I Created Urban Legends in Parallel World
[Original – YakuMan]
[TL – MiT7]
[PR – Spades]
Chapter 15: Hell Girl Is Real
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Kamihara Shinji slumped in his chair, motionless.
It wasn't that he didn't want to move—every twitch felt awful. He regretted pushing his Spiritual Power to 9 just to test it.
By 6 or 7, he'd already felt woozy.
Now, he could only sprawl there, scrolling on his phone. His eyes were glazed, mind elsewhere, until a vibration snapped him back— an email from Kozasa Hideki.
He glanced at it: a URL, likely 2ch, with a note.
"Check floor 5786."
Kamihara cared more about 2ch than the others—both his urban legends had started there.
Clicking the link, he froze at the title.
[Does Hell Girl Really Exist?]
Wasn't this his post?
Without a word, he scrolled to floor 5786.
The thread had ballooned—Hell Girl's buzz, plus the true-or-fake debate, had sparked a flame war.
Beyond that, plenty used it to vent, cursing this or that person to die, though they stuck to surnames, wary of being ID'd.
At 5786, his gaze sharpened on a block of text.
"Hell Girl is real."
A declarative statement.
Below it, a video.
He tapped play. The screen flickered with a blurry image—clear enough to see, though.
It was daytime, at a school gate—name unknown. Three girls walked in the frame's center, chatting and laughing, oblivious to being filmed.
"Last night at midnight, I logged into Hell Correspondence. Then… I met Hell Girl."
A weird, synthetic voice cut in—inhuman, clearly processed.
As it spoke, a dark, bluish straw doll appeared on screen, a vivid red string tied around its neck, swaying in the breeze.
"This is the curse doll Hell Girl gave me. She said if I untie the red string, the one I resent will go to hell."
"You see the three students in the middle of the frame? The girl in the center—she's the one I hate. Now, I'm pulling the string."
Though synthetic, Kamihara picked up the voice's tremor and tension. Was this his Spiritual Power at work?
As the voice faded, the red string was yanked.
Countless viewers watched as the doll crumbled into dust and scattered in the wind the moment the string came loose.
It shattered some people's worldviews.
"Special effects, right?"
The thought crossed minds, but the screen's next move grabbed their attention.
Within ten seconds of the string being pulled, the girl in the center—smiling just moments before—froze.
Without warning, she pitched forward, face-first, and hit the ground with a thud, lifeless.
Her two friends stood dumbfounded.
Before anyone could see more, the screen went black after five seconds. An inexplicable chill crept into some viewers' hearts.
The post's replies had been slowing, but this video reignited it.
"No way?"
"Acting?"
"I've uploaded this to Nico. If it's real, I hope the Metropolitan Police notice. If it's fake, I hope they track you down."
"Spreading rumors again? I can't even load the site—no such URL."
"Someone tested it—only Tokyo can access Hell Correspondence."
"What's the trick?"
"Hase Reiya? Was it you?! Did you kill Mako?! You're done—Mako's parents won't let this go!!"
"Was that a witness?"
"Real or fake? I'm lost—someone confirm!"
Within minutes, replies surged, growing by ten per second. The apparent witness vanished after their outburst.
Some called it a troll, hurling insults.
Then a new reply appeared.
"I'm a cybersecurity consultant at a certain company, intrigued by this urban legend.
I got curious about that supposed witness's comment and tried tracing it online. Shockingly, I couldn't— it's like it doesn't exist.
I sampled other replies in this thread to track IPs—same result, nothing.
I asked friends to loosen their PC restrictions and trace me from this post. They all said they couldn't find my IP either.
Plus, I can't edit or delete my replies here. Like the mod said, this thread's bizarre.
Two possibilities: 1) This urban legend is real. 2) The hacker behind it is a genius.
I hope the police clarify or confirm this—people are freaking out."
It was 8 or 9 p.m.—prime time for netizens. This consultant's post, paired with the video at 5786, struck an absurd chord.
Hell Girl, real? No way.
Most refused to buy it—not out of stupidity. Plenty who'd followed this legend had visited Hell Correspondence.
They'd typed in names out of curiosity.
But Hell Girl never showed, never sent anyone to hell.
That's why they dismissed it—especially with the "anime promo" theory floating around, complete with character art.
Those who'd met Hell Girl watched the thread coldly, staying silent. The video surprised them, but they held their tongues.
They'd tried vouching for her before and got flamed to bits.
No point now.
But… this video shattered the legend's fading heat. The dead girl—clearly a student, in uniform.
"If I'm not mistaken, that uniform's from Kasugaoka High, right?"