CONCEPT

Virtual Augmented Reality Zone. A realm overlapping the reverse side of the present world, inhabited by Spil including gods, yokai, and animal spirits. When the boundary is disturbed, Spil spill into the present world.

The collective term for spirit-like beings that have spilled from VARZ into the present world. A Spil bound to a human by a usage contract is called a Shikigami.

Formal Japanese name 式神カード, formal English name Spirit Card; the popular/urban-legend term is 妖怪カード. They are the same thing. Akiha Yoichi co-invented it by digitizing old onmyo techniques with a collaborator on the scientific side.

術者の魂または意識を肉体から分離し、VSyncerとして戦闘可能な状態へ移行させる方式。 黒羽クリスによる使用が確認されている。

Soul Injection状態を終了し、分離していた意識または魂を肉体へ帰還させる処理。 黒羽クリスによる実行が確認されている。

A transformation in which a VSyncer with oni power possesses their body with a Kishin's power, changing the body itself. The formal names are 鬼神憑依 / Soul Distortion; "鬼神変身" is not used.

A contract formed between a Kishin and a human. The full conditions for its formation are unknown; bloodline, compatibility with the Kishin, a contract stone, a hell helmet, and rites are all thought to be involved, but this remains hypothesis.

A stone connected to the Shinki Contract and its inheritance. The term "contract ring" is incorrect.

A head-worn piece of Kishin gear. Written 地獄兜 and read "helmet." The forms "地獄面" and "ヘル・メット" are not used; the formal name is 地獄兜 for both wind-god and thunder-god use.

The collective term for arts and combat techniques that use Kishin power. The form "鬼神操術" is not used; it is unified as 鬼神装術.

The collective term for spiritual tools whose possession, manufacture, trade, or use is subject to law or Public Security Section Zero regulation. Includes items that gravely affect the body, soul, Spil, or barriers.

A sign left at incidents said to involve the Masked Distributor. The string reads "What's on?", but its meaning, purpose, and any link to the Watson series are unknown.

Three clans that kept Asakusa's spiritual order: the Fukiri (wind god), the Raido (thunder god), and the Hiiragi (oni-slaying onmyoji). The balance broke twelve years ago.

A miko who forms a Shinki Contract with an oni-god and inherits its power. The confirmed lines are wind and thunder.

The act of passing an existing Shinki Contract to another blood relative. Only blood relatives can receive it.

The umbrella term for the spiritual public and private work carried out to keep the balance between the real world and VARZ.

A private operator that takes on and performs onmyo services from a non-governmental position. The Lock Holmes Detective Agency qualifies.

A Spil that has formed a servitor contract with a human. Spil + servitor contract = shikigami.

A crest showing miko aptitude or awakening. It appeared on the back of Akiha Yoka's right hand after authentication by the QR talisman.

A geocaching-type urban legend about finding cards hidden at shrines and haunted spots across Tokyo. Popular as lucky charms; some traded for as much as a million yen.

Lists only the Spil cards among the cards included in the VARZ TCG. Hero, Skill, Portal and non-Spil cards are excluded.

The word-spirit / norito the Akiha family use with clappers and spells. Effect can arise even from improvised modern phrasing, not only traditional wording.

Spil、VARZ、霊力、呪具、鬼神、式神などの超常的要素を利用して行われる犯罪の総称。 一般犯罪と同様の窃盗、誘拐、傷害であっても、霊的手段が使用された場合は公安0課の管轄となる可能性がある。

強い苦痛、執着、憎悪、自己否定などによって人間の魂に生じる異常状態。 鬼は人の魂の歪みに巣食う呪いであるという公安0課の説明記録が存在する。

魂魄鏡によって人間の顔を霊的に切り離し、術者側へ保持する現象。 肉体の表面だけを変形させるものではなく、声、表情、視覚、自己認識へ影響する可能性がある。

現世とVARZ、または異なる霊的領域を接続する門・地点・設備の総称。 Abyss Gateは確認されているPortalの一つ。

現世へ出現したSpilを捕獲・収容した後、Portalを経由してVARZへ戻す処理。 大村十和子のワトソン4号が、この運用に利用されている。

現世へ出現したSpilを即座に消滅させず、装置または術式の内部へ一時保存する処理。 ワトソン4号による吸引・保存が確認されている。

Homunculusが掲げる最終目的。 目標の文言は確認されているが、達成方法と完成状態は不明。

人間またはSpilが潜在的に持つ霊力を顕在化・増幅する現象。 自然な成長や修行による覚醒と、トランスキャンディによる強制覚醒が存在する可能性がある。

人間が持つ生命力と霊力を、別の器や存在へ供給する処理。 タワシ狸の生成では、人間のパパから借りた生命力と霊力が使用される。

多数の鬼、Spil、霊的存在が同時発生・進行する大規模霊災。 12年前の事件では、東京中の鬼門が開き、百鬼夜行が発生する危険があった。 3年前には雷堂ジョーが意図的に百鬼夜行を起こそうとした。