New Area: Asahikawa City (Three-and-a-Half to Five Stars)! Side Quests: Shrine Ema and Ghost Dad

Chisa silently breathed a sigh of relief.

She had been in Hokkaido for several days, so she knew about the impostors. Sister Ririko had killed huge numbers of them before. They weren't particularly powerful monsters.

As long as she made good use of her wits, her chances of surviving an encounter were still quite high. If there were only one or two of them, she could just barely deal with them while armed.

But what was a "Bell Ghost"...

—A ghost? A monster?

After seeing those two lines of prompts, Uesugi Tetsu's mood was not as relaxed as Chisa's.

What was a ghost?

Until now, he had never encountered a supernatural creature with that character as a suffix.

It was neither a supernatural creature nor an ordinary monster from Everworld. It didn't seem to be a supernatural phenomenon, either. What exactly was this "ghost"?

Uesugi Tetsu felt like having Chisa open more True Sight Eyes to inspect the corpses, but he was also worried that seeing something might summon the Bell Ghost itself.

Hadn't all the impostors who had encountered the Bell Ghost ended up dead? The corpses covering the ground were the best proof of how dangerous it was.

Uesugi Tetsu observed in silence for a while longer before saying,

"Don't move yet. We'll talk after all the impostors in the classroom are dead."

Chisa obediently stood motionless in place like a doll.

Her originally pounding heart slowly returned to normal as well.

Because her master's words...

Were truly reassuring.

After waiting another three or four minutes, Uesugi Tetsu watched expressionlessly as the last three or four impostors tore at one another until they no longer looked human. Suddenly, a prompt popped up before his eyes—

``` [It has been detected that you have remained in a new area