*Highlight: This article is not recommended for readers who need warning. *
I'm an omnivore, but generally I don't write about interactions that (in my understanding) go beyond the scope of the original novel, so you can interpret the character relationships as you like. Chapters with clear pairing tendencies are marked so you can skip them. This article tends to be in a unit drama mode similar to the original work, with each piece being a basically independent story.
May contain trace elements of horror.
Among monsters and monster slayers, there is a rumor that an adult named "Natsume" guards Yahara. His appearance and gender are unknown, and his personality is unpredictable. He doesn't know whether he is a human, a monster or a god. He can drive away evil spirits with just one punch. He will listen to the requests of monsters and humans.
——Natsume Takashi continues to be troubled by the rumors that are getting worse. Indeed, he accepts various requests from humans and monsters at the same time, but where did the name "Cruel Yahara Natsume" come from?
"I understand. But why do I still feel lost, why do I still feel sad? What I am looking for is right in front of me... Natsume-sama." It covered its face tightly, and tears poured out endlessly from between its fingers, falling on the land of its hometown where it could never return.
"I said I wanted to make a horror movie, but no one told me that there was real stuff here... No one paid me overtime yet." Natori looked pale and tried to joke in a low voice while trembling.
"Mr. Natori, at this time—"
Natori suddenly covered Natsume's mouth with one hand, and covered his own mouth with the other hand. They were very close. Amidst the nervous breathing of the two people, they heard a rattling sound from the wall not far away, and they looked at each other in horror. In the dim light coming from the corridor, a long shadow stretched out, getting closer and closer. The figure of the "person" with its limbs stretched on the ceiling slowly appeared from the corner, and its "face" slowly turned towards the direction of the two people with the creaking of its neck.
Intention: If one punch can't solve the problem, then two punches.