After parking his beloved motorcycle "Sengoku Samurai" (modified by Yamaha XJR4000) in the open-air parking lot, Sousuke Araki put his hands on his hips and looked up at the tall apartment in front of him.

"This is where my great career begins..."

This five-story, twenty-family white apartment building is located less than a kilometer from Sensoji Temple in Taito District, where he is renting a new house.

During the day, Sosuke Araki was brought by the housing agent to hand over the keys, and he also brought some luggage by the way.

For the interview, he specially turned down the part-time job tonight, so he came back straight after coming out of the Internet cafe.

Under the night, the outer walls of the dilapidated apartment were filled with pale whiteness, and only a few windows were dimly lit, making them more gloomy and depressing.

Sousuke Araki's eyes are now focused on the darkness behind the apartment building.

A blue and white tower towering into the sky, blooming with soft lights of thousands of colors and reds, like a tree, stretching in the vast night sky, blooming splendid flowers.

The magnificent Skytree and the dim and dilapidated apartments are intertwined, as if reality and dream are incompatible but not inconsistent.

Yes, from the parking lot in front of the apartment, you can see the tallest building in Japan and a new landmark of Tokyo, Tokyo Skytree.

Then here comes the problem.

How did Sosuke Araki rent a one-bedroom apartment in the [Kangzen Apartment], which is conveniently located near popular areas such as Ueno, Asakusa, and Akihabara, at a monthly "jumping price" of 30,000 yen?

You must know that the monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the core of Taito District starts from 100,000 yen.

This does not include various up-front costs such as deposits, key money, security deposits, cleaning fees, property fees, fire insurance, and agency fees that are required for renting a house in Japan.

As for the answer, it wasn't that Sousuke Araki was lucky or possessed some superb negotiating skills.

The apartment before Tibet belongs to "psychologically flawed objects".

Also known as the haunted house.

Japan, where the suicide rate remains high, can be described as full of haunted houses, with tens of thousands of houses just registered.

In view of the law, landlords cannot hide from renters "mental defects" that have occurred in the property.

Therefore, a large number of professional haunted house identification and intermediary websites have emerged as the times require. Even the incidents that happened in the room and the detailed police information can be inquired, which can be read as horror novels.

As an "atheist in the early days of his business", Sosuke Araki decided to rent the current house on an intermediary website called "Be careful! .

So far, the results are satisfactory.

As for what happened in the Kuramae apartment, Sousuke Araki naturally wouldn't go into it.

After all, I've already signed a two-year lease. Wouldn't it be hard for me to find out now?

After expressing his emotions, Sousuke Araki held the cardboard box in the back seat of the motorcycle and walked towards the door of the apartment.

I don't know if it was because the property management company was trying to save electricity bills or something else, but after 9 p.m., the lights at the door of the apartment went out.

Only the green "emergency escape indicator" was flashing.

At the window on the third floor directly above the door of the apartment, a young woman with short hair was standing there, seemingly enjoying the night view.

The woman seemed to be very tall, and from Sousuke Araki's point of view, her head almost reached the ceiling.

Seeing Sosuke Araki looking over, he just nodded politely at him and turned away.

"Is the resident on the third floor quite friendly?" Sousuke Araki felt a little pity that he didn't have time to see the other's face clearly.

Zangqian apartment, naturally, there are other people staying there.

For the poor who don't even have physical shelter, who cares about the mere psychological flaws.

Living in a haunted house never depends on courage, but on compromise on the edge of survival.

Room 102 of the Kuramae apartment rented by Sosuke Araki is located at the end of the corridor on the first floor.

This is an old "tatami one-bedroom", with a total area of ​​just over ten square meters.

On the left and right sides of the small porch at the entrance, there are miniature stoves and compact toilets and showers.

Going further inside, there is only one room.

The walls and tatami are obviously new, and there is a pungent smell.

In the center of the room is a low table left by the landlord, which acts as a dining table and a stove.

When sleeping, just move the table away and put the quilt in the closet.

Except for a low table, and a bunch of personal belongings he packed during the day, there was nothing else.

True family disciples have four walls.

"Hey, when the salary is paid, let's go to the antique shop to buy some home appliances."

Putting down the things in his hand, Araki Sousuke was about to take a shower and sleep, but sadly found that the shower was broken.

The rusty shower head struggled to spray a few drops of black unknown liquid, and then it stopped moving.

"Today is really... unfortunate... I remember that the agent said that there is a Senso near here..."

While thinking about it, Sousuke Araki took a change of clothes and went out.

Walking in the dark and long and narrow corridor, the flashing green indicator light gives people a creepy feeling.

"This property company is too stingy."

Walking on the path in front of the apartment, the starlight in the sky made Sosuke Araki feel that his breathing was much easier.

"Ah, it's here, it's not closed yet, Lucky!"

Walking along the path for a while, he successfully found the public bath that the agent said was written "Jomon Zenyu".

"Wash away bad luck~ Wash away bad luck~"

In the bathroom, Sousuke Araki sat happily on a small stool, humming a tune he composed, rubbing his head and covering his body with foam.

It was a little late, and when he came in, he was alone here.

"...As soon as those guys saw Akagi-san's tattoo, UU reading www.uukanshu.com immediately freaked out."

"That's natural. Right now, everyone in the Ministry thinks that Brother Akagi is the candidate for the next minister."

The three neat and smooth men walked into the bathing place jokingly.

The middle-aged man in the lead had a little golden hair, exaggerated ear studs and lip studs, and his entire arm and back were covered with large tattoos.

He almost didn't write "I'm the big brother Jidao" on his face.

The two men behind him were constantly courting him.

"Yes, yes, last time Akagi-san knocked that guy to the ground with one punch."

"And that time, that time with a beer bottle..."

"It's just..."

While sitting down to take a bath, the three of them kept bragging about "Akagi-sang's glorious deeds".

"Heh heh~ The peach blossoms are summoned~ The bad luck is gone~"

Sousuke Araki still hummed a little song loudly, rubbing the foam with his hands between his legs, ignoring the arrival of the three at all.

"That kid... a little noisy."

The man known as "Akagi-san" looked at a certain man in the corner who had already turned himself into a "humanoid self-propelled foam monster".

"Boy, I advise you to be quiet..."

Another man immediately yelled at Sousuke Araki.

But Sousuke Araki, who was addicted to washing his hair, didn't seem to hear his voice.

"Are today's young people so arrogant? It seems that I have an obligation to teach them a lesson."

"Oh? Being able to receive Akagi-sang's personal education will help him avoid many detours in the future. Recently, these 'relaxed generations'..."

"Akagi-san" stood up, holding a small flushing tub in his hand, and walked slowly behind Sousuke Araki...

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