I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 186 Xiuji, Please Repent

The person on the other end of the intercom was stunned for a second, then said, "Okay, please maintain the first scene. The fire department has been notified to speed up the dispatch."

".Fire Department?"

Uesugi Kouka stood up straight and walked quickly towards the convenience store with a frown on her face. The convenience store that was ablaze just now now stood quietly in the night. The raging sea of ​​fire had died down at some point and disappeared completely.

Not to mention the building itself, even the plastic packaging of the products was intact.

"I think the fire department may not be needed."

Could it be that everything just now was my imagination?
Uesugi Kouka fell silent as she watched the convenience store become eerily quiet.

She first looked at her partner Naoto Shigeyama who had followed her, and found that he also looked surprised and doubtful. She then looked at the residents who were hiding nearby and who, after discovering that she was safe near the convenience store, cautiously poked their heads out to observe.

Obviously, everyone present saw everything that happened just now.

"What? Is the fire out?"

The other end of the intercom replied. Uesugi Kouka looked at the convenience store not far away and didn't know how to describe it for a moment. She pondered for a moment, organized her words for a while before describing it.

"It disappeared. The monster and the fire disappeared, as if they had never appeared. There was no sign of the convenience store being burned. It was as if all the people present, including me, were hallucinating together."

"But that's obviously not possible."

There was silence on the other end of the intercom for a few seconds. "Okay, I understand. But I still ask Inspector Uesugi to maintain order at the scene and protect the primary scene. The Special Incident Response Unit of the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Science and Technology has already sent a specialist. I will trouble Inspector Uesugi to liaise with them when the time comes."

"I see."

After putting away the walkie-talkie, Uesugi Kouka asked Shigeyama Naoto to go back to the police car to get the cordon tape, while she stood outside the convenience store to prevent any troublemakers from breaking in.

Some of the frightened residents ran back home and crawled into their beds, treating it as a nightmare.

Others found that the police did not run away, so they bravely moved closer to observe.

Matsushige Convenience Store is an independent one-story building with simple-designed light signs all around it. At this moment, these light signs are emitting bright white light, illuminating the surroundings of the convenience store. Many flying insects are flying around the light signs as if they are unaware of it.

The interior of the convenience store is also brightly lit, with a wide variety of merchandise on the shelves. There are a few shopping carts filled with goods abandoned in the aisles by their owners. The store doors are open, as if inviting people to come in and shop, giving the impression of a peaceful and tranquil life.

But the more ordinary the scene is, the more it makes people feel creepy.

"Officer, this is..."

Someone came closer to ask the female police officer who was setting up a cordon with her partner.

Uesugi Kouka looked around at the anxious residents and said in a serious tone, "Dear citizens, it is very dangerous here now. Please go home first. We will notify you later."

Although people were curious, they were afraid that the monster would haunt them, so they listened to Uesugi Kouka's words and hid back home.

Some people went home and took out their phones, wanting to post the video they had just shot on TikTok, but were shocked to find that the video was completely different from what they saw at the time.

In the video, the convenience store was not on fire, nor were there any misty monsters. There were only people surrounding the convenience store with anxious looks on their faces.

Some people were shouting and some were taking videos, and then the crowd ran away screaming as if they had seen something and were frightened. However, the convenience store in the video seemed normal except that there was no one inside, which seemed a little puzzling.

Convenience store owner Matsushige Hisahisa was surprised at first when he found that his convenience store seemed to be intact, but then he became worried and scared. He approached the two policemen cautiously, hunched over and rubbing his hands.

"Officer Uesugi, what should I do?"

Uesugi Kouka looked up and saw that it was the convenience store owner, so she replied, "A government commissioner will come to handle this matter later. Mr. Matsushige, you should go home first. You should not be allowed to enter the convenience store until the investigation is completed."

"Is that so?" Matsushige turned around and wanted to leave. The scene just now was too horrifying and he was still frightened.

But after walking two steps, he remembered that his convenience store was still open and became worried about the goods, so he turned back.

"Officer Uesugi, this convenience store is the source of income for my family. I can't let it go. Can I stay here and wait for the result?"

Uesugi Kouka and Shigeyama Naoto looked at each other and hesitated for two seconds: "Okay, just stand outside the cordon and don't affect us."

"Well, it will definitely not affect the investigation of the police officers. I'll just stand here outside." Matsushige Hisahisa assured him repeatedly and stood outside the cordon to wait.

After ten minutes or so, the fire brigade didn't arrive, but the commissioner from the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Science and Technology drove over with two cars and eight people.

After getting off the car, he first looked at the convenience store. One of the people seemed to be a superior. He walked towards Shangshan Hongxia and showed his ID.

"Takigawa Tadahiro, Deputy Director of the Special Incident Response Division of the Ministry of Religion, Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology."

Uesugi Kouka was wearing a casual uniform and took out her police ID: "Head of the Criminal Division of Ayase Police Station, Adachi Ward, I am Uesugi Kouka."

Takigawa Tadahiro nodded slightly and directed his specialists to investigate. Then he looked at Uesugi Kouka and nodded and smiled casually, "Inspector Uesugi, you have worked hard. We will take over here now."

Naoto Mogi asked, "Does anyone need any assistance?"

Assist? What can you two mortals do to help?
Takigawa Tadahiro was stunned for a second after hearing this, and then he pondered for two seconds, "So, do you want Fuji to help maintain order outside?"

But at that time there were few ghosts on the street, and the residents had all gone home because of fear. At most, they hid by the windows and peeked in. Why was there any need to maintain order?
And the tone of the voice was somewhat rude.

Naoto Mogi was a little indignant, and Uesugi Kouka couldn't do anything about it.

The Ministry of Religion, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has a high status in the cabinet. Not only does it have sufficient funding, but it is also given priority everywhere.

Sometimes there is no need to inform the cabinet, and they can act according to the circumstances of the incident. As a result, officials at all levels are quite arrogant.

However, I heard that the death rate of commissioners of the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Science and Technology is dozens of times higher than that of front-line criminal police. They really are risking their lives at work, and in a situation where they could be sacrificed at any time, most people would have a bad temper.

Uesugi Kouka actually respects these people very much.

The two men didn't say anything. They stood outside the cordon, keeping a vigilant eye on their surroundings and curiously observing the work of the specialists.

They all held white talisman paper with incomprehensible symbols and some special Chinese characters written on it, and they were very careful when approaching the convenience store.

But the convenience store just stood there quietly, as if mocking the people's caution.

A few minutes later, the fire brigade rushed to the scene. The island country's fire brigade has been established for more than 100 years, and the system should be relatively complete. However, the speed of responding to calls is not fast. I don't know if it is because of the local environment or for some other reason.

Uesugi Kouka went up to negotiate again and found that the matter had been accepted by the people from the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Science and Technology. The firefighters stretched their necks to take a look and drove the fire truck back.

By this time, people from the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Science and Technology had entered the convenience store to investigate. Uesugi Kouka saw that they didn't seem to have discovered anything, so she covered her mouth, yawned, and looked around aimlessly.

It was almost two o'clock in the morning. Only an occasional car passed by on the street not far away. The street lights here were a little dilapidated and flickered from time to time. There were silver-gray clouds with moonlight floating in the sky, and the stars were lonely in the night sky.

Suddenly, Uesugi Kouka discovered that at the corner two streets away, there seemed to be a girl in a black dress standing there and staring at this side.

She took a look and instinctively felt that something was wrong. How could there be such a young girl on the street so late at night?
Just as he was about to catch up, Shigeyama Naoto beside him called out, "Uesugi, the section chief asked us to go back to the police station."

When I turned around, the girl had disappeared.

Higashino Yu quickly came to his senses and looked out the window at the hustle and bustle in the distance. The lights in Tokyo were still bright, and there was singing and dancing everywhere, but the flashing police lights not far away were a little dazzling.

Tonight's actions seemed rather rough, as if done casually and without regard for the consequences, but in fact they were carefully considered.

First of all, using Yin Fire and Yin God can scare people without hurting anyone. After all, even if the shop owner who likes to brag makes Yu Zi sad, his crime is not punishable by death.

Of course, even if the crime is not punishable by death, it is not easy to let it go, otherwise you will feel very unhappy.

In the early years, whenever the children in the orphanage were bullied, he would beat them back one by one. He had a slight reputation in that small area of ​​Kyoto, and the bad guys didn't dare to attack him.

It seems that the Buddha himself was probably angry, but since he was practicing Taoism and was a demon, he did not need to worry about so many complicated rules and regulations, and just followed his heart.

Therefore, it is important to make Songzhong understand that trouble comes from the mouth.

And the most crucial point is that Yin Shen and Fox Fire cannot be photographed - under normal circumstances, monsters in the Yin Shen state cannot be seen by mortals.

For example, ghost immortals such as Qingfangzhu, who are the result of the dead souls, are mostly invisible to mortals.

In other words, Dong Yeyu's cultivation is close to perfection of the human immortal. He has been refining purple energy every day for nearly twenty years, and there has been a little bit of transformation from yin to yang in his Yin God. While laying some foundation for his future promotion to Yang God, he can also display his figure in front of people freely.

After all, when the Yin Spirit turns into pure Yang, it can be regarded as an incarnation outside the body, from virtual to real, from night to day, and is no different from the original body.

But people can see it, but the camera can't capture it.

When Higashino Yu discovered this problem on his Apple phone, he thought about why. It was probably because it did not conform to the imaging principle of the camera.

The imaging principle of mobile phone cameras is not much different from that of original cameras, both of which are based on light perception.

The Yin Spirit is an illusion, and the blue fox fire is an imaginary fire that cannot reflect light. The camera's light-sensing elements have no reaction, so it cannot be captured - the reason why people can see it is probably not because of their eyes.

Therefore, this will achieve the purpose of letting the surrounding neighbors see that there is a monster haunting the convenience store, while preventing them from taking pictures of themselves and thus attracting investigation from the Ministry of Religion, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

I guess after this incident, the business of Matsushige convenience store will become even more depressed.

After all, the suspected monster incident that just broke out in Kosuge has made Tokyo citizens a little worried. This convenience store has been haunted by monsters again. There is more than one convenience store in Kitayase. People tend to seek good fortune and avoid evil, so there is no need to think about what to choose.

Maybe some young people or monster enthusiasts will come to investigate, but how much sales can those people provide?

Those who came to investigate would have a little bit of dignity and buy a bottle of drink as a token of their appreciation for the owner's kindness.

This level of turnover is not enough for a convenience store to continue operating.

Higashino Yu plans to continue observing the situation at Matsushige convenience store. If the revenge fails to achieve the desired effect, the matter will not be over.

However, for something like this to happen, one has to do it himself, and having only Xiuji as his subordinate is not enough.
Now that I have all the skills and techniques, and my cultivation is becoming more and more profound, perhaps it is time to recruit a few more brothers.

He withdrew his gaze and looked at Xiuji beside him.

"So, the crow monster still hasn't come?"

Xiuji stretched his bird's head to look out the window and slightly folded his wings.

"Reporting to the lord, I have not seen that fellow come to challenge you. I think that fellow must have sensed your aura of dominance and fled."

Dong Yeyu seemed to be thinking about something. "It's hard to say. Be careful. Okay, today's business is over. Let's start practicing."

"You were humiliated by that crow monster before. Now you should know the importance of practicing hard, right? A loud drum does not need a heavy hammer. You should repent."

After saying a few simple words, Dong Ye Yu prepared to lie down and start today's practice. He still had to think carefully about the laws of heaven and earth.

After all, it is a great supernatural power. Not to mention mastering it, even if you just learn the basics, it will increase your confidence in future battles with humans, monsters, and even gods.

"My lord, your kind words are worth a thousand gold. How dare I not work hard? I will practice hard now! In time, my cultivation will surely advance by leaps and bounds, and I will capture that fellow under the steps of the palace. Xiuji will take his leave."

After Xiuji greeted respectfully, she jumped back to her own cardboard pigeon nest. Surrounded by a large ball of cotton and all kinds of shiny glass balls and metal pieces wrapped in it, she seemed to really start practicing with great effort.

But not long after, snoring sounds began to be heard, and the bird's head fell down.

This dead bird!
Dong Yeyu now felt that he did not have enough help, so he would not tolerate it continuing to slack off, and immediately snorted coldly.

"I didn't sleep! I didn't sleep!"

Xiuji felt Dongye Yu's terrifying aura, and his feathers stood on end. He immediately opened his eyes and swallowed his saliva, and his pair of bird eyes became clear at that moment.

"If you don't work hard anymore, I think your tenure as city lord will come to an end, and the title of Saemon will probably also be abolished." Higashino Yu said meaningfully.

Ah? My Lord is going to recruit more subordinates?
Judging from the lord's tone, is he planning to replace the old with the new?

How can this be possible!
Xiuji was immediately anxious, "My lord, I regret it. I will work hard to cultivate now. I hope you will spare me for a while because I have worked hard even though I have no merits!"

"If you know you are wrong, hurry up and practice. Otherwise, if Higashino Castle prospers in the future, how can you convince the people if you are the Saemon and Higashino Castle Daishi but have such low cultivation?"

Hearing this, Xiu Ji nodded repeatedly, jumped onto the window frame as if his butt was on fire, and stood there, refining the moonlight inspiration.

Dong Yeyu shook his head, this bird is just cheap.

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