Ghost Simulator [Anime Crossover]

You are playing a game

Bad news: It's a horror game

Good news: You are an indescribable horror

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[Wild God]

Long, long ago, the Wild God learned a secret from a true deity.

It was not the gods who created humanity.

It was humanity who created the gods.

The ancient gods crossed the sea and came here.

They were murdered on this land.

Afterward, ghosts and monsters overran the mortal world, and curses sprang up everywhere.

[Mermaid]

A six-eyed sorcerer from Izumo sets out on a journey to Great Tang.

But the sea fog steers his ship toward the "Immortal Isle."

The island is filled with ambrosia and rare plants and treasures.

Beneath it, however, bones pile up and rivers of blood flow.

[Bone Woman]

In Heian-kyo, there once lived a female physician from Tang.

Her medical skills were so extraordinary that she could raise the dead and restore flesh to bare bones.

The Ubuyashiki family paid a fortune to summon her and treat their frail, sickly young son.

Every evening at dusk, the physician came to administer acupuncture.

On the seventh day, she arrived a little late.

The person who had been too ill to get out of bed just the day before had somehow turned into a demon in the moonlight.

[Puppet]

The war waged by the Fujiwara sorcerers against the King of Curses was officially declared a failure.

To save their own lives, the nobles respectfully welcomed into the capital and paid homage to the very being they had once sought to exterminate.

The King of Curses looked at them as if watching a play staged just for him.

But compared to the puppets manipulated onstage,

he was more interested in the "people" pulling the strings.

[Mountain Spirit]

To protect her child, a fox fled into the mountains, pursued by humans.

"Lord Mountain Spirit, this child has the blood of a demon. Please take pity..."

The mist shifted, and fragrance filled the air.

Before the fox breathed her last, the Mountain Spirit took the child at her side.

Many years later, the demons wreaking havoc in Heian-kyo grew ever more unruly.

An onmyoji named Seimei began to make a name for himself.

[Shadow Woman]

Teruhime of the Zenin family was frail, destined to die young.

Like cherry blossoms that bloom for only a brief moment in spring before falling in the wind and rain.

To keep her from fading, the head of the Zenin family hid her in the shadows.

But in the end, she was still stolen away by a vile person.

The King of the Quincy nourished her with blood.

"O Mother Goddess, long asleep, open your eyes..."

[Woman in the Painting]

The head of the Gojo family discovered an ancient painting from the Nara period in the family's vault.

With just a few strokes, it vividly depicted a beautiful woman, half-concealed behind a thin veil of mist.

He became obsessed with it and hung it in his room to admire.

Half-dreaming and half-awake, he seemed to step into the painting.

Gauzy silk fluttered, mist filled the air, and waves of golden light shimmered across the sea.

[Ubagabi]

Once world-renowned, the great onmyoji had completely succumbed to the blood of a half-demon.

When he returned to the mortal world, he saw a familiar face.

A noblewoman in feathered robes held a freshly cut-open demonic fetus in her bloodstained hands, smiling faintly.

Just as she had a thousand years ago.

"I'm Nue's new mother..."

[Hidden Village]

Yoriichi accidentally arrived in a wondrous land.

Here, the weather was favorable and the land abundant. Everyone had enough to eat and wear, and lived long, healthy lives.

It was so beautiful, it seemed like a dream.

A dream he didn't want to wake from.

[Smoky Woman]

A legend is told in Yoshiwara.

They say that the pain and resentment of women can summon a monster called Enenra.

Ume, tied up and set alight, had heard the legend too.

Amid the scorching smoke of her agony, a smoke-like monster coiled around her burning skin and whispered in her ear.

"This won't do, little Ume. You have to get your revenge... Don't have the strength? If you want revenge, Ume, I can lend you mine..."

[Snow Woman]

Dazai had a secret.

When he was very young, he had once seen a monster with his own eyes.

The monster that came from the snow marked his forehead with pale fingers stained with blood.

She looked at him with sorrowful eyes.

"Don't tell anyone. Otherwise, I'll have no choice but to kill you."

[Painted Skin]

A military doctor rescued a girl on Eternal Darkness Island.

Her skin was pale, her lips rosy, and she was beautiful as a specter.

Ever since she arrived, soldiers had frequently gone missing without explanation.

"I'm hungry, Dr. Mori."

"I know, I know."

Mori sighed and resigned himself to revising the report.

The girl's appetite was growing. At this rate, sooner or later, she'd be exposed.

[Cursed Spirit's Child]

During a mission,

two high school boys rescued a child who fed on cursed spirits and feared sunlight.

The higher-ups deemed her a humanoid cursed spirit and ordered her execution while they were away.

They tied her beneath the sun, using the sunlight she feared most to carry out the sentence.

They hurried back to the technical college, but it was already too late.

Before dying, the child on the verge of death left behind a curse.

"I will never truly die. I will return. I will watch your world sink beneath the waves..."

[God-Made]

It took the Transcendent eight years to finally recover his memories.

At the same time, he discovered a truth that made his scalp tingle.

The adopted daughter who had been with him through thick and thin all these years

was actually a humanoid curse whose seal he himself had undone.

The pale, cold girl gazed at him with eyes like an abyss.

"Rimbaud, I want to go home..."

But he couldn't take her back to Paris.

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Someone had broken the seal.

As the game neared its end, the girl sleeping in the full-dive pod slowly opened her vacant black eyes.

She had once generously given what vile people had taken for granted.

Since that was so, she would take it back.

Let everything return to chaos, back to the dark age when humans and demons coexisted.

After that, she could finally go home.

Back to the land of the Eastern Yi that had raised her, back to the embrace of the Lord of Mount Tai.

Back to eternal, tranquil slumber.

But then...

"Um, there's been a change of plans."

The young ghost god said to her, looking a little embarrassed.

"There seems to have been a problem over in the Soul Society in the Eastern Branch. The reincarnation system almost collapsed, and it might affect how the underworld functions. You're the only one who can handle it... Could you go back and take a look?"

How could the Soul Society collapse while the Soul King was still alive?

Wait, the Soul King!

Don't tell me he also...

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Before You Read:

Primarily a crossover between anime and manga worlds, incorporating elements of Chinese and Japanese mythology and ghost stories, with many original settings and some cosmic horror elements.

The heroine is a calamity born of a curse. Her mental state is absolutely delightful, and she has plenty of sinister tricks.

A collection of interconnected stories. This blurb only covers part of the content, and new chapters may be added at any time. You can read the stories out of order without affecting your enjoyment.

Some stories include romance. It is uncertain whether there will be a pairing in the end (there is one former ghost husband).

The initial inspiration for this story came from the author's research on the history of the "people who crossed the sea" while writing a paper. The author isn't a historian, but found the topic fascinating and decided to explore the idea.

Theme: The old society turned people into ghosts; the new society lets ghosts become human again.