Ono Yoko's Ghost Encounter Story

1:30 PM.

Inside the reception room of the Keqin Exorcist Agency, Yamagishi Eiichi sat with a worried expression, his clothes disheveled, looking anxious.

He picked up the coffee on the table in front of him. As he brought the cup to his lips, his nose catching the rich aroma of coffee, he sighed again, put the cup down, and anxiously looked out the glass window of the reception room—he wished Shu Yunwen could appear before him immediately.

Ono Yoko's life had not been good these past two days. Or, one could say... it had been very bad.

On Thursday night, the police didn't leave until 11 PM. Ono Yoko had no intention of staying alone in the room where a murder had just occurred, so she asked Yamagishi Eiichi to book a room at a nearby hotel.

However, having just experienced such a misfortune, even with Yamagishi Eiichi accompanying her, Ono Yoko didn't fall asleep until 4 AM. Not long after she fell asleep, Ono Yoko woke up in terror and knocked on Yamagishi Eiichi's door. From Ono Yoko's stuttered words, Yamagishi Eiichi roughly understood what had happened.

Ono Yoko had a nightmare.

She had just fallen asleep when Fujie Akiyoshi appeared in her dream. Fujie Akiyoshi, covered in blood, was chasing her with a knife, shouting "Why?" In the end, she was cornered, and Fujie Akiyoshi menacingly lunged at her with the knife. She then woke up from the nightmare.

After waking up, Ono Yoko didn't dare to stay in the room alone, so she had to wake up Yamagishi Eiichi.

At the time, after listening to Ono Yoko finish, Yamagishi Eiichi guessed that she was simply startled and that her thoughts during the day had manifested in her dreams, causing the nightmare. He comforted her a few words and didn't think much of it.

But even though he didn't take it seriously, the same thing kept happening.

Due to the confidentiality of the case, although there were some media blockades, Ono Yoko was not significantly affected, and work had to continue.

On Friday morning, during a commercial shoot, Ono Yoko took advantage of the preparation time to rest in the lounge. However, after only two minutes, she screamed and fled the lounge—she had only closed her eyes for a minute, hadn't even fallen asleep, when the image of Fujie Akiyoshi holding a knife appeared before her eyes, and it was as if he was directly hacking at her.

In the afternoon, Ono Yoko attended an event. After it ended, she dozed off in the work vehicle and then woke up startled, still having dreamt of Fujie Akiyoshi, covered in blood and holding a knife.

The entire day on Saturday was the same. Because of this, last night, he and Ono Yoko had gone to see a psychiatrist. After understanding the situation, the doctor said that Ono Yoko was merely experiencing excessive psychological pressure due to suddenly being involved in a murder case, leading to self-suggestion, which was why this situation kept occurring.

Then, the psychologist suggested psychological therapy for Ono Yoko. As a result, with soothing music playing, the psychological therapy had just begun when, after only a few minutes of closing her eyes, Fujie Akiyoshi appeared before Ono Yoko again, scaring her so much that she jumped out of the therapy chair and ran out of the room.

Ono Yoko still hadn't slept on Saturday night.

This morning, because Ono Yoko's mental state was too poor, the agency gave her a day off.

Yamagishi Eiichi treated Ono Yoko like a newborn daughter. Therefore, even though Ono Yoko offered to give Yamagishi Eiichi a day off, the exhausted Yamagishi Eiichi still took the initiative to take care of her.

Around noon today, Ono Yoko and Yamagishi Eiichi were in the room arranged by the agency. When Yoko was washing her face in the bathroom, a bizarre situation occurred again. In the mirror in front of the washbasin, the phantom image of Fujie Akiyoshi actually appeared—this time, Yamagishi Eiichi was standing right beside her and saw it clearly.

He could be sure that this was absolutely not some damned psychological suggestion or hallucination.

It was the dead Fujie Akiyoshi!

This was a haunting!

Fujie Akiyoshi had become a ghost after his death and was now haunting Yoko!

It was at that moment that Yamagishi Eiichi remembered the crime scene, what Shu Yunwen had said, and the deputy head of the Keqin Exorcist Agency, Matsushita, who had given Ono Yoko a business card at the crime scene.

Afterward, Yamagishi Eiichi entrusted Ono Yoko to someone from the agency and personally came to visit the address on the business card—he was worried that if he called, Shu Yunwen wouldn't take it seriously enough and would delay.

Given Ono Yoko's current mental state, they really couldn't afford any delays. Any further delay would be fatal.

As Yamagishi Eiichi was pondering this, two familiar figures flashed past the glass window of the reception room. Yamagishi Eiichi's eyes lit up, and he quickly stood up, almost jogging out of the reception room: "Shu Yunwen-sama, Deputy Head Matsushita, hello. Please forgive my unannounced visit. I am Yamagishi Eiichi, Ms. Ono Yoko's agent..."

Shu Yunwen smiled and nodded: "Mr. Yamagishi, I remember you. I had Matsushita-kun give Ms. Ono Yoko a business card, but you were the one who took it."

"That's right, Yunwen-sama," Yamagishi Eiichi nodded quickly. "I apologize, Ms. Ono Yoko was too heartbroken at the time. So, if she was rude in any way, please forgive her."

"Mr. Yamagishi, you are too kind. I understand the situation at the time, how could I be angry? Rather, it was I who was rude for giving Ms. Ono a business card in that situation." With that, Shu Yunwen turned to Secretary Adachi, who was standing at the back, and said, "Adachi-kun, please make me a cup of coffee, thank you. By the way, Matsushita-kun, would you like anything to drink?"

Matsushita Heisaburo said, "A glass of water will be fine."

"Please wait a moment." Adachi Roppei nodded in response and began preparing nearby.

Shu Yunwen waved to the anxious Yamagishi Eiichi, motioning for him to sit down, and said with a smile, "Mr. Yamagishi, please sit and talk. No matter how urgent it is, it's not this very moment, is it?"

Yamagishi Eiichi quickly said, "No, Shu Yunwen-sama, Yoko-chan's situation is very dangerous..."

As Ono Yoko's safety was involved, Yamagishi Eiichi disregarded politeness and hurriedly recounted the past three days of Ono Yoko's situation. Finally, he knelt on the ground, his forehead touching the floor, and pleaded, "...So, Yunwen-sama, please, you must take action and save Yoko! As long as Yoko-chan is safe, I, we are willing to pay any price!"

Shu Yunwen smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Yamagishi, you say that as if we would make any unreasonable demands... We are a legitimate exorcist agency. As long as you pay our fee, we will definitely help you solve your troubles."

Yamagishi Eiichi immediately apologized, "I'm very sorry, Yunwen-sama. I was too anxious, so my words were inappropriate. Please forgive me."

Shu Yunwen nodded, then picked up the coffee on the table in front of him and took a sip. "Mr. Yamagishi, please allow me to ask, Ms. Ono has only seen Fujie Akiyoshi in mirrors so far, correct?"

What do you mean "only"? This was already terrifying enough!

Yamagishi Eiichi grumbled inwardly and nodded repeatedly, "That's right, Yunwen-sama. I think this is already very dangerous. If it continues like this, Fujie Akiyoshi's evil spirit might... So, I beg you, Yunwen-sama!"

Shu Yunwen smiled and explained, "Mr. Yamagishi, please rest assured, Ms. Ono will be absolutely fine."

With that, Shu Yunwen looked at his watch: "It's 2:15 PM now. Ms. Ono will be absolutely fine before 12 AM tonight. As for the best time for exorcism today, it will be at 4:50 PM... So, how about this: you go back now. We also need to make some preparations for the exorcism. When the time comes, we will meet again, how about it?"

"Th-this..." Yamagishi Eiichi hesitated, but upon meeting Shu Yunwen's gaze, he feared being directly rejected if he disagreed, so he gritted his teeth and agreed, "...Alright. Yunwen-san, this is Yoko-chan's contact number at the agency. Also, this is my and Yoko-chan's pager numbers and mobile numbers. Everything is in your hands!"

"Don't worry, I will resolve it for you." Shu Yunwen turned and said, "Matsushita-kun, please give Mr. Yamagishi our pager numbers as well."

"Yes, Yunwen-sama."

Matsushita Heisaburo gave both pager numbers to Yamagishi Eiichi. After a few more pleasantries, Yamagishi Eiichi stood up, bowed, and left in a hurry.

He also needed to go back and make preparations.

In addition, he needed to inform the agency about the exorcism so they could be prepared.

If those ubiquitous media outlets were to find out about this matter and report on it extensively, it wouldn't have any negative repercussions.

After Yamagishi Eiichi left, Matsushita Heisaburo asked, "Yunwen-sama, Yamagishi-san said that Fujie Akiyoshi's vengeful spirit can already appear in mirrors. Can you... resolve it?"

Shu Yunwen sneered dismissively. "Matsushita-kun, do you know what a vengeful spirit is? A vengeful spirit is something that can directly appear before ordinary people and attack them. And for a vengeful spirit to form is incredibly difficult. Fujie Akiyoshi has only been dead for three days; even if you put him in a place with extremely heavy yin energy, he couldn't become a vengeful spirit."

"He's just a slightly more powerful newborn ghost right now. As for being able to manifest in mirrors, that should just be an illusion."

"Just an illusion?" Matsushita Heisaburo was surprised.

Shu Yunwen nodded. "Didn't Yamagishi-san take Ono Yoko to see a psychologist? That psychologist wasn't entirely wrong. What they're seeing is all false. What people's eyes see doesn't depend on the eyes themselves, but on the brain. Fujie Akiyoshi's Soul Power has been gradually strengthening due to his obsession. At first, he could only influence Ono Yoko, but now he's even affecting Yamagishi Eiichi."

"He never actually appeared in the mirror. He merely used his Soul Power to influence the brains of Ono Yoko and Yamagishi Eiichi, creating the illusion that Fujie Akiyoshi was in the mirror."

"If he could truly manifest in mirrors, Ono Yoko and Yamagishi Eiichi would be dead by now!"

A vengeful spirit that can manifest is not something a novice [W] Sorcerer like him can handle. Even if a Ghost Sorcerer has a natural advantage against any ghost or monster, he would have to become an intermediate [W] Sorcerer before he could deal with such a vengeful spirit.

Matsushita Heisaburo opened his mouth but asked no further questions.

Shu Yunwen's answer was truly impressive!

Yeah, he had that feeling of "I don't understand, but it sounds amazing."