped onto the shiny floor with a smack.

"Ouch!" Magong Tong grimaced.

Beichuan Si didn't know what to say to this suddenly clumsy girl, all he could do was reach out a hand to help her up: "Are you alright, Magong?"

"No, no problem!" Magong Tong shook her head, about to continue speaking when her face suddenly turned pale.

It seemed that in her haste she had bitten her tongue.

And it looked pretty painful.

Seeing Magong Tong in this dazed state, Beichuan Si made a timely suggestion:

"Why don't I tell the manager to let you take a break?"

"No... it's fine," Magong Tong waved her hand, covering her mouth, her face flushed, and managed to mumble unclearly: "There's no need to bother the manager."

"No need...?" Beichuan Si frowned: "I think it would be best if you took a rest."

Magong Tong took a few deep breaths and gingerly moved her tongue around.

The pain was still there, but she could manage normal speech now.

Only...

Magong Tong cautiously glanced at Beichuan Si.

Why had Beichuan suddenly come here?

She was a bit puzzled.

"I came here to buy some things, and I was going to eat after shopping," Beichuan Si explained in a slightly softened tone, seeing her look of confusion.

"Is that so? You came here to shop... I see," Magong Tong touched her head and then chuckled 'he he he' a couple of times, but soon she felt that laughing foolishly like that was impolite and stopped herself, coughed lightly, and asked in a gentle voice: "Then, may I know what you are looking to buy, Beichuan? I can show you around."

It seemed her tongue was still hurting; otherwise, Magong Tong wouldn't be speaking so softly.

Although Beichuan Si was tempted to try healing her with his death energy, he reconsidered on second thought as it might be inappropriate since using death energy would require physical contact.

And the tongue wasn't a place one could just casually touch.

So he simply dismissed the idea and focused on the matter at hand.

Yes, he was there to buy a Switch for Shenzhu Shihui.

"It would be great if Magong could assist me then. I am interested in looking at the Switch game console."

Beichuan Si said.

"The Switch, right...? Okay, this way, please." Magong Tong took a deep breath and led the way for Beichuan Si.

Perhaps because she was 'working,' Magong Tong didn't seem as constrained as usual, displaying an ease of manner in front of Beichuan Si.

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