This Japanese Slice-of-Life Isn’t Lame - Chapter 23 Distance—Less than Two Meters!

Kitagawa Tera quietly watched Kamiya Mirai for a while before continuing to walk in. Kamiya Mirai, who was stared at until her hair stood, quickly hurried to follow him.

As a residual red ray shone on the entire lake park, and cold mist rose above the lake.

The lake gave the impression of coldness, and Kamiya Mirai thought so too.

The Kitagawa Tera walking in front did not seem to plan on bringing her to the scenic woods but instead walked along the lake embankment.

The lake was not large as a whole, and it took only around three to four minutes to walk around it.

Because it was winter, the lake water was turbid and dark green when they walked closer.

It was just too dirty.

Kamiya Mirai subconsciously moved farther away from the lake.

Chills permeated the air…

Although the sun was setting, the temperature was not supposed to drop so low. Kamiya Mirai felt like her entire body seemed to be soaked in ice water.

So cold… Kamiya Mirai shivered, and her lips pale asked, “Tera-kun, where are we going?”

“…” He did not speak but continued staggering forward.

Seeing Kitagawa Tera still walking silently, Kamiya Mirai vaguely sensed that something was amiss.

In her impression, Kitagawa Tera walked swiftly with large steps, so why was he staggering now?

Kamiya Mirai opened her eyes wide and observed Kitagawa Tera in front.

Kitagawa Tera’s movements were very slow, his body was stiff, and his head was being pulled, looking like…

Like a dead man!

A cold feeling swept through Kamiya Mirai’s entire body, and she quietly looked back.

Unknowingly, the route they took was out of sight, and everything was shrouded in thick mist.

Gulp…

Kamiya Mirai’s scalp was numb. She could barely keep her expression calm, fighting not to let that unknown existence in front notice her.

She quietly took out her wallet, placed it where she was as a sign requesting help, and continued moving forward step by step.

After she followed for a while, the ‘Kitagawa Tera’ in front suddenly stopped.

Alarms immediately rang in Kamiya Mirai’s mind. She raised her concentration to the highest level, stretched her legs taut, and held her handbag tightly.

“You can go first.” Kitagawa Tera’s voice floated over.

The mist had unknowingly dispersed. Kamiya Mirai came back to her senses.

It turned out that she had unwittingly been brought to the lake park entrance by Kitagawa Tera.

Is it possible… that… my hallucination?

It was still that ray of setting sun and the lake park without change.

Kamiya Mirai heaved a large breath of relief. She could not worry about so much, so she clutched her handbag and immediately wanted to run out of the lake park.

“One more thing.” A shadow towered over Kamiya Mirai.

“What thing?” Kamiya Mirai swallowed her saliva and turned back.

The other party extended his hand, and something was lying on his palm.

It was square-shaped.

Isn’t this my wallet that I had just left at that place?!

Kamiya Mirai, who had just relaxed a bit, suddenly felt her hair stand on end. She clenched her teeth so that she would not make a sound and raised her head.

Her exquisite pupils reflected a shining metal bat.

It’s over.

Kamiya Mirai’s limbs froze. She watched the metal bat ruthlessly swing at her through the air but could not take a single step.

Bang!!!!!

A dull yet crisp sound.

A fair hand wrapped in dense black mist caught the bat.

Under Kamiya Mirai’s stunned expression, Kitagawa Tera caught the bat. And instead of moving backward, he moved forward. His palm flipped, his body turned, and his center of gravity shifted from waist to lower body. One leg violently kicked at his opponent.

This decisive action of ‘he could not wait to smash his own face upon seeing it’ sent chills down the spines of those watching.

His kick knocked the other party a few meters away. Kitagawa Tera stood in the horse stance in front of Kamiya Mirai as the black mist in his hands grew thicker.

Eight Extremities Fist.

“Tera-kun.” Kamiya Mirai, who was terrified and trembling, barely regained her senses.

“This is the re-enactment of the scene of the victim. I assume Hoshino Nana was killed in the same way. Giving her a glimpse of hope of escaping only to end it in despair.” Kitagawa Tera’s calm and cold voice sounded.

Hearing the familiar tone, Kamiya Mirai only felt her body relax and her feet go soft.

It was Kitagawa Tera himself!

Since he appeared here, her safety should be no issue.

But Kitagawa Tera did not think like that.

Within the two seconds that Kamiya Mirai had disappeared, he immediately noticed that the mist was unusual.

What happened next was much simpler. He used Cadaveric Aura to find Kamiya Mirai’s exact location and then followed behind her.

“I didn’t expect that the outcome was this thing… wraith and remnant souls collective.”

Yes, the other party was not only Hoshino Nana’s wraith but a combination of a few female wraiths that formed a powerful wraith.

Kitagawa Tera originally thought that only Hoshino Nana had been killed in the lake park. But now it seemed that the murderer had killed more than one person here.

“Tera-kun! Your face!” Kamiya Mirai’s surprised voice came from behind.

Kitagawa Tera subconsciously touched his face and did not discover anything abnormal before hearing Kamiya Mirai. “I mean the opposite Tera-kun’s face!”

“…” Kitagawa Tera.

Kitagawa Tera held back the urge to pummel Kamiya Mirai and looked at the other ‘him’.

The other party’s head was twisted upward at an extremely exaggerated angle. The entire head looked as though Kitagawa Tera had kicked it off.

A black fluid flowed down the damaged face.

As the black liquid increased, the face and hair seemed to be unable to bear the heavy load and slid downward.

Kamiya Mirai covered her mouth, watching this horrifying scene with a frozen expression.

Small human faces were densely packed and painfully squeezed on the original ‘Kitagawa Tera’s’ face. From where she was, she could clearly see the vivid, painful expressions of those faces.

At this point, the human-faced wraith could not care less. Its chest twitched for a while as flesh meshed together, and then Hoshino Nana’s face completely appeared on the chest.

There was no white in her eyes, and her black eyeballs stared at the two people before her viciously.

The malice in those eyes made Kamiya Mirai’s fingers tremble, feeling like her body was immersed in ice water.

Under these circumstances, Kitagawa Tera’s voice came from afar. “Are you ready?”

“Ready for what?” Kamiya Mirai was stunned. She subconsciously thought Kitagawa Tera wanted to escape with her.

The monster in front did not seem like something that human power could overcome at all.

“Ready for what…?” Kitagawa Tera glanced at Kamiya Mirai and said matter-of-factly, “Take pictures of course.”

“Ah?!” Kamiya Mirai opened her mouth wide and stared at Kitagawa Tera in disbelief.

“You can record a video if you don’t like taking pictures,” Kitagawa Tera replied casually.

At this moment, the twitching face of flesh on the wraith was already rushing over!

Distance—less than two meters!