I'm having fun in Tokyo

The reason why "King General" behaved so strangely was certainly not because of the mask.

The problem lies with the double Herzog prepared.

He performed brain surgery on these stand-ins, hypnotized them, and made them impersonate him, then appeared before Kazama Ruri as the "King General".

Every time Kazama Ruri kills "King General," she is actually just killing a disposable stand-in. The next day, a new stand-in will impersonate "King General," which, in Kazama Ruri's eyes, makes it seem like "King General" will be resurrected.

Morikawa Yu: "Okay, let's kill him together."

"Then guard him, and kill him every time he resurrects, until he becomes a pile of rotten flesh and turns to ashes, and see if he can still resurrect."

Kazama Ruri paused, looking at Morikawa Yu: "You...you think so too? I also want to kill him, destroy his body, until he can't be resurrected. Your thoughts are the same as mine?"

Morikawa Yu shrugged: "No, I just had Norma analyze your behavior patterns and guess what you want to do."

That's right, the academy's current temporary host is still called Norma, just like EVA used to be.

Moreover, this name was the top choice voted by all executive department staff and senior students, because they were not used to calling the college's temporary server by another name, so they called the temporary server "Norma".

"Is that so?" Kazama Ruri frowned.

He doesn't like being guessed at, especially when the guesses are so accurate, but he doesn't care if it's a computer's analysis of him.

Since it's just a computer, it can only analyze based on known information.

He had many things he hadn't said, kept buried in his heart, and would never let anyone else know.

With this thought in mind, Kazama Ruri smiled again: "I am very strong, stronger than my brother Genji. As long as you help me create an opportunity to kill the 'King General,' I will kill the 'King General' myself."

"Then, I will help you kill Tachibana Masamune, and then kill my brother Genjiro."

"When everything is over, I will uncover the king's plan to resurrect the god, follow those clues to find the god, and kill it before it awakens."

"We can still cooperate in the future."

"What we, the Demon Clan, want is very simple. As long as you support us in replacing the Hebi-Hachi family's position in Japan and becoming the new Japanese branch, we will help you maintain Japan's mixed-race society and be more obedient to you than the Hebi-Hachi family."

“And I will step down from my position as leader of the Oni Clan and become a Kabuki actor. You can keep an eye on me, and kill me if I get out of control.”

"Hmm." Morikawa Yu nodded lightly.

Anyway, he just came to talk to Kazama Ruri and have her attract the attention of the Snake-Headed Eight Families.

As for the other matters, we can discuss them slowly after he kills Herzog and Kazama Ruri learns Herzog's true identity.

Kazama Ruri smiled and said, "In that case, I wish us a pleasant cooperation. You can take these files with you as the first piece of intelligence for your academy."

"When I get back, I will provide more information to your college's mainframe."

After saying that, Kazama Ruri stood up, put the documents and masks into a box, and pushed it in front of Morikawa Yu.

He turned and walked towards the entrance of the coffee shop.

Morikawa Yu looked at Kazama Ruri's back and the direction of the underground warehouse not far away, and stroked his chin.

Suddenly, he smiled, mimicking Kazama Ruri's earlier manner, and said, "Kazama-kun, although the cooperation is over, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Ruri Kazama immediately stopped in her tracks.

He turned his head to stare at Morikawa Yu, sizing him up: "Otherwise what? Stay here and have a heart-to-heart talk with an old guy like you who came from the Secret Service era?"

"Or is it that your purpose in coming to Tokyo, old man, wasn't to discuss any cooperation with me at all, but to kill me, this 'demon' of the Fierce Demon Clan?"

"The 'thing you just mentioned that needed to be done in a hurry,' you mean killing me?"

The boy looked at him coldly, his features delicate and beautiful, his eyes sharp as knives.

His hand reached for the sleeve of his kimono, from which he pulled out a short, black sword and drew it from its sheath.

He hid the dagger very well, and he also had a breast wrap under his kimono.

At that moment, he lifted his kimono, pulled his hands out of the sleeves, and let the sleeves fall to his waist, revealing his fair shoulders and arms.

"So... that's why you're so impatient, nodding and agreeing to everything I say, just wanting me to finish so you can kill me in this bankrupt coffee shop?"

"Hmph, I've said it before, I'm stronger than my brother, Genjiro."

"Although he is the 'Emperor' and I am the 'Ghost', my bloodline is no worse than his; it's just unstable and sometimes goes out of control."

"Even if you are a veteran from the Secret Service era, you may not be able to beat me."

However, Morikawa Yu's gaze was not on his sword at all.

Morikawa Yu looked at his chest wrap with surprise and doubt, as if she had been shocked.

Kazama Ruri instinctively crossed her left hand over her chest and took a step back: "What...what are you looking at?"

Morikawa Yu was even more astonished.

"Aren't you a boy? Why are you wearing a chest binder?"

"And your behavior is way too girlish, isn't it?"

Kazama Ruri frowned: "None of your business?"

"I'm just imitating and learning Kabuki techniques. You're a decaying, cold-blooded old man who's about to go to your coffin. You'd never understand."

Morikawa Yu shrugged: "Fine."

Kazama Ruri sheathed her sword and stared coldly at Morikawa Yu.

Although he didn't understand what Morikawa Yu was trying to do, he roughly understood that Morikawa Yu had no hostility, and that when he spoke to keep him there, it wasn't like in the movies where he was about to fight.

"I'm leaving." He pulled up the sleeves of his kimono and draped it over his shoulders again.

Morikawa Yu thought for a moment and said, "Don't rush, put your clothes on first, otherwise if someone takes a picture of you outside, they'll think I did something to you."

"It's none of your business." Kazama Ruri turned around and hung the sword at her waist.

"She's really not cute."

Morikawa Yu shook her head: "I know a boy who is just as handsome as you. He has taken cuteness to the extreme. He has more than 1.4 million followers on Twitter, and none of them can tell that he is a boy."

Ruri Kazama stopped in her tracks once again.

He looked at Morikawa Yu suspiciously: "You're not talking about yourself, are you?"

Morikawa Yu: "No, that's not it."

"That guy's name is Ibaraki... Never mind, let's not talk about him, I have a bit of a psychological aversion to him."

"Don't go yet, I'll take you somewhere."

Morikawa Yu stood up and walked towards Kazama Ruri.

Actually, he had a plan.

The core of this plan is Kazama Ruri.

Just as he heard that Kazama Ruri had come looking for him, a bold idea came to his mind.

That was to use Kazama Ruri to force Herzog back to the underground garage.

Herzog may not know him, but he definitely knows Kazama Ruri, and Herzog is very familiar with Kazama Ruri and is also very wary of her.

If Herzog were to see Kazama Ruri on the encrypted surveillance channel of the warehouse, he would be absolutely panicked, because that was his lair, containing his research results and his long-standing collection.

Once Kazama Ruri discovers this warehouse, she will realize the nature of his identity.

Moreover, Herzog certainly wouldn't dare let the Snake Clan help him, nor would he necessarily dare let the Demon Clan know about this warehouse.

Therefore, it is possible that he brought a stand-in and personally came to the warehouse to confront Kazama Ruri.

I'll stay outside and search for him who's hiding there.

Once he finds it, Herzog is finished.

Morikawa Yu smiled.

Kazama Ruri frowned slightly: "Where are you taking me?"

"You want to know?" Morikawa Yu adjusted the mask on his face. "I can't tell you yet, but I can give you a little hint: there's something good there."

You'll understand after you read it.

"Good stuff?" Kazama Ruri paused, not understanding what that word meant.

"Let's go." Morikawa Yu didn't explain and walked straight to the door.

Kazama Ruri hesitated for a moment, adjusting her kimono upper body as she followed behind Morikawa Yu...

......

A little over a minute later, Morikawa Yu found the underground warehouse marked on the map, following the route given by EVA.

The warehouse was indeed well hidden and disguised; it was impossible to tell from the outside that there was a warehouse there. If EVA hadn't pointed out its location to him, he would have completely missed it.

Morikawa Yu approached the small door by the wall.

Kazama Ruri followed behind him, her brows furrowing slightly: "Is this the place you wanted to bring me here?"

"What exactly is here? Your secret weapon left behind in Tokyo by your secret society?"

“No.” Morikawa Yu shook her head: “It’s something very important that can change the fate of many people.”

"Oh, right, put this on."

Morikawa Yu casually took out a mask from the Goshuincho space.

This mask is one of the seven masked monsters.

"What is this?" Kazama Ruri stared at the mask and took a step back.

"A mask." Morikawa Yu: "Wearing it can conceal your identity."

"I don't need it." Kazama Ruri waved her hand.

Morikawa Yu: "Whatever you say."

He stored the mask in his Goshuincho space, pushed open the small door, looked at the narrow passage in front of him, and used the wind to sweep forward to confirm that there were no traps before walking through the passage.

Next to the passage, there is a hidden door.

Morikawa Yu pushed open the hidden door and found herself facing a heavy iron door.

There was a large lock on the iron gate, and behind the gate was the multi-encrypted monitoring area that EVA had told him about.

He activated Wind Step, concealing his figure within the wind, and then used Flash to pass through the iron gate.

Behind Morikawa Yu, Kazama Ruri paused for a moment.

Seeing Morikawa Yu suddenly disappear, he thought for a moment, walked closer to the iron gate, drew the short sword from his waist, and swung it sharply.

A sharp glint of light flashed, and the large lock split open instantly, the cut as smooth as a mirror.

He sheathed his dagger, removed the padlock, and pushed open the iron gate with one hand, discovering a huge warehouse behind it filled with shelves reaching to the ceiling, piled high with goods.

He paused for a moment, then walked across the aisle between the warehouse shelves.

Soon, Morikawa Yu appeared not far from him, looking around just like him.

This is a blind spot in the multi-layered encrypted monitoring.

Kazama Ruri has already been captured on multiple layers of encrypted surveillance, and the surveillance system will soon send the footage of Kazama Ruri to Herzog. His goal has been achieved.

"Where exactly is this place?" Kazama Ruri couldn't help but ask.

On the shelves of the warehouse, he saw countless rare books, vinyl records, and antique mechanical watches, all of which looked very valuable.

There were many more things he didn't recognize, but he could vaguely make out that they must be some kind of precious collectible.

"This is Herzog... the warehouse of the king you mentioned and Tachibana Masamune," Morikawa Yu said calmly, continuing to walk forward to the second room.

"Herzog? The warehouses of the King and Tachibana Masamune?" Kazama Ruri couldn't help but catch up: "What do you mean by that?"

Morikawa Yu turned to look at him: "Don't you understand?"

“The King and Tachibana Masamune are the same person. They are both Herzog in disguise, and the identity of ‘Bondarev’ that you know is just a cover for him.”

Kazama Ruri stared at him blankly: "You're saying that the King and Tachibana Masamune are the same person, and that they are actually Herzog?"

"Hmm," Morikawa Yu said calmly, "That's right."

He was still carrying the same box in his hand, and casually placed it on a table next to him.

"Think about it carefully, Kazama-kun."

"Why does the King know so much about Tachibana Masamune? Why are their research topics so similar? Why do they understand each other so well?"