Evil Spirit Consultant

Chapter 300 Kisaragi Station
In the cozy and simply furnished living room, Sasaki Reiko was kneeling in front of a low table, skillfully brewing tea.

She was dressed in comfortable home clothes, her hair was casually tied up, and she wore no makeup, looking like an ordinary, gentle housewife.

If one hadn't witnessed her formidable strength at crucial moments, it would be difficult to associate her with the title of "Fukuoka's Number One Onmyoji".

Yang Liu sat opposite her and recounted in detail all the information she had learned from Koizumi Rin's father and the police, including Koizumi Rin's last known location, the anomalies in the surveillance footage, the missing office workers, and the fact that the police's technical investigation yielded no results.

Sasaki Reiko listened quietly, her tea-making movements fluid and graceful, as if she were listening to an insignificant story.

But as Yang Liu narrated, her eyes, which had originally held a lazy smile, gradually became serious, and her hand, which was pouring tea, paused slightly.

When Yang Liu mentioned keywords such as "subway platform", "late at night", "abnormal interference with surveillance", and "disappeared into thin air", Sasaki Reiko put down her teapot and sighed softly.

"So that's how it is..." she murmured to herself, her tone tinged with helplessness and gravity.

"Mr. Sasaki, do you know what happened?" Yang Liu immediately asked.

Although I already had a possible answer in my mind, I still wanted to hear the opinion of this professional.

Moreover, the fact that even this unfathomably powerful Onmyoji could show such an expression indicates that something is definitely not simple.

Sasaki Reiko raised her head and looked at Yang Liu seriously, saying, "Teacher Yang, based on your description, especially the location and manner of your disappearance, there is a high probability that Koizumi and that salaryman were not kidnapped or encountered an accident, but rather... were drawn into a place that does not exist."

"A place that doesn't exist?" Yang Liu asked seriously.

“Yes,” Sasaki Reiko nodded, her expression serious, “a special realm that exists in the cracks of the real world, a strange place that only appears under specific conditions and is a legend in urban tales—'Kisaragi Station'.”

It's a widely circulated ghost story on the internet, telling the tale of someone who, while taking a tram late at night, unexpectedly arrived at a strange station called "Kisaragi" that doesn't exist on any map, experienced various terrifying phenomena, and ultimately disappeared or escaped by chance.

"There's something like this in Fukuoka?" Yang Liu was somewhat surprised. "Or rather, there really are ghosts that can form such a domain?"

“This urban legend is the most special one,” Sasaki Reiko explained, her tone carrying the rigor of a professional. “These kinds of urban legends are not simply realms transformed by earthbound spirits absorbing negative energy and becoming demons. They are like… projections of the collective unconscious, or distorted reflections of certain special spatial phenomena in folklore. Kisaragi Station is one of the more special and dangerous ones.”

She picked up a cup of freshly brewed tea, handed it to Yang Liu, and continued, "According to the records passed down in our Onmyoji family, as well as some scattered case analyses, Kisaragi Station is not a fixed location. It is more like a... 'trap,' or a 'filter.'"

"A trap? A filter?"

“Hmm,” Sasaki Reiko took a sip of tea, “It usually chooses those whose mental state is extremely unstable, whose negative emotions are overwhelming, or whose life force is about to be exhausted as ‘coordinates.’ For example, an extremely tired and desperate office worker, someone who has suffered a major blow and is in a daze, or like Koizumi-san, who, although not very perceptive, was in close contact with the office worker who served as a ‘coordinate’ and developed a strong concern or worry for him, causing her own ‘wavelength’ to be affected, thus being ‘filtered’ into that rift space.” “Once inside Kisaragi Station,” Sasaki Reiko’s expression became even more serious, “the victim will be isolated from the real world. The passage of time becomes abnormal, modern communication devices such as cell phones will completely fail, and the surrounding environment is full of unknowns and dangers. More importantly…”

She paused, looked at Yang Liu, and said, word by word, "Based on all the information we have and past failed rescue attempts, Ruyue Station... or rather, the 'rules' that constitute that space itself have an extremely strong repulsive effect on beings with obvious and perceptible 'extraordinary energy'!"

"Repulsion effect?"

“Yes.” Sasaki Reiko nodded firmly. “Onmyoji have tried many methods, but whether it is a superhuman with spiritual power, a shikigami controlled by an Onmyoji, or even an artificial god... as long as they try to forcibly interfere or enter Kisaragi Station, it will immediately trigger its defense mechanism.”

"The outcome could be..." she said seriously, "at best, being bounced back to the real world by the powerful spatial forces; at worst... the intervenor's own power would be erased by the spatial rules, and it might even cause the entire alien space structure to collapse, sweeping everyone inside... including the trapped person and the intervenor, into a deeper void and disappearing completely!"

“It is precisely because of this ‘no entry for superhumans’ rule,” Sasaki Reiko shrugged helplessly, that conventional methods of rescue by psychics are almost completely ineffective when facing Kisaragi Station. Even if we can locate that spatial rift, we cannot safely enter it to carry out the rescue.

"What if we forcibly break through the spatial barrier?" Yang Liu asked.

“The risk is too great.” Sasaki Reiko shook her head. “That’s equivalent to going against the rules of the entire alternate dimension. We don’t know the specific structure and limits of that dimension. If we use too much force and cause the space to collapse, the consequences would be unimaginable. Moreover, for ordinary people trapped inside, the collapse of space itself is fatal.”

Silence fell over the living room.

Sasaki Reiko's words practically sealed the fate of the rescue operation.

Powerful psychics cannot enter, and forcibly intervening is too risky... This makes the situation of Koizumi Rin and that salaryman extremely dangerous and desperate.

Moreover, how long can an ordinary person endure in such an isolated, eerie, and unknown environment?

Just when Sasaki Reiko felt helpless, Yang Liu slowly raised her head, a strange light flashing in her eyes.

Extraordinary energy is forbidden...?

He recalled his own fundamental nature, which Jiang Miaozhi called "solidification."

There was no flowing spiritual power or outward energy fluctuations within him, only a life force and mental power as solid as a rock, highly compressed.

perhaps……

This "Kisaragi Station," which is like a forbidden zone for all psychics, is actually... the only one who has been able to enter?
(End of this chapter)