Why is my anime art style so weird?

Xu Ming wasn't worried about this. Araya Sōren was clearly aiming for Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, just like in the original work, and the conflict between the two was irreconcilable.

For Xu Ming, the ideal outcome would naturally be for Ryougi Shiki to act as a tool, fight Araya Sōren to the death, reduce Araya Sōren to near death, and then be the one to finish him off.

However, this perfect result is actually very difficult to achieve.

First of all, Araya Sōren is a cunning and calculating person, and judging from his various schemes and the scene when we first met, he is extremely patient.

Hardworking, strategic, patient, with clear and unwavering goals—he's practically the perfect template for a behind-the-scenes boss (a positive and inspirational protagonist).

Such people are the most difficult to deal with.

Secondly, given that Xu Ming has twice stolen her prey in front of Ryougi Shiki, Ryougi Shiki will inevitably be on high alert against Xu Ming.

The big boss is tough to deal with, and the teammates are difficult to manage.

Achieving the perfect goal would be far more difficult than double.

We can only do our best and leave the rest to fate.

At that moment, Kato Megumi sent another message.

Here are my personal suggestions.

If you really must deal with Araya Sōren, you can try to eliminate his hidden forces first.

Xu Ming's eyes lit up immediately.

【Xiao Hui, tell me what you think!】

[Besides Kirie, the association also discovered that he has been frequently in contact with a girl named Fujino Asagami in recent years. We have reason to suspect that Fujino Asagami is also one of his hidden agents.]

Xu Ming was suddenly shocked; this was yet another important character who appeared in the original work.

Soon after, Kato Megumi sent some information.

Xu Ming immediately clicked on it and found that it was Asagami Fujino's personal resume.

There is a photo of her inside.

A young girl with purple hair and red eyes, dressed in a traditional nun's dress and exuding the air of a Yamato Nadeshiko, is looking at Xu Ming through a photograph.

Xu Ming saw only indifference and emptiness in those beautiful, ruby-like eyes.

It's like being a puppet on strings, living for others.

Xu Ming briefly reviewed Asagami Fujino's resume and found that most of it matched the original work, but there were some discrepancies later on.

A year ago, Asagami Fujino suddenly disappeared from school.

After the school reported the incident to the police, the Metropolitan Police Department searched for a long time but could not find the person.

Furthermore, the Asagami family, especially Asagami Fujino's stepfather, seemed to care little about their adopted daughter's disappearance, and over time the case was left unsolved.

All of the above are publicly available information. There is also an internal document from the Exorcist Association.

The above indicates that Asagami Fujino has most likely transformed into a 'mystery'.

The following are some ghost stories from Tokyo's night markets, suspected to be related to Asagami Fujino: 'The Demon Nun of the Bar Street'—

After midnight.

Deep within the alleyways of the bar district, a purple-haired nun appeared. When any foolish, reckless individual dared to approach her, the demonic nun would use her divine power to punish these blasphemous idiots, wringing every drop of blood from their bodies…

A very blurry photo was even attached.

The photo shows the back of a purple-haired girl in a nun's habit, with a mangled corpse lying at her feet and a large pool of blood on the ground.

The photo is captioned, "The Exorcists Association sacrificed the lives of four or five investigators to take this picture."

Moreover, the Exorcists' Association can only use the inefficient method of casting a wide net to search for intelligence, so they only have suspicions and are not very sure.

But Xu Ming, who had read the original work, knew that Asagami Fujino was no ordinary person, and this strange tale circulating in the night market was most likely true.

The records show that all the witnesses who encountered her found her body twisted into a pretzel shape, with almost all the blood squeezed out of her body, making her death extremely gruesome.

In the original work, Asagami Fujino's eyes are also demonic eyes, capable of distorting everything, making her a terrifying enemy.

Even Ryougi Shiki had to sacrifice an arm to defeat her.

Asagami Fujino is a difficult opponent.

Moreover, according to intelligence, she is no longer even alive.

As she becomes 'weird', lacking the many flaws of a human body, Asagami Fujino's danger level increases dramatically.

Ding!

A new bizarre event has been discovered: 'Despair Spiral (3.5 stars)'.

Perhaps Xu Ming had already gathered enough information, because the system immediately provided a new task prompt.

Chapter 240 The Murder in the Depths of the Alley

Xu Ming's expression immediately turned serious.

Three and a half stars... Even with the help of the Soul Gathering Array and the extremely dangerous Wutiao Building, the overall difficulty is only three stars.

The bizarre incident involving Asagami Fujino is half a star more difficult, which speaks volumes.

Xu Ming quickly opened the information at the back, which roughly outlined the areas where Asagami Fujino might appear.

Xu Ming quickly checked and found that these locations were mostly in alleys near nightclubs and bar streets.

The roads there are complex and the people are a mixed bag, no wonder even the Exorcist Association couldn't investigate it thoroughly.

Xu Ming stared at the information on his phone, unconsciously tapping the table with a series of "thump-thump!" sounds...

As night falls, the bar street welcomes a new beginning.

All sorts of men and women mingled there, the air thick with the scents of alcohol, tobacco, and hormones.

A shady-looking figure with a head of bright yellow hair glanced around before sneaking into a small alley.

He easily found his way to the door of a basement.

A smashed light sign sits at the entrance to this basement, which appears to have once been the entrance to an underground bar.

Yellow Hair looked around and, finding no one paying attention to him, went down the filthy, moss-covered stairs to the underground.

At the end of the passage stood a dilapidated maroon wooden door.

The corners of the door were folded open, the paint was faded, and the surface was covered with various scratches and meaningless graffiti, just like this old underground passage.

The door lock was askew, and the door was ajar, letting in only a faint glimmer of light.

The blond-haired man didn't care and just pushed the door open casually, shouting.

"Hey, you guys are so unfair! You started having fun ahead of time without waiting for me."

The abandoned underground bar had only a single, very low-wattage light bulb in the center of the ceiling, emitting a faint light.

Several figures sat slumped on the sofa in the shadows, ignoring what the blond-haired man said.

"Hey, what's going on with you guys? Why..."

Huang Mao felt he was losing face.

Just then, a strong smell of blood wafted over.

He couldn't help but gag, instinctively covering his mouth and nose.

A strong sense of unease suddenly rose in Huang Mao's heart.

He quickly took out his phone from his pocket, turned on the rear light, and shone it towards the sofa.

In the dim light, several mutilated corpses, twisted into rags, lay near the sofa.

The ground was covered in blood, with large amounts of blood flowing directly into the gaps in the wooden floor. A lot of blood also splattered onto the wall behind, where bright red blood flowers bloomed on the yellowed wall.

vomit!

Huang Mao couldn't hold it in any longer and vomited on the spot.

After his stomach was emptied, he stood up, pale-faced, staggered backward, and collapsed to the ground.

"Help! Murder!"

After a while, he suddenly came to his senses, screamed, and stumbled out the door.

Just as I rushed out of the bar, a figure appeared silently at the entrance of the stairs.

She was a purple-haired girl with delicate features, an elegant demeanor, and dressed in a dark blue nun's habit, looking like a porcelain doll.

She stared down at the blond-haired man with a blank expression, her ruby-like eyes wide open.

Normally, if he encountered such a high-quality woman, the blond-haired man would definitely approach her with a grin and strike up a conversation. If they were in a deserted alley, he might even resort to force.

But right now, all he wants is to escape this terrifying bar.

"You filthy bitch, get out of my way!"

As he rushed up the stairs, he waved his arms and threatened menacingly.

The girl remained unmoved, instead giving him an extremely strange smile.

"Go away!"

Huang Mao was only focused on escaping. Seeing that the girl was still oblivious to her fate and blocked his way, he unceremoniously reached out and forcefully pushed her aside.

Huh? So light...

The blond-haired man felt almost no resistance and easily pushed the girl away.

A hint of doubt had just risen in his mind.

The girl seemed to lose her balance and fell to the ground, then, to make matters worse, rolled down the stairs.

When the blond-haired man instinctively tried to grab her, it seemed to be too late.

So he watched helplessly as the girl tumbled all the way down to the basement door.

At this moment, blood kept gushing from the girl's body, her neck was twisted at a strange angle, and her blood-covered face was facing the blond-haired man above the stairs.

Stared at by those unseeing, lifeless eyes, the blond-haired man's mind went completely blank.

First he encountered a horrific murder, and now he has accidentally killed someone. The series of misfortunes has almost driven him to the brink of collapse.

"what!"