Weird Tokyo, I am the master of strange stories

Chapter 8: If you see all appearances but no appearance, you will see the Tathagata

Yu Gonglang raised his eyebrows, and accidentally glanced at the blond girl beside him.

You little girl, you are so secretive.

It has to be said that Yu Gonglang's right eye can see through many things, and even peek into the "reality" of the world, but there are also some things that cannot be seen through.

For example, people's hearts.

If Ishikawa Yuki had really been hiding her true nature, he would naturally not be able to tell.

Master Fox also said that other people are hell.

Those who claim to be able to see through people's hearts are mostly arrogant and inexperienced people.

At this time, after seeing the sculpture clearly, Ishikawa Yuki stood stunned.

"Ai Shi...Who is Ai Shi?"

"So familiar, but I can't remember..."

Suddenly, she felt a slight chill on her cheeks.

When I reached out and touched it, there were tears.

"Why am I crying?"

In an instant, chaotic memories emerged from the girl's mind. She once had a close friend who had been with her since childhood. They were inseparable from kindergarten to high school.

She likes painting, and her best friend likes sculpture, and they joined the art club together in junior high school.

One day, her best friend asked her to help her draw a painting, saying it was a scene she saw in her dream.

Then, I don’t know when, strange stories about the pure white demon began to spread in the school.

Then, this best friend disappeared from her world.

"So it is."

Ishikawa Yuki covered her face with her hands, her body trembled slightly, and she sobbed.

"Ai Shi, I'm sorry, I actually forgot about you..."

Just as she was recalling everything, many pure white shadows were already sneaking in from all directions.

They stick to the walls, floors, and ceilings, attacking like real shadows, and even viscous white liquid gushes out of them, trying to drown and devour people.

After being killed once by Yu Gonglang, not only was the pure white demonic shadow not weakened, but it became even more terrifying!

Swish!
The demon knife split the strange sculpture into two.

The next moment, this realm of ghost stories collapsed in decay.
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Ishikawa Yuki opened her eyes.

Surrounded by quiet and peaceful art classrooms.

The people on the canvas and the half-length plaster statues all stared at her silently, everything seemed calm and peaceful.

There were no other female students around her, only Yu Gonglang was left.

Ishikawa Yuki said blankly: "Did we survive?"

Yu Gonglang said calmly: "We are safe, temporarily."

He looked at the statue in front of him that was divided into two halves. The cross-section was as smooth as a mirror, and said, "Ishikawa-san, should you explain now what the relationship between this statue and you is?"

After a while, Ishikawa Yuki told the memory she recalled, and the corners of her eyes couldn't help but turn red.

It's never a good feeling to lose and forget your most important friend.

She looked at the statue with complicated eyes and asked, "Is it the true form of the pure white demonic shadow?"

"It's just such a...a..."

Ishikawa Yuki only felt that it was extremely ridiculous.

A sculpture with a unique shape turned out to be a horror story wandering around the campus, taking the lives of an unknown number of people, and even his friends disappeared because of it.

Yu Gonglang said: "Most of the ghost stories are of such an existence."

"In the beginning, it was just a common thing and a story. After being spread with embarrassment and jealousy again and again, it was endowed with strange power by people's hearts."

"Belief, fear, talking about it...all make it stronger and more real."

He paused and continued: "However, rather than saying it is the 'real body', it is better to call it..."

"The truth."

"If you see all appearances and non-appearances, you will see the Tathagata."

This is what Master Fox said to Yu Gonglang in his previous life. At that time, Yu Gonglang couldn't understand and asked what "Tathagata" was. Master Fox only said, "Tathagata is Tathagata." "Children don't understand, don't ask questions." I have prevaricated the words of the class, but now I think about it, but I can chew some taste.

Ishikawa Yuki was confused, and a real question mark almost appeared on her head.

"The truth?"

"In other words, although the strange story about the pure white demon originated from this statue, now it has transcended the statue itself and has become a concept and symbol in the minds of the students. Whenever it is mentioned, they will be reminded of it."

Ishikawa Yuki's face turned pale and her voice trembled: "So... the pure white demonic shadow has not disappeared yet?"

"of course."

"This level of weird talk is not something that can be killed so casually."

Yu Gonglang said: "However, the destruction of the truth is not a small blow to him, and the strange talk domain will not regenerate in a short time."

Ishikawa Yuki was not happy at all.

The pure white phantom is like a dark cloud hanging over her heart, and if she doesn't get rid of it for a day, she will feel uneasy!

"Isn't there a way to completely eliminate Him?"

"Don't be in a hurry."

Yu Gonglang pointed at the statue: "Isn't the solution right here?"

"Use weirdness to defeat weirdness, use weird talk to eliminate weird talk!"

"To put it simply, as long as rumors about the true identity of the pure white phantom are spread on campus, and supplemented with some plausible evidence, the spread of fear can be curbed."

Ishikawa Yuki was stunned: "Isn't this just refuting rumors?"

"Almost, but also different."

Yu Gonglang explained: "People are always suspicious, and according to the primacy effect in communication science, people's first impression of a rumor is always very profound and difficult to reverse."

"It's like a woman who preconceived the man on the tram as a potential burglar. Even after checking her phone and proving her innocence, she still suspects that he has a wrong mind and just attempted burglary, and even hangs him up. Publicizing his 'crime' online without feeling like he has done anything wrong."

"Another example is that after some people criticize a certain piece of news, even if there is a reversal later, they are always suspicious, thinking that there is something fishy in it, and they will not apologize to the victims of the previous criticism."

"The same goes for ghost stories. If you directly say that this is the true face of the pure white demon, it will inevitably arouse doubts. But if you make some preparations, subtly change the students' impressions, and let them discover the true face of the pure white demon, The credibility will be improved a lot.”

"As long as people's perception of the Pure White Demon Shadow changes from a terrifying monster to a ridiculous statue, he will naturally lose his strange power."

Ishikawa Yuki was stunned for a while.

It took her a long time to chew and swallow these words, and she couldn't help but ask.

"Hanomiya-kun, where did you learn so much?"

Yu Gonglang smiled and said, "It's just because I have a good teacher."

Master Fox is a fox, but not an ordinary fox.

According to its own words, it is the cousin of Daji... who fascinated King Zhou of Shang Dynasty.

I also drank wine with King Zhou, stole fish from Ying Zheng's house, went hunting with Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, obtained a meritorious service, served as a teacher, served as a university professor, joined the army and fought in the war, and dusted ashes at a construction site... In this way, he has lived until the new era.

However, as far as Yu Gonglang knew, [-]% of these words were made up!
But Master Fox is indeed very knowledgeable. Not only is he familiar with ancient and modern works, he has studied Buddhism and Taoism, but he has also looked at the world and studied foreign psychology, human behavior, and communication.

It was under the influence of him and his fellow patients in Qingshan that the freak Yu Gonglang was born.

Seeing that Yu Gonglang didn't want to say more, Ishikawa Yuhime tactfully didn't ask, but just said.

"Hanomiya-san, please let me help with this matter!"

The flame of revenge is burning in her eyes, not only for herself, but also to avenge her friends!

(End of this chapter)