Tokyo: I am the Lord of All Demons!

With the sunlight's blessing, the sword light of the Totsuka Sword became several times stronger than before. With a thunderous roar, the sword light struck the tree where the Demon King Akane was standing and exploded.

Sparks fly!

The flames and smoke from the explosion lingered for a long time, and the burning flames illuminated areas that the sun could not reach.

Seeing this, Ooi Yuomi really wanted to confirm whether the Demon King Akane had actually been killed in the explosion. "Did it succeed?"

The move he just used was a powerful divine light killing move formed by gathering half of the divine power in his body, plus several times the additional divine power provided by the sunlight.

If it were an elite ghost, it would have absolutely no chance of survival if it took such a blow.

Even a demon king of Hanako Sachiko's caliber would likely lose stable demonic power if she were to take such a blow.

In short, the move used by Yushin Ooi was empowered by the sun, an energy akin to a ghostly target being forced to be exposed to direct sunlight for an extended period.

The flames had not yet subsided, and Ooi Yushin was still searching for Akane's whereabouts in the flames. However, as fate would have it, the sun was once again obscured by dark clouds.

Ooi Yutomi was startled and suddenly looked up at the sky, exclaiming, "Oh no!"

Now, he can only hope that Ghost King Qian has been killed or at least crippled, so that he can have a chance to survive.

Otherwise, we can only hope that the sun will reappear, but that's unlikely, as the clouds are getting thicker and thicker.

At this point, it would be a lie to say that Ooi Yuomi wasn't desperate; he had even thought about what he would say in his last words.

Before Ooi Yushin could think further, Akane, who had disappeared in the explosion, suddenly flashed by and then appeared directly in front of the messenger in a flash.

Caught off guard, Ooi Yushin quickly took several steps back, his body suddenly staggering and almost falling to the ground.

Qian didn't speak, but silently conjured a jet-black blade in her hand. She held the blade in reverse and floated over.

Without a doubt, the ruthless Demon King Akane was preparing to execute Ooi Yushin, but how could the divine messenger possibly admit defeat so easily?!

Ooi Yutomi brandished his longsword, thrusting it towards Akane's face while shouting, "Demon, prepare to die!"

For Ooi Yushin, the situation wasn't too bad. The Totsuka Sword had just been bathed in sunlight, and its divine power was still abundant, allowing him to fight a few more rounds.

Just as Ooi Yushin's longsword was about to strike the face of the Demon King Akane, he discovered something very strange.

Akane is faster than him!

In the blink of an eye, Akane, as if she were fearless, appeared directly in front of Ooi Yushin.

It should be noted that Akane's destination was precisely the blade of the Totsuka Sword. This time, the Totsuka Sword penetrated directly into the ghost girl's shoulder, and dark ghost power burst forth.

Before Ooi Yushin could react, Akane already held a black blade in her hand, and then, as if cutting tofu, she gently pierced the messenger's chest with the black blade.

The divine messenger who was attacked had a gash in his abdomen, from which golden divine power slowly flowed out. The divine power and the black substance on the blade clashed and sparked.

Qian's situation was equally dire; a longsword pierced her shoulder, and the divine power on the sword reacted violently with the demonic power within her body, blasting the two apart.

Yushin Ooi, who was blasted away, flew backward like a dragonfly and finally crashed heavily onto the concrete road. The Totsuka Sword continued to slide and stopped ten meters away from him.

In contrast, Ghost King Qian, who was also knocked away, activated her teleportation less than a second after being blasted away, landing several centimeters above the ground and floating again.

The bloody hole in her shoulder is still flowing with black demonic power, which is also the "blood" in her body.

The sword that stabbed her was actually something Qian deliberately did, because if she hadn't done that, it would probably have taken several more rounds to defeat this troublesome divine messenger.

In comparison, Qian only paid a negligible price to distract the divine messenger and then defeat him directly, which seems like a very worthwhile deal.

The cost wasn't too high. Although Qian's shoulder wound was large, don't forget that she was a demon king who had merged with multiple souls. She would probably heal in less than an hour.

Since her injuries were not serious, Qian recovered quickly and floated towards the divine messenger.

Ooi Yushin's condition was not optimistic; the black blade was still stuck in his abdomen, so his divine power was constantly flowing out.

He tried to pull out the black blade, but he couldn't. He could only wait for his divine power to be completely exhausted.

That's right, once the black blade left the hand of the Ghost King Qian, it was no longer "invincible" and could be consumed.

However, this black blade was imbued with far too much demonic power, which was quickly consuming all of Ooi Yushin's divine power.

Noticing Akane's approach, Ooi Yuomi pointed at her and uttered a voice filled with impotent rage: "You, you..."

Qian's face was calm, but she spoke words that were extremely ferocious: "I originally wanted to kill you, but I found that keeping you alive could lure them out, and then we could wipe them all out in one fell swoop, wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Ooi Yutomi tried to resist, but Akane simply waved her hand, and the cell phone in the messenger's pocket flew out instantly, which Akane caught.

Seeing this, Ooi Yuomi finally understood what Akane was trying to do: she was going to use him as a "kidnapping" tactic to lure the Shinto Hall's messengers into a trap.

Now, Ooi Yuomi felt a little relieved, because he understood what Akane wanted to do, so he was no longer flustered.

His phone is a product of cutting-edge human technology, and unlocking it requires fingerprint verification. Someone like Qian, with supernatural powers, shouldn't be able to unlock it.

However, Akane showed her index finger to Ooi Yushin and then placed it on the fingerprint recognition module.

Without needing Akane to explain much, Ooi Yuomi already understood that Akane had probably disguised his fingerprints.

Sure enough, as soon as Akane's finger touched the fingerprint recognition module, Ooi Yushin's phone was unlocked—Akane directly showed him the unlocked screen.

Then, Qian randomly tapped on the screen, I don't know what she tapped, but it was probably something like a threat.

Next, Akane took a picture of the seriously injured Yuomi Ooi with her phone, and then smiled with satisfaction.

Ooi Yushin wanted to resist, but now there was no sun, and his divine power was already exhausted, making it difficult for his injuries to heal.

After Akane used Ooi Yushin's phone to send the situation here to the divine messengers, she confiscated his phone.

After doing all this, Akane pulled out several black threads from the ground and wrapped them around Ooi Yushin's body, imprisoning his divine power and delaying his recovery.

And so, Ooi Yuomi fell into Akane's hands and became a hostage.

……

……

Akane had a lot of contacts, so she sent him all the photos of his injuries one by one.

Therefore, not only Yuomi Oi's colleagues at Shinto Hall were able to receive the photos, but also his relatives, friends, and some reporters who frequently visited Shinto Hall were aware of the current situation.

The more people who know, the harder it is to keep the information confidential, especially since the Shinto Office doesn't know who Akane sent the photos to, making it even more difficult to "keep quiet."

So why the secrecy? Of course, it's to avoid causing panic, but that's not what the Shinto Hall is thinking about right now.

"...Have you all received the photos of Ooi Yuomi's injury?"

In the First Divine Envoy's office, Shimizu Suzune summoned Shingo Kishimoto, the head of the Shinto Bureau, Risa Ishikawa, and some newly recruited police inspectors to hold a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"received."

Shingo Kishimoto, Risa Ishikawa, and all the ordinary police inspectors answered in unison.

"That's really bad." Shimizu Suzune frowned, and remained silent for a long time.

Risa Ishikawa, who was standing to the side, suddenly became anxious: "This is a critical moment for our divine messengers. Should we ask the great god for help?"

Kishimoto Shingo chimed in, "That's right. Now that Ooi Yushin is in danger, Lord Aragami should step in, right?"

The other police inspectors remained silent.

They had only been inside for a short time and had never seen such a grand spectacle before. They also had no idea who Lord Aragami was, so they could only remain silent.

Shimizu Rinne thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution, so she had no choice but to agree with Ishikawa Risa's idea: "At this point, there is only one way. Ishikawa, come with me to summon the High God."

“Okay.” Ishikawa Risa nodded, then said to Kishimoto Shingo and the other inspectors, “Gentlemen, the summoning ceremony of the gods is sacred and solemn. Please excuse us for a moment.”

Shingo Kishimoto nodded, then led several inspectors out of the office and closed the door behind him.

After the mortals left, Shimizu Rinne immediately knelt down and murmured, "Kami-sama, your divine messenger Shimizu Rinne requests an audience!"

Upon seeing this, Ishikawa Risa also knelt down devoutly, murmuring, "Kami-sama, your divine messenger, Ishikawa Risa, also longs to see you! There is something very important!"

no respond.

However, because the two of them had begun a prayer ritual, they were now able to see divine light, but they could not yet see their supreme god appear.

Because their god is currently playing a game. He is currently playing a three-player game with Fujita Mino and Kitamura Eri, and they are engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy in the most dangerous situation!

As for why Kitamura Eri joined the battle during her own sleeping time, it was because she was woken up.

Not long ago, Makoto Araki took Mino Fujita for a stroll around the Divine Dragon Continent, intending to aid digestion.

However, he soon discovered that shopping was not fun at all, and the weather was very hot. It would be better to go back to Fujita Mino's house and play games in the air-conditioned room!

So when Kitamura Eri woke up, she found that Araki Makoto was already playing the game, and she immediately perked up and wanted to play duo queue with him.

Seeing that the two of them had started playing games, Fujita Mino felt it would be a bit odd if she didn't join in, so she did.

Because they were so engrossed in playing games, Fujita Mino didn't even bother to check her phone messages and was unaware that the Shinto Hall had collapsed.

Actually, saying that "the sky has fallen" is a bit of an exaggeration. What kind of scene hasn't Fujita Mino seen? Her own mother and sister were killed by the demon, and her comrade-in-arms, Morita Jun, also died at the hands of the demon.

For Fujita Mino, there's nothing she really cares about anymore. Besides, she's not close to Ooi Yuomi, so even if Ooi Yuomi really died, she'd probably just offer a token moment of silence at most.

Because she ignored the message, she didn't attend the meeting, which directly led to Makoto Araki being summoned by the two of them.

Araki Makoto was playing a game when he caught a glimpse of two kneeling girls out of the corner of his eye and heard their plea.

However, Makoto Araki is currently tied up with something; the final rounds are just around the corner, and he doesn't want to put the game down to answer their call.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Fujita Mino, the rookie, was knocked to the ground and quickly finished off, eliminating her from the game.

Fujita Mino took her hands off the keyboard and mouse, removed her headphones, and slumped unhappily into her chair: "Ugh, they actually killed me! You guys better avenge me!"

"Leave it to me!" Kitamura Eri swiftly attacked, knocking down the enemy who had killed Fujita Mino. She was about to finish him off when the enemy's firepower proved too strong, forcing her to retreat.

Sitting to the side, Fujita Mino still had no interest in playing on her phone because she felt this was a very tense game.

However, at that moment, her phone suddenly rang and a spam text message popped up, attracting her attention. Only then did she realize that her phone's chat software had received more than a dozen messages.

She was so engrossed in playing the game and wearing headphones that she didn't realize she had received so many messages.

When I picked up my phone, I was shocked to see that Yuomi Ooi had posted a photo of himself lying on the ground, seriously injured and near death, along with the caption: "If you want him to live, see you at Yoyogi Park at midnight."

The signatory was "Qian".

Chapter 175 - Read but not replying

When Fujita Mino saw the threatening text message, she was shocked; the plot twist was completely unexpected.

That ghost Wang Qian seems a bit too anthropomorphic; she actually knows how to take hostages to threaten other divine messengers.

“This…” Fujita Mino couldn’t help but utter a speechless sound, but neither Araki Makoto nor Kitamura Eri noticed her sentiment and continued playing the game.

Therefore, Fujita Mino decided to remain calm and wait for the inevitable. After all, her own god was right here, and even his own divine messenger was not worried about being kidnapped, so why should she, a mere working divine messenger, be in such a hurry?