I Am a Heroic Spirit

Inside the toilet cubicle, what appeared in everyone's sight was a large blur of flesh and blood. One could roughly see the arms and legs that were kneaded into a ball, with broken bones piercing the flesh and blood, exposed outside. The body was also folded into three layers, and faintly visible were strips of flesh torn by nails. The heart, liver and lungs were placed aside, and the head was like a smashed watermelon, with brain matter and blood splattered all over the cubicle. A pair of pitch-black eyes were placed on the skull, looking at everyone as if they were a dead person.

Everyone left the toilet in a hurry, their faces turned pale and weak, leaning against the wall and unable to move for a while, even the group of police officers brought by Inspector Megure were no exception.

Now, Inspector Megure finally stopped suspecting that someone was playing tricks. No human could possibly die in that way.

After Inspector Megure and the other police officers recovered, they learned that the ghost had been eliminated. They breathed a sigh of relief and without caring about anything else, they took the body and left the school.

"Principal Hinata, you asked me before whether Hanako's identity was my guess. What did you mean?" Although Inspector Megure gave up this case, Conan, who found some suspicious points, would not give up.

"Huh? You ask this? That's because Hanako doesn't actually exist, although there is such an urban legend." Principal Hinata was stunned for a moment and did not respond to Conan's question. He hesitated for a while before speaking.

"It doesn't exist. That means this school was not an elementary school?" Conan asked from the side.

"No, I was a teacher at this school ten years ago. At that time, this school was still a middle school." Principal Hinata replied.

"Kid, what are you still asking?" Seeing that Conan was still pursuing the matter, Maori Kogoro frowned and punched him again, disrupting Conan's rhythm.

"I think I understand, Principal Hinata. Please call the students who participated in the Hundred Stories last night and ask them whether there is a Hanako in the toilet in any of the 100 ghost stories." Zhang Luo had some guesses in his mind and said it out loud.

After hearing what Zhang Luo said, Principal Hyuga and Conan both thought of Zhang Luo's guess. Without hesitation, Principal Hyuga immediately took out his mobile phone and made a call to ask the students about the situation.

Ten seconds later, Principal Hyuga hung up the phone and said blankly, "Yes, Hanako the Ghost Child is the first ghost story in Hyaku Monogatari."

As she spoke, Principal Hinata shuddered all over, her heart felt cold, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. A guess came to her mind, but she was unwilling to believe it.

"You mean, last night's Hundred Monogatari was really completed, and the ghost stories in it will become reality, and Hanako the Ghost Baby is just the first one." Conan asked uneasily.

"This is the only possibility." Zhang Luo said.

It should be the demonic energy that erupted from the liberated big monster that gave those ghosts that were supposed to be illusory substance. Otherwise, Hanako the ghost doll could not be so weak that he could kill instantly with just the little magic power he had.

"Mr. Qin Luo, I'm asking you to accept my commission and solve the Hundred Story incident." Principal Hyuga immediately bowed to Zhang Luo and made a sincere request.

"Please don't worry, I came here for this matter." Zhang Luo said calmly. They were just some little ghosts, not difficult at all, and it saved him the effort of putting on an act.

"Ahem, well, you guys are busy, we'll go back first. Our family is waiting for us to have dinner." Kogoro Mouri coughed twice, pretended to look at the watch on his hand, and then spoke.

"Oh, Mr. Aso, you go and see Detective Mouri off." Seeing that Mouri Kogoro was not going to get involved in the next thing, Principal Hyuga tactfully took out a red envelope and handed it to Mouri Kogoro, and then gave instructions to Aso Tsuru.

"That's troublesome, kid, it's time to go." Kogoro Mouri took the red envelope and put it away, with a big smile on his face. Then he grabbed Conan who wanted to take the opportunity to stay and walked out.

"Slow down, uncle." Conan was almost fallen down while being dragged by Mouri Kogoro. After he stood firm, he looked back unwillingly while speaking. He still didn't understand what the relationship between Zhang Luo and the Hyaku Monogatari incident was.

After Kogoro Mouri and others left, Principal Hyuga also left the school, and Zhang Luo entered the abandoned school building.

"Ansuz!"

Unlike his last sneaky visit, this time Zhang Luo came openly, without having to worry about anything. The rune activated instantly, and the flames transformed into ten fiery snakes that scurried into the corridor, burning away all the dust and cobwebs.

After clearing the way with fire magic, Zhang Luo walked up the corridor and came to the door of the classroom on the second floor, which had the most evil aura.

As soon as the door was opened, ninety-nine kinds of strange ghosts rushed out from inside, roaring and pounced on Zhang Luo.

"O flame, grant my enemies the gift of pain!"

Zhang Luo calmly stretched out his right hand, palm facing up, and blazing flames rose from his palm. As Zhang Luo swung his hand, it turned into a blazing storm that swept towards the classroom.

When the flames died down, the ghost had turned into a cloud of falling ashes, and the floor and walls of the entire classroom were charred black.

"It's done."

Zhang Luo waved his hand, and a breeze blew up out of nowhere, blowing away the ashes.

After looking around and making sure that no one had slipped through the net, Zhang Luo turned around and prepared to leave.

However, after taking only two steps, Zhang Luo stopped. The biting cold had spread throughout the abandoned school building, and a thin layer of ice had formed on the corners of Zhang Luo's clothes.

"what?"

Zhang Luo was shocked. Could it be that the big monster here hasn't left yet?

"boom!"

A sound like a fire suddenly ignited came from behind him. Zhang Luo turned around quickly and saw a green flame burning on the ground in the classroom. No, not the ground.

Zhang Luo looked carefully and was surprised to find that after the flames raged, there were still a hundred candles less than one centimeter long on the ground in the classroom. At this time, a little green flame was lit on each of the hundred candles. The green flame burned more and more fiercely, and finally the volume suddenly expanded, turning into a green fireball with a diameter of one meter, and then gathered into one, forming a huge fire giant.

Could it be that my five elements really belong to fire, and I have a connection with fire, and an even greater connection with fire giants?

First, he faced Makura's Fire Spirit clone, the Flame Giant. Then he summoned the Mage-class Cu Chulainn, another Druid-class Flame Giant. And finally, now, he encountered this Youkai-class Blue Flame Giant. Not to mention that in the Digital World, most Digimon have fire attacks.

Looking at the fire giant appearing in front of him, Zhang Luo suddenly had this thought in his mind.

Chapter 149: Qingxuande and Yin Yang Master

The battle was about to break out. The fire giant's hands turned into two fire dragons, which made a low roar and rushed towards Zhang Luo. With each step forward, they became bigger. When they arrived in front of Zhang Luo, the green fire dragons had filled the entire classroom.

"hiss--"

Zhang Luo felt a chill sweep over him, freezing his body stiff and leaving strands of frost on his hair. Seeing the power, Zhang Luo naturally didn't dare to take it head-on. He cast a magic shield in front of him and quickly retreated to avoid it.

However, this fire giant was no longer someone Zhang Luo could deal with. As soon as the magic shield touched the two fire dragons, it was shattered.

"A powerful ghost that uses cold flames? Then it's you, Ibaraki Douji." Two fire dragons emitting a chilling aura have caught up with Zhang Luo. Zhang Luo does not intend to keep hiding. He starts to use his magic power, and a circular magic circle instantly takes shape in front of him. The scorching temperature dispels the chill brought by the blue fire dragons, and a golden figure appears in front of Zhang Luo.

"My name is Ibaraki Douji, the leader of the demons of Mount Oe. How dare you, little demon, be so presumptuous in my presence!"

When Ibaraki Douji opened his eyes after transforming from a card into a physical entity, he saw two green fire dragons attacking him, as well as the powerful demonic energy that could not be ignored, and the demonic power hidden under the demonic energy.

"Hey!"

Ibaraki Douji punched out with both fists, bringing up roaring fire and crashing into the two green fire dragons.

The collision of the red flame and the green flame was like the impact of water and fire. A sound like water vapor being evaporated was heard as the green flame disappeared.

"Too weak, use your real skills!"

Ibaraki Douji's demonic energy burst out. In contrast to the opponent's demonic energy, Ibaraki Douji's demonic energy exuded a hot and crazy smell, which firmly suppressed the opponent's demonic energy.

The blue flame giant exploded and turned into blue sparks flying all over the sky, rushing towards Ibaraki Douji from all directions. Ibaraki Douji's body also ignited with blazing flames. The red flames and the blue flames kept blending and repelling each other. The collision of the two-colored flames caused the abandoned school building to shake.

After discovering this, Zhang Luo turned around, put his hand on the balcony railing and jumped down. As soon as he landed, he didn't stop for a moment and ran farther away.

When he was five meters away from the abandoned school building, with a loud "boom", the abandoned school building behind him collapsed. The entangled blue and red flames shot straight into the sky like a fire tornado, and the fully erupted powerful demonic energy raged throughout the city.

“Is it necessary to make such a big deal?”

Zhang Luo looked back at the flaming tornado on the ruins of the school building, and his eyelids twitched involuntarily.

Several thousand meters away, at the Countermeasures Office headquarters, the Office Director, Ayame Jinguji, was handling official business.

Suddenly, a suffocating pressure came over Jinguji Ayame, and her breath was choked, and the pen in her hand broke into two pieces.

Jinguji Ayame, whose face turned ashen, looked out the window and saw in the distant sky a pillar of fire formed by powerful demonic energy connecting the sky and the earth, releasing the pressure of a great demon in all directions.

With a "bang", the door was pushed open suddenly and hit the wall with a loud noise. Nikaidou Kiri rushed in from outside in panic.

"Director! It's a big monster! What should we do?" Nikaido Kiri asked in panic. This was the first time she had seen a big monster in all her life. Although there was a big monster in Ukiyo-e Town who had lived for hundreds of years and was still alive, it was not something she could see.

"...Notify all members of the countermeasures room that they are prohibited from going to the scene of the incident." Jinguji Ayame's expression kept changing, and she spoke after a long time.

The battle between the two great monsters is no longer something their countermeasures room can handle. If they send people over now, they will only die in vain. Jinguji Ayame will not allow such a thing to happen.

"What? Okay, I understand." Nikaidou Kiri was stunned and puzzled at first, then he immediately nodded in understanding and walked out quickly... Not only the countermeasures room, but all the people in the spiritual industry in Tokyo discovered two powerful demonic auras that had reached the level of great monsters at the moment the pillar of fire rose.

Faced with the battle that broke out between these great monsters that had not appeared in the world for at least two hundred years, everyone in the spiritual world knew how powerful it was and had the self-awareness to not join in the fun.

The government also took action. Instead of issuing orders to relevant departments and people with special abilities to stop the fight, it dispatched police forces to the scene of the incident, began to evacuate the crowd, and prohibited ordinary people with unknown circumstances from going to the scene of the incident.

A thousand miles away, the smile on Makura Hao's face suddenly disappeared. He looked towards Tokyo with a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

"My goodness, what's the matter?"

Xiao Heitan noticed Ma Canghao's abnormality at the first time and asked with concern.

"Nothing, I just found two familiar ones," Makura Hao narrowed his eyes, paused in the middle of his words and continued, "Youkai, Aoandon, and Ibaraki Douji."

"Aoandon from Hyaku Monogatari? Ibaraki Douji, the demon king from Mount Oe?" asked Little Black Tan in surprise.

"Yes, that's them." A gentle smile appeared on Makura Hao's face again. Abe Kiyomi... Aoandon... Ibaraki Douji... Qin Luo... Haha, it should be so. Not only me, but they are not the kind of people who will die so easily.

"The psychics of this era are insignificant and ignorant. I miss that era more than once. It seems that my luck is still good." Ma Canghao looked up at the sky, as if he saw the scene a thousand years ago.

In the Qingdeng School surrounded by the police, Zhang Luo was watching the battle between the two monsters, but found that the battle between the two sides was completely a competition of demonic power. Ibaraki Douji did not use any treasures, and the opponent did not use any special moves. Zhang Luo did not intend to urge him, because relying solely on the competition of demonic power, Ibaraki Douji had already gained the upper hand and could win in less than a minute.

"When Emperor Huanwu relocated the capital, the world hoped for peace. Hundreds of ghosts roamed the night, and demons and monsters roamed the land, making it difficult for anyone to find peace. I, in my hunting attire, protect the common people. Only we, the people of Yin and Yang, can traverse the worlds of Yin and Yang..."

At this time, a beautiful female voice sounded, and music that could make the ears pregnant started playing. Zhang Luo was slightly stunned, then he remembered that this was his cell phone ringtone, which he had changed since the last time he drew a card, and he also sold it for a small profit. If this world was not a comprehensive one instead of a parallel one, Zhang Luo could completely rely on the foundation of his previous life to reach the pinnacle of life.

The moment the music started, Zhang Luo could feel a gaze falling on him from the rising and burning column of fire. Zhang Luo coughed dryly, turned around, walked a few steps, moved a little further away, and answered the phone.

"Mr. Qin Luo, I am Jinguji Ayame. May I ask if you have noticed those two evil spirits?"

The person on the other end of the phone was none other than Jinguji Ayame from the Countermeasures Office. Although the Countermeasures Office had no way to deal with the big monsters, the Ministry of the Environment's Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office was an agency established by the government to solve phenomena caused by evil spirits. Even if it couldn't solve the two big monsters this time, it had to find a way out. The solution Jinguji Ayame thought of was to ask Zhang Luo for help. As the head of the Countermeasures Office, she knew a lot of information about Zhang Luo. In her opinion, at this time, Tokyo could only rely on Zhang Luo.

"I'm at the scene. It seems that a great monster named Aoandon who was once sealed was accidentally unsealed by students playing the Hyaku Monogatari game. Now my Berserker Ibaraki Douji is fighting with him." Zhang Luo said into the phone.

"Ibaraki Douji? Can monsters become heroic spirits?" Jinguji Ayame asked in surprise upon hearing the familiar name.

"Of course, as long as someone is dead and famous, they have the opportunity to become a heroic spirit, no matter if they are gods, devils, or monsters," Zhang Luo explained.

"This is unbelievable," Jinguji Ayame sighed, then continued, "Then I'll leave this matter to you. I'll transfer the commission fee to your card."

Jinguji Ayame had no doubt about the outcome of the battle. After all, no one would doubt that the Demon King Ibaraki Douji would not be able to deal with the little demon at the gate of hell.

"Okay, leave it to me." Zhang Luo said with satisfaction.

At the same time Zhang Luo hung up the phone, the battle was nearing its end. Ibaraki Douji's demonic power had completely defeated the opponent, and the huge pillar of fire turned completely red. The only remaining blue flame automatically broke away from the pillar of fire and transformed into a stunning beauty who was no less beautiful than Ibaraki Douji on the ruins of the school building, but her pale face clearly revealed her weakness.

"Humiliation is indeed pleasurable...!"

Ibaraki Douji narrowed his eyes happily and retracted the pillar of fire that was rising into the sky.

"It's really you, Mr. Qin Luo, and Lord Ibaraki Douji. I haven't seen you for a thousand years, and you are still so powerful." The woman looked at Ibaraki Douji and said softly.

"Ha! You know me? Could you be a member of the demon group that I once led?" Seeing that the other party called out his name with such a familiar tone, and that they were both demons, Ibaraki Douji naturally thought of this aspect.

"You are..." Zhang Luo looked carefully at the woman's familiar appearance, and his heart was full of doubts. She knew both him and Ibaraki. Who was this guy?

He would not think like Ibaraki Douji that the other party was his former subordinate. Not to mention that the Ibaraki Douji in this world was completely different from Ibaraki, even if it was Ibaraki Douji's original Type-Moon world, Ibaraki Douji's subordinates would not be able to recognize him.

The woman turned her gaze to Zhang Luo and took a closer look at his face before she muttered to herself in confusion, "His abilities are clearly correct, so why doesn't he recognize me? Did the reincarnation ritual go wrong? He only retains his appearance and abilities, but not his memories."

"What on earth are you talking about, your defeated opponent?" Ibaraki Douji also realized that his idea was wrong, and questioned the woman angrily. The demonic power turned into flames rising from his body, and could be released at any time.

Zhang Luo felt that the woman in front of him was becoming more and more familiar, not only in terms of her face but also in her voice.

At this moment, scattered blue flames slowly drifted towards the woman, condensing into a familiar blue lantern in her hands. Zhang Luo saw this iconic lantern and was moved. He asked, "Aoandon! Are you Abe Kiyomizu's Shikigami, Aoandon!"

Aoandon, the SSR-level Shikigami from the mobile game Onmyoji. No wonder I thought this woman looked familiar; it was her. It's just that after the two-dimensional world transitioned to the three-dimensional, even though I felt familiar, I couldn't immediately connect the dots. If Aoandon's lantern hadn't appeared, I wouldn't have been able to guess it unless she had introduced herself.

By the way, since this world even includes the mobile game Onmyoji, then, could it be that Abe Qingming, who is Nue, is the Black Qingming?

……

"That era? The Heian period?" Little Black Tan asked confusedly.

"Yes, the Heian period with the great Onmyoji Abe Kiyoaki, Ashiya Doman, the miko Goda, Tsuriko, the great monster Hagoromo Kitsune, Tamamonomae, Gyobuhime, Ibaraki Douji, Shuten Douji, Kiyohime, and Daitengu. It was the best time and the worst time." Asakura Hao sighed softly.

Chapter 150 A Fragile History

Five minutes later, on the second floor of the office, in Zhang Luo's bedroom, Zhang Luo, Aoandon, and Ibaraki Douji had returned.

"Ever since a thousand years ago, when Lord Seimei was dying, Lord Seimei sealed us dangerous Shikigami to prevent us from causing harm to mankind. Until yesterday, those children accidentally completed the Hundred Tales and lifted the tattered seal, allowing me to reappear in the world before I die." Aoandon was still sitting on the blue lantern, his face full of fatigue, and his words were filled with sighs and a bit of resentment.

A thousand years ago... the Bone-Eating Well? It actually connected the past and the present. How rare! This world isn't missing a few continents or countries.

Zhang Luo sat at the table and chair by the window, supporting his head with one hand, looking up at the scene outside the window, and thought to himself.

"I was actually shocked when I saw Lord Qin Luo yesterday. It's obvious that humans can't live that long, and Lord Qin Luo is indeed a human. As for the reincarnation technique, people like you and Lord Qingming should not use it."

Seeing that Zhang Luo did not respond, Qing Xingdeng did not care, but continued to say that she had been trapped for a thousand years and had a lot to say.

People like me and Qingming? What kind of people are we?

Zhang Luo didn't know what he looked like in Qing Xingdeng's eyes, but if he had no regrets at the end of his life, he might not use the reincarnation technique to live another life.

"But after testing, I confirmed your identity. Lord Qin Luo, who commands five great monsters, is not someone that anyone can impersonate." Qingxuande turned his head slightly, and in his sight was Ibaraki Douji, who was drunk and holding two boxes of white wine.

"So, you suddenly attacked me just to confirm my identity? What if I wasn't? I was just an ordinary exorcist at that time, wouldn't I have been killed by you?" Zhang Luo raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice.

"Please don't worry, I have strong control over myself. If not, I will retract the attack in time."

Although Qingxuandeng said this, both Qingxuandeng and Zhang Luo knew very well in their hearts that even if they could retract the attack in time, the demonic power of the big monster would still cause serious injuries to the attacked person.

Zhang Luo knew that even a thousand years ago, Qingxuande would not attack humans without reason, but now, after being sealed by Abe Kiyomizu for a thousand years, Qingxuande was naturally resentful. Whether she was using all her strength to test Zhang Luo, or ignoring the evil deeds of the ghost doll Hanako who was transformed by her magic power in Hyakumonogatari, she was venting the resentment in her heart.