The Clues to a New Area in the City of False Humans from Fifteen Years Ago! A Ghost God Puppet's Probe, Struck Dead by Lightning Upon Leaving Home

So it really was that city in Hokkaido...

All the demons and monsters above the Ghost God level throughout Hokkaido had been wiped out by Nanjō Emi. Only this "Haunted House" remained, so it definitely had something extraordinary about it.

But he hadn't expected even Ririko to find it somewhat troublesome.

Uesugi Tetsu glanced at the timestamp of the Line message. It had been sent two hours ago.

Ririko was probably waiting for his reply, so he immediately typed out a question. Drawing on his extensive experience reading light novels and case files, he added a reminder.

[Moon Sand-chan: Give me the details. What exactly is wrong with it?]

[Moon Sand-chan: Also, don't send voice messages. Something "wrong" like a Supernatural Phenomenon might be able to spread through sound.]

Before ten seconds had passed, both messages he had sent showed as read, and Ririko immediately replied—

[Ririko: You really are meticulous, Uesugi-kun.]

[Ririko: The Special Affairs Division has warned us about this too. Supernatural Phenomena can spread rapidly through voice recordings, pictures, word of mouth, and even shared recognition.

In some special cases, text works as well, though its transmission is relatively weak.]

[Ririko: Actually, I also took pictures of that city with a specially made camera, and showed them to several different death-row inmates under the Special Affairs Division's strict regulations.

Although it seemed unrelated, just to be safe, I didn't send them over.]

Uesugi Tetsu relaxed slightly.

It would probably be fine if she sent them to him, but if something went wrong along the way and pictures of the "strange Haunted House city" spread online, the consequences could be disastrous.

It seemed that although Ririko's power and sword heart were formidable, they hadn't taken over her intelligence.

[Moon Sand-chan: All right, tell me. What exactly is wrong