From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

"No need." The crow spread its wings and flapped them, then called out his name.

"Sasaki Daisuke!"

"Yes!" For some reason, everyone became a little nervous.

"Come forward!"

"Eh? Yes!" Daisuke Sasaki stood up quickly and walked hurriedly to the front of the giant crow.

It looked at him with disdain, but finally lowered its head and used its beak to push the largest bronze mirror and the longest sword in front of him.

"In the name of Kaiju Daimyojin, I grant you a sword and a mirror. I hope you can use them properly and become a warrior who walks among the gods, driving away darkness and maintaining peace."

"Yes!" Sasaki Daisuke was so excited that the blood vessels in his neck almost bulged. His face turned red and he said loudly: "I will definitely... that... please rest assured, Lord Haitui! Even if it costs my life, I will definitely do it!"

His body fell heavily to the ground, but the huge crow rolled its eyes and called out the next name.

"Yamazaki Ling!"

Qingdao was a little dazed, but with Daisuke Sasaki in front of him, he was more or less mentally prepared.

Crow pushed the bronze mirror and wooden sword of the Deputy Minister in front of him and said the same routine words.

"Kashiwagi Yuuko!"

Baimu came up and got the smallest bronze mirror and the smallest wooden sword, but no one thought it was strange.

Computer geeks have no human rights.

The remaining two mirrors and two swords?

"Tachibana Hiroichi, Kimoto Juri, are you willing to accept the sword and mirror as guest samurai, and assist the skeleton samurai in expelling darkness and maintaining peace?"

This question made the two of them stunned.

If they just wanted to obtain weapons, then of course they would be willing to do so. Even if it was just for Akasaka to use them for research, they would definitely be willing to do so.

But is there some kind of constraint behind this?

If they accept the sword and mirror, does it mean that they are free from Akasaka, or do they have to pay a certain price?

"You can think about it carefully, Nomiya Kana. The remaining mirror and sword will be kept with you for the time being. If they make a decision, give it to them."

"Yes!" Kana Nomiya agreed immediately.

The huge crow immediately took off into the sky, circled around the hall, and then flew out.

The main hall was unusually quiet.

Sasaki Daisuke had already taken the sword and mirror in his hands, stroking them lovingly and wiping them carefully with his clothes.

Qingdao held them in his hands and examined them carefully, as if he wanted to see what secrets were hidden inside.

Baimu was still as calm as usual, but her slightly trembling body betrayed her.

Nomiya Wakana was very disappointed and wanted to go over and take the remaining swords and mirrors to study them, but the atmosphere in the main hall made her a little hesitant.

Let’s wait a while?

But Rika Inaba's mood was a bit complicated.

It is not difficult to see from the previous questions asked by the Crow God that these five bronze mirrors and five wooden swords were originally intended to be given to the five people of the Corpse Organization, but because of Sugishita's carelessness, they were temporarily changed to be given to three people, and the remaining two mirrors and swords were given to Kimoto and Tachibana.

I'm just so shameless...

Inaba felt somewhat sad, after all, she was still the head of the Corpse Agency.

However, we can also know from the words of the Crow God that after accepting the mirror and sword, he will fight for the Corpse Observer...

This made her feel a little relieved.

Sometimes she would ask herself where had the fearless Inaba Rika, who was not afraid of anything and would rush forward whenever she heard of any unusual incident, gone?

But she still cannot forget the colleagues who were implicated and died tragically in the editorial department. The nightmare always follows her like a shadow, making her unable to break free and powerless to extricate herself.

"Then, you two from Akasaka, please go back and think about it carefully, and then give me an answer." Kana Nomiya finally said at this time.

Kimoto looked at Tachibana Hiroichi, who sighed and shook his head at her, indicating that they should go out and talk later.

The people except the miko quickly retreated with various thoughts in mind. Nomiya Wakana rushed over impatiently and grabbed the bronze mirror in her hand: "It doesn't look like anything special, does it? Did Lord Haikui tell me how to use it?"

Kana Nomiya shook her head and picked up a wooden sword.

To be honest, although the workmanship is very fine and it doesn't seem to be made by ordinary methods, the structure is indeed a bit crude. It is just the most ordinary cross-shaped dagger, but there is a small skull at the end of the hilt.

The structure of the bronze mirror is much more complicated. The mirror surface protrudes slightly outward and is decorated with fine skull patterns around it. On the back is a pattern of a skeleton warrior holding a sword in both hands.

There is a small earring just above the skeleton warrior's head. Obviously, this bronze mirror can be hung around the neck with a thin rope and hidden inside the clothes.

Is it something like an amulet?

Kana Nomiya couldn't help but touch the magatama on her chest with her hand. This should be something more powerful and valuable, right?

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"Why did you take so long? What happened?" Although most stocks plummeted due to the "terrorist attack", the shares of the medical group in which Sugishita held a large position rose against the market trend, which made him feel quite good.

"Well, nothing special." Qingdao looked at the others and answered briefly.

Sasaki Daisuke and Hyakume quickly returned to their seats, and Aoshima also sat down, seemingly thinking about something.

This situation was by no means unusual. The key point was that Sugishita suddenly felt excluded from the group.

What happened?

Am I missing something?

Chapter 99: Gone and Never Returned

"Um...I'll go to the construction site to take a look." Daisuke Sasaki suddenly stood up.

"Since I have nothing to do, I might as well go and take a look." Qingdao immediately followed him and stood up.

The two of them quickly walked out of the office, and Baimu hid behind several large computer screens as usual. Only a vague head could be seen, and it seemed that he was studying something with his head down.

Sugishita stood up suspiciously and saw Aoshima and Sasaki discussing something and heading towards the construction site in the underground garage.

Everything seemed normal, but Sugishita's feeling of being excluded from a certain secret became stronger and stronger.

However, he had never had any interaction with Baimu, and they had hardly spoken to each other since they had worked together. He really had no way of asking her what happened, and the same was true for the witch.

"It's not a solution to hide it from him like this, right?" Sasaki felt a little uneasy. He couldn't help but want to look back, but Qingdao hooked his neck and stopped him from looking back.

"Who told him to slack off?" Aoshima was the one who talked the most to Sugishita among all the people, but it was not because he liked him that much, but because both of them had experience as police officers and their thinking patterns were very similar in many cases.

However, he actually disliked Sugishita for a long time.

He is always full of complaints and spreading negative energy, trying to take advantage of the situation every day. Such a person makes Qingdao simply unable to understand why he was chosen in the first place.

Although they haven't played any role in the past six months, others have at least tried.

This result couldn't be better.

"He will know eventually, right?" said Daisuke Sasaki.

"If he knows it himself, then we won't have to say anything."

The two of them soon arrived near the construction site. However, the construction unit was actually a company under Akasaka. In order to maintain confidentiality and improve efficiency, the degree of mechanization was high. In fact, there were very few people to be seen, and the two of them could not see any problems at all.

The two found a secluded place, took out their bronze mirrors and wooden swords, and began to study them carefully.

The two soon came to the same conclusion. The bronze mirror should be a talisman or something like that, and the wooden sword should undoubtedly be a weapon, but... Qingdao swung it in the air a few times and felt that it didn't seem very reliable.

"These two things are both for evil spirits." A strange voice suddenly said.

Both of them were startled and looked up, only to see a crow standing on the wires near them.

"What if we deal with monsters?" asked Daisuke Sasaki.

"Use guns, grenades, or other weapons." Crow continued. "Get ready as soon as possible, you don't have much time left."

"Time is running out?" Such words made Sasaki Daisuke's hair stand on end, but it was not fear, but the burning excitement of a middle school soul.

The crow did not answer his question, but flapped its wings and flew directly into the sky.

"How to prepare?" Daisuke Sasaki couldn't help but ask Qingdao.

"Of course we should find someone to teach us! Akasaka must have the resources for that."

Qingdao was a little uneasy as he didn't know how much effect the two light God-given props could have, but Sasaki Daisuke was already a little impatient.

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"Haikai sent the Crow God to bestow the magic weapon, but he still didn't show up?" Kuroda Mitsuru frowned.

If what happened before was excusable, perhaps because there was some problem with Haizhi and Hailin that prevented them from showing up, then what just happened is enough to prove that the Skeleton Society's way of doing things has undergone fundamental changes.

Is it because they have achieved something they wanted, or because they have changed their philosophy?

Is it still a force that they can trust and rely on conditionally?

Although he has been in office for less than a month, he is already clearly feeling tired.

The things he faced were not fundamentally different from before, and the things he had to do were similar, but the pressure on his shoulders as the person who made the decisions and took the responsibilities was completely different. What was worse was that since the first day he took office, various things had never stopped, and he had no time to consolidate his position, nor did he have time to think about and sort out his own path in Akasaka.

He hasn't even found anyone who can play the role he originally played.

It’s not that there aren’t qualified candidates, but they’re not his.

Ishino Shinjiro's resignation was so sudden that he didn't even have time to build his own team and power to take over Ishino Shinjiro's political legacy.

But he didn't want to be a puppet.

"How should we respond?" asked Tachibana Hirokazu.

"What are your own thoughts?" Kuroda Koji asked back.

From Akasaka's perspective, they don't need these two people. Even if they are really coerced or even assimilated by the Skeleton Society, it's just the loss of two members. Their ranks are not low, but they have been doing field work. In fact, they don't know too many secrets inside Akasaka. Even if they completely surrender to the Skeleton Society, the information they can sell won't be too important.

However, if they can continue to strengthen their relationship with the Skeleton Society, it will definitely be valuable to Akasaka. Apart from anything else, even if they can't do too much research after they get back the magic weapon given by the Skeleton Society, it will be of great benefit to Akasaka.

Tokyo Watch does not allow Akasaka to possess any similar items, but as they are members of the Corpse Agency, Tokyo Watch cannot take them away by force.

Maybe we can achieve a breakthrough from zero through them?

But the more such things happen, the more we must pay full attention to the thoughts of the parties involved. We must never let them feel resistant, and certainly not let them feel that they are pawns that can be discarded at any time.

Tachibana Hiroichi glanced at Kimoto and said, "I personally don't resist... I'm just worried that I might be controlled by them and gradually lose myself."

"I can arrange for the best psychologist for you to talk to you regularly and make sure you are doing well." Kuroda Koji realized that his intentions were inadvertently revealed in this sentence, so he added, "But it all depends on your own ideas. You can apply to be transferred back to your original department at any time."

"If we are really controlled by the Skeleton Society and become their puppets, and even actively collect intelligence about Akasaka for them...Agent Kuroda, what will you do?" Kimoto asked directly.

Kuroda Koji was silent for a moment.

"I don't know." He shook his head. "It's never happened before, so I can't tell you what I would do. All I can say is that I would try to avoid it."

"What if you can't do it?" Mu Yuan asked relentlessly.

Kuroda Koji was silent again.

"Kill us." Before he could answer, Kimoto Juri suddenly said, "If I lose my will and become their puppet, don't hesitate, just kill me."

Kuroda Koji looked at her in surprise.

"Kimoto, are you serious?"

"What do you think?"

After a long moment, Kuroda Koji nodded, "I understand. Thank you very much, Kimoto, Tachibana. I'm very sorry for putting you in this situation."

"I'm not doing this for you, nor for the rest of you." Kimoto Juri shook his head. "I will never enter this place again, and I will never touch any of Akasaka's secrets again. If one day I come back and try to gain something, I will have become their puppet."

"I understand. Thank you very much!" Kuroda Koji bowed deeply to her.

Tachibana Hirokazu sighed deeply and returned the greeting to him, but at this time, Kimoto had already walked out.

Chapter 100 Let You Have Free Time

"Thank you very much!" Tachibana Hiroichi was sitting opposite Nomiya Kana and bowed to her solemnly.