I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapter 2 002 This world is actually so dangerous

The old man, possessed by the tentacle monster, ripped off the sheet. At that moment, Uchiha Naruto had already slipped to within a step of the door and was about to make his escape when another thick black tentacle emerged from the old man's mouth, sticking out like a frog's tongue and entangling Uchiha Naruto's left wrist.

"Damn it!"

Naruto Uchiha could only turn around and tug at the black tentacles on his wrist a few times. The force from the other end of the tentacles was not strong enough to pull Naruto over, but they were firmly bound to his wrist, and he could not break free for a moment.

Just then, more and more whiskers emerged from the old man's mouth.

But instead of springing out as before, these tentacles twisted their limbs in the air.

Uchiha Naruto keenly realized that the tentacle monster was abandoning the old man as its former host and transferring itself to itself through the tentacles wrapped around his hands.

No one can accept being possessed by such a monster. Since there's no way to escape, they can only grit their teeth and face it head-on.

Naruto Uchiha formed another Tiger Seal, condensing the chakra within his body into his mouth and tongue.

At this moment, the tentacle monster's entire body almost came out of the old man's mouth. Its tentacles twisted and turned like a large ball of black yarn. The tentacles wrapped around Uchiha Naruto's wrist tightened and tightened, and then contracted. The tentacle monster, which had been rolled into a ball, shot out and attacked Uchiha Naruto's face.

"Fire Release!"

Naruto Uchiha, who was prepared, opened his mouth and spat out a fireball the size of a fist.

The fireball hit the bullseye, and the flames instantly ignited the tentacle monster.

A wave of heat swept through the ward, and the tentacle monster was instantly burned to ashes, leaving not a trace behind.

The half-tentacle that was wrapped around Uchiha Naruto's hand also fell to the ground, twitched a few times, and disappeared.

[Kill complete, calculating reward]

【Ninjade*10】

Upon hearing the system kill notification, Uchiha Naruto peered into the ward from the doorway, carefully surveying the ward from all sides. Only after confirming it was safe did he enter the ward and help the elderly man who had fallen to the ground.

Although the old man's breathing was weak, it was still relatively steady, and his complexion was better than before.

Carefully helping the elderly man onto the hospital bed and covering him with a blanket, Uchiha Naruto sat on his own bed, still feeling a little uneasy.

This world is so dangerous!

First, there was an evil spirit that could manipulate other people's bodies to commit suicide, and then there was a tentacle monster that parasitized human bodies. Encountering two supernatural events in one day was incredibly unlucky.

This world shouldn't be like this. I've never experienced anything unusual in the past fifteen years of my life. Apart from publishing some unfounded urban legends, the news media has never had any official institution acknowledge the existence of monsters or ghosts.

But is the official side really unaware of this? Uchiha Naruto doesn't think so.

There's a saying that if you find one cockroach in your house, there are definitely more hiding in the corners of the room.

There must be more supernatural events behind evil spirits and tentacle monsters. With the modern state apparatus's control and surveillance over all aspects of society, even the most incompetent officials cannot remain completely unaware.

The island nation's government can maintain a semblance of social stability, keeping ordinary people completely unaware of it. They probably have some trump card up their sleeve, such as a supernatural countermeasures department composed of high-ranking monks and Onmyoji (yin-yang masters) that specializes in handling such special events, but it is not made public.

Ordinary people have no way to contact the relevant departments; otherwise, they might be able to use the power of the authorities to resolve their troubles.

The stinging pain in his cheek started acting up again. Uchiha Naruto gritted his teeth and endured the pain as he opened the system to check his gains.

【Ninjade*10】

The Naruto game that Uchiha Naruto plays is a card-collecting game where all the characters you get start as Genin, regardless of their rarity. The next five levels are Chunin, Jonin, Kage, and Six Paths.

Character level and skill level are linked. Upgrading three LV1 skills to LV2 will allow you to become a Chunin and unlock subsequent skills.

Besides improving proficiency through training, skills can also be upgraded instantly using Ninja Orbs. These are the items dropped by the tentacle monsters you defeated previously.

Ten Ninja Orbs are enough to max out the proficiency of a level 1 skill.

"Praying to the gods and Buddhas now won't necessarily work. Instead of waiting for that evil spirit to knock on the door in the middle of the night, I'd rather try to take it down during the day! My fire-style techniques can destroy monsters, so they should work on evil spirits too."

Fire Release Lv2 (0/100)

Uchiha Naruto thought viciously. Having been targeted by an evil spirit, he had no other choice but to fight with his back against the wall. After upgrading his Fire Release to level 2, his courage increased considerably.

…………

Nakano Police Station, Nakano Ward, Tokyo.

A middle-aged man in his forties with a stubble beard and a somewhat melancholy expression held a report in his hand, looking utterly incredulous.

"The murderer in the Shimonakano apartment murder case committed suicide at the police station last night, or rather, strangled himself. How is that possible?"

Yuji Kambara is a police officer at the Nakano Police Station. He has been handling a murder case for the past few days. The case is not complicated; it's simply a love triangle between a prostitute and a down-on-his-luck client. The murderer turned himself in after the killing, and with witnesses and physical evidence, the case is clear and seemingly on the verge of being closed. However, an unexpected twist occurs: the murderer commits suicide in the detention center.

Although he's not a famous detective or a top police officer, Yuji Kambara is a veteran with twenty years of experience in the field and knows very well that it's impossible for a person to strangle themselves.

But the higher-ups were indifferent to this, after all, those who died were all marginalized people in society, and it already showed that they intended to close the case hastily.

But Yuji Kambara refused to give up; he wanted to investigate further. Looking at his watch, it was only 3:30 PM; he still had time. He drove to the scene of the crime.

Soon they arrived at a dilapidated two-story apartment building.

This is a two-story apartment building with a civil engineering structure. According to the information, it was built in 6. In order to resist earthquakes, the island nation has a service life limit for housing. The civil engineering structure is 22 years and the reinforced concrete structure is 47 years. This apartment building has undoubtedly approached or even exceeded its service life limit.

As you can imagine, the rent was incredibly cheap.

However, the apartment was too dilapidated, and not many people rented it. Apart from Miyu Ogura, who had already been murdered, there were only two tenants on the first floor. After the murder, those two tenants immediately expressed their intention to terminate their lease.

Yuji Kambara parked his car on the street and got out of the police car when he suddenly felt a venomous gaze fixed on him.

Yuji Kambara immediately looked up and saw a woman in white flash past the window of the leftmost room on the second floor of the crime scene.

Is it just my imagination?

Yuji Kambara felt a chill run through his body, and a bead of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He leaned against the car, his face looking extremely pale.

How could this be? He must have been working on the case day and night for the past few days, and his nerves were sore from lack of sleep that he misread it.

Yuji Kambara lit a cigarette, took a few puffs, and then threw it on the ground and stomped it out. It might not be a mistake; there might be someone in Miyu Ogura's room right now!

His sudden appearance at the crime scene might be related to the case.

Yes, that's it. Yuji Kanbara was already leaning towards the second possibility in his mind.

After passing through the cordon, the entire corridor was dark and almost no sunlight could penetrate. Yuji Kambara climbed up to the second floor alone and arrived at room 201, where Miyu Ogura lived.

The room was already locked, but yesterday Yuji Kambara asked the landlord for a spare key.

As Yuji Kambara took out his key to open the door, an unprecedented sense of crisis washed over him as he approached room 201, causing his hands to tremble and almost dropping the key.

The last time I felt this way was three years ago during a routine street check. A seemingly harmless office worker, while handing over his briefcase, unexpectedly pulled out a folding knife and stabbed me.

This time, the warning was much stronger than the last. Yuji Kambara's eyes sharpened; he took out his police pistol, the Nambu M60, held it in his hand, checked the bullets—OK. He checked the safety—OK.

Let me see if it's a human or a ghost!

With one hand holding a gun and the other hand inserting the key into the lock and turning it, "click," he then gripped the handle to open it.

"Chachachachachachachachachachachachacha..."

Just then, from behind the door of room 201 came the sound of frantically scratching at the wooden board with fingernails.

"There's something in there!"

Yuji Kambara's heart pounded wildly, almost leaping out of his throat, but his body reacted faster than his thoughts, taking several steps back.

No, we can't go any further!

A strong primal instinct told Yuji Kanbara that he could not go any further; opening the door evoked an indescribable terror in him.

It's like standing empty-handed in front of a cage containing a hungry beast, hearing its growling, and the cage door is only slightly ajar.

Let's just forget about it.

At that moment, the handle of room 201 started turning from the inside.

"Click"

"Click"

"Click"

Yuji Kambara was almost suffocating, but he gritted his teeth, raised the police gun in his hand, pulled the trigger with his index finger, and aimed it at the door. No matter what it was, ghost, monster, or demon, it would take a few bullets from him first.

The door opened a crack from the inside, as if some monster was about to crawl out.

Suddenly, a tall, strong figure flashed before Yuji Kambara's eyes. A sturdy arm reached out, grasped the handle, and pushed the door of Room 201 back open.

The large, bony hands gripped the handle tightly, remaining motionless no matter how much it was rotated inside.

After a dozen seconds, the commotion in room 201 finally subsided.

"Amitabha Buddha, you should not be here. This door is not a place for ordinary people to enter."

The tall figure turned around and revealed a monk with thick eyebrows and large eyes, his brows deeply wrinkled. He wore white robes with a red kasaya draped over his shoulders, exuding an aura of righteousness and unapproachability.

Yuji Kambara instinctively turned his gun towards the monk, but then hesitated.

The monk remained unfazed by the dark muzzle of the gun, simply bowing his head and chanting Buddhist mantras.

"Excuse me, who are you, sir?"

Yuji Kambara felt as if he had just escaped death. Under these circumstances, he found himself filled with a sense of kinship with the monk who had suddenly appeared, and pointing a gun at him was simply too offensive.

"Yu... cough, my Buddhist name is Dilu."

(End of this chapter)