Someone suddenly said something in the crowd, and in an instant... everyone around them froze.
"The real Jigoku Shoujo? The real Ai?"
"That's impossible... How could Jigoku Shoujo be real? I even logged into the Hell Channel at midnight. It didn't exist at all!"
A slightly chubby boy replied skeptically. If it were real, that would be far too abnormal.
"If she isn't real, then how did she disappear?"
A girl standing beside him could not help retorting.
"This..."
Meanwhile, Enma Ai had already appeared on another street. Before she had time to lose her temper, she discovered... her phone was ringing.
"A new request has appeared..."
Looking at her phone, Enma Ai became slightly more serious.
Chapter 153: The Beginning
Chuo Ward was one of Tokyo Metropolis's twenty-three special wards. Because it was located right in the center of the twenty-three wards, it received its name.
As one of Tokyo's twenty-three wards, Chuo Ward was in no way comparable to places like Adachi Ward or Nerima Ward. Not only was it located at the heart of Tokyo, it was also the center of Japan's economy, information, commerce, and more.
Japan's economic core, including famous banks and stock exchanges, was located in Chuo Ward. In addition, Ginza, Nihonbashi, where large cloth shops and department store headquarters gathered, and Tsukiji, famous for its fish market, were all within this ward.
Because of its economic status, within Tokyo, it was probably second only to Chiyoda Ward, Japan's political and economic center, and Minato Ward, the international core district. Of course, the charming, bustling commercial districts of Shinjuku and Shibuya were not necessarily inferior to it in some respects.
Inside an international financial company in Chuo Ward, a middle-aged man in his thirties, perhaps even nearing forty, was leisurely drinking tea in