This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame

Beichuan Si looked at Mouchi Mashi, and Mouchi Mashi also looked at Beichuan Si.

There wasn't the slightest hint of fear on her face.

In fact, Mouchi Mashi didn't need to be afraid because everything she said was the truth.

Yes.

From the beginning until now, she hadn't hidden anything from Beichuan Si.

Since she wasn't lying, there was naturally no need to panic.

She spoke again:

"Actually... in the past ten years, every Mouchi Main Family member who escaped carried a scarlet seal that experienced a stagnation period."

"Stagnation period?" Beichuan Si waved his hand, signaling Mouchi Mashi to continue.

"Right. A stagnation period. During this time, the scarlet seal doesn't continue to grow."

Mouchi Mashi nodded, then spread her hands, and said seriously, "When I was twenty years old, the 'scarlet seal' didn't actually appear on my wrist. The real appearance of the 'scarlet seal'... that should have been last December... close to New Year."

"Last December... If Mr. Beichuan remembers, he should be aware of that incident."

Mouchi Mashi looked seriously at Beichuan Si.

That incident?

Beichuan Si blinked.

Last December... close to New Year... wasn't that the time he was reborn?

...The time when the scarlet seal resumed absorbing life energy... coincided with when I came back to life?

Is it a coincidence, or...?

Beichuan Si suppressed the extra thoughts in his mind and signaled Mouchi Mashi to continue with a calm gaze.

"Since the end of last December, both strange and supernatural events have greatly increased. Doesn't Mr. Beichuan know?"

Mouchi Mashi quickly turned her mind as she looked at Beichuan Si and couldn't help but ask.

"I only started exorcism activities this January, so it's reasonable that I don't know these things."

Beichuan Si said with a calm tone.

His overly calm tone made Mouchi Mashi unable to hold back any longer, and she exclaimed in shock:

"Just... in over half a year... Mr. Beichuan has grown to such an extent?!"

"Hmm."

"Did anyone guide Mr. Beichuan about exorcism-related matters before?"

Mouchi Mashi asked again.

"No." Beichuan Si shook his head straightforwardly.

To insist on saying, it was merely that Beichuan Si had an additional system.

And in fact, with a system like this... achieving such growth in a little over half a year is considered normal.

Beichuan Si still remembers some of the web novels he read before.

The protagonist with a system would directly slay gods when encountering them and slay Buddhas when he met them, killing anyone he couldn't stand... Compared to them, my growth is really slow.

"How is it possible..."

Compared to the matter-of-fact Beichuan Si, Mouchi Mashi was dumbfounded, collapsing to the ground.

Even with the scarlet seal, she herself could only reach this level in over half a year, but Beichuan Si, a complete exorcist novice without a guide... how on earth did he become so impressive?

It's unimaginable.

While she was questioning life, Beichuan Si's voice rang again:

"Go on."

"Ah... okay." Mouchi Mashi nodded, "In short, my scarlet seal also began to grow slowly when strange and supernatural events started increasing."

"After that, people began organizing explorations into the Mouchi Main Family... but as I mentioned earlier... they all disappeared without a trace in the dense mansion complex. My parents, too..."

At this point, Mouchi Mashi stopped speaking.

However, the content of her words caught Beichuan Si's attention.

Because Beichuan Si transmigrated into this 'Beichuan Si' body in January, he remembered nothing of the previous happenings.

Thus, Beichuan Si had always thought of this world's Japan as a place where supernatural and strange events were commonplace.

When he first transmigrated... Beichuan Si didn't yet have lifeless energy and could only solve haunting issues like the hanging woman in his house, the ghost in the mirror, or the squirming meat block in the dining room using Spirit Talismans gifted by the system to gain skill points... Beichuan Si originally thought this world's Japan was inherently like that.

But——

Now it seems that might not be the case.

According to Mouchi Mashi, after she transmigrated here, strange and supernatural things in all of Japan seemed to stir restlessly.

To dismiss these occurrences as mere coincidences... seems inappropriate.

Could it really be a death god high school student? That crossing over into this world brings about such events?

While Beichuan Si pondered, Mouchi Mashi had already gathered her thoughts and continued:

"The absorption of life energy by the scarlet seal and the significant increase in supernatural and strange events... our Mouchi family, responsible for maintaining the balance between the hidden and current worlds, naturally took notice. Considering all these conditions... we concluded——"

Mouchi Mashi paused:

"Perhaps the Mouchi Witch did something in the Yellow Springs."

"Maybe rituals in the Yellow Springs, perhaps a suppression... In short, the means left by the Mouchi Witch in the Yellow Springs gradually failed over time... leading to an imbalance between the hidden and current worlds, causing strange and supernatural events to spring up like mushrooms after rain."

Mouchi Mashi looked at Beichuan Si: "And perhaps the Mouchi family's scarlet seal is connected to the methods left by the Mouchi Witch. Only by conducting the same event once more will the curse of the scarlet seal re-enter its stagnation phase. The appearance of the scarlet seal certainly equates to a signal of some sort."