The Cursed Gamer, Book 3

434: A Foolish Deal with an Excellent Result

Chapter 434: A Foolish Deal with an Excellent Result

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Neji suppressed his annoyance at the devils and sat down again. He looked Serafall a little less cheerfully now, and that seemed to hurt her.

She suppressed those personal feelings and reported them professionally. "Sona reported to me that on your first day, you met a teacher who was a spy from the Yokai faction. Do you remember?"

"Hm," Neji nodded. The girls around him, especially Rumi and Ryukyu, were paying great attention to her words.

"As you know, she returned to her Yokai masters once she was caught. A few days ago, we received a complaint, a threat, from the Yokai Queen, Yasaka. She called me, as the Satan responsible for Foreign Affairs, for a talk. I had to manage time even though the world was in turmoil, and when I went to Kyoto to meet her, I was presented with a complicated situation." She hesitated and then snapped her finger.

A doll appeared on the table. Neji's eyelids twitched but he didn't move. Serafall held the doll and looked at Neji, "Apparently, the cat girl woman who was acting as the spy, Yuhei Kotazaki, was found in her room as a toy. This... doll. Yasaka thought it was the devils who cursed Yuhei, but I had no idea about it. I recognized the appearance a little, however, from those pictures you showed me. So I asked for the doll so that I can show you."

Neji stared at the doll. It was a small doll, the type that's known as "kimmidoll" in Japanese culture. It was made out of hard, stone resin, the size of his palm. The figure had hair of yellow, eyes of blue, while its shirt was white and its pencil skirt black. And there... was a silver choker collar on the neck.

"The other Satans aren't aware of this," she hesitated, and then slowly passed the doll to him. "Here you go."

Neji slowly accepted the toy. His arm moved numbly as he reached out to grab it, and [Observe] read the damned name it has.

[Kimi Doll 3 - out of 6]

[Gather all 6 dolls to see a message.]

"...." Neji held it and looked at the face, the doll's face was shaped like a (⁠◠⁠‿⁠◕⁠) emote with one eye winking at him.

What was this damned thing? It wasn't any kind of misunderstanding either, it literally said her name. "Third out of six..."

"Uh, my lord," Raynare chimed and he turned to her. "There was a similar toy left behind in Aika Kiryuu's room after she vanished. I am sorry, I didn't get the chance to mention since you suddenly descended on Jerusalem right after I said she vanished..."

Neji blinked. He didn't waste time blaming her and activated Jogan. His eyes searched the mansion behind him, and he found the doll in question right away. With a thought, he teleported the thing to his other hand.

"This is kind of creepy," Rumi said as she and everyone else looked at the new doll.

The doll didn't look creepy, but the concept of this whole thing was weird. The doll was another "kimmidoll", and it wore a school dress. The one that Kuoh High students, the one that Aika Kiryuu, used to wear.

[Kimi Doll 4 - out of 6]

"It says... four out of six," Neji muttered aloud, but the girls' were as confused as he was. "Sisty, is Observe saying 'Kimi Doll' instead of 'Kimmidoll'? Is that an error?"

[No, master. The doll type is kimmidoll, yes, but they have the name Kimi Doll. It is as you think it is...]

"Fuck," he groaned.

"Neji-nee," a voice called all of a sudden; the door of the mansion opened and Hinata ran out. Her Tenseigan was active, meaning she had been watching and listening to the conversation.